Chapter 7: Going for Gold (Part 1: A Golden Opportunity)
A helicopter began its descent down onto the Duel Academy helipad and touched down. A young man and woman stepped out and onto the building's roof.
Chancellor Sheppard was waiting for them by the roof's door. "I'm glad you two were able to make it here so quickly." He started.
"We were already packing, sir." The woman chuckled.
"We thank you for this opportunity, Mr. Sheppard." The man nodded.
"Well, I'm sure Chancellor Mackenzie from South Academy wasn't too happy that you turned down his offer." Sheppard smiled.
The man was a tall athletic bodied twenty five year old man. He had a well-toned, slightly tanned with shoulder length maroon hair, tied back in a small ponytail and dark green eyes. He wore a dark t-shirt with nothing on it, baggy blue jeans, and worn black flip-flops. There was a black line art of a shield with wings on each side and the kanji for knight inside it on the inside of his right arm, just below his elbow.
The woman next to him was slightly shorter than her partner, thin also well-toned and had a similar tan. She had long wavy jet black hair and alluring hot pink eyes. She wore a black leather jacket over a white bustier, revealing her stomach and tight black leather pants with laces down the sides of her pants. She had a thin chain necklace with a metal skull and cross bones.
"Mackenzie's offer was very enticing. But Kali and I discussed it and decided that Duel Academy." She said.
Kal nodded. "We are very excited about meeting our new students."
"Then let's not waste any more time." The older man smiled. "Rachel, Kaleb. Welcome to Duel Academy."
"Thank you, sir. And call me 'Ray'." Ray said.
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A few hours earlier...
"A WHAT?"
Crowler was practically red with anger at the news he just heard.
George flinched slightly. "A new dorm is built in forest on the other side of the Main Building. I saw it myself a few days ago."
"Why didn't you tell me about it then?"
The teen shrugged. "I figured they would let me join but they didn't."
Crowler seemed to calm down. "I see. What else can you tell me about this dorm?"
"They told the name was Isis Gold. It's for students who are good duelist through pure talent." The teen explained.
"Do you know who is in this dorm exactly?" Crowler asked.
"Hm...Zane, Johnny, the Yuki twins, Alexis then three Ra students, Bastion, Cam, Parker, and a few Slifers, Jaden, Jet, Drake, Billie, Elle." He listed.
Crowler, after hearing the names of the students, wanted nothing more than to scream again, but he managed to keep calm. "Well, thank you for telling me now. You may leave."
George nodded. "Thank you, sir." He turned and walked away with a hidden smile on his face.
The Obelisk Headmaster turned in his chair and began to think.
Eventually, a plot formed in his mind. It was a simple plan but it would work. He pressed the intercom button. "Chazz, I need you to come into my office for moment."
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That evening...
The gang was sitting around the common room in the Gold dorm, just telling stories, having a good time and eating pizza.
"Twice."
"Twice?"
"You've been arrested two times." Billie stated.
"That seems to surprise a lot of people." Jet joked.
"What did you get busted for?" Johnny chuckled.
"The first time was trespass and defacing public property. And the second time was uh..." Jet stopped.
"Public indecency." Eli spoke up.
"Oh, right." The magician duelist laughed.
"What did you do to that was indecent?" Syrus asked.
"Well, you see, I was in the park and the bathroom was full, so I..." He started.
Before he could finish, the others had caught on. The girls were a little grossed out.
"EW!" Cam shivered.
"We didn't need to hear that!" Elle said.
"Never thought I'd have a friend with a record." Drake spoke up as the girls recovered.
"Or who has been expelled from a high school." Alexis pointed out, as she sipped her soda.
Jet looked at Alexis. She smiled and glanced at Scarlet. The dark haired teen glared daggers at his sister.
"Jet's been expelled before?" Parker inquired.
"Last spring, I released nine pigs into our high school and just watched as the teaching staff spent days trying to catch these pigs." He explained.
"Why nine?" Zane asked.
"I labeled each pig with a number one, two, three, four, six, seven, eight, nine and finally ten."
"What about five?" Johnny arched his eyebrow.
"There was no five."
"Why did you skip five?" Drake asked.
"Although Jet did not number five, the school faculty probably believed there was a pig with the number five on it so they spent time looking for it." Bastion deduced.
"Little under a month." Jaden chuckled
"So, I take it you caught and we're expelled." Elle said.
"No." Jet shook his head. "I didn't get caught. I got ratted on." He got up, grabbed an empty pizza box. "I'm gonna throw this out." He walked into the kitchen.
"Jet's friend, Dylan, asked Jet if he knew who let the pigs into the school. Jet trusted Dylan and told him he did it. The next day, Jet was expelled from school." Eli explained.
"Turns out Dylan was dating the secretly school council president, Brittany, who told her mother, the principal." Scarlet continued.
"What an asshole." Billie scowled.
"I hope someone kicks his ass." Drake frowned.
Jaden smiled. "Jet did."
All of sudden, the front doors flew open with a slam. It startled the students as did the Obelisk Blue students who poured into hallway then common room.
"What the hell?" Parker said.
"Greeting, children." Doctor Crowler stepped into the room with a big creepy smile on his face. Chazz and his cronies were behind him.
"Doctor, what is going on? You can't just barge in here!" Scarlet exclaimed.
"Actually, Miss. Yuki, I can. With no teacher for this dorm, I'm taking charge of it. And being in charge, I am kicking out all of the Ra's and Slifers." Crowler laughed.
