Yu-Gi-Oh GX: The American Duelists
Chapter 16 - Unforgivable Hannah, Part 1: Hannah 's Proposal
"But you always seem to be hiding."
"It's not that I'm hiding. It's just that... I prefer to stay out of sight." Jessica replies timidly. "Its too much excitement. I can only handle so much at a time..." Her voice drifts out with a feint giggle, and her brown eyes drift across the floor. Realizing she's begun to mumble once more, she hastily speaks up. "Oh, but I am having a good time! Really... I am!"
Sitting on a wood chair beside Jessica, Sho watches the timid American girl nervously express her emotions with her hands while she falters with words. Even her gestures shows an unmistakable wavering of confidence. Sho can't help but smile at her. "She's a good person." He thinks before saying so. "It's good Jessica-San is having a good time here."
"Uh, thanks... thank you... for saying."
"You're easy to get along with." He adds.
"Oh? Is that, right?"
"Yes. Definitely." He reaffirms with a wider smile.
Across the room, Hannah yawns; the first sign of life from the lethargic girl. The tall blonde lies stomach down on the bottom bunk while using her arms as a pillow. Her lifeless fish eyes stare through the two chatting at the desk across the room. "My back's killing me." She complains to no one in particular.
"I've never had an experience like this before. Being popular with boys, or girls. Before coming here... It's all so new to me." Her pale cheeks flush light pink. "I was really nervous at first. I still am." She laughs. "I couldn't believe I was chosen to come. For the first day, it didn't feel real. I couldn't believe it. It took til the next day for it to settle in, and when it finally did I wasn't sure if I would come or not. I really didn't think I could handle it... But, now, I'm glad I did come. With Hannah and Annette as my roommates, sometimes, I'm starting to feel like there's nothing I can't do."
"It's good you did come, Jessica-San. Duel Academia really is a wonderful place. I had a hard time when I first came too, but with my friends, everything turned out alright. Even with the hard times, it was worth it." He glances across the room; spotting Annette, who sits silently in the chair beside the window. Sho holds his hand to the side of his mouth and utters to Jessica, "Annette-San doesn't seem to be having a good time though."
"I am content." Annette replies without facing him. As always, her face remains unchanged, and she delivers in her usual monotone, slow and steady, soft, but confident and commanding voice. Her sudden and direct response catches the two off guard.
Sho quickly recovers from her unexpected reply. "That's right. They've put me through a lot, but they are decent people." He reminds himself.
Hannah suddenly yells at the girls. "Stop personifying the acquisition!" Jessica quickly turns back to the desk, where she falls silent again but still smiles. "Sho-Bozu, you clearly have time to kill, so why don't you come over here and put those idle hands of yours to good use?"
"How?" He asks as he obediently approaches.
"Weren't you listening? I said, my back's killing me."
Sho gawks at her with a blank expression. As if to say, "Yeah, and?" Hannah's eyes drift to her left until she has the diminutive boy in her sights. Watching Sho stand by, she grumbles. "You can't be serious... What are you, stupid?"
"Huh?"
"Don't just stand there like a retard! I didn't tell you my back hurts for my own piece of mind. Get a freaking clue! I want you to massage my back!"
"Oh!" It takes a moment to register, but the light bulb in Sho's head does finally light up. "She wants me to massage her back." It makes sense to him now, or so he thinks. It takes another moment for him to fully comprehend just what that means. At which point, his light bulb pops. "WHAAATTT!?!"
"SHUT UP! Gawd! Why must you always shout out of the blue like that? You're going to give a girl a freakin' heart attack!" After a deep sigh, Hannah barks her orders again. "I didn't stutter, so don't waste my time with excuses." Sho hesitates. His large round eyes scan over the tall blond girls curvy features. Her skin tight shirt and skirt reveal smooth creases and valleys running from her butt to her back and up to her shoulders. Her silky, sheen blonde hair lies across her pillow like an elegant pampered entity of its own. With her hair fallen beside her, her neck is left exposed, showing off her pale skin as sheen, silky, and soft looking as her long white legs. Sho gulps as his trembling hands slowly reach for her back.
"Ahaha!" A small trembling cry escapes from his lips as his hand touches her body. "It's so soft... And warm..." He breaths small erratic panicked breaths as his hand sits idly on her back, absorbing the her wamrth through her ultra thin form-fitting shirt. His imagination begining to drift to far off magical places while his small hand kneads the same spot on her back repeatedly. A stupid grin appears across his face. "So soft... and so warm... Heh, heh, heh..."
"Ugh! You're so damn weak!" Hannah shouts, snapping Sho out of his obscene happy place. "Sit on my butt to get leverage, and put some muscle into it! You call yourself a man?"
"Whaaat?" He chokes.
"TODAY!" She barks; snapping the small boy into action. He is frozen stiff as the warmth of her ultra soft body seeps through his pants and into his legs.
"It's sooo right!" He cries silently. "But it's sooo wrong!"
"You know," Hannah starts casually. "If I feel a poke, you will die."
Sho gulps. "Yes ma'am."
"As long as you understood. Proceed." Sho sets to work pushing and pressing against Hannah's back. Other than small directions, such as "Up" or "To the left," Hannah lies silent and still.
As he rubs her back, Sho confers with himself. "This slave service isn't so bad. No, it isn't. We're pretty lucky. Hee hee hee."
Jessica blushes at the sight. Keeping her head turned slightly away, she asks Hannah, "How has your back been doing?"
"It hurts like a mother!" She replies bluntly through her arms before tilting her head to the side to face Jessica. "Walking on all these different uneven terrains is screwing up my spine worse than it already was, and the damn girls aren't helping any. Damn cheapskates couldn't afford some paved trails to go with their extravagant mansion on the lake... Phsh..." Her complaints draw a titter from the brown haired girl at the desk. Hannah exhales a deep sigh. "It's such a heavy burden being so desirable and sexy." Again, Jessica laughs at her comment and its serious delivery.
While Sho focuses intensely on his newly assigned task, Hannah's own idle hands drift around the side of the bed; seeking mischief. As luck would have it, Sho's belt lies unattended on the floor beside the girls' bunk bed, along with Sho's deck case there for the picking. Her bored eyes narrow, and her thin eyebrows lower; leaving her face looking rather cat like. "Don't mind if I do." She hums to herself. The march resumes: Her fingers walk across the mattress, slide down the side of the bed, and break into free fall until they land stealthily upon Sho's belt. One finger at a time, Hannah's idle hand clenches Sho's belt to secure their master's catch for her to real in. She gives it a tug. With the deck case in reach, the blonde bombshell waists no time gathering his deck in hand to finger through at her leisure.
Sho massages, oblivious to the happenings surrounding his deck. That is, until Hannah lets out a small chuckle. "What's so funny?" Jessica asks. Hannah answers the brown haired girl's inquiry by tapping the cards with the back of her finger nails, one finger at a time.
It finally dawns on him. Sho quickly pats his waist to be sure. "My deck!"
"Relax small one. Your cards are perfectly safe. So resume." Sho complies, but keeps a wary eye on her. Upon completely cycling through his deck, she sets to work reorganizing it by card type, and then into further specific categories. When finished, she straightens each card perfectly and gives the deck another tap, tap, tap, tap with her manicured nails. "Don't you think you're a little old to be playing with baby cards?" She asks tactlessly.
"Hannah?" Jessica gasps.
Sho is visibly hurt by her cruel critique of his cards. "They're not baby cards!" He protests.
Jessica agrees. "You're being too critical. I think it's a very cute deck." Sho blushes.
