Chapter 5: Transcendent Wings.
Out in the ocean, a fleet was heading in to Academy Island. The crew didnt know what their mission was, but they thought it was probably something big since it was requested by Maximillion Pegasus himself, and that why the captain, the only on who new the true objective about their mission, decided to to use a whole fleet. In the cargo, there were many boxes from Industrial Illusion adressed to Academy Island.
"Academy Island is in sight at 12 o clock" a pilot reported to the captain. "Now, could you please tell us what this mission is?"
"Very well," the captain said. "Our mission is... to deliver all the cargo wich is actually boxes of booster packs to that island!"
"WTF!" all the other crews bursted in shock one piece-style.
Today at the Duel Academy, there was going to be a one day tournament, where every player is given 5 packs from two sets, Cybernetic Revolution and Elemental Energy. The winner was going to be given a playmat with two monsters on it, one monster looked like a mechanic dragon with three different shaped heads and one looked like an angel with shining wings and armor.
In the Slifer Red Dorm, Jaden was snoring loudly as Syrus was praying in front of a poster of Slifer with a headband with three monster reborns.
"Dear Slifer, may your luck come my way" Syrus prayed, and when he finished, he went to Jaden and tried to wake him up. "Hey Jaden, wake up!" he tried only to be sucker punched by Jaden.
"Its over 9000!" he shouted in his sleep while stretching out his arms.
"Your score is going to be over -9000..." Syrus said as he walked out the door and went to the academy building. Today was going to be a written exam, and after that there was going to be a promotion exam were dorm mates was going to duel each other, were the winner could be promoted. The promotion exam was going to be simultaneously with the one day tournament, so the winner of the tournamet wouldnt only be promoted one dorm, he would also get awesome prizes! The time was 8:09 in the morning, and the test was going to begin at 8:30 and end 10:00
8:56
"CRAP IM LATE!" Jaden shoued when he checked the time. He skipped breakfeast and rushed to the shool building where he stumbled upon an old lady trying to push a van upside the hill. "Ill be late" Jaden thought for himself. "But oh well, no I have an excuse for being late!" Jaden said as he went to the lady and helped.
At the hall were everyone was having their test, it was quiet, and you could only hear the noise of pens being used on papper. Everyone was focused on their own test, and answered as much as they could.
*SNOREEE*
Well... almost, cause there was a blue haired kid sleeping on his test sheets- Syrus. He and Jaden have been cramming the whole test last night, and it was the day after Jaden saved himself and Syrus from being expelled, so you couldnt really blame him if you knew what he went through last night, but since it was only a handfull of people who could understand why he was tired, a big percent of the other students were rather pissed at him.
9:34
Jaden suddenly rushed into the hall to his seat beside Syrus and woke him up.
"Sy, wake up!" Jaden shaked at his friend who woke up.
"JADEN, WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN! ITS LESS THAN A HALF HOUR LEFT OF THE TEST, AND YOU COME NOW!" Syrus screamed at his friend.
"I was helping an old lady..." Jaden said as Syrus stared at him with disbelief.
"Hey, will you two keep it down?" Yusei said from his seat behind. "We need to concentrate and all the others need to" he whispered as he pointed to all the other students who stared at the duo with a death glare.
"Hehe, sorry" Jaden said in a normal tune.
"HEY, SHUT UP!" Crow screamed from his seat as he finally snapped from having to hear Syrus snoring in 20 minutes and screaming 1 minute ago.
"HEY YOU, SHUT UP!" Chazz screamed from his seat in a louder volume.
"SHUT UP!" another student said in a louder voice.
"EVERYBODY SHUT UP!" another student screamed in an even louder voice.
"YOU SHUT UP!" another student screamed a much louder voice. And so it continued until the whole classroom was full of people screaming at each other to shut up, and those who didnt scream had to suffer the lound volume i the room. Guess everyone got pissed by Syrus and finally snapped because of Jaden.
