A New Duelist Legend

by AngelOfBlades

The Assault on Duel Academy: As East Duel Academy is under siege from the forces of the dark, unexpected heroes my rise... and fall. The games are over. The war has begun.

11. Super Junior Confrontation

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh GX.

A/N: I apologize that this took so long. Between two separate computer failures, a week without internet, and several other factors, it took a while for me to sit down and write this. But, regardless, it's here. Also, tow notes: First, my email address has changed. For those of you who send me email directly, not through PMs, please check my profile to get my new email address, otherwise, anything you send won't reach me. Second, although I don't think you want to hear about more delays, I won't have access to my computer for most of next week, so don't expect anything before Friday. Well, now that's out of the way, so on with the fic!

Yu-Gi-Oh GX - A New Duelist Legend

Chapter 11 - Super Junior Confrontation

It was a time of celebration throughout the halls of Duel Academy, a time when students caroused through the halls and laughed for the sheer joy of it. A time when... oops. Six months to far ahead. Let's try that again.

It was one of the worst, most hated days of the entire school year, when the entire student body let out collective groans of misery, perfectly in tune with Crowler's laughter. The school year was one-fourth over, and that meant one thing: a huge, important, VERY difficult test.

"Gahhhh!" Jaden groaned, laying face-first into his textbook, "I'm never gonna pass that written test..."

"It's not like we'll do any better." Syrus replied from the floor of their shared dorm room. "At least you'll actually pass half the test. Me and Chumley will flunk both parts."

"Hey," Jaden said, turning around, "You're selling yourselves short! You're both great duelists!"

"If we're so great," Chumley asked from the top bunk, "Why can you beat us both?"

"At the same time," Syrus continued.

"When you let us pick the cards in our starting hands?" Chumley finished.

"..." Jaden couldn't come up with an answer.

"Well," Syrus said, shutting his textbook, "We're doomed."

"Oh, come on guys!" Jaded said, standing up and waving his arms. "You at least gotta try! After all, it's not like everybody in the school is as good as I am!"

"Achoo!" In the girl's dorm, Rita sneezed, nearly knocking her off of her chair.

Tsukanna, who was laying on her bed reading a magazine, asked, "You okay?"

"Uh huh." Rita replied, "Just some dust, I guess."

Tsukanna shrugged. "Either that, or you're allergic to studying."

Rita sighed. "With my grades, that's a distinct possibility..."

"Oh, come on," Tsukanna said rolling off of her bed. She stood up and jabbed her thumb into her chest. "You've got me for a study coach! There's no way you can fail!"

Rita sweatdropped. "Uh... Tsukanna... the last time you tried to coach me, you ended up kicking my textbook into the ocean."

Tsukanna frowned. "Well," She muttered, "If the stupid book-makers would get less then half of their history wrong, maybe they wouldn't make me so mad."

"What was that?" Rita asked.

"Oh, nothing!" Tsukanna said, "Well, that was history! I'm much better at dueling fundamentals then I am at history!"

"Especially," She continued under her breath, "When the history is wrong..."

"Tsukanna, could you stop muttering?" Rita asked. "I can't hear you."

Tsukanna blinked. "Oh, right." She walked over to Rita's side, flipped her book to a random page, and pointed. "Solve this problem!"

Rita sweatdropped again. "Tsukanna, that's not a problem."

Tsukanna looked again. She was pointing at a picture of the Dark Magician. "Oops."

Rita sighed. "You're not a very good teacher, are you?"

The next morning, the students of Duel Academy were at their desks, awake and alert, ready for the first big test of the year. Well, at least, all of the one who were smart enough that they didn't need to study. Which is basically Tsukanna, Zane, Alexis and Bastion.

"Zzzzzzzz..." Jaden snored, his head on his desk.

Everyone else was either mostly or completely asleep.

From where she was sitting behind him, Tsukanna was poking Jaden in the back. "Hey! Jaden!" She whispered, "Wake up!"

"Just five more minutes..." Jaden mumbled.

"You barely have five seconds, Jaden!" Tsukanna whispered.

"Alright, students!" Crowler yelled from the front of the room, waking Jaden up with a start. "The test will begin as soon as you receive your papers! You have two hours, starting now! Go!"

The students received their papers and began frantically scribbling, many while trying to stifle yawns at the same time.

"Hmmm..." Tsukanna said, looking at her paper, "If I've got that and that and that... then I can do this... which will do this... which will lead to that!" She smirked as she finished writing an impressive series of moves onto her paper. "Why do they always make the extra credit so easy?"

