YuGiOh GX The Future

by judodave

Rewritten version of an old fanfic, original cast: It's been 20 years since Jaden graduated from Duel Academy and now Chloe and Lance, two friends who love to duel have enrolled in the school but what challenges await them at Duel Academy? Complete, sequel coming soon!

114. After the Storm

(OOC Note: All custom cards used by Jason in this chapter were created by Colossal Fighter GX, creative credit goes to him).

It was now Monday morning and whilst the storm had passed almost as quickly as it hit the island the previous night most of the buildings on the island were soaked, thankfully it hit the island past curfew so the students were able to avoid the rain all together.

But for one girl in Osiris Red the storm was the least of her problems.

"Has she answered yet?" A short female Osiris Red student asked her taller roommate as they waited outside Nicola's dorm room, the shorter of the two girls had shoulder length raven black hair and blue eyes whilst the taller of the two had long light brown hair in a ponytail and blue eyes, neither student had made any changes to their uniform and the taller of the two girls shook her head. "I'm worried Sam, first that scream we heard last night and now she isn't answering?"

"If she had answered the door already I would've dismissed that scream as her just being spooked by the storm, putting her autism aside Nicola's a city girl so she's probably not used to storms like that." Sam responded with an accent that sounded like she was from one of America's Southern States as she looked up at her roommate, the two girls where Nicola's new neighbors who had moved into Chelsea and Chloe's old room the day after they were promoted to Ra Yellow. "Cindy, I like her, don't get me wrong but I think we should tell Maria about Nicola's scream, I'm getting seriously worried here." Sam added and Cindy shook her head.

"I don't want to get her into trouble though." Cindy responded as she stepped forward. "Let me try, if she doesn't answer then feel free to fetch Maria, deal?"

"Okay, deal." Sam responded as she stepped aside and let her roommate try.

"Nicola?" Cindy called as she knocked on her door. "It's Cindy, me and Sam want to make sure your all right after the storm last night, can we come in?" Cindy asked and the two girls waited for a few minutes. "Maybe she's on the toilet or in the shower?"

"Bathroom breaks don't take that long and neither do showers." Sam responded before letting out a reluctant sigh. "I'm off to get Maria…."

"Come in." Nicola's voice rang out stopping Sam in her tracks, her voice sounded tired and the two girls shared a look.

"Maybe we woke her up." Sam suggested with a shrug and Cindy shook her head.

"We should check on her anyway." Cindy responded before opening the door, Nicola was still in bed and had her back turned to her neighbors. "Did we wake you up Nicola? Sorry if we did, we heard you scream last night and…."

"Not exactly….." Nicola trailed off before sitting up in her bed with a pained grunt her hair was a mess and her eyes where almost completely bloodshot.

"Nic, have you been up all night?" Sam asked once she saw Nicola's look and Nicola nodded.

"I had a terrible nightmare and the storm woke me up." Nicola responded as she stood up and yawned as she stretched a bit, her pajama top lifted up a bit with her arms briefly exposing her naval and the scars from last night's duel before she put her arms back down lowering the top at the same time. "I couldn't exactly get back to…." Nicola trailed when she saw the concerned looks from the other girls. "What?"

"Nicola, this is going to sound weird but can you lift up your top again?" Cindy asked and Nicola gave her a confused look. "Don't take it off completely just lift it up above your naval." Cindy added and Nicola gave her another confused look before nodding.

"Err, okay." Nicola responded before doing so, when she did the other girls grimaced. "Guys, you're confusing me even more."

"Nicola, where did you get those claw marks and that gash? They look nasty!" Sam asked and Nicola blinked before looking at herself in the full length mirror next to the en-suite and seeing her wounds from last night.

"First my body aches and now my wounds return from the duel? What the hell happened last night?" Nicola thought before lowering her top and shaking her head. "I don't know, outside of my duel against Andreas and my trips to the Obelisk Blue Boy's and the Ra Yellow Girl's dorms I spent most of yesterday in here and even then I spent most of the day doing school work on my laptop." Nicola responded as she pointed out her laptop.

"So you have no idea how you got those scars?" Cindy asked and Nicola nodded. "Sam, get Maria, I think we'd better get Nicola to the school nurse."

"I'm on it." Sam nodded in response before leaving the room.

"You guys are doing to let me get dressed first, right? I'm not going to the infirmary in just my pajamas!" Nicola protested and the two girls nodded before leaving the room and Nicola sighed to herself before she plopped down on her bed. "First the weird dream and now my injuries are showing up? How the hell do I explain this?" Nicola thought before an idea popped in her head. "Chloe and Chelsea, Sapphire Pegasus said I should talk to them as soon as I can and maybe they'll meet me in the infirmary?"

"Are you all right Nicola?" Cindy's voice rang out breaking Nicola's train of thought.

"Err, yeah, I'm fine, I'll call you when I'm dressed." Nicola responded before grabbing her phone and sending a text to Chloe. "Chloe, explaining would take me to long but I had a weird dream last night that involved a duel against some kind of spirit posing as my dad and when I woke up I was injured, I'm about to be taken to the infirmary, can you and Chelsea meet me there?" Nicola read the text in her head as she typed it before sending it and putting her phone aside. "I still don't know how to explain this but hopefully they can shed some light on it." Nicola thought before she started getting changed out of her pajamas.

*meanwhile*

"And so I said "are you kidding? I could duel your skanky ass under the table blindfolded!", unfortunately for me I ended up insulting the principle's daughter." Chelsea said as she shook her head and Chloe listened on whilst trying not to laugh, the two girls had been up for a couple of hours now and since there was nothing going on today they were passing the time by telling old stories.

"And that's how you got expelled from one school during your first week?" Chloe asked as her text message tone went off and she grabbed her phone whilst Chelsea shook her head.

"Nah, that was just one incident among many!" Chelsea responded with an annoyed sigh as Chloe read her text, once she saw the worried look on Chloe's face her mood turned serious. "Something wrong Chloe?"

"Nicola just texted me, she said that she had a weird dream last night that involved a duel with a spirit of some kind." Chloe said with a frown as she read the text. "Posed as her dad, injured when she woke up, sound familiar Chelsea?"

"Those bastards actually targeted her for a dream duel?!" Chelsea asked angrily and Chloe nodded. "Does she want us to go over to the Osiris Red Girls Dorm and check on her?"

"No, she said in the text that she's being taken to the infirmary." Chloe responded as she showed Chelsea the text. "If I had to guess then I'd say that her new neighbors heard her scream and decided to check on her."

"And that's how she found out about her injuries." Chelsea responded and Chloe nodded, she turned to her desktop and quickly logged in. "You go on ahead, I'm going to e-mail the others." Chelsea told her and Chloe nodded. "If that was a dream duel then we can't let it go ignored."

"Agreed, I'll meet you and the others at the infirmary okay?" Chloe asked and Chelsea nodded before she left the dorm room.

*later on in the main building*

It didn't take Chelsea long to get to the main building since it was a ten minute walk at most from the Ra Yellow Girl's Dorm to the Main Building but due to her not visiting the infirmary all that often it took a while to locate it, by the time she did Chloe and the others were outside.

"Chloe filled us in." Theresa told her as Chelsea approached the group. "And you were right her injuries were discovered by her neighbors after they stopped by her dorm room to check on her."

"How bad does it look?" Chelsea asked as she leaned against the wall and the others frowned.

"We haven't seen the injuries for ourselves but we had a chat with Sam and Cindy, her new neighbors in the Osiris Red Girl's Dorm, and according to them the injuries looked nasty." Chloe responded with a frown on her face. "The nurse put Nicola on some painkillers and as soon as her wounds are dressed we can go in and have a chat."

"Still can't believe that they'd target her in such a way." Andreas commented with a frown. "How do the Orichalcos Duelists even know about her? She's been flying under the radar ever since she enrolled in this school."

"Otto knew about her and we know he's back working with them, as much as I hate to say it." Lance pointed out with a frown on his face. "Besides that, maybe they caught a glimpse of the rematch between her and Andreas and decided to take her out?"

"I sincerely hope that you're not implying that it's my fault that she got targeted Lance." Andreas warned him in a low voice and Lance gulped. "Because if you are then you're about to wish that you had angered Chelsea to the point of violence instead, am I clear?"

"No one's saying that and besides, wasn't the duel her idea in the first place?" Theresa pointed out and Andreas took a deep breath before nodding. "Fortunately there doesn't seem to be any permanent damage physically speaking so she should be fine, mentally however…."

"There's no way she's 100% mentally speaking." Chelsea pointed our as she shook her head. "I'm still shaken up from my dream duel and that was over a week ago!"

"That's a great point Chelsea." Tyler nodded in agreement as he frowned. "However we must take every precaution we can with these duels, the duels Andreas and Chloe were in were child's play compared to these."

"I think we should make this a priority." Brandon said as an idea popped in his head. "I say we, if we ever find ourselves in another dream duel, should make sure that our Duel Spirits contact Silent Magician or Armored Dragon ASAP, they seem to be the most powerful of the Duel Spirits."

"That won't help someone like Nicola though we don't even know if she has a Duel Spirit." Chelsea responded with a frown. "So far the only duelists we know of with a Duel Spirit Guide outside of our group are Ash and Hamden."

"And Ash is pretty much an honorary member whilst Hamden is our mentor of sorts." Chloe responded with a nod and before anyone else could say anything the door to the infirmary opened and the nurse stepped out. "How is she?"

"She's banged up but she'll live, Maria is with her at the moment but she isn't against letting you see her." The nurse responded before stepping aside to let the students in. "She's lying down on the last bed on the right."

"Thanks Nurse, you mind leaving us alone with her?" Theresa asked and the nurse nodded before going off to check on a male Osiris Red student with what looked like a broken arm. "Poor guy probably broke it thanks to the storm at least it passed during the night." Theresa thought as they walked down the hall of beds and saw Nicola lying on the bed, her hair wasn't as messy, presumably because she had stopped to brush it before coming to the infirmary and she was now in her uniform. "Hey Nicola, are you feeling better?" Theresa asked as she and the others took seats.

"Not really, right now I just want to catch up on the sleep I missed." Nicola moaned as she sat up in her bed. "Wait, didn't I only text Chloe?"

"You did but once we realized what had happened I e-mailed the others." Chelsea responded as she took a deep breath. "I know this isn't exactly easy Nicola but what can you remember?" Chelsea asked and Nicola shifted her weight.

"I was going through my deck for most of the day after the duel against Andreas." Nicola responded with a frown. "By the time the dorm check came about I must've swapped out at least half of my Spell Cards for ones I used to keep in my Side Deck, not long after that the storm hit and that ended up keeping me up for a while."

"Join the club." The other duelists said in unison and Nicola sighed.

"After about twenty minutes or so I finally fell asleep, only I wish I had just stayed up all night." Nicola added with a frown as she pointed to the bandaged part of her abdomen. "During the dream I was shown a vision of when I first met Andreas back in Battle City, only it ended completely different."

"Let me guess, a giant card called "Sad Story – Dreadful Day" showed up right before the vision?" Chelsea asked and Nicola shook her head.

"It was called "Sad Story – Atrocious Day" but aside from that your spot on." Nicola responded before she cast her eyes downward. "The vision started just after I attacked Andreas with Rainbow Dragon and he activated Nutrient Z, but before he could tell me that he'd never give up as long as he still had life-points left two gunshots rang out."

"Didn't the Orichalcos Duelist I faced have a sniper on the roof overlooking the ally?" Marcus remembered and the others nodded. "Yeah, I remember, it was to keep us from calling the others for help but Michael showed up and dealt with him."

