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!

117. Best of the Best

A few hours had passed since the last duel of the second round and it hadn't taken long for the remaining duellists to nominate themselves, only thing was that they had to wait outside Martin's office until he was ready to see them.

"Man, that lesson ran long." Chloe groaned as she stretched her arms, she was walking with Chelsea and Nicola as they had just gotten out of Duel Theory which featured a match between Chelsea and Nicola that ran throughout the entire class. "Can't believe the class ended just as you were about to win with an Armoury Arm/Honest assisted Wattchimera attacking Rainbow Dragon."

"I know right?" Chelsea asked with a frown as she turned to her roommate. "It's no secret that I hate losing but I hate my victories being interrupted by outside forces beyond my control."

"Don't worry, I'll get you next time." Nicola responded with a grin and Chelsea shook her head. "Seriously though, that was fun! We should definitely have a rematch outside of class."

"Now you're speaking my language!" Chelsea responded with a grin which Nicola returned. "I guess the only thing is whether or not we should go through official channels."

"You mean with a Duel Request Form?" Nicola asked with a frown and Chelsea nodded. "Let's not, the few times I have used one of those things my requests always get refused by Maria due to my poor handwriting."

"Seriously?" Chloe asked and Nicola nodded.

"Just blame the fact that I'm a lot more comfortable writing on a computer than with a pen and paper." Nicola shrugged as the three girls neared Martin's office. "So do you know who's going to represent you guys in tomorrow's match?"

"I am, we made that decision shortly after the match was announced." Chloe responded with a grin only for the grin to disappear when she heard a familiar male voice scoff. "I was hoping to avoid you Tom."

"That's Thomas too you!" Thomas Newborne responded angrily as he approached the three girls. "And since you are representing your pathetic little team this is perfect! I can get my revenge for the injustice you inflicted upon me."

"Thomas is representing his team, what a fucking shock." Chelsea muttered under her breath sarcastically and Thomas glared at her. "I'm going to take a wild guess and say that Rajin never got a say in the matter."

"You'll treat me with respect Cunningham!" Thomas demanded and Chelsea glared at him.

"Here's a reality check for you Tommy!" Chelsea responded and Thomas growled. "You can't just demand respect, you have to earn it and so far you've done nothing to earn it from me, Chloe or any of our friends!"

"What? Being your better doesn't earn respect automatically?" Thomas scoffed and Chelsea rolled her eyes.

"Considering that the last team we beat are now both in Obelisk Blue, not really." Chelsea responded and Thomas rolled his eyes.

"Andreas wasn't even in Obelisk Blue at the time and Damien? He's not exactly in the same league as the likes of myself, Cameron, Jessica, the Kaiba siblings, Brandon or Theresa." Thomas responded as he folded his arms. "Call me when you idiots beat an Obelisk Blue Student that's worth a damn."

"I would since I kicked your ass once but I don't have your number nor do I want it." Chloe responded with a grin on her face and Thomas fumed when he heard that.

"You cheated in that match, we both know it!" Thomas responded and Chloe glared at him.

"That's not what she told me." Nicola chimed in and Thomas turned to her. "She told me that you practically gift wrapped a Tuner Monster for her to use against you and only complained after she beat you with Colossal Fighter!"

"If I wanted the opinion of a re….." Thomas went to insult Nicola but Chelsea quickly grabbed him by the collar of his blazer.

"YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT FINISHING THAT SENTENCE AND I'LL FIND A WAY TO SHOVE YOUR HEAD UP YOUR ASS WITHOUT BREAKING YOUR SPINE!" Chelsea threatened him and Thomas started sweating bullets.

"What's going on here?!" A familiar voice rang out and the girls looked up seeing Tracy emerge from her office. "Well?"

"Nothing, we were just minding our own business when this jackass decided to interrupt us for the sole purpose of being a prick." Chelsea responded as she let go off Thomas. "Things only escalated when he almost called Nicola that R word." Chelsea added and Tracy frowned once she got the idea "Ask Chloe and Nicola, they'll back me up."

"Is she telling the truth girls?" Tracy asked as she turned to Chloe and Nicola.

"Aside from leaving out most of the argument we had, yeah she is." Chloe responded with a nod as did Nicola. "Really, before he almost insulted Nicola he was practically trying to brag about the size of his microscopic penis." Chloe added and Chelsea burst out laughing when she heard that, Thomas, obviously, wasn't amused.

"I'll have you know that I could pleasure you in ways that your new boyfriend can't even dream off!" Thomas protested and Chelsea just laughed harder whilst Chloe rolled her eyes. "If you had any decent taste in men…."

"I still wouldn't go out with you because boys who can't take a loss, especially when it's to a girl like me, aren't boys I normally go for." Chloe interrupted him and Thomas growled.

"You little bitch…." Thomas grunted as Chloe glared at him. "I knew trying to deliberately get either Chloe or Chelsea in trouble so they'd miss tomorrow's match was a bad idea but did Cameron and Jessica listen…..I just realized that I really should've muttered that under my breath."

"Is that a fact?" Tracy asked as she marched up to the students and got in between Chloe, Chelsea and Thomas. "Chelsea, Chloe, do you have anything else you need to do in the Main Building?"

"Duel Theory was our last class, I just need to make sure Martin knows that Chloe's representing the team tomorrow." Chelsea responded and Tracy nodded.

"Go ahead and do that then, I'll deal with Thomas." Tracy responded and Thomas went to protest. "Normally I'd punish her for losing her temper/threating to force someone to do yoga…..and I'm pretty sure that no one's ever said "threatening to force someone to do yoga" before…..but considering what you almost called the school's only autistic student and the fact that you deliberately tried to get another student in trouble when she did nothing wrong I consider it a fair trade off."

"You can't honestly be showing favouritism to Ra Yellow and Osiris Red Students…." Thomas protested as Chelsea walked past him and Chelsea scoffed.

"Oh yeah, because when the school shows bias towards Obelisk Blue it's perfectly okay but show bias towards the other dorms and suddenly the teachers are in the wrong?" Chelsea asked only to get a nasty glare from Tracy.

"Chelsea…." Tracy warned her and Chelsea sweat-dropped.

"Going, going." Chelsea responded with a nervous laugh as the three girls quickly left the scene, once they were out of earshot from the two of them Chelsea burst out laughing. "Man that was so worth it!"

"Worth potentially getting in trouble for?" Chloe asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Says the girl who had the balls, so to speak, to call a guy's penis microscopic to his face?" Chelsea pointed out and Chloe grinned at that. "Seriously, I'm really regretting not taking a picture of the look on his face when you said that."

"It's a good thing I did." Nicola responded as she pocketed her IPhone and the other girls gave her an odd look. "What? I wanted to get revenge on him somehow for nearly calling me….you know…."

"Don't tell me, your gonna post that on the Duel Academy website and forums?" Chloe asked with a grin and Nicola nodded with a big grin on her face. "And I thought Chelsea was ruthless."

"Nah, she aint as ruthless as me, for one thing if I knew that you were gonna say that I would've taped it on my IPhone and posted it to YouTube." Chelsea responded as the three girls walked down the hallway. "Seriously though, you realize that that thread will be locked within minutes of the admins seeing it right?"

"That's still long enough for word to get out considering how small the island is." Nicola responded with a grin as they neared Martin's office. "Before you go meet with Martin can I ask you guys something? I'll make it as quick as I can since I know that you only have until the end of the day."

"Go ahead, we have plenty of time." Chloe responded once she checked her watch and Nicola grinned.

"Okay, well, there's this boy I really like, as in developing a crush on him." Nicola started as she blushed a bit. "I don't want to reveal his name because I don't him to overhear this…."

"It's Andreas isn't it?" Chelsea asked and Nicola face-faulted. "Nicola, you had a wet dream about him, I think the secrecy boat has sailed long ago, just saying."

"And I'm just saying that it wasn't nearly as dirty as I was making it sound." Nicola responded as she got up and Chelsea gave her a curious look. "Honestly, it wasn't even dirty at all, can't a girl have a dream where she and her male friend are naked and on…..I'm going to shut up before someone else hears me."

"Smart move." Chelsea said as she tried not to laugh. "What did you want to ask?"

"Well, obviously you are both in relationships, differences in sexuality aside, any tips for a girl who's never dated before?" Nicola asked and Chloe and Chelsea looked at her confused. "Yeah, I know, I'm a good looking girl who's never dated anyone before but well, having autism makes social interactions difficult."

"You're not having any problems now." Chelsea pointed out and Nicola shook her head.

"I'm talking about before I duelled Andreas back in Battle City." Nicola responded as she folded her arms. "Just ask Andreas how I acted before and after the duel, he'll be happy to tell you how socially awkward I was."

"Point taken." Chelsea admitted before shaking her head. "Before we go any further, does it look like he shares your feelings?"

"Looks like it, hell we were this close to kissing right before the duels started earlier but Marcus interrupted us." Nicola responded before rubbing the back of her head nervously. "He caught me in the middle of the "he loves me not" routine but instead of using a flower I used my deck, problem was that I ended up dropping the deck."

"Good grief, I haven't done that since I was a kid, except I actually used a flower." Chelsea responded with a small grin. "You want my advice? Try to get Andreas alone, see if he's still interested and if he is pick up from where you left off." Chelsea added and Nicola grinned. "Now if you decide to take it a bit further and actually rein act the wet dream…" Chelsea trailed off and Nicola face-faulted.

"For the last time, I WASN'T HAVING DREAM SEX WITH ANDREAS!" Nicola asserted only to cover her mouth when she realized what she had said in the presence of several other students. "If you want me I'll be hiding in my dorm room for the rest of the day." Nicola sighed as Chloe helped her up and she quickly walked off.

"Did you really have to say that?" Chloe sighed as the rest of the students, aside from a couple of chuckles from the immature ones, resumed what they were doing and Chelsea shook her head.

"I didn't know that she was going to say that out-loud." Chelsea asserted and Chloe frowned. "Look, I'll stop by her dorm room later and check on her, I'll even apologize for unintentionally embarrassing her, deal?"

