AN: Hello, I have the next chapter here. We now check in on the Obelisk Blues as they work through a little project. However, the star of this chapter is everyone's favorite psychopath. With his duel, I not only have the debut of his main deck but have done some creative things to bolster its intimidation factors. Hope you enjoy this chapter, leave a review with your comments and questions, and have a nice day.

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Chapter 35 – The Traptrix

In the middle of the night, an explosion occurred at the island's central power supply station. On one end, a man in a grey trench coat and fedora fell to his knees. In doing so, the hat fell off. The head underneath was scorched in burn marks, but the face was covered by some green metallic mask and red eyes. Suddenly, the body started to fade like a spirit, "I-impossible." The man spoke, "How could I lose to a child?"

"Is that all?" a voice spoke from the other side of the smoke cloud. As the man looked up, he saw eyes with a piercing purple glow, "I expected more from the Great and Terrifying Jinzo." The voice sarcastically spoke while walking out of the smoke, revealing himself to be the sadistic Obelisk Blue, "Granted, I did come prepared to defeat a duel spirit." Yuri spoke as stood in front of Jinzo, his duel disk gleaming with the same purple glow of his eyes, "Now, to take my prize." He said before the purple light enveloped the area.

The next morning.

Just outside the Duel Academy Forest, a class of Obelisk Blue students was met by their headteacher, "The Chancellor may have extended this Duel Sprites holiday, but I will not let any of you become slackers because of it." Dr. Crowler spoke before clearing his throat, "However, I was told to make the assignment 'fun' and 'outdoorsy' this time. So, you will be going through woods to examine plants and insects." He spoke before crossing his arms, "Come back here in forty minutes with your finding and notes to receive a grade. But arrive with nothing or be one minute late and it is an F! Any questions?"

"Uh, how does this relate to dueling?" One Obelisk student asked.

"And what happens if we get lost?" another student added on.

"As you know for your other classes, many cards were drawn from real-world inspiration. Plants and insects are integral parts of our ecosystem." Dr. Crowler responded to the first question, "Which makes them important to understand and recognize for dueling." He said before sighing, "As for the second question, this assignment will cooperative. Work in groups of two so you do not get lost." The headteacher of Obelisk Blue then looked around his class, "You may pair up as you like, but tell me who your partner is before leaving." He said before seeing one female student's hand being raised.

"I'll partner with Yuri," Alexis offered, "Since he is still new to the island, I can show him around."

"Oh, that's so kind of you." Yuri responded, "I'll accept your offer, Lexie."

"Perfect." Dr. Crowler said with a smile, "My two star-students on the same team. I expect great things." He said before his smile slightly faded, "The rest of you can make your pairs before going into the woods."

As the class started to disperse, Alexis let out a sigh before Chazz and Atticus walked up to her, "What are you doing?" The endearing Obelisk Blue asked his sister, "That guy is bad news, we all saw what he did to Weiss."

"I know, which is why I need to keep an eye on him." Alexis spoke in a hushed voice, knowing Yuri was only a few feet away, "Ruby asked me to get some information out of him, she doesn't trust the guy. And to be honest, neither do I."

"Well, you seem dead set on this." Chazz responded with a sigh, "But you're not doing this alone. Atticus and I will keep close by in case something happens." He said with the endearing Obelisk Blue nodding.

"Thanks." Alexis responded before turning around, "But don't forget to do your own notes. You don't want to fail after just getting back into this dorm." She said while looking back with a smile. Chazz responded in kind, but with a bit more blush on his face.

A short while into the field assignment, the students had spread out into the forest. The pair of Yuri and Alexis walked by the trees, but the sadistic Obelisk Blue took the lead, "I must say, this island has a fascinating biome." He spoke with a smile on his face, "It has so many plants that should not grow here."

"From what I heard, they were brought over for research and experimentation." Alexis commented, "Lucky, none of them were poisonous. So, we have nothing to fear."

"Oh, I wouldn't say that." Yuri responded, a slight grin forming, "Things can be deadly without being toxic. He said before looking up, seeing a spider's web with a moth trapped in the silk, "In fact, most predators rely more on their wit before their venom." He said while pointing up, but Alexis crossed her arms, "What?"