Meanwhile, Bastion was hard at work on his test. He blinked at the equation-covered test paper. "Why do they always give you so little room to write?" He shrugged and pulled a large stack of blank paper out of his bag. "Oh well, at least I brought this."

On the other side of the room, Syrus was frantically scribbling anything he could think of onto his paper. "Uhh... Huge Revolution! Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer! Bottomless Trap Hole! Oh... why do they only give us two hours?"

Near Bastion, Rita was rubbing her head, trying to work out the answers to some of the harder problems. She sighed. "Why is this so complicated?"

And, as was probably expected, Jaden had fallen asleep. He snorted and shifted briefly. "Why are these pillows so hard?"

"Alright students," Crowler called, "Pencils down. The test is over."

Syrus slumped. "I didn't even managed to finish the entire test..."

As Crowler walked up the center aisle collecting papers, he saw the slumbering form of Jaden. He ground his teeth. "If only that slacker were as bad at dueling as he is at test-taking."

After he finished collecting the papers, Crowler walked up to the front of the room. He cleared his throat. "Ahem. Now, as you all know, this test has two parts. For the Practical Skills portion of the test, you will be assigned an opponent based on your rank. The site of your duel is posted on the bulletin board. The first set of Practical Skill tests begins in one hour. Now, get going!"

As the students filed out, Rita and Tsukanna met up with each other.

"So," Tsukanna asked, "How'd you do?"

Rita sighed. "Well... I think I got all the questions I answered right, but I only managed to answer about half of them..."

"Well," Tsukanna said, patting her on the back, "You'll just have to beat the pants off of whoever you face in the Practical Exam! And, with the modifications we've made to your deck, I'm certain that you'll be able to do it!"

"Thanks, Tsukanna." Rita said as they approached the bulletin board.

"No problem." Tsukanna replied. "Huh... we're both in the first set, but I'm at site 9, and you're at site 12... looks like we're on opposite sides of the island."

Rita sighed. "Ohhh... now you won't be there."

Tsukanna smirked. "That's no big deal. Just trust in your cards. They'll come through."

"Trust in my cards..." Rita thought. An image of Young Hero formed in her mind. She smiled. "Of course!"

Tsukanna smirked. "Heh. That's the spirit." Then she walked off, waving. "See you after the test!"

A few minutes later, a down looking Syrus and a pumped looking Jaden both walked up to the bulletin board.

Syrus groaned. "I just know I flunked that... why did I put 'The Reliable Guardian' as the answer to a math problem?"

"Cheer up, Syrus!" Jaden said, "We get to duel, and that's always good!"

Syrus just groaned again. "For you, maybe. You'll win. I won't."

"Just relax and have fun, Syrus." Jaden said, "That's the best way to win a duel." He looked at the board. "Now lessee... we're both dueling first, but I'm at site 7, and you're at site 12."

"Aw, man!" Syrus complained, "That's out in the middle of nowhere!"

59 minutes later, Syrus finished the lengthy trek to site 57. Sitting down, out of breath, he didn't even notice the other two figures in the clearing until they announced themselves.

"Syrus Truesdale?"

Syrus looked up. He was greeted by the smiling face of Professor Kabayama.

"Uhh... Hi, Professor." Syrus said, "Are you the proctor for this exam?"

"Indeed." The Professor said. "And, since your opponent is already here, let's get started!"

Syrus looked around for a second, and saw Rita. "You're my opponent?" He asked.

Rita nodded. "Apparently..."

Syrus smirked. "Alright! I think I can actually beat her! I'm not going to flunk!"

Rita readied her duel disc. "D-duel Disc, on."

Syrus lifted his disc as well. "Duel Disc, on!"

Professor Kabayama smiled. "Alright then, I want to see some good applications of Duel Theory! Begin!"

RLP: 8000

SLP: 8000

"I'll go first..." Rita said, drawing. After looking over her cards for a moment, she flipped her hand around and showed it to Syrus. It was devoid of any monsters. "Since I have no monsters in my hand," She said, "I can take Young Hero from my deck and add it to my hand!" Her disc beeped for a moment, then spit out a card. Rita caught it and slid it onto her disc. "Since I have no monsters on my field, I can special summon my Young Hero!" In a flash of light, an average teenage boy in a Japanese highschool uniform appeared. Beyond fingering his bulky blue watch, he really didn't do much. (0/0)

"Now," Rita continued, "I can activate the special ability of another monster in my deck."

"Huh?" Syrus said, "I thought Young Hero was your only monster!"

