Chapter 4- Alexis Rhodes
The next day Yusei and Crow woke up, they put on their clothes, ate their breakfeast and headed for class. Their first lesson was going to be about different types of cards. There teacher was going to be Proffesor Velian Crwoler.
"The clown-teacher that the Kuriboh-head defeated?" Crow asked. "And why do we have to do these classes anyway? We already know all kinds of different cards!" Crow said irritated.
"Well, its a good to go through the basics" Yusei answered with a smile. "Also, you could really learn a lot from these classes" he said to Crow.
"Why! I already know all kinds of card types!" he replied angrilly.
"Comes from the guy who doesnt know what the difference between a normal trap and a counter trap is" Yusei replied.
"Of course I know! The difference is..." Crow tried. "The difference is... well... SHUT UP!" Crow said as he rushed to class.
"What did I tell you? You might need these classes" he said to Crow who didnt hear as he was already at the school entrance.
When they went into the class room everyone was already there. Shortly after they arrived Dr. Crowler went into the class with a big grin on his face.
"Now, class!" he started. "Welcome to Duel Academy! Im Dr. Velian Crowler and will be your teacher in the most basic thing of duel monsters! Of course, that if you already know the basics," he said in a mocking tone. "Now, first we will do a quick checkthrough on your basic knowledge. First, can anyone tell us about all different groups of duel monster cards?" He looked at the students, and there were some Obelisks, few Ras and one Slifer raising their hand; Yusei was the only one from Slifer who seemed to know. "Yes, Alexis?" he said as he looked at the blond girl.
"Thank you doctor", she said as she began. "Duel monster cards can be grouped into the normal monster cards, fusion monster cards, ritual monster cards, effect monster cards, trap cards and spell cards. Trap cards can be divided into the normal trap cards, counter trap cards and continues trap card. Spell cards can be divided into the normal spell cards, quick spell cards, equip spell cards, ritual spell cards, continues spell cards and field spell cards". As she ended her meaning, everyone looked amazed at her knowledge (except Crow who was half snoozing).
"Excellent, Alexis!" Crowler praised her. "Of course, I wouldnt expect anything less from an Obelisk!".
"Thank you" Alexis answared and sat down.
"Now, can anyone describe to the class what a field spell is"? However, instead of choosing some one who raised their hand, Crowler looked at row where all the Slifers sat, and looked at Syrus. "You!" he pointed at Syrus.
"Um, yes?" he said nervously.
"Describe to the class what a field spell is".
"Oh, right, a field spell is..." he nervoulsy tried to answer. " A field spell is..." he tried again only to be mocked and insulted by all the Obelisks, much to Alexis and Akis discust.
"Ok, sit down" he ordered Syrus. "Its really not that hard to answer, but I shouldnt really have expected much from a Slifer" he said as all the other Obelisks laughed.
"You know you shouldnt really be mocking us Slifers" Jaden said.
"Huh?" Crowler said confused.
"I mean, you lost to me, and im a Slifer. So every time you diss us, you just diss yourself!" Jaden said with a smile, wich made Crowler furious, but Jaden just did the victory sign to everyone. Alexis was quite impressed that the Slifer was able to talk back to Crowler. Just as Jaden dissed Crowler, Crow woke up and decided to have some fun of his own.
"Yeah, being beaten by the Kuriboh head is quite impressive" he said teasingly.
"And what do you mean by that?" Jaden and Crowler asked.
"I mean, that guy is so weak that its a wonder to be beaten by him!" Crow said in a mocking manner.
"HEY! PICKING A FIGHT M-HEAD!" Jaden asked.
"Sure, come on!" Crow answared.
"Both of you, you are in the middle of class! Thats it, detention for both of you!" Crowler screamed.
"SAY WHAT!" Jaden and Crow screamed even louder.
