I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh GX!
Chapter 17 done!
Haou: *leaning against my wall with a laptop in his hands* Would you keep you're voice down? I'm trying to read something over here!
*rolls eyes* Sorry you're highness.
Jaden: *looks over Haou's shoulder* What are you reading anyway?
Haou: The reviews to Darky's last chapter out of boredom.
*rolls eyes again* Glad to know my story amuses you so much, Haou. Anyway, as you guys could tell, you all wanted me to keep the fourth wall broken and I'm going to do just that! Kia, get the hammer! We're smashing this thing to pieces!
Kia: Sweet! *takes off to the torture closest to grab some hammers*
Jaden: *sweatdrops* Why do you have a torture closest?
Because why not? Anyway, since you're here, Jaden, how about you tell anyone about the responses from the last question?
Jaden: *shurgs* Oh right. So let's see. *glances over Haou's shoulder again to read the reviews* Neos: 2, Absolute Zero: 4, Poison Rose: 1, Knopse: 2, Burstinatrix: 1, Flame Wingman: 2, Shadow Mist: 1, Shining Flame Wingman: 1, and a whole lot people feeling sorry for me since they think Kia going to kill me.
Don't worry everyone! Jaden still alive! He got owned badly but totally fine!
Jaden: I got a black eye!
See totally fine! But anyway, onto the chapter! Two episodes in one to get rid of fillers faster so that's a plus.
Amber: *appears from the fourth wall* And more Titaniumshipping!
Jaden: *raises an eyebrow* Titaniumshipping?
Haou: *looks it up* You and Kia's ship name. For some reasons, everyone seems to be enjoying it.
Jaden: oh...wait what?! *grabs the laptop from him* Holy crap and I thought Spiritshipping had a lot of fans for it.
Just wait until people start sending in fan art of you two, Jay.
Jaden: *pales*
Well I'm going to go help Jaden since I think he's getting sick or something while you guys have fun reading chapter 17!
In the middle of the forest, late at night, a bright light appeared with a flash and an Obelisk was suddenly thrown out of it. The blue student's cards were scattered all around him as his life points hit zero, making him lose the duel he was in. Sitting up with a look of panic on his face, he took a final look at his opponent: a tall giant like figure clad in multiple blue blazers that he stole from some of his fallen opponents and black sunglasses hiding his eyes from sight. Whoever this giant was, he sure did a great job on hiding his identity.
While the Obelisk was cringing away from him in fear, the giant reached down and picked up a rare card from the pile.
"I'll be taking this," the giant spoke with a deep voice. "You're lucky a card is all you're losing tonight."
As the giant turned to leave, he spoke his final words to the Obelisk. "Next time, pick on someone your own size." He chuckled as he disappeared into the night.
…
"Wow Jaden, it's been about a week now and I still can't believe that you still have that black eye." Syrus said to the Slifer who only groaned in response.
"Yeah, lesson learned? Never play dodgeball with Kia." Jaden groaned as he readjusted the icepack over his left eye.
"In my defense, you're the one who didn't try to dodge the ball. It's kinda in the name, Jay." Kia pointed out to him with a grin.
"Well I guess I know how it feels to be Dr. Crowler now." Jaden sighed. "Irony came back to bite me in the butt."
It was another bright morning at Duel Academy as Jaden, Syrus, Kia, and even Chumley were walking through the halls of the school building. After heading to the nurse's office to get Jaden a new icepack for his black eye, which was the least of the damage he got from when Kia used him for target practice, the group of four were now heading to class. However, they stopped when they came up to a group of Obelisk males who were talking to each other.
"I heard he picked off another one last night."
"Me too! I hear he's huge and can't be beaten."
"I heard that…."
"Hey, what's up?" Jaden greeted the Obelisks when his group came closer to them.
The Obelisks all glanced at him before they scoffed and walked away.
Jaden frowned at that. "Wow, is my black eye really that bad?"
"Yeah have a nice day too!" Kia called out after the Obelisks with a scoff of her own.
"Lousy Obelisks, talking behind our backs and strutting off like that." Syrus muttered. "Uh…no offense, Kia."
"Oh none taken. I hate most of the Obelisks here too."
"Duh guys," Chumley broke in. "They did that since they were talking about the Duel Giant."
"Duel Giant?" Jaden and Kia questioned at the same time.
Yeah even after all this time, they still could speak perfectly in sync with each other without even meaning to.
Chumley nodded. "Yeah, some giant has been challenging all the Obelisks to duels and winning. But the scary thing is he only comes out at midnight."
Jaden raised an eyebrow at that, wondering if Haou was getting bored again and decided to own the blue students once more. Then again, Chumley did say it was a giant who was doing the attacking and neither of the darkness twins were that super tall compared to some of their friends.
"Wait, I have heard about this." Syrus acknowledged with a nod. "He takes their cards too."
Jaden narrowed his one good eye at that.
"Yeah, he makes them play with the ante rule." Chumley went on. "So if you duel him and lose, you gotta turn over your best card."
"But that's illegal though." Kia pointed out with a hint of disgust in her voice.
"Yeah it sure is." Chumley agreed. "Which is way he duels in disguise, wearing all of the blue blazers of the Obelisks he's beaten."
"Well maybe if he didn't bet cards then maybe he wouldn't have to do that in the first place." Kia grumbled.
Seriously, hearing this kind of stuff made her sick. Duel Monster cards hold memoirs of the duelist that once held them which is way it's fun to trade so you can spread and share your memories to other people. But just betting you're memories like that and maybe end up losing them was just awful to say the least in Kia's book. It was almost as bad as just throwing your cards away like trash like what happened to her Duston gang. Just thinking about that made Kia was to punch someone in the face and she sure hoped it wouldn't be Jaden. Kia really didn't want to give him another black eye.
Meanwhile a little further down the hallway, Dr. Crowler was having his own troublesome problems.
What an absolute nightmare. The Obelisk Headmaster thought to himself. Some rogue duelist roaming the campus, making a fool out of my Obelisks, making a fool out of me! Without realizing it, Crowler started speaking out loud. "And worst yet, this 'Duel Giant' is breaking campus rules with that ante rule under my watch! If Chancellor Sheppard finds out then I'll get fired!"
Though he just figured out a solution to his problem as soon as he saw you know who in the middle of the hallway. "Wait uh course! He can be the perfect way out of this whole mess!"
"Oh Jaden, my boy!"
Jaden, along with the others, turned when they noticed Crowler was walking over to join them, looking happy.
"He's being nice; something is wrong." Syrus stated.
Crowler stopped a couple of feet from the group, still smiling. "Jaden, how would you like to have no homework for the rest of the year?"
"No homework?" Jaden and Kia shared a look of disbelieve.
Crowler nodded as he leaned forward. "Yes, you and Syrus both. Well, if you help me, that is. So what do you say?"
"Well alright then!" Jaden agreed.
"Wait…" Kia broke in as she turned to narrow her eyes at Crowler. "What does Jaden have to do for you? I hope it's not bird watching since he's kinda blind in one eye for the time being."
"And whose fault is that?" Jaden asked.
"Mine but that's beside the point."
"Oh it's nothing really." Crowler assured the blonde tomboy Obelisk. "Just going on a kind of field trip, that's all."
"Hey, I love field trips!" Jaden grinned from ear to ear.
"Yeah and I love grilled cheeses but sometimes it depends on who's serving them." Chumley pointed out.
"So teach, where is this field trip taking us?" Jaden asked.
"All around campus," Crowler answered right away. "I need you to duel and find out the I.D. of the fellow who's having these illegal matches. You know the one they call the Duel Giant I believe?"
"Sure, the guy that's owning your dorm." Jaden smirked causing Kia to chuckle under her breath.
Hey, she might be an Obelisk but after spreading so much time with Jaden, she now counted herself as a Slifer at heart.
A cross look between disgust and irritation appeared on Crowler's face. "I….I don't keep track of such things." He huffed before he walked away. "Good luck, Jaden!"
While leaving, Crowler chuckled as an evil grinned formed on his face. This is perfect! Once Jaden reports to me whoever this Duel Giant is, I'll have them both kicked off this island for illegal dueling! I can't lose this time! Then I just have to figure out how to get Haou kicked out then I'm golden!
"Alright! Let's find us a dino-size duelist!" Jaden exclaimed from excitement.
"Uh listen, Jaden, is this a bit late to say that this is a bad idea?" Syrus asked.
"Yeah, doesn't Crowler really not like you?" Chumley added in.
"He sure doesn't." Jaden agreed. "But how can I turn down no homework, a field trip, and a big duel?"
"By saying no," Kia stated to the brunette.
"Kia has a point. Do you even know how to say no?" Chumley questioned.
"Yes." Jaden answered making the other three all groan.
"So how are we going to find this guy anyway?" Syrus asked.
"Beats me," Jaden shrugged.
"So wait, we don't even have a plan?!" Syrus complained. "This is getting worse every minute."
