Time To Answer The Reviews:
Guest:...shit, I forgot about that part of Relinquished.
ToBlazePurple: Don't worry about it. I am glad to get reviews any time! Thanks and I do enjoy writing the fic and I really do love making characters that never interacted before interact. I will try to lower the exposition to a few paragraphs at the start. I was watching Vrains for the first time and I thought…"Should I add Skye?" and boom, here she is. Thanks and my take on Season 2 will be rough to write thanks to all of these duels. (Curse you GX Tournament.)
It has been a few days after the duel between Sora Perse and Jaden Yuki and after that duel, plus a brief meeting at the hospital courtesy of Syrus and Hassleberry, two new members arrived in the crew! This place is getting bloated by the second.
They were Sora Perse and Ray Shadows, an Obelisk Blue and Ra Yellow, two of the transfer students. One from East Academy and the other from West Academy, and they were actually pretty chill when they weren't endangering the crew and they even heard that they were from the same middle school where they went, but split after it, when they were reunited.
They were threatened that they shouldn't do like they did before, which they agreed after they saw most of the crew, sans Skye and Jaden, crack their knuckles. Somehow, even Syrus was terrifying.
Most of the time they were chill, but with Jaden was something else. It was like they were his number 1 fanboys as they can not leave that man alone, but it was less bad than before and they 'claimed' that they were his number 1 fans and best friends with Jaden, which Hassleberry and Syrus were really annoyed that.
The crew looked at each other as they knew that they were going to fight about this one day or another, but they feel like it ain't going to happen now, since in 2 days, Syrus will have his promotional duel, and that was really getting to him.
Syrus was getting more and more nervous over the past days and no one could blame the guy, even Chazz felt a little sorry for him. He would constantly sweat alot of the time trying to think who they matched up with him, with him almost barely able to sleep or even to speak to anyone.
It was really sad to see if they were honest, but they knew that he would be able to win this duel, even if he doesn't think so.
Currently, Syrus was in his bed, trying to sleep as he rolled over his bed a lot, so much that he tried to tired himself out so he could sleep, which kind of worked, but then he had a dream.
"GUYS?! Where are you all going?!" yelled Syrus as he began running towards the ship as it had Jaden, Celina, Alexis, Chazz, Bastion and Yusuke all on the ship with new uniforms as they began waving to him with smiles on their faces.
Jaden was wearing a dark yellow suit with beige pants, Chazz looked like Uncle Sam, Alexis and Bastion looked like high royalty from a Kingdom of some sorts, Celina was wearing a Victorian Styled dress and Yusuke was wearing dark leather like he did when he was possessed as Nightshroud.
"Where else, Sy? To the Pro Leagues!" yelled Jaden as he waved to his best friend goodbye as so did everyone else.
"Bu- but why are you leaving me?!" yelled Syrus, "Why aren't I going with you guys?!" he yelled as they smiled as the ship was going without him.
"Well, sorry to burst your bubble, Syrus, but because they invited the best of the third years!" yelled Celina as the rest nodded with her.
"My apologies, but she is correct! Only the best are allowed to the Leagues!" yelled Bastion as Alexis raised her hand towards her mouth.
"Don't worry, we will tell you how it all went!" she yelled as Syrus was trying his best to get to them, but nothing was working.
"Sorry, Syrus! I will say hello to Zane for you, though!" yelled Yusuke as Syrus gulped as he didn't want to be left alone, not by them. It felt like they weren't being themselves.
"Kiss my ass, you dwarf!" yelled Chazz.
Okay, maybe not all of them.
"Hold on, please! Just for a minute!" yelled Syrus as he ran towards the ship, but it felt like the more steps he took, the faster the ship went as tears began to form in Syrus' eyes.
"Sorry, Sy! You are all on your own!" said Jaden as Syrus then felt something was sucking him behind him, something that could be classified as a Black Hole as he then turned around to see a Black Hole sucking him in.
"No! NO! NOO! I DON'T WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE!" he yelled as then he was sucked in by the Black Hole, but as soon as he was sucked in by the Black Hole…
He woke up in cold sweat. He looked at himself. He knew what he had to do.
He had to get stronger so he doesn't get left alone.
All on his own.
INTRO!
(A/N: Play Guess Who's Back From Black Clover.)
We're being guided far away.
A bird was seen flying above the dark blue ocean of an island as it was going faster and faster.
Until we shatter the road of light and darkness
The bird flew higher and higher as it went upwards revealing the island to be Duel Academy as Jaden, Celina, Syrus, Chazz, Bastion, Alexis and Yusuke were standing on the cliff staring at the island.
Then a brief montage of their ace monsters appeared on the screen one by one as they were: Elemental HERO Flame Wingman, Lunalight Cat Dancer, Super Vehicroid Jumbo Drill, Armed Dragon LV10, Water Dragon, Cyber Angel Amaterasu and Honest.
Yo guess who's back, everybody get down!
As then a brief montage appeared of a white background and black figures. The figures quickly revealed themselves to be: Bastion, Yusuke, Chazz, Alexis, Syrus, Kite, Dennis…
Guess who's back
…Hassleberry, Sora Perse, Ray, Skye…
Hey, step up! step up!
…Zane and Celina, as then we get a close up shot at Jaden whose eyes turned to amber for a slight second as Aster Phoenix briefly shined in his eye.
As then a title card appeared by the name of "Yugioh GX: Rewrite - The Society of Light!" as series of moments appeared from the previous year, like Zane defeating Jaden, Syrus defeating the Tyler Sisters, Celina and Alexis dueling Jaden and Bastion, Chazz standing tall ahead of Jaden, Zane defeating Nightshroud, Celina defeating Camula, Alexis defeating Dennis, Bastion defeating Tania, Kite and Chazz dueling each other, Celina defeating Yuri, Jaden defeating Amneal, Jaden with amber eyes staring at the Sacred Beasts and then the graduation match.
Cursed by the twist of fate, I'm falling down!
As then we see a bright light appearing in motion as Sartorius was on the front with his eyes staring at the audience, which was then carried over to Aster's deck who had a grin on his face.
The song of harmony I played out with you
Then there was a line break in the middle as we see Celina in a white dimension that was that of an ocean as three dragons roared, while Zane was in a similar one, but with a black one with 2 glowing eyes staring at him.
Lies in the far-away past
Then we see the same line break having Jaden and Aster with their back showing to the other person as they raised their heads as their Heroes were shown respectfully, but the last one was a brand new one, with his arms crossed and above the two.
The scent of your strength still lies in my heart
Hassleberry's eyes turned into a dinosaur's one for a brief second as on the opposite end was a duelist from South Academy with a crocodile near the duelist who had a grin on his face.
And I can't shake it off
Sora and Ray were standing near each other with smiles on their faces, but then they were flashed with images that told a different story.
Eh, waiting just isn't enough anymore Yay Yeah!
Jaden was then standing on the cliff with a happy and excited smile as he got out his deck and readied his brand new duel disk as the rest of them did the same, as even Zane did the same time, but at a Pro Duellist circuit.
Hey, guess who is back!?
I hold onto my wish.
Jaden then slammed the card to reveal Elemental HERO Neos who stood tall against Aster Phoenix, which was then turned back for Hassleberry to summon out a Dinowrestler Pankertops against the duelist.
Guess who is back!?
The roulette points to tomorrow
Then both Kite and Chazz were shown with smirks on their faces as Armed Dragon Kagerou Thunder and Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragons were both on the field, as the side was then turned to Syrus having a Super Veichroid Jumbo Drill against someone.
Guess who is back!?
Let the light shine
Then Alexis was standing proud as she held her Cyber Angel Amaterasu with Skye having her Trickstar Holly Angel on the field, as Yusuke held his Honest card near him as the monster was standing beside him with a smile with Bastion holding two decks in his hands with a confused look.
Guess who is back!?
Make your escape from the dark maze
Zane was shown standing beside a rising Cyber End Dragon as dark flashes appeared on the dragon with wires all around it, as then Celina was shown with all of her Lunalights monster beside her, with flashes of 3 Dragons on her left and right side and even behind her.
La la la la la la la la la
Now we see Jaden, Celina, Syrus, Alexis, Chazz, Bastion, Yusuke, Skye, Hassleberry, Sora, Ray, Zane and Kite in one corner ready for a duel as their duel disks were ready, as on the other side we have Aster Phoenix with a shit eating grin, a brief, but visible outline of Sartorius with a void face, with Bonaperte and Crowler on Aster's side, but the latter had a conflicted face.
La la la la la la la la la (guess who is back!?)
Aster stood tall with a grin on his face as then two sets of Heroes appeared behind him ready for a fight as the Grand Jupiter stood tall behind them as Jaden's eyes flashed white for a second, but then turned into his regular brown colours.
La la la la la la la la la
As Jaden went closer and closer, brief images of Celina, Syrus, Alexis, Bastion, Chazz, Yusuke, Hassleberry, Ray, Sora, Skye, Kite and Zane flashed as then a hero appeared and charged towards Aster Phoenix.
Until we seize the hope in front of us...