"You know we are talking about plants, right?" Alexis responded, "They aren't predators?"

"Oh Lexie, I thought you were the smart one." Yuri responded, slightly shaking his head before continue, "Anything can become a predator if it means life or death. That's simply how nature works." He said before looking to his right, "Ah, a perfect example." The sadistic Obelisk Blue said before pointing, "Take a look at that plant."

Alexis walked over, looking towards a patch of green leaves that had a red interior. These plants had thin tips on the edges, almost like its teeth, "It's a Venus Flytrap." The lovely Obelisk Blue commented.

"Correct, now watch," Yuri said as a small swarm of flies buzzed around the plants. One landed on the redder portion, sucking what neuter it could find. Into its exploitation, the bug made small contact with hairs standing upright on the leaf. Suddenly, the trap was activated, and the fly was locked between the leaves in its clutches, "A predator a work. Now, it has food for over a week instead of having to rely on its own nutrients." He said before clapping his hands together, "Oh, this will make an excellent topic for the assignment!" Yuri said before taking out a notebook and began writing.

"You seem to know a lot about plants," Alexis commented.

"You could say that." Yuri responded with a laugh, "I am simply one to come prepared for all circumstances." He said before continuing to write the report. However, Alexis had a look of slight worry. She glanced by to the Venus flytrap, seeing other leaves catch more victims. In looking back up at the web, she saw the spider had returned to an exhausted moth, the venomous fangs about to be sunk into its prey. As Alexis looked back to Yuri, he simply continues to write his notes, humming a gleeful tone while doing so.

Meanwhile.

A short distance away, Atticus and Chazz were walking through the bushes, "They should be close by," the endearing Obelisk Blue spoke, "We can't overhear them talking, but we should be able to hear if Alexis screams."

"I would rather it not come to that." Chazz spoke, "I'm not going to let that little creep hurt Alexis."

"He won't if he knows what's good for him," Atticus responded, but then saw something out of the corner of his eye, "What the?"

"What is it?" Chazz said as he followed. The two made their way to a tree with a massive red flower beside it. The diameter was more than half the height of either student. Its five petals each having multiple bumps on them. The center bud was almost like a hole with spikes at the bottom. "That thing is huge! Do flowers even get this big?" Chazz said before having an idea, "We should do our report on this, that's an easy A and gets it out of the way so we can watch Alexis."

"Great idea," Atticus said with a smile.

"Perfect, let's start taking notes." Chazz responded, "Do you have the notebook?"

"…I thought you had it?" Atticus asked.

"…" Chazz sighed, "Okay, why don't we just take the flower with us and show it Dr. Crowler. He will be more impressed by that than some dumb notes."

"Yeah, you're right!" Atticus responded before he and Chazz got around the flower, "Help me make sure we don't damage it, then I'll carry it around."

"Thanks," Chazz responded before another idea came to his mind. "Heh, I wound what Alexis would say if I gave her a flower this b-" he said before the two were about to lift.

However, they had taken a deep breath while their face was near the bud of the flower. Inhale its odor, their faces turned a mixture of green and purple, "AAAAAAAAHHH!" Chazz and Atticus screamed as they quickly pulled away from the flower.

"What is that smell!" Chazz panicked, "It's like rotten meat mixed with stunk oil blended in an old shoe!"

"My eyes, it's in my eyes." Atticus said before covering his face, "That is like a dumpster fire where the dumpster was filled with dirty diapers and moldy cheese."

"Water, we need water!" Chazz said before his cheeks start to puff.

"Yeah, this way!" Atticus said, still covering his face as he ran blindly through the woods. Chazz tried to call out that the river was in the other direction. However, he could not open his mouth for fear of letting more than his words spill out. Instead, the affluent Obelisk Blue ran after Atticus, "I think it is just over the way-" Atticus said before his body dropped into the earth. Chazz's eyes widened in shock, but he could not stop himself from making the same mistake, falling into a deep hope.

The two tumbled down a good distance before landing at the bottom. Upon looking up, they saw what seemed like the silhouette of a young girl. However, behind the girl was something nightmarish. Its red eyes glaring down at the two Obelisk Blue students.