"Get a room." Hannah blurts out, flustering both of them even further. Once more, She examines each card. "A few of these cards don't even belong in here." She states as she removes several cards from Sho's deck. She reveals Power Bond, Shield Crush, and Magic Cylinder. Sho reaches for the cards, only for her to pull them out of range. "Oh... These must be very important to you?"
"They are!" He contests. "One of those cards is my special card given to me by..." He bites his tongue.
Hannah eyes him curiously. "Go on. Finish." She insists.
"From, my brother."
"And who is he?" Hannah asks.
"He's a pro league duelist, Kaiser..." Sho hesitates. Remembering his brother's abrupt change in personas, he continues; omitting his new identity. "Ryo Marufuji."
Hannah considers the name briefly, being very obvious and animated in not knowing it. "Never heard of him. Any of you?" Jessica replies that she hasn't, while Annette simply shuts her eyes to their noise and sips her bottle of water calmly. Hannah discredits him; waving her hand and stating haughtily, "He must be a scrub like his little brother." She laughs arrogantly at her cruel joke.
Sho lunges for the cards, swiping aggressively for them, only to miss as Hannah rolls to her side. The only thing he accomplishes is eating a face full of carpet. "Nice try kiddo." Hannah quips. He stays down briefly, but when he rises, he looks up to her with a red carpet-burned face and furious tears.
"You don't know him! My brother is a great duelist and a great person!"
The sight of his tears is too much for Jessica. She lowers her head to not have to watch. "Please Hannah... Give them back."
"You know your tears are wasted on me, boy." Hannah states to her small helpers hurt expression. But with each angry heartfelt tear to fall from his large round eyes, she finds herself pressured further to return the deck. She finally sighs. "I'm far too compassionate." The tall girl sits up straight on the edge of the bed. Leaning over slightly, she pats Sho on the head like a mother would to comfort a child who had just scraped his knee. She states in her motherly/sisterly voice, "I'm only messing with you. I'm sure your brother is a wonderful duelist and a fine man." Her comment leaves Sho flushed. He becomes suddenly aware of his surroundings. finding himself at eye level with Hannah's massive breasts, he quickly diverts his gaze to the nearest wall.
The voluptuous girl leans in closer until her lips hover beside Sho's ear. Her hands guide his face forward, where he is nearly smothered in the thin black fabric of her shirt. She's so close, her body's warmth spread across Sho's face; even fogging up his glasses. "So warm... It's nice..." He thinks, while drifting away.
"Still, these cards have an air of childishness to them. But I'm thinking, maybe its not the cards: Maybe it is something they've picked up from their owner?" Sho's is flustered by her warm breath blowing across his ear and the heat of her body spreading through him. Even her subtle scent toys with his emotions. But, he doesn't squirm or fight to distance himself. He is completely subdued by Hannah's soft hands gently holding his cheeks. "I'm going to take your deck for the time being and give you an adult deck to duel with." She whispers in his ear. "I want you to agree, on your honor as a man, to not look at the cards until you duel. And if you prove yourself with this adult deck, I'll return your deck to you and accept you as an adult." Her lips smack softly as she licks them beside his ear.
Sho's hot pink face turns instantly beet red, as Hannah's suggestive comment sets his imagination a flutter. Hannah sits up straight and asks if he agrees. To which, he can only manage a series of nods and an uttered, "Hi." His response is enough for her. She smiles and rises. Jessica slides back for her to take a deck from the desk drawer. Casting Sho another playful smile, she gives the new deck a tap, tap, tap, tap with her finger nails before sliding the new cards into his deck box. She then adds his deck to the drawer.
Handing the new deck to Sho, she gives the boy a friendly reminder. "Remember, you swore on your honor as a man. No peeking." Sho takes the deck box in both hands; accepting it seriously.
"Now, Sho..." She says his name sweetly. Sho looks to her expectantly. "Time to sweat. Drop and give me fifty." His bright red expectant face turns to lukewarm baffled musing. "Your weakness is a pathetic disgrace to your sex. I've never had such a dissatisfying experience." Her face turns harsh and sadistic. "We're going to remedy that right now." CRACK! She snaps Sho's belt together.
"Yyey - Yes ma'am!" He drops to the floor, where he immediately starts doing push ups. Hannah places a foot on his back to hold him down.
"You're not even trying! Put some enthusiasm into it! If your drive for other things in life was half as passionate as your drive to be a pervert, you'd probably be a little hulking mass of man muscle right now, rather than this scrawny runt you are now." Sho cries in agreeance to her verbal assault, while at the window, Annette continues to sips her bottle of water obliviously.
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Walking home later that evening, Sho wonders what his adult cards could be. He blushes; thinking of Thunder Nyan Nyan playing beach volley ball with Dark Magician Girl. The two girls giggle cutely as they runs in slow motion. Each girl jiggles excessively in her skimpy 2 piece. "Sho-Dono!" They cry out cheerfully. Sho's eyes drift into a pervy ecstasy as he watches the pink skirt around Dark Magician Girl's blue bikini lift and fall with her steps. Her hands are raised over head; holding her pink and blue sun viser on her head. Thunder Nyan Nyan, not one to be upstaged, chases forward with equal enthusiasm in her animal print 2-piece that bears a striking resemblance to the one worn by Lum of Urusei Yatsura. He blushes and grins guiltily. "It will be exciting to find out in a duel!" He thinks back to the last thing Hannah told him before he left.
"Tommorow, Sho-Bozu. It'll all be set up for you. Just remember to bring that deck, and no peeking, you bad boy." Hannah jokes at the end.
"Alright!" Sho shouts, shattering all illusions. "I'll prove myself to her this time!" He continues to pump his fists as he marches down the path.
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The next day, Judai, Kenzan, Misawa, and Manjyome accompany Sho to his duel match up. Kenzan and Judai encourage Sho, who has become very nervous, while Misawa and Manjyome hang back. "Relax Marufuji-Senpai. You've got to be calm-Don. Futile struggles will only get you eaten up." Kenzan encourages the short boy while massaging his shoulders.
Judai agrees. "Yeah. You can do it Sho. Just go out there and have a good time! Let your instinct drive you!"
Misawa clears his throat behind the trio. "Marufuji-Kun is in a good position to win today. He's grown rapidly in the presence of Judai-Kun and become stronger with each win and loss. The distant images of his big brothers' duels motivate him to do better so he may someday walk in stride and hold his head up with pride as a True Duelist." After saying so, his voice trails out, as he expects for them to ask him something along the lines of, "Misawa-Kun, when did you get here?"
But to his surprise, Kenzan agrees passionately. "Misawa-Kun is right-Don! Big brother's incredible duels have set the mark so high, and Marufuji-Senpai has been striving hard to walk in stride with big brother! You've got this one bagged! It's an easy kill!"
Judai laughs. "That's just like Misawa-Kun to find the words to take the edge off."
Misawa stops. He is shocked they heard him, but more so that they acknowledge his existence; and with praise of all things. Manjyome passes him; glancing queerly at the shocked boy stopped in the middle of the road. Misawa's smile extends from ear to ear, and he hastily jogs to catch up with the group and march proudly alongside the trio.
"It doesn't take much to make him happy." Manjyome mumbles under his breath.
Upon arriving at the end of the trail through the forest, they find the American girls sitting on the stone benches running alongside the massive paved main campus grounds. The girls chat in the center of a huge crowd of observers and fans. When Hannah spots Sho, she calls the small boy over to join them. "Alright! This is it." Sho states firmly.