"Anyway, lets move on!" Crowler said still angry of being humiliated by the drop-out boy, so he decided to take out his anger on somebody else, until he spoted Yusei. He then had an evil grin on his face. "Yusei Fudo, could you explain to the class how all the different types of spell cards work!" As he said this, most students whispered about how hard of a question Crowler asked, as its difficult enough to know and just line up the different card types. However, Yusei just answered without problems.
"Normal spells are the basic kinds of cards used. After being activated, they are sent to the graveyard, however some spell cards such as Swords of Reaveling Light can stay more than one turn on the field, if the card says so. Qucik Spells can be activated like spell cards, but can also be activated during the opponents turn if you set them before hand. Unlike normal spells, they cant be activated the turn they are set. Equip spells can after being played, equip themself to a monster, and stays on the field until the equiped monster leaves the field or is flipped face-down. Equip spells gives the equiped monster special effect while equiped, such as Fairy Meteor Crush can make the equiped monster inflict piercing battle damage. Also, as the the effect given to the equiped monster is not a monster effect, but a card effect, the equip spell must be removed from the field to negate the equiped monsters given effect. Ritual spells are used to ritual summon ritual monsters from the players hand by tributing monsters whos level is equal to the ritual monster. Certain ritual monsters have a corresponding ritual spell, wich is why certain player only use certain ritual spells. The ritual spell "Advanced Ritual Art" is the most common ritual spell used since it allows any player to ritual summon any ritual monster from their hand by sending a normal monster from their deck to the graveyard. Finaly, there is the field spell cards placed in the seperate field card zone. Field spells have effects that effects the whole field, and with the modern Solid Vision when a field spell is activated, the surroundings turns into an area resembling the art on the field spell. Even though the field spell is in a seperate area from the spell and trap cards zone, it is still counted a spell card you control, and will work well with the equip spell Mage Power." Yusei finally ended, wich made Crowler surprised that there is an exceptionally smart student in the Slifer Red.
"Excellent, Yusei Fudo!" Crowler happily praised him. "It seems there exist some talent in the drop-out dorm after all!" he said in a happy tone.
After Crowlers lesson, they all had gym class. They all waore the same uniform, a white sweater jacket with lilac lines and DA standing on their left chest. While they were standing in line, a beutiful middle-aged women with red hair appeared in front of the students.
"Hello! Im Miss Fonda Fontaine, bu you can just call me Fontaine!" She smiled winking wich made the some boys capitivated. "Im the gym teacher and also the school nurse, so please come to me if you have any injuries! Now lets start of with 10 laps around the hall!"
"WHAT!" a few students bursted into schock.
The whole hall was around 20m wide, and there was a course around where everyone could keep track. They would in total run 628 m, if you counted the diameter times pi(3.14), times 10. As everyone lined up, Fondaine said "start" and everyone began running.
1st lap: Everything was ok.
2nd lap: Syrus suddenly ran from the looker room and joined in the others, with a weird and pervy smile on his face. A few students were a little tired.
3rd lap: Most students were exhausted, except Yusei and Jack who were running without showing fatigue.
4th lap: A few students stopped running and fell to the ground exhausted. Included persons were: Syrus, most slifers, few Ras and a handful of Obelisks.
5th lap: Most students fell to the ground completly fatigued. Included: all remaining Slifers except Jaden, Yusei, Crow and Jack. Most Ras and Obelisks also fell to the ground.
6th lap: Most of the students collapsed in the middle of the track, meaning they never finished the lap. Some stopped running and went to the other who were doing push-ups and sitt-up until the other were finished.
7th lap: Almost all students fell. Remaining runners: Yusei, Jaden, Crow, Alexis, Aki, Jack, Chazz and Bastion, including 3 random students.
8th lap: Crow started a fight with Jaden, and they started competing with each other to see would run the most laps, and they started running faster. Alexis and Aki were to fatigued to continues, so they rested. Bastion also seemed to be at his limit, so he decided to rest. The 3 other random students collapsed in the middle of the lap.