"Deal, now let's get our involvement in the Battle Royal sorted out." Chloe responded before they approached the office and saw several of their friends there, however Chloe caught a conversation between Kimberly and Nathan, who were sitting opposite each other that caught her attention. "Sorry to interrupt but let me get this straight." Chloe said with an amused grin as she turned to Kimberly who had a big grin on her face. "Cameron and Jessica actually argued over who should represent their team tomorrow?"

"Yep, I could hear them arguing from my dorm room whilst me and Nathan were deciding on who should represent our team and my dorm room is nowhere near Jessica's." Kimberly responded before shaking her head. "According to my friends they had makeup sex once the argument ended."

"Wait, where your friends spying on them making out?!" Chelsea asked with a cheeky grin on her face and Kimberly laughed before shaking her head.

"Nah, the walls in the Obelisk Blue Girl's Dorm are really thin, you could hear a pin drop from across the dorm." Kimberly responded as she shook her head. "They said they heard Jessica and Cameron moaning in between Jessica shouting "harder, harder, right up the ass" and my personal favourite "punish me, I've been a bad girl" and put two and two together."

"I could've gone my whole life without knowing what Jessica Stevens shouts out during sex and been a lot happier, thanks." Chloe moaned as a massive sweat-drop rolled down her head and Kimberly put her hands up defensively.

"I'm just the messenger here, anyway I don't know what they said after they had sex but Cameron stopped by the office alone, I think it's safe to say that he's representing their team." Kimberly responded and Chloe frowned at that. "So who's representing you and Chelsea?"

"I am, I know they're likely to gang up on me but I don't care, I have unfinished business with Thomas and Cameron." Chloe responded with a look of determination on her face. "Any idea about who's representing the other teams?"

"Latoya's representing the team that won the last match and Amelia's representing the team that got a free pass." Kimberly responded before looking around. "By the way, where's your boyfriend?"

"He's trying to convince Evan to let him represent the team in the match tomorrow." Chloe responded as she leaned back. "He sent me a text once I got out of Hamden's class saying that he had a class to get too but didn't say if he had convinced Evan or not."

"Why is Lance being so secretive?" Chelsea asked with an annoyed look on her face and Chloe shook her head.

"The text mentioned that he was late for class so it's likely that he just rushed through it." Chloe answered and Chelsea nodded. "Considering how short the last match was I'm surprised that he ended up late to class, especially considering how close the Obelisk Blue Boy's Dorm is to the Main Building."

"Evan can be really stubborn sometimes, what can I say?" Lance's voice rang out and they looked up seeing Lance approaching them, or more specifically Chloe, he shared a quick kiss with Chloe before sitting down. "Besides, I wasn't that late to the class, only by a couple of minutes' tops."

"That's good to know." Chloe responded with a grin before moving over to the vacant seat next to her boyfriend. "Did Evan relent in the end?"

"Yeah, I just had to point out that two of your enemies where in the match and that the fact that they would gang up on you was inevitable." Lance responded before frowning. "But he did bring up a good point."

"What point?" Chelsea asked as she turned to him.

"Why are we so worried about Cameron and Thomas ganging up on Chloe?" Lance asked and the others gave him odd looks. "Think about it, when she competed in the Battle City Battle Royal a few months back she was triple teamed by Axel, Eddie and Otto and only had Theresa around to have her back, though that went out the window pretty quickly, here? She only has Cameron and Thomas to worry about and me, Theresa, Kimberly, and basically anyone in the match who hates Cameron and Thomas."

"At this point Lance it's harder to list students who don't hate those pricks." Chelsea pointed out and Lance nodded.

"Good point but even still, she gets on fine with the other competitors." Lance responded and Chloe shook her head.

"Aren't you forgetting something else Lance?" Chloe asked as she looked up at her boyfriend. "In Battle City the only duellist with any animosity towards me was Otto, for the others it was nothing personal, Thomas and Cameron on the other hand both hate my guts."

"And let's face it, Cameron hates you because he's an elitist prick who you would've beaten if he hadn't taken a cheap shot at your family whilst Thomas hates you because he's an elitist prick that you actually defeated." Chelsea responded as she folded her arms. "They have similar motives for wanting to make your life hell is what I'm saying."

"Not to mention the argument we had with him on the way over." Chloe responded as she shook her head. "Seriously, I beat that asshole once in a duel without using my ace monster and I turned him into an enemy for life? Has that guy even heard of appropriate response?"

"Go back to that argument you had with him." Theresa said with a raised eyebrow and Chloe sighed.

"Me, Chelsea and Nicola had just gotten out of Duel Theory and we were on our way here to make our decision regarding tomorrow's match official, I think Nicola just tagged along since we were in the middle of a conversation as we exited the class." Chloe said as she leaned back. "We would've gotten here sooner but Thomas decided to be an asshole."

"Chloe, you realize that you just implied that there are times when Thomas isn't an asshole right?" Chelsea asked her roommate and Chloe sweat-dropped. "I'll take over from here, at first it was just typical trash talk but then the subject of the match they had right before the Duel Spirit duels came up and things escalated from there."

"What do you mean escalated?" Brandon asked and Chelsea shook her head.

"Exactly what it sounds like, Thomas went as far to say that he could pleasure Chloe in ways Lance couldn't….." Chelsea trailed off as Lance barely contained his laughter. "And Chloe retorted that she doubted it since he has a microscopic penis." Chelsea added and Lance nearly fell out of his chair with laughter.

"Oh my god, I wish I had been there to see the look on his face." Lance said in between fits of laughter and Chloe grinned.

"Luckily for you Nicola took a picture of it and plans on posting it on the forums and website, I don't think it'll take long for the thread to be locked but it should be long enough for you to see it." Chloe responded and Lance grinned.

"As funny as your retort was, let's get back on track." Theresa chimed in and Chloe turned to her. "Aside from apparently insulting Lance's prowess in the bedroom what else did he say?"

"Usual bullshit about how I cheated when I beat him, except when Nicola backed me up he almost called her a retard." Chloe sighed and Theresa frowned at that. "I know he didn't say it but his words were "If I wanted the opinion of a re…." and considering who we're talking about I don't think there's much room for interpretation there."

"Your right, there isn't." Theresa agreed with a nod. "I'm guessing Chelsea cut him off."

"By threatening to shove his head up his ass." Chelsea said calmly and the others sweat-dropped. "Oh come on, you know that's hardly the first time I threatened another student."

"Yeah but that's the first time I've heard that particular threat used by anyone, let alone you." Brandon responded before shaking his head. "I swear to god Chelsea, you're going to get yourself in serious trouble one of these days."

"Don't you think I know that?" Chelsea asked as she folded her arms. "My temper got me expelled from three schools and caused one school to not even consider accepting me as soon as they saw my name on the app form, it got to the point where my parents' choices were either home schooling or, well, this school."

"Yeah, I know, you've told us before." Brandon responded before realizing something. "You have any idea what might have caused your violent mood swings Chelsea?" Brandon asked and Chelsea shrugged.

"Beats me, my mom thinks I inherited it from my dad but that doesn't explain my four other siblings, aside from me Jamie has the worst temper in my family but she keeps it under control when she isn't in the middle of a dinner service." Chelsea added before shaking her head. "Besides, I don't remember asking you to analyse me like a shrink would."

"I'm not, I'm just trying to be helpful." Brandon insisted and Chelsea shook her head.

"Do me a favour and don't, I've seen god knows how many psychiatrists since I hit puberty and the only thing they gave me were pills that didn't help with my temper at all and a headache!" Chelsea responded with an annoyed grunt and Brandon sighed in defeat.

"Err, sorry to interrupt." Martin's secretary chimed in and the students looked up at the petite, cute blonde who had been typing away at her desktop computer this whole time. "But Martin's ready to see the next team."

"Go ahead babe." Lance told Chloe as he rested his hands behind his head. "Lady's first and all that."

"Thanks Lance." Chloe said with a grin before giving him a quick peck on the cheek and standing up. "Coming Chelsea?"

"As long as it won't take too long, sure." Chelsea responded with a nod as she stood up, the two girls entered Martin's office and closed the door behind them. "I think you know why we're here."

"Well, unless it's about that argument you had with Thomas Newborne or tomorrow's match then no, I don't." Martin sighed as he looked up at them and Chelsea winced. "Don't worry, Tracy filled me in on the details whilst you waited and he will get punished for his actions, I can assure you of that, now which one of you is representing the team tomorrow?"

"I am." Chloe responded and Martin nodded before writing it down. "I have unfinished business with both Thomas and Cameron and as I understand it they are representing their teams tomorrow."

"You are correct about that, yes." Martin nodded as he set the pen down. "I understand if you have any concerns about Thomas and Cameron ganging up on you Chloe but please understand that this duel were set in place long before the match-ups were announced, we've been planning this tournament since the Battle City finals."

"And it still got delayed several times before the tournament actually started." Chelsea responded as she rolled her eyes and Martin sighed.

"Well we did need to make sure that all the students we had paired up could actually compete, regardless of whether they were expelled or had their souls captured." Martin responded and the two girls shared an uneasy look when he mentioned those events. "Now, is there anything else or can I move on? I still have to hear from Lance's team about who's representing them before I can post it on the DA Website."

"Just one quick question, the time limit will be dropped for this round, right?" Chloe asked and Martin chuckled.

"If I had a dollar for every time a student in the Battle Royal asked that question I could retire early." Martin responded before shaking his head. "The time limit will only be used for Round 2, however the order of play will still be decided by me going forward."

"That's a relief, I could barely keep track of the limit during our match against Andreas and Damien." Chloe commented with a relieved sigh. "Well, I guess we're off then." Chloe added as she made her way towards the door alongside Chelsea.

"Oh Chelsea, do you have a moment?" Martin asked and the Chicago native turned to him with a look on confusion on her face. "It won't take long and don't worry, you're not in trouble."

"Yeah, I've heard that line so many times since I hit puberty that it isn't even funny." Chelsea said as she rolled her eyes. "And it's usually because I'm in trouble."

"Well, unlike all the others who said that line to you, I'm being honest." Martin responded and Chelsea frowned.