Chazz's almost evil gaze was set on Jaden. "You heard him, Slime! You and loser buddies get your asses out of here!"
"Yeah. This is Obelisk territory now!" Torimaki exclaimed in victory. All of the Obelisks cheered at their victory.
"You better leave or we'll kick you out." Raizou warned with mean smile.
"Is that so?" Jet walked up from behind them. "I doubt that."
"Are you supposed to be afraid of you?" Chazz frowned.
"Me? No. But my very good friend, Chancellor Sheppard?" He gestured to behind Crowler, who promptly spun around. Sheppard was standing behind him, his eyes narrowed. "Yes."
"Crowler, just what is going on here?" Sheppard asked.
"N-Nothing, sir." Crowler's mood completely flipped from happiness to fear.
"I thought you were taking over the dorm." Zane spoke up.
Alexis nodded. "That is what you and your goons claimed."
"Jet, would be kind enough to clean up?" Sheppard asked.
Jet arched an eyebrow then realized what Sheppard wanted. "Just give me a minute." He fished a small dark purple-black book with white trim out of his pocket. He flipped through the pages. "Hm...Ah, here it is."
"I still can't believe Jet knows actual magic." Billie whispered to her best friend.
Elle nodded. "I know."
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Flashback...
Jet was studying his magic book when the others walked in.
"Jet, what are you reading?" Cam asked.
He attempted to sneak the small book back into his pocket. "Nothing."
"Dude, we just saw you reading something." Drake said.
Jet looked at him. "Don't worry about it." While he was looking at his best friend, Billie was able to sneak up behind him and grab the book. "Hey! Billie, give that back!"
"No way!" She opened the book and stopped. "These words don't make any sense."
"Let me see." Bastion said.
As Jet was about to grab the book back, Billie tossed it to the Ra. "Catch!"
Bastion caught with ease. "Hm..." He studied the lettering on the page. "It doesn't appear to be any form of foreign language that I know of."
Jet's eyes narrowed. "Leviror." He whispered. With a wave of his hand, the book slipped out of Bastion's grasp, allowing Jet to grab it.
"Jet, why do you have a book with words that nobody can understand?" Parker asked.
"Uh..." Jet didn't have a lie.
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The dark haired teen ended up telling his friends everything.
Jet looked up and put his hand up. Both were glowing electric green. "Keltus Teleka!"
An electric green light washed over the room. When the light faded, all of the Obelisk students, minus the four who were actually supposed to be there, were gone.
"Where did you send them?" The Chancellor inquired.
"They are safe in front of the Obelisk dorm." Jet said with a tired smile.
Scarlet was at her brother's side. "Jet, you don't look too good. Maybe you should sit down."
"Don't worry. I'm good." He grinned. "But uh...don't let go."
"I won't."
"Leviror." He whispered. His cup from the table floated over to his hand.
Crowler was slight trying to figure out where his reinforcements went. "It appears we have a problem, Vellian. Which we discuss later." Sheppard turned his attention to the students. "Children, may I introduce your new teachers, Kaleb and Rachel Mason."
Both of them walked into view. "Hello, kids. You can just call me Kal."
"Ray." Ray smiled. She saw Jet, still a little winded. "Are you ok?"
He simply nodded. "I've been worse."
Finally, Crowler was able to get his brain working again and the first thing he could think was a big fat lie. "S-Sir, I came here today express my belief that, there should be more Obelisk students in this new door."
"And brought an army?" Drake pointed out.
Crowler shot a look at the Slifer. "I will admit that bring those students was a mistake but I was unsure the actions these children would take." Then he thought of something, which got to smile. "Especially with a criminal among them."
Both Sheppard's and Jet's eyes widen at those words. The teen was about to say something but Sheppard spoke first. "Doctor Crowler, I am already aware of Jet's past. It was something he told it the first time we met. And the fact you would try and use those mistakes against him is unbelievable."
"Yeah!" Elle jumped in.
"Chancellor Sheppard, I have an idea. What if Kal duels Doctor Crowler?" Eli spoke up.
"Go on."
"If Kal wins, Crowler swears off the Gold dorm." He said.
"And if I were to win?" Crowler asked.
This time, Jet spoke. "If you win, you can replace any student in this dorm with a student of your choosing."
A big smile grew on Crowler's face. "I agree to these terms."
Kal thought about the deal and nodded. "Me too."
Sheppard looked at Jet and Eli. "Ok. The duel will be tomorrow."
"I can hardly wait." Crowler said, gleefully.
Sheppard's DAP rang. "Hello?" He paused and listened. After he was done, the looked towards the weakened teen. "I understand, Fonda. It is a misunderstanding, let them go. Good-bye." He hung up.
"It appears a large group of Obelisk boys stunk into the Girl's dorm." Sheppard said.
"I thought you said they were in front of the Obelisk dorm." Kal said to Jet.
The teen chuckled. "I didn't say which Obelisk dorm."
"Vellian, you duel doesn't mean you're off the hook for attempting to take this dorm over." Sheppard said. "Come with me."
Once again, Crowler's glee was replaced with fear. "Y-Yes, sir." Both men walked out of the building and to Sheppard's office.
"I can only assume you have some sort of plan." Kal turned to the teens.
"Between the Bastion and Jet, we can tell you everything you need to know about Crowler." Elle said.
The two teachers looked at each other. "Is that so?"
"Bastion, kick things off!" Jaden smiled.