Neos and Grand Jupiter raised their fists and as soon as they clashed, it created a massive explosion which then brief images of the Light of Destruction and Nightshroud could be seen, as then the explosion engulfed them as well as then the crew were then seen standing proud and tall, ready for a new battle.
YUGIOH GX: REWRITE - THE SOCIETY OF LIGHT!
(A/N: End Theme.)
We are now in the Slifer Red Dorm kitchen room as the crew were currently in there, well most of them as it was a day before Syrus' duel against an Obelisk Blue, and the fact he doesn't even know who it is, makes it even scarier.
Syrus was on the chair looking over his Roid deck and the cards that he could make the best possible turns in his duel against someone, even adding some new cards to his list while the rest were doing their own thing, like Celina was trying to make herself a sandwich, but judging by the sounds of it, it sounded like she was trying to kill someone, Bastion was trying to research the person that Syrus is about to duel, Ray, Sora, Hassleberry and Chazz were looking over some card packs as they looked over to some of the packs that they could add in, Jaden trying to cheer his buddy up, Alexis and Skye were reading some manga, especially that part of Black Clover where Lucifero and Asta began fighting and discussing some stuff in the process.
Hassleberry did look at the new cards he looked over which were the Doddlebeast cards like Doddlebeast - Tyranno, which could work in his deck as some sort of beatstick, Stego, which could add 1 Doddlebeast Trap which was Doddlebook - Uh Uh Uh! which was a decent card that could help in some of his duels. He decided he will add that in the deckbox which was made for a maybe pile.
Sadly, for Sora, Ray and Chazz, they had almost nothing for their decks, except for Chazz as he looked over to Gorz - The Emissary of the Darkness which was too good of a card to pass up so he added that card in his deck, and a couple of cards which would help in some burn strategies like Gate Of Fire, which he added in the maybe pile.
Syrus looked over as he tried to look over some strategies in his deck. Sure some of them did help in battle and some did create some new possibilities for combat, which he even added cards that Zane used in his battle against his best friend, Future Fusion and Battle Fusion.
Jaden was looking over some cards and combos for the deck as he realized a card in his Extra Deck, which was his Elemental Hero Roidman, which is a monster that needed an Elemental Hero monster as a Fusion material.
He knew the power of this card, heck, they won a duel with this monster against the Tyler Sisters with this monster so he wondered…Why wasn't he using an Elemental Hero monster for this?
He does remember giving this card and another Hero to Syrus when he-should-not-be-named attacked Duel Academy so he could get out some combos off, but after all of that, it felt like he didn't remember anything and gave the Hero, but not Roidman, back to him.
"Hey, Sy?" asked Jaden as the blue haired boy turned to him.
"Yeah, Jay?" he asked back as his best friend turned to him.
"I was wondering something…why do you have Elemental Hero Roidman, if you don't have an Elemental Hero?" Jaden asked as Syrus blushed as he turned away. He was to embarrassed to look at him.
"Well… it is something like a trophy to me." said Syrus as that confused Jaden when he said that. "It is a card that shows me how much I have improved over that year and how we used our monsters together for that Tag Team duel."
"Sy! That's great to hear!" he smiled as he then looked over to Roidman, "But why don't you have an Elemental Hero with you?" he asked as Syrus sighed to himself.
"Because I didn't want to bother you with it," that shocked to hear that, especially to someone that is his best friend.
"Sy, what do you mean by that?!" yelled Jaden as Syrus sighed.
"That's hard to say…but I just didn't want to bother asking if I can have an Elemental Hero monster for that summon, I thought you… you would be offended by that." he said as Jaden lightly gasped.
"Sy, I am more offended that you didn't ask rather than you asking me," Syrus turned to him with a slightly shocked face. "You could've asked me anytime and I would've given you a monster for Roidman, and I wouldn't have been angry, trust me."
"Wait, really, Jay?" he asked.
"Of course! You are my best friend after all! You know what," he said as he took a card out of his deckbox, looked over to his monsters to see the perfect fit and then he took one, "Ahah! Perfect! Here!" he said as he handed out Elemental Hero Prisma to Syrus.
"Re-really? You are giving this to me?" he asked with a happy smile on his face.
"Yeah! I think this card is perfect for your deck! Sure it is hard to summon, but his effect will come in handy for those specific Fusion Materials, if you catch my drift!" he said as Syrus happily took a card from his best friend's hands.
He looked at it with a smile on his face, "Thanks, Jay."
Jaden brightly smiled, "Anytime!"
Ray, Sora, Chazz and Hassleberry then took all of the cards that they have bought and placed them in a binder for later purposes so they don't throw them away like monsters.
Ray then looked at his friend, "So, Sora, how is your little sister?"
"Hold up," said Hassleberry as he looked at the tiny blue haired near diabetic boy, "You have a younger sister, Private Perse?"
Sora nodded, "Yep, I do. Her name is Miu (A/N: She is from the manga, I have not read the manga.), and to answer your question, Ra-" Sora then noticed what Celina had made after she finished making a sandwich.
Which shouldn't even be classified as a sandwich, as it looked more like a monstrosity that couldn't even be something as food. It actually looked dead. How was it even possible to make something as a sandwich dead?
"What kind of monstrosity did you make, Celina?" asked Sora as they all turned to what shouldn't even be classified as something that could be said as edible.
"It's a sandwich, I thought you would know that." she said confidently as if she didn't make living poison.
"For what? Some kind of magical beasts in the basement?" asked Skye as she didn't even know someone could mess up as simple as a sandwich.
"No! Of course not! It is something that a human could eat!" yelled Celina as they all looked doubtful at her. She sighed, "Unbelievable. Look! Jaden try it!" she yelled as something that shouldn't be even possible.
Jaden did not accept food, "I am good." he said as he placed his hand in front of him so he doesn't have to try whatever poison she made.
Celina was perplexed on how it happened. "Huh."
Bastion shook his head, "I feel bad for your future children."
"Oh shut up."
As then Yusuke walked to the Slifer Red dorm, "Guys! I have actual important news to say!" he yelled as they all turned to Yusuke when he said as he breathed in and out, "I have found out who Syrus' opponent is!" he yelled as their eyes widened when they heard that as Syrus nearly dropped his deck.
"What?" asked Syrus.
"Who is it? Spill it!" yelled Alexis as Yusuke nodded at her.
"Alright, before you ask, I saw Chancellor Crowler, I really have to get used to saying that, and the Vice Chancellor discussing tomorrow's duel about you and your opponent, Syrus, in the halls." explained Yusuke as they nodded with him, that made sense.
"Who is it?" asked Hassleberry as they saw Bastion typing the data in his PDA for the person that they are talking about.
"His name is…" he took a breath as he then answered the question, "Reginald Van Howell III." he said as they all looked at him in shock.
"This is the third one?" asked Jaden in surprise.
"What kind of last name is Howell?" asked Sora as he never heard that last name in his life.
"I am still processing that Van is his middle name." said Hassleberry.
"What kind of loser first name is Reginald?" asked Celina. No one serious would ever have a name like that.
Meanwhile, in West Academy, Reginald Kastle, Rio Kastle and Axel Brodie were walking down the hallway until Shark stopped in his tracks.
Rio and Axel turned around in surprise. "Something wrong, Reginald?" asked Rio as her brother never did something like that, even for the times that Yuma angered him, alot.
Shark looked at his sister, but she could tell that it wasn't aimed towards her, "Someone is talking shit about me."
Back to our crew, Chazz groaned when he heard that name as they turned to him, "Something wrong, Private?" asked Hassleberry.
"I remember that little prick back from prep school," he said as they all turned to him weirdly, "That little guy was the most annoying person to be around, always around my goddamn leg like a lost puppy, saying how he admires me, but then trash talks whenever I am not around. God, I hope the dwarf actually wins this one."
"D-damn, was he really that bad?" asked Alexis.
"Yes! That little snot looks down on everyone beneath him and rank!" he yelled.
"Didn't you do that before going to North Academy?" asked Jaden as he did bring up a good point.
"Hey, now I look down on some people, not everyone, big difference." he said as they didn't look to sure about it. "Then, he only uses powerful monsters because he thinks power is everything!"
"Again, don't see a difference." said Celina as some wondered why he was even in the group to begin with.
"I use Ojamas now, I think that speaks for itself." he then tries to think about different ways on how Reginald was different to him, and then he thought about a good one, "He broke into other people's dorms and threw their cards in the ocean!"
"Bro, really? I am right here." Chazz turned to Bastion as he looked at him with a disappointed look.
"Wait, he stole your cards and threw them away?" asked Skye in shock.
"Yep." said Alexis.
"I am still shocked when I heard that." said Yusuke.
The new kids in the group were silent as they then looked at him, "Tell us why shouldn't we kick you out of this group?" asked Sora.
"Check your PDA." said Chazz nonchalantly as everyone looked at their PDA as their eyes widened when they heard a notification.
Galaxy-Eyes: Excuse you?
Oh, right. Chazz's older brother, Kite Tenjo. The man that basically made creating chants in duels a popular thing and even popularly introduced the new Summoning Method of XYZ, who was added in the group chat along with Dennis McField.
"H…how?" asked Hassleberry in complete shock.