"Then I guess we better hurry up and get started!" Jaden grinned.
"But Jaden, what about class?" Chumley pointed out.
"Oh….right….okay after class then!"
Chumley and Syrus just groaned once more as they took off so they wouldn't be too late, leaving Jaden and Kia standing there.
Kia sighed at all of this as she turned to face her partner in the dark side. "Jaden, I'm just asking this for your wellbeing but you do know that this is a trap right?"
"Uh course I do." The Slifer answered which made Kia blink at him. "I'm not that stupid."
"Then why did you agree to this if you knew that it was a trap?"
"Like I said: no homework, a field trip, and a big duel. I'm not letting this chance go to waste." Jaden answered her with a smile. "I'll just try to convince him to duel without the ante rule. There's no way I'm going to allow myself to be expelled, let alone have one of my family members be taken by that stupid rule."
Kia just stared at him after hearing that before she chuckled. "You really are one fine piece of work, Judai Yuki."
"I can say the same thing for you too, Hope Macy."
The dark side partners looked at each other before they burst out laughing as they made their way to class before their hunt for the Duel Giant truly begins.
…
So after class was over, the three Slifer plus one started their hunt for the Duel Giant but uh course with Jaden's short attention span, they kept on getting distracted by simple things, mostly duels.
Like now for example.
"Jaden, if we keep on taking breaks like this then we're never going to find the Duel Giant." Syrus stated as him and the others took a seat in the duel arena.
"Oh really? Good." Chumley said since he wasn't all too keen about finding this guy.
"Come on, Sy, this looks like a good duel." Jaden replied. "And there's no harm in taking a short break."
"That's what you said from the last five duels we watched, Jaden." Kia pointed out getting her a sheepish grin from the Slifer. "But I guess you're right. This duel does look interesting."
She was right about that. The two people that were dueling were an Obelisk and a Ra. The Obelisk had 200 life points left and a Marauding Captain (Atk: 1200 Def: 400) on the field in attack mode with a face down as well. The Ra, who was a short, nervous looking boy with green hair, currently had 300 life points and a Mad Sword Beast (Atk: 1400 Def: 1200) on the field, also in attack mode.
"Alright, I'll play…." The nervous Ra said, looking at his shaking hand.
From where he was sitting in the stands, even with the icepack over his left eye, Jaden could see the Ra's hand and he grinned at what he saw. "Sweet, he's got Earthquake. This match is as good as over. All he needs to do is throw it down."
"Earthquake will switch all the monsters on the opponent's field to defense mode and with Mad Sword Beast's ability that lets it do pierce battle damage, it would be stupid not to play it." Kia claimed.
Come on Brier. The Ra thought to himself as he looked up from his hand to his opponent on the other side of the field. You got this guy right where you want him. Just take him down and bring it home. Just forget that everyone is watching you. He looked back down at his hand. Now, should I use Earthquake to switch his Marauding Captain to defense mode or just attack with my Mad Sword Beast?
"Get a move one!" The Obelisk he was dueling shouted. "I'd like to get home sometime this school year!"
Brier started shaking like crazy from that.
If things weren't bad enough for the little guy already then it got even worse when three other Obelisks, who were watching the duel from the sidelines, also started teasing him.
"What's the matter, short-stack? Can't see over your cards?"
"Looks like the baby's gonna cry. Wanna call your mommy?"
Brier did his best and attempted to ignore those words as he tried to decide on his next move. "Eenie meanie…"
"Mine, mo! Make a move; you're going way to slow!" His opponent snapped at him.
Cringing, Brier closed his eyes. "Okay, I guess I'll…attack with my Mad Sword Beast!" He shouted.
"What?!" Jaden and Kia both questioned in disbelieve.
Syrus and Chumley both looked just as confused.
The dinosaur type monster charged at full speed towards the warrior type monster.
The Obelisk smirked. "I activate my face down card! It's called Reinforcements and it gives a monster on my field 500 more attack points and I think I'll give them to Marauding Captain!"
The warrior countered attacked as his attack points increased (Atk: 1200-1700).
Marauding Captain met Mad Sword Beast halfway across the field and sliced through the poor dinosaur, causing it to blow to pieces and knocking out the rest of Brier's life points.
"And he was so close." Jaden sighed in disappointed.
"A classic case of stage fright."
The group turned at that to see Bastion standing there with his arms crossed over his chest.
"The boy has tremendous skill but he needs to get over the fear of dueling in public." Bastion went on. "I've seen him duel before when he thought that no one was watching and his opponent had a hard time trying to beat him. If he can just get over his stage fright then he would be a great duelist."
"Huh is that so?" Kia mused looking down at the fallen Ra.
Brier was on his knees, attempting to hold back the tears that were threatening to fall from his eyes.
"I didn't think it was possible but on his knees, he's smaller than he was before!" The Obelisk laughed with his dorm mates.
"I think I need some glasses to see him!"
"Better yet, a magnifying glass!"
"Try a microscope!"
Brier got to his feet and walked off, though it was clearly obvious that the boy was furious at the Obelisks that picked and laughed at him.
Jaden and Kia noticed it right away as Winged Kuriboh and Rainbow Kuriboh both appeared at their masters' sides.
'Yeah, Kuriboh, I felt that too.' Jaden agreed with his spirit.
'Yeah, Rain, there's more to that kid then he's letting on.' Kia agreed with her own spirit.
"So, what's the crew up to these days? Getting into fights or something, Jaden?" Bastion asked gesturing to the icepack.
"Nope dodgeball," Jaden answered sheepishly, pointing at Kia. "Don't play it with her."
"Actually, we're looking for a giant." Syrus replied.
"A giant?"
"Yeah, you know the one that's been beating all of the Obelisks."
Bastion frowned. "Yes, I've heard of this titan."
"Speaking of giants," Jaden pointed towards where Brier was walking up to a very large Ra who was holding out his arms towards the smaller boy as if he wanted to comfort him. The giant was almost as tall as the hall ceiling.
"Wow, that guy's huge." Syrus said in awe.
"Who? Beauregard?" Bastion chucked. "Please, he's no Duel Giant."
"What are you talking about? He's gigantic!" Syrus argued.
Bastion laughed. "That's true, but he's no duelist, Syrus. He's here at the Academy because he's studying to be a gamer designer. I know him; he can hardly duel."
"And yet, he's friends with a genius." Kia mused to herself glancing at Rainbow Kuriboh who nodded in agreement to what she was thinking.
Winged Kuriboh said something to Jaden and the Slifer nodded.
'Just what I was thinking, Kuriboh,' Jaden thought as he stood up and started to take off after the Ras.
"Uh Jaden?" Syrus questioned as he got up and followed after him. "Oh wait up!"
"Oh not running." Chumley groaned as he followed after him.
"Thanks for the tips, Bastion; see you around." Kia said to the Ra as she went to go catch up to the others.
…
"Jaden, can you tell me again why after running around the campus all day, asking people questions about the Duel Giant, we end up here?" Syrus asked, looking at Jaden. The group of four was now standing in front of the entrance to Duel Academy, hiding behind one of the school's stone decorations. The clock was ticking as it was nearing midnight: the time when the Duel Giant attacks.
"Well I wanted to see what the Duel Giant's victims had to say about their attacker and after hearing what they said; I have a pretty good idea who it is. Now we're just waiting for it to be midnight since that's when he attacks." Jaden explained to the bluenette.
"Jaden, if you're serious about dueling this guy, which I know for a fact that you are, then try not to get your butt expelled from this." Kia told him.
"Hey, don't worry, Kia, I'll be just fine." Jaden reassured her.
"Jaden, every time you say that then something bad happens." Kia sighed, wrapping her arms around herself since it was pretty chilly tonight.
Jaden glanced over at that. "Hey, Kia, are you cold?"
Kia snorted. "Please, this is nothing."
Jaden didn't look to sure about that so he did that first thing that came to his mind. He took off his blazer and threw it to her, much to Kia's surprise. "Then here, this might warm you up a bit." He smiled.
Kia's face must have turned as red as his blazer from the kind gesture. "What about you? Won't you get cold?"
"It's fine. I can keep my body temperature in check." Jaden assured her still smiling.
Kia was pretty sure that his smile must have warmed her up right away since she didn't feel as cold anymore. Still, not to be rude to his kindness, she slipped his blazer over her's, taking in the scent of it.
Mint chocolate huh? She thought, trying her best not to laugh at that.
Though, that happy moment of her's was very soon ruined when someone screamed.
…
The sound of someone screaming made Haou groan in annoyance.
"Can't a guy get some sleep around here?" He grumbled, turning on his side away from the screams.
"I thought you liked it when people screamed in terror, Haou?" Magician said with a grin.
"Only when I'm in a mood to enjoy it," Haou replied tiredly.
"Well it's your own fault for trying to take a nap in the middle of the woods at night." Magician pointed out, playing with her hair. "Why are you doing this anyway?"