"Well..." Rita said, "It was. But Ms. Kojima gave me another." She smiled. "When Young Hero is on my field, I can add this other monster from my deck to my hand." Her disc beeped again and spit out another card. "And, since Young Hero is the only monster on my field, I can special summon my Young Heroine!" Rita slid the second card onto her disc, and another figure shimmered into existence onto her field. This one was an average, brown-haired teenage girl in a Japanese highschool uniform, wearing a bulky pink watch. As soon as she saw Young Hero, the two of them appeared to start arguing about something. (0/0)

Syrus sweatdropped. "That's new..."

Rita took a deep breath. "I set two cards facedown, then end my turn."

"Alright then, I draw!" Syrus called, drawing his sixth card. He briefly overviewed his hand before selecting a card. "I'll start by summoning Steamroid in attack mode!" He slammed the card onto his disc and a large, cartoony train appeared on his field. It stood on his hind wheels and blew it's whistle. (1800/1800)

"Well..." Rita said, "Since there's now a monster on your field, the special abilities of Young Hero and Young Heroine activate!" As soon as Steamroid appeared, both Heroes immediately stopped arguing and glared at the machine. Perfectly in sync with each other, they pressed the buttons on their watches and were surrounded with blue and pink light. When it vanished, Young Hero stood in his familiar costume, and Young Heroine was in a costume that was similar in appearance, only pink and white instead of blue and white, and she had a skirt over her tights. (0/0)–(1600/1600), (0/0)–(1200/1200)

"You've already seen Young Hero's ability, so let me explain Young Heroine's." Rita said. "While you have a monster on the field, her base attack points are set to you're highest level monster's level times 300." She smiled. "Also, as long as Young Hero is on the field, she can't be attacked and he can't be the target of spells or traps."

Syrus just smirked. "Well, that doesn't matter much, since Steamroid has more attack points! Steamroid, attack Young Hero with Steam-Power Smash!" The powerful train blew it's whistle again and began charging Young Hero, steam pouring out it's sides. (1800/1800)–(2300/1800)

"Oh," Syrus said, "I almost forgot! While attacking, Steamroid gains 500 extra attack points!"

Rita frowned. "I was hoping to save this..." She hit a switch on her disc, and a trap flipped. "I activate Narrow Escape! When both Young Hero and Young Heroine are on the field, this trap can negate your attack and instantly end your turn!" Young Hero and Young Heroine nodded to each other, and they both dove at the onrushing Steamroid. At the last second, however, they pivoted in midair and pushed against each other, catapulting them both out of the train's path. It's target lost, Steamroid veered back to Syrus's field and crashed. (2300/1800)–(1800/1800)

"Well..." Rita said, "Since my trap ends your turn, I guess I'll draw." Rita slid a card off of her disc and added it to her hand, then she examined her cards. She nodded. "Alright!" She called, "I'll activate the spell card Tag Team!" Rita slid the spell into her disc, and Young Hero and Young Heroine once again nodded to each other.

"All heroes know how to work together." Rita said, "This spell reflects that, adding Young Heroine's attack and defense to Young Hero's for the rest of the turn. However, Young Heroine cannot attack this turn." The two superheroes smirked and got into ready stances. (1600/1600)–(2800/2800)

Syrus gasped.

"Now..." Rita said, "Young Hero and Young Heroine, Tag Team attack!" Young Hero and Young Heroine both charged Steamroid, which looked a little panicked about not being able to build up momentum. (1800/1800)–(1300/1800)

"Oh no!" Syrus said, "I forget that Steamroid loses 500 attack points when it's attacked!"

Rita sighed. "Well, I guess I didn't need Tag Team..."

The two superheroes charged Steamroid, Young Hero giving Young Heroine a boost into the air, where she proceeded to rain pink energy bolts down on the cartoon train. Already pressed to the breaking point, Steamroid easily fell to Young Hero's finishing punch and shattered into a thousand pieces, as well as taking a chunk out of Syrus' life points.

RLP: 8000

SLP: 6500

"Now that you don't have a monster anymore," Rita said, "Young Hero and Young Heroine de-transform." As Rita spoke, the two teenage heroes were surrounded by light that removed their costumes. Young Hero gave Young Heroine a high-five. (2800/2800)–(0/0), (1200/1200)–(0/0)

"I guess I'll just set one more card facedown, and end my turn..." Rita said.

"Alright, my draw then." Syrus said, pulling another card off of his deck. He frowned. "Could've used you last turn..." Syrus sighed. He slid a card onto his disc. "I'll set this one monster facedown, then end my turn." The facedown shimmered into existence, providing a buffer for Syrus' life points.

Syrus blinked. "How come Young Hero and Young Heroine didn't power up?"

"Well..." Rita said. "They only transform if your monster is face-up."

