Uhh…what's this?
Am I supposed to say something here?
I have no idea what's going on, but at least I know where I am…
…I think…
Wait a minute…Yep! This is the Pacific Duel academy!
Man, this place didn't change, though the students sure did. This blue haired duelist certainly is new…
Yet somehow, he seems like a person I've seen before.
Then there's only one thing to do right now, duel the kid for info!
I hope my deck is capable to beat this kid!
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Chapter 15: The Mysterious Guardian
A Weird Foe
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Vic stood in front of his computer for a the ninth hour in a row. His eyes expressed the sign that he has been deprived of sleep…
As did the multiple coffee cups that were next to him.
Running the program that Zaku had handed him, Vic had figured out what his new cohort was planning to take him to the top. "Interesting plan…why didn't I ever think of it?"
With some furious typing and a few more sips of coffee, Vic began to enact the plan via his computer. "Time to be number one…"
"RING!"
"…Damn it…"
Vic snatched the phone that was right next to the computer and held it up to his ear. "What?"
"Now, now, now, is that anyway to say hello to your newest partner?"
Rubbing his temple with his free hand, Vic just lowered his head. "Zaku…is there any reason why you called me now?"
"Actually yes…I'm departing from your island and I have one last thing to give you…so meet me by the port in twenty minutes…its important."
"Fine…be glad that the classes are out on the weekend…" Vic scoffed hanging up the phone. "This better be worth my time…I better take a nap later..."
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Meanwhile, miles away from the duelist academy, a lone boat was stationed in the middle of the ocean. Sitting on both sides of the boat, were two young men each holding onto a new aged fishing pole that were already cast out in the open sea.
The first one had extremely tanned skin that matched his wild black hair that flew backwards, his small makings of a beard gave him a more rugged look. His tight red short-sleeved jacket was even zipped so his toned torso was exposed. His baggy green cargo pants were hanging off the side of the boat, lifting up and down with each kick he threw compliments of his black boots.
The other man was completely different.
He was about a foot and a half shorter than the other man and had slightly tanned. His fiery red hair was kept of his right eye by a yellow bandana. His sleeveless yellow jacket was fully over his black muscle shirt. His khaki shorts blew through the small breeze and his black shoes. On his back was a metallic brief case that seemed was added with a water proof casing. "Well? What did I tell ya? This was a great idea!"
"Well, ya got that right mate," The dark skin man replied as he closed his eyes and breathed in the lovely sea breeze. "Nothing like a small fishing trip to wrap up a successful business transaction…"
"And it brings back memories…" the red haired man stated as his pole began to bend a little…
…Yet he didn't notice it…
"Ya…like last year with that isle tournament."
"Though…things have gotten better since then…"
It was then that the red haired man finally noticed that his pole was bending almost out of control . "Hey! I got a bite! I got a bite! I got a biiiitttttttttteeeeeeeeeeeeee!"
The dark skinned man turned around just in time to see the red haired man being pulled into the ocean by a large catch…which apparently caught the fisherman this time.
Shrugging his shoulders, the dark skinned man just sighed loudly. "Not again…"
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Sniffing in the fresh salt air, it truly makes one love the beauty of nature of the ocean blue. And the sight is even more breath taking when the sun reflects over the water, exactly how Zaku was watching it… "Us humans take things for granted…one day this marvelous planet will become barren…"
"If you're done talking about the apocalypse…" Vic groaned walking to the side of Zaku looking at the water. "You mind telling me why exactly you called me out here…again…"
With a quick reflex, Zaku held up a small piece of paper towards Vic. "Relax…I just came here to tell you that just to make sure that no one finds out what's going on, I've prepared a little 'scapegoat'. He should be here within the next few days.
"All you have to do is meet him here at exactly 10 p.m. when you get a phone call from me…"
Vic quickly snatched the paper and stuffed it in his pocket. "Alright…but I doubt that I'll be caught…though it never hurts to have some insurance…"
"Excellent…until the next time then," Zaku replied before walking towards the ship. "Remember our deal…"
"No worries about that…" Vic snorted walking the opposite direction.
Meanwhile, about ten yards away…
"STOP YOU DAMN FISH!" The red haired man shouted holding onto the fishing pole for dear life.
Apparently that fish had dragged the red haired man quite a few miles from the boat, all the while still managing to stay above the water.
"HELP ME!"
But his yells and commands fell on deaf ears. And the fish kept pulling harder and harder on the line before…
BBBBBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM!
The red haired man had made the mistake on letting go of the fishing pole and the whiplash had sent the red haired man flying into the side of the dock near where Vic was presently walking on.
Vic turned his head to see a strangely familiar red haired man sliding off the side of the concrete dock and into the water. "What the…that couldn't be who I think it is…Could it?"
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The weekend is truly a time for relaxation…
…A chance to catch up on work…
…Maybe hang out for friends…
But for a certain blue haired duelist, it was the work that got him this time. "Man…why do I have to this practice test?"
"Um, Garu, you did fail your last test…" Kara pointed out while looking up from her book.
"But today's a barbecue outside…" Garu sighed before taking in a great big whiff of the small smell that managed to actually float its way to his window.
