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.

16. Hard Armor

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

A/N: Well, here you are, one step closer to figuring out just what the heck is going on. Well, keep wondering... thinking is healthy. Now, on with the fic!

Yu-Gi-Oh GX - A New Duelist Legend

Chapter 16 - Hard Armor

"Shining Flare Wingman, attack directly with Shining Flare Strike!" The shining hero charged forward and slammed a glowing fist into Jamil's gut, catapulting him out of the arena and into a wall.

After a few moments of heavy breathing, Vincent calmed down, and he returned to his former state of general disinterest. "I told you that I would win."

JLP: 0

VLP: 3700

Byron clapped the woozy Jamil on the back, almost knocking him over. "You did good, boy."

Jamil rubbed his head. "Ja, I guess so..."

Crowler coughed and stood up, holding his microphone. "Now everyone, without further ado, on to the next round!"

Jaden grinned and started to stand up. "Alright, my turn!"

"This match will determine the third place finisher of the School Duel, Chazz Princeton versus Jamil Harris!"

Jaden fell back into his chair and sighed. "Okay, I guess it's not my turn."

Chazz got up from his seat and walked to the center of the arena. "Alright, this is my last chance! I'm not going to lose to this sand-headed idiot!"

Jamil, who was already standing on his side of the arena, finished shuffling his deck and placed it in his duel belt. "I may have lost my first match, but I'm not gonna lose against you, mon!"

"HA!" Chazz yelled as he readied his disc, "You don't have a chance, island boy!"

Jamil just grinned and pulled his starting hand off of his deck. "We'll see, won't we?"

"Yeah, we will!" Chazz replied as he drew his own starting hand.

CLP: 8000

JLP: 8000

"The first turn is mine!" Chazz declared, drawing. He examined his hand and selected a card. "And I'll start off by summoning Armed Dragon LV3!" He slammed the card onto his disc and the sinuous blue dragon appeared on his field, roaring. (1200/900)

"Now, I'll just set these three cards facedown." Chazz grinned as the facedowns appeared behind his dragon. "Beat that."

Jamil smirked and drew. "If you insist, mon." He slid one of the cards from his hand into his duel belt. "I'll summon Hammer Fist in attack mode!" His right arm was surrounded by light, which solidified into a bulky grey armor with a hammer for a fist. (0/0)

Jamil grinned and slipped a card from his hand into his graveyard. "Listen up mon! Once per turn, Hammer Fist lets me discard an Armor monster from my hand to switch one monster on your field to face-down defense mode! And not only dat, whenever Hammer Fist attacks a monster in face-down defense mode, the monster it attacks is automatically destroyed!" He raised his armored arm and yelled "Hammer Smash!" before slamming it into the ground, sending a shockwave across the floor.

"Sorry, but I'm not going to let that happen!" Chazz yelled, one of his set cards flipping up, "I activate Power Leveling! First, you draw three cards. Then, I get to summon my dragon's higher-level form, Armed Dragon LV5!" The baby dragon flashed and exploded with growth, rapidly shooting up to a twenty foot tall monstrosity. (2400/1700)

"Because it's target is gone, the effect of your Hammer Fist is negated!" Chazz yelled as the shockwave passed harmlessly by his dragon. "And that's not all! I'll chain my two other cards to Power Leveling!" Chazz's set cards flipped up and he smirked, "The first is the Continuous Trap Appropriate! Now whenever you draw cards outside of your draw phase, I get to draw twice!" His trap shimmered, and he pulled two cards off of his deck before chuckling. "This second card is what makes this really interesting though... another Continuous Trap, Greed!"

Jamil frowned. "Now, whenever eider of us draws outside of our draw phase, we take 500 points of damage during de end phase fo each card we draw."

Chazz laughed. "Exactly! Makes things more interesting, don't you think?"

Jamil just growled an considered his hand. "I'll just set dese two cards facedown, den end my turn."