Haou glanced back over at the fiendcaster. Magician was sitting on a tree branch with her legs hanging off the side of it. Haou was also lying on a tree branch with his arms behind his head to act as a pillow. "The sounds of natural calm me down a bit so I can think."
"Oh yes, how stupid of me to forget; when you and Jaden were little, you're parents, when they weren't working, used to take you guys on camping trips. How cute!" Magician squealed.
"Magician, never say the word cute around me ever again; let alone talk about my parents." Haou warned her.
Magician pouted. "You're no fun anymore, Haou. You used to be so freaking adorable and loveable and dare I say, sweet, when you were just a kid. What the heck happened to you, my king?"
"I snapped." Haou answered like it was obvious. "And I'm about to snap you into pieces if you don't drop this, Magician."
Magician giggled at that. "Oh Haou, you're so funny at times. Unlike the other Evil HEROES, you can't hurt me or Shadow. You love us too much."
Haou rolled his eyes at that. "Yeah sure, whatever helps you sleep at night." But that did make him wonder as he glanced around. "And speaking of Shadow, where the heck did he go?"
Magician shrugged. "I don't know and I don't care."
"Funny, Shadow said the same thing when you took off for a little while." Haou replied closing his eyes. "But here's the thing, Magician. I told Yubel that as long as you or I keep an eye on Shadow, he doesn't have to return to the pit and to be honest; I really don't feel like throwing him back in there. Seeing him making you mad amuses me. So for once act like a good older sister and look for your idiot and psycho of a younger brother."
"Well you don't have to be so mean about it, you….." Magician froze before she could finish as she felt something crawl up her arm. She didn't even question how that was possible since she was a spirit but she glanced down and freaked when she saw that it was a snake. "What the heck?!" She pulled out her shaft and blasted it away without a second through.
"You serious have to get over that snake problem of yours." Haou had reopened his eyes as soon as he heard Magician was panicking.
"I'm not afraid of them!" Magician defended herself. "I just don't like those things."
"And yet, you're brother loves them." Haou rolled his eyes. "Also, Shadow, really?"
"Couldn't help myself," Someone chucked as the dark assassin appeared on a branch with a crooked smirk on his face. "Hey sis, I hope you found my present to your liking."
Magician pointed a finger at him. "You can go straight to hell!"
"Oh I did and now I'm back." Shadow chuckled before he looked at Haou. "Just to tell you, your brother is coming this way."
Haou raised an eyebrow at that but he took Shadow's word on that as he heard people running towards them. Haou looked down at the ground to see that indeed Jaden along with Syrus, Chumley, and to his own disgust Kia were all running to where that scream he heard early came from.
"I guess you're brother is trying to play hero again." Shadow rolled his eyes.
"Some things never change, huh Haou?" Magician asked with a grin to her master but it quickly faded away when she noticed that Haou had an angry look on his face.
"I tell him to stay away from Kia and he doesn't listen. Now I see Kia wearing Jaden's blazer?" Haou growled under his breath. "I swear I'm going to kill her before this year is over."
"Just say the word, you're highness, and I'll end her life before she knows what's happening." Shadow grinned croakily, drawing one of his daggers.
"Oh not just yet, Shadow." Haou told the fiendcaster. "Just wait until the time is perfect." He smirked.
…
Jaden and the gang ran around, trying to find the Duel Giant after hearing that scream, until they came across an Obelisk student, the same one before that was dueling against Brier, kneeing on the ground with his cards scattered around him.
"Which way did he go?" Jaden asked him.
The Obelisk looked up and just pointed since he was to broken up to speak.
Jaden nodded as him and the others took off running towards that direction until Jaden caught sight of a large shadow moving just ahead of him.
"Hold on!" He called as he entered the clearing.
The figure came to a sudden stop at that and turned around to face the three males and female. Just by the looks of him, Jaden could tell that he was indeed the Duel Giant.
"Caught ya, big guy; not so quick on your feet huh?" Jaden questioned.
"I don't think he needs to be, Jay." Syrus whimpered. "I mean, who in their right mind would chase a giant?"
"The same guy who's going to duel him." Jaden answered with a grin. "It's time to throw down!"
"Oh hell to the no," Kia said as she walked over to stand in front of him, blocking his view of the Duel Giant.
"Uh Kia?" Jaden blinked as she threw his blazer back to him. "What are you…?"
"I hate people who use the ante rule. It makes me sick. Betting you're cards like that…" Kia's fists tighten at her side as she turned around to face the Duel Giant. "Besides, you have something against Obelisks, am I right? Well I'm an Obelisk too you know! So if you have something against my dorm, you have something against me too, buddy!"
"Yeah, I think you're beat on this one, Jaden." Syrus stated.
"At least now you don't have to worry about the ante rule." Chumley pointed out as well.
"Yeah but still…" Jaden looked straight at Kia. "Are you sure you can handle this, Kia?"
Kia shot Jaden a glare that made the Slifer flinch back from surprise. "Jaden, if I can almost beat you and Haou in a duel then this guy should be a piece of cake. Don't worry about me."
"Well…if you say so."
"Yeah I do." Kia turned her attention back to the Duel Giant. "I don't approve of this whole ante rule thing that you have going on here but I doubt I can convince you out of it, so I'm going to put up this little guy." Rainbow Kuriboh appeared at her side as she held up his card. "But just to let you know, I'm not planning on losing this little guy. My best buddy gave him to me and that means a lot to me."
Unknowns to Jaden, his face went red at the end of that.
"So be it, duelist." The Duel Giant replied before he and Kia activated their duel disks and drew their opening hands.
(Kia: 4000 Duel Giant: 4000)
"Well pal, the saying is ladies first but I'll let you have the first move." Kia said.
"If you insist," the Duel Giant said before he drew his sixth card. "I summon Giant Orc in attack mode."
A giant pale-blue ogre with sharp looking upturned fangs, dressed in green breeches carrying a bone-shaped club for a weapon appeared on the field (Atk: 2200 Def: 0).
Kia blinked at that before a wide grin formed on her face. "Fiends huh? Oh you messed with the wrong girl on that one, giant."
"Make you're move, duelist." Was all the Duel Giant replied with.
"Don't mind if I do." Kia said drawing from her deck. She looked at her hand then at the field.
Giant Orc has a total of 2200 ATK points. My deck isn't built around strength so I don't have anything to take it out. Still that doesn't mean I can't use that to my advantage. Kia smirked glancing at the Orc. If I can just make him attack, then he'll switch to defense mode at the end of the battle phase and with a DEF of just zero, then I can take him out with ease.
"I….end my turn." Kia said without playing or doing anything.
"What?!" The three Slifer gasped in disbelieve from the side lines.
What is Kia doing?! She's going to get creamed! Jaden slowly started to go pale from worry.
"She must have a plan, Jaden." Yubel told him in his head. "Or she wouldn't have left herself completely defenseless like that."
"Well it's your turn, big guy, or are you to scared?" Kia taunted him.
"You must not think highly of me if you're not going to do anything, duelist. Your mistake is going to make my turn one to remember. First, I'll draw." The Duel Giant drew his card before he pointed at her. "Then I'll attack with Giant Orc! Bone Basher!"
"Well this is going to hurt." Kia groaned as Giant Orc moved forward before raising his bone club, and with a yell, smashed the bone club into Kia, causing the Obelisk to get the breath knocked out of her as she got smashed into the ground.
(Kia: 1800 Duel Giant: 4000)
"Yeah I was right." Kia groaned as she forced herself back to her feet. "Well at least it was worth it since now you're Giant Orc is forced to switch to defense."
After she said that, the orc monster took a knee.
"And now that he has, my plan can come into play." Kia grinned much to the confusion of everyone.
"Plan?" Syrus questioned.
"Getting half of your life points taken out is called a plan?" Chumley asked just as confused.
"It is when you're planning on summoning this guy." Kia smirked as she held up a card. "This guy can be special summon from my hand if I happen to take any type of damage when I don't have any cards on my field and you, Duel Giant, fell for it." Kia placed the monster on her duel disk. "Rise, Gorz the Emissary of Darkness!"
Appearing on Kia's field in a flash of dark light was fiend type monster that looked like a warrior of darkness. It was male with long spiked red hair and dark blue eyes. His whole body was covered in black iron armor with four blades on his arms. He also had a long red cape and a giant looking sword right under it (Atk: 2700 Def: 2500).
"Wow…." Jaden breathed in awe to how amazing this monster looked. "Kia is not playing around."
"Oh yeah I'm not, Jay, and I'm not finished yet." Kia grinned as she continued. "Since Gorz was special summon by battle damage, I can special summon an Emissary of Darkness Token with ATK and DEF equal to the amount of battle damage I took. You're Giant Orc was the only thing that attacked me and with 2200, I say that will do just fine."