9th lap: As the remaining finished their 8th lap and was going to begin on their 9th, Jaden and Crow were already on their 11th lap as they were still competing. Chazz fell on his knees as he was also to fatigued to continue. The remaining who has yet to finish: Yusei and Jack.
10th lap: Yusei and Jack finished their laps and decided to sit down and watch while Jaden and Crow raced with each other. Most students cheered for the both of them, som cheered for Jaden, som cheering for Crow. Other arrogant Obelisks decided to leave, including Chazz.
20th lap: Before both racers could reach the finish line, they both fell because of fatigue (no surprise since they were running non-stop 1256m). Everyone cheeredas they bothe crawled to he finishing line. As Crow was about to touch the line, he collapsed from fatigue, giving the win to Jaden.
"Congratz, Jaden!" Fondain congratulated. "Altough this was unexpected, it has inspired most students here! I think next time we should make a 20 laps race!" Fondaine smiled happily, much to the others students dismay as they were all schocked by this.
In the evening, Yusei sat on a chair beside Crow who sleeped in the school infirmary. As Crow woke up, he asked who won the race.
"Jaden" Yusei answered.
"Damn it!" Crow sweared. "Next time, I will beat him!" Crow said determined.
"Well, thanks to you two we have to run 20 laps next gym class" Yusei said as he looked at Crow with fierce eyes.
"Um, sorry" Crow said a little ashamed of himself. Its not so ofet anyone could get on Yuseis nerves.
"Its ok", Yusei said with a smile. "Its only natural that this would happen. I mean, you and Jack used to compete all the time".
"Yeah" Crow said happy as Yusei wasnt mad at him. "Anyway lets go!"
"Yeah, Miss Fondaine said that you werent seriously fatigued, and that we could leave when you woke up".
"I dont know if she was expecting that or just didnt want us here" Crow laughed.
As they went home to the Red Dorm, they saw Syrus walking away with a happy face.
"Wonder were he is running of to?" Crow asked.
Later the night, Syrus was sneaking in to the girls dorm. What he didnt know was that most girls were bathing right about now. Alexis and her two friends Jasmine and Mindy were in the bath, not knowing Syrus was sneaking around outside.
"That Slifer, Jaden, he is totaly uncool!" Jasmine said.
"Yeah, he has absolutly no respect for the teachers! What do you think, Lex?" Mindy asked Alexis.
"I think it was rather cool of him" Alexis said nonchalant. "Other than that, he is quite interresting".
"Interresting?" Mindy asked.
"Well, he deafeted Crowler, so its really no surprise if anyone would fing him interrestin" Jasmine commented. "Hey, what about the other guy, Yusei?"
"He is a looker" Mindy admitted. "His dueling skills are so amazing! And during the lesson today, when he talked about spell cards; he is a genius! Why is such a top-student living with the drop-outs?"
"And the there is that guy Crow" Jasmine started. "He seems quite immature, but he is also cute in a way".
"Hey, noticed the tattoos Yusei and Crow have on their face?" Mindy asked. "They were probably members in some cool dueling gang!"
"Rebels? That is hot!" Jasmine said as she and Mindy pictured Yusei and crow wearing typical street punk clothes in an alley with some shady figures. Alexis however just looked at the stary sky.
Syrus was sneaking around looking for Alexis. Earlier during gym class, he found a love letter from Alexis in his locker that read:
I have always loved you from the moment my eyes layd eyes on you.
Meet me at the girls dorm tonight were I will be waiting for you, my love.
From: Alexis 3
Syrus was flowing with self-confidence, wich seemed to puzzle Jaden and Chumly during the day. He had never felt this way unless he had a dream about Dark Magician Girl, and when he woke up during the morning, he would mostly be sad over that it was only a dream.