Meanwhile.

"There. Let's see what else we can find." Yuri said before closing his notebook and continuing his walk, "There is still so much more of this island I want to explore."

"Hold it," Alexis responded, "Before we continue, I have a question." She said while Yuri continued to walk, "How did you know Ruby's name before you two met?" the lovely Obelisk Blue said, causing him to stop. "It's like you already knew her, but how?"

"If you're asking how I knew her name was Ruby Rose," Yuri responded, turning his head to look back at Alexis, "Simple, I guessed." He said with a smirk, "I mean, what other name do you have for a girl that dresses in that much red? Sure, it is the uniform of her dorm, but the cape is a bit much. It almost like she wanted to be called one of those stupid hero names from comic books. So, Ruby Rose came to mind as the most logical guess." She said with a slight giggle in his voice, "Color me surprised that I was one-hundred percent right. Still, I do not put it past me."

"Do you expect me to believe that?" Alexis responded, but Yuri maintained his smirk.

The two then maintained a staring contest, when a pair of screams were heard, "Oh, sounds like a couple of girls are in trouble."

"That was Atticus and Chazz," Alexis said before running off in the direction of the noise. Yuri watched her leave for a few seconds, then followed with a grin. The two made it near where they thought the shouting was heard from. However, the lovely Obelisk Blue was pinching her nose, "Yikes, what is wrong with that flower?"

"Rafflesia arnoldii." Yuri said, speaking a safe distance away from the smell, "Also known as the Corpse Flower for smelling like a …well, that should be about as obvious as what the Venus Flytrap does."

"But where are-?" Alexis said while examining the area, then discovering footsteps in the dirt. In following them, she and Yuri discovered a large hole in the ground. "What is this!?"

"The trap of a predator." Yuri responded, "One that looks to have caught its prey."

"Oh no," Alexis said with a line of sweat running down her face, "Yuri, I'm going down there. You go get Dr. Crowler and bring him back here."

"Hm, no." Yuri responded, "I would rather see what is down there than waste my time up here." He said with her gritting her teeth at anger at that comment. However, gasped at the sincere smile on his face, "You can go get the teacher, I will save those two fools."

"Wait what!?" Alexis said while Yuri casually jumped down the hole. She readied to jump after him but knew they need to get the help of the teachers first. She ran off back towards the academy, leaving an ominous silence over the trap hole.

At the bottom of the hole, Yuri patted the dirt off his pants before discovering the dark tunnel in front of him. In taking out his duel disk, the purple light had illuminated his path. While walking down for some time, he felt his steps growing heavy. In looking down, the sadistic Obelisk Blue saw that the floor was now more silk than dirt. In shining his light, he saw that the walls were also of the same texture now. However, in looking forwards, Yuri discovered a person in his path. A young girl of around his age, who wore a tattered black top and skirt. Her red eyes matched the spheres that accessories her hair. The long purple hair was braided into two pigtails that almost touched her bare feet on the ground. Even the sadistic Obelisk Blue's face was slightly red at the sight of his girl, "Will you come with me?" she spoke in a tender, yet hypnotic voice.

Without saying a word, Yuri nodded as he followed this mysterious girl. They walked further into the tunnel until making it to a wide clearing. The walls were coated in a type of luminous moss, except for one upper corner. In that corner was a massive web with Chazz and Atticus ensnared in its silk. They could not move their bodies, their eyes almost vacant with no light in them. These eyes matched that of Yuri's. However, they were not like the one of the mysterious girl's, who now had a sneer on her face. Just above the web, multiple red eyes glowed in the dark corner. Suddenly, a string shot was fired from this creature towards Yuri, ready to capture its next prey.

However, Yuri grinned. He jumped back to avoid the silk, which only contacted the floor in front of him, "Wow, that was close." He said while the mysterious girl stopped, "I'll admit, you almost had me there." The sadistic Obelisk Blue said while the girl remained still, clenching her fists, "But I am not mindless like your other victims."

"You knew what I was from the start?" the mysterious girl asked.