A pillar of dark energy rose up from the ground and when it disappeared, standing in its place looked to be a female version of Gorz (Atk: ?-2200 Def: ?-2200).
"Kia is seriously not playing around." Jaden mused before he laughed nervously. "Note to self, never attack her in a duel when she has nothing on her field."
Syrus and Chumley nodded in agreement to that.
The Duel Giant, who reminded silence the whole time Kia made her comeback play, looked to be debating whether or not to play a card in his hand. In the end, he decided not to and ended his turn with a face down.
"Smart move, giant," Kia drew from her deck before she pointed at Giant Orc. "Now I think it's time to cut down some of those life points of yours but first let's take out the big guy. Emissary of Darkness Token, you have the honors."
The token monster raised her sword as she charged at the orc and cut him down to pieces, destroying him.
"And let's not leave my main man out of the fun. Gorz, attack the Duel Giant directly!" Kia ordered.
The warrior of darkness drew his sword and just in a blink of an eye, he cut the Duel Giant down to size.
(Kia: 1800 Duel Giant: 1300)
The attack not only took out most of the Duel Giant's life points but it also blew away the blazers that were around him to reveal who was hidden beneath them.
It was Beauregard.
"Yep," Jaden said from the sidelines.
"Called it." Kia added.
"It's Beauregard," Syrus gasped.
"I thought he couldn't duel?" Chumley questioned.
Beauregard looked afraid and he turned his head to reveal a microphone in his ear. "What should I do?"
"You can stop the charade for starters." Jaden said before pointing at one of the rocks. "How about the real Duel Giant come out?"
Everyone watched as Brier jumped out from behind the rock Jaden had pointed to. He had a headset on his head like Beauregard did.
"Called that one too," Kia said.
"Huh? So it was him?" Chumley mused.
"But why?" Syrus wondered.
"How did you two know?" Brier asked glancing from Kia to Jaden and back again.
Jaden shrugged. "Well back at the arena, I saw how mad you were at those Obelisks and then when I saw that this big guy here was your friend, it all started to come together."
"But I lost that duel." Brier pointed out. "What made you think I could beat all of those Obelisks?"
"Easy answer to that question, Brier; our friend Bastion told us you were a great duelist but the only problem was that you had stage fright. It explains why the Duel Giant only came out at midnight when no one was around." Kia shrugged as well. "Really, it's not too hard to put all the pieces together. If someone like Jaden can figure it out then you really need to think of better plans."
"Yeah….wait…" Jaden shot an offended glare at Kia. "Hey!"
Kia smiled innocently back. "Sorry to throw you under the bus, Jay."
Syrus sighed. "Well, now that we got all of this sorted out, it's over."
"What do you mean over? Nothing's over!" Brier shouted, causing Syrus to shrink away. "I won't go back to being 'Little Brier' again. Everyone makes fun of me every day because of my height. They always call me short, a shrimp, and I'm tired of it, tired of them making fun of me. Don't you see? That's why I get nervous and can't concentrate."
Brier reached over and placed a hand on his larger friend's shoulder. "Then I met Beauregard. They bullied him too so we decided to make a promise that we'd get back at those who mocked us, big time by hurting them where it hurt most!"
"By taking their cards," Kia sighed at that. "Well I agree with you on that one. Taking someone favorite card would hurt them a lot. I can also understand you're reasons, boys. Half of the Obelisks are stuck up snobs who need to be put in their place but this isn't the right way to do it."
"Kia right," Jaden agreed with a nod. "But what now? I mean, you're secret out. Pretty soon, everyone is going to know who you are, even Dr. Crowler."
Brier narrowed his eyes at that. "Are you trying to blackmail us or something?"
"What? Uh course not." Jaden replied before he pointed at Kia. "But from what I recall, you two are still in a match with Kia here."
"And I meant keep my mouth shut if you can beat me." Kia added before she smirked. "Now come on, boys, I want to see if you're as good as Bastion says you are."
Brier gritted his teeth. "I guess you leave us no choice." He looked over at his friend. "Let's do this."
Beauregard nodded. "Yeah,"
"Now that's what I'm talking about. It's you're move, boys." Kia said.
(Kia: 1800 Brier/Beauregard: 1300)
"Draw, Beauregard," Brier said and Beauregard nodded before drawing a card. Brier looked over at Beauregard's hand before nodding.
"I'll play Graceful Charity, allowing us to draw three more cards then discard two from our hand." Brier said before Beauregard drew three more cards. He slowed Brier his hand again and Brier picked the two cards. Beauregard then sent them to the graveyard.
"Next, I'll play our face down, Call of the Hunted to bring back Giant Orc in attack mode!" Brier counted as his orc rose up from the ground with a roar.
"Oh yeah, ugly back." Kia groaned.
"He's not the one you should be complaining about after I play the spell card, Double Summon. Its magic allows us to summon two monsters this turn like Goblin Attack Force…" A group of green goblins appeared on the field (Atk: 2300 Def: 0). "And our Goblin King, both in attack mode!"
"Say what now?" Kia questioned as she watched as the king of goblins that she normally used during her duels appeared on her opponent's side of the field. "Oh you have got to be kidding me. You stole one of my cards without even knowing it."
"Then I take it you know what his effect is?" Brier questioned.
Kia groaned a reply. "For every fiend type monster on the field, except himself, he gains 1000 more ATK and DEF points and it doesn't help that Gorz is a fiend type monster too."
Kia almost wanted to facepalm herself as she watched as the Goblin King grew stronger (Atk: 0-3000 Def: 0-3000).
"Oh the irony," Jaden murmured feeling so bad for Kia at the moment.
"Now Goblin King, attack Gorz the Emissary of Darkness!" Brier ordered as Goblin King moved forward and struck Gorz with a powerful punch, causing him to shatter.
(Kia: 1500 Brier/Beauregard: 1300)
"Goblin Attack Force, take out that Token!" The group of green goblins matched forward and flat out ran over the token monster, destroying her.
(Kia: 1400 Brier/Beauregard: 1300)
"And with them out of the way, Giant Orc attacks you directly!" Brier exclaimed as the orc went to strike Kia with his bone club once more.
"If this attack hits her…" Syrus gasped.
"Kia…" Jaden mumbled with a worried expression on his face.
But the strangest thing happened as soon as the Giant Orc went to attack Kia. The orc looked like he was trying his hardest to hit Kia with his club but it was like some unknown force was holding him back.
"Hey! What's going on here?!" Brier questioned. "Why isn't Giant Orc attacking you?!"
"Maybe it has something to do with the rainbow on his back?" Kia said with an innocent look on her face as she pointed at the Giant Orc.
Brier raised an eyebrow at that but he turned to see what she was talking about and he almost fell off the rock he was standing on when he did indeed saw a rainbow on the back of Giant Orc. "What the?!"
"Say hello to Rainbow Kuriboh." Kia said as the rainbow turned around to show that it was really connected to a little purple body with bright green eyes (Atk: 100 Def: 100). "And since you tried to attack me, his special ability took effect. I can target the monster that was going to attack and equip this little guy to him. Now you're Giant Orc can no longer attack but I don't think it was planning on doing so anyway since now he and Goblin Attack Force are now forced into defense mode since they attacked."
Brier grunted as his two fiends were forced into defense mode. "I end my turn."
"Kia really has gotten some skills to be able to use her opponent's moves against them, huh Jaden?" Yubel asked appearing next to him with her arms crossed over her chest.
Jaden nodded in agreement. 'Yeah and I'm happy to know that Rainbow Kuriboh and Kia work really well together as a team.' He smiled.
"Okay, time to end this." Kia placed her hand on her duel disk. "Deck, don't fail me now." She drew and a wide grin formed on her face. "Yep this duel is over. I play the spell card, One for One. By sending a monster from my hand to the graveyard, I can special summon a level 1 monster from my hand or deck." Kia sent House Duston from her hand to the graveyard before she picked the monster she wanted from her deck and summoned it to the field. "Rise Goblin King!"
A twin version of Brier's Goblin King appeared on Kia's side of the field with the same amount of attack and defense points (Atk: 0-3000 Def: 0-3000).
"What was the point of making that move?" Brier asked. "You're Goblin King can't even touch mine because of its effect and even if it could, they would both destroy each other!"
"Who said anything about attacking your Goblin King?" Kia held up another card. "And I'm not planning on attacking you're other fiends either. You're my target, Brier." Kia flipped the card over to show Brier what it was.
The small Ra's eyes widen when he saw what it was. "Opti-Camouflage Armor! But that will…."
"Yep, this equip spell allows a level 1 monster to attack the opponent directly. Oh and look, Goblin King is a level 1."
Brier gulped slightly as Kia pointed at him and Beauregard. "Goblin oh pal, how about you give them a taste of their own medicine?"
Kia's Goblin King let out a roar as he rushed right past the Ra's monsters and attacked them, knocking out the rest of their life points and knocking the two Ras to the ground in defeat.
