General Zargon: hey new chapter!
Ryuuketsu: just get on with it
General Zargon:-pouts- fine enjoy the chapter!
Nathaniel yawned as he sat up 'what time is it?' he wondered as he glanced at the clock 5:29 'oh no I'm going to be late!' he thought as he brushed his teeth in a hurry and was out the door towards his class with professor banner.
He made it to his seat before he was officially late "you cut it pretty close" a voice startled him and when he turned around he saw Alexis smiling at him "heh, yeah I guess I over slept, my friend Jeremiah didn't come to wake me up" he answered.
Banner walked in and the class quieted down "today class we have a new student, please come up here Nathaniel" he shyly did as told and he soon stood in front of the class "please tell us a little about yourself" banner said and Nathaniel gulped.
He looked down as he said "I'm an average duelist and a pretty good artist, at least that's what people tell me" several girls swooned somewhere as banner said "thank you, please sit next to Alexis" he hurried to do as told.
As he sat down banner said "for today's lesson, can anybody tell me the importance of a poker face?" nobody moved and finally banner sighed and said "how about…Nathaniel! Please tell the class about the importance of a poker face" the said boy shyly stood up.
Takato gulped and began "a poker face is keeping your face completely expressionless thus giving your opponent no clue as to what you hold in your hand or if you have a good card or not" he finished and hurriedly sat down again.
Banner turned to the rest of the class and said "correct, now I want you all to write a five page report on several important strategists of the dueling world" the entire class groaned at that and takato just looked confused.
Takato turned to Alexis and asked in a whisper "why is that so bad?" Alexis grinned and said back in a whisper "the other students prefer action over thinking" takato nodded and turned his attention back to the professor.
------------------------------With Jeremiah-------------------------------
Jeremiah sighed and glanced at the clock and thought 'my last class just has to take forever doesn't it?' he sighed again and watched as the professor concluded the lecture and the entire class ran for the door.
Nightmaremon walked into the hall and headed towards takato's last class 'I'll just surprise him' he thought with a chuckle as he turned a corner and somebody ran into him "I'm really sorry!' the person yelped as they gathered up school books.
Bastion misawa looked up and paled as he saw Jeremiah looking at him with a raised eyebrow "um? Well sorry I ran into you" bastion said as he stuffed the books into his bag and took off down the hall leaving a very confused nightmaremon.
Nightmaremon shrugged and continued on his way to takato's classroom, he leaned on the wall and crossed his arms as takato's class ended and came flooding out while Jeremiah looked for takato.
Takato blinked as he saw Jeremiah leaning against the wall and he shook his head as he walked over to the lounging duelist and asked "didn't want me to get lost?" Jeremiah just smirked and said "come on, I heard about a dueling arena and I want to check it out" takato sighed and followed Jeremiah.
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Jaden looked around and said "I wish somebody would agree to duel me!" he then gave a sigh and sat down in the stands as Syrus and chumley laughed and Syrus said "maybe you'll get to see a good duel instead" jaden just nodded with a pout.
Just then bastion ran up and said "I just ran into Jeremiah in the hall" jaden perked up and asked "really?" bastion nodded and added "I literally ran into him" jaden and his friends gaped then Syrus asked "isn't that him? And there's Nathaniel!" everyone turned.
Jaden blinked and said "that's really them! Maybe they'll duel me!" he then ran towards them only to stop as he saw another obelisk talking to them and wondered 'what are they saying?' he shrugged and continued walking.
Jeremiah resisted the urge to growl as the obelisk in front of him continued to badger him for a duel "I'll duel you" takato said and Jeremiah snapped his head to look at him in shock and said "what?" takato ignored him and repeated "I'll duel you".
By now the entire arena was focusing on them and the obelisk he was talking to replied "sure, if we can find and empty arena" two people who were dueling behind them promptly stopped and said "you can use this one!" takato nodded and got his duel disk.
Jeremiah stood near takato's side of the field and thought 'I hope he knows what he's doing' takato had a look of determination on his face as he slid his deck into his duel disk and his opponent did the same "let's duel!" they both declared.