Bastion nodded and stood up. "Doctor Crowler is an Archetype duelist. He uses the Machine Archetype, Ancient Gear. Most of the monsters in the Archetype will stop you from using Spell and Traps during the battle."
"That means setting them down would be a waste." Kal said.
"Quite. Crowler's deck is also focused on getting his Ace monster, Ancient Gear Golem, on the field. His deck contains multiple strategies to summon as quickly as possible." The Ra continued. "However if his Golem fails, he has weaker monsters to defend himself until he can get his Golem back. None more attack points then 2000."
"Thanks, Bastion." Scarlet said.
Eli turned to Kal. "Now that you know the deck, Jet will help understand the duelist."
Jet flipped through a sketch pad and stopped on a page. He looked at the page and frowned as he looked up. "Who ruined my sketch?" He flipped the sketch pad, revealing a perfect sketch of Crowler but with an handle bar mustache and a pointy beard.
The others burst out laughing. Only Eli, Kal and Zane were not laughing, although they were smiling. Jet just rolled his eyes, got up, and walked out of the room with the sketch pad in his hand.
"I'll be in my room when you guys stop acting like children." He called over his shoulder. "And before I forget, Keltus Leviror."
The couches and chairs the others were sitting on levitated into the air a little then spun, dropping them on their asses.
Hitting the ground got them to stop laughing. "Not funny, Jet!" Scarlet shouted.
"Well, it was to me!" He retorted.
Eli stood up. "Let's face it we earned that."
Kal helped his wife off the ground. "Who drew on the sketch?"
"Me." Jaden smiled. An empty pizza box flew and hit him in the back of the head. "Ow!"
"I'll go talk to him." Scarlet sighed.
"Actually..." Alexis started. The older teen looked at her. "Do you mind if I go and talk to him?"
Scarlet glanced at Eli, who shared her expression, then nodded. "Go ahead."
Alexis walked up the stairs. She stepped up to Jet's door then knocked. "Jet, are you in there?"
The door opened as she about to knock again. Jet was standing at the door way, he wasn't wearing a shirt. Without a shirt, Alexis could see another tattoo on his stomach, a ring of fire around his naval.
"What?"
"We need you to come down stairs." Alexis said, her face becoming a tiny bit red.
"Let me get a shirt." He turned, showing more tattoos on his back, a bat spread across the back of his shoulders with more black tribal designs up and down his back. He grabbed shirt, the one where he wore during the qualifying duel.
"Let's go. If anybody is still laughing..." Jet started.
Alexis shook her head. "I doubt anybody is. You're floating couch stunt took care of that."
"Good." They got downstairs where the others were cleaning the mess Jet's spell made.
Jaden was the first to see them, come down. "Sorry, I messed with your drawing, Bro. I didn't..."
"Save it." Jet said. "Like I was about to say, Doctor Crowler is very prideful man, almost to the point where he's full of himself. He underestimates every other duelist, regardless of who is it. His combination of Ancient Gears and current position at Duel Academy he believes himself to be a god here. And can do what he wants."
"As we've seen from his attempt of takeover earlier." Bastion said.
"He is easily over angered. If you were to upset him, there is good chance he will start to make mistakes and won't calm down until he makes a good move." The Spellcaster duelist continued.
"Can I talk to you two in private? After this it done." Ray asked Eli and Jet.
"Well, I am done actually." Jet, Ray and Eli went into the hallway for little privacy.
"How good of duelist is Scarlet?" Ray inquired.
"Two years ago, when she was a first year, she overthrew the previous Obelisk Queen. She has barely lost since then." Eli explained.
"Why do you want to know?" Jet asked.
"I want to prove myself to the students here. I figured Scarlet would be a good opponent." Ray explained with a shrug.
"Hang on." Jet turned to the Common Room. "E, do you want to duel Ray tomorrow after Kal's duel with Crowler?"
"Sure." Jet turned back around as Scarlet responded.
"Done." Eli smirked.
Ray blinked. "That easy?"
"That easy."
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The next morning...
The main arena was filled with students as the Obelisk Headmaster and the new teacher made their final preparations. The students were chatting and clamoring about the new teacher and the news about the new dorm for the Elite.
Most of them discussed how could they not be invited to the dorm. Some wondered about the new teacher and how he dueled.
Others, mostly those who wore blue, made plans to trick their way into the dorm. The Obelisk girls were talking about how the handsome the teacher was.
Sheppard stood up from his chair in the control room. "Students, settle down!" The volume in the arena dropped with that order. "As I'm sure most of you have heard, there is a new dorm on the island. This new dorm, Isis Gold, is a special dorm. You cannot ask to become a member of this dorm, you must be asked. Now that note, today the Gold dorm's headmaster, Kaleb Mason will be dueling Doctor Crowler."
With his final look over of his deck finished, Crowler activated his Duel Coat. Kal also activated his customized duel disk. Kal's duel disk was gold and silver. It's base was like the KC Duel Disk but much sleeker. A thin oval popped out from the opposite side of Kal, it slid 90 degrees to left. A curved duel field blade slid out of the oval.
Kal arches his eyebrow, noticing his opponent's Duel Coat. "I didn't know anybody actually used those anymore."
"What does that mean?" Crowler's eyes narrowed.
"I simply read that the Duel Coat was stopped being used a few years ago." Kal shrugged.
Jaden blinked, remember what Crowler told him during the Qualifying Exam. "Is that true? The Doc told me you needed to do a bunch of stuff to get it."
