Chapter 6: The Letter
Elle, Cam, Billie and Parker walked into the Gym after school. They walked up into the stands. The four friends saw Jet with headphones in his ears and laptop in front of him. It was clear he was working on something.
"Hey, Jet. What are you doing?" Billie asked.
Jet didn't respond, just kept working.
"Jet!"
This time, Jet did react with a look up. "You don't have to yell, Billie. I can hear you fine."
"Not the first time. You couldn't." Elle giggled as she sat down next to him.
"What are you working on?" Cam asked.
"Decks. I like to few...spares...around." Jet explained.
Parker arched her eyebrow and looked at the computer screen. "Why?"
"Tag duels. Stops duelists, like Bastion, from making Counter Decks." Jet listed.
"What kind of decks do you have?" Billie asked.
"Warrior, Dragon, Zombie, and an Incest deck."
"Wow." Elle said.
"I don't use them too often." Jet took out his DAP. "Hello?" He paused. "Ok. I understand." He nodded. "Sure, I'll be right there."
Jet hung up then stood and picked up his laptop.
"Where are you going?" Cam questioned.
"To the clubhouse." He smirked then spun his hat in the air, which landed back on his head. He straightened it then walked away.
"Should we come too?" Elle asked.
"I won't stop you."
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Meanwhile...
Jaden, Syrus and Drake were their last class for the day. Unfortunately, that class was taught by Dr. Crowler.
The blonde man stood at the front of the class. "Now can anyone tell me the three types of cards in Duel Monsters and their categories? How about you, Miss Rhodes?" Alexis stood up.
"Duel Monsters cards can be grouped into Normal, Effect, Ritual, Fusion, and the Trap and Spell cards that can also be monsters or summon token monsters. Trap cards can be grouped into Normal, Continuous, and Counter Traps. And Spell cards can be grouped into Normal, Quick-Play, Field, Continuous, Equip and Ritual Cards." Alexis fully explained.
"Perfect!" Crowler smiled. "Of course, I'd expect nothing less from one of my Obelisks!"
"Yes, Dr. Crowler." She responded then sat back down.
"Hmm, now who shall we question next?" The doctor directed his attention to the lower seats, eyeing the Slifers, like wolf searching through a herd of sheep until he finally found a perfect sheep. "You! Syrus Truesdale!" His voice caused the little, light blue-haired boy to jump to his seat. "Explain to the class, what a Field Spell is, please."
"Uh… a Field Spell… is the thing… that affects the thing…" Syrus started stammering and shaking, trying to avert his eyes from the class.
"Oh man. He's freaking out. Maybe Eli's advice didn't help." Drake whispered to Jaden.
"Even pre-duelers know the answer to this one, ya Slifer Slacker!" One of the Obelisk students taunted causing most of the Blues to laugh out loud. Chazz was smirking but Alexis was shaking her head at everyone laughing.
"Wait, I know this one!"
"Relax, Sy..." Jaden smiled, trying to calm him down. "You totally got this one!"
"I think not!" Crowler interrupted. "Sit down. Now would someone else, kindly tell me the answer? Preferably someone not in red, thank you." Once again, most of the Blues and some Yellows started to laugh.
"I blew it. I made all the Slifers look bad..." Syrus sighed as he sat down.
"You know something, teach?" Syrus turned his attention to Jaden, who spoke out to the Blue Headmaster. "You shouldn't be making fun of the Slifers. I mean, I'm a Slifer that beat you so; when you make fun of the Reds, you're making fun of yourself!" The Yuki twin reasoned.
Crowler became extremely upset at that reasoning and started to bite down on a handkerchief. Now it was Slifer's turn to burst out laughing, even Alexis chuckled a bit under her breath.
'That's it! I won't this slacker in my school for another second!' Crowler thought. 'I'll see to it that he's expelled from here permanently!'
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Jet and the girls made it back to the dorm and found Zane, Eli, and Scarlet in the kitchen standing in front of the large white board with things written on it.
"What's going on?" Parker asked.
"We're trying to think of a name for this dorm." Eli said.
Billie sat down at the table. "What are the opinions?"
"Right now, we have Exodia Gold, Dragon White and Osiris Purple." Scarlet said.
"Exodia Gold is too obvious." Jet spoke up.
"What's up with Dragon White?" Elle asked.
"Blue Eyes White Dragon." Zane explained.
"Unless we want to kiss up to Kaiba, we should scratch that one out." Jet said. "And Osiris Purple just sounds cheesy."
"Since you turned down our ideas, do you have any of your own?" Eli asked.
The Spellcaster duelist walked up to the board. "You had some good ideas." He wrote down, Isis Gold or White and Anubis Black.
"Isis Gold or White?" Cam asked.
"It means the color is up for debate." Jet said.