Since it was the weekend and Fortanu couldn't stand to see students indoors on wondrous days. In fact, Yae, Zeff and Rox all decided to leave Garu with his studies, cause Kara was right about Garu being unable to pass his latest test. "I just don't get why I have to study cards on monster tribes…I mean what the heck is that about anyway?"
Kara slowly sat down next to Garu and pulled out a deck of cards from her pocket. "Well, monster tribes are monsters that tend to look similar or have similar effects…like take your ninjas…"
"…I guess that makes some sense," Garu replied thinking about all the times he summoned a new ninja monster. "…I've got some interesting characters in my deck…"
"And there are the monsters like these that can combine and help each other…" Kara replied taking three cards from her deck and handing them to Garu.
Garu quickly took the cards and read the names to himself. "X, Y, Z? You're right about the name part…"
"Yeah…I guess…" Kara sighed a little bit as she placed the cards back into her deck.
"Man, who came up with this stuff?" Garu asked leaning back into his chair.
"Maximillion Pegasus…" Kara replied as she stood up. "Um…will you excuse me…"
Watching Kara head to the bathroom door out of the corner of his eye, Garu just waited for the door to close shut…
At that moment, Garu quickly gather his deck and duel disk, then jumped out of the window. "Barbecue here I come!"
Two minutes later, Kara exited the bathroom to see that Garu was no longer the room. "…Garu…"
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"Oh my aching back…"
Thanks to the waves towards the island, the red haired man managed to wash up on the nearby beach. Unfortunately, since he had that waterproof case on his back, he landed right on top of it with loads of seaweed covering his body.
"Where am I?" The red haired man moaned as he slowly stood up while pulling some of the seaweed off his arms.
The scenery was breathtaking to say the least, in front of the red haired man's view was a lush island covered with trees and natural grass. Off in the distance he could see about three large structures, which looked oddly familiar to this particular person.
To his left was a small run down building with a red coat of paint on it, and from where he was standing, it looked like a blue haired kid was running towards him wearing what looked like a red ninja/duel academy combo.
"HEY KID!"
At the call, the blue haired kid just stopped running as he reached the seaweed covered red haired man. "I don't suppose you could tell me where we are right now, could ya?"
The blue haired kid just raised an eyebrow at what he was seeing here. A large person covered with seaweed asking him questions. "…Who, or what, are you?"
The red haired man began to rub his chin, while at the same time pulling off some of the seaweed that was still sticking to his body. 'Geez, I better not use my real name…think, think, think!'
"My name is…"
A small breeze swept across the beach as a sweatdrop rolled down
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"Where in the world could he have gone?" Kara asked herself walking on the beach next to the Slifer Red dorm. In her arms was the same book she was reading before in the dorm room.
A few yards in the distance, Kara was easily able to see Garu standing in what appeared to be a person with red hair…covered from head to toe in…seaweed?
Approaching the two carefully Kara managed to hear what the seaweed man was starting to say.
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"My name is…Havoc!"
Garu just raised an eyebrow at 'Havoc's name announcement. "…Okay, the name's Garu Honzou…and you're on the Pacific Duel Academy.
Havoc just pulled off the remainder of the seaweed to allow his yellow and khaki clothes finally dry a little bit in the sunlight. 'I thought this place looked familiar…man people here sure get more and more interesting each year…
'Wait…Honzou…Honzou…Honzou, why does that sound so familiar? Ah, it's probably not important if I can remember it. This Garu kid sure looks familiar too, he kind a looks like the…'
Suddenly, a loud growl filled the air making Havoc look down at his stomach and scratch the back of his head. "Sorry about that, guess I'm a little hungry…know a place to get some good food?"
"You like ramen?" Garu asked as Kara walked up next to him.
"…It's my favorite meal!" Havoc announced into the air.
The same breeze began to blow once more before…
"Then you came to the right place!" Garu shouted throwing his arms into the air.
'…Well, this is interesting…' Kara just lowered her head.
That's when Garu noticed Kara standing right beside him. "Kara? When did you get here?"
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"Another bowl please!" Havoc asked holding up his empty bowl with his chopsticks in the other hand. On his left was a high stack of empty bowls that was even higher than Garu's.
"I won't be losing to you Havoc!" Garu slurped through his next bowl of Ramen then quickly grabbed the next.
Kara eyes widened at the sight of Garu and Havoc eating the multiple bowls of Ramen noodles, each one slurping up more and more. "How can they eat that much?"
"Oh man, not even I can each this many noodles," Garu groaned setting down the bowl he had currently been eating from, leaving half of the noodles inside the bowl.
Havoc quickly stuck the chopsticks into Garu's bowl and quickly slurped them up. "YUM! You were right! These are the best Ramen noodles I've had!"
"…He even ate my noodles…" Garu awed in amazement as Havoc quickly pulled up his next bowl.
"Um…Mr. Havoc…why are you here?" Kara asked setting down her soda on the table.
Havoc placed his bowl on the table and began to rub his chin in wonder. "Well, let's see, the last thing I remember before landing on this island was that I managed to catch this really big fish, and then it seemed to pull me all the way here…and that's it!"
Garu and Kara just started at Havoc who just wen back to eating his ramen noodles. Garu then leaned towards Kara and whispered. 'Can that really happen?'