"Dude's brother can sense someone trying to harm him from a planet away, don't even try it." said Celina like she was talking about the news. "I once threatened him with a hairbrush, and it felt like he teleported when I raised it against him. Scary part: He was at a different part of the island and it was quiet." she said.
The new additions were quiet as stone when they heard that. They turned to Chazz, "We are sorry for ever making that foolish idea, I hope you can forgive us." they all said at the same time.
They then looked at their PDA.
Galaxy-Eyes: That's what I thought.
How was that even possible?
Anyway, Chazz then thought to himself of different ways on how different he was from that little snot was to him as he was at the moment having issues thinking about ways on he was different to him.
Bastion then pulled out the information from his PDA as it then showed a small little boy with brown hair and round eyes. Skye and Hassleberry sighed as they remembered that guy, at the very least Chazz was somewhat nice to people, this guy was just a jerk when they met him.
They all looked at his details, the number of duels he had, his win to lose ratio, which was actually pretty decent if they agreed themselves, but nothing too amazing, his gender, his age, his birthday and more.
"Hey, look!" pointed out Jaden as he brought his index finger on the slot where students could see the deck of the student, "We get too see what deck he plays. Sy, this would help you- Sy, why are you looking not so happy about it?"
Jaden noticed something about Syrus, and it was the fact he didn't look so sure about it is what really set him made it clear that he wasn't happy about it.
"Well…the thing is… I don't want to know anything about him." said Syrus as they all looked at him weirdly.
"What do you mean by that, Syrus? You would have the advantage over him in many ways." said Bastion as he was confused about not doing the correct thing to win the duel.
"Yeah, but there I… I just want to show I can do it…on my own, you know?" he asked as they were confused on that. Sure most of them, Chazz doesn't count, thought he was a decent duelist which most of his important plays were made by him, so they weren't sure what he meant by that.
"What do you mean by that?" asked Ray as Syrus sighed.
"Well, how do I say this? I… I want to show that I am a capable duelist on my own and that I want to show it by using my own cards and doing it on the spot," he looked over at Elemental Hero Roidman and Prisma, "I know I have Jay's cards, but they are important to me as for me and my deck as well." he said.
He walked up to his deck and all of his cards there and picked them up, "So, thank you anyways for your help, but I want to show my own strength, okay?" he said as he walked out of the Slifer Red dorm.
Some tried to stop him, but Jaden placed a hand on their shoulders. Knowing if what his best friend thinks is right, then who is he to judge?
For the rest of the day, Syrus looked at all of his monsters, Spells and Traps, even some of the new Roid monsters like Solidroid Alpha, Beta and Gamma which were really good monsters to summon out and it could work with his deck of special summoning monsters from his deck, and even having a card named Payroid, which was a Spell card with the image of Ambulanceroid looking at a piece of paper that was his paycheck as he smiled brightly at it.
Syrus was getting nervous more and more as the time goes, as he can hear the clock ticking every second he was making his deck, as he tried his hardest to make a deck that was his own, with the addition that was Elemental Hero Prisma, and he was getting happy with the results.
He ignored everyone trying to help him, as he wanted to make a deck that was his with no other help, which while tough, he was still making sure that no one could help him, but there was one problem with that.
He looked over to one card which was Power Bond, a card that his older brother gave him when they were little. It was one of a kind, as it Fusion Summons a Machine Type Fusion monster as the attack points are doubled, but you do take damage equal to its original attack points at the End Phase.
Sure it was an amazing card to have in his deck, and he does care for it, but it felt like it would show that he would still be in his brother's shadow if he did use it in the duel, which upsets him greatly.
He doesn't know what to do. Should he continue having it in his deck and still look like he is in his brother's shadow or does he take it out and try to become his very own person?
He sighed.
He doesn't know.
Syrus walked off the Slifer Red dorms and saw it was late and everyone was probably asleep. He walked up to the cliff with a Power Bond in his hands. He took out his phone. He looked at the contacts until he saw his brother's name.
He clicked it.
On the other side of the phone call, Zane walked into his new apartment. Being a new Pro Duelist, the best from Duel Academy could offer and The Kaiser of it, really sets him apart from the other candidates as he was one of the new most popular duelists of the current moment.
Sure, he did hear someone by the name of Aster Phoenix in the mix as he was stated to be a great duelist, one of the best in fact, while never showing his real deck is quite interesting and he can't wait to duel him.
He just got off from a duel against Kite Tenjo, as while the Galaxy-Eyes duelist was a tough match for him, as he summoned his Galaxy-Eyes Cipher Dragon and then his Cipher Blade Dragon in the first turn, with the duel ending with Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon battling against his Cyber End Dragon, resulting in a draw. It was a fun match to see and he had a great time being a part of it.
Once he walked into the apartment he noticed his phone and saw the contact being that of his younger brother, so of course he answered it, "Hello?"
"Hey, Zane, I hope I am not bothering you." said Syrus.
"Oh don't worry about that Sy, I just got home from a duel with Kite, so you don't have to worry about anything." said Zane as he sat on his chair as he looked at the sky from the windows.
"Wait, a duel from Kite?" asked Syrus as Zane nodded.
"Yep, it was a pretty close one, but I managed to make it a draw." he said as Syrus scratched the back of his neck.
"Nice, sorry that I didn't know about it." he said as Zane shook it off.
"Don't worry about that as well, I know school is tough so you didn't have time for it." he said as Syrus nodded, it was kind of true, "So tell me, why did you call?"
Syrus sighed as Zane's interest peaked when he did so, something was going on, "I am going to have an important duel tomorrow, as if I win, I get promoted." he said as Zane's eyes widened when he heard that.
"Oh, really? Well that's good to hear then, so what is the issue?" he asked.
Syrus sighed, he felt like whenever he says this to his brother, he always felt safe rather than anyone else, "I am scared, Zane, I am scared."
"Why is that?" his older brother asked him.
"Because…because I am afraid that… that I will be stuck here, in the Slifer Red dorms, the worst of the worst! Someone that no one could ever be strong! Someone that has to always rely on someone! Someone that they will always be in their shadow no matter what." he said as he looked at Power Bond.
He continued as he went on, "Ever since, you left the island, I thought to myself, that I will be alone and that I can finally be my own person, someone that doesn't have to rely on someone, but it felt like nothing has changed, it felt like I am still in Jay's shadow, and I want that to change." he said as he sat down on the grass.
"Everytime I look at Power Bond, I always think of you, how you help me and how much I need someone to save my butt more times than not, it just sucks. This is a great way to show that I am not in someone's shadow and that I am a strong duelist on my own. I just don't know what to do!" he yelled as he looked at his Power Bond as he felt tears going down from his eyes.
Zane was quiet as he knew how much this duel will mean alot to Syrus, but he doesn't know what to do, but he will try. He will try to make this better for his younger brother.
"Sy," his brother looked at his phone, "it is fine to be scared. That is basic human nature to do so, and I don't blame you one bit for it. Sure no one likes being scared, but that is just normal for someone like us. I know that you hate being in someone's shadow, and I am sorry just now realizing something like this."
"I want to tell you this. Go for it, have fun while having the duel, make sure that losing is your last thing to worry about, and even if you lose, at least be happy that you managed to get this far with your friends. Sure it could be nice to be promoted, but make sure that you did your best, alright?" he didn't see it, but Kaiser knew that Syrus nodded with a smile on his face.
"I think I understand why you called me here, you are wondering if you wanted to keep Power Bond in your deck and you wanted my advice, so I will tell you," Syrus listened with great detail as his brother's words began telling him this, "Do what you want to do."
Wait, what?
He didn't know what to make of that as Zane continued, "Do what you wanted to do with it. You can keep it and show your progress at how you can use it correctly and win the duel with ease, or you could not use it and show your progress on how you changed your strategy and skill. The choice is yours, I am not forcing you to choose what you want to do."
Syrus was quiet as he realized something. Zane was right. No one is forcing him to use cards that he doesn't want to, and that he can change his deck in any way he wants to and follow his heart. He could simply not use Power Bond and it would work well for his deck as his deck doesn't follow Power Bond as well as his brother's does.
He stood up, wiping the tears from his eyes as he smiled, "Thanks Zane, that really helped."
Zane returned one as well, "Anytime, Sy."
Tomorrow
It was the day of Syrus' promotional duel as everyone else were getting to the Duel Arena as most of the crew were already there, but Chazz was walking slowly as he had to choose either the pimpsqueak to win or the little annoying pest to win. Tough call.
He turned around as he heard one annoying dwarf coming near him, "Hey, Chazz can you do me a solid?" he turned around to see Syrus, with his Slifer Red duel disk in his arms, holding an envelope.
He looked at it and looked at him, "Really dude? An envelope to me? Look, I am flattered, not really as it is from you, bu-"
"What?! No it is nothing like that! This one is for Jay!" Syrus yelled with a clear angered tone.
"To the slacker? Oh, I guess it does make sense for hi-"
"Again, not like that! It is just a letter for him, so can you just give it to him?" he asked as Chazz sighed as he took it from his hands.
"Fine, if you get out of my sight." he said as he took the envelope from his hands.
