Jaden was sleeping deeply on his bed as both Chumley and Syrus look down at him.
"We should really wake him up, or he is going to be late." Syrus states as he looks at Jaden and starts shaking his shoulder.
"You do know how the promotion exams work right?" Chummley states flatly as he is at the door. "We duel people in our dorm, and there is a chance that… well." Chumley says gulping slightly. Syrus nods at that slightly before he just keeps shaking Jaden's arm. Chumley rolls his eyes and leaves as, unknown to the two of them stands Yubel, who has a small smirk on their face.
'Jaden you should wake up soon.' Yubel states as they float near Jaden, who then shouts.
"I use polymerization to summon Elemental Hero Gaia!" punching Syrus in the chest before he turns over mumbling. "I win." Syrus grunts slightly as he takes a step back before he gets a mischievous smile on his face. He grabs his duel disk as Yubel just watches. Syrus activates his duel disk as he starts going through his deck before summoning his Truckroid.
"Ok Truckroid, I need you to make a lot of noise to wake Jaden up."
Yubel smiles sadly at this as Truckroid goes right next to Jadens head, and honks its horn loudly. Jaden jumps up and looks around with a scream.
"What the hell?!" Jaden looks at Syrus with his duel disk with a harsh glare at him. "Why did you do that?"
"We need to head to the school, we have promotion exams remember?" At this Jaden freezes as he hits his head.
"Shit." Jaden quickly gets his clothes together and runs to the bathroom to change. "Thanks Sy. By the way, where's Chumley?"
"Chumley left to go start his exams. Though the real reason is he didn't want to wake you up." Syrus states as he runs out the door with Jaden on his heels.
"And why is that?"
"He said that we duel people in our grade level. And he didn't want to risk having to duel you."
Jaden thinks this over before chuckling. "Ok, yeah that does make a kind of sense. So Sy, you aren't concerned on dueling me?"
"Yeah I am, but you're my friend so I don't want you to fail." Syrus states as he looks away. Jaden chuckles before he looks over at Syrus and gives him a large smile.
"Thanks Sy, that really cheers me up." Jaden replies before he looks ahead and speeds up towards a woman pushing a truck.
*Meanwhile*
"Hey where are all the cards?!" One of the students, a Ra by the looks of it, asks the attendee who is looking at them all nervously.
"W-well a gentleman came through earlier a-and bought all the n-new ones. However we still have our regular booster packs." She gulps as she motions her hands to the shelves. All the students moan and groan as they start leaving the shop, their heads hanging low.
Chazz seems to be the angriest of the group as he stomps out of the shop and heading towards his dorm. "Whoever got all those cards I am going to kick, beat and get the cards from them! Then after I remake my deck, I am gonna kick that Yuki kid's ass!"
"Well if you would like I can help you with that, my b-" The cloaked up figure never finished their sentence as Chass, instinctively, pulled his leg back and shot it between the figure's legs. The man, for Chazz could uncomfortably feel his balls, crumples to his knees holding the area between his legs.
"Who the hell are you?!" Chazz demands as he curls his hands into fists and glares at the person before him who wobbly stands up and looks at Chazz.
"Mr. Princeton" The figure states, his voice a few metrics higher than it was before "I was hoping I could help you beat Mr. Yuki." He states as he pulls his hat off and opens his cloak.
Chazz turns away for a second before looking and his eyes shoot open. "Professor Crowler? And are those the new cards that were supposed to go to the store?"
"Yes I bought these to give you a chance to defeat Yuki."
"But Obelisks can't duel against Slifers."
"Which is why I am planning to pull some strings so you can duel him … if you accept the deal."
Chazz smirks at this as he nods his head. "Yeah lets do it Professor."
Crowler smirks with him as he pulls the booster packs out of the pouches on his shirt and hands them to Chazz before leaving.
*Back to our main characters*
Jaden and Syrus helped Ms. Dorothy, owner of the card shop, get her truck to the shop.
"Thank you so much boys." Dorothy states with a kind wrinkled smile as Jaden beams back at her.