"Go get em' lil' Shosaurus that could!" Kenzan shouts. Sho accepts the encouragement. He roars and flexes his fingers like dinosaur claws. Then, he sets out for Hannah; marching briskly like a bull-legged raptor. Girls hurry out of his way, and guys laugh at the small boy as he rushes through the crowd like that. His friends all hang back and laugh awkwardly.
"Will he really be okay?" Manjyome asks with clear apprehension. He receives no discernable response.
Sho meets Hannah at the benches. "So how's it feel to have every eye in Duel Academia watching you?" Hannah asks.
In truth, Sho is nervous, but he keeps that feeling to himself and arrogantly replies, "It feels pretty good! Pretty good!" He lets out a haughty false laugh. It's not a total lie. It does feel good having Hannah single him out in front of the entire student body. He can feel the radiant heat of jealous gazes burning into his back. "It's toasty." He thinks to himself.
"Glad to see you're so lively. I have your opponent ready, just like I promised." She waves her left hand to the bench beside her. Ash, the top ranked American duelist, sits in the center of the bench with Junko and Momoe sitting to either side of him. Neither girl hangs all over him any longer, but they still keep the other Duel Academia girls at bay. The older boy rises; drawing cheers from several girls in the crowd, and both Junko and Momoe give him their best regards.
"Hi. My name's Ash Campbell. It's nice to meet you."
"Uh, Sho Marufuji. Likewise." Sho responds in an unsteady tone. "This is my opponent?" He thinks in disbelief. He finds his new found confidence quickly eroding away; even more so when they shake hands. Ash's larger stronger hand grips Sho's small hand firmly. He gulps. He doesn't look that strong; not like Kenzan, but one squeeze, and Sho's hand would be crushed. Yet, that's not what shakes the small Ra Yellow boy's determination. Rather, it's the steadiness of his hand and his calm demeanor. Sho takes notice of all the girls surrounding them. It was a far larger and more diverse crowd than the American girls normally draw on their own. "I should have expected this." He reprimands himself. "Why would they all come just to see me duel?"
Ash smiles kindly. "I told Hannah I'd duel you as a favor to her. I'm looking forward to this." After saying so, Ash recalls the previous day and Hannah's unusual visit to the Obelisk blue mens' dorm.
The Obelisk Blue boys futilely try to order the trio of girls away, only for Hannah to brush them aside and advance; undeterred by their declarations that girls aren't allowed in the mens' dorms, even if she is a fellow Obelisk Blue and special guest. Her and Annette exude enough authority to keep the stronger and larger boys at bay, despite their boisterous protests. She eventually spots Ash heading inside the palace-like dorm, and she calls him out. "Hey Ash! There's a group of pretty girls out here waiting to speak with you! Get your butt out here, and greet them properly!" She demands. He comes, and she encourages him, "Please come along with me for a moment. I have a proposition for you."
"Proposition?" He wonders.
Sho agrees, breaking Ash's recollection. "I know who you are." Sho admits. "And your record... But, I'm... I'm going to give it my all today!"
"I wouldn't have expected anything less." Ash agrees with a weary smile.
They prepare to duel, shuffling their decks and cutting each other's before taking their places on the massive open campus grounds. The fans form a huge circle around the two. "It's an impressive turn out." Misawa states.
"It must be the entire student body." Kenzan adds.
"Awesome! This is awesome! It's the perfect atmosphere for a duel!" Judai declares. Kenzan stomps his foot and pumps his fist. He agrees with Judai, and both boys show how stoked they are with fiery passionate eyes.
"Marufuji-Kun is facing the top ranked American transfer student, so it's expected that they'd be so excited." Misawa analyzes the situation logically. He can't help but smile. "The atmosphere is electirc. It is exciting." He admits.
The duel disk orbs cycle rhythmically between the two boys. Ash stares blankly through Sho, still recalling the day past.
"What's on your mind?" He asks Hannah and the other girls. Hannah holds out a single finger.
"Ladies, if you could please spare us a moment of privacy." She smiles to the two, and Annette walks ahead. Jessica scampers after her, looking back curiously but not arguing. Once out of earshot, Hannah clears her throat and announces her intentions. "Let's skip the foreplay. I'd like you to duel someone, as a favor to me."
Ash looks a bit surprised. "Who?" He asks.
"My little man-servant."
"You already beat him." Ash exclaims.
Hannah chuckles. "Don't get the wrong idea. I would never come to you to challenge someone I couldn't beat on my own. No, this is something different. I'm having him use a special deck, and I want to gauge how well he handles himself with it."
Ash considers the request for a moment. "I guess I could do it." He agrees, to Hannah's delight. "Do you have any information on the deck?"
"Well of course I do. I am the one who built it! But I'm not going to tell you anything about it. It's a surprise." She winks. "Don't fret. It's not too tough to beat. Which is why I'd like you to do another favor for me. Stall the duel as long as possible, as well."
Ash agrees to do her the favor; asking nothing in return.
"Thank you. You're a good boy after all. Here." She hands him a slip of paper with a short note scribbled on it. "That's the time and place. Be sure to bring you're A-game. And remember: Drag it out as much as possible. We both know you could kill him in two turns, but that's not the goal." With that, Hannah joins the other girls and leaves. "And spread the word!" She shouts back to him as they walk off.
"What sort of surprise do have in store?" He wonders. The orb finally stops on his duel disk.
On the side lines, near the back of the crowd circled around the two duelists, Judai and the others watch with eager anticipation. "Come on! Come on! Come on!" Judai chants in a futile attempt to hurry the formalities along. So caught up in his mantra, none of the guys notice Asuka's arrival until she takes up position behind Judai, Kenzan, and Misawa. Manjyome, who remains at a short distance behind them, calls her arrival to attention. "Tenjoin-Kun?" The group looks to her.
"Asuka?" Judai ask out of surprise, and the others parrot his stunned reaction with their own honorific and name for the attractive well proportioned girl.
"Hey." She replies simply.
"I'm glad you made it, but where have you been lately?" Judai asks.
"Resolving some things." She admits. She adds with a smirk, "Girl business."
Judai, Kenzan, and Misawa all look to each other with puzzled expressions. None of them know what to make of her oddly cheerful and carefree replies. Manjyome, on the other hand, squeals like a delighted fan girl. "Tenjoin-Kun is so cute!" The bystanders around him cast odd looks in his direction, but he continues with his uncontrollable lovey-dovey silly reactions, oblivious to their judgement. His smiling face turns to his shoulder, to further comment, only to find that the spirits he would normally address at times like these are absent. His playful happy expression is gone in a blink of an eye. He lowers his head; allowing his large black spikes of hair to fall over his eyes. "That's right." He breaths his recollection. "They've abandoned me."
The excitement in the crowd is at a rapid simmer and about to boil over. Just about every eye in Duel Academia is tuned to the two unlikely foes: The top rated American Duelist, Ash Campbell, and the once borderline Osiris Red Duelist, Sho Marufuji. Asuka has joined her guy friends to watch Sho's big duel, however, her enthusiasm is muted by her apprehension towards Hannah's role in this. "Sho's having a special duel set up by Hannah?" She recalls herself asking apprehensively over her cell phone. Even now, an unsettling feeling swirls in the pit of her stomach. She glares through the crowd to where Hannah watches Sho and Ash with a pleasant and eager smile. Then, for a fleeting instant, Hannah's eyes turn to Asuka; showing in them a hint of mischief. "Wh.. What? Did she just look at me?" Asuka asks. Hannah continues to smile at the two duelists, but Asuka is certain that Hannah singled her out in the huge crowd composed of nearly the entire student body.
