Ok better say a few warnings mainly that there are some spoilers in this chapter and that the character Hassle berry will be in this chapter but under the name Tyranno, because people am I the only one who hates that dub name! Die 4kids!
Enjoy….
Six months later at duel academy…
Things were starting to get back to normal despite the dark days that followed Jaden's duel with Mario. Though nothing much had changed on the island there were still changes as a memorial service and plaque that was now mounted in the duel academy arena had been created to remember the boy that had been killed by Mario.
The boys name had been James Henzo a promising young student that had used ocean cards, people had commented on his enthusiasm and eagerness to do his best. But now whenever they thought of his memory it was just painful. In respect to this on the plaque they had written;
James Henzo the Ocean Soldie: Died in Battle
It was a sad week for duel academy; it helped remind Jaden that he wasn't the only one suffering from Mario's attack on the duel academy. Despite Alexis's talk with him it still took him a while to get back into the spirit to duel someone without picturing Mario's head flying off into the crowds.
But still he was now duelling and winning like before. His enthusiasm and spirit healed and he was ready to take on anyone.
Like now for example on the bright Sunday where he and Syrus were duelling in the middle of the arena. Though Syrus had one of his most powerful monsters Super Vehicroid Jumbo Drill (3000/2000) Jaden was not without a strategy as he looked through his hand with a wide grin on his face.
"I play polymerization to fuse elemental heroes Avian and Burstinatrix to create elemental hero flame wingman!" (2100/1200)
A creature that looked strangely alien like appeared in their place. It had a green and black body minus for the huge red arm in the shape of a dragon. On the opposite side of its body was a single long wing. This was Jadens favourite fusion and already he knew he was going to win.
"I now play a field spell skyscraper to raise his attack power by 1000" Buildings formed all around the arena. Wingman stood on the top of the highest skyscraper prepared to attack.
"Now remember Syrus when he destroys a monster the attack gets taken out of your life points!"
"Aww man…" Syrus sighed as he looked up at the sight. He had wandered straight into this combo of Jadens.
"Now attack el-" Jaden was cut off by the sound of a boat horn sounding through the arena. Jaden put his hands over his ears wincing.
"What the heck?" Jaden yelled over the echoing sound, Syrus did the same before the two ran out of the arena and to the docks of Duel Academy. A ship was now docking. It was only half the size of a cruise ship but it glowed with an aura of luxury. People from the school were flocking to the docks to watch as it pulled in.
There were only a few times that such a grand ship like this would actually appear. It meant only one thing.
"New students?" Jaden asked confused as he stopped pushing through the crowd finally able to get a look at the beautiful ship in front of them.
Why now? Why were new students joining now they were more than half way through their next year why would students join now?
"Attention everyone!" The sound of Crowlers voice echoed again through the megaphone he held. He was at the front of the crowd shooing students back with a pale bony hand.
"Everyone back away from the docks we have new arrivals and we need space! Hey I said get out of here!" He snapped shooing away the nearest students before yelping as a stair case suddenly slammed down from the cruise ship narrowly missing him.
"Why now?" Syrus asked an eyebrow rose before noticing that somebody had just appeared at the top of the staircase of the ship.
"Hello!" Whoever it was called down cheerfully before walking down the staircase slowly, a slight spring in their step.
"I…" the voice trailed off before they stopped at the bottom of the stairs, the entire school went silent with a sudden gasp as the figure stepped off the final step.
"…am Maxamillion Pegasus"
Jadens jaw dropped as he watched the man, the man who created the very game they played step off the ship with a smile on his face. He didn't know whether to cheer or just stare. The man himself was on duel Academy Island dressed in a black tuxedo and carrying a brief case.
Crowler stepped forward slowly as in awe of the mans presence as every other student, he began to speak slowly though his voice was full of a nervous tone "Mr Pegasus sir it is such an honour to have you here but I must ask-"
Crowler was cut off as Pegasus handed him a brief case "I have come here to audition some new recruits to duel academy"
Crowler blinked at the briefcase that Pegasus had just shoved under his nose, he laughed nervously, "Erm…Mr Pegasus that's delightful…but our ranks are quite fu-"
He was cut off again as Pegasus opened the briefcase for him. It was loaded to the top with money.