"Thanks, I owe you one." he said as he began walking away towards the Duel Arena, as he then turned around, "Also no peeking." he said as he walked off.
Chazz, being Chazz, opened the letter and his eyes widened when he saw the card inside of it, "It's Power Bond!"
"WHAT DID I JUST SAY?!" yelled Syrus across the hall.
A few minutes later, Chazz walked up to the crew as they were patiently waiting for the duel to start, Sora was the first person to see him, "Where were you, the duel is about to start?" he said as he was eating a chocolate bar.
"I went to the bathroom," he said honestly as he brought his hand towards Jaden, "Also, here. From that little shit."
Jaden took the letter as he opened it as his eyes widened, "It's Power Bond!" They were shocked to hear it as they all turned to Chazz.
"Did you steal another card from someone ya' dickhead?" asked Celina as she was this close to beating him up.
"What? No!"
"Then why do you have his Power Bond?" asked Skye as Chazz looked at them.
"If I did steal his Power Bond, why on Earth would I put it in a letter and then give it to you?" he asked an honest question as they realized how stupid it would have been for Chazz if he did steal it from him.
"Huh. Good point." said Yusuke.
"But…why did he want to give it to me?" asked Jaden as Chazz shrugged his shoulders.
"Beats me."
Crowler walked up to the podium with a microphone, as the rest of the teachers were ready to see this duel in action as Bonaparte wasn't confident if this plan will work. He had 3 tries with this, so why would this work?
"Welcome everyone to the third and last round of the promotional exams! Last week, was a Fusion off with the Frightfurs against the Elemental Heroes, with the Slifer Slacker being victorious in that duel!" he yelled as the crowd clapped for the two.
"Here, is the last round of the promotional duels and we hope that it is a good one! In the red corner we have a Slifer Red with the small machines of the Roids and the younger brother of the Kaiser of Duel Academy, Syrus Truesdale!" he yelled as then Syrus walked to the arena as he sighed as he will make sure that he is remembered other than being his younger brother.
Some of the crew were slightly shocked to hear that his older brother was Zane, but they should've pieced it together with their last names.
"And on the other corner, we have the duelist whose main interests are Warriors, making sure that they are well equipped for the job as he reminds me of someone, we have Reginald Van Howell III, or Reggie for short!" he yelled as then everyone began cheering as Reggie walked to the stage.
He was an Obelisk Blue as his eyes were square with little drops at the bottom as his hair and eyebrows were brown as they were a bit pointy as he had gray pants and he had an Obelisk Blue duel disk in his arms.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't the Kaiser's little brother." said Reginald as Syrus' eyes narrowed at him, "Quite honestly, I am shocked that someone as successful as him has a brother that is such a loser!"
"Hey! Pick on someone your size, shrimp!" yelled Hassleberry.
"I think he just did." said Skye as the rest nodded as they noticed Reginald and Syrus having the same height.
"Well, I will show you that you are an even bigger loser if you can't beat me." said Syrus as he readied his duel disk.
"We will see about that." he said as he readied his duel disk as Crowler nodded to this.
"Looks like the duel will COMMENCE!" Crowler yelled as he began to run off stage.
Reginald: 4000 lp
Syrus: 4000 lp
(A/N: Play Fervent Duel.)
Turn 1.
"I will start!" yelled Reginald as both of them drew their 5 cards until he drew the top card of his deck as he looked through it and nodded. It was a decent hand and he did have a few combos ready from the looks of it, but first things first. "I will play Graceful Charity! With this, I get to draw 3 cards from my deck."
He drew the top 3 cards from his deck as he then looked at them and smirked as he took two cards from it, his Divine Sword - Phoenix Blade and Phoenix Gearfried, "However, I have to discard 2 cards from my hand." he said as he sent those cards to his graveyard.
"Now, I summon my Marauding Captain!" he yelled as then on his field appeared a warrior with brown hair with green eyes, as he wore a green armour with leather in between the armour, gray gauntlets with a red cape with him holding two swords, one being wider than the other.
(Marauding Captain: Level 3 - Earth Warrior - Attack: 1200. Defense: 400.)
Their eyes widened when they saw that monster, "Oh no! With that he can summon 1 more monster from his hand!" yelled Ray in worry as Sora nervously chew on his candy bar.
"Not to mention, if he summons one Marauding Captain that means Syrus can't attack any of them due to him having the effect that the opponent can only attack one card that was the Marauding Captain, but since they are two of them, he can't attack at all." said Sora as Bastion nodded.
Reggie then took a card from his hand, "When he is summoned, I get to special summon 1 Level 4 or lower monster from my hand! So come out, Warrior Dai Grepher!" he yelled as then on his field appeared the popular Earth monster. As he had blue hair as he had brown eyes as he wore leather around his face and towards his neck, as the rest of his body was clothed by leather as he had black gauntlets, with the pants being leather with brown shoes as he held a big sword as it was beaming with green energy.
(Warrior Dai Grepher: Level 4 - Earth Warrior - Attack: 1700. Defense: 1600.)
"That…wasn't what I was expecting." said Bastion in surprise to see that monster.
Syrus was quiet as he didn't know what to expect from this guy, but he could tell that this wasn't even the start of his turn as he took out a card from his hand.
"I will now tribute my Warrior Dai Grepher," he said as his newly summoned monster disappeared from his field as he then slammed the card on his duel disk, "so I can special summon this beast of a warrior! Come out, Turret Warrior!"
On his field appeared a monster that looked like more of a machine than a warrior. The main body was gray as the parts that connected to the arms and legs were also gray, but with a lighter shade, as it had massive dark beige arms with massive robotic hands as on the top of the arms were tiny missiles which targeted Syrus.
(Turret Warrior: Level 5 - Earth Warrior - Attack: 1200. Defense: 2000.)
"Here is the kicker! He gains attack points equal to the monster he used to tribute it, Warrior Dai Grepher's attack was 1700, so his attack now is now a whopping 2900 attack points!" he yelled to the heavens as their eyes widened at that big change as his monster glew red.
Turret Warrior: 1200 - 2900 attack points
"That's not all, I equip Marauding Captain with Magnum Shield!" On Marauding Captain's right arm disappeared his shorter sword for a shield that was red at the front, but around it was yellow with pointy tops at the left, top and bottom of it as the left side of the shield was yellow.
"With this, my Marauding Captain gains attack points equal to his defense points, which means he gains 400 attack points!" he yelled as his monster glew red for a bit.
Marauding Captain: 1200 - 1600 attack points
"It ain't much, but it is better than having a monster with only 1200 attack points." he said as he looked at his hand and he knew that this hand was perfect for the next turn if he drew the perfect hand, "I end my turn."
Turn 2. Syrus - 4000 lp - 5 cards
"My turn." said Syrus as he drew the top card of his deck as he looked at his hand. He looked over to the cards he could have for a decent combo as he looked over to 3 of his 4 monsters in his hand as he knew what kind of combo he can make with this.
"I will first start by normal summoning my Rocketroid!" on his side of the field appeared a machine that was way too cartoony to be taken seriously as the rocket was pitch jet black, while there was a red tip on top of the rocket.
(Rocketroid: Level 4 - Earth Machine - Attack: 1900. Defense: 500.)
Reginald laughed when he saw that machine appear on his side of the field as Syrus narrowed his eyes at him, "What is that little toy going to do to me? Smash into me, breaking most of the body parts so you could buy a new one?"
"No, but it can destroy a monster once per turn." said Syrus simply as Reginald stopped laughing as he looked at Syrus.
"Pardon?"
"I said that your Turret Warrior is now in shambles!" he yelled as then Rocketroid began to fly off and going straight towards Reggie's Turret Warrior, as before the Warrior could do anything, the monster was destroyed, but the Roid monster was kept intact.
The crowd cheered as Syrus then took a card from his hand, "That's not all, I activate Polymerization. I fuse my Steamroid and Gyroid from my hand!" he yelled as then a cartoonish looking locomotive and a helicopter appeared on his field only for them to turn into red and blue data as they swirled around each other, until they smacked each other to create a small explosion.
Syrus began to chant as best as he could, "Strength of a locomotive! Speed of a helicopter! Fuse together to create the fastest and strongest vehicle! I Fusion Summon! Steam Gyroid!" On his field appeared Steamroid, but with the braces removed, as the arms have been replaced with wings as on the back were wings, with the back of it being that of a train and of a plane.
(Steam Gyroid: Fusion - Level 6 - Earth Machine - Attack: 2200. Defense: 1600.)
Reginald know realized in what situation he was in, he was facing two monsters that were stronger than his Marauding Captain and he didn't have any Traps or Spells to negate this barrage.
He gritted his teeth, "You bastard." he said.
He ignored him as he thrusts his hand forward, "Go, Steam Gyroid, attack Marauding Captain with Train Twister!" he yelled as then his Fusion monster ran up to him by his wheels as it began to swing its arms viciously as Marauding Captain tried to shield himself by raising its Magnum Shield, but Steam Gyroid punched it, destroying it on impact and delivering a clean right hook as the monster disappeared in an explosion.