"Tonight, I will be a man!" he said proudly to himself. He then heard noices coming from the bath. He thought for himself that it would be ok to take sneak. When he peeped, he was shocked to see Alexis naked. He didnt see the front, but he saw her washing her hair with her back against Syrus. Syrus was litteraly stunned and as he fell, he screamed in his head: "THE DAY I BECOME A MAN IS FINALY HERE!" While thinking of doing M-rated things with Alexis.
"HELP, THERE IS A PERV SNEAKING AROUND HERE!" a girl screamed.
Syrus thought it was him the girl meant, so he ran away in panic, only to end up in a place surrounded by girls.
"A pervert!" all the girls screamed.
"No wait, im not..." he tried but before that he was tied up by Alexis.
"Ill take care of this, she told the other girls, and she went to the girls lobby and began interrogating him.
"So let me get this straight" Alexis said. "You found a letter in your looker room, that was adressed from me, telling you to come to the girls dorm at night? It reeks of attempts to try to expell someone" Alexis said.
"So what will we do, expel him?" Mindy asked.
"No, wait I have a better idea" Alexis said.
Back at the Slifer Dorm, Jaden, Yusei and Crow were playing the newest game Mario Kart 3DS. Yusei won the first race, with Jaden coming secon and Crow third.
"You cant win over the next king of games!" Jaden said to Crow.
"Hmph, it was only because you made me fall of the road!" Crow answered back to Jaden.
"Guys, stop it. Jaden, you have a messege" Yusei said to both of them and pointed at Jadens PDA. As Jaden went to the PDA, there was an e-mail on the screen. When he oppened it, it said:
Jaden Yuki.
I challange you to a duel.
If you want to see Syrus again, you better come to the girls dorm immedietly.
"Whats he gotten himself in now?" Jaden asked.
"Who knows, we saw him leaving this evening" Crow answered.
"Lets go" Yusei said.
"Are you coming?" Jaden asked Yusei.
"He is a friend, and its only natural to help them out" Yusei answered.
"Yeah, and besides, it will be fun to watch you lose" Crow said as he walked out the door.
"No way im gona lose this!" Jaden declared when they walked out. They found a row boat and decided to use it to make it to the girls dorm. When they arrived, Syrus was binded by the three girls.
"Yo Sy," Jaden greeted. "Whats up?".
"Well, to make a long story short..." Syrus said.
"Your little friend here tresspassed into the girls dorm" Alexis said. "And now that you have, you have no choise but to duel us. If you win, we will look over this. However, if you lose..."
"We are expelled" Yusei said, while Crow looked worried.
"What! We are going to get expelled because our friend peeped!" Crow asked shocked.
"That is if we lose!" Jaden said. "You are on Alexis!" Jaden said as he prepered his duel disk.
"Bring it on!" Alexis said, prepering her duel disk.
They both rowed out to the middle of the lake, and within a flash, the duel began.
"DUEL!" both players said, drawing their hand.
Jaden:4000
Alexis:4000
"Ladies first!" Alexis said drawing. "I summon Etoile Cyber! (1200/1600) I set one card and end my turn."
"My turn, draw! I activate King of the Swamps effect! This card lets me add a Polymerization to my hand by sending it to the graveyard. And while im at it, I activate Polymerization! I fuse my Elemental HERO Avian and Burstinatrix, to fusion summon: Elemental HERO Flame Wingman!" (2100/1200) "Attack her Etoile Cyber!" he declared as his monster charged against the cyber girl.
"I activate my trap: Butterflyoke!" As she activated her trap, a swarm of butterflies appeared and made Flame Wingman crouch.
"What the...?" Jaden asked.
"When a monster declares an attack, I can activate Butterflyoke and change the attacking monster to defense mode. Also, either players main phase or battle phase, I can switch the monsters battle position" Alexis explained.
"Sweet trap!" Jaden complimented. "I throw a face down and call it a turn".
"My turn, draw! I summon Blade Skater! (1400/1500). Battle!" She declared. "Blade Skater attacks Flame Wingman!