"Yes. While Crowler said is correct, at one point, only a select few people could buy a Duel Coat. But now anyone can buy one." Bastion explained.
"This duel will be a simple matter.' Crowler thought.
"Well, let's begin." Kal said.
Both duelists drew their opening hands. "DUEL!"
Crowler: 8000
Kal: 8000
"I have seniority so I will go first." The Obelisk Headmaster boasted then drew. "I'll summon Ancient Gear Soldier!" A rusted machine with a machine gun for a right hand appeared. (1300/1300)
"Then I'll lay two facedown cards." Two facedowns appeared on the teacher's field.
"I think I will end my turn." He finished his turn.
Kal's brain quickly went into overdrive as he studied his opponent's field. "You know, your soldier would have been much better in defense, unless you wanted me to attack your monster. I can only assume that one of your facedowns is to block my attack or raise your monster's attack." He glanced down at the facedowns. "I'd even guess that one is Rush Recklessly."
Kal smiled while he drew. "Don't feel bad, Doctor. It is a very good opening strategy." He quickly looked at his hand. "I set one monster facedown and end my turn."
'First he breaks my turn down, like I was an amateur, then does almost nothing.' Crowler growled. 'I'll show this fool who he's messing with.' The man drew to begin his turn and smiled.
Crowler revealed his card. It had a man being attacked by Luster Dragon with four stars. "I activate Star Blast. I'll play 1000 Life Points to lower the level of a monster in my hand by two levels."
Crowler: 7000
Kal: 8000
"I think I know what's coming next." Syrus gulped.
"It is very obvious what he is summoning." Bastion agreed.
"Maybe it's the only really powerful monster Crowler has." Billie joked.
Crowler took a single card from his hand. "Now I summon my Ancient Gear Golem!" The smaller machine disappeared as the Doctor's ace monster took its place. (3000/3000)
"What do you have to say now?" Crowler laughed.
Kal blinked as he looked at the massive monster he faced. "A powerful monster on your second turn can be a big move but it can also be a big mistake."
Crowler grinded his teeth together. "Golem, destroy his monster with Mechanized Melee!" The giant machine pulled back his fist and then punched, causing a debris and smoke to cover the field. "Looks like you're all talk!"
A large spiked mace shot out of the smoke hitting Ancient Gear Golem straight in the head, knocking it over like a giant domino. The massive golem shattered into a million pieces. Crowler was in shock. "My Golem! W-What happened to my Golem?"
The smoke cleared to reveal a mountain of a man in a grey-ish purple knight's armor. A long thick chain was wrapped around his arm with the mace on the other side. (2000/3000)
Behind the man was a young blonde girl in a purple and white dress. (500/1000)
"Allow me to explain. You attacked my facedown monster, Defenseless Princess." Kal gestured to the girl. "Her ability activated. Her ability allows me to summon a Knight from my hand to take the attack for her. The monster I summoned was Mace Knight in Defense Mode and his ability destroys any monster that attacks him while defending and wasn't able to destroy him."
"You shall not get by my defenses." The man bellowed.
"Since Gear Golem's attack was the same as Mace Knight's defense, Golem wasn't able to destroy Mace Knight, causing his ability to kick in." Elle realized.
"That is correct, Giselle." Kal smiled at her.
"I end my turn." Crowler said.
Kal drew for his turn. "I summon Claw Knight to the field." A wild looking man in red armor with a wolf's pelt as a hood and cape. He had a clawed gauntlet on each hand and armored boots with three clawed edge on his feet. (1800/1500)
"Claw, attack the Doctor directly with Gauntlet Grind." Kal announced. The knight darted towards Crowler.
"I activate Stronghold the Moving Fortress to block your attack!" A large metal golem appeared in Claw's path. The golem had three hole in it's chest that looked like gears would go in them. (0/2000)
With his attack unable to continue, Kal's knight jumped high and landed in it's start spot. "What a waste! Come up with something, Kal. I can't wait to rip my claws into this guy!"
"I'll set a facedown card." The facedown hologram appeared at Kal's feet. "And that's all for me."
"My turn." Crowler drew a card. "I'll set on card facedown then end my turn."
"That's all?" Cam asked.
"I thought Crowler was supposed to be a big player." Parker said.
"He's planning something bigger." Zane spoke up.
"My draw." Kal drew. "With Heavy Storm, I'll clear the field." A massive storm destroyed all the spells and traps on the field, leave Crowler completely exposed. "Claw, do your worse!"
"Finally!" The wild man dropped down on all fours and ran forwards like an animal. He jumped and kicked Crowler then jumped high to his starting spot again.
Crowler: 5200
Kal: 6000
"That felt good. I can't wait to do it again!"
Crowler drew a card to start his turn. "I play Monster Reborn to resummon my Ancient Gear Golem!" The massive metal man rose from the ground. (3000/3000)
"I summon Green Gadget." A little green gear machine appeared on the field. (1400/800)
"When it's summoned, I can add Red Gadget to my hand." The Obelisk teacher said, as he took a card from his deck.
"Ancient Gear Golem, attack his Princess again!" The Golem punch the little girl again, this time with no way to stop the attack, she was crushed.
Crowler: 5200
Kal: 6000
"Green Gadget, attack Claw Knight!" The Doctor announced. He revealed a trap card, showing a man glowing with an orange aura. "I activate the trap card, Rising Energy! I discard a card from my hand to give my gadget 1500 extra attack points!" (1400/800-2900/800)
The little green machine, now glowed with an orange aura, dashed across the field and sucker punched the knight.
