YGO Academy
Chapter 13
Luna's Lament! Sing, Melodious Divas!

It was the afternoon as students were outside in the Dueling Fields, Yumi being the teacher for today as it was Club Day. Being in charge of it, she had the clubs sparring off against each other as some of the attention went to Neo's Olde Deck club against the Fairy Club, Fairy Sanctuary. They were about to start the Duel as Mikee stepped up, fighting against another female, Sadet sitting in the back. She seemed ancy as the Slifer Red was fuming in her seat. Luna looked onward at the group as they were all ready to get started. "What's the matter, Luna? Thought you'd be excited to duel Sadet's Fairy Club." Neo asked the ebony-haired female as she looked on, the opponent setting face-down cards. "I dunno, I just don't feel like dueling." She answered as Mikee's turn begun as he was already performing Synchro Summons. "You don't have to duel if you don't want to, but you're going to let down Sadet if you do." The Obelisk Blue mentioned, nodding towards the impatient Slifer Red.
"It's because of Danielle, isn't it?" Marth brought up, which made Luna jolt a little at the name. She was silent and looked on as Mikee's Junk Beserker was destroyed by a monster her D-Gazer registered as Master Hyperion. "Luna, you can't just give up after a single loss. Sure, Danielle took one of your Dark Magicians, but your Deck can run on just two." Neo told her.
"It's just...complicated, okay? I just...what's the point if someone as powerful as Danielle is at the end of the day? She's practically unbeatable." She said as the Duel ended, Mikee standing there with Shooting Star Dragon as their monsters faded. Neo looked to Marth as he shrugged and stepped up to the field. Mikee joined the club he was now a part of as he noticed the gloom on the Slifer's face. "There's no such thing as unbeatable, Luna. I mean, look at Derrick. Cryo beat him, I beat him, everyone has a weak point somewhere. Besides, dueling is a fundamental part of your grade. The less Duels you participate in, the lower your grade is and the chances of you promoting to the upper classes become extremely slim." Mikee mentioned, which made the Slifer sink down lower. Neo shot Mikee a look which made him jump a bit as he cleared his throat. "Look, it's tough thinking like this. I've been there before. You remember, Neo?" Mikee asked. The Obelisk Blue thought about it for a second himself as the Ra Yellow usually brought it up around the new people. "Oh, Brandon with his Infernities at the time. They were considered unstoppable until they were hit with the ban lists, but boy, he was one of the tops. Almost like Danielle level. Everyone in the school wanted to run the Infernities, but not us. Tig dueled him and won, and received the respect of the school. After that, Brandon wasn't seen again. No one really knows what happened to him. But the point is, Mikee was among one of the few who the guy picked on for his Duels. You already know that he only ran the Synchrons, and since everyone wanted to play Infernities, he refused and tried dueling, but he kept getting knocked down. But he always tried anyway." Neo told the Slifer Red.

It was at that moment when Marth already won his Duel as he had a couple of new Masked Heroes out as he came back, looking to Neo as it was his turn up. The Obelisk Blue stood up as his Duel Disk activated, looking to their friend. "You don't have to duel today, but just remember, you've gotta duel sometimes."

The rest of the day went on with Neo's Club being the victor of the Match as Luna and Sadet seperated from the group, both Slifer Reds heading to the Card Shop. The brown-haired female was messing around with the Duel Disk, trying to see an accurate view of the points she's gained through all her duels. "It's the button near the Field Spell slot, it ejects out the card." Luna pointed out. Sadet looked at the area Luna mentioned as it did eject a pink card. "Oh! How did you know that? This is a first for me." Sadet asked.
"I saw others do it at the Card Shop. The owner scans that and gives you your points." Luna explained as they arrived at their destination. Luna wasn't looking to get more packs, but Sadet already rushed in line as the black-haired Slifer Red took her Deck out of her own pink Duel Disk and looked through the cards. She liked the Dark Magician Deck, but it didn't hold its own against the Shaddolls that Danielle commanded. There was nothing her Deck could do, and now she lost a Dark Magician to her. How am I going to stand a chance? I can't just wait things out. She's an Obelisk Blue, does it just mean that all of them are undefeatable? Dark Magician is just too old-fashioned to keep up with the competition... Luna thought to herself, thinking on it as Sadet came back to her with only three boosters from the latest set, Fusion Extreme. "Sheesh, they're so pricey. I barely had enough to get these three. Come on, let's go open them!" Sadet told her friend as Luna was almost practically dragged outside. What they didn't notice was a certain green-haired female following them.