"Let me guess, you like Anubis Black." Elektra said.
Jet glanced at his sister. "Actually, I like Isis Gold more."
"Really?" Scarlet placed her hand on his forehead. "You don't have a fever."
Jet batted his sister's hand away. "It's more iconic sounding."
"Leave him alone, Sis." Eli chuckled. "And he's right about Isis Gold. It does sound pretty iconic."
"I like it." Zane stated. "All in favor of Isis Gold?"
Everyone raised their hands. "Shouldn't we wait for Jaden, Drake and Johnny?"
"They snooze, they lose." Jet retorted.
"They're in class." Elle said.
Eli chuckled. "So Jaden's snoozing."
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Later that day...
Now, Syrus, Jaden and Drake were in Banner's class and they were joined by Jet, Billie and Elle.
Banner was partway through his lecture. He was talking about different duel strategies, some of which were a little out there.
By the way," Syrus whispered to Jaden who was dozing off during Banner's lecture. "Thanks, Jay."
"No problem Syrus, for what?" Jaden asked, sleepily.
"For sticking up for me!" Syrus replied a little too loud. This made the Banner to stop his lecture and looked at them.
Jet noticed Banner looking in their direction. "Looks like it might be my turn."
"Syrus?" Banner asked.
Syrus shot up to his feet from his seat like he did in Crowler's class. "Y-Yes?"
"Do me a favor and bring me Pharaoh will you?"
"Uh, Pharaoh?" Syrus questioned.
"Unless you're thinking about minoring as a scratching post." Banner joked.
Syrus was confused until he felt something brush up against his leg. It was the fat tabby cat that was sleeping during the Slifer Welcome dinner. Once again, a chorus of laughter was had at Syrus's expense as the boy picked up the cat and returned it to its owner.
"Drake, are you typing the notes?" Elle asked looking at Drake on his laptop.
"No, I writing down an idea I had earlier." The Dragon duelist shook his head.
"What's the idea?" Jet questioned.
"Well, I was thinking what if there was a website for teenage duelists. There could be recorded duels, chats, duel tips from us, maybe news regarding Duel Monsters." Drake explained.
"That sounds cool. Do you have a name for it yet?" Billie asked.
"Uh…not yet."
"Duel Academy Underground." Jet said.
"What?" Elle asked.
"The name for the site. Duel Academy Underground." He explained.
"You just have all the names today." Billie joked.
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Meanwhile...
Doctor Crowler was writing a letter down with a white feather pen in his office. "How dare that Slifer slacker Jaden make a mockery of me in front of my whole class like that!" He grumbled as he folded up the letter and placed inside an envelope.
"It'll be the last mistake he'll ever make." He then picked up a mirror and start placing red lipstick on his lips. As he finished, he kissed the back of the letter and chuckled to himself. "The big kiss-off!"
After he finished writing the letter, he ran out of his office and into the boys' locker room, since Jaden's next class was gym with Fonda Fontaine, the gym instructor. He placed the letter into what he thought was Jaden's, after seeing his boots at the bottom of it and left as quick as possible.
During the gym class, while most of the students were running around track, Syrus was running late.
"Lousy girl's lockers!" He complained. "Who made the signs so small?" He ran inside and opened his locker and noticed Jaden's shoes. "I see Jaden's still using my locker."
As if by some divine movement, he also noticed envelope that fell literally onto Syrus's feet. "What's this?" He noticed the lipstick smudge. "This isn't Jaden's, somebody wrote me a letter!" He quickly ducked in between two sets of lockers and opened the letter. "Wonder what this says?"
From the moment I first set eyes on you, I've been in love with you. Meet me tonight in the back of the Obelisk Girl's Dormitory so I can give you a big kiss.
Endearingly,
Alekis Rodes
Syrus nearly passed out after he wrote it. "This is way better than what my mom writes me!" He exclaimed and started having a daydream about him and Alexis getting together.
Later that afternoon, most of the gang was having a lazy afternoon. They were hanging out on the front steps of the dorm.
"Hey!"
They looked at a front gate to see an Obelisk standing at the gate. The Obelisk was a tall muscular teen. He hand short brown hair and green eyes.
"This place is private, blue boy!" Jet said.
The Obelisk chuckled. "You must be Jet. Eli has told me about you."
"You know Eli?" Billie asked.
"He's a friend of mine. Are you going to let me in?"
Bastion stood up. "I don't see why not."
"No." He and Elle shared a quick look
Parker glanced at him. "No?"
"He thinks I could be lying." The blue teen said.
"You guys remember when the other Obelisk, Torimaki, dueled Eli. He told Torimaki that Jaden and I were his kid brothers." Jet reminded.
"And who knows who Torimaki has told by now." Cam sighed.
"For all we know, this guy..." Jet started.
"George."
