Darkness, it was all around it. The shadows of a dark night were overlapping the dark and forgotten dorm in Duel Academy. The place looked more like a destroyed and lonely place than a dorm for children. Inside there was a dark chilling air all around it that would shake anyone of the cores. And for some, they were sounds of two souls in pain and in agony. It was something out of a horror movie.
One student didn't care for it, not one bit. The student in question had long blond hair and had hazel coloured eyes. It was none other than the only Obelisk Blue female that wasn't mean to Slifer Reds, Alexis Rhodes.
She was walking towards the front gate with a single red rose in her hands. When she reached for it, she put the rose in front of the gate with a single tear in her eyes.
She wiped the tear out of her eyes, "Be at peace, brother. Wherever you are."
In the Slifer Red Dorm
Chumley, Syrus and Jaden were currently playing a game of some sorts. On the table of the lunch room, was an upside down deck, with monsters with varying levels. The game was simple, the higher the monster's level was, the scarier the story.
It was currently Syrus' turn, and the card he drew was a Level 4 monster called The Earthbound Spirit, so a mid level story.
"I was walking down a strange ruin in the cave of Duel Academy, for I heard stories of students getting crazy good cards and amazing confidence," said Syrus. It wasn't amazing by any means, but Jaden had to admit, he was getting into it.
"But to my knowledge, they didn't mention about not going in the Full Moon. For when I reached the end of the cave, I saw the pound of an extremely powerful card, the legendary Dark Magician."
"But for when I reached for the card, an arm came from the pound of the card and grabbed my head. It pulled me into it and I started to drown! Suffocating me!"
"No please! I have so much to live for! PPPLLLEEEAAASSSEEE!" yelled the imaginary Syrus as the real Syrus was mimicking him drowning.
That wasn't scary for Jaden, not a bit. He played video games that were scarier than that story. Chumley, on the other hand, was 4 tables behind Syrus after the story, for him that was extremely scary.
Jaden yawned, "Really? That's it?" Syrus looked at Jaden and then nodded, "Oh, well good story, Sy. A mid level story for a mid level card." He put the card down, and pulled the top card from the deck.
To his unfortunate, but for Syrus and Chumley fortune, it was a Level 1 Sinister Serpent. He sighed as he placed the card down on the table.
"Oh, you lucked out, Jay. You can hardly scare anyone with that." said Syrus.
"Well, I do have a scary story for this card. More like a memory," both of the other two Slifer Reds were intrigued, "When I was young, I used to hear these scary noises in the middle of the night. And they were very late hours."
All of them imagined Jaden as a little kid, in red pajamas, sleeping in a Kuriboh shaped bed. The little Jaden woke up, and heard noises in the closet of his room. Baby Jaden stood on his two feet and began walking towards the closet.
The noises were a mixture of both a female and a male screaming for return, it almost sounded like they were turning into a monster. It sounded very similar to the little kid, like he heard the noises once in his life.
Baby Jaden opened the closet, only for it to be empty. Only his Elemental HERO toys, misplaced cards, Aromages plushies and more.
"And?" Syrus leaned in.
"That's it." Syrus and Chumley dropped their heads in disappointment, "But you know what's strange? Recently I have started to hear Duel Monster spirits again. It must have been that time when I beat Crowler."
He smiled at that memory, but he remembered something, "Hey where is Celina?"
Celina kicked down the door of Banner's room and ran out of it, carrying Pharaoh the Cat. She reached for our trio, "Don't tell him, under here! Please!" she then ran under the tables, still holding the chubby cat.
Banner then ran inside of the room, "Where is she!? Do you know where she is!?" He looked at Chumley, Syrus and Jaden who were sweating bullets.
Jaden spoke up, not wanting to get his ass kicked by Celina, "Uh, yes! She is, uh, in the…" he glanced at Syrus and Chumley, who avoided eye to eye, "the bathroom."
Banner straightens his back. Sure they were lying, but he seriously would not do that to prove that. It was illegal and inhumane to do that to your own underaged students. So he had to believe them, otherwise he would go to jail if he did that. It was a lose-lose situation.
He sighed as he looked at their table, "Hmm. What is this?"
"Oh, a game where you draw a monster and depending on the level, the scarier the story." Jaden was for sure happy that Banner believed that lie.
Banner reached for the table with interest in his mind, in his life he had many stories to tell, so he drew the top card on the deck.
When they saw the malicious smile on his face, they knew they were screwed. He flipped the card and it was the Level 12 Five Headed Dragon! When did they get that!?
"Whoah, that is a level 12 monster!" yelled Jaden.
"I think I am going to bed," said Syrus, but then his leg was grabbed by a certain female under the table. If he leaves, then there is a higher chance of getting caught, and she did not want to take that risk. So he stayed in his seat.
"What's wrong? You don't want to hear about the abandoned dorm?" Everyone was now intrigued by it, even Chumley and Celina, "If you want to hear about it, then here it is. It is a dorm in Duel Academy, it was once used by one of the best students, like your brother Syrus, but then it was left abandoned one day for no reason. It was rumored to have ghosts and spirits of souls of previous students that was in there. There were even rumors of students being missing when they approached the dorm."
Banner took the reactions of his students very carefully and their body languages. Both Chumley and Syrus were frightened by the story itself and were hugging each other while Jaden looked like he wanted to be there judging by his grin.
"Well, I am going to bed, kids. Good night!" Banner then started walking to his room, when Celina loosen her grip, to which the chubby cat escaped out of her hands, much to her dismay, and walked up to Banner.