"Will that be enough to sway you?" He asked with a small smile on his face enjoying how Crowlers jaw dropped.
"Why…why yes it…would" he spoke with a wide (yet disturbing) grin.
Pegasus turned to the crowd of duellists around them, "My dear children I present to you some new residents for your island I hope you'll treat them well and show them no mercy in the arena!"
The crowd was alight with chatter before suddenly they were silenced. Someone was now walking down the ramp with his hands in his pockets. He looked seventeen maybe older and had long silver hair and wore a leather jacket and jeans "Names Rox" was all he said before taking a step off the ship. He looked around the crowd his face no changing to show the slightest bit of interest.
Another boy came down followed by a woman wearing a red hooded cloak. He looked the same age as Rox and had spiky black hair and a small goatee. He was wearing a sophisticated suit, well it would be sophisticated if it wasn't for the fact he was wearing dog tags under his sleeves, "I'm Rale how do you do?" he called out through the crowd a slight smile on his face.
Another duellist began to walk down the stairs; the woman wearing the red hooded cloak looked up towards him. No one could really be certain but at the same time as he walked down it looked as if the woman was smiling.
"I'm Al" The next one called out as he stepped off the ship. The same dark haired and teen from England; at his side was a Black Labrador with brilliant white eyes that panted heavily as he looked through the crowd. He looked towards the red hooded woman exchanging a glance with her as his eyes scanned the crowd.
"This is Queen Axiss treat her with respect and we won't have no trouble" Al called out su ddenly as he motioned to the red hooded woman. He looked through the crowd of stunned faces. They seemed unsure perhaps a little intimidated. After all he had just threatened them. His eyes landed on the face of a brown haired boy.
"Jaden Yuki" he murmured under his breath the other two duelists seemed to look towards him as soon as he said the name before looking in the direction of Jaden. A smirk appeared on the corner of Al's mouth.
"So…" his voice trailed off "Where do I pick up my Obelisk blue uniform?" Al asked Crowler who was still drooling over the brief case of money. The question seemed to suddenly snap him out of his day dream.
"Now boy I'm sure your excellent duellist if Mr Maxamillion Pegasus has picked you out but you still need to earn your place" Crowler said waggling his finger at Al before stealing one last look at the brief case of money before closing it.
Al seemed to stare blankly at Crowler as if unsure what Crowler was asking from him.
"You'll have to duel for it" Crowler said as he noticed the look, blinking at him surprised.
"A duel?" Al questioned before looking towards Axiss who seemed to nod in agreement.
"Fine we'll duel but we have a condition" Al stated with a grunt, it was strange how Al was stating these things on behalf of the other two. The woman in red wasn't even butting in and she was the one who looked like the manager.
"Your condition?" Crowler asked in a confused tone.
"We duel over the course of a week or more we don't want it to happen today we haven't got the time" He stated his eyes narrowed on Crowler.
The entire crowd seemed to give a small 'ooo', Crowler was clearly not happy with being spoken down to by a student. He glared back at Al his pale knuckles cracking. It was then however he noticed Maxamillion Pegasus and Axiss staring at him in the way that simply stated 'you have no choice'.
"Very well then but I trust one of you shall duel today?"
"Yes I will" Al stated again.
"Hold on!" A voice suddenly called out.
The crowd turned to see Jaden's hand raised, Syrus standing next to him looking nervous.
"What is it Jaden Yuki?" Crowler asked in a snarl.
"I'm sorry to make you all wait but me and Syrus were still in a duel and we'd like to finish it" Jaden called back motioning to Syrus who stood next to him.
"What? But Jaden I've already lost!" Syrus yelled uneasily from all the pairs of eyes on the m.
"Syrus you still had one card face down remember there's plenty you could do" Jaden replied with his signature smile.
"Its fine" Al called out "I like you two you can continue" he said a small smile pricking up on the corners of his mouth.
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"Now wingman attack!" Jaden declared again. They had taken their spaces in the duel arena just as before and set up the same cards. The only difference from last time was that now everyone was watching them.
Syrus watched as the creature jumped off the skyscraper a wall of fire swirling around it as it fell.