"Fine!" Chazz yelled, "Then here comes the pain!" Both Chazz and Jamil were surrounded by a glowing golden aura which sapped a not inconsiderable chunk of each of their life points.

CLP: 7000

JLP: 6500

Chazz drew, bringing his hand up to four cards. He smirked. "Well well well, isn't this perfect." He placed a monster onto his disc. "By letting you draw a card, I can special summon this guy from my hand: LV0 Imp!" A small fiend with 'LV0' on it's forehead appeared on Chazz's field, and Jamil reluctantly drew a card. (500/500)

Chazz grinned. "Don't forget the effect of my Appropriate! Now I draw twice!" Chazz slid two more cards off of his deck, and he grinned. "Don't let my imp's name fool you, he's actually a level one monster... although that's not the important part." Chazz began laughing. "When LV0 Imp is tributed to summon a level monster, he counts as two tributes instead of one!" The Imp shimmered, and a considerably more massive form appeared in it's place. "I'll summon Avalanche Dragon Gronn LV8 in attack mode!" The dragon Chazz had summoned was a giant made of brown rock. It had a pair of glowing reddish-orange eyes and it's mouth radiated the same color. It roared and stomped the ground, and the whole stadium shook. (2200/2500)

"In terms of pure power, Gronn is the strongest out of all the five Level Dragons!" Chazz yelled. "In fact, he's so powerful, this is actually his weakest form!"

Jamil's eyes bulged. "Dat's his weakest form? Dat ain't possible!"

"It's not only possible, it's true!" Chazz replied. "But he's hardly your only problem. I'll activate the special effect of Armed Dragon LV5 by discarding a spare Armed Dragon LV3 from my hand! It allows me to destroy a monster on your field that has fewer attack points then whatever I discarded, and that Hammer Fist fits the bill! Do your thing, Armed Dragon!" The Armed Dragon squared it's shoulders and launched a hail of mini-missiles at Jamil, who just smirked.

"I hoped you'd do dat, mon. I activate Armor Battle Technique: Smash Block!"

Chazz's eyes widened. "Not that card!"

"Oh ya mon, dat card." Jamil replied, "It negates an attack or effect dat targets one of my Armor Monsters and destroys whatever did de targeting... in dis case, your Armed Dragon!"

"No!" Chazz yelled as Jamil spun around and smacked the missiles out of the air, sending them back at their source and blowing it to pieces. Chazz growled. "You'll pay for that!"

"Maybe, mon." Jamil said, "But I don't tink so."

Chazz clenched his teeth. "Avalanche Dragon Gronn," He roared "Attack! Landslide Crusher!" The massive rock dragon roared and charged towards Jamil like... well, an avalanche.

Jamil frowned. "I'll activate Armor Protection, mon! It switches all Armor monsters on my side of de field into defense mode!" Jamil held his arm up defensively, just a moment before the massive dragon rammed into him. Despite the fact that it didn't damage his life points, it still sent the Jamaican boy flying into the wall. Jamil stood up and cracked his back. "Dat hurts, mon..."

"Deal with it!" Chazz yelled, placing two of the cards from his hand onto his disc. "I'll end my turn, and the effect of Greed activates!" Chazz's facedown cards shimmered into existence as both he and Jamil were enveloped in a golden aura, evening their life points.

CLP: 6000

JLP: 6000

Jamil slid a card off of his deck. He grinned when he saw it. "Well it's been fun, mon. To bad I'm gonna have to win now."

Chazz snorted. "And how do you propose to do that?" His dragon roared. "Not only do I have my dragon, I have 6000 life points!"