(Kia: 1400 Brier/Beauregard: 0)
"Hey you did it, Kia!" Syrus cheered for the Obelisk.
"Now Kia a giant slayer," Chumley added.
"I wouldn't say that." Kia laughed.
"Hey, don't be so modest, Kia. You were great." Jaden said smiling as he came up to stand next to her.
"Hey, I would have lost if it wasn't for Rainbow Kuriboh." Kia admitted as the little rainbow spirit reappeared next to her. "Thanks Jay."
Jaden's smile widen at that but it soon faded away when he realized that Brier and Beauregard were still there.
"She beat us. We're through, Beauregard." Brier said softly to his giant of a friend.
"No, not we," Beauregard corrected him before he looked at the gang, sadly. "Please, just turn me in, forget Brier."
Brier looked at his friend, shocked. "Beauregard…"
"I always been alone and I'm not going to let them expel you for showing me what it means to have a friend. After all, didn't we promise to stand up for each other?" Beauregard continued. "You're the best duelist I ever seen, Brier. I won't let them kick you out of here."
"But what about you?" Brier asked. "What about your dream of becoming a game designer?"
Beauregard smiled sadly. "Not all dreams come true."
Brier's eyes filled with tears. "Beauregard," He whimpered.
"You two are going to make me cry if you continue this." Kia said causing the two Ras to look at her.
"And who said anything about turning you two in?" Jaden added in. "We're not going to turn either of you two in. I know what it's like to be made fun of. It's not a good feeling I know but everyone goes through it at some point in their lives."
Kia nodded in agreement. "Jaden right, plus turning you two in wasn't really the point of the duel after you two were unmasked. I wanted to see if you could duel in the open with people watching you, Brier, without being scared and it turns out you can. I'll admit it was a close duel, Brier, and if I hadn't drawn that spell card when I did, I'm pretty sure I would have lost."
"I can't tell if you're being way to modest or just lying." Jaden said to her, getting a grin from Kia in return.
Brier looked at both of them for a moment before he got to his feet. "You know, you two, I guess you're right. I did play well and in front of people too. Maybe I can do it again."
"Uh course you can." Jaden and Kia said at the same time before they looked at each other then looked away with slight blushes on their faces.
Brier laughed softly at the two of them as Beauregard rose to his feet with a large smile on his face.
"You two better get out of here before Dr. Crowler catches ya." Jaden told them.
Both Ras nodded before they took off with Brier ahead of Beauregard by several feet.
After they were gone, Jaden and Kia high fived each other for a job well done.
That is until Syrus pointed something out to them.
"Uh Jaden, you do realize that since you let them go free, we have to start doing homework again, even the stuff that we missed while looking for this guy."
The look of disbelieve that appeared on Jaden's face cause Kia to burst out laughing.
…
The following morning, Dr. Crowler was having a giant hissy fit after Jaden explained to him what happened during the following night.
"So let me get this straight." Crowler started as he leaned in close, hands on Jaden's desk to look at the Slifer straight in the eye. "You found the Duel Giant, beat him, and then he somehow managed to escape?!"
Jaden nodded in confirms, working through the papers he and Syrus were given while Chumley and Kia were sitting above them on the next roll of desks to watch them. "That's what happened, teach. Last time I saw him, I think he was heading up a beanstalk or something."
Crowler growled in annoyance at this. "You also say that you didn't duel using the illegal ante rule but the other Obelisks did?!"
Jaden raised an eyebrow. "Did they? I heard they all lost their cards temporarily."
Crowler looked to be getting more frustrated by this so he decided to ask someone he could trust. "Kia, is this true?"
Kia just raised her arms above her head in defense. "See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil." Was all she replied with.
Crowler just sighed at that since he wasn't getting anywhere with either of these two. "So you find the Duel Giant and lose him, the cards were lost but now they're found."
"First I didn't have homework and now I do." Jaden muttered causing Kia to chuckle from amusement.
Oh poor, Jaden. The female Obelisk thought with a smile before she looked at the ceiling, thinking back to earlier on how she helped Brier and Beauregard return the cards they took back to their owner's decks. Sure, she should have let them do that themselves but the quickly they were returned, the better.
…
A few days later, after the events of the Duel Giant were put to rest, Jaden and Syrus were heading down the hallway leading to the card stack.
"Jaden, slow down," Syrus gasped from running for so long as he struggled to catch up with his friend.
"I can't. Not on Sandwich day." Jaden replied.
They finally made it to the shack where a bunch of students from each dorm were crowding around a deep, square food bin that had a yellow question mark on it and was filled to the brim with sandwiches, each inside small packages with Duel Academy's logo on them so no one could tell what kind they picked would be. The two Slifers ran up to the bin and looked inside.
"Isn't sandwich day just the greatest, Sy?" Jaden asked his bluenette friend. "All of these choices and not one of them labeled."
"How's that the greatest?" Syrus questioned him like he was nuts but then again; this was Jaden so it really didn't surprise him anymore. "There's so many disgusting sandwiches in there that I'm pretty sure there not even safe to eat!"
"Yeah but there's one good one," Jaden pointed out. "The golden eggwich that comes from the magical rooster who lays the golden egg!"
"Jaden, roosters don't lay eggs…" Syrus sighed.
"Not to mention golden ones."
Jaden and Syrus turned around at that to find Kia and Amber standing there. Kia being the one that just spoke.
"Oh hey, girls," Jaden greeted them with a smile. "Come to watch me draw the golden eggwich?"
"No, we came to watch people fail at drawing." Amber chuckled.
Kia rolled her eyes at her friend. "Really, we just wanted a sandwich but seeing you fail at drawing might be funny to see." She admitted with a laugh her own. "And I also see you're black eye is gone."
"Yeah about time to," Jaden said, happy that he no longer had to stop by the nurse's office to get icepacks from time to time. "I just hope I don't end up with another one."
Kia smirked at that. "Just don't make me mad and you're good."
"I don't even know how I made you mad the first time around!"
Amber burst out laughing at that. "Oh if you only knew, Jaden," She looked like she was about to say more but Kia shot her a glare that said 'stop talking'.
"But anyway, you're still really going for the eggwich, Jay?" Kia asked him.
"Heck yeah I am." The Slifer answered as he stuck his hand into the bin and pulled out a sandwich. He opened it before talking a bit and then winced. "Yuck! Grilled tongue!"
"Again? That's the fifth week in a row that's happen." Syrus acknowledged.
Kia patted her friend on the back. "There, there, Jaden. If it makes you feel better, once I draw the golden eggwich, I'll let you have a piece of it."
"Kia, you're awesome and all, but feeling sorry for me isn't helping my drawing problem!" Jaden exclaimed.
"Hey, it's better to have a bad draw here than in a duel."
The group turned around to see Alexis standing across from the food bin with two non-eggwiches in her hands.
"Oh hey, Alexis," Syrus greeted her.
Amber waved. "Sup?"
Kia just glanced away, not wanting to look at the Obelisk Queen in the eye. It not like she hated Alexis or anything. It's just, after the whole Fiancé duel; she didn't feel comfortable being in the same room with Alexis and Jaden together. It made her feel like the third wheel.
"Oh I get it." Jaden grinned at Alexis. "You took the eggwich to have lunch with me, didn't you?"
Oh that comment so didn't help Kia's case at the moment.
Alexis blushed. "I did no such thing!" She defended herself. "I was just practicing my drawing skills!"
"Sure you were." Jaden's grin widen.
"Yeah I was."
"Uh huh," Jaden was going to add more if he wasn't for the fact that Kia stepped on his foot, hard. "OW! Kia, what the heck?" He asked, looking at his dark side partner.
"Oh sorry, Jay," Kia apologized innocently. "I guess I wasn't paying attention to where I was walking."
Walking nothing, you did that on purpose, Hope. Amber thought staring at her blonde friend with a smirk slowly starting to form on her lips. You are so jelly.
Even Alexis raised an eyebrow at that since Kia wasn't even trying to walk anywhere else.
"Well…" Syrus started trying to break the awkwardness that fallen between all of them. "She obviously doesn't have the eggwich."
"It's true."
Everyone looked up to find Ms. Dorothy walking over to join them and with her was a girl that Jaden didn't know. She was tall and slender with wavy red-gold hair that fell just below her shoulders and lavender-purple eyes dressed in a standard female Obelisk Blue outfit.
"Hey, I know you. You're Akane Hara." Alexis said recognizing the Obelisk girl. "We have Duel Monsters history together."
"Yeah, that would be me." Akane said with a nod and a smile before she continued from where Ms. Dorothy left off. "But anyway, back to this whole eggwich problem. From what I heard, it's been about five week since someone drew the eggwich. If I have to guess, someone must be stealing them."
"Wow, that thief must be pretty good to draw those sandwiches five weeks in a row." Syrus commented.
"Yeah, if Jaden didn't have such bad luck drawing them, I would have guessed it was him." Kia added.