"Yes, I was searching for you." Yuri responded, "The evil duel spirit said to ensnare students by leading them on with a beautiful girl. When in reality, they are a monster preying on the foolish." He said as the mysterious girl turned around, a red glint in her eyes that matched the massive spider above the web, "Traptrix Atrax."

"Hehehe, you are smarter than the others I have captured before." Atrax said before winking, "And a bit cuter."

"Flattery will not work on me." Yuri responded with a smirk, "But rest assured, when I leave here. You will be mine."

"Oh, and here I thought you came to rescue those two." Atrax said while looking back to the unconscious Chazz and Atticus, "I was about to prepare than when I heard chatter above my trap."

"I don't care for those idiots," Yuri responded with a shrug, but then had a focused gaze on the Traptrix, "But I need them alive for my plan. At least, for the time being." He said before readying his duel disk, "Which means, you will need to be eliminated first."

"A duel in my domain? Hehehehe." Atrax said before reaching down, picking up a dirty and discarded duel disk, "Okay, this will make your future struggling all the more satisfying." She said before taking out a deck with radiated a dark aura, "You now fight for your survival."

"Yes," Yuri responded with a sadistic smile, "So are you."

"Duel!" both responded as the battle inside the trap had begun.

Atrax: 4000 Life Points

Yuri: 4000 Life Points

"I shall go first," Atrax said as she drew, summoning the card instantly, "I summon Traptrix Coronatus in attack mode." She said as a young girl in a revealing attire formed onto the field. With her pale skin and light red hair, she almost seemed like a flower blowing in the wind, (1500 ATK / 1300 DEF). "With her effect, I get to add another Traptrix to my hand," Atrax said before doing so, causing a smirk on her face before taking a different card out of her hand. "I'll end with one card face down."

"Is that all," Yuri commented, "Very well then. It's my turn, draw!"

"Hm, what a fool." Atrax through to herself, "You will need a monster stronger than mine. But once you summon it, I will send it to the next dimension." She thought, seeing the Bottomless Trap Hole that was set.

"Let's see," Yuri said before smirking, "I'll summon the level two Predaplant Flytrap in attack mode." He said while a carnivorous emerged from the soil, its vines like claws as its mouth were agape, (400 ATK / 800 DEF). "I will use its effect to give you monster a Predaplant token." The sadistic Obelisk Blue said before a small weed attached itself to Coronatus's right ankle, "Now, Flytrap will attack."

"What, but it is weaker than mine," Atrax said before smirking while Coronatus readier her arms, which looked like pincers within the sleeves. "Have you already succumbed to madness and accepted your fate?"

"You see, those counters have the effect of lowering your monster's level down to one." Yuri responded with a grin, "Flytrap has an effect that applies to those with a level lower than itself. At the start of the damage step, your monster is destroyed." He said with the vines ensnaring its prey. Atrax gasped as Coronatus was dragged into the maw of the Predaplant. Before the monster was swallowed whole, the image of a white mantis was seen in the Traptrix's place. "Finally, Flytrap gains levels equal to the that of the original monster it battled. Making it a level six now." Yuri said before smirking, "That ends my turn."

"You!" Atrax said before drawing, putting the card in her hands before smirking, "No matter, I will have to take you down personally then." She said before taking out the card that was added to her hand the last turn, "I summon Traptrix Atrax in attack mode." She said a version of herself was summoned, one that looked slightly taller whose arms were draped in a black cloth, (1800 ATK / 1000 DEF). "That form, I remember when I was that strong." Atrax said while looking at her card self, "But I have grown too hungry. I need food to live. And I will eat until I have had my fill now!" she said before taking out the card from her hand, "I activate Treacherous Trap Hole."

"A trap card from the hand?" Yuri responded.

"It is my specialty," Atrax responded, "With this card, two monsters are destroyed. However, as a Traptrix, I am unaffected by these holes trap cards." She said before Predaplant Flytrap exploded, leaving Yuri defenseless. "Now, I attack you directly!" Atrax spoke as she and her card clone moved in unison. Both pointed with their right hand, causing the massive spider from above to fire a string shot towards Yuri, who only gasped before impact. His body was nearly half covered in the webbing, the thread now anchoring him down to the ground, "How's that! You can't move your arms and legs anymore! AHAHAHAHA!"