"Wit dis, mon!" Jamil yelled, "I activate Armory!" His field slot opened, and the arena once again became a futuristic, armor filled chamber. Jamil grinned. "And, I'll immediately activate it's effect, sending it to de graveyard to summon as many armor monsters as possible from my deck to de field!" Mechanical arms picked up five pieces of armor from the wall and attached the to Jamil's body. "Wit dis effect, I'll summon Blade Driver Arm, Impact Breaker, Shadow Boots, Virtue Plate and Combat Helmet!" An cornucopia of various armor covered his body, turning him into a sleek, futuristic fighter. (1000/0), (0/0), (0/1000), (0/1000), (0/0)

"Of course, now I've gotta discard de top ten cards of my deck," Jamil continued, "But it's worth de price." He slid almost a third of his remaining deck into his graveyard, and Armory shattered.

Jamil grinned and held up his right arm. "Now remember mon, Blade Driver Arm decreases the power of any attack mode monster it battles." He charged towards Gronn, yelling, "So say goodbye to that pile of pebbles!" (2200/2500)–(1000/2500)

Jamil brought his blade down right between the stone dragon's eyes, shattering his arm armor and splitting the dragon in half. After a moment, the dragon crumbled and faded. Chazz growled and one of his set cards flipped. "I'll activate Level Charge, allowing me to draw cards equal to half the level of a Level monster that's destroyed on my field. His deck glowed, and he grabbed four cards off of it.

Jamil wagged his finger. "Not a good plan, mon. You'll take 2000 points of damage from Greed, an I don't tink you can spare dem."

Chazz snorted. "I can part with a third of what I've got left."

"Half." Jamil corrected him.

Chazz frowned. "Are you even stupider then you look? 2000 is a third of my life points!"

"Not for long!" Jamil yelled, and his left arm glowed. "I'll activate de effect of Virtue Plate, which allows me to pay 100 life points times de level of an Armor monster on my field in order to allow it to ignore the limit on one attack from an armor monster per turn!"

CLP: 6000

JLP: 5600

Jamil charged Chazz, his left fist cocked. He smirked. "Oh, did I mention dat Impact Breaker's attack becomes 2000 when it attacks directly?" (0/0)–(2000/0)

Chazz's eyes bugged out. "This can't-" was all he had time to get out before Jamil socked him on his jaw, sending him sprawling.

CLP: 4000

JLP: 5600

Jamil smirked. "Dat's for slamming me into de wall."

Chazz got up and rubbed his cheek. "You'll pay for that, too."

Jamil laughed. "You keep sayin' dat mon, and it still hasn't happened." He walked back to his side of the field and slid two cards from his hand onto his duel belt. "I'll just set dese facedown an' end my turn, mon." Jamil's set cards appeared on the field, and Chazz was surrounded with a golden glow which knocked off half of his remaining life points.

CLP: 2000

JLP: 5600

Chazz pulled a card off of his deck, then looked at his field. "Greed has hurt me more then it's helped me! At least I can get rid of it now."

"Alright!" Chazz said, his facedown flipping, "I'll activate the card I set last turn, Level Modulation! All I have to do is let you draw two cards, and I can summon a Level monster back from my graveyard, such as Avalanche Dragon Gronn LV8!" Jamil drew twice more, and the massive rock dragon reappeared on Chazz's field, roaring angrily. (2200/2500)

"And don't forget about Appropriate!" Chazz continued, drawing twice, "Since you drew outside of your draw phase, I get to draw two cards!"

Jamil chuckled. "At dis rate, you'll burn up all of your life points on your own."

"No, actually I won't!" Chazz yelled, "Because I'll chain Emergency Provisions to all of this, sending Level Modulation and Greed to my graveyard in order to gain 2000 life points!" The cards shimmered and disappeared, giving Chazz's life points a much-needed boost.

CLP: 4000

JLP: 5600

Jamil grinned. "Dis is starting to get fun, mon,"

"See if this is fun!" Chazz yelled, pointing at the Jamaican boy. As the massive stone dragon charged, Chazz grinned manically. "Oh, did I mention his special ability? If I choose, I can have him attack all the monsters on your field once each! Now smash him, Gronn! Landslide Crusher!" The massive dragon charged and slammed into Jamil, sending him flying across the arena, his armor coming off in pieces as he went.