"Fuck it, I may as well humour him." Chelsea thought before turning to Chloe. "I'll catch up with you back at the dorm room Chloe, all right?"

"Sure." Chloe responded before leaving the room and shutting the door behind her, as Chelsea sat down she heard Chloe telling Lance that Martin wanted to speak with Chelsea and she raised an eyebrow.

"Those walls are pretty fucking thin, aren't they?" Chelsea asked as she folded her arms. "I mean, Lance is nowhere near the office door."

"Indeed, I've been trying to get the board of directors to approve soundproofing this and the other offices but it's just a question of funding." Martin responded before frowning. "On the other hand the walls being so thin has its advantages, like being able to overhear rants from promising but troubled students like you."

"Son of a bitch, I should've known!" Chelsea thought with a frown. "If you're going to suggest that I see the shrinks that Duel Academy employs don't bother, how exactly could they help me where so many others have failed?"

"You haven't even met them yet." Martin responded and Chelsea scoffed.

"Trust me teach, I'm talking from experience." Chelsea responded and Martin frowned. "You met one psychologist, you've met them all and besides, I'm handling my anger issues just fine on my own?"

"Oh really?" Martin asked before reaching into his draw and retrieving a large folder with Chelsea's picture on it, namely the one that was on Duel Academy's website that was taken when she was still in Osiris Red. "Do you know how many incident reports related to your temper are in here Cunningham?"

"Is that a trick question?" Chelsea asked before it hit her. "So what if there's been a few complaints about my temper? I'm not exactly the only student here with a short temper!"

"No but you're the only one who not only has a history of violence but a juvenile record related to your temper." Martin responded and Chelsea's frown deepened. "Your parents had to promise us that you'd be on your best behaviour during your stay at the school in order for us to even consider accepting the application but the number of reports here tell a different story."

"And just how many of the reports are about incidents that were either caused by other students or by my life-points being in the red during a duel?" Chelsea asked and Martin hesitated. "Well?"

"The majority of them." Martin responded and Chelsea leaned back with a satisfied grin. "And I know what you're going to say next, that the most violent you've been since you started here was during a duel and that you never even considered turning off the safeties."

"Well, yeah, do I look stupid?" Chelsea asked and Martin shook his head.

"Far from it, all your teachers have nothing but high praise for you, myself included." Martin responded as he put the folder away. "We realize that you're a bright girl with an even brighter future in both Duel Monsters and technology once we get past your temper but said temper is a major hurdle."

"Yeah, I know, I've been told that more times than I can fucking count." Chelsea grunted in annoyance as she stared at him. "What's your point?"

"It isn't obvious?" Martin asked and Chelsea frowned. "Your future may be bright but if you continue down the route you are taking said bright future will be nothing but a dream, as I said, Tracy sent me the incident report after her chat with Thomas but that was the closest you've gotten to a physical altercation and if Tracy hadn't come out of her office when she did then who knows what would've happened?"

"If you read the incident report then you know that he was asking for it." Chelsea pointed out as she shifted her weight. "And if it had escalated then I would be saying the same thing."

"Except you'd be facing your second expulsion duel." Martin responded and the confident look on Chelsea's face disappeared in an instant. "I suppose you've heard what happens to students after their second expulsion duel if they win?"

"Automatic 30 day suspension." Chelsea responded with a frown. "Is that why you wanted to chat? To warn me that I was on thin ice?"

"Essentially yes." Martin responded with a nod. "You may go, however there is one thing to keep in mind and that's the fact that just because Chloe's representing your team doesn't mean you won't be on the arena floor, same applies to the other students."

"And that's on the off chance that their team is one of the last two standing, right?" Chelsea asked and Martin nodded which Chelsea took as her cue to stand up and leave. "If that's everything I'm off back to my dorm room."

"You may go but please tell Lance that I'm ready to see him." Martin responded and Chelsea nodded before leaving. "I hope she takes our chat to heart, hate to see such a promising student's potential wasted like that." Martin thought before shaking his head. "She's smart, I'm sure she will." Martin thought before there was a knock at the door.

*meanwhile*

Whilst the students who were still in the tournament were busy preparing for tomorrow's match two of the eliminated students were still in Tyler's dorm room at the Obelisk Blue Boy's Dorm going over what Tyler had discovered the previous night.

"Tyler, are you absolutely sure this is correct?" Miranda asked after a few minutes of reading through the article. "Her dad lied to her once and from what Theresa told me she took it pretty hard."

"Hard enough for her to consider dropping out of the Battle City tournament and giving up Duel Monsters." Tyler responded with a frown on his face as he nodded. "Fortunately Jeff was able to get her out of her funk in time for the finals but if she finds this out?"

"She might not take it quite as hard." Miranda responded and Tyler gave her a curious look. "Look, according to Theresa when she found about the first lie it came from her biological dad's mouth and by all accounts he was a horrible human being."

"That doesn't even begin to describe it." Tyler responded with a sad sigh as he shook his head. "I haven't seen it but she has a large scar on her right arm that starts from the shoulder and goes down to her elbow, it was apparently caused by her dad and broken glass from a broken beer bottle and he apparently intended for the scar to go down to her hand."

"Jesus…." Miranda trailed off with a look of disgust on her face. "Still, as horrible as it is, it lends credence to my idea, since her biological dad was walking proof that there should be a parenting test before anyone can be allowed to breed she gets along well with both of us."

"I think I get what you're saying." Tyler responded with a nod. "She might take it easier if we break the news to her but that still leaves the question of how we go about it, especially considering her trust issues."

"Leave that to me, I'll come up with…." Miranda trailed off when there was a knock at the door and the step-siblings turned to the door. "You want to get it or should I?"

"Allow me." Tyler responded before standing up and walking over to the door, he opened it but saw no one on the other side. "Odd."

"Maybe someone was knocking on Daniel's door?" Miranda asked and Tyler shook his head.

"The walls in the Boys' Dorm aren't as thin as the ones in the Girls' Dorm and even if they were Daniel had to go home for a few days due to a family emergency." Tyler responded before spotting something on the back of his door. "Someone left a note?"

"This is getting weird, I thought the fact that the students in all three dorms are close like family was true among all dorms?" Miranda asked and Tyler nodded.

"It is, especially here, when Daniel explained why he was leaving the island for a few days we pooled together to get him a card, as in a greetings card, wishing him a safe journey home, even Thomas and Cameron chipped in on it." Tyler responded before grabbing the note and reading it. "Tyler, Miranda, be at the first clearing on the north side before midnight or more souls will be stolen." Tyler read the note aloud and the siblings' expressions darkened.

"Those Orichalcos creeps are at it again?" Miranda asked and Tyler nodded as he scrunched up the note. "Just how many agents do they have?"

"How long is a piece of sting?" Tyler retorted as he threw the note in the trash and grabbed his duel disk. "I noticed that you don't have your duel disk with you?"

"My new one's being looked at by the IT Techs, it broke down during a practice duel with it." Miranda said with a frown. "Luckily my old duel disk still works and has my deck in it, unfortunately its back at my dorm room."

"Okay, that could be a problem if they use the new Pendulum Monsters." Tyler responded with a frown and Miranda shook her head.

"It won't be, my deck hasn't changed and last I checked my skills as a duellist haven't degraded since my team was eliminated." Miranda responded with a confident grin on her face. "How about we meet up outside the main building?"

"Good, it'll give me time to text the others and tell them what's going on." Tyler responded as the siblings left the dorm room. "I just hope Miranda's right." Tyler thought with a frown as they walked down the hallway. "Miranda, I'm going to text the others so that they know about the situation."

"Thus allowing them to give us support." Miranda responded before pausing. "Stop me if I'm wrong but the Orichalcos can't be destroyed once it's played right?"

"Exactly." Tyler nodded in response and Miranda frowned as they exited the boy's dorm. "Also the monsters and damage are both real, be careful."

"Thanks for the heads-up." Miranda responded before heading in the direction of the south side of the island and Tyler got his phone out.

*meanwhile*

Whilst that was going on the other students who were active in opposing the Orichalcos were back in their dorm rooms including Chloe, she was at her Desktop Computer going through a popular Fanfiction site.

"MPreg Scar/Simba slash fic?!" Chloe wondered out loud not noticing that the door to her room had just opened and that her roommate was standing by the dorm. "Who writes this stuff?!"

"Girls with way too much time on their hands." Chelsea commented as she closed the door behind her and Chloe glanced up from her desktop. "Didn't know you were into Fanfics." Chelsea commented and Chloe shrugged.

"Eh, I read but I don't write and besides, I mostly stick to stuff I like such as The Lion King or any Disney Renascence film." Chloe responded as she closed the tab. "How did the chat with Martin go?"

"Not well." Chelsea responded with a frown and Chloe raised an eyebrow. "Let me put it this way, when he said that I wasn't in trouble he may as well have had a big fucking neon sign above his head with the words "I'm a big fucking liar" on it."

"It couldn't have been that bad right? I think I would've heard if my roommate was being punished for something." Chloe pointed out and Chelsea nodded.

"Yeah, technically I'm not in trouble for the incident with Thomas back in the Main Building, the convo I had with him was about my notoriously short temper though." Chelsea responded as she folded her arms. "But if I had punched him like I was planning too before Tracy interrupted us I would be facing my second expulsion duel."

"You're kidding?!" Chloe asked with a look of surprise on her face and Chelsea shook her head. "Look I'm not usually one to play Devil's Advocate when it comes to my friends but since the convo was about your temper he did have a point."

"Don't you think I know that?!" Chelsea snapped at her and Chloe winced. "Sorry, it's a touchy issue and I'm just glad that he ended the convo after he brought that up."

"Yeah, I can see why." Chloe responded with a nod before sighing. "And I'm sorry, I know it's a touchy subject but I just don't want to see one of the first friends I made when I joined this school get expelled."

"Hey I hear ya but don't worry, I've already achieved one of the goals I set for myself when I officially joined the school, namely claiming my rightful place in Ra Yellow, and right now I'm focussing on my other goal." Chelsea responded and Chloe blinked.

