Disclaimer: see chapter one

Chapter 13: Zombie vs. Ancient Gear

"I'm tellin' ya, T-Bone," said Blaze, "if were not careful, we might end up like Frost and Thunder."

T-Bone said, "That's just whack," he said, "We gots to prove ourselves to da boss, Dawg! Then, she'll give us some mad respect. See where I'm sayin'?"

"You're right?"

"I am?" T-Bone said, with uncertainty, "I mean…of course I am boy! Let's do this, yo!"

"We need to find these kids, Sasuke Uchiha and Jordan Rhodes!" the man said and realized something, falling on his knees, "Oh man! We don't know what the kids looks like!"

"True dat, cuz," T-Bone said, crouching down his knees

Just then, two figures walked towards them, "Hey are you guys, okay?" Jaden asked.

"Yeah, you two look pretty down." Yusuke said.

"What do you think, kids?" Blaze snarled.

Later……

"Thanks for the burgers," Blaze said, as T-Bone takes a bite out his own, "We were starving!"

"Y'all from the Academy, right?" T-Bone inquired, referring to the uniforms.

"You're right, but how did you know?" Yusuke asked

"Duh! You're wearing Slifer jackets and Obelisk trench coats," Blaze said, "We tried to get into the Academy, but we failed the tests."

T-Bone just laughed, "It's quite competitive, you know," Mr. Muto said, "Yugi thought so, too. You know what he said…I forgot, but you get the idea."

Blaze sends a piercing stare, "If you're so great," Blaze crumbles his wrapper and throws it into the fire, "Let's duel, right here, right now!"

"A duel!" Jaden said.

"You're way out of your league," Bastion said.

"Oh yeah," Blaze gets up from his seat.

"See here, we've got more important things to do," Bastion said.

"Yeah, we don't have time to play with you guys," Jordan added.

"Uh! I see," Blaze sneered, "What would the folks in the Academy say, if you lost to a couple of street thugs. Well, let me tell you somethin', this ain't a classroom. You preppies won't last a minute, here."

"And you're tellin' this to someone, who used to street thug in past," Yusuke said.

"Blaze, knock it off!"

Everyone turned to see a girl of fifteen walked towards the gang. She had shoulder-length black hair and piercing blue eyes and wore a female white dorm uniform, which covered her athletic body. Her height wasn't as tall as Kagome, "Oh great!" Inuyasha snarled.

"A Society Geek!" Yusuke snarled.

"Wasn't she at the hotel during the attack?" Jaden asked

"I was at Kaibaland, during the attack," the girl said.

"You mean……" Keiko looked at T-Bone and Blaze, "You two are working for Sartorius!"

"Ya caught us," T-Bone snarled.

"What have you done with Syrus and Hassleberry!?!" Kagome demanded.

"What the hell do you want?" Kari asked.

"My name is Haruka Suzumiya, I came here to duel you," the girl said, pointing at Kari, "Hikari Urameshi."

"What?" Yusuke replied, staring hard at Haruka and turned to his sister, "Kari, if you duel this girl, you'll have to join their damn society."

Kari smirked at her brother, "Which is why I won't lose," she said and looked at Haruka, "Okay, kid, let's go!"

Unknown to them, a pair of hazel eyes was watching the duel, in her hiding place by the bridge. Alexis knew that if she was found then, there's no doubt that she won't leave with more injuries. Alexis was still pissed about the demon issue and she figured that if Kari lost and joins the Society of Light, then, she'd solved the demon problem.

Haruka and Kari hooked their duel discs to their arms, placed their decks into their discs and activate them, "Duel!" (T: 4000/K: 4000)

"I'll go first," Haruka said, tore a card from her duel disk and looked at it. "I summon Heavy Mech Support Platform (D: 500) in defense mode and place one card face-down. That's all I'm doing, so it's your turn."

Kari drew her card, "I summon Vampire Lady (A: 1550) in attack mode!"

Haruka watched as female, green skinned vampire, in a purple dress appeared on the opposite side, "Vampire Lady, attack!"

The vampire screeches and Haruka covered her eyes, as her monster had exploded into pieces, "I end my turn with a face-down!"

Haruka drew a card and place it in her hand, then pulls out another one, "I summon Z-Metal Tank (A: 1500) in attack mode!"

A yellow tank appears in front of Haruka, "That monster has 1500 attack points," Kari said. "My vampire will cream it."

"I know," Haruka pressed the button on her disc, "That's why I'll activate Roll Out! Now thanks to this Trap, I can equip Heavy Mech Support Platform to my Tank to increase its attack by 500 points."

Kari gasped, 'Oh no…' she thought as she sees the jet pack looking monster coming from Haruka's Duel Disc and attached itself to the top of the tank, increasing its power (A: 1500) – (A: 2000), "But I'm not done, yet," she pulls out a card from her hand, "You might recognize this spell card, White Veil!"

Everyone gasped, "That's the card that weakling, Princeton used on the blonde onna!" Hiei said.

Alexis's eyebrow twitched, 'Again, with the 'onna' name,' she thought in annoyance, 'When is he going to use my actual name?'

White covered the tank, "Now, as long as White Veil is out," Haruka said, "you're out of luck, cuz, I can negate and destroy all Spell/Trap Cards on your side of the field! Now Z-Tank, blast that bitch into next week!" Haruka commanded, pointing at Vampire Lady and her tank opened fire at Vampire Lady, destroying her and dropping Kari's Life Points (H: 4000) – (H: 3550)

"Damn it, not good," Yusuke commented.