Ash draws, and the crowd erupts into cheers. "I'll set 1 monster!" He must shout to be heard over the crowd. "And I'll cover 2 cards!" 3 face-down cards appear on the field between them. "Turn end!"
"My turn! Draw!" Sho pulls a card with serious determination. Then, he fans out his hand to examine his cards for the first time. Somewhere in the span of time between his last heart beat and his next, his heart is sucked into the back of his throat; choking the life out of the boy. A distant mechanical voice drones in the back of his thoughtless mind, "It's as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror. Then were suddenly silenced." The pupils of his usually large, round, and expressive eyes shrink to tiny distant beads swimming in a vast expansive sea of white.
"What's wrong with Marufuji-Senpai?" Kenzan inquires.
"He looks as though he may collapse." Misawa remarks.
"Ah, ah, ah, ah..." Sho's jaw stammers, but no real words come. It isn't until his heart pulses, sending a tremendous shock wave down his throat and through his entire body, that he regains some level of control. Choking his heart back down into his chest, Sho gasps deeply, and he finally cries out, "I CAN'T USE THESE CARDS!!!" Birds scatter into the tranquil blue sky from the forest canopy across the entire island.
His shout rings out like a gunshot, and it successfully silences the crowd. In that silence, Hannah calls out to him sweetly. "Good luck Sho-Love!" With a delighted smirk, she whispers in Jessica's ear. She shakes her head, but with a few nudged, her timid voice follows.
"Ggg... Good luck, Sho One-San!" She immediately hides her flushed face with her hands.
Judai and the others jump in on it too. "Do your best, Sho!" Judai shouts. And soon after, the entire student body erupts into cheers for Sho, including calls from people in the crowd who state he is representing Duel Academia. Sho remains frozen in place like a deer caught in the headlights of an oncoming car.
"Doesn't Sho's face look a bit red?" Judai asks.
"A bit? More like a Mystic Tomato."
Misawa pictures Mystic Tomato grinning in place of Sho's head, and he nods to himself. "Good analogy."
The cheering grows louder, but all that registers in Sho's ears is a high pitched ringing. "Oh, he looks traumatized." Hannah titters. She whispers something in Annette's ear. The diminutive girl answers with a subtle nod. She then rises and marches to the duel field where she meets up with Sho. The crowd cheers turn to gossip as Annette draws herself in close to Sho; close enough that the crowd reads the situation as the small doll-like beauty trying to give Sho a kiss on the cheek. The crowd howls.
"I was sent with a message." She states definitively. Sho glances through her to Hannah who smiles on the side lines.
"This deck..." He starts, but Annette doesn't give him the chance to say more.
"Grow up quickly, Sho." With that, the diminutive girl turns; an elegant and even paced twirl, and returns to the side lines. Nothing; not the noise nor observers, seems to faze her in even the slightest way. Sho continues to stare at Hannah who gives her head a slight tip and shoots him a single wink. Before he realizes it, his hand is back up in front of his face. He hesitates to look a second time, but he knows he must. "I have to duel. It's already too late to turn back now. And I promised her... She has my deck. My precious cards... I have to duel to get them back." But despite his self encouragements, he can't convince himself of his own reasoning. Instead, he hears her voice. He sees her face, and he feels her warmth. A soft smell wafts across his nose in the breeze, and he comes to a strange realization. "I'm not a little kid." Hearing himself admit it is what he needs to proceed. Suddenly, he feels much stronger, and what he must do becomes clearer. He glares across the duel field, where Ash awaits with a set monster and 2 set s/t cards. "I have to win, to prove to her that I'm not a child!"
Sho shouts over the roar of the crowd. "I summon my first monster! Cyber Beach Bunny, in attack position!" A skinny yet disproportionately voluptuous young girl dressed in a skimpy bikini accessarized with a cotton tail, bunny ears, flip flops, and a man's white dress shirt hanging wide open appears running across a partial beach scene that appears between them. She is obviously part mechanized at her wrists and joints, but she is still a knock out beauty. All the guys in the crowd roar with excitement and go into a commotion as the cyber bunny girl titters cutely and giggles in stride.
"WHAT?" Misawa gasps; voicing his disbelief.
"Those cards aren't allowed in Duel Academia!" Asuka shouts.
"Huh? Why not." Judai asks obliviously.
Asuka and Misawa both look to Judai, then to each other. Both blush. Misawa turns away under the pretense of nursing a cough, while Asuka states sternly "They, they just aren't appropriate for youth duels." Kenzan and Judai look to each other with puzzled expressions while Manjyome adjusts his jacket's collar; slightly blushing himself but playing it cool nonetheless.
The cyber monster has stats of 1000/800. Sho examines 1 card. "I can use this to see my entire deck." He activates the spell, Voyeur's Changing Room. His life points drop 800 points, and a large curtain, almost like a portable beach shower, appears around Cyber Beach Bunny; much to the dismay of the predominantly male crowd. Once the mechanized girl is completely concealed by the curtain, an odd small camera bot, like an orb with a propeller on top, appears as well. It scans about quickly, then zips to the ground where it peeks under the curtain. A huge screen appears above the field to reveal the cyber girl in the changing room. Facing away from the screen, the cheery mecha girl unties the back of her bikini top and lets it pop off with a bounce. Then, she lets her bottom drop to her ankles; oblivious of the camera. The crowd roars with cheers and jeers. The Duel Academia girls are outraged by the scene and call Sho all manners of things, with pervert being the tamest of them. At the same time, the guys in the crowd congratulate him.
"Way to go Sho-Sama!"
"I never knew the littlest Marufuji had it in him!" Another boy shouts to his friends.
All six of Machinist Duel Faction's elite members stand on the distant side lines with most of their arms folded across their chests. They share a stern and serious look. The Dark Machinist comments. "Such a shameless display. A blatant lack of concern for the rules."
"It's her doing, undoubtably." Another states.
"Still, one would not expect such boldness on Marufuji's part." Another of the technophile boys agrees. There is a momentary silence between the boys, in which they watch the naked mechanized birl in bunny ears glancing over outfits hung along the curtained wall.
"Although prohibited," The young Earth Machinist starts cautiously. "It is kind of nice." Five sets of eyes glance to the youngest boy's beet red face, and then back to the screen over the duel field. Cyber Beach Bunny titters, with jiggling results. All six serious faces nod in agreement.
"Although..." The Dark Machinist in the middle of the group starts, "A bit more cyberization would have been nicer." The group falls silent. Five heads turn mechanically in unison towards him. It takes a moment for him to notice the five blank faces glaring at him. "What?"
Judai's jaw hangs open at the sight of the naked girl in the changing room. She makes adorable little noises as she continues to examine some outfits in the room. "Those aren't Sho's cards!" He states unnecessarily. Every face around him is brilliant red, and no one has the nerve to point out how obvious his comment was. A steady trickle of blood streams from Kenzan's nose, leaving a trail down to his chin. The muscular Ra Yellow boy quickly pinches his nostrils closed and raises his head, while keeping one eye unobstructed to continue watching. Misawa keeps his head half tilted away, but it obviously isn't enough. Blood spurts from his nostrils in a mini-geyser that makes Kenzan's nose bleed look like a pin prick. Without peeling his eyes away, Kenzan rips up his handkerchief with one hand, and he stuffs a small piece up his nostrils. He hands the rest to Misawa who does the same with the remaining piece of cloth.
Asuka's outrage overcomes her embarrassment. Her steely eyes home in on Hannah who smiles wide on the sidelines. Their eyes meet once more, and Asuka is certain she put Sho up to this somehow.