Reginald: 4000 - 3400 lp
Syrus: 4000 lp
"That's not all! Rocketroid will attack you directly with Aim Shoot!" he yelled as his monster began to charge directly towards Reginald as it landed directly on him, creating an explosion, as he was covered in dust as soon as the explosion was done.
He shook it off.
Reginald: 3400 - 1500 lp
Syrus: 4000 lp
"Nice work, there Private! Destroyin' his platoon before making a strike on the enemy was a great way to assert your position!" yelled Hassleberry as he cheered for him.
"Thanks." said Syrus as he smiled as he looked at his hand. It wasn't much, but it could work as a way to defend himself in Reggie's new turn.
He took a card, "I end my turn with a facedown." he said as then a card was set vertically behind Steam Gyroid and Rocketroid.
(A/N: End Theme.)
Turn 3. Reginald - 1500 lp - 2 cards
"You think you are funny, punk?! Just because you destroyed two of my monsters, you think you are hot stuff?!" yelled Reginald as he glared at Syrus who shrugged his shoulders.
"I might be if you are reacting this way towards only one turn." said Syrus as Reginald gritted his teeth.
"Whatever! You are a second rate duelist with a third rate deck!" For some reason, Seto Kaiba felt the need to copyright strike a child in his school and take him to court. "I draw." he said as he drew the top card of his deck as he looked at it and smirked.
(A/N: Play D/D/D Theme.)
"I will begin your defeat by activating the Spell card Monster Reborn!" he said as that card appeared on his side of the field as he took a card from his graveyard, "Thanks to this, I get to special summon a monster from our graveyards, so I will choose my Phoenix Gearfried!"
A massive tornado of fire appeared on the field as then from it appeared a knight with a white armour, red being on the legs, hips, head, chest, arms and even parts of it on his body and golden lining all over his body. Around him were purple orbs all over his body. He wielded a white, yellow and purple shield. He had purple eyes. He wielded a massive sword and wore a black cape on the back of his back as fire was on his back.
(Phoenix Gearfried: Level 8 - Gemini - Fire Warrior - Attack: 2800. Defense: 2200.)
"Damn! Look at the size of that monster!" yelled Jaden in shock as they were astonished by the look of this powerful warrior of the Phoenix.
"If you think that is bad, just wait as I normal summon Valkryian Knight!" on his field appeared a woman with yellow hair and silver eyes wearing a red armour with golden lining with fur on her hips with a purple cape on the back, holding a giant sword.
(Valkyrian Knight: Level 4 - Fire Warrior - Attack: 1900. Defense: 1200.)
"Another monster that makes the loop of not attacking the Warrior monster, interesting to see on why he didn't summon that monster earlier." said Bastion as he placed his hands under his chin.
"Now, to activate the last card in my hand, I equip my Phoenix Gearfried with my Phoenix Gearblade!" he yelled as on Gearfried's hands appeared a new sword that he changed it with his shield as the handle was that of a Phoenix as it was black and the bottom part was red, as the sword was much bigger on the top part, but it gets thinner more as it goes down.
"With this, my Gearfried gains 300 attack points!" yelled Reginald as his Fire Warrior began to glow red as the sword was engulfed in flames.
Phoenix Gearfried: 2800 - 3100 attack points
"Why do I feel like I have seen this combo before?" asked a green haired student by the name of Ridley with glasses as he crossed his arms in confusion.
"NOW! Time to battle!" yelled Reginald as he thought about the many ways this turn will, and he thought about the best one to show off one of his favourite monsters, "Valkryian Knight will attack your Rocketroid! Unknowing Fire!"
Syrus widened his eyes as he didn't expect this, but still, "You forget that your monster has the same attack as mine, so go Aim Shoot!" he yelled as Valkryian Knight ran towards Rocketroid as her blade was set on fire with tremendous speed as the rocket monster flew straight towards the female warrior as when it reached towards her, the female knight performed a horizontal slash, creating a small explosion, taking both monsters out.
Reginald and Syrus shielded themselves, but Reggie was more confident as he took her card and Warrior Dai Grepher from his graveyard, "Since she was destroyed, I get to banish her and Warrior Dai Grepher to activate her effect! I get to special summon 1 Level 5 or higher Warrior monster from my graveyard! So come out, Turret Warrior!" he yelled as he slammed the card on his duel disk.
"What?!" yelled most of the crowd in shock as the ground began rumbling as they saw a fist punching the ground as from it, appeared Turret Warrior, ready for action.
(Turret Warrior: Level 5 - Earth Warrior - Attack: 1200. Defense: 2000.)
"Wait, did you sacrifice one of your monsters just so you could summon one of your stronger monsters?!" yelled Syrus in shock as Reggie nodded.
"That's right! And let me be honest with you, pal, this is only the start!" he pushed his arm forward as he yelled, "Phoenix Gearfried attacks your Steam Gyroid with Rising Scorching Sun!" he yelled as his Phoenix Gearfried ran towards Steam Gyroid, but first Syrus acted first.
"Before you do, I activate my Trap, Supercharge! When you attack a Machine Type monster I control, I get to draw 2 cards!" he yelled as he drew the top 2 cards from his deck.
"Like that will stop you! My monster will still destroy your little toy!" Reggie yelled as his monster stopped in front of Steam Gyroid in a lowered position, as he took his Phoenix Gearblade and slashed the head of Steam Gyroid with a clean cut with fire all around from it.
Reginald: 1500 lp
Syrus: 4000 - 3100 lp
Now, Syrus was left with no monsters on his side of the field, no Spells or Traps, but with 3 cards in his hands, but this is still not bad. He will only lose a total of 1200 life points thanks to Turret Warrior, but it isn't too ba-
"Phoenix Gearblade has a different effect!" Him and his big mouth, "When my monster equipped with it attacks, it destroys itself…" From the hands of Phoenix Gearfried, his Gearblade exploded as his regular shield appeared in his hands.
Phoenix Gearfried: 3100 - 2800 attack points
"Which enables all of my Warrior and Fire monsters to make a second attack during the Battle Phase!" yelled Reggie as their eyes widened.
"WHAT?!" yelled everyone.
"You have got to be kidding me!" yelled Celina in shock as her eyes locked towards Syrus who was in shock as well.
"First, Turret Warrior attacks you directly with Rapid Blast Barrage Times Two!" yelled Reggie as all of the guns on top of Turret Warrior directed themselves directly towards Syrus as from it, began firing rapid bullets directly at Syrus and just when it looked like it was going to end, they forgot…
…it was only Round 1.
As the bullets began firing directly towards Syrus with an increase of bullets and firepower, Syrus fell on his knees as he was forced to take all of the shots from Reginald. The crew all watched in pain as soon as it was done, Syrus was standing on his two feet trying to catch his breath.
Reginald: 1500 lp
Syrus: 3100 - 1900 - 700 lp
Reginald laughed, "AHAHA! You see that! You are nothing! Nothing but a shell of your brother! You are loser! Someone who can't even get over someone like me! How much of a loser can you be you Slifer Slime!" he yelled as Syrus looked at him in the eyes.
"I am not a loser." he said.
"Sure you ain't. If you ain't a loser, you should be able to survive this! Go! Phoenix Gearfried attacks you directly! Rengoku!" His monster began to take one stance, placing his arms crossed from his chest as on its right side, the blade was engulfed in flames as they could all feel the immense power coming from this one monster as then a dragon head made out of pure fire appeared on Phoenix Gearfried.
The monster then began to charge directly towards Syrus, creating a small sonic boom, as the monster went as fast as possible, ready to destroy and defeat Syrus Truesdale once and for all.
"Syrus!" yelled Yusuke in worry, but Syrus grinned.
"Not so fast! I discard from my hand my Kiteroid! I can reduce battle damage from a direct attack to 0!" he yelled as he discarded the card from his hand as a purple kite appeared, stopping the Phoenix Gearfried from coming closer.
The crowd was silent.
Did Syrus do that?
Did Syrus Truesdale just stop an attack just like that?
The crowd…
The crowd began cheering for Syrus as Reggie was gripping his hand into a ball.
"Damn it! I was supposed to win!" yelled Reginald as Syrus grinned.
"Supposed to? I don't think so, I still have tricks in my bag!" he yelled as he looked at his two cards and smiled at them. He will do this.
"Whatever! I end my turn!" he yelled as he had nothing left to do.
(A/N: End Theme, but play Jack Atlas- Theme.)
Turn 4. Syrus - 700 lp - 2 cards
Syrus breathed in and out as he looked at the top card of his deck. The fact that he survived a turn like that was just shocking to him, it was amazing. Was this what it felt like to be Zane in impossible situations?
Because he had to admit, he would love to be in his older brother's shoes more often than not.
He looked at his hand and it was enough to destroy all of the monsters on his field, but not enough to attack and win him the game, but still, it was decent enough.
He placed his fingers on the top of his deck as he breathed in and out. He needed a monster that had 1500 or more attack points and he won the duel! "My turn! I draw!" he yelled as he drew the top card of his deck.
He flipped it and frowned. It was a Trap card that did nothing this turn, but hey. It was still worth a shot to have it just in case. He placed the card in his hand as he then took a different card, "Since you love Equip Spells so much, how about I play Future Fusion?!"
