Yugioh GX! Destined Rulers
Chapter 4- Battle of the Smarts
Disclaimer: I do not own the yugioh series. But I do own the OCS and some of their cards.
Chancellor Riko was in his office, along with Ms. Willis, and another professor, Mr. Greeter. But unlike some meetings, the everyone was smiling.
"Sir. I believe we should go to Memphis for the duel."
"We can't, Ms. Willis. We don't have the budget for it. We need to have it here, at duel academy."
"But that's boring. We need to go somewhere…exciting. Like New York."
"No. I'm saving that…for something else." Riko said, putting his hands on his chin.
"Well, Where do we go?" Asked Ms. Willis. "Let's have it here." Said Mr. Greeter, sticking with his decision.
"Let's go to Memphis." Said Ms. Willis. The two professors started arguing, but it did not go far as Riko yelled, silencing them. "Okay, that's enough! I have an idea."
"Huh? What do you have in mind, sir?" Asked Ms. Willis. "A duel, right, sir?" Riko nodded, surprising Ms. Willis. "Really?"
"Well, this is dueling school, Ms. Willis." Said Mr. Greeter, being a smartallic. "Okay, John, Mary. You two will duel tomorrow afternoon. And since this will be an official duel, it will take place at the obelisk arena."
"But what about Amber's duel with one of the professors?" Asked Mary. "It will be postponed."
"Yes sir!" Said John. "You two are dismissed." The two professors bowed and left Riko's office. Then, Riko turned in his chair to his computer and turned it on. The screen flashed to a picture of a brown haired kid, wearing goggles around his neck. "With him here, it should be an interesting year." Then, Riko turned to his window, where he saw the boy walking with his friend.
The next day…
The entire school was at the Obelisk arena, getting ready to see the duel between Ms. Willis and Mr. Greeter. I was late, like always to a duel, sometimes my own, and I managed to grab a seat next to Ricky, who a few seats above, sat another kid. He had green, messy hair, a green ring on his finger and a smile on his face. He was wearing a shirt with the picture of a great moth.
"So, why are two teachers dueling?" I asked, confused. Ricky smiled. "Don't know. But, it should be interesting."
The green haired boy from before spoke. "*Smile* Every year, one of the best duelists duels one of the professors of his or her choice." Ricky and I turned and looked confused. "Umm…who are you?" I asked.
"My name is Alex Willingshrot." He smiled. "Willingshrot? What…kind of last name is that?" I asked.
"*Smile* No clue." I sweatdropped. "Anyway, you said one of the best duelists here decides which professors to duel, right? But that doesn't explain why they are dueling." Ricky said.
"Well, I heard that this year, Chancellor Riko and some of the staff are planning a field trip somewhere just for the duel. Pretty cool, huh?"
"Y-yeah…but that still doesn't explain why they are dueling."
"Oh. I don't know for sure. But I guess they don't know where to go this year, and that's why they're dueling…but that's just a guess."
"Well, we'll see who wins. They're starting."
And as Alex said, Riko had already spoken, and Mary and John activated their duel disks. "DUEL!" They each drew 5 cards.
Mary: 4000
John: 4000
"I'll begin! Draw!" Mary said. She drew a card. (6). "I summon Flamvell Dragonov(LV 2) in DEF mode." A fierce, fire-breathing dragon appeared, kneeled and roared. (DEF: 200)(5).
"I set 1 card face down and end my turn." A card appeared behind Mary. (4).
I was confused. That was all Ms. Willis was going to do!
"If she ends up playing like that, Ms. Willis is going to lose." I said.
"No. I've seen her duel once before. She summoned the same monster before. It has a powerful effect." Explained Alex. "Really?" I asked.
"*Smile* You might want to know. I graduated the Pro League with passing colors, especially in my duels. So, let me show you. I draw!" Said Mr. Greeter, John, drawing a card. (6).
"I summon Karakuri Bushi mdl 6318 "Muzanichina"(LV 4) In attack mode." A machine, wearing the entire samurai uniform, including carrying a sword, appeared. (ATK: 1800)(5).
"Wow! That's a strong monster for the beginning of a duel!" Said Ricky. Alex chuckled, getting Ricky's and my attention. "What's so funny?"