"The... The... The effect of the fitting room lets me sub out my monster for a monster in my deck with the same type and common name." Sho stutters through the summary, while keeping his eyes down and off the screen. He thought he was ready to do whatever it took to win, but cycling through the deck he visibly grows more uneasy with each card he passes. Each card slid aside drives his pupils deeper and deeper into recession, until all that remains are two blank white spheres. "Huh?" He grunts; stopping at a card. His pupils pop back into focus. "Cyber Sex Kitten?" The card depicts a girl who looks very similar to Thunder Nyan Nyan but flat chested and with a cyber tail and mecha cat ears. He scans over her effect.
Cyber Sex Kitten
Fire, Machine, LV 5, 1900/1500
Effect: The controller of this card must attack with this card when possible. At the End Phase of a turn this card has not attacked or been attacked, put 1 Counter on this card. Increase this cards ATK by 500 points for each Counter on it. When this card destroys a monster as a result of battle, remove all Counters from this card. For each Counter Removed, your opponent takes 500 points of damage. A monster this card destroys as a result of battle returns to the bottom of its owner's Deck instead of being sent to the Graveyard.
He glances at Ash's field. "The top rated deck is based around removing cards from play. So those cards must be..." He imagines the set monster as D.D. Scout Plane and one of the set cards as Dimensional Vortex. "All monster cards sent to the Graveyard will be removed from play, and D.D. Scout Plane will come back..." Again, he looks to the adorable cyber cat girl. "Alright!" He decides. Sho shuffles Cyber Beach Bunny into his deck, and he slaps Cyber Sex Kitten's card down on his duel disk.
On the field, the almost entirely nude beach bunny, save for bunny ears, squeals with delight as she finds the outfit she was looking for. She tosses a bikini bottom aside as she grasps for her perfect ensemble. The released bikini piece lands over the small camera bot. An instant later, the curtain drops, then vanishes, and out pops Cyber Sex Kitten; as adorable and bubbly as her card art depicted. The oddly mellow cyber cat girl licks her oversized cat paws and rubs her mechanized cat ears with them. Sho sighs. "Moe... Nekomimi... A robot? But, at least this card is tame." He points vigorously to Ash. "Battle! Cyber Sex Kitten, attack D.D. Scout Plane!"
"He knows?" Ash wonders. His weary eyes glance over the cyber cat girl who plugs her tail into the ground, presumably to power up for battle. Unfortunately for Sho, his initial observation was a bit off. Having been given the attack command, Cyber Sex Kitten's bubbly expression turns crazed. Her irises narrow to intense glowing red slits, and the cat girl casts an eager horny smile with a brilliant glint on her fangs.
"Ack!" Sho chokes. Hannah grips her sides and rolls back on the bench; laughing vigorously at Sho's discomfort. The sight of Sho sweating so profusely is pure delight for the girl. Jessica however, averts her timid gaze to the ground where she continues to bury her face in her hands. Annette nonchalantly sips from her bottle of water. For such a young and seemingly innocent girl, she is strangely unfettered by the goings ons.
After a gratuitous butt wiggle, she pounces on top of the set monster, revealing the card Sho guessed, D.D. Scout Plane. The small mechanical orb has time enough to develop a cartoonish sweat drop over it before being overtaken by the crazed cat girl. At the moment of collision, a huge black censor surrounds the two monsters. Cyber Sex Kitten meows loudly; preceded by the sounds of mechanical parts breaking and scraping against each other behind the censor grid. The noises are further accompanied by the curious sounds of hammering and drilling. The message Glomping in progress... appears in white characters circling the black censor circle. Sho's mouth gapes open, and his hand cards are carried away on a gentle breeze.
An explosion seperates the monsters, tossing Cyber Sex Kitten back to her master's field. She appears contented for the time being and licks her oversized paws once more. The battle ravaged D.D. Scout Plane, on the other hand, is left with a bent metal halo hovering over it. Turning to its master, the little orb robot mechanically whines, "I've been violated!"
Ash casts the monster a queer smirk and shrugs his shoulders. "What do you want me to do about it?" He asks rhetorically, for lack of something more to offer. The weeping orb zaps back to his deck in streak of light.
Sho doesn't say a thing, and he doesn't budge an inch. Ash sympathizes with the diminutive boy. His gaze falls on Cyber Sex Kitten licking her paws and rubs her ears; content, or perhaps insatiable and eagerly awaiting her next meal. "So this is what she had planned?" He grimaces at Hannah, who has regained her composure. "I need to end this before it gets worse." Ash takes the liberty and draws. "D.D. Assailant in attack position." The assassin lady's sword tears a rift through the back of her card. She springs out of the rift and lands on the field with her huge sword held at rest behind her back. "D.D. Assailant, remove Cyber Sex Kitten from play!"
With Ash's attack declaration, Cyber Sex Kitten powers up. Her gluttonous and lustful gaze falls on the assassin lady who lunges forward. Cyber Sex Kitten swiftly wags her butt, then she pounces. The two collide in mid air, and as expected, D.D. Assailant is overpowered; driven to the ground by the mechanized cat girl. Once more, the two monsters are concealed by the black censor circle which explains glomping in progress... The mechanical noises are joined by the shrieks, cries, and shouts from D.D. Assailant who resists whatever unseen action the cyber cat girl is performing on her behind the censor. An explosion separates the two, just as before, but this time, as Cyber Sex Kitten bounds back to her side of the field, she is stopped in mid air; caught up in the draw of a dimensional rift where D.D. Assailant's sword lies embedded in the ground. Both monsters are sucked toward the rift. The ravaged and weary D.D. Assailant lacks any remaining strength to fight the pull from the rift, and her defeated body is the first to vanish into another dimension. Cyber Sex Kitten remains bubbly while laughing uncertainly as she is sucked in as well. Ash's life points fall 200 points.
Even with the insatiable cyber cat girl gone, Sho remains unresponsive. Watching over the diminutive boy, Ash snickers; finding the situation to be humorous, while simultaneously feeling for the poor kid. "I always find myself in weird positions." He exclaims to himself as he sets another s/t card and ends his turn.
Sho's tiny body sways dangerously in the gentle breeze, but other from that, there is no activity from his side of the field. That is, until someone from the crowd runs his cards back to him. He, or she, slides them back into his limp hand, then scurries back to the crowd. Sho reacts slowly to the touch; lethargically turning his head. By the time Sho completes the better part of a 90 degree turn of his neck, the person is gone. He slowly looks to his hand where the wind threatens to snatch his remaining cards from his fingers once more.
"Looks like he's done." Hannah tells the girls. "That's too bad. I really expected that he'd go father than this. Oh well."
For some reason, Sho finds his hand moving without him. He looks to his trembling hand and questions it. "Why?" His hand hovers over his deck. "Why hand?" He asks once more. The hand proceeds without permission; gripping the next card of his deck between his fingers and drawing. "Why?" He asks weakly one last time. After a glance at the new card, he glances to his hand cards that some unknown student kindly returned to him. "I don't know why, but..." He puts a monster into play and declares, "I have to keep going!"
An oversized pair of men's slacks, complete with brilliant red suspenders, appears on the field. Everyone is puzzled by the oddity. Someone in the crowd even asks if they are clown pants. Without warning, a long serpent pops partially out of the fly with an absurd battle cry. "HA HA!" Two slits at the flat face of the serpent open with a moist squish; revealing a single massive bulging eye and a wide flat-toothed grin. A few uncertain bystanders ask if it is some kind of jar monster, while the girls heckle Sho. Sho is equally uncertain of the serpent that seems to have stolen Morphing Jar's face.
