Jaden looks over at Chumley, who seems to be reshuffling his deck to try and add the Flip the Table card his dad gave him. Jaden smiles at this softly as he stands up, shaking his head slightly as he remembers the insanity that was Chumley's dad. Unlike Chumley, who was a round-ish guy, while his dad WAS A VERY MUSCLY MAN!
His dad wanted him to quit Duel Academy, take up the family business, and all that crap. After a fierce and fiery duel (hehe puns), and even though Chumley tried his hardest, he lost. But his dad saw how much he improved and let him stay at the academy. That was what had Chumley so excited, since he was rebuilding deck from the ground up.
"Hey Jaden?"
"Yeah Chum?"
"What kind of deck should I make? I can't really use my dad's Flip The Table, since I can't make monsters dizzy." Chumley states with a shy smile.
"Why are you asking me?" Jaden gives him a confused look.
"You have an amazing deck, and you are a great duelist. Plus I want to make my dad proud." Chumley gives a determined face as he holds two cards in his hands.
"Well I can't tell you how to make a better deck Chum, but I can tell you this" Jaden leans forward and poke the Master of Oz card. "Have an idea on who you want to duel for. Is it just for your dad?"
"Wh-what do you mean?" Chumley just looks at Jaden surprised as the latter boy chuckles softly.
"Are you dueling just to impress your dad? Or are you dueling because it's fun and something you love to do?"
Chumley just goes silent as he looks at his cards. Jaden nods and stands up before stretching slightly.
"I gotta meet up with Alexis, see you later Chum." As he goes to leave, Chumley gives him a large smirk.
"Yeah, you don't wanna miss your date!" Jaden tried to leave before Chumley could say this, but cringed slightly as he heard it.
"It's not a date! It's training!" With that, Jaden slams the door, his face burning red. He quickly runs toward the meadow as he manages to slow and calm down.
'Hehe, that was pretty funny.'
'Not now Yubel.' Jaden growls out and just shakes his head.
Yubel frowns at this as they materialize, floating right next to Jaden. 'What is wrong?'
'Just frustrated.' Before Yubel can ask him what he means, he brightens up considerably as he see Alexis in what looks to be gym clothes. "Hey Lex!"
Alexis turns to him and smiles widely. "Hey Jayden! So what are we going to be doing?"
"What we did last time, another run." He smiles and stretches slightly as he takes his red jacket off.
Alexis frowns at this and looks at Jaden pointedly. "If I didn't know any better, I would say you aren't training me, and just using this as an opportunity to look at my butt."
Jaden coughs and turns to look away from her, a blush starting to brew on his face. "That is not what is happening." He manages to say this normally as he walked away from Alexis. "Your stamina is getting to the point where you could wield the powers of darkness resting within you." Jaden scratches the back of his head.
"Well then why not we just do that now?" Alexis tests as she frowns softly.
"Ok ok." he remarks with an amused smirk. "How about we go on a short run and then, I will help you manifest something."
Alexis smiles at this as she nods her head. "Then let's go!" She starts off and start to run down the trail.
Yubel chuckles behind Jaden as they whisper. 'She does have a pretty good butt anyway.'
Jaden's blush grows deeper as he starts jogging after Alexis, keeping his eyes anywhere other than at Alexis. 'Shut up!' Yubel chuckles more as they disappear, letting Jaden follow Alexis before he catches up to her.
An hour after the run, they both return to the meadow, panting softly and sitting next to the stump at the center.
"So what are we going to be doing first?" Alexis manages out after a few minutes of catching her breath.
"First, we have to call a spirit from your deck." Jaden states flatly.
"And how do we do that?" Alexis countered.
"One second." Jaden stands up and starts going through his bag, before pulling out a bottle of water and a large bowl. Alexis gains a confused face as Jaden pours the bottle into the bowl as he seems to be muttering something. "Ok, come over here."
Alexis looks skeptical as she approaches the bowl of water. "So what do I do now?"
Jaden laughs at this softly as he looks at her. "Look into the bowl of water, and just relax, tap into the power within you. As you do that, I need you to think about the one monster you have the closest bonds with." Alexis nods at this as she looks into the water, digging into her memories to try and find someone.
Suddenly, the world seemed to shift around her. She could feel herself sitting up and instead of a bowl of water, she sees a fountain in front of her.