"*Smile* I'm trying to figure out how you two were accepted into the academy." Ricky and I growled. "A-anyways….Mr. Greeter may have summoned a strong monster, but him and the entire "Karakuri" series have a major drawback: They have to attack if they are able to."
"Really? So he could lose life points quickly." I said, looking back at the duel. "But, when they are attacked, they switch modes. So they will, most of the time, switch into DEF mode." Finished Alex. Ricky hummed in interest and turned back to the duel.
"Now, "Muzanichina, attack Flamevell Dragonov!" The said monster ran up, screaming, and slashed the dragon, destroying it, but before it was destroyed, it shot a fireball at John.
John: 3500
Mary: 4000
"*Smile* Do you know why you just lost damage, John?" Asked Mary. John had a straight voice. "No. I've seen you duel before. I know how all of your cards work…*Smile* but you never seen me duel before. So you don't know my cards. I set 2 cards face down and activate the Spell card, Karakuri Cash Cache." 2 cards appeared behind John. (2). "This card lets me add a "Karakuri" monster to my hand." John scanned his deck and added a card to his hand. (3). "Then, I can switch "Muzanichina" to Def mode." The said monster used his sword to defend after he kneeled. (DEF: 600).
"My turn. I draw!" Mary drew a card. (5). "I summon Flamvell Firedog(LV 4) in attack mode." A fierce dog made of dried lava with 2 limbs rooting from its body, appeared and howled. (ATK: 1900)(4).
"Now, Firedog, attack "Muzianichina"!" The firedog ran up to the latter monster. "Hold on! I activate Karakuri Klock." A Japanese clock appeared, but Mary reacted. "Wait! I have a counter, Trap activate! Flamevell Counter!" Flamevell Dragonov appeared and flew in front of Firedog. But, John smiled and raised his other Trap card. "You're not going to defeat me that easily. I activate Karakuri Cash Shed." A Japanese shed appeared and captured Dragonov, preventing the negation of Flamvell Counter. Ultimately, the Japanese clock rang and destroyed Flamvell Firedog. The spectators gasped.
"Wow! That's a complex counter Mr. Greeter pulled off. His time in the Pro Leagues wasn't a waste." Said an impressed Alex.
"I end my turn." Said Mary.
"Okay, I draw! John drew a card. (4). "First, I summon Karakuri musi mdl 818 "Haipa"(LV 4) in attack mode." A machine, wearing heavy armor with a big, glowing eye, carrying a three-pointed staff, appeared. (ATK: 2100)(3).
"Then, I switch "Muzanichina" to attack mode." The machine stood on its feet. (ATK: 1800). "Karakuris, attack Mary directly!" The machine ran up and slashed and stabbed Mary, knocking her down, surprising everyone.
Mary: 100
John: 3500
"Then, "Haipa's effect switches it to DEF mode." The machine kneeled, using its staff as defense. "Go."
*Smile* Great job, Mr. Greeter. But I did not get this job because I was not good at dueling. Draw!" Mary drew a card with determination, something Alex and I saw. "Alex. Do you see that?"
"Yes. She is about to go all out on Mr. Greeter." Ricky looked at us as if we were In Mary's mind.
"First, I activate Monster Reborn. This card summons Flamvell Dragonov from my graveyard." The fierce dragon reappeared and roared. (ATK: 1100)(3). "Next, I tribute Dragonov to summon Flamvell Fiend(LV 5) in attack mode." A blue fiend, wearing blue pants, with flames coming from it, chains, and a belt on its pants, appeared. (ATK: 2100)(2).
"Then, I'll use one of my personal cards that I put into this deck. Double Attack. I discard Flamvell Commando(LV 6) in order for Fiend to attack twice." Mary discarded and Flamvell Fiend went for "Haipa", clawing it and destroying it.
"Wait! Before you attack again, Muzanichina's effect gives itself 400 extra ATK points." (ATK: 2100). "Next, attack "Muzanichina"." Flamvell Fiend ran up to claw the latter monster. "Luckily, my monster switches to DEF mode." The said monster kneeled, but was clawed and destroyed.
"I end my turn."
Then, John laughed. "What's so funny, John?" Mary asked. "*Smile* Mary. Do you ever wonder why I am so cranky." Mary was surprised, because John asked the question with a face of calmness and seriousness. "Um, no. Why?"
