Chapter 21: The Mokey Abides

With the school duel between the four academies just a week away, the Academy was understandably abuzz with excitement at the upcoming events. None more so than Banner and Chancellor Sheppard, the first because a representative from his dorm had finally made it to the biggest event of the year, the latter out of confidence that they would win again, due to Zane's blowout of the North Academy's representative last year. Though not everyone was so ecstatic about the coming events.

"I know I should be happy that the representatives for the doubles title are from my dorm, but I can't believe that Slifer delinquent defied the odds and won the representative tournament!" Crowler grumbled as he wandered the forest in the early morning. As usual he was venting about his mortal nemesis getting one over on him again. "We'll be laughed out of the competition if a Slifer shows up to represent us!" he yelled. "And that's why I had to come here...to get Duel Academy's most dangerous specimen." The Obelisk headmaster stopped outside what seemed to be a pair of chicken coops surrounded by barbed wire fence. One was dedicated to the hens while the other to the roosters. As Crowler inched the door to the coop open the male birds popped their heads up to stare at him.

There was a large squak before he was onset by the fowl who began to attack his head. "Oh no not you birdbrains!" He yelled as the flock of roosters converged on his head. Managing to throw off a few to allow him to see clearly, he stumbled his way to a sandbox in the middle of the coop and began to dig. After a minute of fending off the feathered fiends and shoveling sand, his hands made contact with metal as a hatch appeared below him. After opening up the door to reveal a tunnel the good doctor was knocked forward by the second round of attacks from the fowl.

THUD!

Once he regained his sense after hitting the bottom, Doctor Crowler pulled the final remaining chicken from his hair and tossed it out the door, then slammed the hatch shut. After taking a minute to catch his breath he found himself in a new room with hazard suits folded on either side of him. "It's true what they say," he chuckled as he started putting one of the suits on. "You can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs." He placed a pair of high tech looking glasses over his face and grinned. "In this case it's time to break Haru Yoshida." As he approached another hatch it opened and he stopped at the end of the walkway in front of a sphere like structure surrounded by water. The walkway began to extend towards the sphere until stopping directly in front of the door, Scanning his ID card on the screen next to the entrance the door opened releasing a blast of air. "Hello Belowski? It's your old friend Doctor Crowler! I know its been a while since i visited but i was hoping you could come out and help me with a problematic student."


As noon rolled around that day, Haru, Sarah and Eiji had taken up residence in an empty classroom running through their deck configurations. Haru sighed as he placed Godzilla and Mothra in front of him.

"Whats up?" Eiji asked as he paused looking through his deck.

"I didn't realize planning for a duel against people I've never met would be so difficult" He said rubbing his eyes.

"Well you've done pretty well so far" Sarah said not looking up from the stack of cards she had in front of her.

"What do you mean by that exactly?" Haru asked looking up at her.

The Pallette Warrior duelist sighed and looked over at him. "Other than the duel against Bastion when did you ever have a chance to prepare for your opponents? From what I've heard your duels are pretty spontaneous"

"She's right," Eiji agreed. "Your duels against Titan and the Paradox brothers are great examples of your ability to improvise on the fly."

"So why am I here exactly?" Haru grumbled laying his head on the desk,

"Because you're going to take us on in a tag duel as practice for both of our upcoming matches," Sarah informed him.

"Hold on tag duel? I don't have a partner" Haru said raising an eyebrow.

"I dont think thats going to be a problem" Sarah said looking past him at the entrance to the classroom. "Your posse has arrived." Sure enough as Haru turned to look at the door he was greeted by the sight of Syrus, Chumley, Blair and Bastion making their way towards them.

"Haru! Thank god we finally found you!" Syrus called.

"We've been looking all over for you," Chumley said.

"We believe we found some things that might give you the edge in your duel," Bastion added.

Haru looked at the group with an unamused glance, "You don't say".

"Whats up with him?" Blair asked Eiji.

"As usual he's having a hard time finding the motivation to prep his deck for the coming duels." The Ultra Hero duelist answered. "I swear I heard him muttering eenie meenie miny moe earlier".

"I recommended we have a practice tag duel to get him more in the mood, but before you guys arrived he was lacking a partner," Sarah told the girl.

"I was kinda hoping he would be able to go over my new deck with me" Blair sighed. "I changed things up in hope that we would be able to spend some time together."

Sarah raised an eyebrow and looked at Eiji, mouthing the words "Do you think she's?"

Eiji nodded somewhat amused by the concept.

Across the table Bastion pulled out a card and waved it in front of Haru's face, "I think for the upcoming duel you should incorporate Water Dragon into your deck, with all his power there's no way you cant win."

