Ack, sorry I couldn't double update! I was really busy, and this weekend I'm also busy. I'll try, but I'll also try to get up chapter 5 before next weekend, too.

Anyway, 2 reviews? Better than last time, but it's still only two :(

Also, this fic is now a GX fic! I haven't been getting many reviews (I think duel academy turns the YGO readers off, despite the fact it's not really a GX fic) Anyway, wish me luck with this new category!

And I'll explain something here, instead of making it an eyesore A/N in the fic: When Yami is in control he can look like his original form, or he can look like Chris (he can decide). If he's in Chris' form, he about 2 millimeters taller and has sharper eyes. Also, if Yami is in control, he's always in Chris' form unless otherwise stated.

RER!


Chapter 4: Incandescent Ordeal

Chris was in his section of the island, which was mostly open fields and meadows, and had pleasant weather just about the entire year. He was sitting on the beach near the Obelisk and Ra dorms. Yami was in control, and was looking through Chris' deck.

'This deck is very good Chris!' Yami exclaimed.

'Thank you,' Chris said, happy for the praise.

'Well, it may be good, but it can still use some work. Anyway, who are your friends here?' Yami asked.

'Well… Um…' Chris stuttered. 'I guess really only Sam, my roommate.'

'That's it?'

'That's it.'

Hmm… maybe I was paired with him to teach him about friendship, Yami thought. Then he asked Chris, 'Who are your friends outside the Academy?'

'I didn't really have any… it's a long story,' Chris sighed.

Yami took a break from the deck, looking up to enjoy the scenery. He saw an Obelisk girl standing in the field adjacent to the sands of the beach, with her back towards him. She had shoulder-length black hair, and dark tan skin (like Shadi's). He then saw a big Obelisk boy with brown hair and black eyes sneaking up on her. When he was about five feet away the girl said, "Go away."

"Huh? You talkin' to me?" the boy asked.

"Yes, I am," the girl firmly responded as turned around. She had dark eyes, and Yami gasped when he saw the yellow necklace with the golden eye around her neck. "And no, I will not go out with you."

"I guess word spreads fast here," he laughed. "Well, why not?"

"Because, Jason," the girl answered, "I have no desire to go out with a slimy creep like you."

"Well, if you put it that way, maybe this will convince you," Jason said, bringing up his fist. Yami gasped, and rushed over. Jason began to swing his fist, and Yami was able to get in front of the girl just in time to take the blow in his chest. He was pushed back about two inches, but he stood strong, with his arms out to defend the girl. "Get out of the way, punk!" Jason yelled, punching Yami again.

"No," Yami firmly responded through his newly bruised cheek.

"Fine, be that way," Jason said, bringing his fist back again.

"I have a better idea," Yami said. "How about we have a duel? If I win, you leave her alone. If you win, she can be your girlfriend for the rest of the year, or until you want her to."

"Fine," Jason said.

"If that's alright with you, of course," Yami said, looking at the girl.

The girl paused for a second when she saw the puzzle dangling around Yami's neck, but then nodded.

"Okay, let's begin," Yami said, walking back a few paces.

"DUEL!" Jason and Yami shouted as their duel disks unfolded and they slapped in their deck.

Yami: 4000; Jason: 4000

"So, what's your name?" Jason asked as he drew five cards(5).

"It's At- I mean Chris," Yami said after drawing 5 cards. He drew another card(6) and declared, "I'll go first."

'Hey, those cards aren't mine!' Chris exclaimed when he saw Yami's hand.

'Yes, I know,' Yami smirked. 'They're mine.' "I'll start off by summoning my Queen's Knight(5;1500/1600) in attack mode! I'll set a spell/trap(4) and end my turn." A pink-armored female warrior appeared in front of a card backing.

"Then I can start my turn," Jason said as he drew a card(6). "First I'll start off with a monster known as Solar Flare Dragon(5;1500/500)! I'll then set a spell/trap(4), and like you, end my turn. However, now my dragon's effect activates and you take 500 points of damage!" A dragon made of fire rose onto Jason's side of the field and let out a wisp of flame at Yami, reducing his lifepoints.

Yami: 3500; Jason: 4000

'That actually hurt!' Yami winced as he drew a card(5). 'Chris, do you know why?'