"Can we please stay on topic here?" Theresa asked and Marcus gulped before nodding. "Let me guess, you got hit? As in your vision self, not you…"

"I know what you meant." Nicola responded with an annoyed sigh. "My dad was the first to fall in the vision, Andreas tried to save me but I got hit next, after that I lost track of the chaos until I finally dispelled the vision." Nicola added before shuddering. "That was when my dad got off the floor and started berating me, basically calling me a waste of space."

"I haven't spoken to your father much Nicola but that still sounds ridiculously out of character for him." Andreas responded and Nicola nodded in agreement.

"It was but there was one moment that pretty much sealed it in my mind, the imposter posing as my dad basically blamed me for my mom's death." Nicola said with a heavy sigh and an uneasy silence fell upon the others. "Sad thing is he's technically right, my mom died whilst she was giving birth to me, complications from childbirth basically, growing up he told me that they had split up after my diagnoses and that she basically wanted to do with me rather than tell me the truth, he didn't tell me that until I was sixteen."

"As terrible as it sounds, I do understand his reasoning." Maria chimed in and the students turned to her. "Losing his wife whilst giving birth to his daughter must have been terrible for him and he must've felt that that would be a good cover story until you were old enough to understand the truth."

"That's basically what he told me when he decided to come clean." Nicola said before sighing. "Being Autistic I'd occasionally get violent episodes for no reason, my dad called them meltdowns, and they usually resulted in an argument between us, he never brought that fact during any of them, not even during our nastier arguments, that's why that incident nailed it for me."

"So, you faced him in a duel once you called him out?" Chelsea asked and Nicola nodded. "Let me guess, monsters and damage were real right?"

"Yeah and to make matters worse he was running a Crystal Beast deck but a different variant to mine." Nicola responded as her eyes narrowed. "His strategy relied on two cards, a Field Spell called Advanced Dark and a dark counterpart to Rainbow Dragon called Rainbow Dark Dragon, he almost beat me but, obviously, I won."

"I've heard of those cards but they are incredibly rare." Tyler commented and Nicola turned to him. "Even rarer than your Crystal Beast monsters, Victor must have access to them."

"Wait, who's Victor?" Nicola asked and the others sweat-dropped.

"Sorry, I forgot you were new to this." Tyler responded with a frown. "Victor Santiago is a former business associate of my father's but their business relationship didn't end well."

"How badly did it end?" Nicola asked with a curious look on her face.

"Let me put it this way, my father refuses to talk about it, if you bring up Victor's name during a meeting he will kick you out, if you bring him up in a conversation he will end it five seconds later…." Tyler trailed off and Nicola sweat-dropped.

"I get the idea." Nicola responded with a nod. "And I'm guessing this guy's in charge of the new batch of Orichalcos duelists?"

"It seems to be the case but we have no solid proof, we found a laptop that was being used to monitor the duels after the second duel and we're hoping that it'll give us some valuable info." Chelsea responded with a nod before frowning. "But there's a problem, initially me and Tyler worked on it to try to get the info but sometime during Tyler's first tournament duel a thief tried to steal it but, since the two laptops are identical, he ended up stealing mine instead."

"I tracked down the thief and defeated him before he could finish the job but as a result we decided to hand it over to the technicians and we haven't heard anything about it since." Brandon responded before they heard the door open but paid no attention to it. "If the teachers would be a little bit more forthcoming about the info we'd be a better place regarding those bastards."

"Unfortunately we know as much as you kids do." Maria responded with a frown. "The technicians are highly qualified and know what they are doing but that laptop has proven to be a tough nut to crack for them."

"Hopefully they'll sort it out soon." Nicola sighed before her face lit up like a Christmas tree. "Dad, you came all this way?" Nicola asked happily and the others looked up seeing him.

"I'd travel to the moon and back to see you Nicola, we both know that." Her dad responded as Maria stood up to let him take her seat and he did so. "I was planning to drop by yesterday but my flight from New York got delayed, and when I finally got here I learn that you are in the infirmary being treated for mysterious injuries?"

"Yeah, I don't know how they happened." Nicola sighed as she sat up. "I was fine before I went to bed but when I woke up my whole body ached and I had claw marks and a gash near my naval."

"Are you sure you didn't fall out of bed and stayed asleep?" Her dad asked earning confused looks from the other students and he chuckled. "It's happens sometimes, some people are sleepwalkers, my daughter's a sleep faller."

"That explains why I and Chelsea sometimes heard a thud coming from her room in the middle of the night." Chloe realized and Nicola shook her head in response.

"I'm a restless sleeper, what can I say?" Nicola responded with a shrug before shaking her head and turning to her dad. "Normally I would chalk it up to that dad but like I said my injuries included three claw marks and a gash both around my naval." Nicola responded and her dad frowned. "Last time I checked the island didn't have any wild animals and the school doesn't allow pets on the island so I have no clue where they came from."

"The fall would probably explain the gash but the claw marks? I agree that's quite a mystery." Her dad nodded in agreement before turning to Maria. "And I understand that an Obelisk Blue student called her the R word."

"Ugh, I should've known that would reach you eventually." Nicola grunted in annoyance as she shifted her weight. "Andreas took care of it dad."

"I know that and I wanted to thank Andreas for it." Her dad responded and Andreas smiled at that. "However I'm not comfortable with the fact that certain students can call her that without fear of reprisal."

"It's not just Nicola that gets shit from that student." Chelsea chimed in and Nicola's dad turned to her. "Just as an example, I'm gay and it's pretty much one of the worst kept secrets at this school, as a result I've put up with a lot of homophobic slurs from her."

"I do appreciate your honesty Chelsea but at the same time I want to know what's being done about this student." Nicola's dad responded and Maria nodded.

"She is being dealt with Andreas filed the complaint to Kaiba himself after he declared Nicola to be under his protection." Maria responded and Tyler gave Andreas a small smile for following his advice. "If it puts your mind at ease perhaps I can take you to see Martin so that he can tell you what they are doing about the incident?"

"That would put my mind at ease, let's do it." Nicola's dad agreed before walking off with Maria, once they had left Nicola sighed in relief.

"I never thought they'd leave." Nicola commented earning confused looks from the other students. "There was one detail I left out of the story I told earlier because I wasn't sure if Maria would understand, same goes for my dad."

"What's that detail?" Lance asked and Nicola grabbed her duel disk, which was on the coffee table next to her bed and retrieved her deck.

"Before and during the dream I kept hearing a strange female voice, at first I thought it was my imagination which I have a lot of, just ask my dad." Nicola explained as she started searching through her deck and holding up one of her copies of Sapphire Pegasus. "However just before the duel ended I summoned Sapphire Pegasus and, as crazy as it sounds, she talked calling me her protégé and my opponent referred to her as my Duel Spirit Guide."

"And she helped you win, right?" Chelsea asked and Nicola nodded. "Nicola, believe it or not that doesn't sound crazy to us."

"Don't tell me we've all gone insane." Nicola moaned and the others shook their heads.

"Not quite." Lance said with a laugh. "Well okay, in Chelsea's case she might be going slightly more insane than usual but aside from that….."

"Rethink that sentence before I whack you in the nuts with my duel disk." Chelsea warned him and Lance sweat-dropped whilst laughing nervously. "And no, I don't care if you just started dating my roommate."

"Wait, when did that happen?" Nicola asked as she scratched her head and the others sweat-dropped.

"Yesterday after your duel against Andreas, we talked for a while and she decided to give being my girlfriend a shot." Lance explained and Nicola nodded. "What I was saying was that basically we all have duel spirit guides."

"So it wasn't my imagination running wild to take my mind off the pain." Nicola commented as she sat up. "This is going to take some getting used to."

"We've had our spirit guides for a while now and we're still not used to it." Chloe responded and Nicola frowned. "Yeah, now that I've said that out loud I realize how little that actually helps."

"Well Nicola, if you want any help with your Duel Spirit Theresa, Chloe or Professor Hamden will be your best bets." Lance commented with a smile. "Theresa and Chloe have the two most powerful ones at their disposal among our group and Hamden's the only professor that we know of who has one himself." Lance added and the two girls nodded.

"That's good to know and there's one other thing I wanted to discuss with you, quickly before my dad comes back." Nicola responded and the others nodded. "When you guys went to finish off the group that terrorized Battle City Lance told me to stay behind because he didn't want to see me get hurt, not this time."

"Nicola, are you suggesting what I think you're suggesting?" Andreas asked and Nicola nodded.

"I want to help you guys fight the Orichalcos, don't try to talk me out of it my mind's made up." Nicola added and the others exchanged uneasy looks. "Look, I'm not the same in over her head rookie I was back in Battle City and I did defeat my first opponent that worked for them, besides, when that bastard accused me of killing my mom he made it personal."

"That's the thing Nicola, how do we know you won't let your anger get the better of you?" Chelsea asked and the others looked at her oddly. "Yeah, yeah, I know, pot calling the kettle black and all that shit but my point still stands!"

"I know I can control it under pressure, outside of one instance where I just wanted to beat it to death with my duel disk I kept my cool during the duel against him, I only lost my temper a couple of times and that was because he was starting to push my berserk buttons." Nicola responded and the others looked at each other. "Please guys, I haven't even forgiven them for what they did to Andreas and that was months ago."

"To be fair, we haven't forgiven them for that either." Lance admitted before turning to the others. "You mind if we have a quick meeting outside Nicola."

"Not like I'm going anywhere until the nurse lets me leave, knock yourself out." Nicola responded and they nodded before leaving the infirmary. "I hope they accept my request! I'm not sitting on the sidelines whilst they battle the Orichalcos like I did just after Battle City ended." Nicola thought as she plopped down on the infirmary bed with a bored moan. "How long do I have to be here anyway? I've taken the painkillers the nurse gave me."

"Are you always this impatient Nicola?" A voice Nicola recognized as Sapphire Pegasus's voice rang out in her head and Nicola sighed.

"Only when I'm bored and being stuck in here for the past twenty minutes or so has definitely left me bored." Nicola responded before shaking her head. "So how long have I had a spirit guide for anyway?"

"I have existed since before Battle City, however our partnership was only made official last night, I only wish that I had come to you under better circumstances." Sapphire Pegasus responded and Nicola sighed to herself.

"Tell me about it." Nicola responded in agreement before the door opened and the other students returned taking their previous places as they did. "So, what's the verdict?"

"It was a split decision, some were against it and some were for it, however one side won out in the end." Theresa responded and Nicola waited for her to continue. "Before I reveal what the decision was Nicola are you absolutely sure this is what you want? You saw what the Orichalcos did to Andreas after his duel against Otto."

"I haven't been this sure about anything since I finally made my mind up about joining this school." Nicola responded and Theresa nodded in understanding.

"In that case, we gladly accept your help," Theresa responded and Nicola grinned broadly at that. "Just be careful Nic, these guys mean business and if you end up dueling one of them you won't be able to use Ancient City - Rainbow Ruins if they play the Seal."

"Rainbow Ruins might be one of the best cards in my deck but I've won duels without using it before, I'll be fine." Nicola insisted and Theresa nodded. "Just out of curiosity, who was for and against me helping you guys?"

"Andreas, Lance and Brandon were against it, the rest of us were for it." Theresa responded and the three boys frowned. "Also we talked to the nurse on the way out and you should be able to leave soon."

"That's a relief." Nicola responded with a grin as she sat up. "But guys can you do me a favor and don't tell my dad? He's really overprotective of me and I don't want to worry him."

"Don't worry, our lips are sealed." Lance reassured her and Nicola grinned at that. "So are you going to be okay after that?"