"Princess, are you ok?" A motherly voice calls out behind Alexis, who smiles and turns around.
"I am fine Idaten." She smiles at the Cyber Angel as she stands up. "I was just staring into the water. It's almost Spring you know?"
Idaten smiles and pats Alexis's head as she chuckles softly. "You seem to be getting really close to Prince Haou~."
Alexis blushes at the teasing, though she doesn't know entirely why. "Well thats … I would say … I have no idea what you have in mind."
Idaten laughs at this, and after Alexis manages to calm down, laughs with her as well.
When she opens her eyes, she finds herself once again staring into the bowl of water once more, seeing Idaten's face just right behind her.
She jumps back and bumps into the monster, who is just laughing like mad. "It is so good to see you in the flesh Alexis. It has been to long." Idaten cradles Alexis's head as Jaden just sits across from her with a smirk.
"I know how creepy that is. When I first summoned Yubel, she got me just like that." Jaden sweat drops as the said monster appears behind him.
"Aw, I thought that this would be the case." Yubel chuckles slightly, as Idaten looks over at them.
"Why do you say that Yubel?" Alexis looks at the spirit confused, along with Jaden.
Yubel's smile fades softly. Idaten gets the same face and holds Alexis closer. "Alexis … Princess Arryn, your previous incarnation lost her mother when she was 10." Alexis's face falls at this, as Idaten continues. "Her mother, Queen Anya, was a master of summoning spirits. On her deathbed, she called forth all of her powers, and did one last thing, so that her daughter would not forget her." Idaten smiles sadly, and pets Alexis's head affectionately. "And I was created, to be a mother to the princess."
At the end of the story, Alexis just snuggles into Idaten as she frowns softly, tears edging in the corners of her eyes. "I should have expected something like this." She manages out after a few seconds. Everyone, other than Idaten, looks at her confused. "Cyber Angel Idaten is the first card that my mom gave me." Alexis laughs melancholy.
Jaden smiles sadly as he looks at Alexis. Before he can say anything however, Idaten fades away and Alexis collapses. Jaden nods his head and quickly runs over to her, pulling her into his arms. Yubel smirks at this little display and disappears, leaving the two teens alone.
Slowly, Alexis opens her eyes and the first thing she sees is Jaden's face right over hers, seeming to be studying her. She instantly gets a deep blush as she pulls back, confused and worried. "Wh-what happened?" She pushes him back and backs up from, the blush on her face growing.
Realising the position he was in when she woke up, Jaden's own face explodes, turning redder than the jacket he usually wears. "W-well, after summoning a spirit the first time, a person that summoned it can faint for a long time if they don't have the proper stamina." Jaden rubs the back of his head and looks away from Alexis.
"O-oh, and that's why you had me do all that running?" Jaden nods at this as he explains.
"If not properly trained, some people have been known for passing out from around a month to a whole year. Heck, even with 2 months of training I almost passed out for more then just 2 minutes, if it weren't for Yubel." He laughs softly and looks at Yubel.
"What do you mean by that?"
"Depending on how a spirit feels about you, even with all the training you could have, you could still pass out. Or even worse, disappear as the spirit consumes your life force. Yubel and Idaten were apart of our past lives, and if not that, how we use them in duels could make them content enough to share their own energy with us to make sure that we wouldn't die or stay passed out."
Alexis blinks as she process the information dump that Jaden just gave her. "So Idaten gave me some of her energy?" Jaden nods and laughs at this softly as he sits against the stump. "So what next?"
"We are going to have to keep up the usual running, and then we can work on you summoning forth the power."
"Really?" Alexis frowns at this as Jaden laughs.
"Hey don't blame me, this is how Yubel trained me too." Alexis groans at that before her PDA beeped. She blinks and sits up and starts looking at the message, her eyes widening and a smile adorning her face. "What are you doing Lex?" He moves to look at her PDA, but she moves away from him, standing up.
"Oh no you don't." Jaden frowns at this and stands up. "This is a surprise, so you are not going to see what is going on until it's time." At this, Alexis pokes her tongue out at Jaden, who runs towards her. Alexis laughs and starts running from Jaden, her face slightly red.