"Everyone, be quiet!" a voice said not in a loud tune, but enough for everyone to hear and shut up. It was professor Banner who sat at the desk and stared at everyone."Jaden, take your seat. Now class, there is 20 minutes left, and you may now do the last question on your papper." With that, everyone turned to the last page and read the following question:
In Duel Monsters, there exists many strong monsters, and everyone has their own view on wich is the strongest. Name the monster you consider the strongest, and write support to your opinion.
This question is maybe the easiest, yet hardest question you could ask a duelist. In the early dawn of the game, the answer would have been Blue-Eyes White Dragon, but as the game has evolved, its quiet hard to tell., and its even harder to evaluate. But everyone did their best in answering. Here are some answers:
Jaden: Dark Magician of course! Its the king of games ace monster and its totally sweet too! With the right deck and trust this can be the strongest monster ever! Heck, I would want his autograph!
Syrus: Cyber End Dragon. Its my brothers ace monster, and witha n attack power of 4000, plus piercing battle damage, this is quite an intimidating monsterT_T.
Bastion: Chaos Emperor Dragon- Envoy of the End. Its ability to send every card on the field and the hand to the graveyard, inflicting 300 points of damage for every card sent is an ability to be feared. As the only known copy of this card is owned by Seto Kaiba, the only on being able to rival the king of games, this is truly a card to be feared.
Yusei: Black Luster Soldier- Envoy of the Beginning. As there are few cards I would consider the "strongest", this would be my choice. It has the ability to either banish one of the opponents monster, or slaughter the opponents entire field, and possibly eliminate the opponent the turn it was summoned if it was mid duel. In this sense, Chaos Emperor Dragon would also be one of my choices, but since this card is the only one of the duo to be allowed in official tournaments, I would say this is the currently strongest beatstick created.
Crow: D.D. Crow. Why? Because it shares the same name as me, Crow-sama, the best duelist on the island!
After writing the answer, Jaden quickly checked all the other questions he missed, wich was basicly about activation timing and damage calculation. He did his best, but managed to anser a few questions before he had to turn it in/put down his pencil (dont know how they end tests at that island).
After lunch, the registration for the tournament began. Every particapent was given 5 packs of Cybernetic Revolution and five packs of Elemental Energy. There was no participant fee, so the only thing that prevented you from entering was low self-esteem (*cough**cough* looking at Syrus who is not participating *cough**chough*), or lack of interest. Everyone had 30 minutes to open the pack and update their deck if they wanted.
Jaden, who somehow fell asleep in the dining hall, rushed to the registration hall.
"Hey, got some place left for me?" Jaden asked while panting.
"Well, you are lucky, registration is still open, but not much time left for updating" the girl in the checkout said as she pointed to a digital clock while registrating Jaden. It was 1 minute left until the tournament+exam began. "Here, this is for participating, but I doubt they will help you" she said as she handed over 10 boster packs while Jaden looked relieved that he made it, but dissapointed because he will have no time to add new cards to his deck.
"Darn" Jaden said as he headed to the tournament hall, before he ran into the old women he helped earlier.
"Well hello!" she said with a bright smile. "You are the young lad who helped me out earlier, right?" she asked. "Thank you so much!"
"Hey, no prob! Im happy to help" Jaden said with a smile on his face. "Sorry, but I have to run now!" he said and tried to run, only to be stopped by the old lady.
"Wait" she said as she searched her pocket. She then picked up a card and gave it to Jaden. "As a reward for helping me out!" she said before walking away.
"Sweet! Thanks!" Jaden said as he rushed to the hall. Inside, a lot of other student waited for the tournament to begin. Then, Chancellor Sheppard appeared on the big screen and welcommed everyone.
"Welcome everyone! Im happy to see that here are many brave students participating! Now without further ado, let the tournament begin!" he said as everyone cheered, before he continued: "But first, lets explain the rules!" he said as everyone let out a sigh of dissapointement. "The duels will be simple one-on-one matches, where the winner advances to the next finals. Your opponent will be announced on your own PDA. Also, some of you might be promoted to the next dorm!" he said as everyone complained about when the tournament would begun, and Sheppard understood their eagerness. "Well, since everyone is getting impatient, let the tournament begin!"