"Do I even need to ask what the other goal is?" Chloe asked and Chelsea shook her head.

"Nah but I'll say it anyway, my other goal is leaving the school on my own terms." Chelsea responded with a frown. "Getting expelled from one school was bad enough for me, especially since it forced me to end my first lesbian relationship, but three in a row? It didn't exactly do wonders for my self-esteem, that's all I'm saying."

"You don't seem like you have any self-esteem issues." Chloe pointed out and Chelsea shook her head.

"I'm good at hiding it, besides my self-esteem issues aren't that severe." Chelsea responded before shaking her head. "Besides, you know what will happen to me if I'm expelled from Duel Academy and I really don't want to go over it again so can we change the subject?"

"Sure." Chloe responded before realizing something. "Come to think of it you never talk about your first girlfriend, what was she like?"

"She was awesome, that's what, the only reason I never talked about her is because she never came up." Chelsea said before sighing. "Her name was Kaylee, I met her at a high school party and one of the other students had snuck some alcohol into the party so it got pretty wild pretty fast."

"I bet." Chloe responded with a grin. "What happened at the party? That was when you were still straight right?"

"Yeah, I went to the party with my boyfriend at the time, the one I talked about before? Anyway I could handle my alcohol a lot better than he could so he was passed out within two hours, Kaylee ended up keeping me company as I was introduced to her through a friend and well one to many drinks later she suggested that we go have some fun in the bedroom, didn't exactly take me long to figure out what she meant." Chelsea responded before shaking her head. "Her initial idea was waking up my boyfriend and taking him up with us but he was too far gone by that point so we went up on our own."

"So you were a lesbian fresh out of the closet and she was bi-sexual, am I reading that right?" Chloe asked and Chelsea nodded.

"That's pretty much it except for one thing, I did experiment with bi-sexuality for a couple of weeks before I realized that I was a lot happier with a girlfriend than a boyfriend, I came out of the closet the same week with her support." Chelsea said before sighing. "She also got me into heavy metal and it looked like we were a match made in heaven, then I got expelled and whilst we did try to make it work when my parents made the decision to move to Domino she made it clear that her parents couldn't afford to move that far and well, we kind off realized that long distance relations just don't work so we broke up on friendly terms."

"That sucks." Chloe responded and Chelsea nodded in agreement. "Do you keep in contact with her? And what about your boyfriend at the time?"

"Yeah, I keep in contact with her, she's got a boyfriend now and he seems like a nice enough guy." Chelsea responded before frowning. "As for my ex, well, he was pissed that he missed out on a three-way with me and Kaylee and unfortunately it didn't end on good terms…." Chelsea trailed off before noticing the confused luck on Chloe's face. "Don't tell me you never heard of the fact that it's every straight man's dream to have sex with two women at the same time?"

"I didn't even have a boyfriend until this past weekend, what do you think?" Chloe asked and Chelsea nodded. "So I'm just going to take your word for it."

"Chloe trust me, try going up to Lance and telling him that another girl wants to join in on your first time with him and watch his face light up like a Christmas tree, and he'll be doing victory laps around the island guaranteed." Chelsea responded and Chloe shook her head.

"I think I'll pass." Chloe responded with a giggle.

"Anyway, luckily for us he wasn't much of a duellist so I doubt the possibility of those Orichalcos creeps recruiting him." Chelsea added hoping to get the conversation back on track.

"That's a relief." Chloe responded before remembering something. "Did you stop by Nicola's dorm room on the way over by any chance?" Chloe asked and Chelsea shook her head.

"I was planning too before the convo but I didn't want to risk snapping at her like I snapped at you." Chelsea responded before sitting down. "My plan is to give myself two hours at most before I pay Nicola a visit, that should give me more than enough time for my temper to cool down."

"And what are you going to do in the mean time? Play some Total War?" Chloe asked as Chelsea sat down and booted up her laptop, after a few minutes she recognized the menu music from Rome: Total War and raised an eyebrow. "You're playing a game where your goal is to conquer the world in order to calm down? I thought you said that you had uninstalled the first Rome: Total War to make room for Total War: Attila anyway?"

"I did and make no mistake, I am playing Rome 2 I just have a mod installed that makes it so that the game plays the first Rome game's menu music instead of the infinitely inferior Rome 2 menu music." Chelsea responded as she clicked on some options. "And besides, conquering the world is a great stress reliever, now, do I conquer the world as Rome, Carthage or some Barbarian faction?"

"You're asking a girl who didn't even know the names of most of those Barbarian Factions before you installed that game for advice on who to play as?" Chloe asked with an amused look on her face as her text message ring tone went off and whilst she checked it Chelsea shook her head.

"Nah, I was just wondering out loud, besides I decided to just play as Rome and kick the world's ass." Chelsea responded with a grin as she started up the game before glancing over her shoulder at her roommate and seeing the frown on her face. "Let me guess, Orichalcos?"

"Yep and this time they've targeted Tyler and Miranda." Chloe responded and Chelsea nodded before saving the game as soon as it loaded and closing the application. "I think you should have a text from him too."

"Give me a sec, I put my phone on silent earlier." Chelsea responded before reaching into her jeans pocket and retrieving the phone. "Yep, I got a text from Tyler too."

"Maybe we can ask him why he missed the duels earlier whilst we're at it." Chloe suggested as she stood up and grabbed her duel disk. "Anyway, what about the game?"

"I saved it as soon as it loaded so I'll be able to pick up where I left off later." Chelsea responded as she shook her head. "Then again I could've done that just by starting a new campaign as Rome but that's beside the point."

"Either way you can pick up where you left off after the duel." Chloe pointed out before grinning. "And besides, those idiots targeted the two best male and female duellists in the school, the fact that they were eliminated in the second round notwithstanding, with any luck they'll finish them off even faster than Louella and Latoya finished off Charity and Vernon earlier."

"Chloe, be realistic, yes Tyler and Miranda are the best duellists in the school and yes, they kicked our asses in back to back matches but whilst the Orichalcos Duellists are insane to even consider using that card in the first place they're not stupid, they likely sent two of their best duellists to deal with them." Chelsea responded with an annoyed sigh and Chloe nodded reluctantly. "Anyway, I'm ready to go when you are."

"Let's go." Chloe nodded before the two girls left.

*meanwhile*

"Okay, so the fact that I'm representing the team tomorrow is official and all that's left to do is compete in the match." Lance commented as he walked alongside Evan, he had finally been let out of Martin's office primarily because he was busy setting up the first date between him and Chloe which took a lot longer than he expected. "Now I just have to give Chloe the good news."

"I'm still surprised that it took you this long for your friendship with her to be upgraded like that." Evan commented and Lance frowned. "Yes, I know you've had some bad luck including dedicating a Justin Bieber song to her at the Ra Yellow Welcome party…."

"No, I told the DJ to dedicate a random love song on the playlist to her and he happened to pick "Baby" by Justin Bieber." Lance interrupted him with a look of annoyance on his face. "Seriously, why do people think that a guy who requested metal songs to be played at the party would randomly dedicate that song to her?!"

"Word spreads, truth gets diluted, you should probably be glad it wasn't something worse." Evan responded and Lance gave him a funny look.

"Unless your idea of "worse" is "How You Remind Me" by Nickelback I doubt it could've been worse." Lance responded and Evan shook his head.

"If it was that awful song then the worse that would've happened is that the entire room would be counting sheep whilst the Orichalcos Duellist she defeated was free to go about his business." Evan pointed out and Lance nodded with a laugh. "All though you weren't that far off as I was thinking of a band."

"A band worse than Justin Bieber and Nickelback?" Lance asked before it hit him. "Oh no, don't tell me you mean…."

"One Direction." Evan said and Lance shuddered.

"If that did happen I would've said "fuck it", dove in the ocean and swam back to the mainland." Lance responded with a frown. "I'd rather risk freezing to death than be known as the metalhead guy who dedicated a fucking One Direction song to a potential girlfriend."

"Well at least she agreed to be your girlfriend even after that incident." Evan responded and Lance nodded before his text ringtone went off. "Me? I'm still searching."

"Well there's plenty of fish in the sea." Lance responded before reading his text, once he read it through he frowned. "Evan, I'm going to have to cut this convo short."

"Let me guess, Chloe's ready to have sex with you for the first time?" Evan asked as he looked over his shoulder but when he saw the frown on Lance's face it didn't take him long to figure it out. "That's not the case, is it?"

"I wish, Tyler and Miranda have been targeted by Orichalcos Duellists." Lance responded and Evan frowned when he heard that. "Unless you want to come with me I'll speak to you later."

"Love too but I have homework to do back at my dorm room and I've put it off long enough as it is." Evan responded and Lance nodded as he turned around. "I'm confident that they can handle themselves but do tell me how it goes."

"Will do, see you later." Lance nodded in response before running down the hall.

*later on*

"Where is this clearing again?" Tyler grumbled as he walked ahead of Miranda who was now wearing her Duel Disk complete with her deck. "You did bring the note with you right?"

"Yeah, I grabbed it after you tossed it in the trash, luckily it's not that damaged from your scrunching up of it." Miranda responded with a frown as she retrieved it from her blazer pocket. "Problem is that there are so many clearings on this side of the island that finding the first one is like finding a needle in a haystack."

"Remind me to ask Martin if he can convince the board to create a map of the North side." Tyler responded and Miranda went to say something in response but Tyler stopped. "Miranda, I hear footsteps."

"Aren't you forgetting how many students live on the island? Not counting the new ones?" Miranda responded as she folded her arms. "For all we know Chloe and Lance came up here hoping for some privacy whilst they have sex for the first time."

"Two things, one, I think we would've heard them by now, two, Chloe's a virgin and even if she wasn't I don't think she'd want to risk her first sexual encounter being interrupted by the new security guards." Tyler pointed out and Miranda frowned.

"Good point." Miranda admitted before glancing over her shoulder. "I don't see anyone behind us and we're not that far from the Main Building, the footsteps must be coming from one of the clearings."

"And that means we've found them." Tyler responded and Miranda nodded before jogging up the pathway to catch up with her step-brother, they entered the clearing and Tyler was surprised when he saw who it was. "Proctor Thompson?"

