Jake and Ace left the classroom, along with Mr. Griffin to greet the hallway full of students.
"Who won?" a female student asked aloud.
"Yeah," a male student said following the question, "we want to know."
"I did." Jake said.
"That's because I forfeit."
The students chatted amongst themselves for a few minutes. Then the bell rang, ending their conversations.
"That's the lunch bell," Mr. Griffin said, "After lunch, you guys are free to go back to your dorms, or walk around. But when we return tomorrow, we will be learning about the Egyptian Gods and their evil sides."
The students separated while going to the lunchroom. When Ace and Jake got there, they notice that everyone was divided according to their ranks. The Slifer students sat on the far left, the Ra students in the middle, and the Obelisk students on the far right. There were at least five tables per section, seating fifth-teen student per table.
"Whoa, that's a lot of teens in one room," Ace said looking around, "something is bound to happen."
"Yeah, it is, but hey, let's finds a good seat before we regret standing here."
"Go idea, yo."
Ace was in front of Jake when they stepped in line. The lunch for today was Ramen with a side of Chicken Fried Rice, and soda pop. Jake picked everything, and his choice of soda was Pepsi. Ace got the same thing, but his choice of soda was Dr. Pepper. The boys took their seats near the end of the forth table. And they sat across from each other, instead of next to each other.
"So Jake," Ace said in a kind tone, "is your mom's name, Tea Gardner?"
Jake almost choked on a piece of chicken. He then swallowed it, and started coughing. He looked at Ace, surprised.
"How do you know that?"
"I don't know. For some reason, when we were dueling, I saw Yugi Mutou staring at me. And when I blinked, it was you again. Isn't that weird?"
Jake went into silence, and played with his bowl of Ramen.
"My dad…died trying to retrieve the Millennium Puzzle again."
"You mean that thing around his neck?"
Jake nodded.
"I'm sorry, Jake."
"No, it's okay; he left me several cards in his memory. I'll show you after lunch."
"Okay."
When lunch was over, Jake and Ace made their way to Jake's dorm room.
Ace was thinking about what Jake had said. Then he got a closer look at Jake. His hair was spiked like Yugi, and his yellow blazer was unbuttoned and was flowing in the wind like Yugi would do his jacket. Jake looked very much like his dad. Ace focus on Jake was broken by the bedlam going on 20 yards away. A group of Ra students was crowded around two students.
"Hey look," Ace pointed out the crowd to Jake, "want to to go check it out; it might be a duel going on."
"Whatever, dude, I'm in."
Both ran to the scene to find two Ra students ready to duel. Ace went to the nearest person and asked, "What happened?"
"See the girl up there," the boy said pointing to the girl in the front of the crowd, "her name is Alison, and her boyfriend Gary right there," he now was pointing to the boy on the right-hand side, "he's angry at Nathaniel because he tried to get with her."
"So they're dueling over a hot babe."
"Exactly."
"Well I cannot lie, she is sexy," Jake said, butting in the conversation.
Gary looked at Nathaniel with great anger. "Ready to get you ass whipping?" he said as he armed his duel disk.
Nathaniel flashed a cool guy's smile, and armed his duel disk. "The real question is: are you ready for yours?"
The crowd oohed.
Gary growled. "We'll see about that."
DUEL!
Gary drew. "I'll go first. And to start, I'll summon Gearfried the Iron Knight in attack mode."
A metal man that was spray painted black and had silver lines running through his entire body, came to the field with a grunt. (1800/1600)
"That'll end my turn."
Nathaniel drew.
"I've won."
"How do you figure?"
"Because I summon the Cyber Dragon in attack mode."
The famous monster appeared to the field, and gave a mechanical roar. (2100/1600)
"And since he was special summoned, I can still normal summon, so come on out Kinetic Soldier."
A robot made to look like a human, came to field. His armor was blue and purple, and his ray gun started to glow in a yellow color, like a lava lamp. (1350/1800)
"Now I equip my Cyber Dragon with the union monster Heavy Mech Support Platform."
The monster had a new feature added to its look. A red, black and white android stuck to the metal dragon like glue, then transformed into a gun on the dragon's back. In roared as its power increased. (2100/1600)- (2600/2100)
"As you can see, this card gives my monster an extra 500 attack and defense points. Now I'll have the Kinetic soldier attack the Iron Knight."
The android charged its gun, ready to shoot.
Gary laughed. "Your monster can't attack my monster, it'll be destroyed."
That comment brought back a memory that happened to Jake about an hour ago.
"Or so you think."
The warrior shot a ball of light that hit the armored man. He yelled in pain and burst into pixels. Gary fell to 6450.
"How is that possible?"
"When my soldier attacks a warrior type monster, he gains 2000 attack and defense points at the damage step. Oh and I end my turn." The mechanical warrior fell to his original points.(3350/3800)-(1350/1800)
Gary drew.
"I activate the spell card Ectoplasmer. Now we must send one face up monster on the field to the graveyard to deal damage equal to half that monster's attack points. This don't start until your turn."
"A slow, but painful defeat," Ace said, "That's harsh."
Gary went on with his turn. "Next I summon the Medium Piece Golem in defense mode."
From the ground, a monster made entirely of rock rose to the field. Its eyes lit up in a red glow as it knelt down. (1600/0)
"And thanks to its effect, I special summon the Turbo Booster."
A yellow machine, which hovered over the ground next to the golem, appeared on the field. The lights on the head of the gadget lit up rapidly. (0/0)
"That will be all."
Nathaniel drew. He gazed at the newly drawn card.
I'll save you for later.
"I'll place one card face down and end my turn, and you know what that means."
The small gun on the back of the Cyber Dragon exploded. The dragon then shot a white ray at Gary. He fell lower to 5150.
"How come the Cyber Dragon didn't die with it?"