Chazz laughed triumphantly. "I win! Hah!" After a moment of laughing, he realized that the holograms hadn't shut down yet. "What going on?"

Jamil stood up and rubbed his head. "How many times am I going to get slammed into dis wall today?" He walked back to the center and smirked. "Simple, mon. In response to your attack, I activated another Armor Protection, which switched all my Armor monsters into defense mode."

Chazz growled. "Fine." He considered his hand for a moment. "I'll set two cards facedown," he said, "Then activate the spell card Magical Photocopier." A strange photocopy machine, covered in arcane symbols, appeared on his field. "In order to activate this card, I need to send two spell or trap cards on my field to the graveyard." His Appropriate, along with one of his facedowns, shimmered and vanished.

"Next," Chazz continued, "I select a set spell or trap card on my field." He pointed to his last remaining facedown, and the card placed itself in the copier. The copier buzzed and whirred for several moments, before spitting out a copy. "The final effect of this card takes a copy of the card I selected from my deck and sets it onto my field, although I can't activate either of them until my next turn."

Chazz took another card from his hand and slid it onto his disc. "I'll set this as well, then end my turn." He turned to his dragon. "Now, watch the reason why you can't win..." The dragon roared and curled into a ball, quickly building a stone 'cocoon' around itself. After a few moments, the cocoon broke, and an even more massive form burst out. This one looked about the size of a small mountain, and had a second, stony head. (3000/2700)

Chazz laughed. "At the end of a turn where he destroyed at least two monsters as a result of battle, Avalanche Dragon Gronn LV8 evolves into Avalanche Dragon Gronn LV10! Not only can he still attack all of your monsters, but whenever does so and you have no monsters afterwards, every spell and trap card on your field is destroyed!"

Jamil licked his lips and drew. He immediately smirked when he saw what he had drawn, though. He slid the card onto his duel belt. "I activate de spell card Battlefields of the Past! Dis card returns a field spell from my graveyard to my hand!" He smirked as Armory slid out of his graveyard, and he opened his field slot again. "I'll activate Armory!" For the second time that duel, the arena became a futuristic weapons depot.

Jamil grinned as the arms reached towards him and outfitted him with five new pieces of armor. "I'll activate it's effect and summon Battle Arm, Jet Blades, Entropic Dampener, Whirlwind Plate and Combat Helm!" (0/0), (0/0), (0/0), (0/0), (0/0)

"Now, I just need ta' send ten more cards from my deck to da graveyard." Jamil continued. He began pulling cards off of his deck, but stopped partway through. He blinked. "Huh... looks like I'm out of cards, mon."

"HAH!" Chazz yelled, "Idiot! Looks like I win!"

Jamil grinned. "Not just yet, mon. I don't lose until I would draw a card and can't."

Chazz frowned. "Alright, so you lose on your next turn. I can live with that."

Jamil just kept grinning. He slid a card from his hand onto his duel belt. "Sorry mon, but no. I play Pot of Avarice!" A purple jar that looked like the Pot of Greed's psychotic brother appeared on Jamil's field. He slid five monsters out of his graveyard and shuffled them. "Dis card shuffles five monsters from my graveyard into my deck, den lets me draw two cards." He drew twice, leaving him with three cards in his deck.

Chazz ground his teeth. "I'm still going to crush you!"

Jamil grinned. "I don't tink so, mon." He held up his left arm. "Remember what I comboed dis Entropic Dampener wit last duel?"

Chazz though back for a moment, and his eyes widened. "NO!"

Jamil rushed forward. "I'll attack your dragon wit Entropic Dampener!" He punched the dragon, accomplishing nothing but breaking the gauntlet. He then slammed a card from his hand onto his duel belt. "Since an Armor monster lost a battle, I activate Armor Battle Technique: Big Bang Blow!" The Entropic Dampener glowed for a moment, then unleashed a massive explosion which covered the field and sent Jamil flying back, armorless. He landed, rolled, and stood up, grinning widely. "Dis card destroys all monsters on de field, den decreases each of our life points by the combined attack of dose monsters!"