Crowler: 5200
Kal: 4900
"At this rate, we're gonna lose our dorm." Cam became worried.
"I just started to move my stuff into my room too." Parker groaned.
The red haired teacher looked up at them. "Just relax, girls. A good move doesn't a duel make." He reassured.
"I'll let you make your move." Crowler said, feeling very proud.
"Thank you." Kal drew. "I'll return the favor with Card of Sanctity. Letting us each draw until we have six cards in our hands." Both duelists drew to fill their hands. "I think we need a change of scenery. So I'm going to play the field spell, Knight's Stronghold."
"This Field Spell gives all Warrior 300 attack and defense points." The dueling field changed from a metallic arena to a large throne room with the royal throne behind Kal. (2000/3000-2300/3300)
"Wow, this is a cool." Syrus looked around.
"I hope it has some good abilities. Kal is going to need it." Alexis said.
"I summon Dagger Knight." A thin man in purple jester costume and white smiley face mask. He held two small daggers. (1100/1000-1400/1300)
"My Field spell allows me to summon twice per turn, as long as my second monster is a Warrior. I sacrifice my two knights to summon Lance Knight!" Both knights vanished as a new knight appeared.
The new knight was a tall white knight with one hand as a lance and other was a big round shield. It had a red cape on its back. (3000/2000-3300/2300)
"Lance, attack his Gadget."
"Gladly. For my comrade." The monster charged electricity into the tip of its lance. "Lightning Joust!" It flew forward, piercing the smaller monster, destroying it.
Crowler: 3300
Kal: 4900
"I'll attack again with Mischief of the Time Goddess." Kal revealed a spell card in his hand.
"Oh, no!" Crowler screamed.
"I've never heard of that card. What does it do?" Syrus asked.
"It allows the user to end their current turn then goes directly to their next battle phase." Eli explained.
"Lance Knight, destroy Ancient Gear Golem." Kal ordered.
"Fall by my hand, monster." Once again, Lance Knight charged lightning through his weapon, darted across the field and destroyed Crowler's Golem.
Crowler: 3000
Kal: 4900
"I end my turn."
"This is turning into a sweet duel." Jaden smiled. "I can't believe Jet and Drake are missing it."
"Where are they anyway?" Alexis asked.
"They're taking care of business." Eli smiled knowingly.
"Johnny is also missing." Parker pointed out.
"He's with them." Zane said.
Crowler drew his card. "I play Junk Dealer to recycle my Green Gadget and Red Gadget with half of their attack points." Both Gadgets popped back onto the field. (1400/800-700/800), (1300/1500-650/1500)
"I sacrifice both Gadgets to summon Ancient Gear Destroyer!" The two gadgets disappeared soon after appearing. The new Ancient Gear monster that appeared was enormous, much bigger than Ancient Gear Golem and had much more armored plating. (3400/2700)
"Holy mother of god!" Billie exclaimed.
"That thing is huge!" Jaden said.
Crowler smiled. "And my Destroyer not only has all of the abilities of Ancient Gear Golem but whatever monster it attacks is switched into Defense Mode. Destroyer, Mechanized Destruction!" The old machine let out what could only be described as a roar as it brought its arms down, crushing Lance Knight into millions of pieces and causing an earthquake.
Crowler: 3000
Kal: 3800
Kal drew a card and looked at his hand. "Looks like this duel will end shortly."
Crowler smiled like an idiot. "I agree."
"Somehow I doubt Mr. Mason was talking about Crowler winning this duel." Bastion commented.
"I summon Chibi Knight." A tiny, cartoon-ish knight appeared onto the field. He floated in the middle of the field. (1400/0-1700/300)
"What do ya need me to do, boss?"
All of the girls in the audience fell in love with the small monster quickly after it appeared.
"Awe, he's adorable." Elle gushed.
"I could just hug him." Parker cooed.
Kal chuckled. "Chibi's ability allows him to take the form of any Knight in my graveyard." The little knight spun around then became a chibi version of the destroyed princess.
"How did it take the form of your Princess? You said it was a Knight in your Grave." Crowler pointed out.
"Don't question my powers, Ugly! I changed into her form because I have that power!"
"Defenseless Princess counts as a Knight."
"Well, it doesn't matter. My Destroyer will crush it and in monster you summon with it." Crowler boasted.
"I'll use another effect of Knight's Stronghold. I sacrifice my little princess to summon...
The copycat monster zipped to the throne behind Kal and sat down. When it sat, it started to change. First, it became the real Defenseless Princess, who then changed again. The royal child began to grow up. The young woman who now sat on the throne had long sandy blonde hair. She wore a white and purple dress with gold shoulder armor and long white gloves. In her right hand was a thin golden handled sword. (3500/2800-3800/3100)
"...Twilight Princess."
"It feels good to be in battle with you, Kaleb." She smiled softly and stood up.
"Wow, she's even stronger than Crowler's Destroyer." Cam pointed out.
Syrus blushed as the new monster appeared. "And she a lot prettier too."
"Sy, do you have a crush on a Duel Monster card?" Elle giggled.
"N-No."
"Once per turn, I can choose one of her three effects to use. The one I'm choosing the Din's Fire ability making your Ancient Gear Destroyer's attack drop to 0." The Princess charged a little fireball in her delicate hand and blew to towards the huge machine. The ball of flames exploded, harming the monster. (3400/2700-0/2700)
"B-But that means..." Crowler stammered.
"You lose, Doctor." Kal finished for him. "Princess, take him out."