The Duel Disk begins reading the card's flavor text. "One-Eyed Trousers Snake. A snake that dwells in mens' trousers. Often seen in pursuit of Nekogal #1."
The girls boo and heckle Sho. "I'm sorry everyone." He cries while activating the equip spell called Fetish Dress. Trousers Snake is covered by a cute white lolita dress. The snake unexpectedly pops out from under the dress with another battle cry; further enraging the female student body. Sho cries as he carries out its effect. "When this card is activated, I get to summon 1 normal monster from my deck." He summons Nekogal #1. The strange smiling cat fairy purrs while waving her butt around in the air, much like a cat about to pounce.
Again, his duel disk reads the normal monster's flavor text, despite his pleas and protests for it not to. "A Pussy-Fairy. Contrary to her lovely beauty, she claws on her enemies." If there was a girl in the crowd that had not yet taken to heckling Sho, that changes with the card's reading.
One-Eyed Trouser Snake's eye transforms into a throbbing heart. "WEE HEE HEE!" He cries while positioning himself behind her. His throbbing heart eye follows Nekogal's wagging butt with each wave. She meows obscenely while casting him an inviting smile over her shoulder.
Sho cries out loud as he activates Polymerization. The two monsters are sucked together and exlpode in a fury of fireworks. From the fireworks, a very lame looking super hero emerges. It bares a striking resemblance of a fusion between an Ojama King and a Bob's Big Boy statue. The odd super hero wears only a pair of heart covered boxers with the red suspenders holding them up, Trousers Snake's trousers wrapped around his neck like a cape, and Nekogal's green thong stretched over his head like a hat. He shoots the crowd a huge grin. "HA HA!" Sho falls to his knees and bawls as the monster shows his happiness with ecstatic cries of elation.
Judai is awed by the strange creature. "Whoa! Cool! A hero!"
"THAT'S NOT A HERO!!!" Kenzan and Asuka bark heatedly.
Asuka covers her face with her hands and shakes her head. "He's so dense..."
When Sho has finally regained a bit of his will power back, he reads the fusion monsters effect. His shame melts away upon reading it completely. "Happy Lucky Boy is unaffected by all card effects for three turns when fusion summoned properly?" The lame monster flexes his muscles. His stats appear beneath him at 2400/2000. His huge oversized lips curls up revealing a massive happy grin. "That's... surprisingly good?" Sho hops to his feet. "Happy Lucky Boy, direct attack!"
"Sorry." Ash activates a set trap, Dimension Wall. A hole in space opens as the massive hero launches the trousers' snake from the fly of its heart shaped boxers. It passes right through the hole and emerges from a dimension hole behind Sho. Sho is drilled in the back by the crazed serpent, and his small body is hurled into the center of the field. He skips once, then slides face first across the asphalt.
Ash apologizes again, but the girls in the crowd cheer. Ash watches Sho slowly get up and return to his side of the field, 2400 life points and a lot of heart lighter. Ash smiles at the deflated boy, "I could have ended this in a few turns, but he had to go and summon that thing." He laughs. "So much for mercy killing." Sho ends his turn. His life points stand at 1600.
Ash sets a monster and a s/t card. "Turn end."
"Draw." Sho plays a monster called Man Servant. A buff shirtless male butler, complete with bow tie choker and suspenders, appears holding a serving tray in hand. Sho gives his half hearted attack command. Happy Lucky Boy casts the set monster a happy grin while reaching into his trousers cape. He lunges across the field with his hand exposed. The set D.D. Warrior Lady flips over to intercept. Happy Lucky Boy chortles as he slashes her with his concealed hand, which has mysteriously grown sharp painted nails. The girl squeals. Her cuts merge together into a dimensional rift that promptly pulls her in. To both of the boys' dismay, the feint sounds of D.D. Assailant battling Cyber Sex Kitten escape from the dimensional hole.
"Begone demon!" D.D. Assailant demands. Cyber Sex Kitten meows eagerly in response. Both boys look a bit uncomfortable with the play by play. Man Servant follows up by pitching the serving tray at Ash and striking him in dead center in forehead. He takes 800 points of damage; knocking his life points down to 3000.
"Turn end."
Ash draws, then resumes rubbing his forehead. He takes note of the passed turns. "That's 1." He activates a spell card. "Reinforcements from A Different Dimension. I'll recover 1 of my monsters that is removed from play and add it to my hand." He plays D.D. Warrior Lady in defense once more. The leather clad woman shivers after her journey to the other dimension. "That monster has shut down all of my defenses." He laughs at this fact, but admits, "It is one of her decks, so it's to be expected." He sets another s/t card.
"Draw." Sho summons another Cyber Beach Bunny and uses it and Man Servant as tributes. "By tributing Man Servant and 1 other monster, I can summon a Madame Mistress from my hand or deck." Sho plays the Madame Mistress card from his deck. A buxom older woman appears on the field; dressed in a skin tight corset, leather thigh-high boots, a short skirt, and assorted lingerie accessories. The woman's massive proportions heave over the edges of her tight ensemble. She casts a sinister grin at D.D. Warrior Lady, who sweats uncomfortably.
The roars, cheers, and jeers of the crowd permeate all the way into the headmaster's office. Chronos sits at the headmaster's desk with his hands clasped over his ears and his teeth grit; struggling futilely to concentrate. He finally snaps. Slamming his hands on the desk, he rises; complaining, "Really now! What's all the ruckus out here, na no ne?" The lanky teacher stomps to the window, where he parts the curtains with his fingers. "There had better be a good reason for all this ruckus, na no ne." With one intense effort, he thrusts the curtains open. Unfortunatley, it is at this precise moment that Madame Mistress leans over. With her back side facing the window, her short leather skirt lifts, and her bare butt gets pushed out closer and closer to the window. "MAMA MIA!" A jet of blood sprays across the window.
"Happy Lucky Boy, attack D.D. Warrior Lady!" The ecstatic hero responds in jovial cheers while launching its cat scratch attack. D.D. Warrior Lady shrieks once more, and then she is sucked into the dimensional rift. "Madame Mistress, direct attack!"
Ash responds with his set trap, A Hero Emerges, and chains with the first trap he set, Dimensional Vortex. A VR die is cast in the middle of the field. It lands on 3. "For 3 turns all monsters that would be sent to the graveyard are removed from play instead." Ash holds out his hand while the dimensional vortex spreads overhead. Sho points to one of the cards. "D.D. Survivor is special summoned." The battle weary warrior takes the field in defense position.
Madame Mistress attacks D.D. Survivor. With 2400 attack, she has no problem beating out the weak defender, but rather than destroy it, she puts a collar on it. "What the...?" Ash watches D.D. Survivor crawl to Sho's side of the field like an obediant dog.
"A monster Madame Mistress attacks and destroys can have a servant counter put on it instead. As long as I control Madame Mistress, I control all monsters with servant counters, and Madame Mistress can't be attacked."
Ash eyes the buxom older woman. "These monsters aren't letting my monsters reach the graveyard to be removed from play." He glances to Hannah. "Is this why she chose me?"
Sho's stern eyes widen. "He can't counter against this deck." He eyes the life points; 1600 vs 3000. Then he eyes the field. He controls all the monsters, while Ash only has a few s/t cards. "I have the advantage. I can win." He laughs a grim twisted chuckle. "Despite being hated by every girl in school, I can actually win with this awful deck!" He laughs maniacally. Guys in the crowd question whether he's lost it, but Sho is far beyond caring what they think.