Jaden smiled with excitement as he thought about who he wanted to duel. He mostly wanted to duel Yusei, but he also wanted to duel Chazz or Bastion before he saw Crow staring at him holding his PDA with a hard grip, and then he felt his PDA vibrating, and on the screen it said:
FIRST ROUND: JADEN YUKI VS. CROW HOGAN.
"Finally, we can settle this Crow said glaring at Jaden.
"Yeah, lets finish thsi little fight once and for all!" Jaden said as they went to a duel field. They shuffled each others deck and handed them over, went to their position and waited for the signal for the first round to begin. On the screen there was a count down, and when there were five seconds left everyone began countdowning.
5... 4...3...2...1...START!
"DUELL!" all the duelists said as they each started their duel.
"I start!" Jaden said as he drew his card. "I set a monster and throw a face down!" Jaden said as he set a monster and a card. "I call it a turn!"
"My move, draw!" Crow said as he drew a card from his black-orange coloured duel disk. "I start with Mystical Space Typhoon on your facedown card!" Crow said as he destroyed Jadens face down card: Drain Shield. "Now with that trap gone, I summon the tuner monster, Blackwing- Mistral the Silver Shield!" he said as a small bird appeared (100/1800)."
"Tuner monster?" Alexis thought for herself as she remebered the words the rose haired duelist said to her the first time she saw a synchro monster. "A year with synchro users wont be boring", she replayed for herself. "Does that mean this Crow guy is a synchro user too?"
"Next, I special summon Blackwing- Bora the Spear!" he said as a bigger man lloking bird with a spear on its hand appeared (1700/800). "Bora the Spear can be special summoned from my hand when I control another "Blackwing" Monster other then "Blackwing- Bora the Spear", Crow explained to a confused Jaden. "Now, I tune my level 4, Bora the Spear to my level 2, Mistral the Silver Shield!" Crow howled as the latter monster turned into to green rings floating in the air.
"I was right, another synchro user!" Alexis claimed for herself as all the other students mumbled about what they were seeing.
"Pitch-dark power" Crow chanted as Bora turned into four shining stars inside the rings, "rests upon the wings that stirs the winds of heaven! SYnchro Summon!" An exploding flash of light appeared, and from it a birdman like creature with grey feathers, black armor and a shotgun appeared. "Gust fiercly, Blackwing Armed Wing!"
"No way." Jaden said shocked and surprised. "You too?"
"Did you really think Yusei was the only one who could synchro summon?" Crow asked. "Blackwing Armed Wing, attack his face down monster!" Crow declared as his monster attacked his face down card: Elemental HERO Clayman. "Blackwing Armed Wings effect activates! When this card attacks a defense position monster, he gains 500 attack!" Crow declared (2300-2800). "Also, if you thought you were safe, then you are not: Armed Wing inflicts piercing battle damage!" Crow said as his monster destroyed Clayman.
Jaden: 4000-3200.
"Hows that?" Crow asked.
"Could have been worse" Jaden said, wich seemed to irritate Crow over the fact that Jaden wasnt fazed by this.
"Hmph, I set two cards and end my turn".
"My turn, draw!" Jaden said as he looked at the card he drew: Polymerization. "Yes!" Jaden thought for himself when he looked at his hand. "I activate The Warrior Returning Alive, wich allows me to add one warrior type monster from my grave to my hand, and I choose of course Clayman! I then activate polymaerization, fusing Clayman and Bubbleman in my hand to summon Elemental HERO Mudballman!(1800/3000). I throw a facedown and call it a turn!" Jaden said as ended his turn.
"Draw!" Crow said with a serious look on his face. "Last turn was just a warm up, now im serious!" Crow said as he began his turn. "If the only face up monster I control is a Blackwing monster, I can special summon Blackwing- Gladius the Midnight Sun!(800/1500). I then activate Card of Sacnctity, wich allows both players to draw until the both have 6 cards in their hand!" Crow drew six new cards from his deck while Jaden drew five. "When Blackwing- Breexe the Zephyr is added from my deck to my hand by the effect of a trap, spell or monster effect, I can special summon it!(1100/300). Next, I activte my face down card: Card Destruction!" Jaden groaned as he discarded his hand and drew six new cards. "Then I activate my other facedown card: Call of the Haunted! I resurrect Blackwing- Gust the Blackblast!"(900/1400).