"Because the Platform was a Union monster, and when they are equipped to a monster, if the monster were to be destroyed, the equipped monster is destroyed instead."
The Cyber Dragon fell to its starting attack points. (2600/2100)- (2100/1600)
Gary drew.
"I summon the Giant Rat in defense mode."
A husky rat about the size of Gary himself appeared to the field. It was drooling, and carried a human skill with it. (1400/1450)
"Now I give up the golem to deal you damage!"
The spirit of the monster, attack Nathaniel, he fell to the ground with a hard thud. Everyone winced as he got up falling to 7200.
Nathaniel drew.
"I summon the Commander Covington in attack mode."
A red and yellow robot with green beeping eyes, appeared to the field, and gave a salute. (1000/600)
"Next I activate the facedown trap card, Ceasefire."
This duelist duels with machines. They are hard to defeat. Jake said to himself. I wonder what his background is.
"Now you lose 500 points for each effect monster on the field. There are 5 effect monsters. You just lost 2500 points."
Five pens lined up one by one, and shot Gary in the chest. He held his chest in pain, as his life point screen went to 2650.
"Covington, attack the Turbo Booster."
The metal man sucker punched the yellow being, blowing it to bits.
"Now my dragon will have a turn. Attack the rat."
The metal dragon shot another ball, blasting the beast to pieces.
"I activate his effect and summon another one."
Another rat came to the field. (1400/1450)
"I'll end my turn."
The spirit of the Cyber Dragon went through Gary. He fell to the ground in pain.
He fell to 1600 points.
He then drew.
"I switch the Rat to defense mode."
The Rat knelt down.
"Next I summon the Sand Moth in defense mode as well."
A sand monster came to the field. There were several horns on its back. It knelt on one knee. (1000/2000)
"That will end my turn."
The spirit of the rat slashed Nathaniel in the face. He gripped his face in pain, falling to 6500.
Nathaniel drew.
"I summon the Machina Peacekeeper in attack mode."
A small monster came to the field. It looked like a small Wall-E, and had all the girls, screaming at the cute monster. (500/400)
"That'll end my turn."
A transparent version of the Commander Covington, punched Gary as hard as he could before vanishing. Gary rubbed his jaw as he fell to 1100.
"This duel is over," Ace said, "there's no way Gary can recover in time before his life points run out by his own card."
"I guess you're right," Jake said.
Gary drew, showing signs of injury.
"I summon the Command Knight in defense mode."
A knight in red and gold armor, and had feather on the breast part of her armor, came to the field with a serious look on her. She never bothered to grab her sword because she was in defense mode. (1200/1900)
"That will end my turn, and I'll give up the Sand Moth to deal damage."
The spirit of the creature punched Nathaniel with full force. He fell to 6000.
"That dude is stupid," Jake yelled, "he would never be losing if he didn't play the Ectoplasmer spell card."
"He probably hoped for a quick win." Ace said folding his arms.
"Maybe."
"My turn," Nathaniel said drawing a card.
"Alright, I activate the spell card, Quick Trap." Nathaniel showed the card, the image showed a Mother Grizzly, caught in a bear trap.
"This card allows me to activate a trap card straight from my hand. So the card I choose is Rare Metalmorph. And I'll use it on the Kinetic Soldier!"
The metallic warrior was now covered in a thick silver coating. The ray gun he once had was now a machine gun. His started to glow red as his power increase. (1850/1800)
"Now attack the Command Knight with Bullet Barrage!"
Following the command of his controller, the android show twenty rounds at the brave knight who screamed in pain as she burst into pixels.
"Your turn Peacekeeper!"
The small thing rolled over Gary's foot. He was surprised by how much pain that thing can cause. He fell to 600 points.
"Now I give up the Kinetic Soldier to end this duel."
The spirit of the warrior kicked Gary in the stomach. He fell to 0.
"Next time think before challenge my, understand!"
The crowd gasped as Gary nodded.
The crowd then cheered for Nathaniel before moving away from the scene. Alison and Gary sat to the side and argued over something that had nothing to do with the duel.
Jake said, "Good duel man."
Nathaniel turned to see Jake and Ace running toward him.
"You really got skills."
"Thanks."
"Hey we were on our way to see some of Yugi's most prized cards, wanna join." Ace asked.
"How can you guys see Yugi's cards if he died?"
There was silence for at least 10 seconds, until Jake said, "I'm his son, Jake Gardner."
"Wow really, let's goes then."
The gang makes their way to Jake's dorm, unaware they were being watch.
Three men in a purple cloak with a spider on the back sat in tall trees.
"Fine pieces for the boss, don't you think?" one asked in a deep voice.
"Yes," another said in a mildly deep voice, "they will make good ones for the boss."
The last one sat in the tree, looking at his deck. He smiled as he did so.
"They won't stand a chance against this deck. It has all the most demonic combos in Duel Monster history."
In a rush of excitement the mild voice one asked, "So when do we attack?"
The third one looked at the second one. "When the boss wants us to."
In a bright flash then vanished. The flash alerted Jake.
What in the world was that?
Jake stared at the spot for a long time.
"Hey Jake, come on."
Jake Snapped back to reality. "Coming."
Meanwhile, in an abandon cave in the mountains of the Academy, the three men in purple bowed to a dark figure on a throne. The dark shape stood and gave each man a card.
"These are special cards," he said resting down on his throne again, "They have returned once again from the Netherrealm to seek revenge against the living. All you guy have to do is get new people. You, along with them, must give up your bodies to the monster within. Then if we win, I will reborn you, and we will rule this realm with an iron fist."
The men stood up, still in silence.
"First, you get the one known as Gary. Then any enemies after that get them to join as well. If they refuse, force them."
The men bowed and said, "Yes master." Then walked out of the Cave in unison.