"...George is another Obelisk sent by Chazz." He finished.
George crossed his arms. "Is there anything I can do to convince you to let me in?"
The magician duelist smiled. "You already have." He looked Elle who gave a quick nod. "Let him in."
"Sure." Drake ran over to the gate and opened it.
"What changed your mind?" George walked through the gate.
"Eli did." Elle said. She showed the others her DAP. There was a text message from Eli. He's alright.
"When Jet had that look with each other, I began to text Eli." Elle explained.
"What can we do for you?" Bastion asked.
"I was hoping I could have a duel with Jet." George said. "What do you say?"
Jet gave it some thought then stood up. "Let me get my disk."
"Jet." Billie said then whispered something into Jet's ear.
Jet nodded then walked into the dorm.
When he came back out, the duel was set up. His friends were on the side.
Drake had a laptop set up on a folding table. "Hey, guys. Before you start, can I ask you for a favor?" He asked.
George looked at the Slifer. "I guess..."
"As long as it doesn't blow up, I'm good." Jet agreed.
"Did he just say 'blow up'?" Elle asked.
"Relax, it won't. I've already tested it a few times but I need a live field test." Drake explained.
He walked over to Jet and hooked something to his duel disk. "I swear to god, if this thing even looks like it will explode, you'll find yourself duck taped to the Slifer rec room ceiling, naked."
"And I swear nothing will happen."
He went to George and did the same thing to his duel disk. "What will these things do?"
Drake walked back to his laptop. "Just duel. You'll see." The Slifer sat down.
Both of them looked at their disks then to each other. "DUEL!"
George: 8000
Jet: 8000
"Eli has also told me about your deck. I've prepared my deck to stop your favorite monster from making an appearance." George boasted as he drew. "I play Double Summon then summon Vorse Raider and Enraged Battle Ox."
The same monster Bastion used in his entrance exam appeared next to another beast man. This second one was an ox, who wore red armor and gripped a single handed axe. (1900/1200), (1700/1000)
"I end my turn."
"What does he mean stopping from Jet's favorite monster from being summoned?" Parker asked.
"Jet's favorite is Dark Empath who can be special summoned if your opponent has monster with more the 2000 attack points and you don't have any monsters." Drake explained.
"Which means there will be a lack of stronger monsters from this duelist." Bastion deduced.
Jet drew with a dark chuckle.
"What's so funny?" George asked.
Jet glanced down at his full hand. "You're good. Making around your deck around stopping Empath from being special summoned. But you can only assume I would be using my Spellcasters."
"If you're using those Soul Weapons, I'm ready for those too." The Obelisk's eyes narrowed.
This comment caused the Slifer to chuckle again. "And if I'm not using those cards either? I summon Marauding Captain." The sandy haired knight appeared in a flash. (1200/400)
"With his ability, I can summon a Warrior monster to field from my hand. Come on down, Ninja Princess Kitana!" A green and black portal opened in the middle of the field and a dark haired young woman in a blue bikini with matching long boots and gloves came out of it. She had blue half mask over the bottom of her face and a bladed fan in each hand. The portal then closed shut as if it was never there. (1000/600)
"And her ability allows me to summon another four star monster from my hand if that monster is a Ninja. So, meet Ninja Jade!" Once more, the portal opened. Like before, a dark haired young woman in a revealing green leotard with green gloves and black knee high boots. Like Kitana, she had a half mask over her nose down but hers was green and she twirled a metal Bo staff. (1600/1000)
The portal closed again. "And since I choose Ninja Jade to be summoned, Kitana's stats are doubled." (1000/600-2000/1200)
"Now, I'll play my two continues Magic cards, Ninjutsu Academy and Spoils of War. Then equip Fuhma Shuriken to Marauding Captain." Jet continued as the Captain's swords turned into shuriken. (1200/400-1900/400)
"And now I begin my at..."
George stopped him. "Wait! Fuhma Shuriken can only be equipped to a Ninja!"
"Huh? Oh, Ninjutsu Academy turns all Warriors into a Ninjas as long as I have an actual Ninja on the field." Marauding Captain threw his cape at the Obelisk. This distracted the teen duelist long enough for the armored warrior to change. Now, the man wore black ninja armor with some pieces of his old armor.
"As I was saying, I'll begin my attack. Kitana, destroy Vorse Raider!" Upon that command, the blue clad woman rushed across the field, sliced the beast warrior in two, separating the monster's legs from its torso.
George: 7900
Jet: 8000
"Now, Captain, attack his Ox!" The new ninja threw three shuriken, hitting the Ox in the chest, then snapped his fingers causing the shuriken to explode, blowing the Obelisk's monster into thousands of pieces.