The pair sat in the Central Stadium where there was already an ongoing duel, Luna noticing Cryo dueling against Spar. Other students watched as Luna was about to put on her D-Gazer, but Sadet almost screamed. "Luna, look at what I got!" Sadet exclaimed as she almost shoved a Fusion and Effect Monster in her face. Her eyes came into focus as they were Melodious cards: Soprano the Melodious Songstress and Schuberta the Melodious Maestra. "Um...cool, I guess?"
"Cool?!" Sadet almost screamed if it wasn't for the people around them, "This is the new Fusion stuff for my Melodious cards! A friend told me the Fusion Extreme had Melodious stuff, and I got the cards I'm looking for!" The excitable Slifer explained as Luna smiled back, at least glad her friend got what she wanted. Her attention went back to the Obelisk Blue dueling the robot as it seemed the duel ended, the giant robot deactivating as students seemed to be in awe at the Obelisk Blue. She sighed and looked at her Deck again, the thoughts that if she could be strong enough ran through her mind.
"Oh! Luna, here's something for you!" Sadet broke her train of thought once again as she looked to see a Spell card with a dragon's face on it. "The Eye of Timaeus, it's like a Polymerization for your Dark Magician Deck, do you want it?" Sadet asked.
"No...thanks though." Luna refused, putting her hands on her knees as Sadet pouted. "Why not? I'm not using it, and I don't know anybody else who uses Spellcasters like you do."
"I don't have any of the Fusions for it. Besides, I only have one Dark Magician in my Deck now, it's not going to make my Deck any better." Luna told Sadet her excuse.

"I'll say. Doesn't matter what you put in that Deck, it's not going to help much against Danielle." A voice told the pair as they turned to see the green-haired Obelisk Blue, casually walking up to the two Slifer Reds. It took Luna a moment to recognize her as she remembered that the female greeting them was the other girl that watched her Duel against Danielle. It seemed Sadet recognized her too as the usually chatty girl fell silent at her presence. She walked up to the bleachers and leaned in, looking towards the ebony-haired girl, as if she was sizing her up. "Name's Heather. And you two are...Luna and Sadet?" She asked, pointing to the both of them. They didn't say anything as the Obelisk Blue's attention was on Luna. "I'm just here to check out the competition. The Quasar Cup is coming up, remember? Seeing a Deck like yours get destroyed by Danielle's Shaddolls, it's got to be bad." The Obelisk Blue mentioned with a sort of snarky tone in her voice.
"Hey, it beat Mikee! And Luna has won a couple of duels around school, she's not bad!" Sadet argued back.
"Remember what Mathias said? If you don't keep up with the current competition, you're just going to be left behind," Heather said, looking at Luna's Duel Disk, "Having something as lame as the Dark Magician will never get you to top something like the Quasar Cup."
"But with enough determination and effort, you can win any Duel! I'll show you myself then!" Sadet brashly told the Obelisk Blue as she stood up, her Duel Disk activating with its pink sheen. "S-Sadet, no! Don't-" Luna was saying until Heather smiled and activated her own Duel Disk, which was a simple green one.
"Fine, I accept. I want to see how strong you are anyway." She mentioned. They moved over to the stadium as all Luna could do was watch. They both equipped their D-Gazers and looked at each other. Sadet seemed a bit intimidated, but Heather didn't really look
"DUEL!" They both declared.

Normal Duel Begin. Each player starts with 8000 LP. Duel Begin.
"I'll start first!" Sadet declared and drew her card. She looked at her hand quickly and revealed a green-armored fairy. "I activate Zeradias, Herald of Heaven's effect! By discarding this, I can add one "Sanctuary in the Sky" from my Deck to my hand, and then activate it!" The Slifer Red declared as the area around them became a sky field. They stood in a ruined battlefield as fairies were floating around in the sky. "With this on the field, any Battle Damage involving Fairy type monsters becomes 0. With that, I place a monster and a card face-down!" Sadet explained as she set her cards.

"Let's go then, draw!" Heather called out as she drew her card, their duel starting to get the attention of the other students. She was looking through her hand, thinking of something to use as she picked a card. "I summon Edge Imp Chain in Attack Mode!" Heather called forth as what seemed to be a mass of possessed chains appeared, cackling in laughter. Edge Imp Chain: Level 4 DARK Fiend. 1200/1800. With this, Edge Imp Chain attacks your face-down!" Heather declared. Her monster stopped in its tracks as a chain shot towards Heather instead, or rather her Deck. "Opps, silly me. Forgot to mention his effect. When it declares an attack, I can add a copy of him from my Deck to my hand. And now the attack resumes." She said in a somewhat cutesy voice as chains beelined to Sadet's face-down. It flipped up to be Serenade the Melodious Diva (400/1900) as the Fairy let out a sound wave which pushed back the chains and inflicted damage to Heather. Heather: 7300 LP. "Take that! My Serenade has more Defense points than your Chains!" Sadet commented.
"Oh well, that's dueling. I set a card and end my turn. Now let's see what you got in store." Heather told the Slifer Red.