Syrus's life points: 800
Jaden's life points: 1300
"I activate my magic card defusion to make your wingman become avian and bustinatrix again!" The creature split in mid air before forming the two heroes again.
Jaden grinned as he watched them take their places in front of him "Good move Syrus but I'm not done!"
Syrus blinked before watching as Avian and Bustinatrix disappeared in a flash of light "I sacrifice Avian and Bustinatrix to summon Elemental Hero Neos!"
An alien looking warrior dressed in completely silver appeared on the field in their places power surging from its body. (2500/2000)
"It's your move Syrus"
Syrus drew a card before looking up into the duel arena stands. The new duellists were watching. Al staring at him with a small smile on his face. It wasn't that that worried him but more who was next to him. Missy, the girl he had defeated in order to gain the rank of Ra Yellow in the last six months. She was glaring at him through her huge mass of long red hair her arms crossed.
"Who is that guy?" Al asked Rale who was sitting next to him, between them sat the Black Labrador who seemed to be asleep on all fours.
"That's Syrus he's Zanes brother" Rale replied as he stared at Syrus, his gaze seemed strangely mystical, as if he was staring straight through him.
"Really?" Al asked with interest "What cards does he use"
"Roid cards" Rale replied before looking to one side at the dog between them. The dog was staring at Rale as if confused.
"Those vehicles that have the cartoon eyes" Rale spoke towards the dog more than Al.
"He's going to lose" Missy snapped her glare narrowing on Syrus "The roids are useless"
The comment made Al look at her sideways; he blinked and then turned back to the duel, muttering something under his breath that sounded like 'bitch'.
Syrus turned back to the duel with a look of panic and nervousness on his face. He didn't know what it was but the duellists were already scaring him. He stuttered before pointing at Jaden "I attack with Jumbo Drill!" he called out before the giant drill zoomed forward towards Jaden's monsters.
"Sorry Syrus I have my own defusion card!" Jaden called out and the drill stopped before suddenly exploding in a yellow light before it formed into three separate creatures.
Steamroid: 1800/1800
Submarineroid: 800/1800
Drillroid: 1600/1000
"Awww…" Syrus mumbled his head hung. He had to blame his distracted behaviour on that. Maybe if he had been paying more attention he would have been able to do something.
"Well…I play steamroid and drillroid in defence mode and attack directly with submarineroid"
Steamroid and Drillroid
Submarineroid was as the title suggested a blue submarine; however it had big cartoon eyes. It dived under the ground before a torpedo sped off in Jadens direction. Jaden let out a grunt as he was thrown backwards by an explosion.
Jaden's life points: 500
"And now I can switch submarineroid to defence mode!" Syrus called out before the submarine emerged again.
"It's my move Syrus" Jaden called out as he drew a new card "I play elemental hero Sparkman and equip him with spark blaster" (1600) Spark man appeared holding a futuristic gun in his hand.
"This can change the attack position of your monsters 3 times so I'm putting them all in attack mode!"
The roid immediately changed position as Sparkman shot each of them one by one.
"Ouch he's done for" Rale murmured. Missy jeered at Rales comment rubbing her hands together. Al looked sideways at her, in a small glare. Why was this girl sitting next to him?
"Elemental Hero Neos attack!" The monster jumped into the air before bringing its hand down on Submarineroid. The minute he punched him he was enveloped in a huge explosion of energy.
Syrus's life points: 0
"Jaden Yuki is the winner!" The crowd erupted into cheers; Jaden walked forward and shook hands with Syrus who smiled in return.
"And he's supposed to be a Ra yellow?" Missy spat ignoring the cheering coming from the crowd around them.
"I think I know who I want to challenge Axiss" Al growled his fists clenching. Axiss turned to him her face hidden but it was obvious she was smiling.
"You did alright Syrus if I hadn't drawn defusion then you would have won"
Syrus gave a small chuckle of embarrassment before yelping as Crowlers voice yelled down the speakers.
"Attention everyone Alistair has chosen his opponent!" Crowler announced. Somehow Crowler had managed to hear him from the back row and was now standing next to Al who still sat down. Al was looking up at Crowler wishing he would shut off the megaphone as he was deafening the students in the row before him, plus it was just annoying.