The audience gasped when that happened as three cards popped from his deck as he then took it, "With this, I can send monsters from my deck so I can special summon 1 Fusion monster from my Extra Deck and it counts as a Fusion Summon! I will send my Stealthroid, Turboroid and Strikeroid from my deck," he said as he sent them to his graveyard as he then took a card from his Extra Deck, "So I can Fusion Summon Solidroid Beta!"
On his side of the field appeared a brand new monster of his. Its arms counted as wings which were that of Stealthroid's wings as they were black with the rest of the top body being that of Stealthroid's body, as the middle part was that of Turboroid as it had his jet engines and his colour scheme and the bottom part being that of Strikeroid as it was red with it using engine as legs from Strikeroid. When it was summoned, it posed dramatically.
(Solidroid Beta: Fusion - Level 7 - Earth Machine - Attack: 2500. Defense: 1900.)
"Daaaaannnnggg. Nice monster, Sy." said Sora as the rest nodded with him when he said that.
"You think that overpriced toy can even scratch Phoenix Gearfried?!" yelled Reginald as Syrus smirked.
"Oh, I don't think so, I know that it will! Because you see, when Solidroid Beta is summoned, I get to destroy one monster on your side of the field!" yelled Syrus as their eyes widened once more when they heard that effect. What is up with Syrus lately?!
"Are you kidding me?!" yelled Reginald as from the engine from Strikeroid appeared red energy from it as it began charging up.
"I am not at all kidding! Go, Solid Cutter!" yelled Syrus as from the engine from Solidroid Beta came out red energy as they went ahead towards Phoenix Gearfried as like it was slashed, which cut the powerful warrior into two as then he began to yell in pain as it then exploded.
Reggie had to cover himself, "Damn it."
"Sadly, during the turn a monster was summoned thanks to Future Fusion can not attack." said Syrus sadly, but then smiled as he then took a card from his hand, "However, I can still play this! Payroid! This card targets 1 Roid Fusion monster on my side of the field like my Solidroid Beta," he pointed at his monster, "Well, with this he loses 1000 attack points!"
Solidroid Beta: 2500 - 1500 attack points
"Then, I get to destroy one monster on your side of the field!" yelled Syrus as Reggie's eyes widened.
"Are you fucking kidding me?!" yelled Reginald as then his Turret Warrior blew up into massive pixels as he had to cover himself up from that attack. He gritted his teeth, he will make sure that he pays.
"Sadly, I haven't drawn any monsters so I will set this card and call it a turn." he said as then a card was then set vertically behind his new Fusion monster.
(A/N: End Theme, but play Dancing Theme.)
Turn 5. Reginald - 1500 lp - 0 cards
Reginald breathed in and out as he had to make that little squirt pay for what he has done. "I had it! I am tired of your toys making me look like a joke!"
"Yeah because you do such a good job doing that yourself!" yelled Chazz with a grin.
"Shut it!" he said as he drew the top card of his deck and he looked at it. He grinned, "I activate Spellbook from the Pot! With this, both of us get to draw 3 cards from our decks!" he yelled as both him and Syrus drew the top 3 cards of their deck.
Reginald looked over to his hand and smiled as he had an amazing combo coming up soon enough, "I will first play my Unexpected Dai! If I control no monsters on my side of the field, I get to special summon 1 Level 4 or lower Normal monster from my deck!" he said as then a card popped out of his deck as he then took it.
"So come out, Celtic Guardian!" they were shocked to hear a monster like that be named, but then an elf with long green hair, amber eyes, green helmet with silver lining around it and a gem on the front of it with purple marking on it as the armour was green and silver as the body had orange shirt to cover up his skin, as he had yellow pants, blue cape and a sword with an orange handle.
(Celtic Guardian: Level 4 - Earth Warrior - Attack: 1400. Defense: 1200.)
The crowd was shocked to see a monster used by the King Of Games himself on Reggie's field of all field as it was one of his most popular Normal monsters he used, with the only ones more popular being Gaia, Summoned Skull and The Dark Magician.
"How did he get a card like that?!" yelled Skye in shock.
"More importantly, why is he using that card in his deck?" asked Bastion, "I am not undermining his importance, but that card just simply doesn't work with his deck style." he said as they did understand what he meant by that, but he didn't mind seeing a monster like that.
"Since that was a Special Summon, I will now normal summon one of his friends in need! Come out, Celtic Guard Of Noble Arms!" On his field appeared a monster that looked like the Celtic Guardian, but there were some differences. For the first one, the tattoo on his face was green, his armour looked more advanced than the other and it covered more parts of the body as it was more of an aquatic green with light green shirt and pants with green gloves, as the cape was purple and it had 2 swords instead of one.
(Celtic Guard Of Noble Arms: Level 4 - Earth Warrior - Attack: 2100. Defense: 700.)
"T-Two Celtic Guards?!" yelled Syrus in surprise as Reggie grinned in delight.
"Nope! Not two, but three! You see, my Celtic Guard allows me to special summon 1 Celtic Guard from my hand, come here, Obnoxious Celtic Guardian!" he yelled as he took the last card of his deck and slammed it on his duel disk.
On his field appeared another Celtic Guardian, but this time, they were some differences, like his cape being purple, the mark on his face was shorter than before and his gauntlets were yellow.
"I am so obnoxious." said Obnoxious Celtic Guardian as everyone looked at the monster in shock.
(Obnoxious Celtic Guardian: Level 4 - Earth Warrior - Attack: 1400. Defense: 1200.)
They were shocked for many reasons. First, Obnoxious Celtic Guardian just talked, but it didn't feel like it was a Duel Spirit, rather it felt like it was programmed in for the monster. Second, he was using monsters used by the King Of Games. Third, he was able to summon 3 monsters on his side of the field with ease and if everything goes well, he would've won the duel right here and now.
The three elves stood tall as they all looked mighty, like they were blessed with magic and as if their leader was well equipped with swords that could negate magic itself.
"Time to battle! Celtic Guard Of Noble Arms attacks and destroys your Solidroid Beta with Origin Flash!" yelled Reginald as his monster's double swords began to glow as it swung both of them, creating large slashes that went through Solidroid Beta as it then exploded.
Syrus covered himself from the dust as they all looked at him in worry as he barely had any life points left.
Reginald: 1500 lp
Syrus: 700 - 100 lp
"Here is the kicker! When Celtic Guard Of Noble Arms deals damage to you, I get to draw cards equal to the number of Celtic Guard monsters I control, since I control 3, I get to draw 3 cards!" he yelled as he drew the top cards of his deck as he smirked as he looked at them.
"Time to end this! Celtic Guardian attacks you directly with Silver Blade Slash!" he yelled as Celtic Guardian ran up towards Syrus as he widened his eyes.
"Private!" yelled Hassleberry as he nearly fainted.
"Not so fast, I activate Back To The Front! With this, I can special summon a monster from my graveyard in defense mode, so I choose my Gyroid!" a card appeared from his graveyard slot as he then took it and slammed it as then on his side of the field appeared a cartoonish looking helicopter.
(Gyroid: Level 3 - Wind Machine - Attack: 1000. Defense: 1000.)
The Elf continued to run towards the newly summoned monster as it raised its blade as it tried to cut it, but it's metal was too strong to cut it. "Too bad for you, Gyroid can't be destroyed the first time it would be destroyed!" yelled Syrus.
Reggie gritted his teeth, "Fine then! Obnoxious Celtic Guard, destroy that little toy with Celtic Blade Slash Attack!" he yelled as then Obnoxious Celtic Guard then ran towards Gyroid and tried to cut it and it succeeded with one easy swoop of his hand.
The elf returned towards his master as he gritted his teeth that he wasn't able to beat that shrimp. Hassleberry jumped from his seat, "Little man, please stop doing this! I nearly fainted!"
"Sorry!"
Reggie sighed as he took a card from his hand, "Once my turn comes, you are finished." he said as he set a card face down.
(A/N: End Theme.)
Turn 6. Syrus - 100 lp - 3 cards
Syrus looked at his hand and smiled it was a great hand to summon out a monster, but it felt like he could use another monster or two to win this game, but he didn't mind it. He would've liked to have more for this turn, but hey he could get something interesting here.
"My turn, I draw." said Syrus as he drew the top card of his deck and looked at it. It was Elemental Hero Prisma! One of Jay's cards.
He turned around to see Jaden and gave him a smile, to which he realized what just happened and nodded back.
Syrus turned to see Reggie as he looked at his hand, he decided to leave it for next turn if it was really urgent, but he is sure that it won't last too long. He then took a card from his graveyard, "I now activate the effect of my Payroid from my graveyard! I can banish it…" he said as he placed it in his pocket as he began to explain, "...so I can target 1 Roid Fusion monster from my Extra Deck…"
He took a card from his Extra Deck and revealed it to be Super Vehicroid Jumbo Drill and then returned it, "So I can add the Fusion Materials from my deck and/or graveyard straight to my hand," two cards popped out of his deck as he then took them and then a card from his graveyard, "So I will add from my deck my Drillroid and Submarineroid and from my graveyard my Steamroid!"