Alexis puts her PDA up and starts running from Jaden, who managed to grab his Jacket and slings it over his shoulder as he chases her. Jaden frowns and starts gaining on her, before she looks back at him and smirks. Jaden raises an eyebrow as he notices that they are at the Slifer dorms.
"Lex, really what is going-"
Alexis just puts her finger on his lips as she breathes in, catching her breath. "You are going to go change, and meet me here in about an hour." She pulls out her PDA and texts something. In a second, Jaden hears his PDA go off and looks at Alexis confused, as she just continues. "It doesn't have to be overly formal, but I do expect it to be clothes other than the ones you usually wear."
Jaden just stares at her confused as she turns around and starts leaving. Which leaves Jaden confused, and completely red in the face.
A few minutes later, we see Alexis just waiting outside of a double door. She is wearing a white and blue tank top under a matching jacket. She taps her toes in her wedged shoes and just crosses her arms. She pulls out her PDA to check the time, as she then hears someone clear their throat. Alexis looks up and feels her breath leave her lungs almost instantly.
In front of her stands Jaden, in a flowing black jacket, rimmed with golden buttons and lines criss crossing through the design. Following those golden lines, are red outlines that go from his chest to the very edges of his jacket. Underneath the jacket is a red and black t-shirt that just hangs loose just over his thighs. Instead of his usual white skinny jeans, he is wearing a dark, almost leather like pair of pants.
"Lex, are you ok?" Jaden snaps his finger in her face, as she realizes that she was just gawking at him.
"Y-yeah I am good, you just look amazing." She lets her eyes trail and then smirks slightly. "I doubt that you really had anything like this."
"What come on, I do too have some fancy-ish clothes!" Jaden rebukes as Alexis just gives him a challenging look. After a while of just glaring at each other Jaden looks away embarrassed. "Ok, ok, Yubel gave me these."
Alexis laughs and shakes her head. "Sorry, that was just a little joke." She then smiles sheepishly and motions behind herself. "Uhm, so we are going to be watching a movie."
"Awesome, didn't know we had a movie theater though." Alexis sighs and nods her head at this.
"Yeah, it seems like only Obelisks can get this. It was mainly promoted by Crowler because 'It is a gift given to our top students.'" She gives massive air quotes as she laughs softly.
Jaden frowns at this and sighs hard. "Yeah, that makes sense." He nods his head before laughing as well. "So what are we watching?"
Alexis blushes softly and responds. "It's a cheesy romance movie, that I have been wanting to watch, but with school and trying, I have not been able to get to it."
"Oh really?" Jaden blinks and smiles. "Well if you really want to watch it, then let's go!" Alexis smiles widely at this and walks forward.
"Luckily I got it reserved for me and a friend." Alexis states and walks through, putting her tickets into a machine to read it.
"Why's that?"
"2 main reasons." Alexis holds one finger up. "Any student other than an Obelisk needs special permission to be allowed in. I managed to get that thanks to the Chancellor." Jaden nods at this and motions for her to keep going. Alexis blushes as she holds a second finger up. "Then there is the fact that many people, both girls and boys, like me. If they found out that you are hanging out with me like this, they may get extremely jealous."
Jaden blushes at this and nods in understanding. "Ok, yeah that makes sense." Alexis smiles and giggles slightly as they enter the theater.
"Alexis~! I was hoping I would-" A male voice calls out, then instantly freezes as said guy walked before them. He was wearing cargo shorts and a white t-shirt. Around his neck is a yin yang necklace. He frowns as he sees the pair standing there. "Oh, this is interesting." He gains a mixture of what looks like a slight bit of jealousy and amusement.
Jaden raises one eyebrow and crosses his arms. "And what do you mean by that?"
"I am just saying, a Slifer slacker, going on a date with the Queen of Obelisk is just interesting. Said people blush hard at this as Alexis steps forward.
"Johnathan, you are not going to tell anyone!"
"Oh ho" the now named Johnathan chuckles out as he takes a step back. "Why shouldn't I? Is it possible that he doesn't have a teacher's permission~?"
"He does, just-"
"Or is it because you don't want your fan club to know about your love~?" Johnathan cuts in with a suggestive smirk.
Alexis and Jaden were both trying to come up with an excuse, but never able to really get anything other than a few words. Johnathen laughs like mad as he watches this and looks at them both.