"Wait, are you gonna...?" Jaden asked as he noticed the level on the monster.
"Yep! I tune my level 2, Blackwing- Gust the Blackblast, my level 3, Blackwing- Gladius the Midnight Sun to my level 3 Blackwing- Breeze the Zephyr!" he shouted as the monsters prepered for a synchro summon. Zephyr became three green floating rings while Gladius and Gust became five shining lights. "A fiecly gusting storm! The will of steel and the speed of light, create its ultimate form! Synchro Summon! Blackwing- Silverwind the Ascendent!"(2800/2000) Out of the light a tall birdman like creature appeared with orange armor(?), grey feather and a long katana.
"Two synchro monsters" Alexis noted on Crows field.
"But I have still my normal summon left! I summon Blackwing- Shura the Blue Flame(1800/1200)! And when I control a blackwing monster other than this card, I can special summon the tuner Blackwing- Gale the Whirlwind!"(1300/400).
"Another tuner!" Jaden groaned.
"Of course!" Crow said. "Last turn was just a warm up, this is the finishing blow! I tune my level 4 Blackwing- Shura the Blue Flame with my level 3 Blackwing- Gale the Whirlwind!" He said as he performed his third synchro summon. "Dark tainted gales, become the wings that will soar to the domains of god! Synchro summon! Blackwing Armor Master!"(2500/1500). From the light a man appeared, covered in a black armor with ornage stripes, just like Crows Duel Disk. In the mouth of its beak, there was an eye, and it had great black wings.
"This makes the 10th monster he has summoned" Alexis thought for herself.
"A deck capable of quickly swarming the field with low level monster, and synchro summoning multiple monster in one turn, plus cards able to resore the hand, increasing the decks speed. This deck is faster than any deck known- is this the power of a synchro user? Is this a Blackwing deck?" Bastion thought for himself as he watched Jadens and Crows duel from the stands.
"Hows that!" Crow said.
"Sweet! This is totally what a duel should be like!" Jaden happily cheered lika a kid, wich seemed to tik Crow a bit.
"Hmph, we'll see how long you can keep that smile on your face! Armor Master, attack Mudballman!" he ordered as the monster charged.
"But why? Mudballmans defense is 3000, and your monsters attack is 2500, you will take..." Jaden said confused before being interrupted by Crow.
"Blackwing Armor Master cant be destroyed by battle, and the controller take no battle damage from this card" Crow explained.
"No damage and it cant be destroyed by battle?" Alexis questioned herself.
"An effect truly worthy to a monster bearing the name "Armor Master"" Bastion whispered.
When Armor Master landed its attack, a wedge was pierced into Mudballman.
"You just wasted an attack, my Mudballman is in one piece!" Jaden bragged.
"Yeah, but not for long" Crow said. "Look at your monster!" Crow ordered, and Jaden unwillingly followed, and noticed a wedge on the spot were Armor Master attacked.
"What the...?" Jaden asked.
"Any monster Blackwing Armor Master attacks is placed with a wedge counter" Crow explained. "And by removing a wedge counter from a monster, that onster attack and defense becomes 0"
"Wait, that means...!"
"Yes, it means these next two blows will end this!" Armed Wing, attack Mudballman! Armed Wings effect: when this card battles a defense position monster, it gains 500 attack during damage calculation! (2300-2800)
Jaden: 3200-400
"JADEN!" Syrus screamed from the seat.
"Its no use, TAKE THIS!" Crow ordered his final monster to attack.
"Wait just a sec, I activate my facedown card: A Hero Emerges!"
"A hero what?"
"You pick one random card from my hand, and if its a monster, I can special summon it!"