"Which I will now fuse thanks to Polymerization! I fuse from my hand my Drillroid, Submarineroid and Steamroid to create a new monster!" he yelled as a cartoonish looking drill, submarine and a locomotive appeared on his field as then they turned into red, blue and green data as they began to swirl around each other as they then smacked into each other to create a new beast.
"Strength of a locomotive! Shield destroying of a drill! Agility of a submarine! Fuse together to create the most powerful of vehicles! I Fusion Summon! Appear, Super Vehicroid Jumbo Drill!" as then on his field appeared a massive monster behind him, as it on the front was a massive drill as the bottom parts of it was that of a locomotive with sharp claws as the base of the whole vehicle was a submarine as the front was blue, but around the middle and then straight towards the bottom was reddish pink.
(Super Vehicroid Jumbo Drill: Fusion - Level 8 - Earth Machine - Attack: 3000. Defense: 2000.)
"Alright! Just one more move and Syrus won the game!" yelled Alexis as the rest of the crowd began to cheer for the little guy.
Crowler and Bonaparte were surprised to see someone like him do moves like this in the first place, but it does make sense since he is the brother of Zane.
"Time to battle! Super Vehicroid Jumbo Drill attacks your Celtic Guardian with Giga Drill Break!" yelled Syrus as then his Fusion monster began charging towards as the drill began going round and round as fast as possible as it wanted to destroy the normal monster with all of its might.
Sadly, "I don't think so! I activate Waboku! This negates all damage and my monsters are safe from harm!" yelled Reggie as then a group of nuns with blue robes appeared on the field as it stopped the Drill monster from attacking his monsters.
"Ahh man! I was so close!" yelled Syrus as his monster returned back to him.
"Sorry, so close, but yet so far, and go ahead, end your turn." said Reginald as he looked at his hand, "Because I have a monster that is just waiting for you." he said as Syrus knew that this isn't a good thing, but looking at his deck, he didn't have a single move left.
He hates to admit this, but he is right. He closed his eyes and said, "I have nothing left. I end my turn." he said sadly.
(A/N: Play Varis Theme.)
Turn 7. Reginald - 1500 lp - 2 cards
"And you will end with nothing left on your field! I draw!" yelled Reggie as he drew the top card of his deck as he then looked at it. He smirked as he saw another Equip Spell, a one that could help him in defeating this squirt.
Speaking of Equip Spells, "I activate from my graveyard my Divine Sword - Phoenix Blade! I banish 2 Warriors from my graveyard like my Turret Warrior and Phoenix Gearfried," he took those two cards from his graveyard and placed them in his pocket as he then took the Equip Spell from his graveyard, "so I can add it to my hand." he said as he took it and placed it in his hands.
He then took a card from his hand and smiled evily as he looked at it. They could feel it, something bad is going to be summoned, "This monster will be the end of you. I sacrifice all of my Celtic Guardians!" all three monsters disappeared.
"Wait, 3 tributes?!" yelled Skye.
"Uhm, guys?" everyone turned to Jaden, "What monster needs 3 tributes?" he asked in slight fear as no one could blame him.
"The only monsters I could think of that need 3 tributes are Gravekeeper's Oracle, Beast King Barbaros," started Bastion as he began to think on top of his head, "Moisture Creature, Victory Dragon and…" his eyes widened as he remembered one monster.
"No way." said Yusuke and Alexis as they remembered that monster.
Reggie began to chant, "The legendary warrior come out! Destroy all of your enemies with your power of lightning! As they all fall to your knees! I Tribute Summon! Gilford The Lightning!" As then on his side of the field appeared a legendary monster used by Joey Wheeler himself.
It was a warrior that had a black ponytail as the helmet looked like that of a fallen dragon by his hands as the armour around his chest, shoulders and torso were all of about that fallen dragon as it was grey and the claws were yellow, as he also had gauntlets with grey colouring, and black sleeveless gloves. He had tan skin with an impressive build, as he wore a robe around his hips and a cape that were dark orange as he held in his hands a powerful lightning blade. The mere presence of this powerful monster made other monsters nearly fall to their knees.
(Gilford The Lightning: Level 8 - Light Warrior - Attack: 2800. Defense: 1400.)
Everyone stood in silence as they saw a powerful monster used by Joey Wheeler himself that made his duel against Yami Marik easier and one of his strongest monsters, used by Reginald, which was shocking to see.
How does he get this much powerful monsters from popular duelists?
"Now, normally Gilford can be summoned with 2 Tributes, but when he is summoned with 3 Tributes, there is an amazing catch! When he is summoned that way, all of your monsters are destroyed!" yelled Reginald.
"AHH MAN!" yelled in shock Syrus as Gilford's powerful blade began to glow in electricity as he raised his hands higher.
"That's right! Go! Heat Lightning!" yelled Reggie as then Gilford unleashed a long ranged upwards sword slash as from it went down powerful lightning as it was like that of black lightning, going straight towards Super Vehicroid Jumbo Drill as it then exploded from all of the electricity going around it.
Syrus had to cover himself, but he felt like this was only the start of this.
Reginald laughed, "See that?! That's a real monster! I will show you what I mean! I activate Lightning Blade!" Gilford's sword has now begun to cover itself in green lightning going all around the sword, "Then I will activate Jewel Sword!" The handle now became that of an angel as the wings were silver as that of an eagle, most likely made out of mercury, "Now, I play Divine Sword - Phoenix Blade!" the entire sword then changed into that of Divine Sword as it was now more broader with the middle being dark silver while around it was a more lighter silver than before.
"Three Equips all at the same time?!" yelled Ray in shock.
"Sam Hill!"
"I am sorry, I think I forgot to tell you how much he has gained attack points, Lightning Blade gives him a 800 boost, Jewel Sword gives him a 300 boost and Divine Sword gives him an extra 300 boost! So altogether, a 1400 boost of attack points!" he yelled as his monster began to glow red.
Gilford The Lightning: 2800 - 4200 attack points
"Over 4000 attack points?!" yelled Sora in surprise.
"Great Scott!"
"Sy, you can still win this!" yelled Jaden as Syrus readied himself for the attack.
"Like hell he will! Gilford The Lightning, attack that little shrimp with Flaming Thunder God!" Gilford then began to take a stance that was was similar that to Phoenix Gearfried, but this time the sword was around his hips as then a yellow Japanese dragon that was shaped as a lightning bolt then appeared as the sword and dragon begun to spark in flames.
The monster then charged at him at what felt like the speed of light as the dash single handedly created a powerful sonic boom at the end as he was ready to deliver a singular forward slash, but then… a kite appeared on Syrus' field.
"I banish Kiteroid from my graveyard to negate a direct attack!" yelled Syrus as he took the card from his graveyard and placed it in his pocket as then the kite stopped the powerful slash from Gilford The Lighting.
"Are you serious?! You are a cockroach!" yelled Reginald.
"DAMN IT, PRIVATE! DO THAT AGAIN AND I WILL HAVE A HEART ATTACK!" yelled Hassleberry as Syrus looked at him.
"Sorry!" Gilford returned to Reginald.
"God damn it! You are so god damned lucky, you know that?! But hey, nothing would work out that in the Pro League if you keep using your luck!" yelled Reginald.
"Oh yeah?! What does that mean?!" yelled Syrus in defiance.
"Well, do I have to spell it out for you?! You will never be as good as Zane," Syrus' eyes widened when he heard that, "You are nothing like your brother! You know that?! So why don't you just quit, eh? I end my turn." he said as Syrus gritted his teeth.
(A/N: End Theme.)
Turn 8. Syrus - 100 lp - 3 cards
"How about you quit, huh?!" yelled Syrus as they all looked at him in shock when he said that.
"Woah, did not expect that, from the Private." said Hassleberry as the rest nodded.
"Do you know how tiring it is for me to constantly be compared to my older brother? Every single time I am ever talked to, it was always about my older brother, and you know what?! I don't resent him for that!" he yelled as he looked at the ground, "He was confident, he was great in sports, got good grades, great at dueling, popular, but there is just me. His younger brother."
"But then I heard him out, that I shouldn't be scared and that I should be happy that I went this far, so you know what! He is right! I will no longer be scared of losing to someone like you! I will make sure that I make a name of myself and it is time that I faced my fear! Right here and RIGHT NOW!" yelled Syrus as he drew the top card of his deck as he then looked at it.
(A/N: Play Sorairo Days.)
He smirked as he looked at it. He had the perfect combo.
"I activate the Quick-Play Spell, Cybernetic Fusion Support! With this I pay half of my life points…" a blue aura appeared around Syrus.
Reginald: 1500 lp
Syrus: 100 - 50 lp
"So I can now use monsters from my hand, field and graveyard as Fusion Materials for a Fusion Summon! Go, Polymerization!" he said as then on his field appeared a Crystalsapien and Super Vehicroid Jumbo Drill, "I fuse from my hand my Elemental Hero Prisma and from my graveyard my Super Vehicroid Jumbo Drill to create my strongest monster ever!" he said as both monsters turned into red and blue data as they began to swirl around each other as they then smacked into each other.