"So, should I just go up to a few of the students and start spreading the word, or-"
"Don't you dare!" Alexis growls out, a blush still adorning her face.
"Then how about this, Jaden has a duel against me, if he wins, I won't tell anyone, if I win though" Johnathen gives a large grin. "You are going to watch this movie with me instead of him." Jaden frowns hard at this as Alexis scoffs.
"What? Do you think that girls can't duel Johnathen Yin Yang?" At this Johnathen freezes, shaking slightly at the glare that Alexis gives.
"Of course I believe girls can duel, I-I was just saying, this is probably Jaden's idea and-"
"Who said that it's always the guy that asks to go on a date?!" Alexis calls out, a scowl donning her face. Instead of the blush of embarrassment, her red face is from rage.
Now it is Johnathen's turn to just sputter out nonsense, as he tries to come up with a good excuse for his reasoning. Alexis, however, was not having any of that as she goes to a backroom and grabs her deck and duel disk.
"You are dueling me! Same rules!" She growls out and starts walking into the theater.
"Y-yes ma'am!" Johnathen manages out as the Queen of Obelisks goes to the bottom of the stage, just waiting for him.
Jaden laughs and takes a seat, earning a glare from Johnathen. They get to the center of the stage and look at each other.
"DUEL!" both called out as their duel disks activate.
Rhodes: 4000
Yang: 4000
"I'll start us off." Johnathen states as he draws his card. He gives a little smirk as he begins. "I activate Toon World by sacrificing 1000 LP!"
Yang: 3000
The other two gasp softly at this as the book appears, then reveals the town that the toons lived in. "Now I will summon my Toon Swordsman in attack mode."
A small green man, with big eyes appears. He was wearing a long tunic and some brown boots as he stood there. He holds a small round wooden shield and an oversimplification of an iron sword.
[Toon Swordsman Type: Warrior / Attribute: Earth
ATK: 1500
DEF: 1500
This card can only be summoned if Toon World is out on the field. This card can attack an opponent directly as long as they do not have a Toon monster on their side of the field. This card cannot attack the turn it was summoned.]
"I end my turn with two cards face down. Your turn." He states with a slight smirk as he just waits for Alexis's turn.
"My turn then, I draw." As she lays her fingers on the card, a small pulse goes throughout her body. When she reveals the card, being Idaten, said spirit appears at her shoulder. 'Idaten?'
'Yes Princess~.' the spirit chuckles and looks over at the toon swordsman. 'Let's show this fool our strength.' Alexis smirks at this and looks through her hand.
"I will start us off by summoning my Etoile Cyber in attack mode.
[ Etoile Cyber Attribute: Earth/ Type: Warrior
ATK: 1200
DEF: 1600]
"Then I set two cards face down and activate Cyber Machine Ritual! I send my Cyber Angel and Cyber Tutu to summon, Cyber Angel Idaten!" the two monsters appear under the altar as light shines and consumes them, before Idaten arrives.
[Cyber Angel Idaten Attribute: Light/ Type: Fairy
ATK: 1600
DEF: 2000]
"And with her ability, I will re add my Ritual back to my hand." The card flies into her hand as Johnathen smirks.
"I activate my Toon Mask. With this card, I can now summon a level six Toon monster, thanks to your Idaten. So come on out, Toon Summoned Skull!"
The mask appears and seems to wink at Idaten, who looks on in disgust, and slowly morphs into the toony version of the fiend monster.
[Toon Summoned Skull Attribute: Dark / Type: Fiend
ATK: 2500
DEF: 1200]
"There, now you won't be able to attack me directly with Etoile's ability." Alexis frowns at this as she sighs.
"That is true. I can, however destroy Toon Swordsman. Go Idaten!" The angel flies forward as the little swordsman starts running around in panic. Then it stops as Negate Attack is activated.
"Not this time." Johnathen laughs softly and smirks. "So on a scale of 1 to 10 how good am I?"
"Can't say yet, but your ego is obviously a massive 10." Alexis shoots back as she ends her turn.
"Well, I think I can change that attitude." Johnathen draws his next card and looks down at it, a massive grin growing on his face. "I then sacrifice my two monsters, to summon one of the most powerful monsters in my deck. Appear Toon King!"