He sighed before getting to his feet slowly and grabbing the megaphone off Crowler causing the audience to chuckle as Crowler's face twisted up in surprise..
"I've decided that my next opponent is going to be Obelisk Blue's Missy" He looked sideways at the red haired girl who now stared at him blankly "Don't think I'm challenging her because I want to show off…she's just annoying"
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The two duellists were now stood in the centre of duel arena. Syrus and Jaden sat down in the crowd. Syrus looked a little confused. Missy had clearly insulted him and this stranger was now sticking up for him.
Crowler stood in the centre between the two duellists. Al was now glaring at Missy who glared back but in a more childish way as she stuck out her tongue.
"Introducing from Obelisk Blue Missy!" Crowler raised a hand in Missy's direction. A large amount of duel academy seemed to cheer despite Missy being a pain; clearly they wanted her to show Al what it was like.
"And her opponent from England Alistair!" The duellists who had come with Al and Axiss cheered. No one else cheered until suddenly Pegasus began to clap, following his example the rest of the crowd broke into applause.
"Prats…" Al muttered as he looked from the crowd to Missy. A duel disk was on his arm.
"Is that thing ancient or something?" Missy asked as she looked at the duel disk in disgust. It was completely made from bronze.
"It's expensive and you couldn't afford one if that's what you mean?" Al shot back causing Missy to growl at him.
"Alright duel!" Crowler declared.
Missy's life points: 4000
Al's life points: 4000
Al gave a small grunt of annoyance as he drew five card from his deck. They were only duelling with 4000? This would be over quicker than he wanted.
"You can got first" he called to her but she had already slapped down a card while glaring at him.
"I'll start I summon Insect Knight in attack mode!" She declared the insect appearing on her side of the field wielding its sword and shield. (1900)
"Hey I had one of them" he called out grinning "I still do…it's in my old deck…I'd never get rid of it"
"Oh shut up" she muttered before slapping a card down "I'll also play this card face down"
He drew a card before looking towards her "Beware my deck…is something you've never seen before…."
He slapped down a card "I summon Steamroid to attack mode!" He called out. The entire crowd fell over from the tension being completely destroyed. A train appeared out on the field with cartoon eyes. (1800/1800)
"That?" she yelled out her eyes narrowing as she yelled at him.
"Never underestimate the roids girl…but I'll level with you the reason why I played it is so I could use this" He slapped down a magic card with the picture of a brown gear on it with a skull in the centre.
"This is called The Skull Marked Cog and by tributing one machine type I can bring a machine monster to my hand" He looked through his deck before picking out a machine.
"And here it is I summon Phantom Metal Chaos in attack mode!" He yelled before slapping the card down.
"You can't do that you've already summoned" she yelled at him
"Actually this monster can be special summoned if I have no monsters on my field and have a machine monster in my graveyard" A dark mist began to rise from where steamroid stood before it suddenly vanished into the mist with a toot of its engine.
Out of the dark mist came a bronze bony hand attached to a gun like arm. A skull with five eyes appeared connected to arm through a black cloak, (2000/900)
"Attack Chaos!" He commanded and the monster leapt at the Insect Knight pulling back its claw like gun. The claw fired from the tip of the gun plunging into Insect Knight before shattering it to pieces of digital dust.
Missy's life points: 3900
"I play call of the haunted to get back my Insect Knight!" she called out a trap card with a picture of a purple cloud coming from a graveyard appeared. The Insect Knight rose from the ground below.
"I'll play two cards face down" he called out "Your move"
She drew a card before looking at it and grinning towards Al, "I sacrifice my Insect Knight to summon my Empress Mantis"
The Insect knight turned to green light before forming into a new creature. A pink prey mantis like creature with a white boa around its head and arms, its arms had huge blades on the end of them that scraped against each other. (2200/1400)
"Sharp blades aren't they?" She asked with a little smirk on her face, she blinked as she noticed Al was now yawning.
"It's just an insect who the hell cares?" He asked with a tired sigh.
"Shut the hell up!" she yelled before pointing at the metal monster on his side of the field, "Now attack his Chaos!"