"My Wingman!" Jaden shouted as his monster was destroyed.
"Now my Etoile Cyber attack! Etoile Cybers monster effect activates!" Alexis continued. "When this card attack directly, it gains 500 atk during damage calculation only!" (1200-1700)
"Argh!" Jaden moaned as he was attacked directly.
Jaden:2300
"Now, during my main phase 2, I activate Polymerization! Fusing my Etoile Cyber with my Blade Skater!" She said as the two monster were sucked into a vortex that started to glitter. "Shining stars on the ice, dances through the glittering diamond dust. Fusion Summon!" Out of the vortex came an ice-skater monster dancing around with ice crystals flying around. "My prima, Cyber Blader! (2100/800).
"Whoa, awesome!" Jaden praised the newly summoned monster.
"You turn, now, what will you do?" she asked Jaden.
"What I have always been doing; get my game on!" Jaden answered with a smile as he drew his card. "I summon Elemental HERO Sparkman!(1600/1400). Attack Sparkman!"
"But why?" Alexis asked. "Are you trying to get yourself defeated or..."
"Or I can just do this; Ego-Boost!" He said as he activated his face-down card. "When a monster declares an attack, I can activate this card and target one monster on the field, and that monster gains 1000 attack!" Jaden said as he activated it (Sparkman: 1600-2600).
Alexis:3500.
However, Cyber Blader was still on the field.
"What the?" Jaden asked confused.
"When my opponent controls only one monster, Cyber Blader cant be destroyed by battle" Alexis explained.
"Tsch, at the end of the battle phase, Sparkmans attack returns to normal (2600-1600). I throw a face down and your turn."
"My turn, draw!" Alexis said as she looked at the cards she drew with a smile. "I activate Megamorph! Any monster equiped with Megamorph has its attack doubled!"
"But that is only if the controlers life points are lower than the opponents" Yusei said. "Equiping it to Cyber Blader will make its attack 1050" Yusei explained.
"Who said I was going to equip it to my Cyber Blader?" Alexis grinned. "I equip Megamorph to Sparkman!" she said as the image of Magemaroph dissapeared into Sparkmans body as it crouched because of Megamorphs effect. (1600-800).
"My Sparkman!" Jaden shouted as his monster was weakened.
"Now my Cyber Blader attack!" She ordered her monster.
Jaden: 1000
"Jaden!" Syrus cried for his friend.
"I think its pretty clear who the winner is" Myndy said.
"Yeah, at Alexis next turn, you are going to have to swim home again" Jasmine said. "However, we will forgive you if you swim home without clothes on" she said in a mean matter.
"Thats sexuall harrasment!" Syrus cried.
"Come from the guy who was peeping around in the girls dorm!" Jasmine and Mindy said.
"Syrus, I know you are a teenager and so, but come on!" Crow said.
"Dont worry, It will work out somehow" Yusei said, as he saw that Jaden smiling, showing that he enjoyed the duel.
"And how will it work out? You have only one card left in your hand, what difference will the next draw make?"
"Alexis" Jaden said her name. "You should probably know that in a duel, one draw can make all the difference! My turn; draw!" Jaden said as he declared his draw phase. "I activate pot of Greed, and I draw two more cards thanks to its effect!" Jaden said as the pot of greed appeared on the field. "Come on deck, dont fail me now" he thought for himself as he drew two cards: Elemental Hero Clayman and Miracle Fusion. When Jaden saw his cards, he smiled as if he knew he was going to win. "Sweet! I activate Miracle Fusion, wich lets me fusion summon using fusion material monsters in my graveyard by banishing them! I fuse my Elemental Hero Sparkman with my King of Swamps in my graveyard!" Jaden said as he activated Miracle Fusion. Sparkman and King of Swamps then dissapered in a vortex, and when they dissapeared there lightning bolts coming from the vortex. "The hero of thunder, strikes down on the enemy. The heart of the giant hero, strike down!" Jaden chanted as his monster appeared from the vortex. It was a giant earing lightning golden armor, with a blue orb with electricity on its chest. "Fusion Summon. Elemental Hero Thunder Giant!"