George: 7700
Jet: 8000
"Jade, attack him directly!" Jade jumped clear across the field and landed in front of her target. She pulled her mask down and kissed George on the cheek causing the teen to blush. The kunoichi slammed her knee into the duelist's gut, making him fall to his knees.
George: 6100
Jet: 8000
"Interesting. Jet's monsters seem more responsive then normal monsters." Bastion noticed.
"Because we're in a holographic environment." Drake said. "After I made the forest for Jet and Syrus dueled in, I had a light bulb. What if I could use that holographic program to make it so when a monster attacks it affects the environment and the attachment on your disks allows your monsters to act with more freedom and uh... they should react more to the user."
"Really?" Billie looked down at him.
The Dragon duelist nodded. "Yeah. Jet, say something to one of your monsters?"
The Slifer glanced at his friend then to his monster. "You ready, Princess?" The ninja looked back at him and bowed to her long time master.
"See? I also got something in the works to make monsters that look like they should talk, like Jay's Heroes and Jet's Magicians." Drake smiled.
"That is very interesting and I can't wait to see that finished. But I believe we still have a duel to finish." George spoke then looked at Jet's hand. "How do you have three cards in your hand? You used up your hand."
"My Spoils of War allows me activate one of three effects when a Warrior on my field successfully attacks. The first takes a card from my grave and place into my deck. When I choose two, I get to draw a card. And the final effect, I gain 1000 life points but that one can only be chosen once per turn. With three Warriors attacking, I choose to draw a card all three times."
"With one facedown, I'm done so it's your turn, George."
The Obelisk drew another card. "I summon a monster you should be familiar with, Gene-Warped Werewolf!" The white furred monster roared as it appeared. (2000/100)
"Werewolf, attack his Captain!"
"Sorry, but I think Gravity Bind has something to say about that."
"So, that means only Marauding Captain can attack." Cam said.
"Would it be Marauding Ninja now?" Drake joked.
"Hm... I end my turn, I guess." George grunted.
Jet drew. "Now, I sacrifice my Captain to summon Illusion Ninja." The ninja warrior vanished and was replaced with a dark haired, red eyed man in a black cloak with red clouds on it. (2100/1400)
"Why give up the Captain? He was the only one who could attack." Elle asked.
"Illusion Ninja, attack his Werewolf!" Jet ordered. With a simple glare from the red eyed shinobi, Gene-Warped Werewolf's eye glazed over. It fell over and shattered when it hit the ground.
George: 6000
Jet: 8000
"Since I know you're going to ask, Jade's ability protects all Ninja from being effected by any Lockdown affects. Like..." Jet explained.
George simply sighed. "...Gravity Bind."
"Good job. Girls, give the man his reward!" Both kunoichis dashed in and kicked the Obelisk in the chest.
George: 2400
Jet: 8000
"Now, Spoils of War kicks in again, I'll return Marauding Captain back to deck and draw two cards." He took the monster from his grave and placed back into his deck then drew cards.
"I'll set a card and end my turn."
"I draw." George drew a card. "I'll activate Card of Sanctity!" Both teens filled their hands. "I'll remove Cyber Beast from my hand and Vorse Raider from my graveyard to summon Beast Machine King Barbaros Ür!" A massive part beast, part machine monster appeared with an ear shattering roar. (3800/1200)
"You're a damn good duelist, kid. But this is the beginning of the end. I play Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy Gravity Bind." Jet's trap was ripped to shreds by a twister. "Then I play Axe of Fools. The monster equipped with this card loses its special effect and gains 1000 attack but I have to pay 500 life points every turn. But I won't be because I play Spell Economics with this card in play I don't have to pay life points for spell cards." A large, silver axe appeared and replaced one of the blades over the beast king's hands. It had a goofy face in the middle of the blade. (3800/1200-4800/1200)
"But I'm not done yet. I play Equal Draw. If I have less cards in my hand then you do, I draw card equal to the number you have." The Obelisk drew six more cards. "Now, I play Mask of Brutality, raising my monster's attack points by another 1000 and lower his defense by 1000." A mask with a demon's face and claws coming out of the eyes replaced the king's face. (4800/1200-5800/200)
"With Lightning Vortex, I'll destroy all the monsters on your field." Lighting crashed on the Jet's field, destroying his monsters. "Barbaros, attack Jet directly!" The massive monster rose it's axe hand and brought it down right on Jet and knocked him off his feet.
George: 2400
Jet: 2200
"I'll set two cards down and end my turn."
"Jet took a big hit there. I hope he's ok." Elle gasped.