"I activate Phantom Metal Salvage" He called out and revealed a card that showed a grim reaper hammering metal on an anvil "With this I can tribute my Level 5 Phantom Metal Chaos to summon two Phantom Metal monsters that are one level lower!"
Chaos fell to the ground it's body limp and motionless as if it's batteries had suddenly ran out before its metal body melted away into a pool of dark mist.
The mist split down the centre as the creature dissolved before the two pools of mist formed into two spheres of dark mist, "So let me introduce you to my Phantom Metal Wraiths"
The spheres formed into bronze skeletons wearing tattered black capes, their skulls the shape of that of a goats skull, their arms were tiny rusted daggers and instead of legs they had scorpion like tails. (1600/1200)
"What's the point my Empress still has more attack power? Slice them up!" She barked at the mantis that glided over the field with both blades raised above it's head.
The wraiths looked towards each other before throwing back their heads as if taking a breath before breathing out a huge line of dark mist that hit the Empress in the face. She stumbled back lowering the blades and trying to fight through the darkness inflicted upon her.
"Didn't work…you see when one Phantom Metal Wraith is on the field you can't declare an attack against any of the other phantom metal monsters" he explained with a cocky smirk before pointing with both hands to each of them "…and since I have two they can protect each other…if they protect each other you can't attack either of them"
"You've got me in a lock" She murmured grinding her teeth together as he eyes narrowed and she stamped her feet on the ground, Empress taking it's place at her side and shaking it's head to get the dark mist from off of it's face.
"Fine I play my Insect Hive card!" she called out as a card with a picture of a bee hive on it appeared on her side of the field, "With this I can summon one extra insect this turn so long as I have a powerful monster on my side of the field"
The hive exploded to reveal a grass hopper like monster that flipped on the spot with an annoying chirp. (1000/1200)
"I play Pinch Hopper in defence mode and end my turn" She called out the Insect lying down on the field next to Empress bracing for impact.
"Fine I draw" Al called out with a sigh before he looked at the card, his voice sounded tired as if he was becoming more bored by the minute
"I play my face down card Phantasm Craft" he called out as a card with a strange fleshy bomb in the shape of a skull on it was flipped up "By sending two cards to the graveyard I'm able to bring back a Phantom Metal Monster from the graveyard.
A smirk began to form as he put the two cards in the graveyard, "So I'll summon one of the monsters I threw away!"
The same dark mist built up between the two wraiths before suddenly a bronze dog head suddenly appeared out of it. But it didn't just have one head there were two of them attached to a huge bronze body with a blade like tail. (2400/2000)
"I summon Phantom Metal Ortharus Prototype" He declared before pointing at her "And this card is able to increase its attack by half your defence points when he attacks a monster now attack her ultimate insect!" (3100)
The dog ran forward its metal body clanging before it pounced on the empress who gave a chirp of surprise before shattering into pieces.
Missys life points: 3000
"Now I'll attack your Pinch Hopper with one of my wraiths!" He called out before one of the wraiths flew at Pinch hopper and cut the insect in half. As it did the Pinch Hopper let out a loud chirp that echoed through the stands. Missy ignored the annoying sound as a smirk appeared on her face.
"Pinch Hoppers dying call right?" Al asked wincing from the sound of the irritating insect.
"Yes pinch hopper lets me special summon one insect monster from my hand so I summon Insect Princess" (1900/1200) She declared as a sudden gust of wind began to blow through the duel arena before a human looking insect with huge butterfly wings appeared in pinch hoppers place.
"Well looks like you got me" he called out sarcastically before sighing, he looked at her with a smile before shrugging, "Your turn"
She drew a card before growling "I may not be able to attack your monster but I can still have a powerful monster I play United we stand on my Insect Princess to raise her attack by 800 for every monster on my side of the field!" A card with a picture of two hands clasped together appeared behind the Insect showering it with a golden aura. (2700)
"Then I'll summon Insect Knight" As the Insect appeared next to her in the same aura of Golden light the Insect Princess's aura glowed brighter than before. (3500)
"And then!" She called out before a card with green ants being formed from red energy appeared before her "I'll use multiplication of ants to sacrifice my Insect Knight to summon two ant tokens in defence mode!" (500/500) The insect knight shrunk in green light before it formed into two green ants that scuttled around the Insect Princess.