"It's really no problem Miss, anyone would've helped you." Jaden states as he stretches slightly. Syrus laughs before looking at Dorothy.
"Uhm, Ms. Dorothy, are there any more new card packs?"
She shakes her head glumily before standing up. "Sorry boys, there are none more since someone bought them all." Syrus drops his head as Jaden laughs slightly. Dorothy then thinks for a second before she reaches into one of her coat pockets and pulls out a fresh booster pack. "I do have this, I was planning to use it for my own deck, but I want you boys to have it." She states cheerfully as Jaden picks it up.
"Thank you miss. Though we better get to the school." Jaden starts jogging towards the school building with Syrus at his heels. "Hey Sy, do you want the pack? I mean, I really doubt that it holds any cards that could work with my deck."
"Really?!" Syrus just blinks as he takes the pack and puts it into his pocket. "Anyway we really should hurry up.
The friends barely get to the school on time as they start their written exams. Professor Banner smiles kindly at them as they keep going. After the class finishes, the two stand up and head out the door, their heads downcast.
"That was as bad as usual." Jaden groans as they head to the proctor arena and head up to the look out part looking over the students who are already starting their practical exams.
"TRUESDALE, SYRUS! Please come down to arena 4A!" Jaden smiles at Syrus as he heads down the stairs towards the stairs and towards the arena.
"Good luck Sy! You're gonna do amazing!" Jaden calls with a wide smile as Syrus nods slightly. Jaden quickly walks over to the area over 4A and watch Syrus's duel.
"You're really intent on showing Syrus that he can do this, huh Jaden?" Jaden turns over and sees Alexis walking over to him. Jaden turns his head down slightly before he looks at Alexis.
"Yeah he is a lot stronger than he, or anyone else thinks he is." After saying this, a small bit of silence, just long enough for it to get awkward, Jaden clears his throat slightly. "Anyway, I did wanna talk to you Lex."
"About what?"
"About what happened a few days ago." Alexis's face drops slightly before Jaden bounces on the balls of his feet. "I really want to say sorry. I was going through the PDA so we can start messaging each other, but I then found his num-"
"Jaden are you ok?" Alexis asks worried as she stares at Jaden's face which is abnormally red.
"Y-yeah I am fine, I just don't want to lose a friend like you." Jaden states shyly as he scratches the back of his head. Alexis laughs slightly as she looks at him.
"Jaden, I was just sad that it was brought up, it's not like it could ruin our friendship you know." She states with just a tinge of pink to her cheeks, which is barely noticeable.
Jaden goes to say something, when his name gets called for him to go to Arena D-7. "Welp I gotta go. How about we meet up later? Maybe to get food, my treat." Jaden states with a smile as he runs off towards the arena.
Alexis blinks a few times as she tries to comprehend what just happened. 'Did he just ask me on a date?'
Jaden runs to the arena and looks at the person standing before him. "Chazz, what are you doing here? I thought I was going to be dueling another Slifer."
"Well Mr. Yuki" Crowler states as he walks up to the competitors. "After all since you are one of the best duelists in your dorm." Crowler sneers and seems to cringe at this. "I talked to the Chancellor and he agreed to let you duel one of the Obelisks." Jaden laughs and gets into position.
"Sure though I will probably win again."
Chazz scoffs at this as he gets to his side. "Whatever Slacker, you were just lucky." Jaden rolls his eyes at this as he smirks at Jaden.
"Duel!"
"Get your game on!"
Princeton: 4000
Yuki: 4000
"I'll go first." Jaden states as he draws and looks over his hand and frowns slightly. "Ok not the best hand so I am going to summon my Elemental Hero Clayman in defense mode."
[Elemental Hero Clayman Attribute: Earth/ Type: Warrior
ATK: 800
DEF: 2000]
"And unfortunately I can't play anything else, so it's your turn Chazz."
Chazz smirks as he draws his card. "I'll play Magical Mallet to return itself and and four of the cards to my deck, and then redraw five more cards." Chazz does exactly this as he looks at his hand and frowns. "I play Magical Mallet again and use it to return itself and two more of my cards, to redraw three." Chazz looks at his hand before he plays his V-Tiger Jet.