"I'll be fine, whilst it was definitely the most painful dream I've had it doesn't beat the dream I once had the involved me getting wet with Andreas in his bed….." Nicola trailed off realizing what she had just said far too late and blushed like a madwoman whilst the others laughed. "I meant to say that he was on top of me and we were naked and…oh shit…." Nicola moaned as the students laughed even harder with Marcus nearly falling out of his chair at one. "I'm just going to shut up before I dig a hole big enough to contain the whole island if that's okay with you."

"Nicola, I think you're past that point." Lance said once he stopped laughing and Nicola moaned. "I mean it's nothing to be ashamed off, I have those kinds of dreams all the….." Lance never got a chance to finish as Theresa quickly covered his mouth.

"Lance, please don't finish that sentence when I remove my hand, I'd rather not know who you have wet dreams with." Theresa told him only to wince when Nicola moaned again, Theresa removed her hand from Lance's mouth and when Lance said nothing she turned to Nicola. "Sorry Nicola."

"Is there something wrong over here? I keep hearing Nicola moan." The nurse asked as she poked her head around the corner and Nicola shook her head.

"It's nothing really, just me digging myself to China and back whilst talking about dreams I've had." Nicola responded and, despite the confused look this got from the nurse, she left them alone. "How about we just agree to never let the past few minutes of this conversation leave the infirmary?"

"Great idea, besides you can always act out your fantasies with Andreas," Lance responded and the two teens gave him death glares. "Was it something I said?"

"On a more serious note, I think there's one thing we should do once the nurse let's Nicola out of here." Chloe chimed in and the others turned to her. "If she's going to be part of our group then we should get her Duel Spirit acquainted with either mine or Theresa's."

"How will that work? I'm assuming that your duel spirits are your best monsters, Silent Magician Level 8 and Armed Dragon Level 10 and if that's the case then you won't be able to just play them, right?" Nicola asked and the other two girls went to answer but paused for a second.

"You know, I never realized that until you just mentioned it." Chloe admitted before shaking her head. "Fortunately Duel Monsters rules don't seem to apply to duel spirit partners when you want to summon them for a chat with the group, hell I bet Andreas could pull it off using his Duel Spirit."

"Considering the fact that my duel spirit is Master of Oz and the fact that the infirmary is tiny I don't think that's advisable right now." Andreas responded and Chloe sweat-dropped when she realized that. "Not unless you feel like explaining to the teachers why the infirmary has a new giant-head shaped hole in its roof and to your parents how they are going to pay for the repairs, I get the feeling that that won't come cheap."

"Err, yeah, I think I'll pass." Chloe responded with a wince before turning to Nicola. "Back on topic, are you up for that Nicola?"

"Summoning Master of Oz or letting our duel spirits have a chat?" Nicola asked jokingly but got nothing but crickets chirping. "Geez, what a tough crowd you guys are." Nicola added before shaking her head. "Seriously though, if it helps me make any more sense of the current situation I'm in, or at least I will be as soon as the nurse lets me leave."

"I almost suggested doing it in here but then I realized that we'd have to explain to the nurse why our duel monsters were having a conversation." Chloe realized as she shook her head. "Ah screw it, I may as well ask." Chloe muttered to herself before she turned to the nurse. "Hey nurse, can Nicola leave yet? I think at this rate she's getting bored to tears."

"Are you feeling well enough to leave Nicola?" The nurse asked and Nicola nodded without a second's hesitation. "Then you can leave, just remember to follow the instructions on the painkillers and try to get some rest."

"Considering that there are no classes today I might just sleep for the rest of the day." Nicola responded as she hopped off the bed and turned to the others. "So, where too?"

"Maybe you should see if your dad wants a private chat first, he did come a long way to see you." Andreas pointed out and Nicola nodded in response.

"That's fine by me I'll just have to catch up with you guys later." Nicola responded before frowning. "Just one more question remains, were do we meet up?"

"We've been using the north side of the island for meetings like this since, despite the fact that Duel Academy has loosened up on the rules regarding that side of the island, it's still pretty quiet most of the time." Tyler responded after thinking for a moment. "I don't see why this one should be any different."

"I'll send you a text when we decide on a meeting spot Nicola." Chloe added and Nicola nodded before the two groups parted ways. "Silent Magician, what do you make of all this?"

"Nicola has certainly come a long way since her Battle City days she'd have too in order to be considered for a Duel Spirit Partner." Silent Magician responded as her transparent form appeared next to Chloe. "However she's still a rookie and that concerns me."

"So am I and I've fought more than my fair share of Orichalcos Duelists since the gang arrived in New York for Battle City." Chloe responded with a confident grin on her face. "In fact, if my math is correct then Nicola's experience level is roughly the same as mine when I competed in Battle City."

"I believe you are right however there is one big issue that separates you and Nicola." Silent Magician responded with a frown on her face. "And that's Nicola's autism."

"Crap, I almost completely forgot about that." Chloe thought with a frown before shaking her head. "Give her a chance Silent Magician, I mean we both know that Nicola's not someone who lets her disabilities get in the way of her goals and right now her goal is to help us out."

"I hope you are right." Silent Magician responded as her transparent form disappeared and Chloe ran to catch up with the others who were pretty far ahead of her.

*meanwhile*

Whilst it was a pretty eventful day for several students for most of Duel Academy's student body it was pretty much a four day weekend and whilst the storm did bother Nicola the same couldn't be said for several other students in her dorm.

"Morning Jason, you sleep okay?" Mike Alvers asked his roommate as he awoke with a grunt his roommate was Jason Hutchins who, outside of a duel against Chakra Silvers the previous weekend, hadn't been up to much since he arrived at Duel Academy. "I'm surprised that you slept through the storm last night."

"I'm a heavy sleeper and besides, that wasn't even that bad a storm." Jason responded as he got out of bed and got dressed. "Has anything interesting happened yet?"

"Not much, heard that Nicola Hastings, you know the Autistic girl over at the girl's dorm, is in the infirmary being treated for mysterious injuries but outside of that not much has happened." Mike responded with a shrug as Jason put his uniform on and Jason gave him an odd look.

"What do you mean by "mysterious injuries"?" Jason asked with a confused look on his face. "You're not telling me that she woke up with injuries on her body, are you?"

"Actually that's exactly what I'm saying." Mike responded and Jason frowned at that. "More specifically claw marks and a nasty looking gash on her stomach, fortunately the injuries seem to be not as bad as they look from what I've heard."

"Claw marks? There aren't any animals on the island, domesticated or otherwise." Jason pointed out and Mike nodded. "And how do you get a gash whilst asleep?"

"I don't know, maybe she fell out of bed whilst she was having a bad dream but that didn't wake her up." Mike responded before frowning. "Then again I also heard that she was up the entire night so maybe the storm spooked her?"

"Yeah, maybe that's the case." Jason responded before shaking his head. "Maybe we can ask her if we bump into her later, in the meantime you have any ideas for what we can do later since the school's pretty much closed for the day."

"I was hoping that you'd have some ideas since I don't." Mike responded with an annoyed sigh. "I was tempted to pop by my brother's new dorm room but I'd have to find out where his new dorm room is first."

"From what I heard his latest attempt to become Chloe's boyfriend involved him dedicating Baby by Justin Bieber to her at the Ra Yellow Party." Jason responded with a frown as he folded his arms. "I don't know about you but if I were him I would've gone into hiding after that."

"Yeah, I guess you're right." Mike responded with a sigh and before Jason could respond there was a knock at the door. "You want to get that? I'm checking my e-mails."

"That's what you say every time there's a knock at the door." Jason responded with an annoyed sigh before walking up to the door and opening it. "What are you doing here?"

"I may be in Obelisk Blue Jason but I can still go wherever I want." Chakra Silvers responded with a frown on her face and Mike looked up. "I'll make this short and sweet my duels against you and Chloe last week weren't exactly fair, were they?"

"If by that you mean you used Ultimate Offering twice after it had just been banned because your duel disk had been configured for the OCG ban-list then yeah, they weren't exactly fair." Jason responded with a deadpan expression on his face. "What are you getting at exactly?"

"Well, it took me a week but I've finally found a replacement for Ultimate Offering." Chakra responded as she grinned. "And to make sure that it works well with my deck I'm offering, no pun intended, you a chance at a rematch against me."

"There's a catch to this, isn't there?" Jason asked and Chakra frowned. "No Obelisk Blue student would challenge an Osiris Red student if there wasn't some kind of catch, unless that student was one of the Kaiba siblings or Theresa and Brandon."

"No catch I just want a fair duel against you and Chloe." Chakra asserted and Jason gave her a look that told her that he wasn't convinced.

"Then why didn't you go visit Chloe first?" Jason asked with a frown. "She's in Ra Yellow now and the Ra Yellow Girl's Dorm is a shorter walking distance from the Obelisk Blue Girl's Dorm than either of the Osiris Red Dorms."

"First off, I know that she was promoted, I was in the audience for the promotion duels too." Chakra responded with a frown. "Second I did stop by her new dorm room first but by the time I got there she had left with that roommate of hers, I asked their neighbors were they had gone and they told me that they were visiting a friend in the infirmary."

"That friend wouldn't happen to be Nicola Hastings, would it?" Jason asked with a raised eyebrow and Chakra nodded.

"Yes, I had heard that she got injured during the night but that's all I heard." Chakra responded and Jason frowned. "Rather than intrude on them I decided to come here first, so what do you say Jason?"

"I say that I still don't believe you about there being no catch to this." Jason responded before sighing in resignation. "But on the other hand I haven't seen much dueling action since our duel two weeks ago, I accept your challenge just name a time and a place."

"Normally I'd suggest the Obelisk Blue Duel Field but that, alongside the Ra Yellow and Osiris Red Duel Fields, is closed for the day due to the security upgrades." Chakra responded with a frown as she folded her arms. "Fortunately I found a good spot on the North Side of the Island after the Obelisk Blue Party and they haven't closed off that part of the island so we should be ok."

"As long as we stay clear of the Abandoned Dorm and volcano you mean." Jason pointed out and Chakra shook her head.

"I checked, the location is nowhere near the dorm or volcano, trust me, we'll be safe." Chakra responded and Jason nodded. "So if we're all set…."

"Wait, how did you go from a party to the north side of the island?" Mike asked and Chakra blushed like a madwoman. "Unless….."

"I had one to many drinks and before I knew it I was in a three-way with two other girls from Obelisk Blue in that clearing which quickly turned into a four-way after a male Obelisk Blue student stumbled upon us and joined in." Chakra interrupted him with an annoyed sigh. "It wasn't exactly my finest hour and no, I'm not telling you who they were."

"Not even if we ask politely?" Jason asked half-jokingly and Chakra glared at him. "And I'm dropping the subject I'm fine with that location as long as I don't step in any body fluids."

"We did make sure to clean up after ourselves once we woke up the day after." Chakra responded before shaking her head and getting her cell-phone out. "Tell me your number and I'll text you when I get there."

"So that I can meet you there I take it?" Jason asked and Chakra nodded, Jason told her his number and once Chakra stored it on her phone she nodded.

"I'll see you there, and don't even think about spreading word of my drunken misadventure or else." Chakra added and Jason nodded before she walked off.

"Jason, are you sure about this?" Mike asked as Jason grabbed his Duel Disk, put it on his arm and grabbed his deck. "I haven't seen her duel but I still remember what you told me about Chakra's deck."

"I'm sure and besides, I know what her deck's capable off and what I can expect from it in this duel." Jason responded as he slid his deck into place. "What's the worst that can happen?"

*a bit later on*

A few minutes had passed and Chakra had finally reached the spot where she would duel Jason, whilst it was still on the Northern side of the island it was relatively close to the main building and the Obelisk Blue Boy's Dorm were the party was held for the new Obelisk Blue students.