"I draw!" Sadet declared as her eyes lit up at the next card. "Yes! I drew her! Now I can show you my power! I summon Soprano the Melodious Songstress!" Sadet declared as her new Melodious monster came forth, a blue and white diva emerging. Both her Divas were singing a song when she entered the battlefield. Soprano the Melodious Songstress: Level 4 LIGHT Fairy. 1400/1400. She pointed at Soprano as she started glowing. "I activate Soprano's effect! When she's on the field, I can Fusion Summon a Melodious monster using monsters I control, including her! With that, I fuse Soprano with Serenade!" Sadet declared as both her monsters transformed into energy and entered a portal behind Sadet as she clasped her hands together. "Fusion Summon! Schuberta the Melodious Maestra!" She called forth a large fairy with a sword as it was also singing to the same tune as the previous divas. Schuberta the Melodious Maestra: Level 6 LIGHT Fairy. 2400/2000. With this, I attack your Edge Imp Chain!" Sadet declared as her fairy flew forward, Edge Imp Chain panicking as she slashed through it, destroying her monster and inflicting damage. Heather: 6100 LP. "Edge Imp Chain activates his effect once more. When he's sent to the Graveyard from the field or my hand, I can add a 'Frightfur' card from my Deck to my hand." She said.
"It doesn't matter what you add, with Schuberta, I know I can win! I set a card and end my turn!" Sadet said in probably the happiest tone she's been. Luna looked happy that she finally performed her first Fusion summon. Fairies seemed to be a lot of fun and flowed pretty easily.

"Sadly, I'm going to have to crush your hopes. That damage you just did will be the last. Danielle won't be pleased if I let this continue. Draw." Heather said and drew her card. She smiled and looked to Sadet. "I summon Fluffal Mouse." She declared as a tiny mouse holding a donut appeared on the field in Attack Mode. Fluffal Mouse: Level 1 EARTH Fairy. 100/100. "What are you going to do with something like that?" Sadet asked.
"Well, see, Fluffal Mouse has an effect where I can Special Summon two other copies of it from my Deck to the field." Heather explained as two more Fluffal Mouse appeared. Her smile became a grin as she looked to her opponent. "Allow me to show you a proper Fusion Summon. I activate Polymerization! With this, I can Fusion Summon a Fusion monster using materials from my field or hand. I fuse one of the Fluffal Mouse with the Edge Imp Chain in my hand! Fusion Summon!" Heather declared as a dark mass appeared. Shredding noises were heard as an orange sheep floated onto the battlefield, laughing maniacly as she called forth, "Frightfur Sheep!" Frightfur Sheep: Level 5 DARK Fiend. 2000/2000. Sadet took a step back at its grotesque appearence, but still had some confidence left. "It's still not enough to take out Schuberta!" Sadet called out. This just made the Obelisk Blue stifle a laugh as she pushed back her green hair. "Opps, did I miscalculate, or are you going to let me finish my move?"

"Now, since I sent Chain to the Graveyard, I can add another 'Frightfur card from my Deck to my hand. Last time, I added a little card called Frightfur Factory before you interupted me, and now I add a Spell called Frightfur Fusion." She told the Slifer Red as a Spell card appeared on the battlefield. Behind Heather lied an empty factory line. "With that, I activate Frightfur Factory."

"Not so fast! I activate Shuberta's effect!" Sadet interrupted again, getting a sigh from the Obelisk Blue. "With this, I can banish three cards from your Graveyard and with each card banished, Schuberta gains 200 ATK! I banish the Fluffal Mouse and both your Chains!" She declared. Her Maestra pointed her sword straight at Heather as a blast of light shot forward. "Stopping you right there, I activate my Trap, Designer Frightfur. This simply Special Summons a 'Fluffal' or 'Edge Imp monster from my Graveyard to the field. Come back to me, Edge Imp Chain!" Heather called out as one of her Chains returned, but the monsters were still banished as Schuberta grew in size. Schuberta: 2800 ATK "Ha, now you can't get past my Fairy!"