'Oh, of course!' Chris explained. 'All duel disks have an automatic neural interface, so you can feel it when monsters attack your, or effects heal you, and stuff like that.'

'Oh, okay,' Yami said. "Now I'll summon my King's Knight(4;1600/1400)! And do you know what happens when King's Knight and Queen's Knight are on the field together?" Yami asked. "They bring out Jack's Knight(1900/1000)!" And orange-clad warrior was summoned next to Queen's Knight. They crossed their swords and a flash of light blinded everyone. When the flash subsided, a third, taller warrior dressed in blue was crossing his sword with the other two knights. "Then I'll play the spell Polymerization(3), fusing my three knights together to form Alkana Knight Joker(3800/2500)! Now, attack!" The three knights merged together to form a giant knight in black armor. The knight jumped at Solar Flare Dragon, but a cylinder appeared in front of the dragon and in front of Yami.

"Impressive," the girl murmured to himself. "It's only his second turn and he's already summoned out a monster with 3800 attack points…. He has some real talent."

"I activate my face-down, Magic Cylinder! Inflicting 3800 points of direct damage, meaning I win!" Jason declared.

However, instead of Alkana coming out of the second cylinder, Jack's Knight, Queen's Knight, and King's Knight emerged. "Sorry, but I played my De-Fusion(2) magic card, splitting my Alkana Knight Joker back into its original parts. Now, my three knights, attack!" The knights jumped forward and easily slashed through Solar Flare Dragon, and then into Jason.

Yami: 3500; Jason: 500

"I'll end my turn."

"You may have taken away most of my lifepoints," Jason panted as he drew(5), "But you ain't taking any others! I activate my spell, Ookazi, decreasing your lifepoints by 800!" Yami yelled in pain as flames erupted around his feet.

Yami: 2700; Jason: 500

"I'll set a monster(4) and a spell/trap(3) and end my turn."

"Draw(3)!" Yami announced. "Now, Jack's Knight, attack Jason's face-down monster!" The knight ran forward as a spirit dressed in purple rags appeared on Jason's field. Jack's Knight swung its sword through the spirit, but nothing happened.

"I'm sorry," Jason said, "But you attacked my Spirit Reaper(300/200) and he's not destroyed in battle. Oh well!"

"Fine," Yami growled. "I'll set two spell/traps(1) and end my turn."

Jason smiled when he saw what he drew(4). "First I'll play the spell Tremendous Fire(3)! This will inflict 1000 points of damage to you!" Yami roared in pain as the giant flame erupted around him.

Yami: 1700; Jason: 500

"Yes," Yami said after recovering from the pain. "But Tremendous Fire has a downside; it inflicts 500 points of damage, meaning you'll lose! You should learn your cards before you play them!"

"Oh, but I do know my cards," Jason said as another fireball—although smaller than the last—erupted around Yami. "I used my face-down trap, Barrel Behind the Door, redirecting the 500 points of damage to you instead of me!"

Yami: 1200; Jason: 500

"Next I'll play Lightning Vortex(2), destroying all your monsters at the cost of one card in my hand(1)!" A giant lightning bolt stuck down on Yami's side of the field. When the lightning stopped, only a face-down monster and a face-down spell/trap remained. "Hey! How'd that happen?" Jason demanded.

"I activated my spell, Book of Moon!" Yami explained. "Using it, I flipped my Jack's Knight face-down, saving him from your lightning attack."

"Fine, I'll end my turn," Jason said.

"My draw(2)!" Yami shouted, and slid the card he has just received into his duel disk. "I play Pot of Greed(1), allowing me to draw two cards from my deck(3)!" Yami drew his two cards and suddenly a cute, pink furball appeared on his side of the field.

"Hey! Where'd that thing come from?" Jason asked.

"It's my Watapon(2;200/300)," Yami explained. "I can special summon him whenever I draw him from a card effect. And now I'll tribute Watapon and my face-down Jack's Knight to summon Dark Magician(1;2500/2100)!" The Watapon and the card backing disappeared, and in its place a tall magician with a green staff and purple eyes, hair, and robes appeared. "I end my turn."