"You could use my Power-Bond if you need," Syrus said holding up the fusion spell.

"Or my Des Koala," Chumley said holding up his favorite monster.

Haru rubbed his eyes and looked at the trio. "As much as I appreciate the sentiment guys, two out of those three cards would do absolutely nothing for my deck, and in the end I'd rather be able to say I won based off my own decks merits."

"I guess that makes sense. If I had won I would have said the same thing," Bastion shrugged as he placed the card back into its deck box.

"I guess that makes sense," Chumley said awkwardly as he did the same.

"If you change your mind that combo you and I pulled off during the expulsion duel might come in handy," Syrus nodded.

Haru ruffled his hair and smiled. "I'll keep it in mind."

"So what are the three of you up to?" Chumley asked moving to the side of the table to look over what had been set out in front of each of them.

'Well isn't it obvious Chum? They're strategizing for the upcoming school duel" Syrus said raising an eyebrow. "Or did all that grilled cheese you ate this morning give you a temporary case of amnesia?"

"We were just talking about finding Haru a tag partner for our practice duel when the four of you walked in" Eiji interrupted as he moved his cards back into a single pile. "We thought that perhaps one of you could fill in as his tag partner."

"Oh really? I wouldn't mind seeing what kind of combos his Kaiju and my element dragons would be able to pull off" Bastion mused clearly formulating a new equation in his head.

"Giant monsters and Giant koala's, it's sort of like this dream i had a while back" Chumley stated.

"Well clearly I should be his partner, the two of us have already proven our effectiveness together" Syrus interjected.

"Actually about that," Sarah started to say as the trio stopped and looked at her. "Blair here just told me she has a new deck she wanted Haru to take a look at, perhaps she should be his tag partner.

"A new deck eh?" Haru asked turning to look at the female Slifer. "You replaced the maiden deck in favor of something else?"

"Yeah I won the core from a small tournament before I decided to come to the island, I was missing a significant chunk of the rest of the deck for a while. But since you, Syrus and Chumley let me look through your card bulk i found everything I needed".

"Well I'm really intrigued now. Sorry guys Blair's going to be my tag partner today," Haru said pulling his duel Disk from his backpack and strapping it to his arm.

"I hate to be the bearer of bad news here Haru….." Eiji began.

"Sure you are" Haru deadpanned.

"But there is a class that's supposed to start here in ten minutes, so I don't think it would be wise to start our duel here" Eiji continued shooting Haru a disapproving look.

"I actually have a simple solution to that" Haru grinned. "There's a spot on the roof that not too many people know about. I sometimes go there to have a nap in between classes".

"So that's why your sometimes late for class" Syrus said.

"One of the reasons, yes."


It took them all about five minutes to find the stairway to Haru's napping spot, but they eventually found it at the end of dimly lit corridor at the opposite side of the school. "No wonder why this spot is never found. This hallway gives me the creeps," Syrus said looking around hesitantly.

"Exactly! Perfect hiding spot if you ask me," the Kaiju duelist smirked as they made their way up the stairs to the roof. Pushing open the door the group made their way outside and were met by a tremendous view. From this spot you could see the entire academy, from the Ra dorm to the lighthouse on the docks.

"Wow I had no idea there was a view this amazing," Blair gasped leaning over the railing that bordered the lookout.

"Dude watching the red and yellow students mix together is super cool," Chumley said following suit.

"It's total righteous isn't it?" An unfamiliar voice added.

Everybody's head turned to see a black haired boy sitting in the corner. He wore a blue worn out shirt with small holes in it, along with brown sandals and an Obelisk blazer like a cape.

"A friend of yours?" Haru looked at Eiji.

"Never seen him before in my life," Eiji told him. "Sarah?"

"Don't look at me," She shook her head. "I hang out with Alexis occasionally but that's the extent of my exposure to the rest of our dorm".

"Hey man do you mind? We were about to have a tag duel up here" Haru told the boy. "You mind vacating the premises?"

"No can do man, I'm on a mission"

"Look…." Eiji began before remembering that he didn't yet know his name.

"Belowski man, it's nice to meet the two of you finally" the laidback Obelisk grinned.

"I don't like the sound of that" Godzilla growled appearing in his kaiju form above Haru's right shoulder.

"As much as I'd hate to admit, I have to agree with the lizard on this one," An unfamiliar voice stated as a Ultra with two long crescent shaped horns and what seemed to be a beard appeared over Eiji's left shoulder.

"Oh god it's you" Godzilla groaned as he turned to look at the new spirit. "How's it going pops? Finally decided to show yourself?"