"Stop interrupting me for five seconds and I'll show you how wrong you are. Geez, no wonder Danielle doesn't allow Slifers to join the group. If you're all like this, you're just bound to give headaches. Anyway, it's a good idea to target my Graveyard, but you've banished the wrong things. See, Frightfur Factory can activate its effect as long as there's a 'Fusion' card or 'Polymerization' in my Grave. And look, there's the Polymerization you would have hit if you weren't so fast to conclusions. I activate Frightfur Factory by banishing it! Now, with that in place, allow me to explain the rest of the effect." Heather said as the card appeared in the Factory. The machine behind Heather started to move as all four of her monsters leaped onto the conveyer belt. "It acts like a Continous Polymerization, as long as I have the materials for a Fusion Monster in my field or hand, I can Fusion Summon another monster. Now, I fuse Frightfur Sheep along with my Edge Imp Chain and two Fluffal Mouse! Wild monster of the tundra, bare your sharp teeth and devour the weak! Fusion Summon! Frightfur Sabre-Tooth!" Heather called forth as a new possessed animal appeared, growing as it had blades pretruding from almost every part of its body, but its scariest feature was the pair of glowing eyes within the mouth. Frightfur Sabre-Tooth: Level 8 DARK Fiend, 2400/2000. Heather seemed to enjoy the look of disgust her monster gave the Slifer as she pointed her palm to the side of the monster. "When Frightfur is Fusion Summoned, I can Special Summon a Frightfur monster from my Graveyard. Who better to join my monster than Frightfur Sheep! Not forgetting to mention that Sabre-Tooth gives all Frightfur monsters on the field an extra 400 ATK boost." She called forth her Sheep again as it laughed at Sadet. Sabre-Tooth: 2800 ATK, Sheep: 2400 ATK.

"And before you say it's not enough, it really is. My Sabre-Tooth attacks Schuberta." Heather declared before Sadet could say anything. Her monster started to rush at Sadet's Fusion monster as Schuberta swung its sword, both colliding. "It won't end well for you! Both monsters will take themselves out!" Sadet reminded Heather.
"Oh, I forgot to mention. Sabre-Tooth's other effect. See, when I used at least three or more Fusion materials for its Summon, it can't be destroyed by battle or card effects." Heather pointed out, surprising Sadet as Sabre-Tooth broke through the sword and slashed Schuberta, destroying her brand new monster as Sadet guarded from the explosion. Frightfur Sheep rushed in through the smoke and hit Sadet, causing damage to her Life Points. Sadet: 5600 LP. Heather set a card and ended her turn. "You see what happens when you keep talking too much? You're bound to get hurt."

Sadet drew her card, looked at it for a moment before setting it down and another card after ending her turn. "Got nothing to say this time? Well, guess it's time for me to end it then. Draw." Heather declared as she summoned a dog to the field. "I summon Fluffal Dog, with this-"
"Activate Trap, Divine Punishment!" Sadet interrupted once again as a Trap flipped up. Clouds formed above Heather as lightning struck down upon her dog, instantly destroying it. "As long as Sanctuary in the Sky is on the field, I can negate the monster effect, Spell, or Trap you throw at me with this!" Sadet declared.
"Regardless, I can still attack. Sabre, attack her face-down." Heather declared as her monster rushed in once again, cleaving through a Zeradias as her Sheep followed up with another Direct Attack to her Life Points. Sadet: 3200 LP. Heather ended her turn with that.

Come on Deck...give me what I need to put this Obelisk Blue in her place. If I can just draw the card I need, I can stall out until I draw what I need. Sadet thought as she closed her eyes and drew her card. She opened them and her expression brightened. "I got it! Yes! Now I'll show you the power of the Melodious! I activate my face-down, Photon Sanctuary!" Sadet declared as two spheres of light energy appeared on the field as Tokens. Photon Tokens: Level 4 LIGHT Thunder. 2000 ATK/0 DEF. "With Photon Sanctuary, I can Special Summon two tokens, and for the rest of the turn, I can only Summon LIGHT monsters, but what better to Summon than this?! I tribute both Tokens to Tribute Summon Mozarta the Melodious Maestra!" Sadet declared as a familiar red Fairy came forth, singing what seemed to be a victory song. Mozarta: Level 8 LIGHT Fairy. 2600 ATK/2000 DEF. "Her effect kicks in to where I can Special Summon a LIGHT Fairy monster, still within the conditions of my Photon Sanctuary! I Special Summon Aria, the Melodious Diva!" Sadet declared as her monster came onto the field in Defense Position, emitting a veil of light around her two monsters. "Now, with this and my Sanctuary, you can't get through my defense! When Aria is Special Summoned, my Melodious monsters can't be targeted by card effects or destroyed by battle! You can't get through this! Mozarta, attack her Frightfur Sheep!" Sadet declared happily as her Fairy unleashed sound waves, destroying her Sheep and inflicting damage to Heather.
"Hmph, not bad. But I activate Sheep's effect to where it can Special Summon itself back to the field, only with 800 more ATK, plus the 400 Sabre gives off." Heather told Sadet, her Sheep coming back stronger than ever. Frightfur Sheep: 3200 ATK

