Darkness and Light, Into the Chaos!
Sora sat at his desk, looking over his deck. "All accounted for." he whispered, sliding the cards into his deck holder before looking around the mostly empty room. A couple students had made it early for Crowler's lecture, but it was still ten minutes, and Sora was sure Jaden and their friends would be showing up momentarily.
"No good Slifer Slacker." Sora heard someone mutter behind him. Turning to see Chazz, the Ra student raised a brow. "How could that guy have beaten me?" he muttered angrily.
"Sounds like Jaden went out last night." Wynn giggled.
"Yeah, wish I could've seen it." Sora replied, hearing the door open. "Speak of the devil."
"Devil? I know I'm hansom, but come on!" Jaden joked, coming to stand next to his friend. "What's shakin?"
"Heard from Porcupine Head back there you beat him in a duel." Sora replied, jerking his head back to where Chazz sat.
"Yeah, but things could've been way worse if Yubel didn't warn me about Chazz's plan." Jaden admitted. The two talked about the duel last night before Syrus came in. "Oh hey Sy." Jaden greeted before noticing his friend's downcast look. "Something wrong?"
"No, nothing to worry about." Syrus assured through an obviously fake smile. Seeing Crowler come in, Jaden just nodded, waving a goodbye to Sora before taking his seat next to Syrus.
Sora mostly tuned Crowler out, already knowing most of what the guy was talking about. "Mister Truesdale, please tell us what a field spell is." said teacher ordered suddenly, catching Sora's attention. Syrus, of course, stumbled over the answer until the class broke out into laughter at the poor boy's misery. "Sit down before you embarrass yourself more, Slifer." Crowler ordered with trademark condescending tone.
Jaden spoke up quickly, "You know, Teach, you really shouldn't make fun of us Slifers." he said casually. "After all, I'm a Slifer and I beat you, so really you're insulting yourself." The entire class erupted in laughter while Crowler fumed.
Then Sora poured salt on the wound, "Oh come on, Jaden. Everyone knows you're in Slifer because you beat Crowler and he's petty like that." he added, the classroom filled with laughter even worse than before.
Those brats have got to go! the humiliated teacher thought.
...
"Yes, this should do it." Crowler cackled, writing a letter on his desk. "Now I just have to write one for that Cliff brat and I'm good to go." he laughed, sealing up the first letter and placing it in an envelope. "And now for the finishing touch!" Crowler cheered, placing a kiss on the envelope and leaving behind freaking purple lipstick. Writing the second letter, and repeating the sealing process, he scampered off to place the bait.
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After gym class had ended, Sora sighed as he opened his locker. "Least I got a good run out of it." he sighed, reaching for his shoes and noticing a small envelope on his boots. "The hell?" he muttered, picking it up and opening it.
"What is it?" Wynn asked glancing over her boyfriend's shoulder.
"A fake love letter." Sora concluded. "Guess Crowler wasn't too fond of our little stunt in class."
"What makes you say that?" Wynn asked.
"First off, Alexis wouldn't spell her own name wrong." Sora pointed out, "And as for Crowler? He's the only one with a motive. He hates Jaden for taking him down in that duel and he hates me basically by association. He wants us gone and this is his way of doing it."
Sora's so smart. Wynn thought with a dreamy smile. "So what are you going to do?"
"For now, nothing." Sora shrugged, stuffing the letter into his bag. "I don't have enough proof it was Crowler, and I know this thing was fake, so I'll just ignore it for now."
"We should probably warn Jaden." Wynn suggested, following after Sora.
"No, Yubel will keep him out of this jam." the wind duelist replied with a shrug.
Five minutes earlier(read in a spongebob narrator voice)
Syrus, running late to class, opened his locker with a huff. "Looks like Jaden is using my locker again." the short boy sighed, glancing at his friend's boots before noticing the paper sticking out. "Huh? What's this?" he muttered, grabbing the letter Crowler had planted. "A love letter? From Alexis?" he gasped.
Later that night(again in narrator voice)
Crolwer chuckled darkly as he surfaced just enough to see above the water. Given the wet-suit he was wearing, the cold water didn't really bother him. This is perfect! he thought. Any minute now, Jaden and Sora will be coming to the girl's dorm, and I'll get a picture of them trespassing! I'll get them expelled for sure! hearing a boat, Crolwer chuckled as he raised his waterproof camera. That was about when he noticed that the head rowing the boat was light blue. That's not Jaden or Sora! the sketchy teacher thought in panic.
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Sora sighed in annoyance as he heard someone knocking on his balcony door. "What does he want?" the wind duelist wondered, opening the sliding-glass door to reveal Jaden. "What's wrong?" he asked.
"This." the hero duelist replied, showing his PDA to his friend.
Alexis' face showed up. "Hey Jaden, we found Syrus breaking into the girl's dorm. If you want him back, you'd better come get him." the message ended.
"Jaden, did you use Syrus' locker today?" Sora asked dryly, already piecing together what had happened.