Jason drew his card(2) and played it. "I activate Graceful Charity(1)! Allowing me to draw three cards(4) and then discard two(2)." Jason smiled when he saw what he had gotten. That may be a rare monster, but these two cards will make me win for sure! "I play the spell Hinotama(1)! This inflicts 500 points of direct damage to your lifepoints," Jason explained as several meteors crashed down into Yami.

Yami: 700; Jason: 500

Yami remembered the time Joey used that card against him as he got back on his feet. "I'll set a monster(0) and end my turn," Jason said.

"Draw(2)!" Yami declared, doing just that. "And now I'll have my Dark Magician attack your face-down monster!" The magician unleashed a ball of black energy at the face-down card, which was revealed to be a small jar with a crazy face on it. Almost as soon as the jar came in contact with the energy blast it exploded.

"Ha! You attacked my Dice Jar(200/300)!" Jason yelled. "And so now it's all up to this! Here is how it works: we each roll a die. Then whoever rolled the lower number takes damage to equal to what the other person rolled times 500. However, if someone rolls a 6… the other person loses 6000 lifepoints! So now let's begin!" A yellow die appeared in Yami and Jason's hand. They simultaneously threw their dice and the dice simultaneously landed on 4.

"What happens now?" Yami asked.

"We roll again," Jason said as the dice disappeared and reappeared in their hands. Yami rolled first this time. It tumbled over a few times and began to spin on its corner. It slowed down and landed… on 1. "Yes!" Jason cried. "Now all I have to do is not roll a 1 and I win! That's a 5/6 chance, and I like those odds!" He threw his die on the ground and it bumped up, but then landed on a two. "Yes! I win! Sarah is going to be my girlfriend!"

"I don't think so," Yami chuckled as millions of dice began to materialize above his head. They all began to crash down towards Yami, but a wind picked up a blew them into the center of the field. There they still kept on going right into Jason, knocking him into the ground.

Yami: 700; Jason: 0

"What happened?" Jason asked, getting up as the holograms faded.

"I activated my trap, Divine Wind," Yami explained. "It reduced the damage by 500, and then inflicted it to you instead of me. So you took 500 points of damage instead of me taking 1000, which was just enough to win."

"Fine, I guess you win," Jason grumbled as he walked away as the girl walked up to Yami.

"Thank you for saving me," she said.

"No problem. Your name is Sarah, correct?" Yami asked.

"Well, yes. It's actually Sahara, but everyone calls me Sarah for short," Sarah explained.

"I see," Yami smiled. "And that's the millennium necklace, is it not?" He asked, gesturing at her neck.

"Yes it is. And that millennium item is fake, is it not?" Sarah challenged, pointing at Yami's puzzle.

"No, this is a real millennium item."

"Yeah right!" Sarah laughed. "I know a millennium item when I see one! Not including my necklace, there is a ring, an eye, a scale, a key, a rod, and a puzzle, but you have a pyramid!"

"What do you think the puzzle looks like when it's assembled?" Yami questioned, smirking.

"Hm… I hadn't thought of that," Sarah said. "But from what I've heard the puzzle is supposed to be the weakest of the items."

"Well, then what you heard was wrong!" Yami laughed. "Anyway, I'll see you tomorrow! Or maybe later today! Or maybe next weekend, or at least sometime!" He said as he walked off and waved goodbye.

'WHAT WAT THAT FOR?' Chris finally yelled when they were a good distance from Sarah. 'YOU COULD HAVE MADE HER HIS GIRLFRIEND AGAINST HER WILL!'

'She said it was okay with her.'

'THAT DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING!'

'Yes it does. Besides, now you have a new friend.'

'Fine,' Chris sighed. 'Just promise me you won't do that again.'

'Sorry, but I can't make that promise!' Yami laughed as Chris groaned.


Yeah, I think this chapter is kind of short and not that good, but meh. The next chapter is better XD

And don't forget to review, ppls!


Card of the Day

Alkana Knight Joker (LIGHT)
Warrior/Fusion/Effect
Level 9
ATK 3800/DEF 2500
"King's Knight" + "Queen's Knight" + "Jack's Knight"
This card can only be Fusion Summoned with the above Fusion Material Monsters. While this card is face-up on the field, if a Spell, Trap, or Effect Monster targets this card, you may discard the same type of card to negate the effect. This effect can be used once per turn.


Next Time: Skill Drain