'Um…it's a possibility…' Kara whispered back.
After finishing his latest bowl, Havoc immediately stood up and wiped his chin. "Well, I guess I better be finding the head honcho guy here…is Mr. Daigo still principal?"
"Yes…" Kara replied lifting up her soda.
"Thanks, maybe I can get a phone there, thanks for the ramen," Havoc thanked as he began to walk off towards the exit of the cafeteria. "Catch ya later!"
"Um, Garu didn't you think he was a little suspicious?" Kara asked turning towards Garu.
Sitting back, Garu just placed his arms behind his head. "Nah, not really…what makes you say that…"
"Well his story seemed far fetched…" Kara replied as Ayame walked up to the table to take the bowls.
"Garu you and that weird guy sure can scarf down Ramen noodles," Ayame stated placing the bowls on her tray.
"He could actually eat more than me," Garu admitted closing his eyes.
"Too bad…you two ate the rest of the Ramen, it'll take a week to get more ramen noodles here," Ayame stated…just realizing what she just said.
Garu immediately jumped out of the seat and ran for the exit, his eyes narrowed to do his newest task. "HAVOC!"
Standing up, Kara lowered her head. "I need to get him back for his study session…"
As soon as Kara exited the cafeteria, Ayame lifted her hand up and shouted. "Tell me what happens!"
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After a few minutes of running, Havoc finally made it to the main building's beach front without so much as looking tired. "Okay now…I need to head up towards the big building and I'll be set to get out of here…though, I really should get that Honzou kid to come with me…"
"HAVOC!"
'Cool…he came to me…' Havoc smirked at the sight of Garu running towards him, his duel academy duel disk on his left arm. "Hey there dude…"
Garu just stopped in front of Havoc, his eyes glaring directly at the red haired man. "Cause of you…The ramen is all gone!"
"Well, didn't you eat half of it?"
"Not the point!"
Havoc quickly raised his arms in a defensive manner and quickly reached for the brief case on his back. "Anyway, glad that you came, I just wanted to find yah again…I wanted to ask ya something…"
"And what would that be?" Garu asked calming down slightly.
"I'd like ya to come with me," Havoc answered as Kara came running up. "And I'm not asking you come without any gain…
Havoc lifted the case in front of him and quickly opened up the case to reveal an armored duel disk on the top of the case, while there where multiple cards on the bottom part that were shining in the sunlight. "You come with me, and I'll give you as many of these cards as your heart desires…"
"Whoa…" Garu awed as Kara reached Garu and caught glimpse of the cards.
"I haven't even seen some of those cards…" Kara stated as Havoc slowly closed the case.
"And anything you want, you'll get…" Havoc commented as he placed the case on the ground.
But something wasn't right… "Hold on…why would you want me?"
"Well…lets just say that my 'employer' would be interested in you," Havoc snickered looking at his case. "Hey do people happen to settle their differences the same way here?"
"Did you used to come here?" Kara asked.
"You could say that…" Havoc replied opening the case once more, this time to pull out the armored duel disk. "And I think that since things haven't really changed around here, I'll make a wager with you Garu…"
"And what exactly is that?" Garu asked as he watched Havoc slid his dark armored duel disk while sliding his deck into the custom machine.
"Quite simple…as a duelist, you and me will duel against each other," Havoc explained lifting his duel disk up, activating the large machine. "You win…I'll let you take any seven cards from that case…but if I win… then you come with me, no questions asked."
"You don't have to accept this Garu," Kara commented making Havoc raise an eyebrow.
"I think the duelist can make a decision without his girl friend," Havoc teased crossing his arms.
"I'm n-not his girlfriend!" Kara replied with a slight blush on her face.
Garu wasn't even paying attention; he was too busy shuffling his deck and then snapped it into his duel disk. "Whatever, I'll accept, and I'll be beating you as easy as one, two, three!" (GLP: 4000)
"For me you mean!" Havoc announced drawing his cards. "I'll duel you into submission!" (HLP: 4000)
'Why do guys never listen?' Kara thought as Garu and Havoc raised their duel disks.
"DUEL!"
"Since you're on home turf," Havoc stated looking at his hand. "You can have the honors of going first…"
"Wow…thanks," Garu replied with his tongue dripping with sarcasm. Snapping off the top card, Garu immediately slapped it onto his duel disk.
In a large cloud of smoke, a muscular silver ninja wearing a large green vest appeared from the smoke and stepped onto the field lifting up his dual kunai across his chest. "And Ninja Grandmaster Sasuke (1800/1000) will open it up, as well as a face down card."
"Reminds me of a duel a while back," Havoc stated as he slowly drew the top card of his deck. "And this just makes me down memory lane, the spell card Guardian's Treasure!"
Havoc's spell card materialized onto the field showing off a beautiful silver haired woman holding onto a glowing jewel in her hands. As the spell seemed to glow with a heavenly light, Havoc immediately slid his hand into his graveyard slot. "Now then, when this spell card is activated, I must give away five cards into my graveyard…"
Just then, the top two cards of Havoc's deck immediately flew into his hand. "But then I can draw two new cards!"
"Why would you get rid of five cards, just to get two?" Garu asked with a question mark appearing over his head.