"Yes, unlike you I decided it would be beneficial to my duelist to reveal myself early instead of sleeping in," The new figure.

"Ultra father could you not right now?" Eiji asked watching the two duel spirits go at it.

"Neat you two have duel spirits? They don't seem to like each other very much, but despite that it's really cool to meet another person who can see them," Belowski grinned lazily.

"Hold on you can hear the annoying little voice in my head?" Haru raised an eyebrow. "I was starting to question if I was hallucinating or not."

"Oh totally man, duel spirits exist all over the world. It's just a rare occasion where we humans can actually notice their presence"

Haru held up a finger. "Hold up one second Belowski," he turned to Eiji and frowned. "When did you start seeing spirits?"

"A few days after I dueled Chazz I think," Eiji replied thinking back.

"Why the hell didn't you tell me?" Haru asked

"Well I don't know, probably because I thought I was going bat shit insane just like you just said you were" Eiji said sarcastically.

"Chill dude you're totally giving off really bad vibes right now" Belowski said. "Not to mention your spirits aren't exactly well behaved either." The two boys turned to see Godzilla and Ultra father rolling back and forth in the air as they wrestled, each unleashing a string of insults at the other. Belowski snapped his fingers and a small rectangular puffball with a sleepy expression appeared between them to break up the fight. It had a pair of angel wings and a set of small yellow wings as well.

"Yeah, man you're totally killing the good vibes" Syrus agreed.

"Yeah just go with the flow," Sarah, Chumley and Bastion chimed in.

"Guys are you ok?" Blair asked, bending down in front of Syrus and moving her hand back and forth in front of the boys face.

"Since when did all of our friends become freaking hippies?" Haru raised an eyebrow.

"Sorry that's kinda my bad" Belowski smiled rubbing the back of his head awkwardly. "See I have this strange power that brings people to see my side of things. It's sorta the reason I was sealed away from the rest of the island."

"That sounds highly illegal" Eiji pointed out.

"With Kaiba's money flowing through this island I'm not surprised. After all I did have to duel a monkey named Wheeler who was kept in a secret lab underneath the island. The better question is why aren't the three of us all stoned out right now?"

'See that's the beauty of it, for some reason my powers don't work on people with the ability to see duel spirits, which explains you two amigos being immune." He pointed towards Blair. "The reason for this one still eludes me however."

"Duel Spirits? You mean those two spectral images that tend to hang around you?" Blair asked Haru.

Haru frowned, "You've been able to see them too? All this time I thought I was the only one and it turns out almost half of my group of friends can see them to" he complained.

"Well to be fair if I were to tell anyone other than you and Eiji that I can see spirits, they would probably think I'm a mental case" Blair pointed out.

"I guess that's fair" Haru sighed.

"Don't worry about it Kaiju man, this sort of thing happens all the time but after awhile you get used to it" Belowski said. "I'm quite interested in what her deck is, now that we know she has the potential to have her own spirit. Mokey Mokey you mind foregoing our duel with the Kaiju dude in favor of testing out a new deck?" Belowski turned to look at the rectangular white spirit and it let out a small purr. "Looks like he's down for it, you don't mind sitting out on a duel do you Kaiju dude?"

Haru shrugged, "I assume Crowler sent you, so if you decide to stray from his plan I count that as a victory in my book. He turned to Blair and handed her his disk. "I'll let you borrow this Blair, 'Im looking forward to seeing what your new deck can do"

'A chance to show off in front of Haru? This is my chance' Blair said holding back a smile and a squee as she took the Disk from her mentor. "Thanks Haru I won't let you down."

"I know you won't kid," Haru said giving her the thumbs up. "Show him what you can do".

"Awesome," Belowski said pushing himself to his feet as Mokey Mokey disappeared into his deck. "I haven't been this excited since my old days in Obelisk Blue. Let's do this!" He activated his duel disk.

"I'm ready for you" Blair nodded as she activated her own.

DUEL!

Blair:4000

Belowski:4000

"My turn's first man!" Belowski declared as he drew his sixth card. "I think i'll start things off by summoning our good friend Mokey Mokey in attack modey modey" He laughed as he placed the card on the field.

As soon as the card hit the field the familiar white puffy rectangle appeared, with its yellow wings and question mark antenna. "Mokey Mokey" The creature squeaked as it settled onto the field.

Mokey Mokey level 1 (300/100)

"By god that's not a monster, That's a marshmallow," Bastion exclaimed with a smile.

"He's so cute! I just want to cuddle with it like a big stuffed animal" Sarah squealed.

"Makes me want to have a nap" Syrus added, a similar smile stretching across his face.