"Still, you can't get through my defense and destroy my monsters!" Sadet told Heather. The Obelisk Blue started to giggle a bit as she drew her card. This has been fun, but I think it's time to finally end this. I activate King of the Swamp's effect in my hand." Heather declared as she sent a monster to the Graveyard. "I can add a Polymerization from my Deck to my hand almost instantly. Now, let's activate my little card, Frightfur Fusion, shall we?" Heather declared as she played the new Spell. "Unlike Polymerization or Frightfur Factory, I can banish materials from my Graveyard to Fusion Summon. I only banish King of the Swamps and a Frightfur Mouse. King of the jungle, punce onto the battlefield and clear the way for your brethern! Fusion Summon! Frightfur Tiger!" Heather called forth a third Fusion monster as a green tiger appeared, but with scissors pretruding out of its stomach as it also had a cackling laugh. Frightfur Tiger: Level 6 DARK Fiend, 1900/1200. "Now, its effect kicks in. See, when I Fusion Summon Tiger, I can target a number of cards on the field and destroy them." She explained as her Tiger rushed towards the Melodious monsters.
"You can't target my monsters with that effect! Aria protects them!" Sadet reminded the Obelisk Blue.

That was when a grin came across her face as she looked straight at Sadet. "Who said I was targeting your monsters? Tiger targets that Field Spell you hold onto so dearly." She told Sadet as her Tiger slashed at Sadet's Duel Disk. The field spell disappeared as more students came to watch as Heather pointed at Tiger once more. It roared as she did this, her three Fusions glowing red. "Oh, did I forget to mention Tiger's effect again? Gee, I'm forgetting a lot. See, for every Fluffal or Frightfur on my field, all Frightfurs gain 300 ATK for each! And I'm far from done. I activate Designer Frightfur once more to Special Summon my Chain from the Grave. And now Factory kicks in once more to Fusion Summon a second Sheep." Heather explained as her move released another Frightfur Sheep. Sadet took a step back as Chain's effect allowed her to add another Frightfur card, but this time, she summoned a monster, which was a mess of parts. "I summon Edge Imp Frightfuloid! And as long as its on the field, it's treated as a Frightfur card." Heather explained as all five of her monsters glowed red. Each of her monsters gained 1500 ATK plus the 400 ATK boost from Sabre-Tooth. Sabre-Tooth: 4300 ATK. 1st Sheep: 4700 ATK. 2nd Sheep: 3900 ATK. Frightfur Tiger: 3800 ATK. Frightfuloid: 3200 ATK.

"And with Sanctuary in the Sky gone along with Mozarta in Attack Mode, I think this..." Heather told Sadet as she pointed forward, her four Fusions glaring right at the large Fairy. They all rushed in as Sadet's Life Points dropped to zero.

"Is game."
Heather: 5900 LP
Sadet: 0 LP
Heather is the victor.

The monsters faded away as Sadet fell down to her knees. "Dang...I lost." She said as Heather put her cards back into her Deck. She looked again to Luna and then left the stadium. The defeated Slifer Red took a deep breath and then stood back up. "Wow, no wonder she's a part of Danielle's group. What did you think, Luna?" Sadet asked.
"I think I might want to try Fairies now. I need to look through my cards and see if I have a buildable Deck, but at least you've given me an idea." Luna said. Sadet beamed as both of them left the stadium, the brown-haired Slifer Red talking about the different Fairies her club used.

"Dude, that was one of Danielle's duelists, and you saw how she creamed Melodious. Do you think they're all unbeatable?" One of the Ra Yellows asked.
"I dunno, but sheesh, if that's how bad they are, they're going to win the Quasar Cup for sure. How can anyone stand a chance at them?" Another Slifer Red mentioned as several students started to look through their Decks. The one watching the duel was Cryo, and he seemed really irritated as he left the stadium with a goal set in his mind.