Kari drew a card, "I set a face-down monster card and end my turn!"

"That was lame…" Haruka said, as she drew a card, "I summon Green Gadget (A: 1400) in attack mode!" A green gadget-shaped monster appears next to Z-Metal Tank, "With Green Gadget out, I get the right to dig from my Deck, a gadget monster and place it in my hand!" after taking a card from her Deck, Haruka puts her Deck back to her disc, "Z-Metal Tank, attack her face-down monster!"

Z-Metal Tank opens fire at Kari's face-down monster which appeared to be a turtle with a pyramid shell, before it was destroyed, "Thank you, that was my Pyramid Turtle (D: 1400) that you've destroyed!"

Haruka gasped, "Wait you're…"

"…to summon Double Coston (A: 1700) in attack mode," Kari said, as a purple ghost appears and Kari drew her next card, "Now, I'll activate my Double Coston's ability," Kari declared as her monster splits into two, "It counts as two sacrifices for a Dark Attribute monster, so rise, Despair from the Dark (A: 2800)!"

The two ghosts disappear and a huge and scary ghoul appeared and growled.

"Awesome, Kari managed to summon a monster that would help her," Jaden said.

"Now Despair from the Dark, attack Green Gadget!" Kari declared, as the huge ghoul rammed its claws towards Green Gadget, destroying it and dropping Haruka's Life Points (H: 4000) – (H: 2600)

"Yes!" Yusuke cheered, "If Kari keeps this up, then she'll win!"

"You'll pay for that," Haruka snarled, as she drew, "I summon Gear Golem the Moving Fortress (A: 800) in attack mode! Next, I'll play from my hand Weapon Change, now by paying 700 Life Points (H: 2600) – (H: 1900) I can switch the attack and defense points on my Gear Golem (A: 800/D: 2200) – (A: 2200/D: 800) until the end of your next turn!"

"That thing won't even touch my ghoul," Kari said, "much less destroying it!"

Haruka grinned, "Your ghoul isn't the target, Urameshi," she said, pointing at Kari, "You are, by paying 800 Life Points (H: 1900) – (H: 1100), Gear Golem can attack you directly!"

"So what!"

"Gear Golem attack!"

The mechanical monster blasts at red beam of light at Kari and dropping her Life Points a lot (K: 3550) – (K: 1350), "Kari!" Yusuke screams

"I'm not done, yet," Haruka snarled, pulling a card from her hand, "To prevent you from attacking, I'll activate Swords of Revealing Light!"

Just then, a shower of light swords came down and surrounded Kari's monsters.

"Now Kari can't attack for three turns," Keiko said.

"I don't need to attack," Kari drew her card from her Deck and smirked, "Because this duel's about to end!"

"What but how…" Haruka gawked, "You can't beat me! I'm part of the Society of Light!"

"Society of Losers is more like it," Kari insulted, which was infuriating Alexis right now, by the insult, "You see, unlike you and your fellow tools, I duel more than myself and rely only myself to obtain victory. You tool might have messed with people's heads with this 'the light's the answer' bullshit, but you somehow didn't effect me!"

"Tell it, sis!" Yusuke shouted, punching the air and glaring at T-Bone and Blaze, "after my sister gets through with this tool, you two are next."

"Oh please," Blaze sneered.

"You dink dat you can take us out, lil man," T-Bone added. "Think again!"

"I activate Trap Booster," Kari slids a card into the slot, "now by sending a card from my hand, I can activate a Trap Card from my hand and I choose Ring of Destruction! Your Gear Golem would do just fine!"

The steel bolted ring, with the red grenades, was attached to Gear Golem's neck, "Now when this ring explodes, both players take damage equal to the monsters attack points. With your Weapon Change spell card out, your monster's attack is still 2200 points!"

"But you'll take us both out!" Haruka gawked.

"Actually, you're going out, alone," Kari said, putting emphasis on 'alone', "or you didn't recognize my face-down card, Ring of Defense!"

"Oh no!" Haruka cried as her monster is destroyed. The force of the blast knocked Haruka (H: 1100) – (H: 0000) backwards, and ending the duel.

Alexis was at a loss of words, 'No way…' she thought, 'I thought people like Yusuke and Jaden were the ones that are who will able to contradict destiny. How in the hell did Hikari find a way to escape from destiny? Master Sartorious predicted her defeat by Haruka.'

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Sartorius gasped in surprise, "Impossible! Haruka failed!" he said. "I predicted that Hikari Urameshi would be defeated! Could she be like her younger twin brother?"

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Haruka began wobbling back and forth. She lifted her head, and Kari saw her eyes roll up and she fell backwards, unconscious. "Hey, you ok? HEY!"

"She's unconscious," Mr. Muto said.

"That's the punishment, for anyone from the Society of Light," Koenma said, "Now Haruka goes back to her original self."

Sasuke glared at T-Bone and Blaze, "Okay, where's Syrus and Hassleberry!?!"

"What's your name, kid?" Blaze asked.

Sasuke narrowed his eyes, "My name's Sasuke Uchiha," he said.

The two men gaped their mouths open, "Oh man! You one of the two kids that Serena wanted us to duel!" Blaze said.

"And who's the other?" Jaden asked.

"Another kid named Jordan Rhodes," T-Bone said.

Everyone gasped in surprise, "I'm him!" Jordan said.

"That settles it," Kari said, "They are working with the Society of Light!"

"And they're going to fall real hard too," Sasuke said, activating his duel disc, "I'm going with the one in the black trench coat!"

Blaze activates his disk disc, "Get ready to be fried, little man!"