"The new guy who duelled Martin earlier?" Miranda asked as she entered the clearing, once she saw him she frowned. "Sorry Proctor, we thought you were someone else."

"Don't worry about it." Thompson responded as he put his hands up. "Besides, I'm helping one of the new guards find someone up here."

"Well, maybe we can help." Miranda offered and Thompson grinned before turning away to make a call, once his back was turned Miranda tapped her brother on the shoulder. "Am I the only one who finds it a bit odd that a guard would ask a proctor for help with that?" Miranda whispered in his ear and Tyler nodded.

"I noticed that too, the proctors have two jobs, assist the teachers during classes and evaluating potential students." Tyler responded with a frown as he folded his arms. "Last I checked searching for unruly students wasn't one of those jobs."

"Sorry about that kids, had to let the guard know that I had enlisted some help." Thompson responded as he turned to him before noticing the suspicious looks on their faces. "Something wrong?"

"Thompson, if that is your real name, we've been at this school for about four years now and during that time we've come to learn what the different job roles at this school are." Tyler responded as his eyes narrowed. "Proctors are rarely seen outside the Main Building because they are basically teaching assistants and evaluators, why would a guard go to one to get assistance in searching for a student in the maze like north side of the island?"

"Just because my job requires me to stay in the main building doesn't mean I know the basic layout of the island." Thompson responded and whilst the students couldn't see it due to his mask he was sweating bullets. "Look I understand that the situation with those Orichalcos guys have the students on edge but you're barking up the wrong tree here, no pun intended."

"Are we?" Miranda asked with a raised eyebrow. "Okay, if you know the island's layout so well then what's the fastest route from the Main Building to the abandoned dorm?"

"What? Are you kidding?" Thompson asked with a nervous gulp. "I've never even seen that building, we were just told about it and warned to not let any students near it."

"Wrong answer." Tyler responded as his frown deepened. "Did you forget that our dad founded this school? We know that it's standard procedure for all staff to converge on that building if there's any suspicious activities going on there during the day, you'd know that if you had attended the training course."

"Shit, I told Jack to make sure we knew that detail." "Thompson" cursed before chuckling. "You know, I wasn't lying when I said I was looking for a student, only telling a half truth, I was looking for two." Thompson said before putting his hands to the sides of his neck. "And I'm looking at them!"

"You're the one who left that note!" Miranda realized as Thompson removed his mask revealing an ugly man with a shaved head and brown eyes one of which had a scar down it. "What happened to the real Thompson?"

"Oh he's alive but I wouldn't count on him telling you anything." The man responded before reaching into his pocket and producing an Orichalcos card with the real Thompson on it. "I shut him up for good."

"And please, do you really think he could move around the Obelisk Blue Boy's Dorm without raising suspicion?" A female voice rang out and the teens looked up seeing Delaney standing there. "All he had to do was wait for you idiots to show up, I went to the dorm and left the note on your door, if anyone asked I told them that I was investigating a noise complaint."

"So let me get this straight, your boss instructed you to infiltrate the academy posing as new staff members whilst eliminating the ones you were impersonating." Tyler commented and Delaney nodded. "I would ask why you didn't try that when the new students joined but I'm going to guess that none of your agents are in their mid-to-late teens."

"That's exactly right and just so we're clear it wasn't the bosses' idea, it was Jack's idea." Thompson responded as Delaney removed her mask, unlike Thompson's impersonator she was a good looking woman with shoulder length black hair and brown eyes. "And the only reason we're revealing this to you is the fact that you won't be around to tell anyone once the match is over."

"We'll see about that." Tyler responded as the siblings activated their duel disks. "So, how are we doing this? Tag team match?"

"Exactly." Thompson responded as they activated their duel disks. "May as well kill two students with one duel."

"Not if we have anything to say about it." Miranda retorted as she and Tyler drew their opening hands. "And seeing as how you're clearly not Proctor Thompson or…." Miranda trailed off as realization hit her. "Come to think of it I never met you whilst you were in costume."

"I was posing as Rachel Delaney, a security guard." The woman responded as she and Thompson drew their opening hands. "And I think I know what you are about to ask."

"That depends on if you think I'm going to ask what your real names are." Miranda responded and they nodded in response.

"His name is Vince and I'm Michelle." Michelle responded as they drew their opening hands. "Happy?"

"Very, now if you don't mind I would like to go first." Tyler responded and the other duellists said nothing. "I'll take that as a yes." Tyler added before drawing his card. "Not bad." Tyler thought before playing a card. "I summon D.D. Telepon in attack mode!" Tyler played the card and a small weird robot appeared on the field, it was chrome in colour and had multiple legs (2/500/1800).

"Hah, you're supposed to be one of the best duellists in the school yet you left the weak monster in attack mode?" Vince scoffed as Tyler's eyes narrowed. "This will be a piece of cake."

"I don't recall finishing that sentence with "I end my turn"." Tyler responded before sending another card to the graveyard. "From my hand I activate Time Escaper's effect, by sending this monster from my hand to the graveyard I can banish one face-up Psychic Type Monster on my side of the field and guess what? D.D. Telepon fits the bill!" Tyler announced as his monster disappeared from the field. "This in turn activates my monster's effect, when I banish it whilst it is face-up on the field I can also banish one Psychic Type monster with fifteen hundred or less attack points from my deck."

"Err, Tyler what are you doing?" Miranda asked with a worried expression on her face as Tyler took a monster from his deck and pocketed it alongside D.D. Telepon. "I've never even heard of the two monsters he just used, what's he up too?"

"Trust me Miranda, there is a method to my madness." Tyler responded before picking up two more cards. "I set two cards facedown and end my turn." Tyler announced as the two set cards appeared on the field and Vince drew his card.

"He's a cocky little punk but he should be thankful that we can't attack until his next turn." Vince thought before looking over his hand. "I will set some cards facedown as well, five of them in fact." Vince announced as the five cards appeared on the field. "And that ends my turn."

"Okay, so he obviously hasn't drawn the Seal yet otherwise he would've played it the moment he drew it." Miranda thought as she drew her card. "But at least Tyler summoned a monster, this guy? All he did was nearly empty his hand." Miranda thought before looking over her hand. "I set two cards facedown and a monster in defence mode." Miranda announced as the three cards appeared on the field. "That ends my turn."

"Humph, is that all? At least your brother made an interesting move." Michelle scoffed as she drew her card and Miranda rolled her eyes.

"Yeah well, unlike my brother I don't like to put all my eggs in one basket." Miranda responded and Tyler shook his head.

"Weren't you the one who summoned three of her best monsters in one turn only to be hit with a Mirror Force during your last tournament duel?" Tyler asked and Miranda shook her head.

"Yeah but I didn't do that in one turn." Miranda responded and Michelle cleared her throat.

"As entertaining as it is to watch my opponents squabble I do have a move to make so pay attention." Michelle added before looking over her hand. "I set two cards facedown and I summon Great Sorcerer of the Necroz!" Michelle played the card and a new monster appeared on the field, he was an old man with a long grey beard clad in blue and gold wizard garb and carrying a staff with a strange design on top (4/1500/800).

"Necroz? That archetype isn't even out over here yet." Tyler thought as his eyes narrowed. "Well if anything that narrows down the location of their base of operations." Tyler thought but Miranda wasn't impressed.

"For a so-called "Great Sorcerer" his stats aren't all that impressive." Miranda pointed out and Michelle grinned.

"Your dad may have specialized in over-compensating with his big dragons but any decent duellist knows that power isn't everything." Michelle retorted and the sibling's eyes narrowed at that. "I end my turn at that, now let's see if there was a method to Tyler's madness." Michelle announced and Tyler drew his card.

"I'll let you be the judge of that, now that it's the first standby phase since I banished Telepon and that monster from my deck two effects activate, first thanks to Telepon's effect the monster I banished is Special Summoned, come on out Psychic Commander!" Tyler played the card and the small psychic type monster in the hovering cannon appeared on the field (3/1400/800). "Now onto Time Escaper's effect since it's been a turn since I banished D.D. Telepon with his effect I can special summon Telepon as well." Tyler added as D.D. Telepon appeared on the field.

"So that's what he was up too, he was setting up a Synchro Summon." Miranda thought as Tyler looked over his hand. "My first thought is Magical Android but he hasn't normal summoned a monster yet."

"Now I tune Psychic Commander with D.D. Telepon!" Tyler announced as the two monsters leapt into the air, the Synchro Summon was performed and Tyler played the card. "And I summon Magical Android in attack mode!" Tyler played the card and a new monster appeared on the field, it was a woman enhanced with cyber implants that made her look alien like and was wearing an elaborate dress (5/2400/1700). "Before I attack I use my normal summon to bring out another tuner monster, Mental Seeker!" Tyler played the card and a much smaller psychic type monster appeared on the field, it was a young boy in futuristic purple and black armour with a purple visor over his eyes and blond hair (3/800/600).

"If you think a weak Synchro monster and a Tuner Monster are going to scare me you're delusional!" Vince scoffed and Tyler grinned.

"Maybe you should worry about your empty field, Magical Android attack his life-points directly!" Tyler commanded and the android prepared her attack…..only for Vince's five trap cards to suddenly shatter. "What…." Tyler never finished as he felt a sharp pain, as did Miranda, as their life-points dropped to 7000.

"Did you really think that I set those cards because Heavy Storm ain't coming back any time soon?" Vince asked with a grin as he played the card. "Please, they were set so I could bring out the heavy machinery, Snow Plow Hustle Rustle." Vince played the card and a massive snow plow appeared on the field, it was red in colour and had a large green shovel (10/2500/3000).

"That still doesn't explain the damage we just took!" Miranda responded as they stared at the monster.

"Actually it does, when Snow Plow Hustle Rustle is summoned this way it also inflicts two hundred points of damage for each spell/trap card destroyed." Vince responded with a grin. "But that's not all, three of the trap cards I destroyed were a card called Dummy Marker and when it's destroyed whilst facedown I get to draw one card." Vince added before drawing three cards. "So what are you going to do Tyler? End your turn?"