Ash draws. "Mercy? It's my lucky day. D.D. Warrior attack position." Once the small warrior has taken the field, Ash activates his newly drawn card, Dimensional Gate. He points to Madame Mistress. "Both monsters targeted by Dimensional Gate will be removed from play." Sho watches with wide eyes as his buxom monster is sucked into the strange device along with Ash's small warrior. The collared D.D. Survivor bounds back to Ash's field where Ash changes him to attack position before ending his turn.
Sho draws with new found enthusiasm. "Nekogal, attack position." Another Nekogal #1 takes to the field. "Happy Lucky Boy, attack!" D.D. Survivor is destroyed with a cat scratch attack. His body is sucked into the swirling vortex overhead, and Ash takes 600 points of damage; leaving him with 2400 life points. Once more, Cyber Sex Kitten's voice escapes from the dimensional hole as she terrorizes Ash's D.D. monsters. Ash snickers as the D.D. hole closes. "Nekogal, direct attack!" The cat girl delivers a cat scratch across Ash's face; knocking him down another 1300 points, to 1100. "Turn end."
D.D. Survivor returns. "That's 3. Happy Lucky Boy's immunity is gone." Sho looks to the worn out super hero. His happiness is all run out. "Trap card, activate!" Ash activates his set Return From The Different Dimension to summon all of his removed from play monsters back: D.D. Warrior, D.D. Warrior Lady, and D.D. Assailant. Both girls look exhausted and ravaged, while D.D. Warrior looks particularly traumatized. He large eyes stare vacantly as he jerks every few seconds. Ash's eyebrow twitches. "These duel disks certianly are detailed... Exactly what kind of man is Seto Kaiba?"
Several thousand miles away, seated behind an office desk, Seto Kaiba sneezes. He wipes his nose. "Have I been overworking myself?"
Two men in suits burst through the doors. "Bless you, sir!" They both shout.
"Get back to work!" The two men sulk as they leave the room.
Ash is about to send D.D. Assailant, but her head jerks erratically, eventually craning around to see him. He chuckles with a bit of embarrassment and apologizes as he sends her anyways. The monsters collide, and Ash activates another trap, Waboku. A wall of light defends Ash's life points, while D.D. Assailant and Happy Lucky Boy vanish into the other dimension. Ash sends D.D. Warrior to destroy Nekogal and remove them both from play. Sho's life points fall to 1500. "D.D. Warrior Lady, finish it." The leather clad woman springs forward and slices Sho once cleanly, before vanishing along with the field. Sho instantly drops to his knees, and the girls in the crowd cheer wildly.
Despite losing, Sho doesn't look terribly devastated. He actually appears relieved to have the embarrassing duel finally over. "That's not too surprising." Ash considers.
"Signore Marufuji! What's the meaning of this? Playing with such... Such cards! It's inexcusable, na no ne!" Chronos marches through the crowd with tissue jammed up each of his nostrils.
Sho tries to explain, but Chronos dismisses it as nonsense. "To the office, direttamente! And the rest of you, disperse, vamoose, shoo, shoo..." He waves his arms wildly at the crowd, scattering a few timid first year students, while the rest casually move on while more or less ignoring him.
"Sho!" Judai and the others try to follow after Sho, but are swept up in the shifting crowd. Rather than pursue Sho, Asuka remains behind. She glares at Hannah who non-chalantly stands and walks away. She even gives her hair a very casual flip.
Asuka quickly slides through the crowd; even ignoring a grope or two to pass by unpunished so she can catch up to Hannah. "You didn't have to rush to get." Hannah states as Asuka confronts her at the same place she introduced herself to Asuka.
Asuka wastes no time condemning her actions. "What you did to Sho; It was inexcusable!"
"Just giving the fans what they wanted. The ultimate fan experience, ne?" Her mischievous comment only serves to further irritate Asuka.
"You have to own up to what you did!" Asuka demands.
"Don't worry a hair on your pretty little head duel queen. I had every intention to do so."
"How could you do such a despicable thing?"
Hannah laughs. "It was a good time, wasn't it? But how ironic is it that the youngest Marufuji would be shamed just like the elder brother?"
Hannah's comment crosses the line. Asuka grabs her heavy yellow jacket collar without thinking. "How could..." Hannah knocks Asuka's hands away and grasps her right wrist. She lifts the smaller girl's dainty arm over her head while twisting her slender wrist.
"What's wrong with your arm?" Hannah asks as Asuka's arm twitches and strains awkwardly in its socket. Asuka's face contorts with pain, to the point her eyes begin to water. "Isn't this the kind of thing you normally condemn, duel queen? This isn't like you at all. So out of character."
Hannah drops her smile and glares at Asuka's pain filled face. "It's what they want." She explains, but her seriousness is questionable. She leans closer, bringing her face right beside Asuka's. This time, there is no question about her sincerety. "Be pissed with me if you want, but don't pretend to understand what's going on. You don't have a clue!" She releases Asuka's arm and gives her a slight shove in the back to ensure Asuka falls to her knees. Asuka barely catches herself on the tree beside her. Hannah huffs and gives her hair a flip before walking off towards the school. She leaves Asuka holding her right elbow and casting a spiteful gaze over her.
"You're wrong..." Asuka breaths heavily into the tree trunk.
"It doesn't matter what you're planning: You're wrong!" Asuka glares at the girl through her long messed up bangs. "You can't treat people this way! Using misguided ambitions and cruel dirty tactics..." Asuka breaths heavily; unable to finish. The tall voloptuous blonde girl marches on without showing any regard to Asuka's words.
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"Come in." Chronos answers to the wrap at the door. Hannah steps in.
"Hannah Daniels, reporting." She states. A weary-eyed Sho glances at her.
"Please, Miss Daniels. We're in the middle of something vital here, na no ne. If you could please come back at a later..."
"This concerns me." She states.
"Is that right?" James asks. Hannah takes notice of the American students' representative sitting on the edge of the desk. "So what part did you play in this fiasco?"
Hannah admits bluntly, "I swapped Sho Marufuji's deck for that deck of forbidden cards. Then I coerced him into dueling with that deck, without his knowledge of the deck's contents." She adds, "Of course, he could have declined to duel once he saw the deck, but I imagine he felt he had to accept the challenge on his pride as a duelist." She laughs that boys are so stupid.
Chronos is speechless. James, on the other hand, doesn't seem particularly happy or interested in any of what she just confessed to. Hannah seizes the moment to add, "It was all meant to be in good fun. I had no idea these duel disks didn't have age filters built into them to censor questionable material." She raises her hands and shakes her head. "Frankly, I was just as shocked to see that the duel disks could actually render such cards."
"Yeah, I bet you were." James replies sarcasticly. Chronos remains flat out stunned. He looks between James and Hannah repeatedly. James finally takes it upon himself to speak for Chronos. "You'll be punished for this."
"I figured I would be. I accept any punishment graciously. I was, after all, mostly responsible."
"I can't speak for you, professor, but I think it would be most fitting that Mrs. Daniel's fate is decided with a duel. Clearly, she has no regard for rules or consequences, so a slap on the wrist would be pointless." He looks to Chronos. "What do you say to this professor? Should Miss. Daniels lose, would it not be fare that she is expelled immediately and loses all her privileges gained while here?"
Chronos nods. "Yes. Yes. I suppose that does sound far, na no ne. But..." He glances to her. James's eyes follow. "Who could duel her in a punishment duel? She is a top contender, na no ne."
"Why ask me? You have to have a capable girl here." James insists.