"Understood." The young woman pointed her sword to the sky. "Twilight Spell Slash!" She swung her sword down, releasing an arc of light energy, slicing the Destroyer in half.
Crowler: 0000
Kal: 3800
Kal switched his duel disk off and walks over to the other end of the field. He stuck his hand out. "Thank you for a fantastic duel, Doctor Crowler. It was an honor to go against you."
The Doctor blinked in confusion. Despite his confusion, he shook Kal's hand. "I would like a rematch at some point, Mason."
"I'm sure it can be arranged." The two teachers walked off the duel field. They went in opposite directions, Crowler to the arena control room and Kal to where his students were sitting.
Jasmine walked to the group and sat down in the chair next to Alexis. "Hey, Alexis. I can't find Mindy. Have you seen her?"
"No. I haven't seen her all day." Alexis shook her head. She look at Eli when she remembered that he knew where Jet, Johnny and Drake were.
"I don't know she is." Eli said then shrugged. "Sorry."
Sheppard's voice filled the room as he spoke into the microphone. "Thank you to both duelists for that masterful display."
There was static came out of the speakers before a new voice began. "Ladies and Gentlemen, we'll be right back to Chancellor Sheppard in just a second but first we have a second duel for your viewing pleasure, so sit your asses down, put your feet and get comfortable, kiddies."
"Who is that?" Crowler asked as he stepped into the control room. "How are they doing that?"
"We don't know, Sir." The head technician responded. "The microphone in this room should be the only ones that connect to the speakers."
"Well, they're doing it somehow. Figure it out." Crowler ordered.
"Isn't that Jet?" Parker asked.
"I think Drake was able to get into the arena's systems." Eli chuckled.
The two girls came out from the waiting rooms that were on opposite sides of the arena. Ray, like her husband used a custom duel disk. The whole device was purple and was very similar to the Duel Academy Disk. The base was oval in shape with a sliver gem in the middle. The field blade was like the Duel Academy version but with a skull and cross bones in place of blue gem in the middle.
Ray also had taken her jacket off, as she did during a duel. Her fantastic body was revealed to all of the students without her jacket. Most of the male populations became a bunch of drool monkeys upon seeing the female teacher.
"On my left is the challenger, Ray Mason! We go to my partner for her stats."
Another voice started to talk. "Thanks, bud. Ray uses a special Water based Archetype with a few other Water monsters. With pretty impressive duel record, included multiple tournament wins under her belt, it's no wonder she was choose to lead the Gold dorm."
"Looks like Drake is with him." Cam commented.
"And her opponent is the Obelisk Queen of Duel Academy, Scarlet Yuki!" Jet spoke again.
"Scarlet is the best female duelist on the island. She is the daughter of Jackson Yuki, and her near perfect duel record proves that. She will be hard for Ray to beat." Drake said.
"Thank you. Now, ladies, we need a clean duel down there. No cheating." Jet said with a chuckle.
"Shuffle your deck." Both girls shuffled their cards and slipped into the deck holders.
"Draw your hands." They drew five cards, looking at the cards and formed opening strategies.
"Ready, set..."
"Just duel already." Jet interrupted.
"Buzz kill!" The others smiled and chuckled.
"DUEL!"
Scarlet: 8000
Ray: 8000
"I'll start." Ray drew another card. "I summon my Pirate Mermaid in defense mode." A beautiful red haired mermaid appeared on the field. She was wearing a white shoulderless blouse. (1000/2000)
"Whoa, pirates?" Jaden asked. "That's sweet."
"Just wait until you see what they can do." Kal chuckled.
"Then I'll play Double Summon. Now, I summon Cyber Shark, since I have a Water monster on the field, I can do it without tributing a monster." A large shark with multiple fins and a gold mask rose from the ground. (2000/2100)
"My turn ends with a facedown."
Scarlet drew. "I play Angel's Love and Valhalla, Hall of the Fallen." The first card Scarlet played showed an angel standing over a warrior, protecting him. The second caused a sacred room filled with marble statues of great angels and pillars with red roses wrapped around them rose from the ground behind Scarlet.
"With Valhalla, I can special summon an Angel from my hand." Scarlet explained with a smile.
"She means a Fairy from her hand." Eli said.
"Huh?" The other, minus Jaden and Zane, looked at him.
"Scarlet has a habit calling Fairy type monsters Angels." He explained.
"She's been doing it since she was a little kid." Jaden nodded.
"So, I'll summon Seraphim Blaster." A blonde armored woman with large white angel wings and a high tech hand gun in each hand. (1800/1200)
"And Angel's Love allows both of us to draw a card for every Angel we summon." Scarlet drew a card. "Now, I'll summon my little Zeriel to the field." A small yellow white angel robot appeared. (300/200)
The Obelisk Queen drew another card. "My small friend gives 500 attack points to all my Angels and Seraphim gains 300 attack and defense for every other Angel on my field. (300/200-800/200), (1800/1200-2600/1500)
"Next, I'll play Court of Justice." A giant, golden disk with a clear light descended from the sky. "I can summon an Angel from my hand if I have small one on my field. I summon Athena." A white haired warrior woman with a spear in one and a shield in the other came from the ring. (2600/800-3100/800), (2600/1500-2900/1800)
Scarlet drew again. "Athena, destroy Cyber Shark!" Athena drove her spear into the large shark.
Scarlet: 8000
Ray: 6900
"Seraphim Blaster, attack her mermaid!" The angel aimed her weapon at the mermaid, and fired a laser shot.