[V-Tiger Jet Attribute: Light/ Type: Machine
ATK: 1600
DEF: 1800]
"Now I am going to play my Frontline Base so I can play. Now during my main phase I can summon a Union monster. So come on out W-Wing Catapult!"
[W-Wing Catapult Attribute: Light/ Type: Machine
ATK: 1300
DEF: 1500]
"But neither of them will stick around for long, because I can send both of them to the graveyard to summon my VW-Tiger Catapult!"
[VW- Tiger Catapult Attribute: Light/ Type: Machine
ATK: 2000
DEF: 2100]
"Woah a Union play! I haven't really dueled any Union monsters before." Jaden states, oddly dumbstruck by the monster.
"Well if you thought that was good, here you go. I use VW's ability, by discarding one card, I now switch your Clayman to attack position and strike it down."
VW-Tiger Catapult flies over Clayman as Chazz discards a card. Two wires fall from the monster and connects to Clayman, who sparks and stands up before he gets shot down by two missiles, which destroys him.
Princeton: 4000
Yuki: 2800
"Nice one Chazz." Jaden laughs lightly as a cartoon tic goes onto Chazz's head as he ends his turn. "My draw!" Jaden looks over his head, as he gets a little smirk.
"I think I will start off by special summoning Infernal Prodigy! As long as you have a monster on your side of the field I can special summon him."
[Evil Hero Infernal Prodigy Attribute: Dark/ Type: Fiend
ATK: 300
DEF: 600]
"Now Prodigy won't stay around for long because I summon my Evil Hero Malicious Edge!"
[Evil Hero Malicious Edge Attribute: Dark/ Type: Fiend
ATK: 2600
DEF: 1800]
"Wait how did y-"
"How did I summon a Level 7? As long as you have a monster on your side of the field, I can summon Malicious Edge. Now that we got that out of the way, I am going to do a little bit of a risky play." Jaden states with a small smile on his lips as he then activates Evil-Elemental Fusion.
[Evil-Elemental Fusion
Tribute one Evil Hero monster with 2000 or more ATK, if this is done you can then summon one Evil-Elemental Hero fusion monster from your Extra Deck. This monster is then destroyed at the end of the turn]
"So say goodbye to Malicious Edge so I can summon Evil-Elemental Hero Malicious Steel!"
Malicious Edge gets swarmed by shadows and what looks like steel, as particles of light appear from where he is. The cocoon of dark and steel pull away as a monster that looks much like Malicious Fiend steps out, but his wings and claws are all the difference. The claws, a deep gray size to his feet, seeming to be as thick as his forearm. His wings on the other hand are the most drastic change. They grew to 14 feet across, from wingtip to wingtip, and they are bladed feathers and the sides are bladed as well.
[Evil-Elemental Hero Malicious Steel Attribute: Dark/ Type: Fiend
ATK: 3500
DEF: 2100
Must be Special Summoned with "Evil-Elemental Fusion. When this card attacks, you can declare one Machine monster that has been played, that monster then gets summoned to your side of the field with 500 extra ATK. The summoned monster is then destroyed at the end of the turn.]
"Wh-what the hell kind of monster is that?!" Chazz states dumbfounded, taking a step back as the monster appears. Crowler has a look of terror on his face as he shakes in his place.
"This is what happens when the powers of darkness and the elements combine, you get an Evil-Elemental Hero. Now I think that my Malicious Steel will attack your VW-Tiger Catapult. Go Steel Wing Slayer!"
Malicious Steel rises off the ground and soars towards VW-Tiger Catapult. "Now I can declare the name of one Machine monster that's been in play, and summon it to my side of the field with an extra 500 ATk poing." Jaden smirks as he looks at the Catapult. "And I think I want that VW- Tiger Catapult." As Malicious Steel flies over to VW-Tiger Catapult, opening his wings, as a part of it starts melting. From that feather, the blob of steel groups together and creates into a duller version of the original.