"Actually I'm going to continue my attack." Tyler responded as he pointed to his trap card. "Only difference is that I'm not going to destroy that oversized toy, I activate my trap card Battle Teleportation!" Tyler announced as Magical Android started glowing before she disappeared. "With this trap card I can target once Psychic Type monster and have it attack you directly."

"What?!" Vince asked as Magical Android appeared in front of him and punched him bringing his life-points down to 5600 before Magical Android returned to Tyler's side of the field. "There has to be some kind of drawback!"

"Normally it does as Magical Android would go over to your side of the field once I hit my end phase." Tyler responded as his other trap card flipped up. "But there's ways around such drawbacks, for example since it's still my battle phase I can activate Urgent Tuning!"

"Ah crap!" Vince cussed as another Synchro Summon was performed this time with Magical Android and Mental Seeker.

"I see that I have you worried right now, good! I tune Mental Seeker with Magical Android to summon Thought Ruler Archfiend!" Tyler played the card and the massive, ugly fiend appeared on the field once the bright flash faded (8/2700/2300). "Remind me to apologize to Homer Simpson."

"Huh?" Vince asked as he and the other duellists, including Miranda, gave him an odd look.

"Because I'm about to put his snow plough business out of business! Thought Ruler Archfiend, attack the monster with the ridiculous name!" Tyler commanded as the monster prepared its attack…..

"Not this time Tyler! I activate a trap card your sister should be familiar with, Defence from Beyond!" Vince announced as he held up the trap card. "Since I sent it to the graveyard with my snow plow's effect I can force you to end your battle phase by removing it from play." Vince added before pocketing the trap card. "Nice try rich boy."

"That solves the question of what four of his trap cards are but what was the fifth?" Tyler thought as his eyes narrowed. "I doubt that it was another Defence from Beyond, that card was limited by the recent ban-list much to my sister's annoyance." Tyler thought before looking over his hand. "I set one card facedown and end my turn." Tyler announced as the facedown card appeared on the field.

"I didn't draw the Seal with my Dummy Marker combo, I'd better hope that I draw it or Terra-Forming next." Vince thought as he drew his card, when he saw it a large grin spread across his face. "I'm about to seal your fates!"

"If that card's what I think it is then please, save the bad jokes for my brother." Miranda deadpanned and the other duellists sweat-dropped in response, especially Tyler.

"My Homer Simpson joke wasn't THAT bad." Tyler asserted and Miranda scoffed.

"If that's true then Jessica Stevens is a model student." Miranda retorted and Tyler went to respond but stopped himself.

"You win this round." Tyler admitted before turning to Vince. "Don't you have a move to do?"

"Yes, I do and I'm kicking it off with the most dangerous Field Spell in existence!" Vince responded as the Field Spell Card slot opened up on his Duel Disk. "I activate the Seal of the Orichalcos!" Vince played the card and the two teens braced themselves as the Seal formed and encircled both of them, then the Pentagrams appeared on Vince and Rachel's foreheads and they grinned sadistically. "And as you know the Seal gives all out monsters a five hundred attack point boost."

"Look, this may be my first Orichalcos Duel but I've watched enough of them to know the Field Spell's effects like the back of my hand." Tyler responded as he folded his arms. "Please get on with it!" Tyler added as Snow Plough Hustle Rustle's attack increased to 3000 and Great Sorcerer of the Necroz's attack increased to 2000.

"Then I'll cut to the chase, Hustle Rustle, run that ruler over!" Vince commanded and the massive machine started charging towards the Psychic Synchro….

"I may be found of new cards but the old ones work just as well, activate Negate Attack!" Tyler announced as his trap card flipped up and the machine's charge was stopped by an invisible force-field. "Now unless you have anything else to do I believe that my sister has a move to make!"

"I end my turn but unless your sister can get her dragons out your out of luck." Vince announced and Miranda drew her card.

"If he saw my last match then he'd know that I have several ways to get my dragons out or otherwise search for them." Miranda thought before looking at her drawn card. "And I just drew one of them." Miranda thought before playing the card. "I activate a Spell Card, The Melody of Awakening Dragon! With this all I have to do is discard one card….." Miranda continued as she sent a card to the graveyard. "And I can search my deck for….."

"Sorry to interrupt Miranda but is that Lord of Dragons wielding a dragon shaped electric guitar is that my red bull withdrawal symptoms talking?" Tyler asked as a large sweat-drop rolled down his and the other duellists' heads including the other students who had just arrived.

"This card was recently released, if that doesn't say something about Sophia Pegasus I don't know what does." Miranda responded as she picked up her deck. "As I was saying, this Spell Card allows me to search for two dragon type monsters with 3000 or more attack and 2500 or more defence."

"Is that meant to be a joke about the fact that dad often used Lord of D and Flute of Summoning Dragon to bring out his Blue Eyes White Dragons during and after the original Battle City?" Tyler asked as his sweat-drop grew larger and Miranda added the two cards to her hand.

"Wouldn't surprise me." Miranda responded as she sent the monster to the graveyard. "But here's what I do know, the monster I just sent to the graveyard is called Kidmondo-Dragon and if I send him to the graveyard I can Special Summon one Dragon Type Monster from my hand, fortunately for you I can only do this once per turn but this still gives me plenty of firepower!" Miranda added before playing the card. "So I summon the Blue-Eyes White Dragon in attack mode!" Miranda played the card and her father's famous dragon type monster appeared on the field with a roar (8/3000/2500).

"The only thing missing from that combo is Ancient Rules to summon the other one." Tyler responded with a grin and Miranda nodded.

"Trust me, if I had that Spell Card in my hand I'd play it." Miranda said before turning to her nervous looking opponents. "Luckily for you two Kidmondo-Dragon's effect also prevents me from conducting my Battle Phase the turn I use his effect so I end my turn." Miranda announced and Michelle drew her card.

"I start my turn by discarding the monster known as Necroz of Clasolous from my hand." Michelle stated as she held up the monster. "Using this effect I can add one Necroz Spell/Trap Card from my deck to my hand but since there aren't any Necroz Trap Cards out right now I'll make do with a Spell Card." Michelle added before she added the Spell Card to her hand. "And now I'll play it, Necroz Mirror!"

"A Ritual Spell Card?" Miranda asked once the card's hologram appeared on the field. "I wasn't aware that anyone still used those."

"Your one to talk Ms. "I must use my daddy's horribly outdated dragon monsters despite there being much better monsters available"." Michelle mocked her Great Sorcerer vanished from the field. "Besides, Necroz Ritual Spells are special because I can banish monsters from my graveyard to Ritual Summon Monsters so I tribute my level four Great Sorcerer and I banish my level three Clasolous to Ritual Summon Necroz of Grunjir!" Michelle played the card and a new monster appeared on the field, she was a young red haired woman with long flowing hair who was wearing armour that resembled Gungnir, Dragon of the Ice Barrier (7/2500/1700).

"That's a lot of effort to go through to summon a monster that can only defeat my monster." Tyler pointed out as the monster's attack increased to 3000.

"That's the point and if I where you I'd be a lot more worried about what I'm about to do to your deck but first my Great Sorcerer's effect kicks in!" Michelle responded as she typed in commands to her duel disk again. "If he's sacrificed for a card effect I can add one Ritual Type Necroz Ritual Monster to my hand." Michelle responded as she retrieved the monster from her deck which then auto-shuffled. "I activate my Trap Card Grisaille Prison!"

"Oh shit…." Tyler trailed off as he turned to Miranda. "You weren't hoping to summon Azure Eyed Silver Dragon on your next turn were you?"

"Yeah, why?" Miranda asked as she gave Tyler a worried look.

"I'll tell you why, if I control a monster that was tribute, ritual or fusion summoned this Trap Card's effect kicks in, until the end of Miranda's next turn neither of you can Synchro or XYZ Summon Monsters!" Michelle explained and the sibling's eyes widened when they heard that. "I do believe I just crippled Tyler's deck."

"My deck may specialize in Synchro Summons but it's far from a one trick pony." Tyler responded as he glared at her.

"We'll see about that, Gungnir attack Thought Ruler Archfiend!" Michelle commanded and the female warrior charged towards the field before punching through his chest destroying it and bringing Tyler's life-points down to 6700. "Good luck defending with most of your arsenal crippled."

"I don't need luck." Tyler responded as he looked over his hand. "This will be tricky but I could still pull this off."

"I end my turn." Michelle announced and Tyler drew his card.

"I activate Spellbook Inside the Pot!" Tyler announced and all four duellists drew three cards. "This could work but it'll be tricky." Tyler thought before playing a card. "I activate an old favourite of mine, Emergency Teleport! And I use it to summon Krebons!" Tyler played the card and the psychic in the jester like outfit appeared on the field (2/1200/400).

"Have you gone deaf? What part of "can't Synchro Summon" don't you understand?" Michelle asked and Tyler grinned.

"No I haven't, my intention isn't to Synchro Summon with Krebons but use it in a Tribute Summon!" Tyler responded as Krebons vanished from the field. "I summon Storm Caller in attack mode!" Tyler played the card and a new monster appeared on the field, it was a large light/dark blue robot with what looked like a satellite dish on its head (6/2300/2000).

"Hah! Is that the best you can do?" Vince scoffed as he stared at the monster. "From a powerhouse like Thought Ruler Archfiend to that thing? And this guy's in Obelisk Blue!"

"Didn't your partner say something about strength not being everything?" Tyler asked as he played another card. "First I use Double Summon so that I can get a second normal summon! I use this one to summon Psychic Jumper!" Tyler announced as the monster appeared on the field resembling Frankenstein's monster and wearing a long leather trench coat and jeans (1/100/1500). "Now before I continue Storm Caller has two effects of its own."

"Oh I'm so scared!" Vince scoffed and Tyler grinned.

"You should be, for starters when I destroy a monster with any of my other Psychic Monsters I can send them to the top of your decks instead." Tyler explained and his opponents shared a confused look. "As for the second effect, well when Storm Caller is destroyed by a card effect I, or in this case my team, will take damage equal to its original attack."