"Well. Ever since I was a little boy, I have always been told that life is not fun. Not to enjoy it. To always work. It was 'Work, then play'. It was 'work, then work'. I never had a chance to be a kid. I always focused on my school work. And dueling, well…my parents thought that dueling was 'play', so I never had the chance to practice."
"Then, how did you become such a good duelist?"
"Well. That was only because of college. I moved out of my parents' house, and since I did, I had more time to practice, but still had very little time. Most of my time was devoted to college. To studying Duel Monsters, and all of its wonders. Do you know what I majored in?"
"…Actually. I don't know what you teach."
"*Smile* That's because I'm going to start in a few days, after we return from the field trip." Mary was speechless. "Anyway, I majored in the history of Duel Monsters. I wanted to see how Duel Monsters started. How it really started."
Mary stared for a moment, then smiled. "Well, let's finish this duel. And I'll teach you what I majored in: the ways of Duel Monsters decks!" "*Smile* I'll accept the challenge. Draw!" John drew a card. (4). "I summon Karakuri Strategist mdl 248 "Nishipachi"(LV 3) in attack mode." A machine made out of wood, with a red eye, wearing a green overcoat, appeared. (ATK: 500)(3). "When this card is summoned, a monster on your field has its mode switched." "Nishipachi"'s eye glowed and Flamvell was forced to Def mode. (DEF: 1200). "I set 1 card face down and end my turn." A card appeared behind John. (2).
"My turn." Mary drew a card. (1). "I switch Fiend to attack mode." Flamvell Fiend stood to its feet. (ATK: 2100). "Then, I activate Spirit Soul. This spell card lets me pay half of my life points to add a "Flamvell" monster from my graveyard to my hand." Mary paid the cost and added a card to her hand.
Mary: 50
John: 3500
"Next, I tribute Flamvell Fiend to summon Flamvell Commando(LV 6) in attack mode." Fiend disappeared and a muscle-toned beast with orange hair, and armored clothing, and carrying a bazooka, appeared. (ATK: 2200)(0).
"Now, I remove Flamvell Firedog from play to inflict 1900 points of damage to you."
"What!" Cried John. Then, Firedog disappeared into particles and were absorbed into Flamvell's bazooka. Then, he blasted John. "Ahhgh!"
John: 1600
"Now, Commando, attack "Nishipachi"!" Commando shot its bazooka at the latter monster with a blast of light emerging from it. "Wait! Don't forget, "Nishipachi" switches to DEF mode." The said monster raised its "arms" to defend and kneeled. (DEF: 1600). Then, the blast of light struck "Nishipachi", destroying it.
"I end my turn."
"Okay. Being through 10 years of everything Duel Monsters, I know that if I don't win this turn, then there won't be a next turn. So I guess I will just have to win." Said John. Mary smiled. "You know. This duel is the most fun that I have ever had. This is what dueling is all about!" Then, she surprised, not only me, but the entire audience: she called out my name. "Mr. Kazuya!" I stood up quickly, a little nervous. "Y-y-yes, ma'am…?"
"*Smile* Don't worry. You're not in trouble. But I do want to say this: I would love if you would me sometime." I was surprised. "Me? Really?"
Mary smiled. "Yes. Well, not during class, of course. But after class. Will you accept my challenge?"
I was speechless. Then, I smiled and gave her a thumbs-up. "It would be my honor, ma'am!" Mary smiled and turned back to John before I sat back down. "But first, I have to defeat you, Mr. Greeter."
"*Smile* Let us see. I draw!" John drew a card. (4). "*Smile* First, I summon Karakuri Soldier mdl 236 "Nisamu"(LV 4) in attack mode." A robot, made completely out of wood, with a barrel of some sort on its back, carrying a bamboo stick, appeared. (ATK: 1400)(3).
*Smile* I am sorry. It doesn't have enough ATK points!" Said Mary. But John ignored her and smiled, holding up a card. "I activate Runaway Karakuri. This spell card gives "Nisamu" 1000 ATK points, but its effects are negated." Mary was surprised. "Nisamu" grew bigger. (ATK: 2400)(2).