CLP: 1000

JLP: 2600

Chazz, who was still smouldering, coughed once and flipped his set card. "I thought you might do that, so I'll activate Level Compression! When I activate it, you draw a card!" Jamil frowned and drew, reducing his deck to two cards.

Chazz smirked. "This trap can only be activated when a Level monster is destroyed in battle or because of one of my opponent's monster effects! It allows me to summon a lower level version of the monster that was destroyed from my graveyard!" The ground shook, and Avalanche Dragon Gronn forced it's way out from underground, roaring angrily. (2200/2500)

Jamil shrugged. "Whatever, mon. Since I haven't summoned yet dis turn, I summon Battle Arm." He placed the card on his duel belt, and basic-looking metal armor surrounded his right arm. (0/0)

"I'll set dis facedown, den end my turn." He placed another card on his duel belt, which shimmered into existence as Chazz drew.

Chazz barely even glanced at the card he drew, instead he concentrated on his facedowns. He smirked. "Well, it's been nice knowing you. The restriction on playing these cards has been lifted, so I activate them both: A pair of Level Ups!" Gronn was once again covered in a stone cocoon, which shattered briefly to reveal his LV10 form before solidifying again. This time, the cocoon didn't crack, it exploded, sending holographic rocks in every direction. Chazz grinned madly. "Meet Avalanche Dragon Gronn LV12!" Gronn's newest form was even larger then the previous one, and had a third head complimenting the first two. (3500/3000)

Chazz laughed. "Not only does he retain the effects from his previous two forms, but he also deals damage through defense! So now he can crush you completely!" He pointed at Jamil. "Avalanche Dragon Gronn! Megaton Landslide Crush!" The titanic dragon roared with all three heads and charged Jamil.

The Jamaican boy sighed. "You are just too predictable, mon." His set card flipped up. "I activate Armor Battle Technique - Reversal Fist!"

Chazz's eyes widened. "NO!"

Jamil smirked. "All I have to do when you attack one of my Armor monsters is discard another, and it destroys whatever monster attacked and deals half it's attack as damage to you!"

"NO!" Chazz yelled again, as Jamil spun around and slammed his armored fist into Chazz's dragon, shattering it and ending the pieces flying at Chazz.

CLP: 0

JLP: 2600

Chazz fell to his knees. "I lost..." He blinked. "I lost again..."

As the holograms faded, Jamil walked over to Chazz and held out his hand. "Good match, mon."

Chazz just stood up, ignored Jamil and walked away, still muttering "I lost..." under his breath.

Jamil scratched his head. "What's his deal, mon?"

Crowler walked up to the center of the stage and clapped Jamil on his shoulder. "It looks like we have our third-place winner, Jamil Harris from South Academy!" The entire arena applauded, although the applause was especially loud from the South Academy section.

"Now, we still have one more duel today," Crowler said, "The final match of the school duel, Jaden Yuki verses Vincent!"

Jaden and Vincent both readied their duel discs and stepped into the center of the arena, the former with a look of unusual focus, the latter simply seeming bored.

Jaden looked at his deck. "Alright guys, time to show him what real heroes look like!"

New Cards

Another note about these, I won't include cards that were introduced in a previous chapter.

Hammer Fist, LV0 Imp, Avalanche Dragon Gronn LV8, Avalanche Dragon Gronn LV10, Avalanche Dragon Gronn LV12, Impact Breaker, Level Charge, Magical Photocopier, Battlefields of the Past, Battle Arm, Whirlwind Plate, Level Compression

Next Time: It's Heroes verses Heroes as polar opposites Jaden and Vincent clash. Vincent has impeccable focus, a powerful strategy, and almost supernatural drawing power, so Jaden needs to be at the top of his game to even stand a chance! However, Vincent also seems to have ulterior motives for being here at all... Don't Miss: "Fusionist"!