"I activate Full Moon Curse! Now, my Pirates can't be destroyed." The pirate woman turned into a skeleton version of herself, just as the laser blast hit her.
"Wow that was good. I didn't see it coming." Scarlet smiled. "I end my turn."
Ray drew. "I sacrifice my mermaid to summon Pirate Crocodile." A tall crocodile man in ripped orange pants appeared where the mermaid once stood. (2500/1000)
"I'll equip him with two spells, one being Cursed Treasure Chest and the other being Laser Cutlass." The lizard man's claws began to glow as a treasure chest appeared behind him. "Laser Cutlass gives Crocodile 500 more attack points. (2500/1000-3000/1000)
"And Cursed Treasure Chest takes one monster on your field and seals it away until the equipped monster is destroyed." The crocodile man lift the chest and threw it at Athena, absorbing her then disappeared back to its spot.
"With Athena off the field, Scarlet's Blaster loses 300 points, right?" Syrus asked.
Eli nodded. "Ray's good. She knows how to adapt." (2900/1800-2600/1500)
"Croc, attack Zeriel!" The scaled man roared savagely and charged the little angel. He slammed it into the ground and crushed it.
Scarlet: 5800
Ray: 6900
The extra power Seraphim left with Zeriel's destruction and Scarlet wasn't too thrilled with that. 'Nobody has broken apart this strategy so easily, not even dad.' (2600/1500-1800/1200)
"And Croc's ability causes you to lose life points equal to half that monster's points." Croc eyed Scarlet but not feeling the rush of his kill, all he did was smack her with his tail.
Scarlet: 5400
Ray: 6900
"I'll play Card of Demise, to draw until I have five cards in my hand, and end my turn." Ray drew five cards.
Scarlet drew. "I summon Freya, Spirit of Victory." A purple haired young woman came bounding onto the field. She wore a black and purple cheerleader uniform with small halos on her ankles and wrists. She carried two red pom-poms. (100/100), (1800/1200-2100/1500)
"And she gives all Angels 400 attack and defense points." Scarlet smiled as she drew another card. (100/100-500/500), (2100/1500-2800/2200)
"Now, with Court of Justice, I summon Shatiel." A spiky haired armored angel appeared from the ring. (500/2000)
"His effect gives all Angels on my field 400 attack and defense points for each Angel on my field." (500/2000-2100/3600), (500/500-1700/1700), (2800/2200-4300/3700)
Scarlet drew again. "I play Angel Sing. I choose one Angel on my field. And that one gains 300 attack points for every Angel on my field. I think Blaster could use a boost." The spell card showed three angels singing in harmony. (4300/3700-5200/4600)
"Seraphim, attack her overgrown lizard!" Seraphim drew her blasters and fired, but like the mermaid before it, the Crocodile man turned into a skeleton.
Scarlet: 5400
Ray: 4700
"I'll end my turn." With Scarlet's turn finished, Seraphim's power dropped. (5200/4600-4300/3700)
Ray began her turn with a draw. "I set a monster. And that ends my turn."
Scarlet drew. "I attack with Seraphim!" The angel gunwoman fired another shot from her gun, hitting the skeleton crocodile in the chest.
Scarlet: 5400
Ray: 3400
"And Shatiel sends your facedown to the grave." Shatiel flew over and slammed his shield into the facedown monster, crushing it.
"My turn ends with that attack."
"That was a quick set of turns." Cam pointed out.
"Since Mrs. Mason couldn't do anything, Scarlet felt like she didn't need to do anything but attack." Bastion nodded.
"That could cause problems for her later." Kal claimed.
The teacher drew again after that quick round. "I activate the ritual card, Pirate King's Oath. I'll send two monsters from my hand to the grave to ritual summon, Pirate King Blackbeard!" A small ship in a bottle appeared, which shattered into pieces, a man stood where the bottle once was. The man was a tall, muscular man. He wore an old black long tailed coat, pants, and big black leather belt. He had a big black beard as for his name. (3200/2800)
"His ability allows him to use the effects of any Pirates that were used to summon him." Ray explained with a smile. "I used Pirate Monkey and Pirate Captain to summon him. Pirate Monkey can survive an attack once per turn. And Captain gains 100 attack points for every Pirate on the field." (3200/2800-3400/2800)
"Now, I summon Pirate Cannon to the field." A monster that looked very similar to an Ancient Gear monster but without the gears and it was made out of black iron. It had a cannon for a left hand. (2000/1700), (3400/2800-3500/2800)
"Crocodile, attack and destroy Shatiel!" Croc grabbed the armored angel, wrapped its massive arm around the man's neck, and crushed the angel.
Scarlet: 4500
Ray: 3400
Scarlet's monsters were weakened after the angel warrior was destroyed. (1700/1700-500/500), (4300/3700-2800/2200)
"Blackbeard, send Seraphim to the Davy Jones' locker!" Blackbeard simply took his pistol from his belt and shot his target in the head.
Scarlet: 3800
Ray: 3400
"Cannon, blow a hole in Freya!" The machine raised its cannon arm and fire a cannon ball, which hit Freya like a speeding train.
Scarlet: 2300
Ray: 3400
"Wow, Scarlet's in a bind." Billie gulped.
"Don't count her out yet." Eli spoke up. "She hasn't begun to fight."
Scarlet drew to start her turn. 'This is getting bad I need something. Anything to turn this around.' Scarlet looked at the card she drew. "Use Valhalla to special summon Chaos Angel Dusk!"