Yuri: 4000 – 1800 = 2200 Life Points

"Oh, that's a good line." Yuri commented.

"…What?" Atrax responded with a scowl.

"Granted, it is a bit of an overstatement," Yuri added on, slightly wiggling out of the silk on his upper body, "I can still move my arms enough to play cards. If I couldn't then this would not be a fair duel anymore."

"You still think you have a future beyond this duel?" Atrax asked, "All that will happen is your end."

"I doubt that, as it's my turn now." Yuri said before drawing, grinning at the result, "I play the spell card Predaplast." He said before showing an addition card from his hand, "By revealing this Predaplant monster, I can put a counter of the same type on your card equivalent." The sadistic Obelisk Blue said as the weed grew on Atrax's ankle now, "With this the same card I reveal, I can special summon it by tributing a monster with a Predaplant counter on it."

"Oh no!" Atrax said as her card counterpart faded away. While the spider screech in terror, a new monster was summoned behind Yuri.

"Meet the level five Predaplant Drosophyllum Hydra." The sadistic Obelisk Blue said as a massive plant monstrosity was summoned. Its long head roared in at the same time as its ravenous chest mouth, (800 ATK / 2300 DEF).

"You intend to hit me back." Atrax commented, "But that thing will inflict not even half of what I just did to you."

"Well, this one won't be staying long." Yuri said, taking a card out of his hand, one that radiated a dark aura, "I tribute Drosophyllum Hydra." He said with Atrax grinning, ready to spring her trap card at the next powerful monster, "To summon the level six monster." Yuri spoke before placing the card, "Jinzo." The card was placed with a bolt of green lightning erupting on the ground. As it expanded, the origin of the electricity was seen. An augmented human, made with an everlasting alloy, controlled the voltage with his fingertips. Upon clenching his fist, the static stopped in a flash of an eye. The mechanic menace then glared down at its opponent, a glint in its red eyes. (2400 ATK / 1500 DEF).

Atrax readied to reveal her face down card, but was halted by the same green lightning, "What's going on."

"Oh, it seems you have been in your hole for too long." Yuri commented, "Jinzo stops all your traps from activating." He said with Atrax gasping, "Now, attack her directly with cyber energy shock!" the sadistic Obelisk Blue said as Jinzo held out his hands, each touching as the wrist. Suddenly, a purple beam of electricity fired out and head straight towards Atrax. She gasped in horror before taking the hit, which sent her flying back and into her web.

Atrax: 4000 – 2400 = 1600 Life Points

"Now who is the one who cannot move their arms and legs?" Yuri said as Atrax glared at him. She ripped herself off the web. The Traptrix only had a focus on her current prey, looking at him with blood-red eyes.

"I will make sure that your death a painful one." Atrax responded, "And leave nothing left but a worthless husk!" she said before drawing her card at the start of the new turn, then smiled, "I send my set trap card to the grave to special summon Traptrix Ginalloa." She said as a girl with a leafy attire and skirt with a lily in her disheveled hair appeared, (1400 ATK / 1400 DEF). "Now, I will tribute my monster to summon Gigaplant!" Atrax said as Ginalloa faded away, causing a tremor underground. Suddenly, a massive plant emerged with a red head with multiple blue eyes. It roared while Jinzo remained unfazed and Yuri only smirked, (2400 ATK / 1200 DEF). "There attack might be equal, but I will take out that thing to allow me to use traps again. Gigaplant, attack with Swamp Smackdown." The Traptrix ordered as her monster fired a corrosive gunk towards Jinzo. However, the android psycho shocker fired red laser beams from his eyes. The two attacks passed through each other hitting their targets. The beams pierced through Gigaplant's chest. The gunk had slammed into Jinzo, causing Atrax to grin. However, that satisfaction soon faded as the android psycho shocker was still standing, "H-how!"

Yuri chuckled while showing the two monsters in his graveyard, "Drosophyllum Hydra has the other effect of removing another Predaplant to lower your monster's attack by 500 points." He said as Gigaplant recoiled in agony, (2400 – 500 = 1900 ATK). Atrax watched as her strongest monster exploded with another chunk of her life points.