Takato drew five cards and thought 'I think this one will be good to start with' out loud he said "I summon dragon of oblivion!" at once a nightmarish black dragon wrapped in chains appeared on the field.
Dragon of oblivion ATK: 2000 DEF: 2800
He then said "then I'll place 2 cards face down and end my turn!" his opponent looked nervous as he drew and said "I'll play swordsman of fire in defense mode!" a knight with a flaming sword appeared on the field.
Swordsman of fire ATK: 1400 DEF: 1600
Takato drew and thought 'this one will be good' he then said "I summon light witch!" a woman in white robes carrying a white staff with a golden orb on top and blonde hair wearing a white pointed hat appeared on the field.
Light witch ATK: 1800 DEF: 2000
He then continued "now dragon of oblivion attack with black inferno!" the dragon obediently breathed black fire at the opponent's monster which was instantly destroyed "now my dragon's special ability activates! Whenever he destroys a monster that monster's attack points are dealt directly to your life points!".
Opponent: 2600 Takato: 4000
Takato smirked and said "now light witch, attack with shining magic!" the woman held out her hand and a beam of white light shot out and collided with takato's opponent.
Opponent: 800 Takato: 4000
His opponent gulped and drew a card and announced "I play the magic card dark hole to destroy all monsters on the field!" a giant black hole formed on the field and sucked takato's monsters into it.
He then continued "now I summon flame lion!" a lion made out of fire appeared on the field and roared threateningly.
Flame lion ATK: 1800 DEF: 1900
Takato gulped as his opponent announced "flame lion! Attack with blazing claws!" the lion obediently ran at takato and slashed at him, takato let out an exclamation at that as his life points dropped.
Opponent: 800 Takato: 2200
Takato breathed heavily as he stood up and drew a card 'this one looks like it could help me' he thought as he said "I summon knight of darkness!" a nightmarish black knight appeared on the field and stood at attention.
Knight of darkness ATK: 2000 DEF: 2400
He then continued "if there is a dark monster in my graveyard then my knight gains 600 attack points!" the knights attack rose to 2600 and takato said "I now play one of my facedown cards, shadow's deceit!" a card flipped face up.
Takato smirked and said "shadow's deceit allows one of my monsters to by-pass your monsters to strike your life points directly!" the knight held his sword and charged but before he reached the lion he disappeared and reappeared behind it.
The knight brought his sword down to win the duel for takato, as he stepped off the stage he was met with Jeremiah who wore a pleased smile and said "nice duel" takato beamed with pride as he and Jeremiah walked away.
Jaden turned to his friends and Syrus said "he's good" the rest of the group nodded and Zane spoke up "now's my chance to talk to him" he then turned and walked away after takato while thinking 'I hope he's not a shadow rider' he sighed and continued walking.
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Takato jumped when someone knocked on his door, he took a deep breath and opened it and had to look up to see Zane's face "um? Hi?" takato said and Zane said "hello, may I come in?" takato nodded and stepped aside to let the teen in.
Zane turned around as takato shut the door "I came to talk to you about Jeremiah" Zane said and takato looked confused as he asked "why?" Zane sighed and asked "may I sit down?" takato nodded and Zane sat on one of the couches.
Takato sat opposite Zane and asked "why would you want to know about Jeremiah?" Zane replied "I'm just curious" takato accepted the answer and asked "what do you want to know?" Zane smiled and asked "first, how old is he?" takato promptly replied "17" Zane nodded and continued asking basic questions.
Zane thought 'this is it' he inwardly sighed and asked out loud "do you know if Jeremiah is a member of a group that calls themselves the Shadow Riders?" takato didn't hesitate in replying "no, he isn't" Zane was instantly relieved as he nodded.
Takato looked at the clock and said "it's really late, maybe you should go" Zane nodded and was just about to the door before he said over his shoulder "have a good night" takato nodded and replied "same to you" Zane nodded and walked out the door.
The only occupant left in the room sighed and stood up to get ready for bed 'that was really weird' takato thought as he got into his pajamas and slipped into bed after turning off the lights.
General Zargon: there's the chapter!-Does the conga-
Ryuuketsu: for the love of ra stop dancing!
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