[ATK: 2000 → 2500]
With the monster summoned, Malicious Steel raises his arm and slashes the monster in half, an explosion shocking into Chazz.
Princeton: 2500
Yuki: 2800
"Now get him VW-Tiger Catapult!" VW-Tiger Catapult raises up and launches a few rockets at Chazz who manages to activate his Call of the Haunted just in time. It revives the Y-Dragon Head, in attack mode.
[Y-Dragon Head Attribute: Light/ Type: Machine
ATK: 1500
DEF: 1600]
The missiles slam into the dragon, which results of scraps to fly into Chazz's face, before turning into light particles.
Princeton: 1500
Yuki: 2800
"Well you managed to survive that." Jaden says with a slight smirk. "I lay three cards face down, and end my turn, resulting in both of my monsters to be destroyed."
Chazz draws his card with a smirk, X-Head Cannon, and looks at Jaden. "I summon my X-Head Cannon, and then use Limiter Removal, to double his attack power!"
[X-Head Cannon Attribute: Light/ Type: Machine
ATK: 1800
DEF: 1500]
[ATK: 1800 → 3600]
"Now before I attack I activate my Heavy Storm, blow away his back row." The winds pick up as Jaden's cards one by one vanish in a puff of light. Unknown to everyone else, Jaden has a small smirk on his face. "Now strike him down, X-Head Cannon, Canon Fire!" The monster levels its canons at Jaden before firing, straight at his chest. When the bullets connect, a puff of smoke went out from the spot where Jaden stands. Crowler keeps his eyes on where Jaden was, since Jaden was in a similar predicament the last time he dueled Chazz. Laughing can be heard as the dust settles.
Princeton: 1500
Yuki: 2200
"Damn it, how?"
"Easy you destroyed my Evil Double, which, when destroyed by an opponent's card effect, results in me not taking 1000 damage, and I had 3 face down, that results in me not taking 3000 points of damage. So only 600 damage takes me." Crowler's face goes slack as he glares at Jaden.
[Evil Double
When destroyed by an opponent's card effect, activate this effect:
Reduce direct damage by 1000 points for each copy of this card destroyed.]
Chazz scoffs at this as he sets one card down, and ends his turn.
"My draw." Jaden says as he pulls his card. "I now activate Pot of Greed to let me draw two more times." Jaden does just that as he looks at his hand. A small evil smirk plays on his lips as he activates Mystical Space Typhoon. "You probably should have set more than one defensive card. Destroy his face down." A cyclone appears from Mystical Space Typhoon and flies out, aiming for the face down card, facing it up, revealing a Sakuretsu Armor, before disappearing in a puff of light.
"Shit."
"Yep, now I summon my Elemental Hero Sparkman!"
[Elemental Hero Sparkman Attribute: Light/ Type: Warrior
ATK: 1600
DEF: 1400]
"Now go! Voltic Fist!" Sparkman rushes forward, his fist shooting lightning off as he slams it into Chazz's face, causing an explosion to appear.
Princeton: 0000
Yuki 2200
"Damn it I lost again." Chazz sneers to himself as he turns around and leaves.
'He lost, even with all the rare cards I bought for him!' Crowler think yells as he bites down onto his handkerchief.
*Beep Beep*
Jaden blinks as he pulls out his PDA. "Hello Mr. Yuki, this is Chancellor Shepherd. If you wish, thanks to your dueling skill and your A+ test grades, I can have you bumped up to Ra Yellow now."
Jaden just looks at the message dumbfounded before he gets his reply ready. "Thank you for that notification Chancellor. However, I would prefer to promote with the rest of my class, if that is fine."
A few minutes later, as Jaden is heading back to his dorm, his PDA goes off again. "Well that is quite unexpected, but I will respect your decision Mr. Yuki. Have a good year." Jaden laughs at this as he heads to his room, before he gets another message.
*Beep Beep*
"Hey Jaden, so about earlier. I would hate for you to buy an entire lunch, so we could split the bill." Jaden chuckles as he sits at his desk.
"It's really no problem. I mean I did make you sad, so this is a way to make up for it."