As Jet got up, his eyes flared electric green, not that anybody noticed, Jet's eyes were concealed by his hat. "I draw." His voice sounded darker and colder. "I summon Ninja Mileena." Once more, the green portal appeared, allowing a young woman, looking exactly like Kitana, only she wore a pink leotard of a different design. (1000/600)
"I play Impure World Resurrection. With this, I can return any Ninja from my Graveyard, as long as I have a Ninja on my field and the Ninja I'm summoning has the same level of a Ninja on my field." Jet explained. "Oh and the Ninja I summon has the same power it did when it was destroyed. Now, return to my side, Princess Kitana!" (1000/600-2000/1200)
A simple brown casket came up from the ground, the door flung up and Kitana stepped out. Both kunoichi glanced at each other then quickly looked away in disgust. The watchers sweatdropped at this sight. "I guess they don't like each other."
Jet rolled his eyes. "Girls, play nice. Now, I play Mileena's ability."
"And that would be...?" George asked.
"Until the end of the turn, she gains the attack and defense points of a monster on your field. With only one monster on your field, I bet you can do the math." Jet retorted.
Mileena ripped off her mask, revealing a large mouth rimmed with long, sharp teeth. "Whoa...Gnarly." Drake gulped.
The woman grinned as a pink aura appeared around Barbaros' body, which was swallowed by Mileena. (1000/600-6800/800)
"Mileena! Attack Barbaros!" Mileena pulled her mask up, pulled out two sais then disappeared. She reappeared above the beast king and pierced its head with her weapons.
George: 1400
Jet: 2200
"I activate the trap card, Wish of Final Effort! When my opponent destroys one of my monsters, I gain life points equal to the original Attack Points of that monster." George said, as his life points shot up.
George: 5200
Jet: 2200
"Damn, and Jet had him too." Cam said.
Jet didn't even blink at this turn of events. "Kitana, attack!"
The Princess teleported behind George and slammed her fans into his head.
George: 3200
Jet: 2200
"A facedown card will end my turn."
George drew his card to start his turn. "I summon Armed Samurai-Ben Kei!" A samurai in a white hood and green tunic appeared carry various weapons on his back, came out to the battle. (500/800)
"Then I equip him with Axe of Despair and Lightning Blade." A demonic axe and a sword charged with lightning appeared in the samurai's hands. (500/800-2300/800)
"And with Ben Kei's effect, he'll be able to attack three times." Parker said.
"Jet's gonna lose." Drake sighed.
"Come on, Jet. You always have a way out." Billie whispered.
"Ben Kei, attack Mileena!" The samurai rushed in.
"I activate my Trap, Quick-Draw Summon. I draw one card from my deck if that card is a monster that I can summon, I special summon it and your attacking monster does battle with it. But if it's not, then it adds to my hand." Jet placed his hand on his deck, took a deep breath then finally drew his card. "I sacrifice Mileena to summon Blind Swordsman!"
A tall robed man appeared where Mileena once stood. He wore a blindfold over his eyes. The robes he wore were black with red trim. In his hand was a straight edge katana. (2000/1100)
"Ben Kei is still stronger!" The samurai continued to charge.
Jet smirked. "Not for long." Blind Swordsman waited until Ben Kei was in arm's length then struck in an instant. He hit the samurai's left hand knocking the axe out of his grasp then did the same for the right, disarming Ben Kei. "When Blind Swordsman battles a monster who's Attack Points or Defense Points has been raised in any way, the monster loses all the of points it gained." (2300/800-500/800)
"Oh, crap."
The blind man slashed his attacker, shattering him into pixels.
George: 1700
Jet: 2200
"And when his ability effects your monster, the difference of the monster's gained points and its original points are taken out of your life points." Jet explained. "You lose."
Blind Swordsman dashed over to George and punch him across the face.
George: 0000
Jet: 2200
"Damn."
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Later that night...
"Hey, Chum. We're having a big dinner at the new dorm. Wanna come?" Jaden asked after walking into his dorm room.
"Sure, that sounds like fun." Chumley climbed down.
"Have you seen Syrus around?" The Hero duelist asked again.
Chumley scratched his head. "He left about twenty minutes ago. He kept reading something over and over. A letter or something. He wouldn't let me see it."
"Cool. Head to the new dorm. I'll catch up." Jaden said absently. Without a word, Chumley walked out of the room. "Ok, Jay." He looked around. "Think like Jet for a second. Syrus was reading a letter, so he probably kept it close by."
Jaden started to go through Syrus's drawers. "No, not here." He opened another one and did find a letter. "This one is from his mom."
He looked over at the bed. Jaden reached under the pillow. "Gotcha!" He pulled out another letter.
After a quick read, he noticed two things. "Well, this couldn't be from Alexis, her name is spelled wrong. And this is for me, not Syrus. But how did Syrus get a letter address to me?" Then Jaden remembered he used Syrus's locker in gym.
"Man, Sy got conned because of me! I have to go and stop him." Jaden spun around to face the door. "Wait, Jay. This is what gets you in trouble, not using your head."