"Now, "Nisamu", attack Flamvell Commando and end this duel!" "Nisamu" ran up and slashed Commando with its bamboo stick, and surprisingly not breaking, destroyed the latter.
Mary: 0
John: 1600
Almost instantly, the crowd, teachers, everyone exploded into excitement like a volcano erupting. "That was incredible!" I yelled, having seen the best duel at Duel Academy so far, in my opinion. John went over and lent Mary a hand, with her accepting it, being pulled up. "*Smile* Great duel, Ms. Willis."
"*Smile* The same for you, Mr. Greeter." Then, although the audience did not want to, they became quiet as Chancellor Riko came up on stage with hi microphone. "*Smile* I must say. That had to be, if not, the best duel that I have seen in my entire 5 years as being chancellor of Duel Academy. Every turn, the advantage changed from Mr. Greeter to Ms. Willis. Incredible! Please, give them another round of applause!"
Riko didn't even have time to take a breath as the audience exploded again into excitement as they clapped as hard as they could.
Eventually, the arena became quiet again. Then, Riko spoke again. "So, since Mr. Greeter won this incredible duel. He has the honor of telling us where to go for Amber's duel against one of the professors in a few days." Riko moved the microphone to John's face. *Smile* Actually. I decided to let Ms. Willis decide. I have never seen a duelist with so much fight in them. So, Ms. Willis, where would you like to go?"
Mary thought for a minute, then walked up to the mic. "*Smile* I have decided to go to…Phoenix, Arizona!" Everyone started chatting among themselves for a minute. "Phoenix? Alright!" I cheered. "Looks like we're going to have a blast!" Said Ricky. But unlike myself and Ricky, Alex wasn't as happy. "(Phoenix, Arizona…hmmm…)
Then, Riko whistled, gaining everyone's attention again. "Okay. Unfortunately, the fun times are over for now. Everyone, head back to your dorms. You all resume classes tomorrow." Everyone groaned as they all headed to their respective dorms, except for Ricky and I, who went up to Mr. Greeter and Ms. Willis. "That was an amazing duel!" I cried. "*Smile* Thank you! It was a lot of fun!" Said Ms. Willis. John smiled. "I have to say. That was one of the most fun and challenging duel I have ever fought."
"Well, I hope I get to face you, Mr. Greeter." I said, hoping he would agree. "*Smile* I would love, too."
"Hey! We could have a Tag Team duel." Ricky suggested, surprising us. Ms. Willis laughed. "That's not a bad idea, Ricky." Then, the bell rung. "Oh! Looks like it's time for me to go. Goodbye, you two." Said Ms. Willis, leaving. "I have to take my leave, too. Goodbye, for now." Then Mr. Greeter left. I smiled. "Come on, let's head back to our room." Ricky nodded and we left.
At sea…
Out on the beautiful sea, a small boat, carrying two guys, dressed in rags, as if a tsunami fought them, drifted calmly. "Hey. Do you think it'll work?"
"Yeah, if you stop talking…shhh! There's a boat!" And as one of the two guys said and saw, a larger boat by far was sailing towards them. On the larger boat was Darrell Wilson, two security guards, and the little kid, Tommy. And unaware to them, Amber, and unaware to her, Deante were on the ship, too. "It won't be long, now, Tommy. We'll meet your mom In about an hour on the sea. So hang in there."
"Why can't I stay at Duel Academy!" Tommy cried. "Because, you're only 12. You have to be at least 13 to apply. Try again in next year."
"Fine! And when I do, I'll challenge you to a duel and beat you for making me go!" Darrell laughed. "Go ahead and try. I'll just win."
"Yeah, fat chance, mister." Then, Darrell narrowed his eyes. "(Hmmm….I'm sensing other people on this boat. Not the guards, not Tommy…*Gasp* is Amber and Deante on the boat!)"
Then, Tommy noticed a smaller boat, sailing towards them. "Hey, Mister. There's a boat coming towards us."
"Really? That's strange. It should be at least an hour before we meet up." Then, the smaller boat stopped next to the academy's. "Hey! Are you two okay! Are you stranded!" Asked Darrell.
One of the two guys looked up. "Umm…yeah. Yes. We were going across the sea, and we kind of lost our paddles. Could you help us?"