Chumley's eyes began to droop as he swayed back and forth, "Now that you mention it…. Me too…." he yawned.

"Their reactions are really weirding me out" Eiji groaned sitting down opposite them with Haru.

"I'm just disappointed I didn't bring a camera, this is prime blackmail material" Haru laughed.

"Alright, I guess I'll just throw down a few facedowns and chill for now" Belowski finished placing two cards in the slots below his monster zones.

"My turn then" Blair said drawing for turn, "I normal summon Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV 4 in attack position." Placing the card on her disk the field lit up as a chrome colored hawk-like dragon appeared on her side of the field.

Horus the Black Flame Dragon level 4 (1600/1000)

"Dude! You play dragons? " Belowski clapped. "Believe it or not I played the same back when i was the top Obelisk of my year"

"This stoner was the Zane of his year? I have a hard time believing that" Haru raised an eyebrow.

"Sorry Belowski but I don't just play dragons. But you'll find that out soon enough" Blair smiled, "Battle! Go Horus destroy that Marshmallow with Azure Blaze!" She raised her hand as the small bird like dragon screeched before letting loose a breath of blue fire.

"Sorry but this aggression will not stand, man!" Belowski shook his head as he pressed the button above one of his set cards. "Because i have a trap! It's called Human Wave Tactics! Wrap your mind around this info; At the end of the turn I get to special summon a monster with the same level as the monster destroyed." He shrugged. "The down side is it limits me to level 2 or lower monsters, but it's all about the balance man, the yin and the yang if you will." The card flipped face up to reveal a cluster of Mokey Mokey all bunched together.

"Eiji do you ever feel like you in the filler episode of an anime?" Haru asked looking at his companion.

"What in Ultra Father's holy name are you blathering about?" Eiji frowned.

"When everything seems so unneeded, Sorta like when it took so long to determine the representative for the singles division of the school duel, while the doubles were decided almost immediately. Also, 'blathering?' When did you turn into an old man?"

"Now that you mention it, I did think that was kind of odd. And don't criticize my vocabulary." Eiji admitted.

They watched as the attack from the dragon hit home, burning Mokey Mokey to a crisp.

Belowski:4000-2700

"Dude" Belowski groaned as he watched his monster get destroyed.

"Now that Horus has destroyed a monster this turn I have fulfilled its evolution requirements! So let's say goodbye to Horus level 4 and hello to Horus level 6!" Blair continued. Her monster was engulfed in a silver light as it began to grow and change, its wings becoming longer and sharper and its small legs extending into a pair of sharp talons.

Horus the black Flame Dragon lv6 (2300/1600)

"And I'll set a facedown," Blair concluded as the hologram appeared and disappeared.

"Her new deck is level monsters?" Eiji asked.

"Sweet, this duel just got a whole lot more interesting" Haru grinned

"That was very unchill of you dude" Belowski shook his head, "But now due to human wave tactics I can special summon Happy Lover." A circle of light appeared above him as a yellow spherical fairy monster with a heart on its forehead appeared. It had two sets of angelic wings one set purple and one set pink.

Happy Lover level 2 (800/500)

"And since Happy Lover likes to spread the love, I'll bring back his pal Mokey Mokey in attack modey modey." The Obelisk grinned as the white puffball appeared once again on his side of the field.

Mokey Mokey level 1 (300/100)

More relaxed sighs rippled through group, as the second Mokey Mokey appeared on the field.

"He has such as calming presence doesn't he?" Bastion mused.

"He makes me feel so chill," Sarah agreed smiling happily.

Syrus grinned, "he's making feel all warm and fuzzy"

Chumley simply yawned again before laying down on his side.

"Syrus don't you dare fall asleep on me" Haru said shaking the roid duelist, "When you wake up i'm never going to let you hear the end of this"

"Let them be Haru. At worst the four of them are going to sleep through this duel" Eiji said patting the Kaiju duelist on the shoulder.

"Seems your duelist isn't to far off from you Goji; Always resorting to violence even when there are better ways to handle a situation," Ultra father mocked. Godzilla, who seemed to be the only one who heard this, turned towards the head Ultra and cracked his neck.

"Mind repeating that you silver skinned buffoon?" the Kaiju growled.

"I didn't stutter," The Ultra shook his head.

"When I'm done with you all you will do is stutter" Godzilla growled as he pounced on the hero, and before long the duo had whipped up a cartoonish smoke cloud around them as they fought.

"Good grief, those two have issues" Belowski said looking past Blair at the conflict. "But that won't distract me from the duel man". He smiled " I'll continue by playing the card Mokey Mokey Smackdown! And with this activated I'll have my Happy Lover attack your Horus." he grinned goofily.