Syrus gasped. "If they only have attack points while my monsters are face-up, then I have as long as I need to prepare! All I need to do is keep all my monsters face-down!"

Syrus grinned as Rita drew her next card. "I don't like the look on his face..." Rita thought, "He must have some kind of plan."

Rita looked over the cards in her hand for a moment before sliding one of them into her disc. "I'll play this card facedown, and then end my turn."

Syrus immediately slipped another card off of his deck. When he saw it, his face brightened. "This is perfect!" He grinned. "I'll activate the spell card Premature Burial, paying 800 life points to special summon a monster from my graveyard! Since he's the only one there, I choose Steamroid!" The ground opened up, and the cartoon train wrestled itself out of the hole, blowing steam the entire time. (1800/1800)

RLP: 8000

SLP: 5700

"Don't forget," Rita said, "Since you now have a monster on your field, the special abilities of my heroes activate!" The two teenagers both hit their watch buttons, and their costumes appeared in flashes of light. They both posed, apparently perfectly confident in victory. (0/0)–(1600/1600), (0/0)–(1200/1200)

"That doesn't matter!" Syrus called, "Because I activate Polymerization, fusing Steamroid together with my face-down Gyroid to create Steam Gyroid!" Both the cartoon train and a cartoon helicopter were pulled into a vortex, warping together to create a train-like monster with helicopter rotors in the middle of it's body. (2200/1800)

"You didn't plan that vary well..." Rita said, "Because now my monsters both get their power boosted!" Faced with a stronger opponent, both Young Hero and Young Heroine got into combat stances and prepared for a difficult fight. (1600/1600)–(2400/2400), (1200/1200)–(1800/1800)

"I planned it better then you think!" Syrus yelled back, "Because now I activate the spell card Fusion Weapon! It can only be equipped to a level six or below fusion monster, and Steam Gyroid fits the bill!" As Syrus slid the card into his disc, Steam Gyroid's rotors began to twist and mutate, becoming sharp and deadly looking. (2200/1800)–(3700/1800)

"In case you hadn't figured it out yet," Syrus said, "Fusion Weapon increases to attack points of the monster it's equipped to by 1500! Now," Syrus called, "Steam Gyroid, attack Young Hero! Fusion Twister!" The train-copter spun it's rotors and flew up into the air, transforming into a tornado. After a few seconds, it swooped down, slamming into Young Hero and shattering him instantly. The horrified looking Young Heroine turned to Syrus and growled.

RLP: 6700

SLP: 5700

Syrus grinned. "I'll end my turn with that."

"Well..." Rita pressed an activation switch on her disc. "In response to that, I'll activate my Trap, A Hero Never Dies!" Rita's trap flipped up, and, in a flash of light, Young Hero reappeared on the field, smirking. Young Heroine ran up and hugged him. (0/0)–(2400/2400)

Syrus frowned. "He still can't beat Steam Gyroid!"

"It's my turn now, so we'll see." Rita said, drawing. She looked over the cards in her hand and grinned. "That'll work."

Syrus blinked. "What'll work?"

"I'll show you!" Rita said sliding a card into her disc, "Starting with the equip spell Jet Boots!" Young Hero's feet flashed for a moment, and his standard boots were replaced with fancier ones. (2400/2400)–(3000/3000)

"Huh?" Syrus asked, "What do those do?"

"Plenty!" Rita responded, "Not only do they increase Young Hero's attack and defense by 100x the level of your highest level monster," Rita continued, "But, as long as he's wearing those, if he would be destroyed in battle, then they are instead!" As if to demonstrate, Young Hero ignited the boot's rockets, flying into the air and doing acrobatics. On the ground, Young Heroine watched jealously.

"Sorry," Rita said to Young Heroine, "But I only had one pair..." Young Heroine shrugged, gave a slight smile and turned back to Steam Gyroid.

"Weird," Syrus thought, "I don't think I've ever seen anyone talk to their monsters before..."

"I know that boost isn't enough for Young Hero to beat Steam Gyroid," Rita continued, "But, this'll be more then enough! I activate the Quickplay Spell Right Makes Might!" Young Hero was suffused with a white glow, and he slammed his fists together. (3000/3000)–(4200/3000)

"For the remainder of the turn," Rita said, "His attack is increased by 200x your highest monster's level, making him more then strong enough! Young Hero, attack Steam Gyroid! Aerial Jet Strike!" Young Hero blasted off, flying high into the air and then dive-bombing the train-copter. He launched a powerful punch to the train's midsection, shattering it into a million pieces before floating back to Rita's field, where both he and Young Heroine doffed their costumes. (4200/3000)–(0/0), (1800/1800)–(0/0)

RLP: 6700

SLP: 5200

Syrus coughed as the smoke from Steam Gyroid's destruction wafted away. "Are you done yet?" He asked.