Jaden groaned at that. "Thanks for reopening that scar, Kia."
"Oh you're welcome, Jay."
"I'm sorry for letting this happen week after week." Dorothy apologized with a bow.
"Hey, it's not your fault, Ms. Dorothy." Akane told the kind card stack owner.
"Yeah, it's this eggwich thief fault." Jaden added. "Which is why we're going to do something about it."
"Wait we are?" Syrus questioned.
"Yep, we're going on sandwich stakeout, twenty-four/seven." Jaden stated.
"Oh great," Syrus said with a smile before the suggestion really sunk into his brain but when it did, he freaked. "Wait what?!"
Akane blinked at that, surprised at what he was suggesting.
"You know, I'm not even surprised anymore at what pops into your brain nowadays, Jaden." Kia smiled. "But hey, I like it. The dark side partners are going undercover once again!"
"Well if Hope going through with this then I might as well join in as well." Amber said with a shrug. "We're wait until its night time and attack the thief when he doesn't see it coming!"
"Sounds like a good idea to me." Alexis spoke nodding in agreement. And who knows, maybe this eggwich thief might have a lead on where my brother is. He could be stealing the eggwiches to help him keep his strength up. She thought.
"The shop closes around eight." Dorothy told them. "You can drop by then to get things set up."
"Sounds like a plan." Jaden nodded smiling with glee.
Akane, this who time, had an eyebrow raised at the brunette Slifer. Needing an answer to her question, she leaned forward to whisper in Kia's ear and asked; "Uh, is he always like this?"
"I would be lying if I said he wasn't." Kia whispered back before shrugging. "But you get used to it after a while."
Akane was just going to take her word on that one.
…
Late at the card shack, the gang, with a total of seven students, was hanging out in Ms. Dorothy's office. Jaden and Syrus were playing a card game that wasn't Duel Monsters, with Chumley watching them. Alexis was sitting at a desk, reading a book on her latest homework assignment and the other three girls, Kia, Amber, and Akane, were also playing a card game, there's being War.
"High card!" Jaden exclaimed as he picked a good card from Syrus's hand and put it on the pile.
Syrus groaned in defeat. "Picking cards, drawing cards, amazing." He said.
"Why, thank you." Jaden said with a proud grin.
"Hey Sy, don't make Jaden even cockier then he already is." Kia said from over her shoulder at the bluenette. "He's already bad enough as he is."
"Hey, I take offense to that." Jaden said before he turned his attention to their game. "Besides, I bet you're wishing you had my luck at the moment, don't you?"
He said that when he noticed their card stacks. Akane looked to be winning so far since she had the most cards in her deck. Amber had a middle amount and as for Kia…
The tomboy groaned as she looked down at the one lonely card she still had left. "Okay maybe…" She admitted.
"So guys," Chumley spoke making Jaden turn his attention back to the boys. "When this sandwich thief comes around, you think he'll have anything on him?"
"For the last time, Chumley, he steals egg sandwiches, not grilled cheeses." Jaden told him before glancing behind him. "Tell him, guys."
"Yep, that's the truth." Amber nodded.
"Uh huh," Akane agreed.
Kia wasn't paying attention anymore since each of them just drew their next card and Kia's final one had to be a 2 while both Akane and Amber ended up getting Kings so now they had to play a war against each other. "Screw this game and everyone who likes it." She grumbled as she pushed in her chair and walked over to sit next to Jaden with her arms crossed over her chest and her head raised high from pride.
"It true, Chum," Alexis replied, not talking her eyes off her book.
"What's Lex doing over there anyway?" Jaden asked.
"I think her homework." Syrus guessed.
What I'm doing is waiting for this thief to show up. Alexis thought, not really paying attention to what the others were saying or doing. Who knows? This guy might have something to do with my brother and everyone else who's disappeared.
"Who wants some stakeout snacks?" Dorothy asked, coming into the office with a plate covered with some snacks for everyone.
"Is it grilled cheese?" Chumley asked hopefully until he saw the tray. "Aww, what are those?"
"My special stuff pastries," Dorothy answered. "There are three flavors: strawberry, chocolate, and lemon custard."
"Thanks Ms. Dorothy." Syrus thanked her.
"Sweet, point me in the direction of the chocolate!" Kia exclaimed getting her some weird looks from the others. "What? A girl got to have her chocolate."
"Well dear it's right…."
"Wait a second…" Jaden stopped her. "We should draw and try to pick what we want."
"You want to draw pastries like cards?" Chumley questioned.
"That kinda sounds like a good idea." Akane said. "It can make for great practice for dueling."
"Not like Jaden needs any." Amber added.
Kia shot a glare at him. "Jaden, I'm not having the best drawing luck tonight so if you think I'm going to do that then you're crazy."
"Fine then, I'll draw for you." Jaden smiled making Kia blink at him. "Chocolate right?" Kia nodded. "Alright then!"
Jaden reached out for the nearest one and held it out to her. Kia stared down at it, debuting whether or not she was going to bite into someone she didn't like but she still took it from him and bit into it. He eyes widen in surprise. "Holy crap, he got it right." She said.
Everyone stared at Jaden in awe.
"And on your first try!" Syrus said. "Way to go!"
"It's good to know I still got it." The Slifer said with a smug grin.
Kia rolled her eyes. "Oh please, you just drew my treat. I like to see you draw your own, hot shot."
"Challenge accepted; I'm going for the strawberry." Jaden went to reach for one at the far back and took a bite out of it. "Strawberry!"
"Show off," Kia grumbled and Jaden laughed.
Akane looked at the dark side partners, weirdly. "Okay, I'm sorry for asking this but are you two dating or something?" She wondered since she noticed how close those two seemed to be and how they acted around each other.
Jaden paused in his laugher as both he and Kia's faces went red at her question.
Amber smirked at this. "Oh they like each other; they're just too stupid to admit it."
"Amber!" Kia exclaimed her, her comment not helping their faces become any less red.
However, before Kia could yell at her friend some more, a sound of something being knocked over echoed throughout the shack.
"Wow, he came earlier than I thought." Amber mused.
"Everyone hide." Alexis whispered.
Dorothy turned off the lights and hide under a desk. Alexis, Amber, and Akane hid in lockers while Jaden, Syrus, Chumley, and Kia hid under the table. There was more noise outside and it was several moments before the gang left their hiding places and peered through the one way window to see what was happening.
"It's the eggwich thief." Jaden whispered.
The sliding doors were being lifted open by someone who was obviously very strong, but it sounded like he was having some trouble doing so.
"He's an animal," Syrus whispered.
"More like a caveman." Kia whispered as the person crawled beneath the door and went over to the sandwich bin.
"Okay, time for action." Amber said as they all ran out of the room and Dorothy turned on the lights.
"Drop the eggwich, thief!" Jaden shouted to the guy who was now revealed to them.
The thief was very muscular with long black hair, shirtless, and torn khakis.
The guy panicked at first from being caught but he soon let out a Tarzan yell and left the shack with the sandwich bin, breaking the door in the process.
"This dude isn't playing around." Kia mused impressed by his strength.
"We can talk about this guy's workout routine later. We need to catch him now!" Jaden said before the gang hurried after the man.
…
The Tarzan guy was climbing up a waterfall to escape from the Slifer boys and Obelisk girls who had almost caught up with him. He was halfway up the falls by the time the students reached him.
"Who on earth is this guy?" Jaden questioned.
"Whoever he is, I want the number for his personal trainer." Amber mused to herself.
"Damon!"
The man stopped as the group turned to see Dorothy finally catching up to them.
"You know him?" Jaden asked.
"Take your time to answer. I need a break." Chumley said breathlessly.
"Maybe you're the one who needs the personal trainer, Chumley." Akane suggested to the Slifer.
"Yes, I know him." Dorothy answered, looking up at the man. "And he knows better than to steal."
Glancing over at Dorothy, the man slipped off the wall besides the waterfall he had been climbing and fell with a splash into the pool of water. When his head surfaced, Dorothy frowned.
"My, you changed." She mused.
"I change, I change for better." Damon said gruffly.
"Not for your grammar though." Kia pointed out.
"How do you know him, Ms. Dorothy?" Jaden asked the card shop owner.
"From school, he used to be an Obelisk Blue."
"Really? They must have had one heck of a chill dress code back then, huh?"
Amber bumped shoulders with Kia, sending her a smirk. "Tarzan theme huh? I bet five bucks you wished you and Jaden went to Duel Academy back then, huh Hope?"
"Amber, don't make me throw you into the water because I will." Kia warned her.
"No, he was different last year." Dorothy told them. "Then one day, he just disappeared. I was so sad. He was one of my favorites, always visiting me at the card shop, like you and Kia do, Jaden, especially on sandwich days. But he always was bad at drawing the right one."
"Are we sure we're talking about the same person here?" Akane asked. "He always picks the good ones."
Damon laughed. "Not same person. I new person now. I live in nature. I hone my skills."