"Why? My monster has double the attack of yours, you would just be inflicting unneeded damage to yourself?" Blair questioned.

"It's all about the plan man, dont worry its all good" He turned to Happy lover and grinned. "Go, Gushy Burst" The small yellow fairy fired a stream of pink and purple energy at Horus, but the avionic dragon breathed out a burst of flame, destroying the energy stream and subsequently Happy Lover.

Belowski:2700-1200

"NOBODY FUCKS WITH THE MOKEY!" Belowski's remaining monster went berserk as its eyes bugged out of its rectangular body. As it cried out in anger its body began to shift from white to a dark red, and the antenna on its head from a question mark to a exclamation point.

"What's up with the marshmallow now?" Haru asked giving up on shaking Syrus and returning his attention to the duel at hand.

"I think she pissed it off" Eiji told him.

"Wow…... look at the little guy….. go" Sarah sighed.

"I could watch him…. all day" Bastion added with a smile.

"Go for it little dude! You're the best" Syrus called out.

Belowski grinned at the onlookers reaction, "He sure is…" He turned to look at Blair, "So here's the rundown, when a fairy type monster I control is destroyed it activates my Mokey Mokey Smackdown! Now my Mokey Mokey's attack grows to 3000! Far out right? Power to the Mokey Mokey" he laughed.

"That's not good" Blair watched as the monster was engulfed in a bright light.

Mokey Mokey level 2 (300-3000)

"You go little dude!" Syrus, Chumley and Sarah cheered.

"Yes and we're going right with you" Bastion added raising his fist in the air.

"I'm starting to question what side you four are on" Haru said glaring at the quartet.

"Mokey Mokey's of course!" Syrus told him, causing the Kaiju duelist to facepalm.

"Now where was I?" Belowski rubbed his face trying to remember, 'Oh yeah I was going to have Mokey Mokey attack your Horus lV 6!"

"That's a whole lot of attack staring her down right now" Eiji flinched.

"No worries dudes this Mokey Mokey is full of good vibrations" The now red rectangular monster began to flap its wings, whipping up a gust of wind. "Well your Horus LV 6 may not feel that way though"

Blair watched as her monster exploded within the currents of air, causing her life points to go down by quite a bit.

Blair:4000-3300

"I activate my set card" Blair said after the wind died down. "It's called Level regression! When a level monster is destroyed by battle I can return it to my hand and special summon a lower level form from my graveyard! Return Horus the black Flame Dragon LV 4" On cue the chrome bird like dragon appeared once again on her side of the field.

Horus the Black Flame Dragon level 4 (1600/1000)

"Mokey! Mokey! Mokey! Mokey !" The quartet of sleepy individuals began to chant.

"How the hell can you four root for the other side at a time like this?" Haru growled at them.

"There's nothing wrong with cheering on the other side as long as it makes you happy" Belowski called, "After all their feeling the Moke"

"I beg your pardon?" The three still conscious duelists asked in unison.

"Yeah guys… The moke is all about the Harmony man" The Obelisk explained as he inserted another card into his disk. "It's getting better to, because i play the spell Mystic Wok! Just like a sizzling dish of Kung Pao tofu, Mystic Wok refills my energy."

"I'm not sure we have the similar tastes in terms of food" Blair commented, "Tofu is really not my thing"

"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.…. But where was I?" Belowski looked confused for a second before regaining his thoughts. "Oh yeah the thing about Mystic Wok is its all about the balance, See i can only gain life points equal to the monster I tributed for this activation, So I think I'll choose my Mokey Mokey"

The angry fairy cried out before disappearing in a flash of light before him.

"And if I'm doing my math correctly that's about three grand in points"

Belowski:1200-4200

"And since Happy lover is gone, Human Wave Tactics restores the balance to my Universe. Now all I have to do is choose what balance" Belowski looked through his cards before settling on one in particular. "I think Haniwa is my sort of zen don't you guys think?" He said placing the monster onto the field.

Blair and the boys watches as a small round headed stone monster appeared on Belowski's field wearing a blank expression. "Haniwa?"

Haniwa level 2 (500/500)

"Damn she almost had him, but in one fell swoop he managed to get a monster and get more lifepoints than her" Eiji said.

'Hey…. Dudes"

The three slifers turned to see, Bastion, Syrus and Sarah all sitting indian style in a circle, while Chumley snored behind them all looking really peaceful.

Bastion tilted his head, "You can't be bringing all this negative energy to a duel man…."