"Its official, my brother has gone insane from Red Bull Withdrawal Symptoms." Miranda muttered under her breath with an annoyed sigh as Vince and Michelle laughed their asses off.

"Not just yet." Tyler responded as Psychic Jumper started glowing. "I activate Psychic Jumper's effect, by paying a thousand life-points…." Tyler said as his life-points dropped to 5700. "I can swap Storm Caller with that overgrown Snow Plow!"

"WHAT?!" Vince yelled out as he stopped laughing and the two monsters changed sides. "So what? It's not like I'm going to destroy my own monster and Hustle Rustle loses the power boost from the Orachalcos!" Vince pointed out as Hustle Rustle's attack dropped to 2500.

"Who said I was done? I activate Psychokinesis!" Tyler played the card and Storm Caller shattered. "Since I control a Psychic Type monster I can destroy one card on the field!"

"But that means…" Vince trailed off as his life-points dropped to 3100 and Michelle's life-points dropped to 5700.

"That move cost me another thousand life-points…." Tyler trailed off as his life-points dropped to 4700. "And whilst I can't Synchro Summon I can attack, Snow Plow, attack his life-points directly." Tyler commanded and the machine charged into battle…..

"Nice try but I'm not about to let you eliminate my partner this early! I activate my Trap Card Scrap Iron Scarecrow!" Michelle activated the trap and a scarecrow made of Scrap Iron appeared in the monstrous snow plow's path negating the attack. "This trap card not only negates the attack but its secondary effect lets me set it facedown after activation." Michelle added as the trap card returned to its facedown position.

"If Vince draws something like Remove Brainwashing I'll be in trouble, the only thing I have on the field is Psychic Jumper and aside from the fact that it's a tuner monster and its effect it's not that special." Tyler thought before looking at the sole remaining card in his hand and promptly set it on the field. "I set one card facedown and end my turn." Tyler announced and Vince drew his card.

"Hah! I hope you weren't counting on keeping my train because I'm about to take it back but first things first!" Vince stated as he picked up a card. "I summon Night Express Knight in attack mode!" Vince played the card and a massive robot appeared on the field, it was silver in colour, was wielding a sword and a shield and was on a hover board of some kind (10/3000/3000).

"Okay, I've seen some pretty broken bullshit from the Orichalcos Duellists since you guys came back from the dead!" Chelsea protested from the side-lines and Vince glanced over his shoulder at her. "But a level ten monster with three thousand attack AND defence summoned without a single tribute? That doesn't just take the cake, it takes the entire fucking bakery!"

"….I was about to say something but Chelsea put it better than I ever could." Tyler responded as a large sweat-drop rolled down his head.

"Something tells me that you wouldn't have used as many swear words as she did." Miranda responded and Tyler shook his head.

"I do swear! Mostly when I get ripped off in PC Games but I still swear." Tyler defended himself as Vince's sweat-drop grew bigger with every word. "Besides, not even a sailor swears as much as Chelsea does! Anyway why were you able to summon Night Express…..."

"WILL YOU JUST LET ME EXPLAIN MY MONSTER'S EFFECT ALREADY?!" Vince interrupted him only to stop. "Wait, you were about to do that, never mind! Anyway Night Express Knight can be normal summoned without a tribute as long as I reduce its attack and defence score to zero." Vince added as Night Express Knight's attack dropped to zero. "Unfortunately that also included the boost from the Orichalcos but it's not like Night Express Knight will be around for much longer anyway."

"What do you mean? You've used up your normal summon and I control the Snow Plough with the ridiculously long name." Tyler responded before sweat-dropping. "Please give me a moment to reflect on the fact that I just said "Snow Plough with ridiculously long name" in a duel." Tyler said before closing his eyes for a few moments. "That's better." Tyler added as he opened his eyes. "As I was saying, if you want to do an XYZ Summon then your out of luck!"

"That's what you think! I activate a Spell Card called Owner's Seal! This lets me take back Snow Plough Hustle Rustle!" Vince announced and Tyler's eyes widened as the snow plough returned to its owner's side of the field. "Now I could do an attack but since one of my monsters has zero attack points that won't do the damage I'm looking for so instead I'm opening the Overlay Network!"

"A Rank Ten XYZ Summon?!" Tyler yelled out in shock as the portal behind the two machine monsters opened up and the monsters entered it.

"That's right and the monster that I'm about to summon will be your doom!" Vince added as he retrieved the monster from his Extra Deck. "I XYZ Summon Skypalace Gangaridai!" Vince played the card and a new massive monster appeared on the field, it was a spaceship at least twice the length of the main building that was red in colour and hovered over the field (Rank: 10/3400/3000).

"Oh crap! That's stronger than my dragon!" Miranda said as her eyes widened and the Orichalcos seal appeared on the machine's body boosting its attack to 3900. "Only monster I've got that can beat that thing is Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, actually summoning it is another story all together!"

"Oh trust me! I know all about my mighty machine's power!" Vince responded with a mad cackle. "But unlike your dragons my machine doesn't just rely on raw power to get the job done! I activate the effect of my Skypalace!" Vince added before sending Night Express Knight to the graveyard. "By detaching an overlay unit I can target one monster on the field and destroy it."

"So you're going after my dragon?" Miranda asked and Vince scoffed.

"Michelle can do that on her next turn but personally I have a problem with that Psychic Jumper monster your brother has on the field." Vince responded as the machine fired up its weapons. "And here's an added bonus, when it destroys a monster using its effect it inflicts one thousand points of damage to the opponent!" Vince added as the machine opened fire on the tuner monster destroying it and bringing Tyler's life-points down to 3700 and Miranda's life-points down to 6000. "I could finish you off now but my Skypalace can't attack the same turn it uses the effect so I'll end my turn."

"Then why didn't you just attack?" Tyler asked as Miranda was about to draw her card and she stopped in her tracks, "You would've inflicted a lot more damage if you had just attacked Psychic Jumper, hell you could've finished me off during that turn by attacking Psychic Jumper and then activating Skypalace's effect and using it to destroy the Blue-Eyes White Dragon."

"Tyler, are you sure that you haven't gone insane from Red Bull Withdrawal Symptoms?" Miranda asked with a deadpan expression on her face. "You're criticising them for not finishing you off? You do know what could've happened if they did finish you off, right?"

"I've seen enough Battle City duels to know the effects of this Field Spell like the back of my hand so yes, I do know what could've happened."

"Then why are you complaining about it?!" Miranda asked with an exasperated look on her face. "Honestly, sometimes I wonder if you would've ever gotten into Obelisk Blue without dad's money and this happens to be one of those times."

"I appreciate the kind words Miranda." Tyler muttered sarcastically and Miranda rolled her eyes. "Trust me on this, why didn't you just attack?"

"If you must know I'm setting things up so that Michelle can land the final blow." Vince responded with a grin. "We're just following Jack's advice, to drag out your defeat as long as….."

"Wait a second, Jack?" Tyler asked with a raised eyebrow. "Long shot but that wouldn't happen to be the same Jack who gave Felicia and Matilda the Fallen Angel monsters, would it?"

"Err, yeah." Vince responded with a confused look on his face. "Why?

"Oh, no reason." Tyler responded as he folded his arms with a smirk on his face. "But I did do some research after that duel, turned out that Jack went to the same brothel they went too, though the women working there all had the same complaint about him, that he was…..lacking downstairs." Tyler trailed off as an awkward silence filled the clearing.

"Tyler, after we win I'm buying you a year's worth of red bull out of my own money." Miranda commented as she shook her head. "Seriously, first you ask them why they didn't finish you off when they had the chance and now you're accusing someone higher up the food chain of having a tiny dick? If I didn't know any better I'd say you were suicidal."

"Err, Michelle….." Vince trailed off as he turned to her. "Do you know if what he's saying is true?"

"If you're asking if I've ever slept with Jack, no I haven't!" Michelle responded as she glanced over at Vince, "And I'd ask the twins except for the fact their souls were captured yesterday! If you want to ask the man himself….."

"I DON'T HAVE A TINY DICK!" Jack yelled into their earpieces loud enough for the other duellists and students to hear and Vince and Michelle winced. "My dick is as long as a fucking barge pole and the only reason those girls complained about my dick size was because I was the only one in that brothel not using Viagra!"

"Perfect!" Tyler thought as a big grin appeared on his face. "Jack if you can hear me, thank you for confirming your identity as Jack Haynes, or do you prefer to go by the name Jack Hass?" Tyler asked and another awkward silence filled the air.

"OH SHIT!" Jack's yelled out and Tyler's grin grew wider. "Vince, Michelle, finish those punks off quickly, I'm going back to HQ!"

"How are we supposed to get back?" Vince asked with a frown on his face.

"I'll send the speedboat back to the island when I reach the mainland, just finish that idiot off before he can spread word about this!" Jack responded and Vince turned to him.

"Okay, as much as I hate to admit it, that was pretty clever." Vince admitted before looking over his hand. "I end my turn." Vince announced and Miranda drew her card.

"Well, that was certainly an interesting way to determine if Jack Haynes is their boss." Miranda thought before looking at her card. "But on the other hand they can wipe out Tyler's life-points with just one attack from that XYZ Monster, Tyler has that facedown card but can it help?" Miranda thought before looking at her drawn card. "Time I got rid of Scrap Iron Scarecrow before it became a nuisance."

"I'd like to see you try!" Michelle retorted and Miranda grinned before playing her drawn card.

"Then see my try, I activate Mystical Space Typhoon and I use it to destroy your facedown Scrap Iron Scarecrow!" Miranda played the card and Michelle braced herself as the storm washed over the field destroying Scrap Iron Scarecrow.

"You may have rid the field of Scrap Iron Scarecrow but what's the point? You can't beat Vince's Machine Monster and if you attack my monster it'll be a draw!" Michelle pointed out as she sent the trap card to the graveyard.

"Necroz of Grunjir is strong enough to match my dragon point for point but there's more than one way to destroy a monster." Miranda responded as she picked up a card. "But first I'm going to help you Tyler by activating Heaven's Lost Property!" Miranda played the card and the four duellists drew three cards and promptly discarded two. "But the monster I just sent to the graveyard won't be in there for long, I activate Silver's Cry!"