Rita nodded, and Syrus drew. He licked his lips. "Alright Syrus," He thought to himself, "Keep it together. If you're careful, you can still win this."

Syrus pulled a card out of his hand and slid it onto the field. "I play Pot of Greed! This card lets me draw twice more!" Syrus drew two more cards, then looked at them carefully before selecting one of them.

"I activate Fusion Recovery," Syrus continued, "Which allows me to add Polymerization, as well as a monster I used for a fusion summon, from my graveyard to my hand!" The two cards slid out of Syrus's graveyard, and he instantly slid one of the onto his disc.

"Once again," Syrus yelled, "I activate Polymerization, fusing Steamroid and Jetroid to create Skywriteroid!" The two named vehicles where pulled into a familiar vortex, and after a moment, one of the oddest looking monsters you were ever likely to see came out. It was a cartoony biplane with a massive tank hanging from it's underside. It's propellers sputtered to life and it took off. (0/0)

On the other side of the field, Young Hero and Young Heroine, seeing another opponent, pressed their watch buttons and were bathed in light. They emerged from the light fully costumed and ready for battle. Young Hero activated his jet boots and hovered in the air. (0/0)–(3000/3000), (0/0)–(1800/1800)

Rita stared for a moment. "That's a little... unusual."

"Maybe so," Syrus said, "But it's effect makes up for everything else! I'll activate it now! Sky Writer!" Skywriteroid flew up into the air and began billowing white smoke from it's tank. After a moment, it had traced a giant '3' in the air.

Rita's brow furrowed. "What does that mean?" She asked.

"Let me explain." Syrus responded, "Once per turn, Skywriteroid will randomly pick a number between one and six. Depending on what number he picks, I get a different effect!" Syrus grinned. "I got a three, so I select a monster in my graveyard and add it to my hand." A card slid out of his graveyard and he placed it on his disc. "I'll set this monster, as well as one other card, onto my field." The two set cards shimmered onto Syrus' field, and he signaled the end of his turn.

Rita grabbed a card off of her disc. She looked at if for a moment before placing it into her hand. "That'll be useful later."

"Alright!" She called, "Young Hero, attack Skywriteroid!" Young Hero shaded his eyes and looked up at the flying monster. After a few moments, he turned to Rita and shrugged. Rita blinked. "What...?"

"Let me explain." Syrus said, "You see, Skywriteroid can't attack or be the target of an attack. Also, if he's the only monster on my field, you can attack me directly. So, he really can't fight."

Rita nodded. "In that case, Young Hero will attack your face-down monster!" Young Hero saluted Rita, then flew up into the air, charged his gauntlets, then let loose a massive plasma blast.

"I don't think so!" Syrus yelled, his set card flipping up, and a pair of tubes appearing. "I activate Magic Cylinder, which will redirect the attack back at you!" Rita gasped as Young Hero's blast was swallowed up by one of the tubes, then the other one shot it back at her. It slammed into her chest and sent her sprawling.

RLP: 3700

SLP: 5200

Young Hero landed by Rita's side as she got up, a concerned look on his face. "I'm... okay..." Rita said a little shakily. "I'm not done yet."

Rita lifted up her arm and pointed at Syrus' facedown. "You may have stopped Young Hero, but Young Heroine can still attack! Plasma Burst!" Young Heroine launched a barrage of pink energy bolts, which covered Syrus' facedown card with explosions. After the smoke cleared, however, there was a small, cartoony helicopter hovering just over Syrus' field. (1000/1000)

"I almost forgot," Syrus said, slapping his forehead, "Once per turn, Gyroid isn't destroyed as a result of battle!"

Rita frowned, then looked at her two remaining facedowns, as well as the cards in her hand. She sighed. "I'll end my turn, then."

"In that case," Syrus said, pulling a card off of his deck, "It's my draw!" He looked at his card and smirked. "First, to get my turn started, I'll activate Skywriteroid's ability! Sky Writer!" Once again, the cartoon biplane flew up into the air, this time tracing a large '5'.

"What does a five do?" Rita asked.

"A five," Syrus replied, sliding two of his cards into his graveyard, "Lets me discard two cards from my hand to draw three more from my deck!" Syrus slid the top three cards off of his deck, then looked at them. "Looks like I have everything I need." He said.

Rita frowned worriedly. "Need for what?"