He looked down at the letter again. "So the letter say to come to the girl's dorm after dark, which is against the rules and could get me and Sy expelled." Then he had an idea. He pulled out his DAP and texted Scarlet.
Red, Sy in danger. Head to the girl's dorm and back my play.
Jaden bolted out the door, headed towards the gate to the girl's dorm. Even running it took him five minutes to get to the gate, if Syrus walked, he wasn't too far ahead of him.
Elektra was waiting for him when he got there. "Jay, what's going on?"
"Someone wrote a fake love letter for me to get me come to girl's dorm after curfew." Jaden started as he caught his breath.
"Which if anyone could prove would get you expelled. But how does that effect Syrus?"
"I was using Sy's locker and he thought the letter was for him." The Hero duelist explained.
"Poor guy."
"Now, I need you to stay with me and help me find him because if you get invited into the girl's dorm, you can't get in trouble." Jaden finished.
"That's smart." Scarlet smiled.
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Syrus was quickly caught by the girl students. He was tied up and brought before Alexis and her two friends, Mindy and Jasmine.
"A love letter from Alexis?" Mindy asked after hearing Syrus's explanation. "You've got to be kidding!"
"Just ask her, it's true!" Syrus replied, winking at Alexis.
"Uh, hello..." Jasmine retorted. "Alexis is really tall and skilled at dueling, and you're really short and an amateur."
"But it's true!" Syrus protested. "I-I forgot the letter but if I could go and get it."
"No." Jasmine quickly shot him down. "I say we turn him over to Ms. Fontaine."
Mindy drowned out all noise after Syrus winked. 'Hello, Cassandra.' Mindy's eyes shot open.
'Jet? Is that you?'
'Yeah.' The dark haired boy responded as his body seemed to materialize before her. 'Whatever you do, just keep thinking. I'm not really here.'
'What's going on? Is this a new spell?' She thought.
He nodded. 'Astral projection. Think like an illusion only you can see and hear.' He glanced down at Syrus. 'Why is Syrus tied up? You don't roll like that.'
'He was caught sneaking on the Girl's dorm. He says Alexis invited him through a love letter.' She explained.
'Well, that doesn't sound right.'
'What? You don't think Alexis wrote a lover letter to Syrus?'
'No, I don't. Alexis doesn't seem like someone to fall in love with someone she's barely met. I think someone conned the little guy.' Jet reasoned. 'Obelisk's can assholes.'
'That's true.' Mindy turned her attention back to the actual conversation. "Guys, let's just let him ago. He's new. He deserves a chance."
"Sorry, Min. We are not letting him go." Jasmine said. "I'm getting Ms. Fontaine."
"No, you aren't, Jasmine."
The three girls and the tied up boy looked at the door to see Scarlet and Jaden.
"Alexis, I'm surprised at you. Even considering turning Syrus over to a teacher without letting him defending himself." Scarlet scolded.
Mindy zoned out again as Jet's astral projection appeared again. 'Sorry, I had to use the bathroom. What did I miss?'
'Scarlet is acting like a big sister and Jasmine is very adamant to turn Syrus over to Ms. Fontaine.' She explained.
'Convince her to duel Jaden. If she wins, she can turn the little guy over to the teachers.'
"How about Jasmine duels Jaden. The winner decides what happens to Syrus." Mindy said.
"That's a good idea."
"I agree but I'll duel you instead." Alexis spoke up.
"Cool."
The group walked outside to the side of the lake, which Jaden wanted to duel on, but Alexis shot the idea down.
Scarlet and Syrus stood behind Jaden while Mindy and Jasmine were behind Alexis. Jet's astral form stood by Mindy, because it could get too far from the person he was in contact with. The two duelists shuffled their decks.
"DUEL!"
Alexis: 8000
Jaden: 8000
Alexis drew her sixth card. "Etoile Cyber, rise!" A red-headed ballerina in an orange leotard spun around as she appeared. (1200/1600)
"I'm also playing one card face-down."
"A solid start." Syrus said.
Jaden drew his new card and looked at his hand. "Sweet, I'm going to summon Elemental Hero Sparkman." This hero was dressed in yellow and blue armor with a curved blue helmet appeared in flash of lightning. (1600/1400) "I'm going to have him attack Etoile Cyber!" The hero fired bolts of lightning at the ballerina.
"Hold it right there. I'm activating my trap card, Double Passé!" The lightning curved around ballerina dancer and struck Alexis as she braced herself.
Alexis: 6400
Jaden: 8000
"With Double Passé, your attack on my monster into a direct attack on me." Alexis explained. "Now, my Etoile Cyber that you were just about to attack gets to wage a direct attack on you! Oh, and when Etoile Cyber attacks someone directly, her attack points go up by 600!"
Etoile Cyber (1200/1600-1800/1600)
"Oh, man." Jaden groaned as the Etoile Cyber spun and round-house kicked Jaden.