"Not that Lance, Andreas and Marcus actually showed up to the party." Chakra thought with a frown as she stepped into the clearing. "On the other hand I can't exactly blame them since it was a choice between being with their friends and being with Jessica, Thomas and Cameron, still I have no doubt in my mind that they'll get acquainted with the other students in their new dorm." Chakra thought before hearing a pair of footsteps nearby and frowning. "Strange, I thought most of the students were using the day off to relax in their dorm rooms especially after last night's storm." Chakra thought before walking to the edge of the clearing to get a better look.

"How long have we been hear Matilda?" Felicia asked as the two female Orichalcos Duelists walked around the forested area, once Chakra saw their duel disks her eyes narrowed. "It feels like we've been here forever!"

"We've only been here for a few hours Felicia, you're just impatient." Matilda retorted as she turned to her, she almost caught site of Chakra but the Obelisk Blue student was able to duck behind the tree before they could see her. "Besides, we should be able to find a duel soon as this island is full of them!"

"Orichalcos Duelists and I have no idea where the students who competed in Battle City are, this is not good." Chakra thought with a frown as her eyes narrowed. "Jason can't be that far behind so I guess he'll have to do."

"Chakra, there you are." Jason's voice rang out and Chakra looked up seeing Jason alongside his roommate Mike. "He insisted on coming along and watching us duel."

"Normally I wouldn't object to having an audience." Chakra responded as she turned to the two boys. "But we have a problem, a much bigger one than whether or not I beat you fairly."

"What do you mean?" Jason asked and Chakra motioned for him to come forward, once the two boys reached the edge of the clearing Jason quickly spotted Felicia and Matilda. "Let me guess, Orichalcos Duelists?"

"Yes, normally I'd leave this to the guys with the most experience fighting them, namely the students who competed in Battle City, but I don't know where they are." Chakra added and Jason frowned. "Mike, your brother competed didn't he? Do you know where they are?"

"Sorry, I don't know where Lance and the others are." Mike responded as he shook his head and the older students frowned. "I could go look for them whilst you challenge them though."

"Wait, I never said anything about challenging them!" Jason objected and Chakra shook her head.

"Would you rather duel them now or wait potentially risking them getting away and defeating two other students stealing their souls in the process?" Chakra asked and Jason frowned once he realized that she had a point.

"Okay, Mike, see if you can find your brother and his friends, we might need their help." Jason told him and Mike nodded before running off. "I'm ready when you are Chakra."

"Good." Chakra responded with a nod before motioning him to follow her, he did so and they stepped out of the clearing. "You two are looking for a duel right?" Chakra called out to the two Orichalcos Duelists and they turned around. "Consider that challenge accepted."

"Good, I was wondering when someone would be dumb enough to challenge us." Felicia responded as the two women removed their cloaks, they were both attractive women in their early twenties with shoulder length black hair and blue eyes who were wearing revealing outfits though one outfit was a lighter shade of color than the other as was their skin tones as one was clearly tanned whilst the other didn't have a tan. "I'm Felicia and this is my twin sister Matilda." Felicia, the one with the tan, added and the two teens frowned.

"I kind of guessed that." Jason responded with a frown as he stared at the two women. "Why don't we duel in that clearing next to us?"

"Fine, if you want a tag team duel you've got it!" Matilda responded and Felicia nodded in agreement before the four duelists entered the clearing and activated their duel disks. "As for the order we'll go in, I say that I go first followed by Chakra, then Felicia and finally Jason."

"How do you know our names?" Chakra asked as the duelists changed their positions until it was the easiest way for the order to play out.

"We looked up potential targets on the boat ride over." Matilda responded as they drew their opening hands and Matilda drew another. "It was easy enough since the school has profiles on its students." Matilda added before looking over her hand. "But you don't need to worry about that when I just drew the card that'll seal your fates."

"Here we go, she's about to activate the Seal." Chakra thought before looking at her hand and grinning. "No matter, when my turn begins I will activate Silver Dungeon and do something that the students who represented the school in Battle City never even tried to do, destroy the Orichalcos!"

"I activate the Seal of the Orichalcos!" Matilda played the card and the two duelists braced themselves as the seal circled around them, the seal's pentagram appeared on Matilda and Felicia's heads and they grinned. "Don't worry, it'll be over soon."

"We'll see about that." Chakra responded and Matilda grinned sadistically.

"Why don't you worry about the move I'm about to make? I set two cards facedown and I summon Depressed Angel!" Matilda played the cards and a new monster appeared on the field, as her name suggested she was an angel but it was one that bared a pretty striking resemblance to the old monster Unhappy Maiden (1/0/0) right down to her hair and dress color (1/500/200) and her attack increased to 1000 thanks to the seal.

"There's only one reason that she would summon something that weak in attack mode on her first turn." Chakra thought with a frown as she stared down the monster. "Either she's a tuner monster, has a powerful effect or she's bait for those facedown cards, guess I won't know until she ends her turn."

"That ends my turn." Matilda announced and Chakra drew her card.

*a few minutes earlier*

Whilst the tag team duel was underway another meeting was taking place not far from the clearing however this meeting was a lot more laid back in tone as it was between Nicola and the other duelists with Duel Spirit Guides.

"I never thought you'd guys would arrive." Nicola commented as the other teens entered the clearing having just missed Matilda and Felicia. "So how should we do this?" Nicola asked as Chloe stepped out in front of the group and activated her duel disk.

"Activate your duel disk for a start, you know, like we're about to duel." Chloe responded and Nicola nodded before activating her duel disk. "Now instead of drawing your opening hand just search through your deck until you find Sapphire Pegasus and I will do the same for Silent Magician Level Eight."

"Are you sure this will work?" Nicola asked as the two girls searched through their decks, it didn't take Nicola long to find one of her copies of Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus and she looked up at Chloe. "So should I just go ahead and play it?"

"Go ahead, I just found my Duel Spirit." Chloe responded and Nicola nodded before playing the card causing Sapphire Pegasus to appear on the field in front of her, Chloe did likewise and Silent Magician Level Eight appeared in front of her.

"So, you are the new Duel Spirit Guide I sensed." Silent Magician commented as her eyes rested on Sapphire Pegasus. "How has your protégé been handling her new situation?"

"Well, considering the unfortunate nature of my revelation to her, relatively well." Sapphire Pegasus responded as she glanced over at Nicola. "I hope to aid her soon in a duel that isn't a life or death situation."

"I'll be sure to call on your assistance next time I'm in Duel Theory." Nicola said sheepishly and Sapphire Pegasus nodded before turning to Silent Magician.

"Wait, hold on a sec, you knew there was a new Duel Spirit Guide and didn't tell us?" Chelsea asked with a confused look on her face and Silent Magician sighed.

"Yes I did know about Sapphire Pegasus but at the time I first sensed her I had no way of knowing what duel monster it was or who it would be, for all I knew it could've been Jessica and her Duel Spirit could've been Acid Golem of Destruction." Silent Magician responded as she glanced over at Chelsea. "If Nicola had been allowed to attend the Ra Yellow Party I would've known it then but…." Silent Magician trailed off before she turned to Sapphire Pegasus. "Do you sense what I sense?"

"Unfortunately, yes." Sapphire Pegasus responded with a frown. "It looks like we'll have to cut this short."

"Wait, what?" Nicola protested and a quick glance over at Chloe confirmed that she shared her confusion. "But we only just got started!"

"Unfortunately your attention is needed elsewhere." Silent Magician responded as she turned to her protégé. "Chloe, do you remember Jason and Chakra?"

"Err yeah what about…..don't tell me they've gotten themselves in an Orichalcos Tag Duel?" Chloe asked as realization hit her and Silent Magician nodded grimly.

"Well, it's nice to know that the school's security upgrades are going so well!" Lance said sarcastically as he looked at his fingers. "What next? Will another Duel Monster come to life and attack? Or will they just send every agent they have and cut out the middle man?"

"Please don't give them ideas." Silent Magician responded with an annoyed sigh. "Fortunately they are in a clearing not that far from here, if you hurry you can get there before it's too late."

"Then we have no time to lose." Chloe responded as the two girls deactivated their duel disks and returned their cards to their decks. "Let's go!" Chloe added and the teens ran off.

*back at the duel*

"Okay it's my move." Chakra commented as she looked over her hand. "This isn't too bad a start but I should focus on destroying this field spell." Chakra thought before picking up a card. "Sorry to disappoint you two but I'm about to blow your strategy out of the water." Chakra said confidently and the sisters scoffed in response.

"Oh really, and how do you plan on doing that on your first turn?" Felicia asked and Chakra grinned as she held up her Silver Dungeon Field Spell.

"Let me put it this way, I was following Battle City and from what I saw Orichalcos Duelists like the two of you would be up a creek without a paddle without your field spell." Chakra responded as she turned her field spell around. "And I'm about to take the Seal out of the equation completely by playing a field spell of my own! I activate Silver Dungeon!" Chakra played the card and the two sisters seemed to be worried as the scenery started to change to the silver medieval dungeon…..but laughed when the Seal repelled the dungeon destroying it. "What?"

"For someone who was following Battle City you don't seem to know a lot about our field spell." Matilda responded and Chakra glared at her. "Do you need it spelt out for you? The Seal of the Orichalcos can't be destroyed!"

"So that's why they never tried that." Chakra thought as she sent her field spell to the graveyard. "One of the duelists must've tried to destroy it during their first Orichalcos Duel and got the same result, this is, off course, a problem because Silver Dungeon makes up most of my deck's power." Chakra thought before picking up three cards. "I set two cards facedown and a monster in defense mode to end my turn." Chakra announced and Felicia drew her card.

"Good, now our plan can come into fruition!" Felicia thought as she looked at her drawn card. "I set one card facedown." Felicia announced as her facedown card appeared on the field. "And I summon Laughing Demon!" Felicia played the card and another new monster appeared on the field, this one looked like another old monster namely Saggi The Dark Clown (3/600/1500) but his clown outfit was a darker shade of color than its counterpart and the monster had taken on a more demonic appearance (3/600/400) and it's attack increased to 1100 thanks to the seal.

"As if I wasn't scared of clowns enough, then you went and summoned that thing." Jason commented dryly as he stared at the monsters. "Two monsters, Depressed Angel and Laughing Demon, both based on outdated cards but even with the boost from the Orichalcos they are both very weak, why would they play them on their first turn?" Jason thought before frowning. "They must have effects that relate to each other why else would they summon them one after another?"

"So, you're scared of clowns? Cry me a river! I end my turn." Felicia announced and Jason drew his card.

"Guys, there you are." Chelsea's voice rang out and Jason glanced over at them seeing the group entering the clearing. "How are you doing against them?"

"Well my turn just started and Chakra already screwed up." Jason said with a frown as Chakra glared at him. "Ms. High and Mighty Obelisk Blue here tried playing her Silver Dungeon Field Spell whilst the Seal was on the field."

"I didn't realize that the Seal couldn't be destroyed until it was too late!" Chakra quickly asserted as her eyes narrowed. "And besides, it's not about how you start it's about how you finish and we're going to finish this duel on top!"

"Keep dreaming." Felicia scoffed as she rolled her eyes. "If they had arrived sooner they could've helped you but now it's hopeless!"

"Says the woman whose team has nothing but the Seal and two weak monsters face-up on the field and besides that it's my move." Jason responded before he looked at his cards. "I set one card facedown and I summon Genex Searcher in attack mode!" Jason played the card and the poorly built robot appeared on the field (4/1600/800). "I end my turn." Jason announced and Matilda grinned before drawing her card.

"Should I go ahead with our plan Felicia?" Matilda asked into an earpiece that was hidden underneath her hair.

"Do it, I'll handle the rest on my turn." Felicia responded and Matilda grinned.