"Yeah, why?" Jaden asked, completely clueless. "Anyway, I was hoping you'd come with me this time. Last time I was up past dark, I needed to pull an emergency exit with Sy and Lex, and if I need to do it again,"
"You want someone who can carry you back home if you pass out." Sora finished with a sigh, grabbing his deck and duel disk. "Let's go get that little idiot." he sighed, grabbing Jaden's hand.
The pair arrived at the girl's dorm via Jaden's shadow travel trick not two seconds later, just outside the front door where the three girls and Syrus were waiting. "Sup?" Jaden asked. "You okay, Sy?"
"I've been better." the boy admitted nervously.
"We caught him trying to sneak into the dorm, which is strictly against school rules." Alexis explained. "And now you two are doing the same. We should haul you all off to the chancellor's office right-"
"Objection!" Sora shouted suddenly, making the girls jump. "I know for a fact Syrus is here because of a fake love letter instructing him to come. How you may ask? Simple, I got the same letter. So unless you burned it, we have evidence we were set up. And even if we didn't Jaden saved your message so we have a clear invite."
"W-well we'll just have to see what Chancellor Shepard has to say about it." Alexis retorted, caught off-guard by the interruption. "That is, unless you boys think you can beat me in a duel."
Jaden grinned. "Now you're speaking my language." he chuckled.
"I'm your Huckleberry." Sora informed at the same time. Both friends glared at each other before doing rock-paper-scissors. Sora's scissors cut through Jaden's paper, and Sora grinned as he activated his duel disk. "Shall we then?" he asked with a sadistic grin. Alexis found herself wondering what she had just stepped into.
After taking a second boat and the one Syrus had used to get to the dorms, the slifers, obleisks, and ra took to the lake. "Duel!" both shouted.
Alexis:4000
Sora:4000
"Ladies first." Sora offered.
"How kind." Alexis replied, drawing her card. "I'll start with Etoile Cyber(ATK:1200)." her monster appeared with a flip, landing just above the water's surface. "Then I'll play a card facedown and end my turn."
"My go then." Sora declared, drawing his card. "First, since I have no monsters in my graveyard, I can summon Guardian Eatos(ATK:2500)." Eatos appeared in a flurry of pure white feathers. "Then I'll summon this in defense mode and play three cards facedown. That's all for now."
What? Why didn't he attack? Alexis wondered, drawing. "I play Polymerization! Now I can fuse My Cyer Etoile with my Blade Skater to summon Cyber Blader(ATK:2100)! And now for her special ability! When you have two monsters on the field, she gains double her attack points(ATK:2100-4200)!"
"Annoying." the wind duelist huffed.
"It's about to get worse. Now Cyber Blader, attack Guardian Eatos!" Cyber Blader skated across the field before kicking Eatos, causing her to shatter and Sora to grit his teeth in annoyance.
Sora:4000-2300
"Now Cyber Blader's attack drops back to normal(ATK:4200-2100), but now she can't be destroyed by battle. And with that, I'll end my turn." Alexis finished.
"You're really starting to annoy me." Sora informed, drawing. "I sacrifice Gusto Gulldo in order to summon Windaar, Sage of Gusto(ATK:2000), and now that my Gulldo has been sent to the graveyard, I can summon Winda, Priestess of Gusto from my deck(ATK:1000)."
"Don't forget, that means Cyber Blader's attack points are doubled again." Alexis informed, watching her monster's points rise(ATK:2100-4200).
"Works for me, cause I'm activating Metalmorph and equipping it onto my Windaar, granting him 300 attack plus half the attack of the monster he attacks(ATK:2000-2300)." Sora countered, Windaar's green outfit taking on a metallic shine.
It doesn't matter what he tries, Alexis thought confidently. My Double Passe trap will make it to where I'll win this duel when he attacks.
"Now I activate Dust Tornado to blow away your facedown." Sora informed, activating another of his facedowns.
"Oh crap!" Alexis gasped, watching her trap be destroyed.
"Double Passe, looks like I was right." Sora chuckled. "Simple Cyber Girl deck. And I'm willing to bet that Cyber Blader is your ace, at least for this duel." he added darkly, wind swirling around him. "This is what you get for threatening the wind. Now Windaar! Attack Cyber Blader with Gusto Steel Storm!" Sora ordered, his monster leaping into action as his points raised(ATK:2300-4400). Cyber Blader shrieked as she was destroyed, cut apart by a storm the sage had conjured.
Alexis:4000-3800
"Next, since Windaar destroyed a monster, I can special summon my Gusto Gulldo back from my graveyard(ATK:500)!And don't forget Winda!" Sora joked, sending his other monsters into the fray.
Alexis:3800-2800-2300
"I think you've had enough. Make your move." Sora ordered the busty blonde as she drew her card.