Atrax: 1600 – 500 = 1100 Life Points

"I…" Atrax spoke before gritting her teeth, "I… set one card and end my turn." She said before lowering her head, trying to hide the tears falling from her eyes.

"…" Yuri did not say a word as he drew. In seeing the result, a smile formed on his face, "Let's now have some fun. You know, to put a smile on that face." He said while Atrax refused to look up, "I summon Predaplant Ophrys Scorpio in attack mode." He said as a plantlike scorpion with a red stinger was summoned, (1200 ATK / 800 DEF). "With it, I can send a monster from my hand to the graveyard special summon another Predaplant from my deck. I choose Predaplant Darlingtonia Cobra." The sadistic Obelisk Blue said as a card eject from his deck. When played, a twin-headed plant snake was summoned. Its heads liked budding purple flowers, (1000 ATK / 1500 DEF). "And with this one, I can a polymerization from my deck to my hand." He said as another card eject from his deck, this time a spell, "I play Polymerization, fusing my Jinzo with my Ophrys Scorpio." He said as his android psycho shocker fused with his plantlike scorpion. The two began to merge in a spiral as Yuri clasped his hands, "I fusion summon the level seven Predaplant Chimerafflesia!" he announced as a massive green plant-monster appeared with a large flower on its head, the same type of flower that was seen outside of the trap hole. The roar of this creature came for the gaping mouths on the ends of its vines, nectar dripping from its red teeth, (2500 ATK / 2000 DEF).

"…Hehehe." Atrax laughed, "You fool. You got rid of Jinzo for me!" she said while looking up, the tears no longer in her eyes, "I reveal my trap card, Trap Trick!" the Traptrix said as two cards eject from her deck, "By banishing one trap, I can set another one directly from my deck. As well, this one can be activated this turn."

"Interesting," Yuri said with a grin, "Let's see if I can spring it." He said before pointing, "Darlingtonia Cobra, attack her directly." He said as the twin-headed snake rushed in, coiling around Atrax's body. She gritted her teeth through the pain, eventually being released with barely any life points left.

Atrax: 1100 – 1000 = 100 Life Points

"Nothing? Maybe this will." Yuri commented, "Chimerafflesia attacks you directly as well!" he said as the monster began its stampede towards the Traptrix.

"You activated my trap card." Atrax responded, "I revel Trap Hole of Spikes." She said as the hole appeared in the path of the fusion monster, "This will not only destroy your monster but inflict half the attack points to you as damage. Then, I can wipe the rest of yours when it's my turn! Hahahahaha!"

"Is that so?" Yuri responded, a purple aura glowing around him. "Allow me to show you something." He said before taking a spell out of his hand, "I play Predaprime Fusion. A quick play that lets me fusion summon again with the current set up on the field."

"What!?" Atrax said before Darlingtonia Cobra and Chimerafflesia began to merge, causing her trap card to lose its attacker and vanish, "No this can't be!"

"It is," Yuri spoke, clasping his hands, "I fusion summon, the level eight Predaplant Dragostapelia!" he said as the merger unveiled a near venomous dragon with hardened plant-like armor on his body. Its head and chest had a light brown fur, but its wings radiated a poisonous mist, (2700 ATK / 1900 DEF). While Atrax looked on at this massive creature in fear, Yuri licked his lips, "Dragostapelia, attack with Toxic Stream of Corrosion!" the sadistic Obelisk Blue said as his dragon inhaled all the poisonous mist it was emanated, then fired it from its mouth as a condensed beam. Atrax was paralyzed in fear before the attack collided with her side of the cave.

Atrax: 100 – 2700 = 0 Life Points

The toxic steam melted the webbing in the entire cave, causing Atticus and Chazz to fall out and onto the ground. As well, the massive spider above convulsed in agony before falling over on its back, the legs coiling before the body started to shrivel. Yuri walked through the mist; his body protected by a purple aura. He stopped in front of Atrax, who was on her knees in defeat, "In the end, the stronger predator survives." He said before touching her chin with his right hand, lifting her head to make her look into his purple glowing eyes, "And the weak become the prey." He said as a purple light from his duel disk illuminated the entire area.