"Yeah guys, learn to chill a bit you know?" Sarah agreed.

"Totally" Syrus chimed in.

"Excuse me?" Haru and Eiji growled.

'This whole thing is really distracting' Blair sighed looking back at them.

"Come on dudes, sing our Mantra with us" Syrus continued.

"How the hell do you even know that word?" Haru asked getting in the roid duelist's face.

'Simple man, I've been enlightened to all the universe has to offer" He smiled.

Belowski laughed, "Couldn't have said it any better myself dude."

"Mokey! Mokey!" The group cried in unison.

"Okey dokey, Mokey! Mokey!"

"Can I get on with my next turn now please?" Blair groaned.

"Sure dude what's stopping you?" Belowski asked.

"Well the yelling really doesn't help," she said sarcastically as she drew her new card. Before she could start her next move they were met by the sound of a familiar laugh coming from behind them. She, Haru and Eiji turned to see wearing what seemed to be a space suit jump down from a nearby pillar.

"Oh Eiji…. Haru" his head cocked as he noticed his nemesis wasn't dueling at the moment. "Why aren't you dueling Belowski exactly?" He asked.

"Well honestly doc this whole situation smelled like your handiwork, much like all the other crap I had to go through since I started here" Haru flashed him a cocky grin. "You do realize I don't have to accept every duel that comes my way right?"

The teacher's eyes twitched at the boys answer, mostly because he knew that he was right. "Belowski! I thought I told you that you were supposed to hit Haru with your ability! Why hasn't it worked yet?"

"Chill Teach, for some people my mojo just doesn't work" The Obelisk shrugged.

"I'm still confused as to how your ability works" Eiji shook his head. 'You just give off an aura that makes people drowsy or something?"

"Don't worry about it my dude" Belowski waved it off,."There's no bad side effects, it will all wear off after I leave your general vicinity"

"Indeed, you've probably never seen Belowski around campus" Crowler nodded. "It's for a good reason. At one time he was making most of the islands duelists feel that way. That's why we had to move him to a new living space: a titanium dome fitted with holograms deep underground."

"So you pretty much put him in a prison," Blair said.

"Please dear, prison is such an ugly word" Crowler flinched at the word, I like to think of it as a Mandatory Restraint Habitat, Its kinda nice actually, feels like an island paradise".

"Those words still mean prison" Haru snorted as scribbled down something on a notepad he had pulled from his pocket. He was more intrigued by the prospect of another hidden area on the island.

Belowski shook his head slowly, "Nah man its cool, I just chill in my room until Doctor C comes and asks me to take care of some problem students. I get to leave, duel and have some fun or whatever. It's a pretty sweet gig in my opinion"

Crowler nodded in agreement, "That's right".

"Plus I get the opportunity to hang out with my monster crew and spin our wheels and such" Belowski continued. "And dudes, We have some deep talks too. We're totally unraveling the universe. You should totally come over some time"

"Pass" Eiji shook his head.

"Rain check on that actually" Haru raised his hand,

"I'd really just like to get back to the duel honestly" Blair commented.

"Hey man I'm totally chill with that" Belowski nodded.

"Alright then I'll start by normal summoning Silent Swordsman LV 3 in attack position!" As she placed the card a small figure wielding a long blade with a tip that curved forward appeared. He wore a black coat with a belt that had an S on the buckle along with a black and silver helmet over his blonde hair.

Silent Swordsman lv3 (1000/1000)

"Alright Horus, take out Haniwa with Azure Blaze!" She commanded as the small dragon disintegrated the stone monster with another beam of blue fire.

Belowski:4200-3100

"And now Silent Swordsman will follow up with a direct attack! Silent strafe!" The small swordsman ran his left hand across the blade of his sword before slashing directly at Belowski. Crowler screamed and ran away as his prized student was knocked over by the force of Blair's second attack.

Belowski:3100-2100

"And since Horus destroyed your monster via battle it levels up," she continued as the enhanced form of Horus returned to the field.

Horus the black Flame Dragon LV 6 (2300/1600)

"I'll throw down a facedown and call it a turn," Blair concluded feeding the card into the slot on her disk, "Dude."

Belowski rose to his feet and dusted himself off. "You know you're a real party pooper dude. But it doesn't really matter in the long run because Human Wave Tactics is going to net me another fairy type, specifically an old favorite of mine Happy Lover!" He laughed as another fairy appeared on his field.