"What does that do exactly?" Michelle wondered but quickly got her answer when a second Blue-Eyes White Dragon appeared on the field. "So what? Now you've got two monsters that will be destroyed if they tried to attack Necroz of Grunjir!"

"You'll see soon enough, I set two cards facedown and end my turn." Miranda announced and Michelle drew her card. "God I hope that Tyler's new card can help him!"

"Vince, I need your Skypalace." Michelle commented and Vince nodded as his monster floated over to her side of the field. "Oh I can't wait for the rewards we'll get for securing this soul, Grunjir, attack his life-points directly!" Michelle commanded and the monsters prepared to attack…

"I ACTIVATE MY TRAP CARD….." Tyler yelled out but the monster hit him at such speed that smoke was left behind it before he could get another word out.

"TYLER!" Miranda yelled out as the smoke started to clear showing Tyler struggling to get to his feet. "Shit, this is bad!"

"Is that the best you've got?" Tyler asked and Michelle grinned.

"Oh, you want more do you?" Michelle asked before pointing to Skypalace. "Skypalace, finish him!" Michelle commanded and the massive machine monster launched missiles at Tyler sending him flying back.

"You bastards!" Miranda grunted as she wiped tears from her eyes. "Fine, if I have to take you on alone to avenge Tyler then I will!"

"You won't need to do that." Tyler responded as he walked back into position slowly but surely and Miranda turned to him. "Because I'm still in this duel!"

"Hah, you must be deluded out of fear of what the Orichalcos is about to do to you!" Michelle commented with a smirk which quickly disappeared when the seal didn't close in on Tyler. "I said, what the Orichalcos is about to do you!"" Michelle repeated but once again nothing happened. "I said….."

"We heard you the first time, don't waste your breath! I activated a trap card before the attack hit, I just never got around to explaining the effect." Tyler said as the smoke around his Trap Card started to clear. "Thanks for giving me six thousand, nine hundred life-points by the way!"

"WHAT?!" The two opposing duellists yelled out before Tyler showed that his life-points were now at 10,600.

"But how?" Michelle asked as the smoke finally cleared revealing Tyler's trap card. "Rainbow Life?!"

"I would like to thank Miranda for keeping me in this duel with Heaven's Lost Property." Tyler added as he sent his trap card to the graveyard. "Otherwise, well I'd rather not think about what could've happened to me if those attacks had the desired effects."

"I…." Michelle trailed off as her eyes narrowed. "I end my turn!" Michelle announced and Tyler drew his card.

"Way to go, you just gave him all his life-points and then some back!" Vince commented with a grunt of annoyance and Michelle shook her head.

"The guy has one card in his hand and it's the one he just drew, what can he really do with it?" Michelle asked as Tyler looked at his drawn card.

"It may just be one card but it could change the tide of this duel in our favour! I activate Arkhassic Record!" Tyler announced as he played the card. "I draw two cards but if I used either of the cards that I'm about to draw then they both get banished."

"Yet another risky move Tyler?" Vince asked as Tyler went to draw.

"Risk is inherent in this game, making sure those risks payoff is what makes you good at it!" Tyler responded before drawing the two cards and grinning. "And the risk rewards me with two cards that I haven't use in this duel, now I set one card facedown and I summon Mind Protector!"

"Wait, what?!" Miranda called out as the monster appeared on the field, it was a small orange robot with a disk shaped head that had purple gems in its head and hands (3/0/2200). "Tyler are you sure you haven't lost your mind due to Red Bull Withdrawal Symptoms?"

"It was the only monster that I had available to me thanks to my spell card." Tyler responded as he shook his head. "I wasn't about to leave my field unprotected!"

"With a monster that has no attack points you may as well have!" Vince scoffed and Miranda shook her head.

"That's not even the worse part, Tyler will have to pay five hundred life-points during each of his standby phases to keep that thing on the field and it can negate the attacks of non-Psychic Type monsters." Miranda responded and the other duellists frowned. "As long as their attack points are two thousand or less!"

"Hah! That card wouldn't have helped you against me even if I didn't have my Skypalace out!" Vince scoffed with a big grin on his face. "The only card that qualifies in my deck is Night Express Knight and that monster won't lose its attack points if I summon it normally, there's no weaklings in my deck because only the strong survive!"

"And yet my weaker cards have managed to run roughshod over your big machines." Tyler responded with a grin. "Any decent duellist knows that in the current Meta monster effects are even more important than attack points and whilst your monsters do have powerful effects, well, you haven't made effective use of them."

"I'll show you an effective use of my card's effects as soon as my turn begins because I'll blast your sister's outdated dragon to smithereens with my Skypalace's effect!" Vince growled and Tyler smirked.

"Go ahead and try, I end my turn." Tyler announced and Vince drew his card.

"This couldn't be easier, I'll use my Skypalace to blow up Miranda's dragon and when she passes the turn over to Michelle she'll go on the offensive!" Vince thought before looking at his drawn card. "Another Night Express Knight, not that it matters because I have no way to summon another Rank 10 monster." Vince thought before pointing to Skypalace. "I activate the effect of my Skypalace!"

"That's just what I wanted to hear! Activate Trap Card!" Tyler announced as his trap card flipped up which depicted Psychic Jumper blocking a blast from an unseen monster meant for Marauding Captain. "Psychic Shield! This Counter Trap requires that I have a Psychic Type Monster with a thousand attack points or less and if a monster effect that targets activates, well first the Psychic Type monster gets destroyed." Tyler said as Mind Protector vanished. "But in return not only is the effect negated but the monster whose effect was negated gets destroyed as well!"

"WHAT?!" Vince yelled out as Skypalace crashed and burned destroying it. "You'll pay for that!"

"With your only monster gone I doubt it!" Tyler retorted and Vince growled.

"I use the effect of my second Night Express Knight to summon it in defence mode!" Vince played the card and the robotic knight returned to the field crouched down and like before it lost all its attack points. "Summoning it this way may reduce its attack points but not its defence points and since the strongest monsters you guys have match my monster's defence and Grunjir's attack, we're not out of this yet!"

"We'll see about that." Miranda responded with a nod. "Are you done?"

"Yeah I'm done." Vince announced and Miranda drew her card.

"Okay, looks like I'm picking up the slack from Tyler, at least he got rid of that XYZ monster." Miranda thought before looking at her drawn card and smirking. "Hey Vince, what's your life-point score again?"

"3100, why?" Vince asked and Miranda grinned.

"Good because this duel is over for you!" Miranda responded before playing a card. "I activate Stop Defence, this Spell Card's almost as old as my dad's dragons but in this case it's just as lethal!" Miranda added as Vince's eyes widened as Night Express Knight stood up in attack mode. "What was that about you not having any weaklings in your deck?"

"Just end it!" Vince demanded as Miranda nodded.

"Blue-Eyes White Dragon, why don't you show that knight what really happened to any knight that went up against a dragon? White Lightning!" Miranda called out and the Dragon opened its maw before letting lose its famous attack destroying Night Express Knight and bringing Vince's life-points down to a mere 100. "Blue-Eyes White Dragon number 2, finish him with White Lightning!" Miranda commanded and the dragon let lose its attack once again bringing Vince's life-points down to zero. "One down, one to go."

"And trust me, she can bring out her third dragon pretty easily." Tyler chimed in and Michelle frowned. "Your turn may be next but how long will you really last? As soon as Miranda brings out her third dragon she can crash it into Grunjir and have the other two dragons finish you off and that's just one example of how she could finish you off."

"Let me guess, you're trying to get me to surrender?" Michelle asked and Tyler nodded, she looked over the field and her hand and sighed. "It would be one thing if I could get another Ritual Monster out but I don't have any in my hand, I guess he's right." Michelle thought before surrendering. "Enjoy your victory whilst it lasts, they'll be others coming, some even better duellists than me and Vince and some of them were able to infiltrate the academy staff like we were, good luck because you'll need it."

"We won't need it." Tyler responded as the seal closed in on Michelle and took her soul, Tyler turned to Miranda and sighed. "I'm sorry about the scare I gave you."

"Don't worry, it was worth it for the look on their faces when they realized that you had played Rainbow Life." Miranda responded with a grin which disappeared as quickly as the seal did. "But what Michelle just said concerns me, they weren't the only Orichalcos Duellists to infiltrate the staff and that could be a problem."

"It won't." Hamden's voice rang out and they looked up seeing Professor Hamden standing on the edge of the clearing. "I watched the whole duel and once I realized that Thompson and Delaney weren't who they claimed to be I called Martin to let him know, he's going to be holding an emergency evaluation of the new staff tonight and if he finds any Orichalcos Duellists among them he'll duel them personally."

"That's a relief, thanks Hamden." Miranda responded with a nod before turning to the others. "And as for you guys, well if you want some serious firepower whenever you go up against those bastards have Tyler give me a call and I'll be there."

"We will, thanks Miranda." Lance said with a grin which Miranda returned. "At the rate we're going we'll have the entire student body on our side when facing off against those bastards."

"Unfortunately I think we'll need it." Chloe nodded in response. "But we'll be ready for them."

*meanwhile*

Whilst Marcus was watching the duel his dorm room in Obelisk Blue was empty except for his deck and duel disk which he had left because he didn't think that he'd need it in that moment in time and he thought that it would be safe.

And it should be since he locked the door, unfortunately for him it wasn't.

The window to the dorm room opened up and a female robed figure entered the room, it was pretty dark in the room as it was getting dark out but the mystery woman didn't seem to mind that.

"Perfect, he left his deck unattended." The woman thought as she approached the deck and removed it from its holster, she searched through it and grinned when she saw the cards she was looking for. "Red-Eyes Black Chick and Red-Eyes Black Dragon! From what I've heard he hasn't used them much because he's shifted his focus to his Blue-Eyes White Dragon, well it's his loss." The woman thought before removing her hood revealing her to be Maria, Marcus's childhood friend who had fallen in with the Orichalcos Duellists in Battle City. "And my gain!"