A short while later.

Alexis and Dr. Crowler ran through the woods, "It's right here." Alexis spoke as they reached a familiar area, "Chazz and Atticus fell down a hole. So, Yuri jumped down and-" she said they reached the destination. However, they both gasped at the sight near the hole.

"Yikes, these two were heavy," Yuri spoke, his body covered in dirt, sweat, and grim. On the ground near the hole laid Atticus and Chazz, both still unconscious. "But they should be fine with some rest." He said before bowing his head towards the two new arrivals, "Sorry if I worried either of you."

"Y-you save them?" Alexis spoke in disbelief.

"Excellent work!" Dr. Crowler spoke, "You truly are a model student for our academy."

"I do my best," Yuri said with a smile while tilting his head, "I also have the report for the project done if you want to read it."

"No need, your group already has an A on the assignment." Dr. Crowler said, then looked over at the two unconscious students, "However, I don't know what I will do about these two."

"I think they should get some credit," Yuri commented, before pointing to a flower near a tree. "They found a rather rare plant."

"My word, what a large flower!" Dr. Crowler said as he walked over to it, putting his face close to the but, "I wonder what it smells li-" he said before taking a sniff, but his body suddenly stiffed like a wooden board. The headteacher of Obelisk Blue fell backward, this face green from the aroma of the corpse flower.

"…Well, all three should be fine in a few hours." Yuri said before looking to Alexis, "I will let you take care of them while I clean myself up. That was a rather messy tunnel."

"Okay," Alexis said before looking down at her friends, "And Yuri, thank you for saving them."

"See, I'm not so bad." Yuri said with a smile before walking away, "I couldn't let poor Lexie loss her big brother again."

"Yeah, that would be-," Alexis said before realizing something, "Hang on." She said while looking to Yuri's back, "How did you know what happened to Atticus before?"

Her words caused Yuri to pause his leave, his teeth grit with the slight tightening of his fists. However, he turned his head back to her with an innocent smile, "I guessed." The sadistic Obelisk Blue answered before turning back around and continued his walk, "And let's leave it at that, shall we?" he said as Alexis continued her glare, but then looked back to her friends slowly starting to wake up.

After getting far enough, Yuri scoffed, "Tsk, these idiots are starting to annoy me." He said before sighing, taking out his deck, "No matter, I got what I needed." He said while looking at the bottom card, seeing it as Traptrix Atrax. As Yuri smiled at his new addition, he recognized the part of the forest he was in. While turning to his right, he saw the Venus Flytraps. In one of them, the legs of a spider were flailing before becoming immobile, "Hehehehe." Yuri said before putting his deck away, "Nature can be so cruel." He said while walking through the woods with a purple aura around his body.

AN: There you go, Yuri is stacking up those wins. He not only made short work of Jinzo off screen, but sided that monster in to deal with Traptrix cards. I really like Predaplant cards and wished Yuri used them in more duels, especially the fusions. Here, I give a bit of context as why he used these cards, and to show how prepared he is when facing an opponent. Alexis tries to pull some information out of him, but only now has more questions. In the end, Yuri did save the day, but he has some equally frightening additions to his deck. For a breakdown of what is to come. Next chapter will see the start of some of the cosplay preparation, conclude in the following chapter. Afterwards, Jaden's training section will span three chapters and three opponents in hopes of acquiring his new deck upgrade. That is all for now, thanks for reading, and hope to see you in the next chapter.

Now for some answering of question. Not that many this time, so I can keep it brief. Regarding the Abhyss, I like the fact that Snake Rain will have a strong reptile archetype to target. And it being slightly usable for Chaos stuff seems cool. However, they seem overly complex even for current Yu-Gi-Oh cards. And…I hate this name so much. It is just abyss with an 'H' in the middle when there is already and archetype that used the word abyss as well. Art is still cool though. Regarding Ruby and Yuri, the two will meet eventually for a proper conversation, but will not happen for a while. While she will not use Black Rose Dragon in any form in this series, you can expect him to have a certain other Venomous Dragon in the future. That's all for now, I'll answer any new questions in the next chapter.