"Hmmm..." Chronos thinks it over. "Maybe..."
A man suddenly falls from the ceiling. "I may have a solution to your problem." He states.
Chronos leaps back, falling on the desk. After wincing, he recovers to yell at the intruder. "Signore Tenjoin! What's the meaning of this? You're not allowed to eaves drop and drop in whenever you choose, na no ne!"
Fubuki laughs at his reprimanding, but he mostly ignores it. Turning to Hannah, he exclaims, "I enjoyed the show very much." He reaches out, to take Hannah's hand, only to have her non-chalantly slaps it aside. Fubuki is surprised by her reaction, but smiles and laugh. "I have just the duelist for the job. My sister, Duel Queen of Obelisk Blue and Duel Academia, and one member of our idol duo Asurin!" Spinning, Fubuki slams his foot down on a chair as he strikes a dynamic pose. Pointing out the window, he declares, "Asuka Tenjoin!" His teeth gleam in the brilliant light pouring in from the window. "Yes. Think of it. It would be the perfect duel. Two incredibly talented female duelists: One duels to retain her honor, while the other duels to keep herself from being expelled. Epic."
Four sets of eyes stare apprehensively at the boy. James states, "You have some very weird people here."
Chronos nods repeatedly. "Na no ne! Na no ne!"
James turns his gaze to Chronos. "Are you really one to be agreeing to that?"
"Huh? Na no ne?" Pharaoh, the plump cat of the Osiris Red dorm, struts out from behind the curtains. He abruptly hops up on the desk and meows. "Gatto!" Chronos retreats under the desk.
"Oh god..." James sighs. "Fine! It's decided. Whatever gets me out of the same room as this weirdo. Hannah Daniels will duel this Asuka Tenjoin of Obelisk Blue to decide her fate." He points to Hannah. "You had best prepare."
"Thank you for this opportunity." With that, she turns and leaves. Sho looks between her and James.
"Well what are you waiting for? You're off the hook runt. Get outta here." Sho nods and runs out after Hannah.
Sho quickly catches up to Hannah, but once he is walking in stride with her, he doesn't know what to say. He considers all the things he wants to say. Considering everything that just happened, it's a lot. However, he settles for something rather unexpected. "Aren't... you worried?"
"Of this punishment duel? Of course not. In fact, I'm quite anxious. It brings me one step closer to my ultimate goal." She suddenly stops.
"What... What's wrong?" He asks.
Hannah holds out his deck. "I suppose it's the least I can do to call off your slave service early and return this to you."
Sho accepts his deck back. He looks over it; finding each card accounted for and in the same condition as when she took it. "Your deck..."
"Don't worry about it. I figured they'd confiscate it. I can just get it back later if I want to." Sho doesn't know what more to say. He remains standing behind her in silence.
"You played well. Even though the deck was unfamiliar to you and embarrassed the hell out of you, you were able to get a lot out of it. For what it's worth, I'm impressed." Sho blushes. "All that's left..." She turns around, meeting the much shorter boy face to face. With a blank face, she bows slightly to the boy. "I'm sorry that I caused you so much trouble. I hope you don't take it too seriously." Sho doesn't know how to respond. She rises and gives the boy a small smile. "Now get out of here... Sho." With a final flip of her hair, Hannah marches down the hall; leaving the small boy on his own.
Chapter 16 - End
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Chapter 16 - Author Notes
Don't complain if I mis-spelled Sho's last name. I can never get it right.
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Chapter 16 Author Cards
This section is for all cards I created for this fanfic. Hopefully, I don't miss any.
Nekogal #1
Earth, Beast, LV 3, 1100/900
"A Pussy-Fairy. Contrary to her lovely beauty, she claws on her enemies."
(Not a CAC card. Yes, that's the real flavor text UDE/Konami settled on, yet they chose to edit her thong into spandex shorts... Go figure.)
One-Eyed
Trousers Snake
Earth, Beast, LV 3, 1300/1100
"A one-eyed
snake that dwells in men's trousers. Often seen in the pursuit of
Nekogal #1."(Art: A goofy looking snake with colored body rings,
coming out of an oversized pair of men's trousers; complete with
suspenders. Its face is identical to the face of Morphing
Jar.)
Happy Lucky Boy
Earth, Beast, LV 6, 2400/2000
Nekogal
#1 + One-Eyed Trousers Snake
Fusion/Effect: When this card is
successfully Fusion Summoned with the Fusion Material Monsters listed
above, this card is unaffected by all card effects until your third
Standby Phase.
Cyber Beach Bunny
Earth, Machine, LV 3, 1000/800
Effect: Damage a player takes from a card effect controlled by his/her opponent, excluding damage from the effect of a "Cyber Beach Bunny", becomes 1000 points. When you would take damage from a card effect controlled by your opponent, toss a coin, and call it. If you call it correctly, negate the damage, and inflict 1000 points of damage to your opponent's Life Points. This effect can only be activated once per damage effect. Also, if you call it correctly, and you have another "Cyber Beach Bunny" on your side of the field, you can toss a coin, and call it once for each other "Cyber Beach Bunny" on your side of the field. If you call it correctly at least once, increase the damage amount by 1000 points. If you do not call it correctly, at least once, you take the damage from this card's effect instead.
Voyeur's Changing Room
Spell
Effect: Pay 800 Life Points. Select 1 of your monsters on the field and return it to your Deck. Special Summon 1 monster from your Deck that shares the Type and at least 1 common name with the monster returned to your Deck. The Deck is then shuffled.
Cyber Sex Kitten
Fire, Machine, LV 5, 1900/1500
Effect: The controller of this card must attack with this card when possible. At the End Phase of a turn, this card has not attacked or been attacked, put 1 Counter on this card. Increase this cards ATK by 500 points for each Counter on it. When this card destroys a monster as a result of battle, remove all Counters from this card. For each Counter Removed, your opponent takes 500 points of damage. A monster this card destroys as a result of battle returns to the bottom of its owner's Deck instead of being sent to the Graveyard.
Fetish Dress
Equip Spell
Effect: When this card is activated, Special Summon 1 Normal Monster from your Deck with a level equal to or less than the level of the Equipped monster. That monster cannot attack as long as this card remains on the field. If the equipped monster is destroyed, the Special Summoned monster is shuffled into its owner's deck.
Man Servant
Earth, Warrior, LV 2, 800/0
Effect: Tribute this card and 1 other monster to Special Summon 1 "Madame Mistress" from your hand or Deck. The Deck is then shuffled.
Madame Mistress
Earth, Spellcaster, LV 8, 2400/1600
Effect: You can only have 1 "Madame Mistress" on your side of the field. When this card attacks and destroys a monster as a result of battle, place 1 Servant Counter on your opponent's monster, and it is not destroyed at this time. Take control of all monsters with a Servant Counter on them. A monster with a Servant Counter on it cannot attack the turn it changes control. This card cannot be attacked while you control a monster with a Servant Counter on it. When this card would be destroyed by a card effect, you can destroy 1 monster you control with a Servant Counter on it instead.
(Art: A buxom older woman with heaving massive proportions. Dressed in a corset, short ruffled skirt, and thigh high leather boots. Her ensemble resembles a fusion of dominatrix, lingerie, and loligoth.)
Reinforcements from A Different Dimension
Spell
Effect: Select 1 of your Monster Cards that is removed from play, and add it to your hand.
Dimensional Vortex
Trap
Effect: Roll a six-sided die. The result is the number of turns the effect of this card is applied for. All Monster Cards are removed from play instead of being sent to the Graveyard.