"Well why'd you leave?" Jaden asked.
"When I Obelisk, I test good but have difficulty drawing right cards." Damon began.
"So you're pretty much the opposite of Jaden." Kia said getting her a punched in the shoulder from said red.
"My draw ruin me each time. I do everything to work hard but nothing. But as I watch nature, like waves crashing back and forth. Then, hit me."
"You want me to hit you?" Jaden raised an eyebrow, confused.
"No, it hit me." Damon corrected himself. "Just like I know what come next in wave, I realized I know what come next in card by simply being in tune with nature. This why I train with nature, to learn, to be at one with nature, to be at one with the draw. I get very good, but one way to be sure, I take eggwiches. This why I take them these past weeks, not because I thief." He started to cry at the end of his speech.
"We understand." Dorothy said sympathetically.
"I don't." Jaden said breaking the mood. "I mean, don't get me wrong, I know you're not a thief anymore, Damon, but I like those eggwiches as much as the next guy, so let's duel. If I win, you stop swiping them. If you win, they're all yours."
Damon smiled. "Fine, but I expect drawer. There no way you can beat me."
"Hey, I'm no slouch, either." Jaden told him.
"It's true." Syrus said.
"Best I know." Chumley added.
"Yeah, he's not joking around when he says that." Kia nodded.
"It on. Now let's see how quick you are, on the draw." Damon reached behind a rock to grab his duel disk before the two of them activated them, inserted their decks and drew their opening hands.
(Jaden: 4000 Damon: 4000)
"Alright, let's throw down." Jaden said as he drew his sixth card. "Sweet, I summon Elemental HERO Avian in attack mode!"
He placed the card on his duel disk and his green feather friend appeared on the field (Atk: 1000 Def: 1000).
At seeing Jaden's opponent, Avian didn't say anything but he did have a questionable look on his face.
"Yeah, I'm not even going to ask either, Jaden." Yubel mumbled when she appeared by his side.
'Yeah, I think it would be better if you two don't.' Jaden admitted as he placed a face down. "I end my turn with a face down card."
"Just as tree sways to and fro, I know what will come." Damon said as he drew a card and chuckled at what he got. "The nature has taught me well. I play card face down. Then I play card I just drew, Drawler!"
He let out a Tarzan yell as a stone golem with giant wheels beneath it appeared on the field (Atk: ? Def: ?)
"Its points are undecided?" Akane didn't like the looks of this.
"Now, for every card in my hand that I return to deck, Drawler gain 500 ATK and DEF points," Damon held up his entire hand. "I have four cards and I return them all."
"Aw ma, that Drawler's decked out now." Syrus murmured.
Drawler glowed as the cards returned to the deck (Atk: ?-2000 Def: ?-2000).
"Drawler, attack Avian with Stone Roll Wrecker." Damon commanded.
"Oh great," Avian groaned as the giant stone monster rolled forward and right over Avian, flattening him until he shattered.
(Jaden: 3000 Damon: 4000)
Jaden looked confused when he noticed that his card had gone to the bottom of his deck. "What the…?"
"When monster in attack mode get beat by Drawler, he no go to graveyard. He go to bottom of deck." Damon explained. "So you won't be able to use long time. My turn end."
Well so much for my Hero Signal trap card. Jaden thought before he looked at his deck. Well at least Avian still alive in my deck. He smiled as he drew. "Nice move, Damon, but I think it's time to show you some of my own. I summon my buddy, Elemental HERO Ice Edge in attack mode!"
The child ice hero appeared on the field with a wide grin (Atk: 800 Def: 900).
"Time to put the deep freeze on this guy, right Jay?" Ice Edge asked.
"You know it, pal." Jaden said as he sent a card from his hand to the graveyard. "I active Ice Edge's ability; by sending a card from my hand to the graveyard, he can attack you directly."
"Take this!" Ice Edge exclaimed as he threw an ice spear at Damon.
Damon let out another Tarzan yell that was cut short as the spear knocked him to the ground but not before he pushed a bottom on his duel disk.
(Jaden: 3000 Damon: 3200)
"And that's how we do things around here." Jaden grinned. "And thanks to Ice Edge's other affect, since you took damage from a direct attack, I can destroy that set card of yours."
"Me don't think so." Damon said as he jumped back to his feet.
Jaden raised an eyebrow at that but he noticed right away what Damon was talking about. His face down was already facing up.
"How clever, he actived his trap before Ice Edge's attack connected." Alexis mused.
"Me now active trap, Miracle Draw. This how work: before I take card from deck, I announce what card I think I draw and, if I right, you take 1000 points of damage. If I wrong, I take damage." Damon explained.
"So, he's just going to guess what card he's gonna draw?" Syrus asked blinking, making sure he heard that right.
Even Jaden blinked at that before he smiled. "Well good luck. This is one gutsy move."
Yeah no kidding, nearly 40 cards in that deck and he's going to have to guess just one? Alexis thought.
"You think I won't guess right?" Damon asked.
Jaden shrugged. "You might," He answered.
"No might. The snow no might melt, it will melt. And I will guess right." Damon closed his eyes, a look of intense concentration on his face. After a few moments, Damon's eyes shot wide open. "Card will be Card Loan," he declared before drawing his card.
He held up the card to show them all that it was Card Loan.
"No way! He guessed right?" Syrus exclaimed from shook.
"The dude is psychotic." Amber breathed.
"Don't you mean psychic?" Akane asked.
"No, I pretty sure she means psychotic." Kia told her.
"Now, thanks to Miracle Draw, you lose 1000 life points." Damon said to Jaden, smiling.
Jaden grunted but other than that, he said nothing.
(Jaden: 2000 Damon: 3200)
Damon inserted the card he just drew into one of his card slots. "Next, I activate Card Loan. You gain 1000 life points and I lose 1000 life points but I get to draw one card from deck but, at end of turn, I return card to deck."
(Jaden: 3000 Damon: 2200)
"All of that to make a draw?" Chumley questioned.
"He must have a pretty good guess on what it is." Alexis mused.
Damon drew his card and looked at it. "I like," He said before he played it. "I activate Dropper, a spell card. Now, you draw card and I guess. If I'm right, all cards in your hand and field go back to your deck."
Jaden drew his card and held it up with the back facing Damon.
"There's no way he can guess this right." Akane stated.
"Yeah, he doesn't know Jaden's deck and he swaps cards all the time." Kia added.
Damon, who had closed his eyes and stood in silence, opened them. "Card is De-Fusion." He called out.
Jaden laughed as he turned the card over to reveal that it was De-Fusion. "What do you know? You're right again, Damon."
"Jaden, I don't see why you're laughing. You're about to get nailed." Yubel pointed out to him.
"I'll send you a get well card, Jay." Ice Edge said before Jaden took him and all the other cards in his hand and returned them to his deck before shuffling.
"This is going to hurt." Syrus mumbled when he noticed that Jaden was completely defenseless now.
"Drawler, attack with Stone Roll Wrecker!" Damon ordered before Drawler rushed at Jaden, passing straight through him.
(Jaden: 1000 Damon: 2200)
Damon took Card Loan from his field before placing it back into his deck. "I end my turn." He said.
"Then I guess it's back to me then." Jaden said before drawing his card. "I summon Elemental HERO Blazeman in defense mode."
The orange sun like HERO appeared on Jaden's field, kneeing down in defense mode (Atk: 1200 Def: 1800).
"Wow, aren't you stuck in between a rock and a hard place, Jaden." Blazeman mused looking up at Drawler.
"You can say that again, Blaze." Jaden nodded before he took out his deck. "Since Blazeman was summoned, I can add Polymerization from my deck to my hand."
Jaden took out his fusion card before signaling the end of his turn.
"Not lishous." Chumley mumbled.
"No kidding, Chum. With no other cards in his hand, Jaden couldn't even use his fusion card." Kia mused with a frown.
"And that's not all. With Miracle Draw still out on the field, all Damon has to do is guess the next card right again and its game over for Jaden." Akane pointed out.
"And goodbye for eggwiches too." Amber added.
"Is it over yet?"
Everyone glanced towards Dorothy, whom they had completely forgotten was there.
Syrus shook his head. "Uh no,"
This it. Just as I know leaves wilt and grow. I know I can pick my next card. Damon thought looking at Jaden and his sun warrior. With Blazeman in defense mode, there is only one card that can help me. With it, I can crush Blazeman and crush Jaden. He closed his eyes and concentrated. Shield Crush, Shield Crush, give me Shield Crush!
"Draw will be Shield Crush." Damon declared and drew his card. He looked at it and his face filled with shock; it wasn't the spell card he was hoping for but instead the monster, Doron! "Oh no!"
"He got it wrong?" Chumley said, surprised, as Damon grunted from the damage he took from guessing wrong.
(Jaden: 1000 Damon: 1200)
"I summon Doron in attack mode." Damon said, placing the card on his disk and a black mummy with red and green stripes appeared on the field (Atk: 900 Def: 500).