"Garu, that spell allows Havoc to draw two cards each turn from now on," Kara explained placing her hands together.
"You must be kidding me…" Garu sighed only to receive a shake of the head. "Well, at least his options are limited."
Havoc immediately lifted one of his remaining cards into his duel disk. "Normally you'd be right, but with my deck, it's just what I need…
Two face down cards materialized in front of Havoc, one being vertical and behind a horizontal card. "And these two face down cards are what I truly need…your move Honzou…"
Muttering to himself, Garu immediately snapped the top card from his deck. Looking at it slightly, he immediately slapped it onto his duel disk. "I call up Lady Ninja Yae (1100/200) to the field in attack mode!"
From the call, a powerful windstorm swept in front of Garu allowing the green haired kunoichi with the purple ninja garbs to appear before him. As soon as she landed on the ground, the kunoichi drew her katana and aimed it straight towards Havoc. "Next I'll send Sasuke to attack your face down monster! Mist Blade of Silence!"
Sasuke just clasped his two hands together momentarily to disappear into a large cloud of smoke. Havoc looked up just in time to see the Ninja dive right towards his face down monster. "Sorry, but I like my monsters! Go trap card!"
All of a sudden, the Ninja Grandmaster seemed to stop in mid-air as if he was being held up by a mysterious force and was being pulled to the ground. As soon as the confused ninja's feet reached the ground, a large red crystal began to emerge from the earth trapping the ninja inside with his arms raised up as if he was trying to reach out and escape.
Garu couldn't believe what had just happened. "My ninja! The heck is that?"
"Um, it's a trap card called Crystal Seal…and when activated, it selects a monster on your side of the field," Kara explained as Garu turned towards her. "As long as that trap card is out, your monster cannot attack or be used as a sacrifice…"
Havoc just clapped his hands together with a goofy smile on his face. "Man…your girlfriend sure knows the cards well…"
"Girlfriend?" Garu asked, not noticing the slight blush on his face or the blush on Kara's face. "S-she's just my tutor…"
"Yeah, and I got smart each time I took a blow to the head," Havoc sarcastically stated rubbing the back of his head. "You going to do anything else, or can I draw?"
Shaking his head, Garu raised his right hand towards Yae. "It's still my turn and Yae goes on the attack! Strike down that face down monster!"
Responding to her master's orders, Yae quickly jumped into the air and quickly brought her sword down towards the face down monster with a battle cry. As the face down card disappeared, a large blue ogre with fiery red hair and twin spikes sticking from its shoulders, replaced the card and immediately caught Yae's sword.
Then with a great toss, the ogre sent Yae flying directly into Garu sending both of them down while Havoc was laughing loudly. (GLP: 2900)
"I guess my Back Up Gardna (500/2200) was too much for your little ninja girl…" Havoc snickered watching Garu and Yae stand up. "And since, you're not making a move for your hand, I'll just go ahead and draw…"
He drew the top two cards from his deck, and spun them around in his hand before sliding one of them into his armored duel disk.
"And activate a personal favorite of mine! Go Pot of Greed!"
The smirking green pot emerged onto the field with a laugh while Havoc quickly drew the two cards from his deck. As soon as the cards were safely in his hand, the pot quickly shattered into pixels. "Aw man…this is has got to be my best draw yet! I'll start by placing this card down, and then I'll activate the equip spell card…Gravity Axe – Grarl!"
From the sky above, a large gray axe began to fall to the earth below. Just as the weapon was about to strike the ground, the Backup Gardna quickly shot its hand out and grabbed the axe holding it as if the weapon was nothing. (1000/2200)
"Why equip that card to him? He doesn't even have the enough attack points to take out my Lady Ninja…" Garu pointed out as Havoc held up the final card in his hand.
"That's why I've got this monster, rise up Guardian Grarl (2500/1000)!" Havoc announced slapping the card onto his duel disk.
From the force of the card being slapped on the duel disk, it seemed as though the entire island was shaking. The ground then shattered in front of Havoc allowing the new monster to arise before its master. At best, the monster looked like a gray dinosaur with a human shaped body. It was even wearing a golden vest, dark tight pants and metallic boots. The dinosaur monster roared extremely loud into the air forcing multiple birds to fly from their trees.
Garu and Kara just stepped back as the Guardian Grarl snatched its axe (3000/1000) from the Backup Gardna (500/2200). "How in the world did you summon that thing?"
"It's the monster's effect, if it's the only card in Havoc's hand, he can summon it without tribute," Kara answered while looking at the Back Up Gardna. "While his other monster can transfer the equip cards that are equipped to it to another monster on the field…"
"Ya know…that's really starting to get annoying…" Havoc commented raising his fist into the air. "But saves me the trouble of explaining! Grarl attack his Lady Ninja Yae!"
Raising its mighty axe into the air, the large Guardian Grarl began to charge towards the kunoichi…
That's when Yae began to perform the multiple hand signs and slammed her palm into the ground, forcing multiple dogs to leap from the earth and sink their teeth into the dinosaur guardian forcing it to the ground (2400/1000). "What the?!? Nice doggies…"
"Good thing I had my Ninjitsu Art – Fanged Vengeance, which makes your monster unable to attack," Garu explained as the dogs pulled the surprised dinosaur guardian to the ground even further. "As well as weakening it…"
"Well, I guess I've really got some more competition," Havoc admitted scratching his chin. "And since I've got no more cards, I'll end my turn."