'Come on Belowski beat that slifer slacker fast so you can give the smackdown to Yoshida.' Crowler thought as he looked back and forth between Blair, Belowski and the group of currently dosing students. 'I still don't understand why his powers don't work on these three'

"And with that I can officially begin my turn, my dude" Belowski smiled looking at the card he had just drawn. "First Ill activate my pot of greed spell card allowing me to draw two more cards!" After drawing his smile widened. "Far out! I got Dark Factory of Mass production!" Belowski placed the card on his disk, "I know it sounds super totalitarian, But it actually allows me to bring two normal monsters from my graveyard back to my hand. I think I'll choose my best bros the Mokey Mokey's. And since I have the third in hand I have all I need for this!" He revealed polymerization from his hand. "Time to fuse my dudes! "

Haru Eiji and Blair looked up to see a huge rectangular shape casting shade over the field. "Well shit" Haru sid mouth agape.

"Three of those make that thing?" Eiji gasped.

"Impressive right?" Belowski nodded looking up at the gigantic Mokey Mokey, "This dude is called Mokey Mokey King."

Mokey Mokey King level 6 (300/100)

"And check out his King Wave thats directed at your swordsman" the gigantic monster took a deep breath. "Mokey Mokey!" It boomed releasing sonic waves just like its smaller counterpart.

"Ok Swordsman defend yourself!" Blair commanded. The little warrior nodded before jumping into the air and slashing at the huge monster, destroying it instantly.

Belowski:2100-1400

"Dude your response was totally epic!" Belowski cheered. "But from one will come many, especially when Mokey Mokey King's effect activates allowing me to special summon all the Mokeys used to summon him."

Mokey Mokey level 2 (300/100) x3

"Oh god not this again" Blair groaned.

"Don't worry about it Blair, you still got this," Haru called, "The sooner you win this the sooner these idiots can return to their normal thinking capacity."

All three Mokey Mokeys combined their sonic powers and the area was soon filled with a pitch of such high frequency that it shattered Crowlers protective suit, exposing him to the power of the Mokey Mokey.

"Allright Happy lover do your thing and attack Swordsman!" He pointed at the level monster , "Gushy Burst!" Happy lover flew up into the air and fired a beam of light, that the swordsman just swatted back at it blowing it away.

Belowski:2100-1900

"Aw man…..Look at what you did to my little Mokey Mokeys" Belowski shook his head as his three monsters assumed their enraged red forms.

Mokey Mokey level 2 (300-3000) x3

"DO YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS LARRY?!" The Mokey Mokeys screamed. "DO YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS?! THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DUEL A STRANGER IN THE ALPS! YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS LARRY?!"

"Who the hell is Larry?" Haru asked confused.

"Search me," Eiji muttered, flabbergasted.

"Allright Mokey Mokey one you're on Horus. Mokey Mokey dos your on swordsman!" Belowski directed as the two monsters headed out. The second made short work of the tiny swordsman as the winds shattered him instantly, The first had a little more difficulty with Horus but still managed to pull it off.

Blair:3300-600

"Looks like this duels about to end, Bummer!" Belowski sighed. "Mokey Mokey three your turn, direct attack!"

"Your wrong there Belowski! You forgot about my trap! Go Raigeki Break! Now by discarding a card I can destroy one card on the field and I think your attacking monster will be my target" after discarding a card a bolt of lightning shot out of the trap burning the attacking monster to a crisp.

"Nice! You proved me wrong yet again" Belowski said, "But i still get to activate Human Wave Tactics to special summon another fairy like my third Happy Lover!" Belowski patted the card onto the field as another copy of the fairy appeared in defense position.

Happy Lover level 2 (800/500)

"And to conclude my turn I think I'll set a card then I'll activate my own trap, Gift of the mystical elf. This card is totally filled with the best karma, because now I gain 300 life points for each monster I control."

Belowski:1900-2800

"I have to admit this strategy is pretty good" Eiji said as he couldn't help being impressed by his fellow obelisks strategy. "By sending in his weak fairies, he sets off Mokey Mokey Smackdown consistently, and with his human wave tactics on the field he never runs out of ammunition. His strategy is almost perfect".

Blair rubbed her eyes seeming fatigued from her opponents previous turn.

Belowski stared at her for a moment, "Dude you ok? You're not looking to hot. Want to take a burrito break?"

Blair flashed him a look of determination. "Not right now" she said drawing her new card. "I've gotta stage a comeback. I activate monster reborn to special summon back my Horus LV 6 " with a screech the middle form of the chrome dragon appeared on the field yet again.

"You sure do go to that monster a lot don't you" Belowski cocked his head.

"Well yeah he hasn't completed his full evolution yet" Blair smiled.

"Dude I have to give you props, most people would have given up by now when they duel me. I just have to ask what makes you move forward?" The three fairies on his field seemed to start to converse over the answer to their masters question.