"I start my turn by activating my Trap Card, Weeping into Heaven/Laughing into Hell!" Matilda announced as her trap card flipped up depicting an image that was split down the middle and depicting two very different scenes Saggi the Dark Clown laughing as he was cast down into the abyss on one side whilst Unhappy Maiden sobbed into her hands as she flew towards the pearly gates of heaven on the other side. "This trap card requires that we have both Depressed Angel and Laughing Demon on our side of the field, with it I can declare any number between one and ten and that number becomes the level of both monsters."

"But with that you can summon any XYZ Monster you want!" Jason realized as his eyes widened and the two women grinned.

"That's the idea but you can relax, the trap is only good for one use and we're only going to use it for one monster." Felicia responded before nodding to Matilda. "And if she's summoning the card I think she is then the level she'll declare is two."

"That's right." Matilda nodded in agreement as Depressed Angel's level increased by one whilst Laughing Demon's level decreased by one. "And now I use our two monsters to construct the overlay network!" Matilda announced as the black hole opened behind the two monsters, Depressed Angel turned around and looked scared of the hole but before she could get away Laughing Demon grabbed her around the waist and dragged her in, for the next several seconds nothing happened but the sounds of a horrified woman's scream accompanied by mad laughter could be heard from within the black hole.

"I don't even want to know what's going on in there." Nicola said with a wince as the screaming intensified. "But it sounds wrong on so many levels!"

"You took the words right out of my mouth." Lance nodded in agreement as the screaming finally stopped and Matilda played the card. "And considering what it's implying I'm going to take a wild guess and say that these cards aren't authorized by I2."

"Look, we didn't design the monster we're summoning and we are just as clueless about what just happened as you are." Matilda responded with a clear look of disgust on her face. "All we were told was to put a copy in our extra decks each, he never mentioned anything about the XYZ Summon being this disturbing!"

"Who's he?" Lance asked and Matilda grimaced.

"Never mind, I said too much." Matilda responded as she shook her head. "And for the record, Laughing Demon, Depressed Angel and Weeping into Heaven/Laughing into Hell are all authorized by I2, they are coming out in a set that'll be released next month, look it up online if you don't believe me!"

"Even if you are telling the truth I don't think I'm going to add Laughing Demon to my deck after that display." Brandon commented with a frown. "And don't you have a card to play?"

"Oh, right." Matilda nodded in response before playing the card. "I XYZ Summon Fallen Angel – Marie the Corrupted!" Matilda played the card and if there was any doubt as to what happened to Depressed Angel during the XYZ Summon it was gone now, the monster that emerged was a grotesque being with a split face that had the face of a beautiful woman on one side and the face of a demon on the other and her outfit was similarly split showing a flowing white dress on one side and a demonic looking robe on the other, the monster crouched down into defense mode whilst the duelists looked on in disgust (Rank: 2/0/2000).

"Err yeah I don't think I'm going to summon my copy of Marie." Felicia commented with a grimace as she stared at the monster. "At least Marie isn't the only Fallen Angel card."

"There are others?" Jason asked and Felicia nodded.

"Yeah, they are all XYZ Monsters that require the materials to be one Dark Type Fiend Monster and one Light Type Fairy Monster, our decks contain meet those requirements when we team together so we run copies of the Fallen Angel cards in our Extra Decks when we team together." Felicia responded before turning to Matilda. "Anyway, Matilda can you get the basics out of the way already?"

"Huh? Oh, right, Marie's effects." Matilda said as she shook her head. "As long as she's on the field Marie is treated as both a Dark Type Fiend Monster and a Light Type Fairy Monster and since I, unfortunately, used Depressed Angel and Laughing Demon to summon her she gets two effects from those monsters."

"The first effect is from Laughing Demon and as long as she's on the field in defense mode you can't attack anything but her, not even my life-points since I lost my monster so that she could do the XYZ Summon." Felicia added before smirking. "And two thousand defense points would be hard enough on its own to get by if not for the effect she gets from Depressed Angel."

"And that effect is a lot like the effect of the monster she's based on, Unhappy Maiden." Matilda added with a smirk. "As long as she has XYZ Material attached to her I can end the battle phase at any time, I may lose an XYZ Material during the end phase of the turn I use that effect but for now I'm safe."

"That's it? You went through all that effort to summon a glorified wall?" Chakra asked with a skeptical look on her face and Matilda shook her head.

"Oh there's more but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it." Matilda said before looking at her hand. "I set a monster in defense mode and end my turn." Matilda announced and Chakra drew her card.

"I don't like this, there has to be more to that Fallen Angel monster than meets the eye." Chakra thought as she stared at the monster. "On one hand I have a few cards in my deck that can get past their monster even without attacking but on the other hand I still don't know their monster's effect."

"I hope Chakra has an idea because I'm stumped at the moment." Jason thought as he looked over his hand. "If they destroy Searcher I can search my deck for one of my tuners and add it to my hand but that's the easy part, keeping a monster on the field long enough for a Synchro Summon is the hard part."

"I activate my Trap Card Pharaoh's Treasure and from my hand I chain the Spell Card Silver Pot of Chains!" Chakra activated the trap and quickly played the Spell Card causing the silver Pot of Greed wrapped in chains to appear on the field. "Since I activated Silver Pot of Chains at Chain Link 2 I get to draw two cards." Chakra said before drawing her cards. "Next since Pharaoh's Treasure was activated I get to place it face-up in my deck and shuffle it." Chakra added before placing the card in her deck and shuffling it.

"Is that all? Please, Matilda did a lot more than that on her second turn." Felicia scoffed and Chakra frowned before looking at her hand.

"Not exactly but I needed to get a chain going to activate my Spell Card anyway." Chakra responded before deciding on a move. "And it was worth it! I sacrifice my facedown monster to summon Iris, The Earth Mother in attack mode!" Chakra played the card and her facedown monster vanished from the field, she was a tall attractive blonde woman who was wearing a long flowing purple dress so tight at the midriff that you could see her naval through it (6/2400/1200).

"Humph, if we could pull off a dress like that Jack would never get anything productive done." Matilda commented with a smirk and Felicia shook her head.

"He never gets anything productive done when we're in the same room as him." Felicia pointed out and Matilda laughed. "He spends half the time checking us out and the other half trying to get in our pants! I mean honestly why doesn't Victor just fire his useless ass already?"

"You realize that the Seal doesn't stop me from listening in through your ear-pieces, right?" Jack's voice rang out and the two women winced, "By the way, great job saying my name out loud IN FRONT OF OUR MAIN TARGETS!"

"Oh shit." Felicia realized as her eyes widened. "Can we just pretend that the past few seconds never happened?"

"Too late, who's Jack?" Brandon demanded as his eyes narrowed and the two women sighed.

"All we're saying is that he and Sarah are Victor's top enforcers and they are basically his second in command." Matilda responded as she glared at him. "Let me put it another way, there's only three people who are allowed in Victor's Main Office, Victor, Jack and Sarah, there's rumors that he lets his secretary in his office so that he can play "sexy secretary" with her but everyone else has to get their orders through Jack, Sarah or by video call."

"And where is Victor's main office?" Theresa demanded and Felicia shook her head.

"Don't push your luck." Felicia responded before turning to Chakra. "Don't you have a move to finish?"

"I was getting to that." Chakra responded before pointing to Marie the Corrupted. "Iris, attack her XYZ Monster with Earth Song!" Chakra commanded and Iris started singing a harsh tune.

"I'm going to have to cut Michael Jackson Karaoke Night short I'm afraid! I use Depressed Angel's effect to end the Battle Phase!" Matilda announced and Marie started casting a counter spell.

"That was just what I wanted, I chain my facedown card Chain Detonation and I throw in Silver Pot of Chains from my hand for good measure." Chakra played the cards and the two women winced as their life-points dropped to 7500. "Not only does Chain Detonation inflict five hundred points of damage but since I activated it at Chain Link 2 it goes back to my deck." Chakra added before shuffling her trap card back into her deck. "And since we're at Chain Link 3 Silver Pot of Chains lets me draw three cards." Chakra explained before she drew three cards and then drew a fourth.

"Hold on, you're at Chain Link 3 not 4! Put that card back!" Matilda protested and Chakra shook her head before pointing to Iris as her attack was negated.

"There was a reason why I summoned Iris when I did! You see if a Chain Link of Three or higher is activated she lets me draw a new card." Chakra explained before frowning. "Only downside is that every link in the chain has to be unique otherwise I'd just use my three Silver Pots in a Chain with Accumulated Fortune with her effect."

"I dread to think about the possibilities that deck has with Exodia." Lance commented with a wince and Chakra nodded.

"That's why I'm prepared for the day that Silver Dungeon and Silver Pot of Chains is released to the public, knowing Sophia Pegasus's recent trend of banning anything that even slightly helps a troll deck I have more than enough back-up plans." Chakra responded before turning to Matilda. "Back to my move, I set three cards facedown and end my turn." Chakra announced before discarding a card due to the hand size limit and once Matilda detached an overlay unit Felicia drew her card.

"On one hand none of the Fallen Angel cards that are easy to summon can beat Chakra's monster, on the other hand I'm talking about raw power and as the old saying goes there's more than one way to skin a cat." Felicia thought before looking at her drawn card. "Bingo!" She thought before playing the card. "I activate a drawing card of my own, the ever popular Allure of Darkness!" Felicia played the card before drawing two cards and pocketing one. "And I follow that up with another Spell Card, D.D.R. Different Dimension Reincarnation!"

"I'm going to assume that there's no prizes for guessing which monster your about to summon?" Jason asked and Felicia nodded before discarding a card and retrieving the monster she had just banished.

"Well okay, there is a prize, if you can call getting your souls stolen by the Orichalcos a prize." Felicia responded before playing the card. "I summon D.D. Archfiend!" Felicia played the card and a new monster appeared on the field, it was a small winged demon that was blue in color and hard one single massive eyeball (4/0/0). "Yeah, I realize that he's pretty pathetic for a level four monster but his effect makes up for it."

"Considering that your other monsters that you normal summoned had similar stats I would've been surprised if that wasn't the case." Jason responded with a frown as D.D. Archfiend's attack points increased to five hundred thanks to the seal. "So, are you going to reveal his effect yet?"

"Not just yet, I'll leave that up to my partner but what I will reveal is that the only way to summon it is by removing it from play first." Felicia responded before picking up a card. "I set one card facedown and end my turn." Felicia announced and Jason drew his card.

"If that monster is anything like Laughing Demon then they are going to use it for another XYZ Summon." Jason thought as he drew his card. "Hopefully that monster won't be haunting my nightmares like Laughing Demon when they do summon it." Jason thought with a frown. "No point in going on the attack so I'm passing my turn." Jason announced and Matilda grinned fore drawing her card.

"Too bad for you Jason because now we can go on the offensive, I flip summon my facedown monster Corrupted Angel!" Matilda flipped the monster up and a new monster appeared on the field, she was an angel like her name said but her dress and wings were blood red and she had devil horns coming out of her head (2/100/500).

"The more I see of her deck the more it offends me on a religious level." Nicola sighed to herself as Corrupted Angel's attack points rose to 600 thanks to the seal.

"Tell it to someone who cares! Anyway since I have a Fallen Angel on my side of the field I can activate Corrupted Angel's effect, this allows me to target one Dark Type Fiend Monster on the field and change Corrupted Angel's Level until it matches the level of the fiend monster and guess what? D.D. Archfiend fits the criteria!" Matilda explained as Corrupted Angel's level increased to four.