Not good. she thought. He not only destroyed one of my best monsters, bypassed my trap and tied his life points with mine, he now has three monsters on the field as well as another facedown. I need to buy myself some time. "I summon Cyber Gymnast(DEF:1800)! And with her ability, by discarding a card from my hand I can destroy one of your monsters." Cyber Gymnast flipped right into Windaar, destroying him on impact. "I'll play a facedown and call it there." Now he doesn't have a monster that can destroy my Gymnast. I'm back in this thing.
"Alexis is doing really well." Syrus pointed out, worry in his tone.
"Yeah, but Sora's not one to give up easy." Jaden replied, trying to make sure his friend didn't give up hope.
"My draw." Sora informed, drawing the familiar beat up card. "I summon Familiar Possessed-Wynn(ATK:1850)." he called smuggly. "Welcome to the game, my dear." he greeted as his girlfriend appeared with a blush.
Damn it! Alexis mentally cursed.
"Now Wynn, if you would?" Sora requested, pointing to the gymnast. The spellcaster nodded, jumping. "Storm Caller Strike!" Wynn gathered winds into a tornado and sent said tornado int the gymnast, ripping her to shreds. "Now, shall we have a repeat of the last round?"
"I don't think so! By activating my Hallowed Life Barrier, I can reduce all damage I take this turn to zero!" Alexis called, discarding another card. I'm running low here. she thought as Sora ended his turn. I need to draw a winner. "My go!" she called. Looking at it , she smirked. "I summon Cyber Petit Angel(DEF:200), and when this little cutie's summoned, I can add a Machine Angel Ritual to my hand." She got her card with an even wider smirk. "I activate Machine Angel Ritual to sacrifice my Cyber Prima in my hand to summon Cyber Angel Benton(ATK:1800)!" the fan-wielding Cyber Angel appeared. "It may not be enough to take out your Wynn, but it can destroy your other two monsters. Go Cyber Angel Benton! Attack Gusto Gulldo!" The Cyber Angel threw her fan at the bird, destroying it. "And before I forget, when my Benton destroys a monster, their defense comes out of your life points." Alexis added smugly, watching the fan hit Sora too.
Sora:2300-1000-500
"I use Gusto Gulldo's ability to special summon my Gusto Egul(DEF:400)." Sora snapped, another bird taking Gulldo's place.
"Fine with me, I just have to destroy your new Winda and I win." Alexis shrugged, ending her turn.
"My move." Sora declared, grinning. "Time to wipe that smirk off your face. I summon Harpy Lady 1(ATK:1300)!" Sora called proudly as the first of the three sisters appeared.
"Get her, Sora!" Jaden cheered.
"That's not the end of it." Sora informed. "With One on the field, all WIND monsters gain 300 attack points. That means 300 for my Harpy(ATK:1300-1600), 300 for Wynn(ATK1850-2150), and let's not forget Winda(ATK:1000-1300)! Sure Egul gets the bonus too, but he needs to be switched to attack mode so he can help(ATK:200-500)." Wynn giggled slightly at her boyfriend's antics. "Wynn, you're up first! Blow Benton away with Storm Caller Strike!" Benton was shredded by Wynn's tornado, and Alexis shielded herself, trying to keep her balance on the now-rocking boat.
Alexis:2300-1950
"Egul, take out that angel." Sora ordered, his bird crushing the Cyber monster in it's talons. "Harpy Lady 1 and Winda, end this duel!" Sora ordered, his harpy divebombing the blonde while his Gusto monster blew her right into her friends.
Alexis:1950-350-0
"Game over." Sora declared, high-fiving Wynn as she and the other monsters vanished. "I win Alexis."
"Yeah, you won. You all are free to go. We won't say anything." Alexis agreed, smiling. "Although the way you dueled, it's like you and I have done this before."
"No, I just dueled with someone that had a similar deck." Sora waved off. "That's how I knew what trap you put down on that first turn, and I knew Cyber Blader was coming, so I set up my Dust Tornado and Metalmorph in prep." he explained. "Anyway, I'm tired and I think we all should head to bed. See you tomorrow."
"Yeah, see you tomorrow." Alexis sighed. So he had the whole thing planned out from the first draw. Guess I didn't really have a chance. she thought with a smirk.
"I still say we should turn them in." Mindy huffed.
"No way, a deal's a deal." Alexis cut off. ""Come on, let's head back."
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Meanwhile, Crowler was grinning form where he had watched the duel, holding his camera with a grin. "Now I have what I need to get those brats expelled!" he cheered. A powerful wind picked up, splashing Crowler in the face, causing him to splutter and drop the camera into the lake. "Oh no!" he gasped, attempting to swim after it, but the camera sunk fast, vanishing to the bottom of the lake. NOOOOOOOOOOO! the teacher mentally screamed.
And done! Well, I think that went rather well. What did you guys think? Good? Bad? Not enough? And while I have you guys here, thoughts on how the hell Crowler never got fired considering he's a total sleezeball with a short fuse and superiority complex? Seriously, the stunts he pulled in the early episodes could have gotten him in more trouble than he was trying to get Jaden into! If you can't tell, I don't like the guy. He is a guy, right? Anyway! Leave a review and I'll see you next time!