The Insect Princess was glowing brighter and brighter as the ants scuttled around her. Her eyes were narrowed on the phantom metal monsters. The golden aura circling her huge butterfly wings that seemed to be growing in size. (4300)
"And now I play ring of magnetism!" She called out proudly as a green ring circled the Insect like an eerie halo.
"Your not the only one with the perfect defence because with this I can make my Insect Princess the only monster you can attack at the cost of reducing her attack by 500!" The green ring sparked with green electricity, the Insects wings seemed to shrink in size and she looked a little uncomfortable as she was zapped by the ring. (3800)
"Your move" She called out with a chuckle, Al just muttered 'bitch' again under his breath before he drew a card and slapped it down onto his duel disk.
A wide grin appeared on his face. The ground under his feet shook a little, "I'll now sacrifice my two wraiths" he called out chuckling darkly.
A buzz suddenly went through the crowd as dark mist began to formed under the two wraiths. It swirled under them before consuming them. The ground was beginning to shake even more fiercely than before.
"Wait why would you sacrifice them you were safe with them on your field!" Missy called out with a confused look on her face.
"So I can summon my Phantom Metal Towering Despair" He replied his no longer full of laughter and chuckles but dark and threatening his eyes focused on Missy in an evil scowl.
The mist began to swirl faster under his feet. The ground shook below him before the dark mist expanded growing larger and larger as a huge stone human like head suddenly rose from the mist. It was followed by a body of stone and bronze metal, huge iron nails hammered into its body. It had no legs but instead acres of rock and metal. It had two huge arms that were chained the ground by thick iron chains. The huge like head looked down on the field its eyes covered with bandages; its mouth opened revealing its teeth to be jagged shards of rock as it roared pulling at the chains fiercly.
(2800/3000)
"What's so special about that?" She called out but couldn't say she wasn't intimidated by the disturbing creature as it roared and struggled against its chained arms making the ground tremble with every tug.
"Well when there are monsters with higher attack power on your side of the field I can make this card increase it's attack by 300 per level of that monster and all the other monsters on your side of the field" He called out raising his arms above his head and to the creature like he was worshipping the creature.
"Well that is…" his voice trailed off before he turned back to her "So long as this card is the only one who can attack this turn and can't attack next turn"
She looked at him her jaw slightly dropped unsure how to respond. The same dark mist began to swirl around her three insects. The tower opening his mouth and breathing in, the mist was beginning to be sucked in slowly.
Insect Princess: Level 6: Power boost to Tower: 1800
Two Ant tokens: Level 4: Power boost to Tower: 2400
Power boost: 4200 + 2800: 7000
"What! That's an insane amount of attack power!" She yelled out as the creature's jagged mouth closed with a loud crack of broken rock before opening again slowly; the dark mist forming in its mouth before it changed colour into a white spark of energy.
"Phantom Metal Towering Despair attack the insect princess" Al pointed at the Insect Princess who now seemed to be looking up at the tower uneasily as the white spark began to grow into a ball of energy.
"Devastation!" He yelled out before the creature fired a huge blast of the energy down at Insect Princess. It enveloped the monster creating an explosion so huge that it lit up the entire arena, some people were even screaming afraid that they would be blown away by the power of the attack.
Missys life points: 0
A stunned Missy dropped to her knees, she was unharmed but clearly shaken "You beat me"
"Relax it was nothing personal" He called to her his arms crossed as his monsters faded away, "I just wanted you to shut up"
The crowd erupted into cheers and Al thrust his fist in the air. Jaden and Syrus stared down at the new duellist eyes wide with shock.
"Phantom Metal Cards I didn't even know they made cards like that?" Syrus murmured looking towards Jaden.
"Just who are these guys?" Jaden murmured under his breath before looking back through the crowd. His eyes met with the same shocked look on the faces of Bastion, Tyranno and Alexis. Only one that did not seem phased by the sight. Chazz Princeton who was now glaring down at Al as he joined the other two duellists in the front row.