Jaden just smirked.
Damon growled. "So I guess wrong, it no matter. I still beat you, just wait and see. Drawler, attack Blazeman with Stone Roll Wrecker!"
"Oh crap…." Blazeman groaned before the giant monster rolled forward and right over him, flattening the warrior and causing him to shatter.
"I not done yet," Damon said as he pointed at Jaden. "Now Doron attacks you. Mad Dash Stinger!"
Three transparent clones of Doron ran out and surrounded Jaden before punching him multiple times. Jaden winced a bit but other than that, he looked fine.
(Jaden: 100 Damon: 1200)
"Jaden, hang on!" Syrus called.
Dorothy looked back over at the gang. "Is it over now?"
Everyone just sighed.
"I end turn." Damon said with a confident smile. "And since you have only 100 life points left, soon like the seasons end, I end you."
Jaden sighed. "Okay that's enough." He broke in.
Damon frowned as his confident look vanished.
"All this nature stuff, that terrible fake voice," Jaden shook his head.
"Fake voice?!"
"Yeah fake voice." Jaden sighed knowing all too well when someone wasn't using their real voice. After all, he and Haou have been faking their real voices for pretty much their whole lives now.
Jaden looked at him fully. "Damon, you only spent one year out here. It's not like you were actually raised by wolves or something." But then again, Jaden really shouldn't be talking. He was raised by monster spirits after his parents abandoned him and Haou. "If drawing cards was as predictable as snow melting, you'd never be wrong. But you just were. Drawing is all about trusting your gut and being in tune with yourself. Even then, there's no way you always be right. You're only human, Damon, even if you do get around swinging on vines."
"Funny how this is coming from the guy with a demon soul," Yubel chuckled slightly.
Jaden made no comment to that as he raised his duel disk. "That's what makes drawing so great. You never know what's gonna come next. You can only hope, like I'm hoping for a certain card right now." He drew and grinned. "Well this will help. I play Card of Sanctity, allowing both of use to draw until we have six cards in our hands."
Both duelists drew and pretty much got their hands back. However, when Jaden saw the final card he drew, his grin widen. "Well, what do ya know?" He glanced over at Damon. "You remember when you sent that first monster I had back to my deck and said I'd never get it back? Well, since you made me shuffle my deck, guess who's back on top." He revealed that the card was Avian, much to Damon's surprise. "And now I'm gonna resummon him to the field!"
Avian reappeared on the field, in attack mode, but when he saw Drawler, he groaned. "No offense, Jaden, but I was kinda hoping you would have destroyed him."
"Don't worry, Avian, I'm going to do just that." Jaden told him as he held up another card that he just drew. "I play Monster Reborn to bring back Blazeman in attack mode!"
The fire based warrior reappeared on the field as well; who also groaned when he saw Drawler was still there. "Oh yay…"
"Hey Blaze, it's cool. I got him covered and it's thanks to you that I can. Since Blazeman was summoned once more, I can take another Polymerization from my deck and add it to my hand." Jaden smirked as he did just that.
"So Jaden has a total of two fusion cards in his hand now," Akane commented.
"Damon is so screwed." Kia stated.
"Now I play Blazeman's second effect." Jaden continued as he pointed as his sun warrior. "By sending an Elemental HERO from my deck to the graveyard, he gains that HERO's Attribute, ATK, and DEF until the End Phase of this turn and the E-HERO that I'm sending to my graveyard is my buddy, Elemental HERO Ice Edge."
After sending his child HERO to the graveyard, the flames on Blazeman's turned blue in color to show that he was now an Water Attribute monster (Atk: 1200-800 Def: 1800-900).
"Me don't get it. Why lower own monster strength?" Damon questioned.
"So Blaze could become a water attribute monster," Jaden answered grinning, holding up one of his Polymerizations. "And now, I'm going to fuse Blazeman and Avian together to create, Elemental HERO Absolute Zero in attack mode!"
The two monsters nodded before they jumped into the air and fused together. What came from them was a monster that looked like Ice Edge's older brother which he was. The HERO had pale white skin and bright green eyes. He was wearing a blue suit and over it was white armor that was made up of a helmet, four ice spikes with two on each shoulder, chest armor, armor like gloves that had spikes forming at the end, white boots, and a long white cape (Atk: 2500 Def: 2000).
"Huh so this is why I was summoned for?" Absolute Zero mused looking at Damon's field before sighing. "Plan S?"
"Yeah, sorry Zero," Jaden apologized before he played his other fusion card. "I'm now going to fuse Absolute Zero who's on my field with Clayman who's in my hand to summon out, Elemental HERO Gaia in attack mode!"
Clayman appeared on the field before him and Absolute Zero fused together to create the titan of earth (Atk: 2200 Def: 2600).
Everyone blinked at Jaden's move.
"I don't get it. Why would he give up Absolute Zero when he had more ATK points?" Syrus questioned.
"Because of his effect," Akane answered as he pointed at Damon's field where his two monsters were suddenly being frozen solid.
"What?!" Damon gasped as his monsters cracked into pieces and were destroyed.
"Absolute Zero's special ability: when he leaves the field, all monsters you control are destroyed as well." Jaden explained with a smirk before he pointed at Damon. "Gaia, would you do the honors?"
"I'll be happy too." Gaia nodded as he raised his cannon-like arms and blasted the Tarzan character, who let out one final yell as his left points dropped to zero.
(Jaden: 100 Damon: 0)
"I…lose?" Damon fell to his knees before he pounded the dirt and his voice went back to normal. "I can't believe I lost after training out here for a whole year!"
Jaden walked up to him. "Hey, you're speaking like a human being again." He said.
"Huh? I uh….no get…what you…"
Jaden sighed. "It's okay, Damon. You can just be yourself."
Damon looked at Jaden. "You mean it? Because I could really use a shower and a haircut," he said.
Dorothy walked over before kneeling down next to Damon. "And a shirt," She added, looking as though she was about to cry.
Damon looked ready to burst into tears as well. He quickly rubbed his eyes to cover the fact up. "Well, I was thinking. All that vine-swinging really got my body ripped, so…"
"Damon, a shirt," Dorothy repeated patting him on the shoulder.
"Yeah," Damon cried as they hugged it out.
…
About a week later, during the next Sandwich day, Jaden and Damon, who returned to Duel Academy in his former Obelisk blazer and with a much needed haircut, were currently in the store, heading for the bin.
"So has anyone drawn the eggwich yet?" Jaden asked Dorothy.
"No, not yet," Dorothy answered with a smile. "Good luck,"
Jaden and Damon reached toward the bin together only to stop when someone else shouted.
"I got it! I got the eggwich!"
They both looked up to see Kia holding up the sandwich with a giant grin on her face.
Damon groaned while Jaden fell to the ground, anime style.
"Figures," Jaden grumbled as he stood back up.
"Hey dude, you mind if you ask your girlfriend if I could have a bite of it?" Damon whispered to Jaden.
"She's not my girlfriend." Jaden corrected him but he nodded since he thought he could talk Kia into trading it.
"Hey Kia!" Jaden called over.
"No!" Kia yelled back.
"What? You didn't even know what I was going to say!"
"Jaden, I know you like I know the back of my hand. If you want this eggwich, you have to catch me first." Kia grinned before she took off running.
"Why you!" Jaden grinned from amusement as he took off after her.
Damon shook his head. "He totally likes her." He mused before he went to search for a different sandwich.
And there you have it.
Haou: Why the heck was I barely in this one?
Would you have liked it to go hunting for the Duel Giant or chase after Tarzan?
Haou: Not really no.
Well you have you're answer then. Also, Jaden, how you feeling.
Jaden: *looks scarred for life* Shouldn't have looked up the fan art for some of these shippings.
Well he sounds like he's doing well and thanks Jaden! You just gave me an idea for today's question! Today's question is: What are you're top three GX shippings? My top favorite is Soulshipping since I love Yubel and Jaden together because of their past history and just the ending to season 3 made me fangirl so much. Second place goes to Spiritshipping, which I'm pretty sure everyone loves because how can you not love Jesse and Jaden together? Even if you're not into Yaoi, you still have got to love their friendship as least. Finally third place goes to...
Haou: *narrows eyes at me* Don't you even dare say it!
What? Darkspiritshipping?
Haou: *bangs head against the wall* Yes...
Oh come on, Haou, you and Jehu are freaking awesome together *evil smirk*
Haou: *shots a death glare at me* Do you even know what the freak does to me in those fanfics?!
*evil smirk widens*
Haou: I hate you so much, Darky.
Love you too, Haou.
Anyway guys, the next chapter with be the duel against Yugi's deck but along with the question, I need you're guys help with something. Who do you want to duel against Dimitri? Jaden or Haou? Please tell me in the reviews and I'll try to get the next chapter up as soon as I can as always. Until next time, Darky out!