"And this is turn activates D.D. Archfiend's effect, this is one of those effects that are so powerful that I can only use it once per duel so don't even think about raising a stink over this effect being broken." Felicia added as D.D. Archfiend started glowing. "In a way it works like Weeping into Heaven/Laughing into Hell but rather than increase levels it increases ranks."

"What are you talking about?" Chakra demanded and Matilda grinned.

"It's simple really, when D.D. Archfiend is targeted for the level changing effect of a Light Type Fairy Monster…." Matilda trailed off before noticing the odd looks she was getting. "What?"

"That thing's a fairy?" Jason asked and Matilda sweat-dropped.

"So is Marie the Fallen One so your argument is invalid." Matilda responded before shaking her head. "Honestly, when was the last time any of your idiots actually read the bible?"

"I read it last night actually." Chelsea chimed in and Matilda's sweat-drop grew bigger.

"The lesbian rock chick happens to be a Christian you know I normally expect that kind of hypocrisy from Politicians." Matilda muttered under her breath and Chelsea growled. "Anyway…."

"THAT'S REAL FUCKING CUTE COMING FROM THE ORICHALCOS DUELIST RUNNING A FALLEN ANGEL DECK!" Chelsea snapped at her angrily and Matilda winced.

"How about I just shut up before I give her a reason to try to beat me to death with her duel disk?" Matilda suggested and the others nodded in agreement. "As I was saying, since D.D. Archfiend was targeted by Corrupted Angel I can declare one rank between one and six and the monsters used in the XYZ Summon are treated as monsters of that level, I declare rank six!"

"And that means that we can finally go on the offensive!" Felicia responded with a grin as the overlay network opened up and D.D. Archfiend was sucked in alongside Corrupted Angel.

"I use Corrupted Angel and D.D. Archfiend to XYZ Summon Fallen Angel – Peter the Lustful!" Matilda played the card and a new monster appeared on the field, like Maria the Corrupted this monster was clearly a half devil/angel hybrid and he had shoulder length blonde hair and blue eyes, if it weren't for his corrupted appearance he would look like someone straight out of a cheesy romance novel as he was very muscular and was only wearing white pants (Rank: 6/2500/1200) and the monster winked at Iris the Earth Mother suggestively as his attack increased to 3000 thanks to the seal.

"Let's get the basics out of the way first, like Marie the Corrupted Peter the Lustful is treated as a Dark Type Fiend Monster and a Light Type Fairy Monster." Felicia explained with a grin.

"We'll get to the rest of his effect in a minute but there's one effect to resolve." Matilda added as she drew a card. "Since Corrupted Angel was used to XYZ Summon a Fallen Angel Monster we get to draw a card." Matilda added as Felicia drew her card. "But if I where you I'd be more worried about Iris! Peter the Lustful, attack Iris the Earth Mother!" Matilda commanded and Peter charged into battle…..

"I activate my Trap Card Scrap-Iron Scarecrow!" Chakra activated the trap and Peter the Lustful stopped in his tracks as a scarecrow made of scrap iron appeared in front of Iris. "This not only negates Peter the Lustful's attack but I can set it back down for future use!" Chakra added as her trap card set down. "Better luck next time girls!"

"Then I guess it's a good thing that "next time" is right now! I activate Marie the Corrupted's effect! When a Fallen Angel monster of a higher rank's attack is negated I can ditch her remaining overlay unit to allow that monster to attack again." Matilda explained as she tossed Laughing Demon back at Felicia who swiftly sent it to her graveyard. "And I happen to know that you can only use Scrap-Iron Scarecrow's effect once per turn so Peter, why don't you pick up where you left off with Iris?" Matilda suggested and Peter charged into battle again….

"Then it's a good thing I'm here! I activate Shift forcing Peter the Lustful to attack Genex Searcher instead!" Jason activated his trap and Peter changed course before punching a hole through the robot's chest and bringing Jason's life-points down to 6600. "And since Genex Searcher just kicked the bucket I can use his effect to search through my deck for a Genex monster and add it to my hand." Jason added before picking up and searching through his deck.

"That's not all your Trap Card did Jason." Chakra added as she nodded to him. "I seem to remember Marie the Corrupted needing an XYZ Material in order to end the battle phase, and you just ditched her last overlay unit."

"Oh shit." Matilda cursed under her breath as realization hit her and Jason added the monster he wanted to his hand. "I knew I should've saved that effect for when I drew XYZ Regen, good thing Felicia has a copy in her extra deck."

"Oh shit is right, we may be teaming for the first time but it would appear that Jason and I make an excellent team." Chakra added before grinning. "But, despite the fact that you are twin sisters, you don't seem to know anything about that."

"What?" Matilda asked clearly confused. "What the hell are you talking about? We've been teaming together ever since we discovered this damn game!"

"You're not exactly showing it though." Jason responded with a grin. "Felicia's been supplying her own monsters for your XYZ Summons whilst leaving herself vulnerable this whole time that may have been counterbalanced with Depressed Angel's effect but Matilda can't use that effect anymore because she was more focused on dealing damage to us than helping her teammate!"

"Shit, I realize what they are doing! They are trying to break up our team!" Matilda realized as her eyes widened and she quickly turned to Felicia. "Don't listen to them sis! You've been a valuable part of this team since the duel began!"

"Shut it!" Felicia snapped at her and Matilda froze. "We may be twin sisters but you were always the favorite between the two of us! Hell I'm the older sister I should have gotten everything you had and more! And this duel has just been another example of that from the start and thanks to your dumb move I have nothing to protect myself from a direct attack as soon as Marie the Corrupted is destroyed!"

"That was one mistake! How was I supposed to know that Jason had set that Trap Card down?" Matilda protested and Felicia glared at her. "Come on sis! It was supposed to be you and me against the world! That's what you said when we moved out of our parent's home!"

"Is there something wrong Chelsea?" Nicola asked when she noticed the uncomfortable look on Chelsea's face and Chelsea sighed.

"Long story short, I had many arguments like this with my older sister Jamie growing up and this is bringing back some bad memories." Chelsea explained as she folded her arms. "But, aside from the fact that I and Jamie aren't twin sisters, there's a big difference between them and my family."

"What's that?" Nicola asked and Chelsea shook her head.

"We always talked it out between us after each argument and our bond as sisters grew stronger as a result." Chelsea responded before turning her attention to Matilda and Felicia. "And, even if I didn't have an older sister, I can just tell that those two have never had a convo like that."

"It may have been us against the world then but that was years ago." Felicia responded coldly before turning her attention back to their opponents. "As far as I'm concerned we may as well be fighting those guys separately because you're on your own from now on."

"But…." Matilda pleaded before realizing that their teamwork had just gone out the window. "Fine, we both know that you can't summon the Fallen Angels in your extra deck without my fairy monsters so let's just see how long you last!" Matilda responded before looking at her drawn card. "I set a monster in defense mode and end my turn." Matilda announced and Jason drew his card.

"Chakra's plan to divide them has worked perfectly let's just see how long it lasts." Jason thought before looking over his hand. "First I activate my Trap Card Attribute Synchron! I'll get to its effect in a minute but first say hello to the monster I searched out with Genex Searcher, Genex Controller!" Jason played the card and the small, cute big-eyed robot appeared on the field (3/1400/1200). "Next, since I control a Genex Monster I can Special Summon Onmi-Genex!" Jason played the card and the large, single eyed robot appeared on the field (5/1000/1000).

"I remember that monster from our duel." Chakra commented as she glanced at the robot. "With it you can practically summon any Genex Synchro Monster, correct?"

"That's right and this combo's gonna blow them away but first I tune Onmi Genex with Genex Controller!" Jason announced as the two robots leapt into the air for the Synchro Summon. "I Synchro Summon Vindikite R-Genex in Attack Mode!" Jason played the card and once the bright flash faded a new monster appeared on the field, it was a large green airplane robot with a jet booster sticking out the back (8/2400/1000).

"I was worried for a sec but come on! That thing can't even compare to Peter the Lustful." Matilda said with a scoff before realizing that Attribute Synchron was glowing. "What's going on with your trap card?"

"Remember when I said that I'd get to Attribute Synchron's effect in a minute? Well that minute's up! Attribute Synchron has several effects that depend on the attribute of the Synchro Monster that I'm summoning and in this case since I summoned a Wind Type Monster his effect lets me destroy all Spell/Trap Cards you guys control for every three levels the monster I summoned has, to save you from doing the math that's more trap cards than you've got!" Jason explained and his opponents' eyes widened as their trap cards blew up. "I would've destroyed the Seal as well but Chakra's mistake earlier means that I know that it'd be pointless to try."

"You may have wiped out our trap cards but your robot will crash and burn if it tries to battle Peter the Lustful!" Matilda pointed out and Jason grinned.

"That's why I'm going for broke with this move! I activate Limiter Removal!" Jason announced and Matilda's eyes widened as the plane doubled in size alongside its attack points. "Chakra…."

"Go ahead and use Iris the Earth Mother." Chakra told him and Jason blinked. "We're a team aren't we? Use her!"

"Right, thanks for the monster." Jason nodded in response as Iris walked over to his side of the field. "Iris, the Earth Mother, take out Marie the Corrupted now with an encore performance of Earth Song!" Jason commanded and the woman started singing her harsh tune, this time Marie was unable to save herself and she was destroyed by the attack. "That just leaves Peter the Lustful, Vindikite R Genex attack Peter the Lustful!" Jason commanded and the jet flew towards Peter…..

"Did you really think it would be that easy? I activate Peter's effect! By banishing a fairy type monster from my graveyard I can allow him to survive one attack per turn." Matilda announced before pocketing Depressed Angel and Peter survived the attack just barely. "I still take damage but that's a small price to pay since you just wasted a perfectly good Limiter Removal!" Matilda added as her life-points dropped to 6200.

"Who said that he was staying around long enough for that? I move to my second main phase and I activate De-Synchro to split Vindikite into its Synchro Material Monsters!" Jason played the card and Vindikite vanished from the field leaving Genex Controller and Onmi-Genex in defense mode. "Next I equip Onmi-Genex with Demotion reducing his level by two." Jason said as he activated the spell card and Onmi-Genex's level dropped to three. "I set one card facedown and end my turn." Jason announced and Felicia drew her card.

"We don't need the other Fallen Angel monsters, not when we have the best one on our side of the field and besides, I have other powerhouses in my deck." Felicia thought as she glanced at Peter the Lustful. "I'm taking control of Peter the Lustful."

"HEY!" Matilda protested as Peter walked over to Felicia's side of the field. "What happened to not needing my monster?"

"I said I didn't need you, the monster on the other hand is the best one we've got." Felicia responded before turning her attention to Jason. "I'd be able to cause some damage by attacking Iris the Earth Mother but I can't have Jason doing another Synchro anytime soon, especially since I don't know what the other effects of his Trap Card are." Felicia thought before pointing to Genex Controller. "Peter the Lustful, attack Genex Controller!" Felicia commanded and Peter charged into battle again….

"I was hoping you'd do that! I activate my Urgent Tuning Trap Card to Tune Genex Controller with Onmi-Genex once more!" Jason announced as his trap card flipped up and the two monsters leapt into the air for a Synchro Summon. "I Synchro Summon one of my favorites, Geo Genex in attack mode!" Jason played the card and a new monster appeared on the field, it was a large dome shaped brown robot that looked like it served the purpose of a drill not helped by the fact that it appeared on the field by drilling through the ground (6/1800/2800).

"Hah! That thing's even weaker than the first monster you Synchro Summoned!" Felicia scoffed with a laugh as Attribute Synchron glowed again. "Honestly, what was the point in…?" Felicia never got a chance to finish as Peter the Lustful screamed in pain before his hologram shattered into a million pieces alongside Matilda's facedown monster. "What?"