The two toon monsters vanish from the field as a rabbit-esque monster jumps onto the field from Toon World. As it lands, long flowing golden robes and a large white staff adorn the rabbit. In between it's cartoon ears stands a crown as it stands there, a wide kiddy smirk.
[Toon King Attribute: Earth / Type: Beast-Warrior[
ATK: 3000
DEF: 2100
This card cannot be destroyed as long as there is another Toon monster on the field. When this card is summoned, you can summon 1 "Toon Hare" onto the field. This card can only be summoned if Toon World is on the field. If Toon World is destroyed, destroy this card. Instead of drawing normally, you can add one Toon card or one that specifies toons, to your hand.]
Next to the king, a small hare jumps onto the field, looking much like Dark Rabbit, but with a less insane grin and gray hair. It has its arms in a defense position as the King glows.
[Toon Hare Attribute: Dark / Type: Beast
ATK: 0000
DEF: 1200
This card can only be summoned by Toon King's effect.]
"That is quite the card." Jaden leans forward in his seat as he continues watching the duel.
"Thanks Jaden, this is one of my most powerful cards." Johnathen laughs while Jaden blinks slightly, realizing he didn't call him a slacker. "Now, I would end this duel now, but my King can't attack on the turn he is summoned. So Alexis, you only have one turn left." He then sets one card face down before passing it to her.
"Doubtful." Alexis scowls as she draws her next card. 'He is kinda right though, at the moment I don't have any cards strong enough at the moment.' She sighs softly and draws her next card, a Poly. "This can work. I activate Polymerization! I fuse my Etoile Cyber and Blade Skater to summon Cyber Blader!"
[Cyber Blader Attribute: Earth/ Type: Warrior
ATK: 2100
DEF: 800]
"My Cyber Blader then doubles her attack points since you have two monsters on the field."
ATK: 2100 → 4200
"I then equip her with Fusion Weapon increase her attack power by 1500."
ATK: 4200 → 5700
"Idaten, destroy his Hare!" Idaten leaps up and sails to the small rabbit. When she lands in front of it, she pierced her hand into its chest, destroying it easily.
ATK: 5700 → 3600
"Now, let's dethrone the King, Cyber Blader! Fusion Shock!" The fusion Weapon glows as it shocks with lightning and shoots towards the Toon King.
"Not so fast, I activate Toy Barrel, this allows me to destroy your monster and burn you."
[Explosive Barrel
When your opponent declares an attack on a Toon monster, activate this card. Destroy the attacking monster, and deal damage to your opponent equal to the destroyed monster's attack points.]
A barrel about the size of a normal barrel, but with large cartoon eyes looking all around them with amusement. On the front, is a large fire symbol that seems to be glowing slightly.
Toon King picks up the Barrel and throws it towards Cyber Blader, as the King hides with fingers in his ears. Suddenly, the blast sails past the Barrel and slams into Cyber Blader, resulting in her getting destroyed. The explosion rings out and burns at Alexis as her life points drop.
Rhodes: 4000 → 400
"Alexis!" Jaden calls out in surprise as she stumbles back softly.
"Hehe one more turn and I get to date the Queen." Johnathen laughs out softly and smirks, just waiting for her to end her turn.
Alexis scowls at this and sets one card face down, ending her turn there.
"How about I let you see your Cyber Blader again. With this, Mimicat!" The cat appears and chuckles darkly as it appears on Johnathen's side of the field. Then a poof of smoke surrounds it as the cat transforms into a cartoon version of Cyber Blader and giggles softly.
[Toon Cyber Blader Type: Warrior / Attribute: Earth
ATK: 2100
DEF: 800
If Toon World is destroyed while this card is on the field, destroy this card.]
"Now it's time to destroy you, and get my date, go Toon Cyber Blader!" The toon leaps forward, her foot out to cut Idaten in half. Alexis jumps at this and activates her Negate attack. Johnathen shrugs at this and ends his turn, not really expecting anything.
Alexis sighs and pull Cards of Sanctity, and looks at the two cards in her hand and the three in Johnathen's. She bites her lower lip and activate it, giving her
'Machine Devil Ritual?'
Idaten looks back and smirks slightly. 'A gift from the King. I brought it into your deck when you awoke, though you only have a few cards from them. That card and 3 others are the cards that you have … for now.' Idaten chuckles softly as Alexis smirks.