Alexis: 6400
Jaden: 6200
"You're something else, Lex." Jaden chuckled. "Sacrificing your own life points just so you can attack mine."
"Are you impressed?" Alexis asked.
"Impressed? I think I'm in love." Jaden joked.
"You're sweet. Too bad, I have to crush you." Alexis drew her card. "I summon my Command Knight." Just like in the earlier duel, the red armored woman appeared. (1200/1900)
"Smart. All of the Cyber girls are Warrior Monsters, having Command Knight in her deck is very clever." Scarlet stated.
Command Knight (1200/1900-1600/1900)
Etoile Cyber (1200/1600-1600/1600)
"Command Knight, attack Sparkman!" The red warrior fired a blue blast at Sparkman as he blasted her with lightning.
"Well, there goes Sparkman." Jaden said.
Etoile Cyber (1600/1600-1200/1600)
"Etoile Cyber, attack him directly!" Once again, the orange haired woman kicked Jaden with a round-house.
Etoile Cyber (1200/1600-1800/1600)
Alexis: 6400
Jaden: 4400
"I'll finish with a facedown."
Jaden drew a card. "I summon Elemental Hero Stratos." The blue hero flew out to the field. (1800/300) "With his ability, I can destroy a Magic or Trap for every Hero on my field." Stratos blew Alexis's trap away with cyclone.
'I can't stop him from destroying Etoile Cyber. I should have used my Magic card when I had the chance.' Alexis thought.
"I play Polymerization fusing my Avian and Burstinatrix to make my favorite hero, Elemental Hero Flame Wingman!" With that, his green and red monster appeared. (2100/1200)
"Wingman, go! Skydive Scorcher!"
Wingman flew at Etoile Cyber as he did his body lit a blaze.
Alexis: 5550
Jaden: 4400
"And his ability activates!" Wingman hit Alexis with a fireball.
Alexis: 4300
Jaden: 4400
"Stratos attacks you directly." The blue hero fired two tornados at Alexis.
Alexis: 2500
Jaden: 4400
"He always finds a way to make a comeback." Elektra joked.
Alexis drew a card. "My turn. And it will start with Graceful Charity." She drew three more cards, and then discarded two. "I play the spell, Fusion Recovery. I take my Etoile Cyber and the Polymerization I discarded from Graceful Charity and put them back into my hand." The two cards slid out from her graveyard and Alexis placed them into her hand.
"I think I'll use that Polymerization to fuse my Etoile Cyber and my Blade Skater together to form Cyber Blader!" A new monster appeared in front of Alexis. She had light blue skin and hair wearing an orange and white leotard and a set of futuristic glasses over her eyes. (2100/800)
"And when my opponent has two monsters on the field, her attack points double!"
Cyber Blader (2100/800-4200/800)
"Now Cyber Blader attack Stratos with Whirlwind Rage!" The skater woman went into a spin as she launched at Stratos. Suddenly her foot lashed out, slashing Stratos, destroying him.
Alexis: 2500
Jaden: 2000
"He isn't the only one that can make a comeback." Scarlet stated.
"Since Stratos is gone, doesn't Cyber Blader return to normal?" Syrus asked.
Elektra nodded. "That's right."
Cyber Blader (4200/800-2100/800)
"Man, this is getting fun!" Jaden said as his turn started. "I'll play the Equip Spell Kishido Spirit, and equip it to my Wingman. Now, when he and your Blader battle, he won't be destroyed! Now go, Wingman, and attack Cyber Blader!"
"Someone hasn't done his homework." Alexis muttered.
Flame Wingman's dragon hand produced a fireball and went to fire it at Cyber Blader at point blank range.
But when the smoke cleared, Cyber Blader was still there!
"How was she able to withstand my Wingman's attack?" Jaden said, confused at the results.
"Cyber Blader has a special ability in that she can't be destroyed by an opponent with one monster." Alexis explained.
"That means..."
"Neither of us loses life points."
Jaden chuckled. "Wow, looks like you got me. I play a facedown."
"Oh, when I get you, Jaden, you'll know it." Alexis drew her next card. She looked at the card "For example, I equip the spell card Fusion Weapon to my Cyber Blader, giving her 1500 ATK and DEF!" Cyber Blader's hand transformed into a tri-pronged blaster.
Cyber Blader (2100/800-3600/2300)
"Go, Blader, attack Flame Wingman with Trident Shock!" A spiraling lightning blast shot out from her transformed hand and destroyed the Flame Wingman.
Alexis: 2500
Jaden: 0500
"Ooooh, your life points are looking a little low." Alexis teased.
Jaden drew his card and grinned. "I play Magician's Achieve. With it, I can take one Magic card from my deck and add to my hand. And the card I choose is Polymerization." He pulled a single card from his deck.