A dark light shined from Scarlet's Valhalla as a young man appeared. He wore a sleeveless black shirt and pants. He had black angel wings and black messy hair. (2400/2000)
"When he is summoned to the field, I can add his brother to my hand." She took a card from her deck and drew a card. "Now, I summon another Zeriel to my field." The little angeloid appeared again. (300/200-800/200), (2400/2000-2900/2000)
The Obelisk drew once more. "I'll use Court of Justice to summon Twilight Angel Dawn to the field." This angel looked just like Dusk, but with a white colored clothing and wings as well as blonde hair. (2400/2000-2900/2000)
"When both Dusk and Dawn are on the field, they give each other 500 attack points." Dawn looked at Dusk and smiled ear to ear. Dusk looked back at his brother and nodded. (2900/2000-3400/2000) x2
"Let's wipe your slate with Angel's Divine Wind." The spell card showed an angel flapping its wings with wind all around it. "With three Angels on my field, your spell and traps are sent out of play for three turns." The three angels flapped their wings, making a large gust of wind, blowing Ray's cards away.
Ray's treasure chest, now off the field, allowed Athena to return to battlefield. (2600/800-3100/800)
And Croc's power lowered with his claws losing their glow. (3000/1000-2500/1000)
"Now, Solidarity will give all the Angels on my field 800 attack points since I only have Angels in my grave." Scarlet played the card, raising her monsters' power. (800/200-1600/200), (3400/2000-4200/2000) x2, (3100/800-3900/800)
"That's a good card for her to have." Parker said.
"All four of us have that card." Jaden smiled.
"Really?" Syrus asked.
Eli nodded. "We all use one monster type, so the effect of Solidarity is really useful."
"I believe Jaden is the only one who needs to be careful with it." Kal said.
The Slifer nodded. "A few Elemental Heroes aren't Warriors, but most are."
"And finally, I play the field spell, Holy Sanctuary." Above everyone, the roof became a clear blue sky. The floor turned into a lush flowery field. "All monster besides Angels lose 500 attack points while this spell is out."
Ray gasped as her monsters lost strength. (2500/1000-2000/1000), (3500/2800-3000/2800), (2000/1700-1500/1700)
"Zeriel, attack Pirate Cannon!" The little angel sped across the field, broke straight through the machine man, like it wasn't even there.
Scarlet: 2300
Ray: 3300
"Athena, get your revenge for being locked away by, finally, destroying her Crocodile!" Athena thrust her spear, piercing clear through the savage reptile man.
Scarlet: 2300
Ray: 1400
"Boys, send her King back to the bottle he came from." The twin angels each gathered energy into a sphere, then shot their sphere at Blackbeard. The two spheres collided and exploded enormously, shaking the building.
Scarlet: 2300
Ray: 0000
"Whew..." Scarlet sighed in relief.
"Damn, damn, damn! I can't be I lost!" Ray exclaimed. She was about to rant more but a cough from her husband caught her attention. "What?" Her soulmate never said a word, just glance at Scarlet. Ray followed his glance, then it hit her like a ton of bricks. "Oh!" She spun to Scarlet. "You were a badass out there, Red."
"Thanks." Scarlet laughed. "You were great too."
"Thank you. Well, I guess that's it." Ray smiled.
"Actually, Ray, there is one presentation we have to." Jet's voice shout out from the tunnel. He, Drake, Johnny, George and Mindy walked into the arena. George was carrying a large trunk and Mindy looked like a completely different person.
Her dark hair was now golden blonde. She wore her uniform vest open over a powder blue belly shirt. She a much more serious look on her face than usual.
"Jasmine, I found Mindy." Eli joked.
The five teens walked to the middle of the field and George placed the trunk on the ground. Jet's eye became much meaner and colder.
"Oh, I remember those eyes." Jaden commented causing the others to look at him. "He's kill someone."
"Everyone listen up! I'm only saying this once!" Jet started. His voice made chills run up almost everyone's spines.
Mindy turned to the trunk and opened it. After it was opened, George and Johnny pulled Torimaki and Raizou out of it and placed them on the ground.
The two Obelisks were tied up and had duct tape over their mouths.
"These two tried to sneak into the Isis Gold dorm while everyone was in here!" The Spellcaster duelist motioned to the two. "If anyone else gets caught repeating this action, they'll wish they're expelled! I don't care who they are!" With that, he vanished in a puff of black smoke.
"I think you owe some answers." Kal looked at Eli and Zane.
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(I'm done.)
(I hope you guys like Kal and Ray, I originally made them for Duelist of the Dawn's story Duel Academy Stories. Which you should read.)
(They will be appearing his third year story, which is going to start soon.)
(And never to forget to Review.)
Featured Card
Lance Knight
Level: 8
(3000/2000) Attack Name: Lightning Joust
Effect: Lance Knight is unaffected by your opponent's Magic or Trap cards.
(Gallantmon from Digimon Season 3.)
Spells Used
Keltus Teleka: Mid-level spell. Advance version of Teleka. This spell has two varieties, long range and wide spread.
Keltus Leviror: Mid-level spell. Advance version of Leviror. This spell is used to move bigger objects, like furniture, compact cars.
(Teleka and Leviror are renames of Kelta and Alferus, respectively.)
Next Time...
What was Jet and others doing while Kal dueled Crowler. Didn't George tell Crowler about the new dorm? And what happened to Mindy? Find out all that and maybe even more.