Jaden said this with a poker face, as he looked on his hand: Fusion Gate, Fusion Sage, Fusion Recovery, Winged Kurioboh, Fusion Weapon and Elemental Hero Sparkman. Only 2 of 6 cards were monsters, and if Crow picked the wrong card, he would loose the duel.
"Fine then!" Crow irritatingly said. "I choose..."
"The card to the right..." Jaden prayed for himself.
"... the card to the right!"
"Yes, because thanks to you, I can survive another round! I summon Elemental Hero Sparkman in defense mode!"(1600/1400)
"Tch, seemd you survived this round" Crow said as his monster destroyed Sparkman. "Fine, lets see what you can do this next round".
"You bet were gonna!" Jaden said as he was about to draw. In this situation right now, there was only one card that could save him, and as he draw, he could hear Winged Kuribohs voice. "Yes! We won this one partner".
"Hmph, there is nothing in your deck that could save you now, so why dont you just..." Crow was trying to say before Jaden made his move.
"I summon Winged Kuriboh in attack mode!"(300/200) Everyone else giggled a little when Jaden summoned the fairy, while Crow was down right pissed.
"But... I... You... F*CK YOU JADEN!" Crow screamed of anger.
"I thow a face down and end my turn!" Jaden said as he smirked.
"Why you... draw!" Crow said as he went directly to the battle phase "I know your plan Jaden Yuki. You are planning to use Winged Kuribohs effect to negate any battle damage you take when its destroyed and sent to the graveyard. However, that effect only applies when its sent to the graveyard, and before that happens..." Crow thought as he looked at the card in his hand: D. . "...I will banish that furball before it reaches the graveyard, and without Winged Kuribohs effect, you will lose!" "Armed Wing, attack his furball!"
"Now!" he thought for himself. "I activate Transcendent Wings!By sending 2 cards from my hand and 1 Winged Kuriboh I control, I can summon Winged Kuriboh LV10!"(300/200).
"What difference will that do, I will just kill you with him instead!" Crow said as he ordered his monster to attack.
"Wont do because I activate Winged Kuriboh LV10s effect! During my opponents battle phase, I can send this card to the graveyard, destroy all face up attack position monsters, and inflict damge equal to the monsters attack!" Jaden declared.
"But that will mean..." Crow tried to say.
"He will take 7600 points of damage" Bastion realized.
"Go! Transcendent Wings!" Jaden declared as Winged Kuriboh LV10 turned into a flash of light and destroyed all of Crows monster, and thus erasing his life points.
Crow:4000-0
"Guh... no way..." Crow said as he fell to his knees while Jaden cheered around like a happy child.
"Thats game! Lets go again some time!" Jaden said as he did his trademark wink.
WINNER: JADEN YUKI.
ADVANCING TO ROUND TWO!
Finally, I finished this chapter.
Most things is taken from ShadyVox parody of YuGiOh GX, so I hope you enjoyed that. It is not meant as any copyright infrigment (how the heck that works either way)
Also, I dont know if I did Crows playing part good. Please post some other ways I could have done it.
Also, Winged Kuribohs and D. effect may not be entirely correct, but I hope you can overlook that.
The reason for the slow update is that I didnt have much time or didnt have enough stamina, as being a ninth grader is quite a pain in the ass.
I participated in the Swedish Nationals, in my country known as SM, for a place in the european tournament. Sadly, I came 70th place (T_T). Those game mats were awesome, especially the one with Gagaga Girl (altough the OCG art is much better). Maybe I should get a leather mat online for my birthday.
The reason I let Crow use his Synchros from the anime is because I wasnt able to come up with any good synchros myself, so I will probably use his synchros form both the anime and the manga.
This tournament was first going to be a Cybernetic Revolution sneak peek (as the original episode aired in 2005, the same year wich the set was released), but to support the fact that Chazz has VWXYZ I decided to add Elemental Energy, and thus, it became a tournament were you could get 5 packs of CRV and EEN. Plus, that game mat would look cool wouldnt it?
Again, Im very sorry for this slow update. I promise I will try to update faster^^
Please review!