"Instead of telling you," Syrus called, "I'll just show you!" He slid one of his cards onto his disc. "I activate another Polymerization, this time fusing Gyroid with the Patroid in my hand to create Helipatroid!" The cartoon helicopter was pulled into a vortex along with a cartoon police car. After a few moments, the vortex subsided, leaving a cartoony police helicopter, complete with searchlight, hovering over Syrus' field. (1900/2300)

Rita gave a small grin. "Well, that thing's no match for Young Hero!" Young Hero, apparently concurring, gave it a thumbs-down.

"It's not always the stats that are important!" Syrus responded, "For instance, once per turn, Helipatroid's special ability lets me look at a face-down card on your field. If it's a monster or spell card, it gets put back down. If it's a trap card that can be activated at that time, it activated. If it's a trap card that can't be activated, then it's destroyed!" Syrus pointed at Rita's leftmost set card. "Helipatroid, let's see that card!" Helipatroid shined it's searchlight on the indicated card. It flipped up, revealing A Hero Never Dies, then shattered. Rita grimaced.

"Now," Syrus said, "Since Helipatroid is stronger then Young Heroine, I'll have it attack her! Searchlight Beam!" Helipatroid's searchlight began to glow, then it fired a high-powered laser beam at Young Heroine. Needless to say, Syrus was surprised when Young Hero dashed in front of her and deflected the attack.

"Huh?" Syrus said, "What just happened?"

Rita grinned. "You forgot that you can't attack Young Heroine while Young Hero is on the field, didn't you?"

Syrus sweatdropped. "Oops."

Rita continued grinning. "You done?"

Syrus sullenly nodded, and Rita drew another card. She looked at it, then placed it in her hand. "I'll keep this turn short!" She called, "Young Hero, attack Helipatroid!" Young Hero jetted up into the air, launching a vicious punch at Helipatroid. The cartoon chopper spun crazily, but it stayed in the air.

RLP: 3700

SLP: 4100

"Why wasn't he destroyed?" Rita asked.

"He has Gyroid's ability as well." Syrus replied, "Meaning once per turn he isn't destroyed in battle."

Rita frowned. "Young Heroine doesn't have enough attack points to destroy that thing... so what can I do?" She heard a small whistling noise and looked up. Young Hero was pointing his thumb at the facedown she had set the first turn. "Of course!" Rita thought, "I forgot about that completely!"

Rita hit a button on her disc, and her set card flipped up. "This'll give me just what I need!" She called, "I activate the trap card Exaggeration!" The trap faded, and all the monsters on Syrus' field were suffused with a red glow, and Rita's superheroes looked more determined then ever. (3000/3000)–(4000/4000), (1800/1800)–(2400/2400)

"What?" Syrus yelled, "What's going on?"

"Exaggeration," Rita replied, "Increases the level of all monsters on your field and in your hand by two for the remainder of the turn! Since your monsters are now both level eight, my Heroes gain attack points!"

Syrus gasped.

"Now," Rita yelled, "Young Heroine, attack Helipatroid with Hero Rush!" Young Heroine nodded, then ran forward. She jumped into the air and grabbed onto Helipatroid's searchlight. Charging up her gauntlet, she shot a blast of pink energy at Helipatroid's tail rotor, causing it to spin wildly out of control. A single second before it crashed, she jumped off and landed back on Rita's field.

RLP: 3700

SLP: 3600

Rita grinned. "I'll end my turn with that." The red glow faded from Syrus' monsters, and Young Hero and Young Heroine both returned to their former strength. (4000/4000)–(3000/3000), (2400/2400)–(1800/1800)

Syrus coughed up the last of the dust from the explosion and drew. He frowned when he saw the card. Then he gestured to Skywriteroid. "I'll once again activate Skywriteroid's ability! Sky Writer!" The cartoon biplane flew up into the air once again and traced a giant '6'. Syrus sighed. "Not quite what I wanted."

"What does it do?" Rita asked.

"Six," Syrus said, "Returns Skywriteroid to my fusion deck, then special summons Steamroid and Jetroid from my Graveyard." The biplane appeared to collapse in on itself, then it exploded. When the smoke cleared, Steamroid was on the field, alongside a cartoony fighter jet. (1800/1800), (1200/1800)

As Skywriteroid was replaced with his weaker components, both Young Hero and Young Heroine seemed to lose interest somewhat, and their attack dropped. (3000/3000)–(2000/2000), (1800/1800)–(1200/1200)

"Well," Syrus said, "While it's attacking, Steamroid can beat your Young Hero. I do remember the second special ability of those Jet Boots, however, so I activate Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy them!" Syrus slid the card into his disc and an supernatural tornado streaked across the field and shattered Young Hero's jet boots. Devoid of the force that kept him in the air, Young Hero fell on his butt, prompting Young Heroine to laugh at him while he sat there grumbled. (2000/2000)–(1600/1600)

Syrus sweatdropped. "I don't think I've ever seen holograms act remotely like that before..." He cleared his throat and pointed. Now that that's out of the way, Steamroid, attack Young Hero with Steam-Power Smash!" The train blew it's whistle and rushed Steamroid, building up a massive amount of momentum. (1800/1800)–(2300/1800)

"Young Hero!" Rita yelled as the charging train rammed into Young Hero, shattering him into a million pieces. Young Hero growled and clenched her fists, glaring at Syrus like she might ignore the rules and attack him during the wrong turn.