"When I Synchro Summon an Earth Attribute Synchro Monster Attribute Synchron lets me destroy one monster for every three levels of the monster I summoned, Geo Genex is a Level Six Monster so I got to destroy two monsters!" Jason explained and Felicia's eyes widened when it hit her. "Normally I'd hope for your sake that you have a Battle Fader in your hand but considering the fact that you're an Orichalcos Duelist I'd be wasting my breath!"

"And you accused me of making a dumb move?!" Matilda demanded and Felicia shook her head.

"We're still in this! Losing Peter was just a minor setback." Felicia asserted before looking over her hand. "I end my turn." Felicia announced and Chakra drew her card.

"They said that losing Peter the Lustful was a minor setback despite him being their best monster, either she's an idiot or there's more to their decks than the Fallen Angel monsters." Chakra thought before looking at her drawn card. "First off there's an effect to resolve, since I activated Silver Pot of Chains at Chain Link 3 last turn I must send three cards from my deck to the graveyard." Chakra added before milling the three cards.

"So you just milled three potentially cards because you got greedy with your Spell Card, that's fine by me." Felicia responded before Chakra held up the card she had drawn.

"That may be true but it makes for a potent combo with the card I just drew, the copy of Pharaoh's Treasure I activated earlier." Chakra added before sending the trap to the graveyard. "Since I drew it after it was activated I can send it to the graveyard to retrieve one other card from it." Chakra added before adding the card to her hand.

"Chakra if you want to use my Synchro Monster, go ahead." Jason told her and Chakra nodded.

"Thank you Jason, I think I will." Chakra responded as Geo Genex appeared on her side of the field. "Now onto business, Iris, attack Matilda directly with Earth Song!" Chakra commanded and the woman got ready to sing her song….

"From my hand I summon Battle Fader to negate the attack and end the battle phase." Felicia announced as she played the card and the small clock-like fiend appeared on the field (1/0/0).

"What happened to me being on my own?" Matilda asked as she turned to her sister and Felicia shook her head.

"Do you think I'm stupid enough to face two duelists in an Orichalcos duel at the same time?" Felicia asked and Matilda shook her head. "I may be a damn good duelist but I'm not suicidal."

"Sorry to interrupt the cat-fight but it's still my move." Chakra interrupted them before looking at her hand. "I set one card facedown and end my turn." Chakra announced and Felicia drew her card.

"Good, at least with this card we can recycle the two Fallen Angel monsters we've used." Felicia thought as she looked at her drawn card. "I activate Cast into the Abyss!" Felicia announced as the card flipped up depicting Marie the Corrupted being sent into hell. "This Spell Card requires that we have at least two Fallen Angel monsters in our graveyards and with it I can return them to the extra deck." Felicia explained before turning to Matilda. "Well?"

"Once again I thought you weren't going to help." Matilda retorted before retrieving Marie the Corrupted and Peter the Lustful from her graveyard and returning them to her extra deck.

"Need I remind you that I have no intention of fighting those two alone?" Felicia responded before turning to Jason and Chakra. "In exchange for that we both get to draw two cards." Felicia added before the two sisters made two draws. "Excellent, with this we won't need the Fallen Angels." Felicia thought with a grin before turning to Matilda. "Matilda if you want to win this match then you'll do EXACTLY as I say, got it?"

"And why should I listen to a spoiled brat like you?" Matilda scoffed and Felicia sighed in annoyance before showing her the monster she had drawn. "Okay, I see your point."

"Good, now I remove one Dark Type Monster from my graveyard from play." Felicia said as she held up Laughing Demon.

"And I remove one Light Type Monster from play." Matilda added as she held up Corrupted Angel, the two women pocketed their monsters and Matilda grinned. "You two should feel honored, we only save this monster for special occasions!"

"And since you've managed to beat two of our Fallen Angels I think this qualifies." Felicia added before playing the card. "I summon Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning."

"Oh shit." Jason cussed out loud as the infamous monster appeared on the field (8/3000/2500). "How did you get your hands on that monster? That's one of the rarest monster cards in the game, especially after it came off the Forbidden List a while back!"

"Our employer has deep pockets and contacts all over the world it was pretty much like child's play to him." Matilda responded with a grin. "And if you think this is bad let me tell you something, someone else we work with has his even more broken brother in their deck."

"Well that's great we're going up against someone with Chaos Emperor Dragon – Envoy of the End in their deck." Lance said sarcastically and the two women smirked. "Any chance you could tell us who?"

"Sorry but no, even if we did know we've already revealed way too much about our employer." Felicia responded before turning to Jason and Chakra. "Besides, if I where you I'd be more worried about them!"

"Oh trust me, I am worried." Lance responded with a wince as he stared at the monster. "But Chloe and Chelsea were able to beat that thing in the first round of the Tag Team Tournament so that thing isn't unbeatable."

"I can't help but find it hilarious that you think that one student poorly handling this monster means it can't be beat and besides, he didn't have the Orichalcos." Felicia responded as Black Luster Soldier's attack increased to 3500 thanks to the seal. "Now I could use its effect to banish Geo Genex but that would leave me unable to attack and we need the lead now." Felicia thought before pointing to Geo Genex. "Black Luster Soldier, reduce that robot to scrap metal!" Felicia commanded and the soldier charged into battle….

"I wouldn't count on that! I activate Negate Attack!" Chakra activated the trap and Black Luster Soldier's sword bounced off of an invisible force-field. "Better luck next time."

"Unless Jason draws something that can help him destroy our soldier then "next time" will be on my turn." Matilda responded as Felicia looked over her hand.

"But just in case I set one card facedown and end my turn." Felicia set the card down and Jason drew his card.

"I don't have anything that can beat her soldier but at least I can do some damage to Matilda." Jason thought before looking at his drawn card. "I summon Genex Power Planner!" Jason played the card and a small silver dome shaped robot appeared on the field (1/300/300). "And by summoning it I can activate his effect, this effect lets me add one Level Three Genex Effect Monster from my deck to my hand."

"Search out all the monsters you want." Felicia scoffed as Jason picked up and searched through his deck. "We all know that unless you Synchro Summon another Earth Type Monster you can't beat Black Luster Soldier."

"We'll see about that." Jason responded before adding the card to his hand and shuffling his deck. "Besides, I didn't summon Power Planner just so I can use its effect."

"What are you talking about?" Matilda demanded and Jason smirked.

"What I'm talking about is the fact that I didn't summon Geo Genex just so I could use Attribute Synchron's effect either." Jason responded as his machine started glowing. "I activate Geo Genex's effect, you see once per turn as long as I control a Level Four or Lower Genex Type Monster I can switch Geo Genex's stats around until the end phase!" Jason said with a smirk as Geo Genex's attack and defense scores got switched.

"Big deal, you used your copy of Limiter Removal earlier and we all know that's a limited card so your monster falls just short of beating Black Luster Soldier." Felicia pointed out and Jason chucked. "What's so funny?"

"Whoever said that Black Luster Soldier was my target?" Jason asked before pointing to Matilda. "Last I checked her field was wide open!"

"Err, Felicia, please tell me you have another Battle Fader in your hand." Matilda said with a nervous gulp and her eyes widened when Felicia shook her head. "Oh god, this is gonna suck!"

"Please do us a favor and don't talk about god when you have the Orichalcos in play and run a Fallen Angel deck." Chelsea responded with a deadpan expression on her face and Matilda flipped her off.

"We should aim to cause as much damage as possible so you can borrow Iris." Chakra told Jason who nodded in response as Iris the Earth Mother made her way over to his side of the field.

"Then let the games begin! Geo Genex, Power Planner, Iris the Earth Mother, attack her life-points directly!" Jason commanded and the three monsters launched their attacks at Matilda sending her life-points plummeting to 700.

"You…..YOU WILL PAY THAT!" Matilda snapped at them as she forced herself to her feet with a pained grunt. "Felicia, I know we're not on speaking terms but I want to make that little shit pay for that and your Black Luster Soldier is my best shot at that!"

"Say no more." Felicia responded with a nod as her sister returned to her original spot. "Besides, you may have taken a lot of damage just now but I have a way to turn that into an advantage."

"How the hell are you going to turn taking five thousand points of damage in a single turn of an Orichalcos Duel into an advantage?!" Matilda snapped at her as she glared at her sister. "In case you've forgotten the damage is real in an Orichalcos Duel and I'm going to be sore all week after we win!"

"You said the same thing before you were gang banged in that brothel we worked in and you turned out just fine." Felicia responded and Matilda glared at her. "Trust me on this!"

"Why am I not surprised that those two worked in a brothel?" Chelsea commented out loud and the two Orichalcos Duelists glared at her. "Just saying, you definitely look the part."

"We were young, we were desperate and we needed the money, as it turns out perverts will pay a lot of money to either watch twins have sex with each other it or fuck two twins at the same time." Felicia retorted as she shook her head. "As it turned out Victor pays a lot more than any of those perverts could and we don't need to sell our bodies!"

"Err, yeah, if I had to choose between prostitution and using the Orichalcos I'd chose prostitution any day of the week." Chelsea retorted and Matilda shook her head.

"If you worked in a brothel for a year you wouldn't be saying that." Matilda responded before turning to Felicia. "Anyway, what the hell do you mean by advantage?"

"Just watch, I activate my Trap Card Shock Draw!" Felicia activated the trap and Matilda grinned. "Thanks for the five free cards Jason."

"Those won't help your sister much if Chakra eliminates her on her turn." Jason responded as the two sisters drew five cards.

"With that cards I just drew that won't be a problem." Matilda responded as she looked over her hand. "Anyway, are you done?"

"Yeah, I'm done." Jason responded as Geo Genex's attack returned to normal and Iris the Earth Mother returned to Chakra's side of the field whilst Matilda drew her card.

"Don't screw this up Matilda." Felicia said as her eyes narrowed. "You don't exactly have the life-points to spare if you fuck up this time and I just risked decking myself out to bail you out." Felicia added as Black Luster Soldier made his way to Matilda's side of the field. "Do you understand?"

"I understand perfectly." Matilda responded before looking over her hand. "I set three cards facedown and I activate Burial from a Different Dimension, I use this Spell Card to return Depressed Angel and Corrupted Angel to my graveyard."

"I fail to see how those monsters will help you from the graveyard." Chakra responded as she folded her arms and Matilda sent the three cards to her graveyard. "Especially since they were obviously designed with XYZ Summoning in mind and you can't XYZ Summon from the graveyard."

"That is true but at the same time they have other uses as my sister's already demonstrated." Matilda responded before retrieving the two monsters from her graveyard. "By removing two Light Type Monsters from my graveyard I can Special Summon Soul of Purity and Light!" Matilda announced and a new monster appeared on the field, it was the transparent form of a blonde naked woman (with her nipples and vagina censored) with large white wings that seemed quite friendly in appearance (6/2000/1800) but any friendliness vanished almost instantly as the seal appeared on her forehead increasing her attack to 2500.

"Oh great, as if I didn't hate her deck enough then she goes and summons that monster." Nicola with a wince and Matilda rolled her eyes.

"Do you really think I care what an autistic girl thinks of me or my deck? I've got bad news for you Nicola, I don't!" Matilda retorted and Nicola glared at her. "Anyway Soul of Purity and Light as usually my other method of summoning Peter the Lustful but she has other uses." Matilda said as she picked up another card. "I sacrifice Soul of Purity and Light to summon one of the lesser used Monarchs, Zaborg the Thunder Monarch!" Matilda played the card and Soul of Purity and Light vanished from the field, in her place stood one of the famous monarchs and this one was green and silver in color and was very muscular (6/2400/1000) and his attack increased to 2900 thanks to the seal. "When he is Tribute Summoned his effect activates and this allows me to destroy one monster on the field, sorry Iris but Karaoke Night is over!"