"Here I go then…" Garu sighed drawing his next card. "Okay, I'll set a monster on the defensive and switch Yae to defense as well…"
"Man, I can remember like it was yesterday I did the same move you really can't switch Yae to defense mode," Havoc sighed before shaking his head then snapped his next two cards.
Garu's eyes widened as he realized that Yae was still standing up with her sword raised towards the giant guardian Grarl that seemed to smirk in delight. "This won't be good..."
"Garu its thanks to that Gravity axe, as long as its out you can't change your monster's modes," Kara explained while Garu slapped his forehead.
"Great...why does no one ever bother to explain everything fully?" Garu asked before screening his hand. "...Nothing..."
Smiling widely as he drew twice, Havoc just closed his eyes and lifted his left hand over his face down card. "Makes me really think about how to deal with you…Maybe my face down spell card will do the trick! Go Lock of Nightmare!"
As Havoc's face down card flipped up, exposing a picture of a muscular man holding onto multiple chains, hundreds of chains erupted from the ground and brought Yae (300/200) to the ground. Yae tried to escape, but only succeeded in just making the chains tighter. "And I'll do the explaining this time, my spell selects one monster on your side of the field and takes away eight hundred attack points, then adds them to my life points…" (HLP: 4800)
"…And the monster can't be used in a sacrifice," Kara finished holding her hands to her chest.
"HEY! I said I'd do the explaining!" Havoc shouted before looking at his two new cards. "Though with these two next cards, I doubt I will need to explain. I activate the spell card, Mystical Space Typhoon!"
As Havoc quickly threw his card into his duel disk, a powerful gust of wind flew over the field and shattered all of the dogs that pinned down the massive Guardian Grarl (3000/1000), allowing the dinosaur to rise up to its feet and roar into the air once more. "That can't be good…"
"You got that right Garu! Now then, which ninja do I want to attack..." Havoc questioned looked at both of Garu's trapped ninjas. "I could defeat Yae and seriously damage your life points...but then again..."
'With Garu's Ninja's trapped, Havoc's more than likely going to attack Yae to get Garu closer to
"Since you've got a better chance of freeing him...Grarl! Attack his crystallized Ninja!" Havoc ordered while his dinosaur guardian raised its powerful axe into the air.
Grarl set its sights on the captured ninja, then with a quick slash and mighty battle roar, the large axe shattered the crystal and ninja inside making the remains fly directly into Garu. (GLP: 1700)
'Whoa…how in the world is this guy so good?' Garu thought as he looked at his duel disk. 'Man…this guy just keeps getting the jump on me…like he knows my moves…'
Havoc was just sticking his pinky into his ear while smiling. Cause of that, sweatdroplets appeared on Garu and Kara's heads. '…That or maybe he's just lucky…'
"Sorry, just got a lot of water in my ears," Havoc stated slapping his hand on the side of his head till a small squirt of water trikled from his ear. "Much better...Go ahead and make your move…"
Garu just drew slowly and looked at his new card. "Okay, I'll just set a card face down, and summon a monster on the defensive."
"Now don't become a broken record to me Garu," Havoc commented snapping two cards from his deck. "While I've got this card, I activate the equip card, Butterfly Dagger – Elma and equip it to my Back Up Gardna (800/2200)!"
With a beautiful light that beginning to float before the Backup Gardna, the ogre quickly snatched the light, which formed into a lovely golden dagger with a butterfly, handle on it. "And next, I'll summon the lovely lady that goes with the equip, I summon Guardian Elma (1300/1200)!"
Another light emerged onto the field, this time forming into a lovely red haired fairy wearing a forest green vest and red skirt. Before the fairy touched the ground, she spun once and winked to Havoc making him blush and laugh slighty. The, as she held up her hands, the Butterfly Dagger appeared in her grasp (1600/1200). "Why thank you! And now…Elma! Attack Lady Ninja Yae! And Grarl attack the face down card on the right!"
The two guardians charged forward, with Elma flying directly towards the panicking Yae. With an almost invisible slash, Yae was shattered into pixels allowing the chains to shatter as well. (GLP: 400)
Grarl then slammed its axe directly into the face down monster revealing a blue clothed ninja (300/300), before it disappeared into smoke.
"Okay then, I'm almost done, now all I have to do is…" Havoc stated before multiple kunai flew into Grarl's axe shattering the weapon (2500/1000). Even Grarl looked confused as it looked at its now empty hands. "What the hell happened?"
"My face down monster was the Armed Ninja, and when he's flipped up, I can destroy a spell card, and your axe counts as a spell," Garu explained as a question mark appeared over Havoc's head.
"But...you should have gotten rid of his Guardian's Treasure," Kara pointed out as Havoc scratched his head. "Then you would have been able to limit his drawing."
"...Well, that was all part of my plan!" Garu laughed placing his hand behind his head. Two large sweatdroplets then appeared on the back of Kara and Havoc's heads.