"I think this duel is over. I activate Pot of Greed to draw to more cards, then I activate Machine Devil Ritual!"
[Machine Devil Ritual
Basically the same as Machine Angel Ritual, but Cyber Devils instead. Along with banishing this card for Dark monsters instead of Light. Too lazy to write all the changes down.]
"What?! What kind of card is that?!" Johnathen takes a step back as Jaden just looks ahead in awe.
"Some new cards that I got recently. I haven't got the chance to try them yet though." She looks over at Jaden with amusement in her eyes as his own widen more. "But now I think it's time that I reveal the first of my Cyber Devils. Come forth, Cyber Devil Delphi!"
Idaten smiles and vanishes and a new woman steps forth. She is wearing long flowing robes of gold, red and white. Across her shoulders is a large python serpent that holds a large jewel in its mouth. Covering her eyes is a red cloth that has an eye in the center of it.
[Cyber Devil Delphi Type: Fiend / Attribute: Dark
ATK: 1900
DEF: 1200
This card can be Ritual summoned by "Machine Devil Ritual". When this card is summoned, you can search through your deck and place one card on the top of the deck. You do not have to show your opponent that card. If this card is Tribute summoned, activate the card that was placed on top.]
"Now due to Delphi's ability, I can place a card on top. Not only that, I can also increase Delphi's attack thanks to Idaten's ability."
ATK: 1900 → 2900
"But she won't be sticking around, because I activate a second Machine Devil Ritual, to summon my Cyber Devil Pandora!"
Delphi vanishes from the field along with a Cyber Tutu in her hand, allowing Pandora to take the stage. She walks out from the gates that stood behind Alexis, wearing long, flowing, white robes with golden linings. Her hair is all made up, midnight black and flowing down to her waist. In her arms, she carries a large box, all chained up.
[Cyber Devil Pandora Type: Fiend / Attribute: Dark
ATK: 2700
DEF: 1800
This card can be summoned with "Machine Devil Ritual". When this card is removed from the field, you can activate one "Devilish Box" spell card from your deck to your hand.]
"Now Delphi's second ability activates! Upon her leaving the field, I can activate the card I placed on top of my deck, and what I left was a Mystical Space Typhoon." The boys eyes widen for different reasons. For Johnathen, it was absolute shock that his near perfect guard was reduced to nothing. Jaden, on the other hand, was smiling wide at the excellent play that she did.
Mystical Space Typhoon activates and the tornado of winds kick off, blowing away Toon World, along with the two monsters that rely on it to stay on the field.
"And don't forget, since it is still the turn that I tributed Idaten, my monster gains 1000 attack points!" Alexis laughs loudly as Pandora glows.
ATK: 2700 → 3700
"This duel is over, Pandora, Box of Disasters!" Pandora smirks at this as she cracks open the box in her hands. The chains rattle as dark energy leaks from the box and launches out, cutting Johnathen at his stomach. He grunts slightly as all his life points drop at once.
Yang: 0000
Rhodes: 0400
"And that's game." Alexis laughs softly as Johnathen chuckles softly.
"Yeah, you beat me. Awesome game and don't worry, I won't tell anyone." He smirks and shakes Alexis's hand before going down and smirking at Jaden. "Don't break your heart man. People would kill to be in your position." With that, he walks away, leaving Jaden blushing slightly before he turns to look at Alexis.
"That was awesome, I didn't know you would have cards like that."
"Apparently, I got these thanks to our past." She laughs softly and walks over to Jaden as the lights start fading. "Is it really that time?"
"Oh, the movies starting." Jaden chuckles softly as he just leans into his seat, as Alexis sits right next to him. The night passing on without any other incident.
AND CUT! There we go, finally got this out! A lot has been happening since my last update. From life itself and graduation (I am officially a high school graduate :D ) I have been pretty busy. Anyway, I hope you guys like the more backstory and fluff throughout this story.
To Hunter, who created Johnathen. I kinda changed up your character, and didn't give him much screen time, sorry. One day, I may bring him back, but for now, I dunno. Along that line, dude, I did not need to know about the wedgie fetish. I won't kink shame, just, still didn't need to know about that.
I could still use OCs from you guys to make filler duels, or cool duels all together. Plus I could use some dark archetypes for Syrus and Chumley :P.
Thank you for the support, and see you all next time.