"Now with The Warrior Returning Alive, I'll bring Sparkman back from the Graveyard and place him in my hand." He took the monster from his grave and added to his hand.
"Polymerization fuses him with another hero in my hand to make the..." Sparkman and a brown burly hero stood back to back and spun around and around. "Elemental Hero Thunder Giant!" A large yellow-armored man appeared. It had a blue orb in the center of his chest, which crackled with electricity. (2400/1600)
"Hate to break it to you, but my Cyber Blader still has more attack points at 3600." Alexis told him
"Yeah, I know" Jaden said dismissively. "But Thunder Giant's special ability destroys any monster whose original attack points are less than his own."
"Wait, original attack points?"
"That's right, attack points without any kind of enhancement."
"Before I played Fusion Weapon, her attack points were just 2100..." Alexis groaned.
"That's right, and that's lower than my Thunder Giant's, which means your Blader is automatically destroyed." Thunder Giant held out its hand and charged lightning into it. With that, lightning shot down from the sky and hit Cyber Blader dead on like a target.
"And you know what the best part is, Alexis? He can still attack." Jaden grinned.
"Oh, boy." Alexis muttered.
"But he won't yet."
Alexis blinked. "He won't?"
"Because first, I'm playing Monster Reborn to bring your Command Knight back to the field on my side." The woman returned to the field in a flash of light. (1200/1600) "And her ability gives my Giant more attack points."
Elemental Hero Thunder Giant (2400/1600-2800/1600), Command Knight (1200/1900-1600/1900)
"Now, he attacks. Voltic Thunder!" This time bolts of electricity came out of his hands and struck Alexis.
Alexis: 0000
Jaden: 0500
Jaden pointed two fingers at Alexis. "That's game!"
The two groups came together. "Well, you know the rules, I win so Syrus get off free." Jaden said.
"All right, all right, we'll keep quiet about this." Alexis replied.
"If you ask me, we should him turn in anyway." Jasmine scoffed.
'Who put a spider in this chick's panties?' Jet joked.
"Well nobody asked you." Scarlet snapped at her.
Alexis glanced at Jasmine, who winced from Scarlet yelling at her then turned back towards the group. "Go on and get out of here."
"Sure." Jaden said. Then he paused, "You know... you're a real strong duelist, Alexis."
"You...think so?" Alexis asked surprised at the compliment.
"That's right and if there's one thing I like more than anything else, it's dueling strong duelists." Jaden replied. "Well, see you around the new dorm."
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Jet smiled as he woke up from his astral trance. He sat up on the edge of his bed then stood up.
"Did it play out like you thought?" Empath asked him.
"Sort of. I didn't think Alexis would decide to duel in Jasmine's place." Jet chuckled.
"They say even Seers can't see every possible outcome." She said. "Giselle left a letter for you while you were in your trance. I believe it came in the mail."
The Spellcaster teen looked at the envelope on his desk. "Thank you." He opened the letter and a Duel card fell out and hit the ground
Jet,
This card belongs with its owner. I never actually used it.
Kenji
Jet looked at the card after reading the letter. It was the card he traded to Kenji years ago. He picked the card up and smiled. Jet placed the card in his main deck then went to his Warrior deck. He took a single card, Star Ninja Kaabii.
He took a sheet paper, wrote something down on it then placed Kaabii on top. Jet started to fold the paper over and over and over until the paper became an eagle.
"Do you remember the spell to make it come to life?" Empath inquired.
"Animitis." He whispered. The origami bird twitched as it came to life until it eventually flapped its wings.
Jet opened the window. "Deliver yourself to Kenji." After receiving its orders, the paper bird flew off, to return the card back to Jet's friend.
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(Sorry this took so long. I have issues. I will do my best to make sure it will never happen again.)
(Thank you to Master of Death and Darkness to let me use his character, Kenji. Kenji will probably making an actual appearance later on.)
(Jet's other decks will be used rarely. Like his dragon deck used against or with Drake.)
(And introducing a new segment: Featured Card. It will exactly like in the Japan episodes but it usually be an OC card.)
Featured Card
Blind Swordsman
Level: 6
Warrior/Light
2000/1100
Effect: When this monster battles a monster with raised points, that monster loses those points and the difference comes out of your opponent's life points.
(A blind man wearing black red trimmed robes and a red blindfold. A straight edge katana is his weapon.)
Spells Used
Animitis: Mid-level spell. When this spell is whispered to an inanimate object, which will breathe it life.
Proiectura Astrai: Low-level spell. This spell causes the user to fall into a trance. An illusion appears to the person the user wants to contact.
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Next Time...
Now that the new dorm has a name, all it needs is a teacher. But after Crowler learns of the Isis Gold Dorm, will the new teacher make the grade?