"Yeah, but I doubt its something I can't handle," Havoc commented raising his hand to wipe the sweat away. "But, I've done enough this turn, your move…"
"And what a move it'll be," Garu commented as he shakily drew his next card. "What do ya know? I my play Pot of Greed!"
With the grinning green pot appearing a second time, Garu immediately snapped the top two cards from his deck. Looking at the cards he had, Garu nodded and reached for his deck. "Okay, now, by sending the top card from my deck, I can special summon from my had, Yui – The Ninja Mercenary (1600/1300), then I normal summon Muria, Ninja in Training (1000/2100), and flip up Ryu – Kitsune Ninja (1400/900)!"
Three small tornadoes appeared before Garu as three familiar ninjas appeared before him.
One was the young man with tall spiky blue hair, wearing the red ninja suit with yellow trim on it, and gray fishnet sleeves. Placed on his shoulder was a long staff in the shape of a golden pipe as he smiled, allowing a shinning light to emerge from his teeth.
The second was a beautiful young woman with flowing sea green hair kept out of her face with a white headband. Also wearing a baggy purple ninja clothing, and holding onto a katana in her right hand. When she looked at Grarl, she held her hand up with her thumb to the side and aimed it downwards.
The final one was a young girl, wearing a blue ninja suit. The girl brushed her dark blue hair from her eyes as she reached for one of the many weapons that were at her white belt. As this kunoichi looked over to Ryu, she quickly turned and blushed a little.
Havoc just smirked at the sight of all three of the ninjas that were now standing in front of him. "Interesting, but how will having a cosplay ninja, a tomboy, and a shy girl going to help you?"
"Cause of what I have to help out! Go trap card, Ninja Battle Formation!" Garu announced as his face down card flipped up revealing two male ninjas and a kunoichi getting the drop on a Dark Magician. "Now during one battle phase, three of my Ninjas attack as one! And they're going straight for Guardian Grarl!"
All three of Garu's ninjas jumped into the air as a bright red aura engulfed them as their attack points began to combine into one (ATK: 4000). Ryu held out his arms and Yui and Muria grabbed them. The next second, they threw the yelling Ryu directly at Grarl.
Grarl raised its arms up to block the incoming ninja, but it happened so fast that Grarl was still moving as the attack struck its skull. Ryu had slammed his kitsune staff into the Guardian's skull; a few seconds later a large cracking sound filled the air as Grarl fell to the ground. (HLP: 3300)
"…Holy crud…" Havoc groaned falling on his butt. "My…my guardian…"
"Of course that was just one attack and only works for one turn," Garu sighed as he took another card from his hand and slid it into his duel disk. "And this will wrap it up…"
"That was amazing Garu," Kara complimented watching the three ninjas land in front of Garu.
"Well, I've been trying," Garu replied with a slight blush on his face.
"Hello…my turn!" Havoc shouted drawing his next two cards. "And if you thought Grarl was tough, then I'm just getting started…"
Havoc immediately slid one of the cards into his duel disk and the spell materialized in front of him, showing what appeared to be two monsters being sucked into a scattered deck. "And this is going to start it for me! I play the spell card, Monster Savior!"
"Any idea on what this card can do?" Garu asked Kara, only to receive a shrug.
Before Havoc spoke, the Backup Gardna and Guardian Elma waved good-bye as they were absorbed into orbs of light and flew directly into his deck. "This card is brand new, and totally awesome for me, you see, I need only to return all monsters on my side of the field and then shuffle."
Havoc quickly snapped out his deck and began to shuffle till he was finally satisfied, then popped the deck into his duel disk. "And then, I can draw the number of cards equal to the number monsters I returned, in this case, I get two new cards!"
The red haired duelist quickly drew the top two cards from his shuffled deck, and added them to his four-card hand.
At the mere sight of the cards…Havoc couldn't help but smile. "Wow…now I can use this to the fullest potential…"
"Um…Kara, any idea what he's going on about?" Garu asked turning his head to Kara.
"Um…I have a clue, but since he has Grarl in his graveyard, you should be safe," Kara answered before noticing the light that began to fill the air. "Huh?"
"I play the spell card, Soul release! And I'll use it to remove Grarl from my graveyard and four non monster cards in your graveyard," Havoc announced as multiple lights flew into the air and shattered from each duelists' graveyard.
"Huh?" Garu asked as Havoc raised the third card in his hand.
"So I can play this now, since I have no monsters in my graveyard, I can summon…oops! Almost forgot!" Havoc immediately slapped the card into his armored duel disk. "I'll equip your Muria with this! Go Celestial Sword – Aitos!"
A large sword that seemed to be bigger then Muria appeared in her hands, she struggled to try to keep it in her hands. (1900/2100)
"What?" Garu asked as Havoc held up another card in his hand.
"For each monster in my opponent's graveyard, the equipped monster gains three hundred attack points," Kara stated as Havoc raised the next card from his hand.