Darrell looked at the two guys, strangely. "(Something's wrong…)" Darrell looked around at the sea. "(The sea's calm. If the dropped their paddles, they would not have floated away and they could have grabbed them. Easily, too. I don't trust these guys. But, I'll play their game.)" Darrell smiled. "Of course! Tommy, guards! Help me pull them up!" Tommy, along with the guards, who were near, helped Darrell pull the two guys, along with the small boat, onto the bigger boat. "Thank you so much!" Said the guy who talked the most. "No…problem."
"So, who are you two?" Tommy asked. "Well, my name is Ren Fentanyl and this is my friend, Tucker Renato, and we decided to go across the sea because all the boats were gone for the day, and we needed to be across the sea today."
"So, where are you guys from?" Asked the other male. "We're from Duel Academy. We were just taking…" But Darrell interrupted Tommy. "Actually. I'm from Duel Academy and I was just taking Tommy here back to his mom."
"Hmph!" Said Tommy, crossing his arms.
"Wait! Did you say, Duel Academy?" Asked Ren. "Yes."
"Hmmm…okay. Its time we start our plan. Tucker?"
"Right."
"Huh?" Said Darrell, confused. Then, Ren and Tucker pulled out guns, and before the guards could pull out their guns, the boys shot them. "*Smile* Too slow." Said Ren.
"What are you two doing!" Asked Darrell. "Well. I might as well tell you. We were planning on going to Duel Academy and blowing it up." Said Ren.
"Blow it up! Why!"
"That's not information you need to know. All you need to know is that we're hijacking this boat and taking it back to Duel Academy."
*Growl*…(I need to figure out how to get those guns away from them…but how?)"
Ren thought for a minute. "You know what? I've decided that it is too risky taking you back to a place that you know and we don't. So, we are going to go ahead and kill you right now."
Darrell growled. "Mister. Are we going to die?" Tommy asked. "I guess so, kid. I'm sorry."
Then Tommy started crying. "Now, it's time to die." Ren was getting closer to pulling the trigger, trying to mess with his opponents, and as Ren was getting closer, Darrell and Tommy closed their eyes. "Goodbye, fools."
Ren and Tucker were about to pull the trigger, but two cards flew through the air and knocked the guns out of the guys' hands. "Huh!" Asked Ren and Tucker, in unison. Darrell and Tommy turned around and saw Amber and Deante, standing there, smiling. "Amber! Deante! What are you guys doing here!" Darrell cried.
"*Smile* I had a feeling you might get into trouble, so I followed you." Said Amber.
"And I wanted to know where Amber was going, so I followed her. And we met up on this boat." Said Deante.
"Well. I could have handled this myself." Said Darrell. Amber looked at the two dead police officers. "Well, considering that your protection is dead and you were about to wet your pants, I'd say that you didn't have it under control."
"Whatever."
Then, Ren and Tucker stood up, angered, grabbing Amber, Deante, Tommy, and Darrell's attention. "Okay. Now you've asked for it!" Said Ren. Then, he and Tucker went over to their boat and grabbed two duel disks from it. "We challenge you to a duel, fool." Ren said, obviously talking to Darrel.
"Fine. Let's duel!"
"Wait! I'll duel them!" Said Deante, stepping up, with his duel disk activating. "Deante? Are you sure?"
"Yes."
"I'll help him." Said Tommy, stepping up and putting on his duel disk, then activating it. "I don't think so, little kid. I'll duel them." Said Amber.
"No. Let him." Said Darrell, surprising Amber. "What! Why!"
"*Smile* Trust me."
"Hmph! Fine!"
"Awesome!"
The four boys stood in a square, and with their duel disks already activated, yelled. "DUEL!" They all each drew 5 cards.
Tommy: 4000
Ren: 4000
Tucker: 4000
Deante: 4000
Author's Note: *Smile* Well, there you go. Did you like it? Next chapter, there will be a Tag Team duel. So it is a little change. Oh, and what did you think about the duel between Ms. Willis and Mr. Greeter. A See-saw duel, huh.
P.S. Oh yeah. This next duel might expand into two chapter. Yes, most likely. Hopefully, I can make it interesting.
P.S.S. How did you like the murder. There will be more of that later on, mixed with some betrayal. I hope you will like it.