"Well aren't you a gentleman, but I am not offering, this is a demand. We are splitting the bill at the cafe, and you are going to like it Jaden." Jaden laughs loudly at this as he shakes his head slightly.
"Ok, ok you win. We'll split the bill 80-20 to you."
"No, 50-50!"
"Come on, this is a way to apologize. Just accept it!"
"Don't make me duel you!"
"Fine, fine. 50-50 it is. See you during the weekend maybe?"
"Sure, I am fine with that. See you then, I gotta finish up some homework for Professor Crowler. Hope you and Syrus haven't had too much of a hard time."
"Naw, Crowler's stuff is easy. Tedious, but easy."
"Well see you later then. Bye."
"Bye."
Jaden smiles wider as he pulls out his deck and starts to organize it by card. Yubel then appears behind him as she floats slightly. 'Jaden… I have something I need to tell you.'
'What is it Yubel.'
'As I told you once before you are the Supreme King.'
'Yes I know this Yubel, what are you getting at?'
'You weren't alone as the ruler.'
'You mean I had a Queen?' Jaden raises one eyebrow as he places his Flame Wingman with his Infernal Wing.
'Yes and that Queen… I think she has been reincarnated as Alexis.' Jaden stops when he hears this, his eyes drifting through a window.
'Why didn't you tell me before?'
'I honestly didn't think that she would be revived.'
'Thought or hoped Yubel?'
Yubel rolls all three of their eyes as they just watch Jaden. 'Thought. Anyway, if I am right that would explain a few things.'
'Like what Yubel?'
'Well for one why you took her sadness so hard.' They tease as Jaden blushes slightly. 'And when you two first met, there was a slight spark correct? A jolt went up your spine.' Jaden nods as Yubel breathes in and out slowly. 'Well that could have been the old connection your spirits posses. I personally think we should wait and see where the connection goes. Though there is a possiblity that if something happens… you might get really mad.'
'What do you mean by really mad?' Jaden states as he pulls Yubel's card out, staring at it.
'You may force a lot of darkness from your body, if your rage builds up.' Jaden freezes at this, biting his bottom lip.
'Hopefully that doesn't happen. Though if it does, I feel sorry for the guy that has to face me.' Jaden states grimly as he shakes his head. 'Now leave me alone, I wanna try a different combo of cards, and maybe include another one of those Evil-Elemental Heroes. That could be fun.'
Yubel sighs before vanishing.
Jaden takes a few minutes finishing up, before he goes to his bed sleeping. Across the island, in a run down, purplish dorm, darkness was gathering together. The darkness creates a small evil face in the center before vanishing completely.
AAANNNDD CUT!
There goes another chapter completed, and a bit of foreshadowing for the next part. Whoo I am so pumped, we are getting close to the shadow riders! I must thank all of you for reading this story, even if I am complete crap!
Again I must say sorry if Jaden and Alexis seem a little OOC, I just want them to have a kinda cute relationship (even though I have never been in one :P). I am thinking of cancelling the contest since I haven't gotten a single entry, which sucks. But you know what? That doesn't matter. It just proves I need to get better so I am worthy of you guys to work with ^^!
Now to answer a few reviews, Salamander, bro please make yourself an account I do wish to be able to DM you to actually talk. But in response to your question yes they did sneak the duel and it got intterupted. I wanted to change that so Chazz can get a hit into his pride. Next to ENDDRAGON369 (cool name btw) yeah I know you have to go to a prep school. However I still think, with his dueling skill, he should at least be in Ra, even with the low grades, he probably got.
Next, I said my uploading schedule will be erratic, and it still will be. However, I am going to try to upload two chapters of Ascent, for every one chapter for Power. This way I can please both the people reading this story, which is a lot more, and let the others continue reading the other story at their leisure.
Finally, I am thinking of making a Persona 5 story. What do you all think? I know my uploading schedule is stupid beyond measure, but I really love that game and wanna do my own stuff with it. Anyway thats all for now, and sorry for the long A/N. See you all next time my beautiful readers.