"Well said, but after this card, you won't have to speak another word," Havoc announced as he slapped the card onto his duel disk. "I summon…"
A heavenly light lit up the sky above Havoc allowing multiple feathers floating downwards around him. From the sky above floated down a beautiful angelic woman wearing ancient Indian Tribal clothes. Her white wings flapped to keep her floating in the air causing the multiple feathers on her eagle like head cloak. (2500/2000)
"Guardian Aitos!" Havoc roared before taking the next card from his hand. "And I'll activate the spell card, Tailor of the Fickle! Allowing me to switch the Celestial Sword to its rightful owner! Guardian Aitos!"In a bright flurry of feathers, the sword disappeared from Muria's hands (1000/2100) then flew into Aitos' (3400/2000) hands. "And since activating the other effect would be over kill, I'll just go full frontal! Destroy Muria! Celestial Slash!"
Aitos just simply slashed her sword, sending a powerful wave of energy flying directly towards the panicking kunoichi. "Just in time...but I've got Negate Attack!"
A powerful vortex appeared before Muria sucking in the powerful sword slash and ending the attack.
Surprised by the move, Havoc couldn't help but laugh slightly. "Nice…should've see that coming. Oh well, I've got Aitos and I highly doubt you've got something to beat it…"
'Well, he's got a point…in fact the only thing I've got that could come even close to taking on that bird is Impact, but I discarded the Conch Shell Horn when I summoned Yui,' Garu thought looking at his hand, the only monster he had was Uzamaki. 'And what did he mean by other effect? This isn't good…'
Garu swiftly drew the top card from his deck and momentarily gazed at the card. Then adding it among his hand, he took another card and slapped it onto his duel disk. "Hope this works...I summon, Uzamaki – Tech Ninja (1300/600)!"
From the sky dropped the mechanical ninja pulling out his dual kunai and holding them up while flying sparks from its feet.
Confused at this Havoc just raised an eyebrow. "Okay…why are you summoning more monsters?"
"You'll see," Garu replied taking another card from his hand. "And here's why, I activate the spell card, Ninja Stealth Assault!"
The spell card materialized in front of Garu and behind the four ninjas who stepped to the side to reveal a picture of Ryu standing in a tree above a camp of bandits. His mouth was covered and instead of the usual kitsune staff, he held onto a kunai. "And here's how this spell card works, first, for each ninja monster out on my side of the field, I need to pay half of my life points…"
Kara and Havoc just blinked in confusion as Garu's life point meter began to decrease rapidly. "Garu, what are you doing?" (GLP: 200)
"Relax, I think I have this...next I get to decrease the attack points of all level four or lower ninja monsters on the field by half," Garu continued while a dark green aura began to engulf all four of his ninjas.
Ryu (700/900), Yui (800/1300), Muria (500/2100), Uzamaki (650/600)
"Um, I may not be the brightest guy around, but why are you doing all of this?" Havoc asked as Garu lowered his head.
"I'm hoping to find out as well," Garu sighed before standing up straight. "Anyway, after all that is done, if all the monsters on your side of the field has twenty-five hundred attack points …then all the ninjas can attack you directly!"
At this, Havoc raised up his empty hand and began to count. "Let's see, if you combine all of the attack of each of those monsters…Ha! I'd still have six hundred fifty life points left!"
"We'll see about that…now! All ninjas attack!" Garu shouted to receive a nod from each of his ninjas.
"Oh…curse word," Havoc sighed in annoyance watching the four ninjas appear above him.
Uzamaki threw both of his kunai directly at Havoc, followed up by Muria throwing multiple bombs. Next, Yui threw multiple shuriken and Ryu threw his Kitsune pipe directly at Havoc.
When all of the attacks hit, Havoc was covered with smoke. Just as the four ninjas landed on the ground, the smoke began to clear showing Havoc sitting on the ground slightly covered with dust. (HLP: 0)
"Huh? Hey wait a minute… how'd my life points go down to zero?" Havoc questioned as all of the holograms began to disappear.
Garu sat down as well and lowered his head. "Well, you see, Uzamaki can attack twice, so you took thirteen hundred points instead of your estimated six hundred and fifty…"
Havoc couldn't help but smile at the fact he lost. 'I guess he does remind me of someone, the same person who defeated me in the same format…
"Well…a deal's a deal," Havoc said reaching for his case. "Guess I owe you some cards…"
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Vic narrowed his eyes watching Garu walk slowly towards Havoc. "Never thought I'd see that mug again…Havoc…Risely…"
And with that, Vic started off towards the Obelisk Blue dorm. 'I have to get this started now…'
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"Wow, these three are just what I needed!" Garu exclaimed holding three of the cards he had chosen.
"Before you select your other four, may I make a few suggestions?" Havoc asked reaching into the case and pulling out four cards. "Since you like ninjas, maybe these four will do the trick…"
"Man, today is my lucky…" Garu started reaching for the cards, before a hand snatched them from Havoc. "…Day?"
Kara held up the cards in her hand, but had the backs to Garu so he couldn't see what they were. "Um…since you ditched tutoring, I'm going to hold onto these cards for a while…"
"Aw come on!" Garu groaned before Havoc shut the case.
"Tough luck man, but ya gotta listen to your girlfriend," Havoc teased placing the case onto his back.
"For the last time we're not dating!" Garu shouted making Kara blush a little.
"Then why are you making such a big deal out of it?" Havoc asked making Garu back down. "…That's what I thought…"
That's when something caught Havoc's eye, from where he could stand, he could see the fishing pole he was holding onto earlier. "Hey! I found my pole!"