RLP: 2800

SLP: 3600

Syrus smirked. "Since I don't want my Jetroid destroyed, I'll end my turn there."

Rita growled as she ripped the top card off of her deck. She immediately slammed it into her disc. "Since you were watching my duel with Ms. Kojima, you should remember what Bank Robbery does!" A massive bank sprang up behind Rita, but it only stayed a few seconds before exploding. Out of the smoke, three robbers in bank masks appeared, each of them crouching on Syrus's field. (0/1000)

"And," Rita continued, "You should also remember Anti-Minion Fighting Tactics!" She slid the second card onto her disc, and Young Heroine's helmet chittered, feeding her new information. (1200/1200)–(900/900)

Syrus chuckled. "Her attack points are to low! She can't beat the Bank Robbers!"

Rita grinned. "That's why I'm activating my second Right Makes Might!" Rita slammed the card into her disc, and Young Heroine was surrounded by a pink glow. She cracked her knuckles, and the bank robbers gulped. (900/900)–(1700/1700)

"Young Heroine," Rita yelled, "Anti-Minion Attack on the Bank Robbers!" Young Heroine grinned and rushed forward, punching the first Bank Robber in the jaw. She then picked him up by his shirt collar and threw him into the second Bank Robber. After that, she jumped on his back, slamming him and the Bank Robber he landed on into the ground. She used them as a springboard to launch a flying kick at the final Bank Robber, knocking him out. They all groaned, then shattered. Young Heroine picked up the bags of money they had dropped and deposited them in front of Rita. "Thank you." Rita said, bowing slightly. Young Heroine just grinned and gave Rita the 'victory' sign.

"Well," Rita said, "According to the effect of Bank Robbery, I now draw six cards." Rita took a substantial chunk of cards off of her deck, which completely refreshed her hand. She grinned. "I'll set three of these cards facedown, then end my turn." Rita put half of her newly acquired hand onto her disc, and Syrus drew his card for the turn.

"Hmmm..." Syrus thought, "I'm almost certain that those facedown cards will be able to protect her... so I probably shouldn't attack this turn..." Then he glanced at the two cards in his hand. "Woah, this changes everything!"

"I'll activate the spell card Mechanical Failure!" Syrus said, sliding a card onto his disc. "By tributing a machine type monster, like Jetroid here," he continued, "I can destroy all spell and trap cards on the field!" Rita gasped as Jetroid crackled with electricity and exploded, blasting her facedown cards with lightning and shattering them.

"Steamroid, attack Young Heroine with Steam-Powered Smash!" Syrus yelled, and Steamroid charged Young Heroine, it's whistle blowing as Young Heroine braced herself for the collision. (1800/1800)–(2300/1800)

"Young Heroine!" Rita yelled as Steamroid slammed into the female superhero, shattering her and dropping Rita's life points.

RLP: 1700

SLP: 3600

Syrus grinned. "I'll end my turn there."

Rita frowned as she pulled the top card off of her deck. She looked at it, smiled and slid it onto her disc. "I'll activate the spell A Hero Lives Forever!" The spell appeared on Rita's field, and her graveyard spit out three cards. "I can only activate it when there are three copies of A Hero Never Dies in my graveyard, and it adds one of them to my hand, then shuffles the other two into my deck!" She added one of the three cards into her hand, and she returned to other two to her deck.

"Now," Rita continued. "I'll set all four of these facedown, then end my turn." The four cards appeared on Rita's field, and Syrus nervously drew.