"This is not good." Chakra winced as Iris screamed in pain before shattering.

"Oh, you have no idea, but just in case…." Matilda said before playing a card. "I activate Emergency Provisions and I use this Spell Card to clear the field of my facedown cards whilst giving me some of my life-points back." Matilda announced as her three cards vanished and her life-points increased to 3700 whilst Felicia's life-points increased to 11000. "Much better, now I don't have to worry about one of the other possible effects of Attribute Synchron wiping out the rest of my life-points."

"Well, she isn't exactly wrong there." Jason thought as he looked at his trap card. "If I summoned Genex Thermal Attribute Synchron's effect would've burned them for four hundred points of damage times the level of the monster, unfortunately I don't have the means to do that right now."

"Now I could go on the attack but there's something you have to know about my traps." Matilda added as she held up the three cards which depicted the Dark Scorpions running away from an explosion whilst carrying treasure. "They were all a trap card called Deadly Treasure but despite its name it does nothing but benefit me, when this trap card is sent to the graveyard by my own Spell, Trap or Monster card I can draw one card and since I sent three…."

"You get to draw three." Chakra responded as Matilda drew three cards.

"Yeah but it does have a slight drawback." Matilda added as she picked up two of her cards. "If I send more than one copy of this trap the graveyard I have to discard two cards once I draw my cards." Matilda added before discarding the cards.

"So it's a trap version of Graceful Charity that activates from the graveyard is what you're saying." Jason responded and Matilda nodded.

"Basically yeah but you have bigger problems." Matilda said with a sadistic grin. "Black Luster Soldier, attack Power Planner!" Matilda commanded and the soldier charged into battle before slicing the small machine down the middle and bringing Jason's life-points down to 4700. "And I'm not done! I use Black Luster Soldier's effect to attack Geo Genex next!" Matilda announced as the soldier spun around and sliced the Synchro Monster in half bringing Jason's life-points down to 3500. "Get him Zaborg!" Matilda commanded and the monarch shot thunder at the Osiris Red Duelist bringing his life-points down to 600. "Don't worry Jason, it'll be over soon! Your turn isn't until after Felicia's and I doubt that Chakra can draw anything that can help you at this point!"

"Stranger things have happened." Jason responded with a pained grunt. "That….that actually hurt, I'll have to be careful from now one."

"Well, well, it seems my little sister actually made a good move for once." Felicia mocked her and Matilda glared at her.

"Fuck off Felicia, I set three cards facedown and end my turn." Matilda announced as her facedown cards appeared on the field and Chakra drew her card.

"I could've protected Jason with Scrap Iron Scarecrow but I have no way of knowing if either of them drew Mystical Space Typhoon when Felicia activated Shock Draw." Chakra thought before looking at her drawn card. "But if they fall for a bluff this could help but first I'd better help Jason." Chakra decided before playing a card. "I set two cards facedown and I activate Emergency Provisions to send them both to the graveyard, whilst I'm at it I'll throw in Silver Pot of Chains one last time."

"Like that will help you." Felicia scoffed and Chakra shook her head.

"Actually it helps us both! I noticed that your Spell Cards affect both players so I figured the same rule applied to us." Chakra added as her life-points increased to 1000 and Jason's increased to 2600.

"Thanks." Jason thanked her and Chakra nodded as she drew two cards.

"Think nothing of it." Chakra responded before picking up and setting two cards. "I set two cards facedown and end my turn."

"Humph, is that all? I expected better from an Obelisk Blue Student." Felicia responded as she drew her card. "Then let's get this over with, I'm borrowing Zaborg!"

"If it gets this duel over with I'm all for it." Matilda responded as Zaborg made his way to Felicia's side of the field.

"Sorry Jason but it seems your friends out there couldn't save you." Felicia added before looking at her drawn card. "But why not prolong your agony a bit?"

"Can I object to that?" Jason asked and Felicia laughed.

"You wish! I summon Mystic Tomato!" Felicia played the card and the evil looking tomato appeared on the field (4/1400/1100) and his attack increased to 1900 thanks to the seal. "Mystic Tomato, attack Jason's life-points directly!" Felicia commanded and the tomato leapt towards Jason…..

"I don't think so! I activate Scrap Iron Scarecrow!" Chakra activated her trap and the scarecrow made of scrap iron appeared on the field again. "And this…."

"Won't save you this time, I activate my facedown card Mystical Space Typhoon!" Matilda activated her trap and the storm blew away the scarecrow leaving Mystic Tomato free to continue its attack bringing Jason's life-points down to 500. "Nice try but Jason's done for!"

"Sorry Jason." Chakra sighed and Jason shook his head.

"Don't apologize it was me who couldn't keep up." Jason responded with a sigh as he braced himself.

"At least he's honest. Black Luster Soldier, finish him!" Felicia commanded and the other duelists looked away whilst Jason closes his eyes as Black Luster Soldier neared him.

"Honestly, I was hoping that you'd fall for that bluff." Chakra interrupted and the others turned to her realizing that she had activated a trap card, a trap card that made Felicia and Matilda's eyes widen.

"IS THAT MIRROR FORCE!?" The two women yelled simultaneously as the attack bounced off of the invisible barrier before reflecting back at their three monsters destroying them all.

"Chakra, I don't know how to thank you." Jason said once his surprise wore off.

"Look Jason, you weren't about to lose because you couldn't keep up, you were about to lose because they saw you as the weak-link and sort to take you out quickly." Chakra encouraged him and Jason nodded. "And it's your job to prove them wrong!"

"You got it." Jason sighed with a grin. "And thanks, that's one of the nicest things anyone's said to me."

"Don't worry about it." Chakra nodded in agreement and whilst that was going on the exact opposite was going on across the field.

"And you accused me of making a dumb move?!" Matilda snapped at her sister as she glared at her. "Mystic Tomato, Zaborg the Thunder Monarch, Black Luster fucking Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning, all gone because you charged into battle without taking Chaka's facedown cards into consideration!"

"Says the woman who wasted Mystical Space Typhoon on an obvious bluff, Stevie Wonder could've seen that coming!" Felicia snapped back as she glared at her. "This was bad enough when you wasted Jack's cards…."

"Wait, Jack's cards?" Chakra asked with a raised eyebrow. "The Fallen Angels aren't really yours, aren't they?"

"No, they belong to Jack and he leant some of them to us in preparation for this duel." Felicia responded as she folded her arms. "He's done it before and our high success rate speaks for itself."

"Well it's obvious that you've never faced duelists like us." Jason responded with a grin. "Can I go yet?"

"Yeah but know this, you think Peter the Lustful and Marie the Corrupted are powerful?" Felicia asked as Jason drew his card. "Think again. Those cards are the weakest Fallen Angels and he kept the strongest ones to himself!"

"I look forward to meeting them." Jason responded before drawing his card. "I can summon my best monster with this and I need the life-point boost so let's do this!" Jason thought before playing the card. "First I activate Monster Reincarnation, I discard the monster I retrieved with Power Planner last turn to add Onmi Genex back to my hand." Jason announced as he discarded the card and returned the monster to his hand. "Now I summon Genex Controller once more." Jason played the card and Genex Controller returned to the field. "Next I bring out Onmi-Genex." Jason added as the robot appeared on the field again.

"Let me guess, Vindikite?" Matilda scoffed as she folded her arms. "You are so predictable it's pathetic!"

"Actually no, I'm not summoning Vindikite." Jason responded and Matilda blinked. "I'm aiming a bit higher actually, I'm summoning my best monster and I'm tuning my monsters together one more time!" Jason announced as the two monsters leapt into the air for the Synchro Summon.

"What could you possibly be summoning?" Felicia asked as the Synchro Summon was performed.

"I'll show you! I tune Onmi-Genex and Genex Controller together to summon Genex Dragon!" Jason played the card and once the bright flash faded a new monster appeared on the field, it was a massive robotic dragon with the symbols for each attribute of Duel Monsters on its chest, it let out a massive mechanical roar as it appeared on the field (8/2800/2400).

"Is that supposed to scare me?" Matilda asked but any confidence she had went out the window when Genex Dragon's attack shot up to 4000. "Where the hell did that power come from?!"

"My graveyard but first let me explain what happens when I Synchro Summon a Light Type Monster with Attribute Synchron on the field." Jason responded before sighing in relief as his life-points increased to 2900. "Basically I gain life-points equal to the monster's level times three, I'll save you the basic math lesson by telling you that that means that I gain 2400 life-points."

"But that doesn't explain where the power boost came from!" Matilda responded with a nervous gulp.

"I was getting to that, Genex Dragon gains two hundred attack points for each Genex Monster in my graveyard, I counted six which means he gains 1200 attack points." Jason responded with a grin. "In other words, I'm about to finish what I started last turn, Genex Dragon finish Matilda off!"

"No! No!" Matilda yelled out but it was too late as the dragon's breath of fire hit her sending her life-points down to zero. "I'm sorry Felicia…." Matilda trailed off just as the seal enclosed around her stealing her soul.

"You may have eleven thousand life-points Felicia but let's face it, with a monster that powerful on our side of the field it's only a matter of time before we reduce your life-points to zero." Chakra pointed out as she turned to Felicia. "Consider this your last chance to surrender."

"I said I wasn't stupid enough to fight you two alone in an Orichalcos Duel." Felicia said before sighing and surrendering. "And I meant it." Felicia added as the seal enclosed around her stealing her soul as well.

"Sorry we didn't get here sooner." Chloe said as the group approached them, Jason sat down on the grass and turned to her. "But we had other business to tend too."

"To make a long story short, those bastards targeted me last night." Nicola added with a sigh. "That's how I got injured."

"I heard about that but I'm glad that you appear to be okay." Jason nodded in response and Nicola smiled a bit.

"You can thank the pain killers for that." Nicola responded as she sat down. "Speaking of which, you want to head to the infirmary?"

"Well, my body aches like hell so yeah, I do." Jason responded with a nod as he got up with Chakra's help. "But guys, if you ever make a serious assault against those bastards give me a call, I'll be happy to help."

"The same goes for me." Chakra nodded in response and the others nodded.

"I get the feeling that we'll need your help." Andreas said with a nod of appreciation. "Whilst you're at it Jason, you had better tell the teachers everything that happened, I think they will be interested to know that an Orichalcos Duel took place today."

"I was planning too, thanks Andreas." Jason nodded in response before turning to Chakra. "Any chance I can count on you to help me file the report?"

"You didn't need to ask." Chakra responded as the group left the area.

*meanwhile*

"Leave some of my cards in the hands of amateurs and what happens?" Jack sighed as sat on the speedboat sat in Domino City Harbor and he watched the end of the duel on his laptop before switching over to his skype chat with Victor. "Victor, did you get the footage?"

"Yes I did, for now you are to remain in Domino City." Victor responded and Jack blinked in confusion. "I have dispatched two of my best agents to meet you outside the local branch of my company there."

"Did you say two of your best agents? What's the occasion?" Jack asked with a chuckle.

"The occasion is that I'm targeting two of the best duelists in the school and two of our targets' most valuable allies." Victor responded and Jack grinned at the sound of that. "You may know them as the Kaiba siblings."

"Now we're talking! I don't think they've been targeted before!" Jack responded with a hearty laugh.

"They haven't." Victor responded with a nod. "Wait until this evening, they are tightening security on the island so we must restrict our drop offs to the middle of the night."

"As long as I don't get caught in another storm I won't complain." Jack responded before Victor hung up, he closed the laptop down and left the speedboat. "At least they got one thing right my Fallen Angels are far superior to the ones they faced." Jack thought as he walked away.