"I have a few reasons actually" Blair told him. "I'm relying on my new deck to bring me victory, so this is a new experience for me, second I have to snap those idiots out of their trance" SHe motioned to Syrus, Chumley, Bastion and Sarah "and third I can't let my teacher down." She turned to Haru and gave him a wink.

Eiji struggled to hold back a laugh at this but managed to look the other way.

"Alright, all three of those seem like good reasons" Belowski admitted. "Show me what you got."

"Gladly." She pointed towards Horus. "Normally a level monster can only evolve when it meets its own conditions, but I've found a way to bypass that."

"Oh?" Belowski asked.

"With this spell Level Up! Now I can special summon the next stage of Horus ignoring its summoning conditions. Goodbye Horus LV 6 and say hello to Horus LV 8" The dragon was engulfed in a golden light as its tail elongated and a pair of arms appeared underneath its wings. Meanwhile its wings grew longer and its neck elongated.

Horus the Black Flame Dragon lv8 (3000/1800)

"Nice is this your monsters final form?" Belowski asked looking up at it.

"Sure is" Blair nodded.

"Well I hate to do this to something so cool but I activate my quick play spell Book of Moon to flip it into face down defense position," the Mokey Mokey duelist said pressing a button on his disk as the card flipped upwards.

"That won't work 'Dude'" Blair grinned. "Horus's effect activates allowing me to negate your spell and destroy it"

"That's bogus" Belowski said, shaking his head."Alright," he sighed placing the card in his graveyard.

"Now for my normal summon I'll call forth Silent Magician in attack position" she continued as a female spellcaster wearing white and blue robes along with a similarly colored hat appeared beside the dragon.

Silent Magician level 4 (1000/1000)

"She did it," Haru whispered realizing what she was doing.

"TIme to battle! Horus attacks Mokey Mokey number 1," She commanded as the dragon engulfed the marshmallow in its blue fire.

Belowski: 2800-100

"Mokey Mokey Smackdown activates then" Belowski reminded her.

"Wrong! Horus will negate and destroy your continuous spell!" Blair yelled back. "And now Silent Magician can attack your second Mokey Mokey for the win!" The small female magician charged up a blue aura in the wand she carried before sending it Mokey Mokeys way destroying it and sending Belowski flying backwards onto the ground.

Belowski:100-0

"Blair I think you knocked him out" Haru said placing his hand on her shoulder as the two approached the small Obelisk while Eiji checked on the others. "Then again I'm pretty sure there was no way he could have gotten out of the situation you put him in"

"Dude that was pretty amazing," Belowski said as he opened his eyes to look up at them, "Your deck is totally wicked".

"I hate to admit it but I had fun to Belowski," Blair nodded as she put her hands on her hips.

"That reminds me though did you have any luck finding your duel spirit?" The Obelisk asked cocking his head.

"Nope nothing" Blair shook her head.

"Bummer, Maybe it's just not your time yet" He flopped down on his back and smiled, "Maybe we can…. Do this... Again some…..time" And just like that he was out.

"Hey " Haru said poking at the now sleeping Obelisk. I still have a few questions."

"Guys, as much as I hate to interrupt i'm going to need the two of you to take Syrus back to the dorm" Eiji said walking towards them with Sarah over his shoulder.

"They're still out?" Blair shouted, "Man Belowski must have hit them with all of his juice"

"I guess I should call Will to come help, god knows we can't take both Bastion and Chumley back to the dorms by ourselves." Blair seemed to gulp at the idea. "Plus" Haru grinned looking back at the now sleeping Crowler, "Ineed to go get my permanent marker". As the trio walked down the stairs with the two other students in tow Blair turned back to look up at the roof, "Gotta say that was the strangest duel I've ever been in"

"You did well kid" Haru smiled giving her the thumbs up.

"Thanks" Blair blushed and turned away.

Well it's finally done, After two weeks of trying to write out a deck that i thought would fit Blair pretty nicely, I then realized that Ritual Beasts are cool in concept but a bitch to write. I'm not saying they will never show up in this story but i think Ill push them back to a later time when i'm more used to writing this story. So in the end thanks for your patience with me over these 21 chapters, and thanks to Silver, Azure Dragon of the East and Neo-Warkid4 for allowing me to bounce Ideas off them. Blair's deck was an Idea pitched by Neo-Warkid4 during one of our discussions so I'll give them the credit for that. Well anyway I'll start 22 soon hopefully I don't get caught up like i did with this chapter, But hey its not filler so i think I have that going in my favor. Keep it classy people and see you soon.

-Red