"In response to your draw," Rita called, "I activate a Hero Never Dies!" In a flash of light, Young Hero reappeared on the field and cracked his knuckles, glaring at Syrus. Despite the fact that he hadn't been there, he apparently knew what had happened, and he wasn't to happy about it. (0/0)–(1600/1600)

Syrus looked at his card and grinned. "I activate Limiter Removal, doubling Steamroid's power!" Steamroid's armor cracked in several places, and it billowed even more steam then normal. It looked like it was going to blow. (1800/1800)–(3600/1800)

"Now, Steamroid!" Syrus yelled, "Attack Young Hero with Limitless Power Smash!" Steamroid charged Young Hero, it's effect boosting it's power past the 4000 mark. (3600/1800)–(4100/1800)

Young Hero stared confidently at Steamroid, while Rita's hand moved to the activation switches for her facedowns. Steamroid charged fearlessly at Young Hero, and Syrus reached to slide the last card in his hand into his disc.

"I activate..." They began simultaneously.

Later that day, after the test was over, Rita met up with Tsukanna in their dorm room.

"So," Rita asked Tsukanna, "How did you do on the Practical Skills test?"

Tsukanna snorted. "It was cakewalk. My opponent was a pushover. So," She asked, "How did you do?"

Rita smiled. "I did alright."

New Cards:

Young Heroine

Light, Effect Monster - Warrior, Level 3, 0/0

When there is at least 1 face-up "Young Hero" on your field, you may add this card from your deck to your hand. When the only monster on your field is 1 face-up "Young Hero", you may special summon this card from your hand to the field. This monster's base ATK and DEF are set equal to the level of the highest level monster on your opponent's field times 300. As long as both this card and "Young Hero" are face-up on your field, this card cannot be the target of your opponent's attacks, and "Young Hero" cannot be the target of Spells or Traps controlled by your opponent.

Image: A girl in a costume similiar to Young Hero's only pink and white with a skirt over her tights.

Narrow Escape

Counter Trap

You may activate this card when there is exactly 1 face-up "Young Hero" and exactly 1 face-up "Young Heroine" on your side of the field and your opponent declares an attack. Negate the attack and instantly end your opponent's turn.

Image: Young Hero and Young Heroine diving away from an explosion.

Tag Team

Normal Spell

Select 1 face-up "Young Hero" and 1 face-up "Young Heroine" on your side of the field. Until the end phase of the current turn, increase the ATK and DEF of the selected "Young Hero" by the ATK and DEF of the selected "Young Heroine". The selected "Young Heroine" cannot attack this turn.

Image: Young Hero and Young Heroine attacking a Berserk Dragon.

Jet Boots

Equip Spell

This card can only be equipped to "Young Hero" or "Young Heroine". Increase the ATK and DEF of the equipped monster by 100x the level of the highest level monster on your opponent's field. If the equipped monster would be destroyed in battle, instead negate all damage as a result of battle from that attack and destroy this card.

Image: A pair of Jet Boots

Right Makes Might

Quick-Play Spell

Select 1 face-up "Young Hero" or "Young Heroine" on your side of the field. Increase the ATK of the selected monster by 200x the level of the highest level monster on your opponent's field.

Image: Young Hero making a heroic declaration.

Skywriteroid

Wind, Fusion/Effect Monster - Machine, Level 6, 0/0

Steamroid + Jetroid

A Fusion Summon of this card can only be conducted with the above fusion material monsters. This card cannot declare an attack. This card cannot be the target of an attack. If this face-up monster is the only monster on your side of the field, your opponent must attack your life points directly. Once per turn, during your main phase, you may roll a six-sided die. On a roll of 1, On a roll of 2, On a roll of 3, select 1 monster in your graveyard and add it to your hand. On a roll of 4, On a roll of 5, Discard two cards from your hand and draw three from your deck. On a roll of 6, Return this card to your fusion deck and summon 1 Steamroid and 1 Jetroid from your graveyard to play.

Image: A cartoony biplane.

Helipatroid

Wind, Fusion/Effect Monster - Machine, Level 6, 1900/2300

Gyroid + Patroid

A Fusion Summon of this card can only be conducted with the above fusion material monsters. Once per turn, You may look at 1 face-down card on your opponent's field. If it is a spell or monster, return it to it's face-down position. If it is a trap that can be activated at this time, it is activated. If it is a trap that cannot be activated at this time, destroy it. Once per turn, this card isn't destroyed as a result of battle.

Image: A cartoony police helicopter.

Exaggeration

Normal Trap

Increase the level of all monsters on your opponent's field and in your opponent's hand by 2.

Image: Ojama Yellow bragging to Ojama Green and Ojama Black.

Mechanical Failure

Normal Spell

Tribute 1 machine-type monster on your side of the field to destroy all magic and trap cards on the field.

Image: Spell Cancaller overloading.

A Hero Lives Forever

Normal Spell

You may only activate this spell when there are three copies of "A Hero Never Dies" in your graveyard. Return 1 copy to your hand and shuffle 2 copies into your deck.

Image: Young Hero posing heroically.

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