Syrus began to chant, "Shapeshifting Hero! Drill of the roids! Fuse together to show the most powerful combination of a man and a machine! Elemental Hero Roidman!" on his side of the field appeared a monster with Prisma's built, but with Super Vehicroid Jumbo Drill's colouring scheme as it looked like the machine was wrapped around the monster. The top was dark blue and then below it was reddish pink, as the feet were Steamroid's wheels, but on its right side was a massive drill.
The monster posed directly towards his enemy as it looked at Gilford The Lightning as the monster glared at him.
(Elemental HERO Roidman: Fusion - Level 8 - Earth Machine - Attack: ?. Defense: ?.)
Everyone stared at the monster in awe as they admired the monster as Jaden looked at it as he remembered that day as it was yesterday, when Syrus was able to summon this magnificent beast of machine against the Tyler Sisters and he was glad to see him this confident in himself.
"Hah! Like that Super Hero can even compare to my Warrior of Lightning!" yelled Reggie as Syrus smirked.
"Maybe not right now, but its strength comes in his Fusion Materials, infact, his attack points are the combined attack of the Fusion Materials!" yelled Syrus as Reggie widened his eyes as he walked backwards.
Elemental HERO Roidman: ? + 1700 + 3000 = 4700 attack points
"4700 attack points?!" yelled Reggie in shock as he didn't have anything to stop this attack from destroying his monster.
"That's right! You are going to feel all of it! Go, Roidman destroy his Gilford Of Lightning! Machinery Drill Break!" yelled Syrus as the monster raised his hand as the drill on its hands began to go crazy as it then pointed the drill straight towards Gilford and charged directly towards him.
"Hah!" Reggie yelled at him, "Go ahead! I will still have enough life points to survive this turn and because Gilford was destroyed, I can draw a card!" he said with confidence.
"Who told you that you will survive?" asked Syrus as all of them looked at him.
"What?"
"Because, I activate Battle Fusion! He gains attack points equal to the monster he is attacking, so he gains 4200 attack points!" yelled Syrus as his monster began to glow red for a bit as the drill became even more powerful.
Elemental HERO Roidman: 4700 - 8900 attack points
"OVER 8000 ATTACK POINTS?!" yelled Sora in shock as they looked as the powerful Eletric monster was trying to survive this battle, but it couldn't stop as the drill went through the legendary warrior.
Once it was done, Roidman posed behind Reginald after drilling through Gilford The Lightning as there was an explosion.
Once it was all done, they saw Syrus stood tall with a smirk on his face as he closed his eyes with Reginald was on his feet as the only monster on the field was Roidman. It was clear.
Reginald: 1500 - 0 lp
Syrus: 50 lp
SYRUS TRUESDALE: WINNER!
(A/N: End Theme.)
Syrus won the duel all on his own.
Syrus Truesdale. Won that duel without any help.
Everyone stood up as they began to clap and cheer for the little guy, even Chazz as he grumbled something, as all of the holograms disappeared.
Even Crowler and Bonaparte clapped for the victory for Truesdale. Hassleberry cried "Oh, they grow up so fast." he said.
Crowler walked up to the stage, "My oh my! That was a spectacular duel between these two duelists, wasn't it?!" yelled Crowler as they cheered. Reginald and Syrus walked up to him, with the former doing it more grudgingly. "Before we congratulate the victory of Zane's little brother…"
"OH FOR FUCK'S SAKE!" thought Syrus.
"We have to give it up for Reggie here!" he yelled as he showed his hand towards the brown haired boy with the Warrior deck.
"He was able to summon out very powerful monsters each turn with vastly different number of Equip Spells, summoning out monsters with over 2500 attack points almost each turn, use monsters used by the King Of Games himself and Joey Wheeler, and almost managing to beat Syrus Truesdale on numerous of occasions! Everyone give a round of applause to Reginald!" he said as most of the arena cheered for him.
I said most, because Chazz would not be seen dead cheering for him.
"Now to give the applause to the winner of this duel, Syrus! Managing to make use of his…unique deck to say the least, managing to summon very powerful Fusion monsters every turn with varying of strength, managing to somehow survive every turn as if his life depended on it, with even having a total of 50 life points when he won the duel and even summoning a monster with a total of 8900 attack points. Everyone give a round of applause to Syrus!" everyone, even Chazz as he was threatened by Celina to do so, began clapping for Syrus Truesdale.
Syrus looked around and he never felt this happy. To see how much he has been accepted by them, to make them feel proud, he can be proud of himself and confident. He looks at Jaden and smiles. He can finally not be in someone's shadow.
Crowler then coughed into his hand as Syrus turned to him, "Alright, so Syrus Truesdale, I would like to promote you to Ra Yellow," Syrus slightly widened his eyes when hearing that, "I am not lowering your skills as a duelist, but I could tell that you have more room to grow if you want to be an Obelisk Blue and your deck building skills are… not bad. You will one day become an Obelisk Blue, but for right now, I promote your rank as a Ra Yellow. Do you accept?" he asked.
He was sweating bullets inside. So far his plan didn't work at all since two of them publicly rejected it and Jaden was kicked out because of an armadillo that he placed in the school on his own, so he was his only saving grace.
Syrus was quiet as he then looked at him, "Sure, I would love to be a Ra Yellow." he said as Crowler smiled at this as Bonaparte widened his eyes. Out of all of them, he was the one that made this plan somewhat work?
Crowler grinned ear to ear, "Great to hear that! Everyone, I want all of you to give applause to Syrus Truesdale as the new Ra Yellow!" he yelled as everyone around them began cheering, especially the Ra Yellow, including Bastion, Hassleberry and Ray.
Jaden smiled at seeing his best friend be a Ra Yellow, as he was proud of the little guy.
Later
"What are you doing here, you little shrimp?!" yelled Hassleberry as he and Jaden were shocked to see Syrus in their room with a grin on his face, wearing a new outfit. A Ra Yellow outfit to be exact.
"What I am doing here, is going to sleep, Sarge." he said with a sassy tone.
"But you are a Ra Yellow, not a Slifer Red!" said Hassleberry.
"Look who's talking! Just because I am a Ra Yellow now, doesn't mean I am not a Slifer Red at heart!" said Syrus as he smiled at himself.
"Oh since when did you become so confident?!" yelled Hassleberry as he looked at him.
"Today." said simply Syrus.
"Well, if I have to say this, I am glad that you are still here, Sy! Always great to see my friends here!" said Jaden as he smiled at him as he saw a notification on the news on which Pro Duelists are going to duel tomorrow.
"Well that is great to hear, Jay, because I ain't leaving." said Syrus as Hassleberry sighed.
"I guess if it makes the Sarge happy, then I am fine with it. Right, Sarge?" Hassleberry looked at Jaden who had widened eyes. "Sarge? Is something wrong?"
Jaden turned to his roommates as he showed the news on who is dueling.
Their eyes widened.
"Oh. Oh." both of them said at the same time as they saw who it was dueling.
Aster Phoenix against Zane Truesdale.
Well… this just got interesting.
Authors Notes:
Okay! Done! SORRY FOR THE WAIT! I went to the sea for a week, wrote 2 one shots on my AO3 and FFNET as I came back on Wednesday and I wrote this, 14k chapter.
Okay time to discuss this chapter. I decided to add some Zane and Syrus interactions 'cause I was a bit disappointed to see not much of them interacting outside of their duel, which was pretty good, so I decided to write it before Hell Kaiser and his duel against Aster Phoenix.
I changed Syrus' opponent to Reginald Van Howell III because Missy from the original episode was as plain as rice and that outfit… how did they allow that in Duel Academy? I wanted to give Reggie some new cards for his deck and even some cool Warrior monsters used by Yusei, Yugi, Joey and Theodore Hamilton. He was plain, but writing a deck like that was fun.
What wasn't fun was writing Syrus' deck. Seriously, that is the most painful deck to write as it took me like 2 days to figure out how to write his deck, it was impossible. I wanted to give him Mixeroid, but it wouldn't fit, but I might add it later on. I also I gave Chazz Gorz because that card is badass.
Next up is Aster vs Zane, and I can't wait to write that duel because of many reasons, but one of the biggest one is something that I can't say, but I it does rhyme with Shmaden Shmuki. I wanted to write Ray, Sora, Hassleberry and Syrus fight for the title of Jaden's best friend, but then I thought it was kind of weird as it is kind of backwards for Syrus' development.
I won't update this for a while because I have an idea for a fic that I will start a day after I publish this. An idea for Black Clover, where Yuno has his Star and Wind Magic because of him being the reincarnation of Licht and Tetia's half-human and half-elf child at the start, with some OCs in the mix. I am not good with action, but I hope I could make it work.
I think that is about it so see ya'!
Made Up Cards:
Payroid: Normal Spell - Target 1 "roid" Fusion monster on your side of the field: It loses 1000 attack points, but destroy 1 monster on your opponent's side of the field. You can banish this card from your graveyard, not on the turn you sent this card to the graveyard: You can target 1 "Roid" Fusion monster in your Extra Deck: add the Fusion materials from your deck and/or graveyard to your hand.