Garu and Kara just watched as Havoc quickly grabbed the fishing pole. From what they could tell, the line was already cast out. "Huh…better reel this iiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnn!!"
Havoc was immediately pulled from the land speeding off on the water, Garu and Kara just sweat dropped at the sight of Havoc being pulled by a giant fish.
When Havoc was pulled out of view, Garu turned towards Kara. "I guess his story was true after all…"
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The sun was beginning to set as the tanned man looked over the sea watching the sun set fire to the ocean's surface. "Maybe I ought to go looking for that kettle head…"
Before the tanned man could even turn, an extremely fast object began to speed towards the boat. At first, the tanned man couldn't tell what it was, until it was a few yards away. "Hey isn't that?"
"SSSSSSSSTTTTTTTTTTTUUUUUUUUUUUPPPPPPPIIIIIIIIIIIIDDDDDDDD FISH!"
The tanned man just closed his eyes before Havoc was slammed into the side of the boat. When the tanned man opened his eyes, Havoc was stuck on the side of the boat with the front part of his body slammed into the side of the boat. "Hey there mate, where ya been at?"
Havoc managed to peel his head from the boat and look up at his companion. "Just get me up Gron…"
The tanned man, Gron immediately follow suit, yanking Havoc from the boat's side and onto the boat's deck. "So where'd that fish take you this time?"
"Well, that blow to the head just now really made me forget the where," Havoc replied rubbing his head. "But I think I met someone the boss might be interested in meeting…"
Gron just nodded towards Havoc before turning towards the wheel. "Then I guess we better get going then, eh Risely?"
"Yeah, I could go for some more Ramen noodles…" Havoc laughed sitting on the deck.
"So…who's this person the boss should meet?" Gron asked increasing the boat's speed.
"Some kid named Honzou…" Havoc replied lying back. "I'm taking a nap, wake me when we get there…"
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Card Stats
Backup Gardna / Dark / LV. 4 / ATK: 500 / DEF: 2,200 / Beast-Warrior/Effect: Once per your turn when this Monster is face-up on your side of the field, you can remove an Equip Spell Card Equipped to one Monster on your side of the field and Equip it to another Monster on your side of the field.Description: a large blue ogre with fiery red hair and twin spikes sticking from its shoulders
Crystal Seal / Trap Continuous/ Effect: Choose one Monster on the field. The chosen Monster cannot attack, and cannot be used as a Tribute. This card is destroyed if the ATK of the chosen Monster is raised or lowered.
Image: A purple gemstone with a feminine face inside it.
Lock of Nightmare / Equip Spell / Effect: Select one of your opponent's monsters and equip it with this card. Reduce the equipped monster's attack points by 800, then increase your life points by 800. The equipped monster cannot be used for a tribute.
Image: a muscular man holding onto multiple chains
Celestial Sword - Aitos / Spell/Equip / Effect: Increase the ATK of the Monster Equipped with this card by 300 for every Monster in your opponent's Graveyard. When this card is Equipped to "Guardian Aitos", you may send this card to the Graveyard to remove the Monster Cards in your opponent's Graveyard from play from the top down until you reach a Spell or Trap Card. Then, add the base ATK of each Monster removed from play to "Guardian Aitos".
Image: Aitos's face behind two crossed swords.
Guardian Aitos / Wind / LV. 8 / ATK: 2500 / DEF: 2000 / Fairy/Effect: This Monster cannot be Normal Summoned, Flip-Summoned, or Special Summoned unless you have a "Celestial Sword – Aitos" on your side of the field. If you have no Monster Cards in your Graveyard, this Monster may be Normal Summoned or set with no Tributes.
Description: A beautiful angelic woman wearing ancient Indian Tribal clothes. Her white wings flapped to keep her floating in the air causing the multiple feathers on her eagle like head cloak.
Note: Raphael at used the p
Guardian Treasure / Spell Continuous / Effect: Discard five cards from your hand, then draw two cards from your deck. For as long as this card remains in effect, you may draw two cards during your Draw Phase.
Image: A beautiful woman with silver hair in front of a crystal ball.
roceeding cards various times in "Waking the Dragons". All creative credit goes to the writers of the anime.
Ninja Battle Formation / Trap / Effect: This card can only be activated during the battle phase. When this card is activated, select three or less level four or lower monster cards on your side of the field with 'Ninja' in the card name, then combine the attack and defense points of the selected monsters during the battle phase. The three selected monsters on your side of the field are treated as one monster during the battle phase.
Image: Two male ninjas and a kunoichi getting the drop on a Dark Magician.
Ninja Stealth Assault / Spell Card/ Effect: Pay half of your life points to activate this spell card. For one turn, halve the attack points of all face up Level four or lower monsters with 'Ninja' in the cards' names. If your opponent has any monsters who have 2500 or more attack points, all level four or lower 'Ninja' monsters, may attack your opponent directly.
Image: Ryu standing in a tree above a camp of bandits. His mouth was covered and instead of the usual kitsune staff, he held onto a kunai.
Monster Savior / Spell / Effect: Shuffle all monsters on your side of the field back into your deck. For each monster returned to the deck by this card's effect, draw one card.
Image: Two monsters being sucked into a scattered deck.