"Awesome Jay!" Syrus cheered.
"See, it worked out" Yusei said while smiling.
"I activate Thunder Giants effect! By discarding on card from my hand, I can select a monster whos original attack is lower than this card and destroy it!" Jaden said as he sent Clayman to the graveyard.
"My Cyber Blader!" Alexis said as her monster was destroyed.
"Now Thunder Giant, attack Alexis directly!" Jaden declared as his monster attacked with thunder.
Alexis: 1100
"Now their life points are equal" Crow said.
"The next draw will decide it" Yusei said, as Jaden ended his turn.
"My turn, draw!" Alexis said as she drew her card. "I summon Cyber Tutu!" (1000/800) A cute girl wearing a tutu and a blue transparent mask before her eyes. "Battle!" Alexis declared.
"What!" Jaden asked confused as she declared battle.
"When all monsters on my opponents field has higher attack than Cyber Tutu, she can attack directly!" Alexis explained. "Go Cyber Tutu!" She declared as her monster raced against Jaden.
"Jaden!" Syrus cried.
"If this attack lands, he is done for!" Crow said.
"Not so fast! I activate A Hero Emerges. When you declare an attack, you can choose 1 random card from my hand, if its a monster..."
"You can special summon it" Alexis ended the meaning. "But you have only 1 card in your hand so..."
"So if its a monster, I can special Summon it! Come, Winged Kuriboh!" (300/200). A little furball appeared and strethed its arms as to protect Jaden. "And since Cyber Tutu can only attack directly if all monsters have higher attack than her, her direct attack is cancelled!" Jaden proclaimed.
"Alright, Jaden won!" Syrus cheered.
"No, not yet" Yusei said. "You can never be sure you have won until the opponents life is zero." Yusei said to Syrus.
"Yeah, even if your friend summoned that little furball, it doesnt mean you have already won! Right, Alexis?" Mindy asked Alexis who just stood there silently.
"Alexis?" Jasmine asked worried.
"Turn... end" Alexis declared as she sighed.
"Alexis!" Jasmine and Mindy cried.
"My turn, draw!" Jaden said. "Thunder Giant, attack Cyber Tutu!" Jaden declaired as he ended the duel.
Alexis: 0
"Alexis!" J and M cried as Alexis tripped.
"Thats game!" Jaden said as he pointed his index and long finger while winking. "And as per our agreement, you will let us go, right?"
Yeah, sure" Alexis said as she admitted she was defeated. "Jaden".
"What?"
Alexis managed to stand up again and looked Jaden face-to-face. "Would you like to Duel again some other time?" she asked.
"Of course, im ready anytime!" Jaden said as he pointed to himself with his thumb. "Well, see ya" he said as they headed back to their dorm, while Alexis looked after.
"This year," she thought for herself, "is going to be more interresting than I imagined".
So, I hope you like this chapter! Took me two days to finish.
As many of you readers have asked if Leo and Luna will appear, I will now put an stop to your wondering: Yes, they will appear in my fanfic. When I wont tell, but it will be rather soon.
Also, the duel you just read was different from the anime, because I want to write something that only I have written, something original. I hope you like my version of Alexis and Jadens first duel!:)
Butterflyoke is a card introduced in Galactic Overlord, and yesterday, at the sneak peek in my local store, I drew that card and used it during the tournement. I came third placeT_T (I really wanted that game mat). Other rare card I drew were: Cardcar D, secret rare, Hieratic Dragon of Sutekh, ultimate rare and Hieratic Dragon of Gebeb, super rare. What I mostly wanted was Shark Drake, as I run a banishark deck similar to Ryougas from YuGiOh ZEXAL.
Please review and see ya next time!:)