Banner saw this, and deduced that she was under the table where the Slifer Red trio were sitting around and looked at the table, "Celina, you are in detention for 2 weeks." He walked into his room with Pharaoh in his hands.
"Dang it. I thought I could successfully kidnap him this time," Celina crawled from the table and got up to see the trio. "You know, I saw a building in a forest once, during the first day here."
Jaden looked at her, "Woah really?! Then you can lead us there, tomorrow night!" Syrus and Chumley were taken aback from his reaction. They turned to see Celina, to their shock, she looked like she was agreeing with him.
"Sure, why not?" Jaden grinned while Syrus and Chumley took a step backwards, "What? Tomorrow is Saturday so it's better than doing nothing."
"Oh we are going to die, aren't we?" thought Chumley and Syrus at the same time.
Outside of the dining room of the Slifer Red dorm was a certain professor with a huge hatred towards Jaden, eavesdropping with a creepy ass laugh, "This is just the opportunity I have been waiting for!" He busted out laughing like a knock off villain in an anime.
"Hey, does anyone hear that?" asked Chumley.
"Now that you mention it, it does sound like a clown laughing." pointed out Celina.
"Oh Crap!" thought Crowler as he heard the students walking towards the door to see what was causing that noise. So he fled faster than a certain Sound Pillar from a popular anime series.
They opened the door, only for not having anything near it, "Huh. Must have been the wind." said Jaden as he ran to the door of his dorm room, "Well good night, guys!"
Everyone sweatdropped at his ludicrous speed. They looked at each other, before going to bed.
Syrus and Chumley weren't sleeping, mainly because of them going to a dorm that was rumored to have children missing, Celina was asleep, dreaming about stealing Pharaoh from Banner and Jaden slept like a baby.
The Next Day
The four students about to break the rules of Duel Academy woke up at different times and did their normal routine of the morning.
Syrus woke up first, changed his clothes for the usual Slifer Red jacket, read some new Roid strategies, and went to the dinning room of the Slifer Red dorm.
Chumley woke up after him, he got out of his bed, ate a grilled cheese, changed his clothes, ate a grilled cheese, got his artistic equipment, ate a grilled cheese and went to the dinning room…to which he ate a grilled cheese.
Celina woke up after the koala looking man, she got her clothes and went to the one of the only clean places in the dorm, took a shower, changed into her uniform, got her homework, PDA and phone and went to the dinning room to see Chumley stuffing about 4 grilled cheeses in his mouth.
Jaden slept until 11 in the morning, don't blame him, woke up, got his clothes, went to the showers, changed into his unbuttoned jacket and some jeans, watched a couple of episodes of Naruto and went to the dinning room to get some fried shrimp.
And then everyone, Chumley was drawing some Japanese looking heroes, had a very serious conversation. A one that almost no one could understand what they were talking about.
"No way!" started off Celina, "I am in no way in hell Kanao! That means I am quiet and deadly, but I am loud and deadly! If anything, I am Shinobu."
Jaden nodded to that, "True true. Sy, sorry, but she has a point."
Syrus dropped his head in defeat, "Yeah, that makes sense, I admit that, but what character am I?"
"Zenitsu. Loud, perverted and whiny," pointed out Celina as Syrus dropped his head for a second time.
Jaden wanted to cheer his buddy up, "But you can also be amazing once you uncover your real strength."
Syrus beamed as he looked at his friend, "Thanks Jay! But I think you could go for Kyojuro, in my opinion. Never give up attitude, weird, but friendly person. "
"Sweet! But I thought I would be Tanjiro," said Jaden.
Celina looked at her friend, "Yeah you do have infinite kindness, but that also means that you are smart, which sadly…" Syrus quickly knew what she meant so he started off laughing.
"Hey! I can't believe you can break my heart like that," Jaden held his heart, fake offended, "I can already feel my breath going away from my broken heart. You caused this," he then 'fell unconscious' close to Chumley's drawing, Celina and Syrus continued laughing.
Jaden was glad that both of them were having a blast, he really didn't care how he looked, as long as they were happy, he was happy.
He lifted his head and saw a really good artwork from Chumley. The monster he was drawing wore a tight metal like armor with a green colouring scheme, it had a long white cape that was on the monster's calves. The monster's helmet was something like an insect with dark red eyes on the helmet. Around its palm, there were red dots for the specific purpose of shooting wind of its palms.
Jaden took the drawing out of Chumley's hands, "This is so freakin' sweet, Chum! I never knew you could draw something so cool!"
Chumley blushed at the compliment as he went to pick the sketch book, only for Syrus to get it before him, "Hey! Give it back!"
"Woah! You weren't kidding, Jay!" yelled Syrus as he showed the artwork towards Celina.
"Damn, that is really good." nodded Celina as Chumley finally got a hold of his sketch book, "Why didn't you show it to us before?"
Chumley dropped his head, "Well, I am insecure of my art and dream. Everyone here wants to be a Pro Duelist, but I never cared about that dream." Everyone listened closely, and with no spite in sight, "I always cared about art. Ever since I was little, I drew monsters that Yugi and Kaiba used in their duel in Battle City. Everytime I drew something, I was happy, it made me feel alive. It's the reason why I am still here despite my grades and rank. Just please don't make fun of me for it."
"Are you kidding?" Chumley looked at Celina, "That is nothing to be sad about or to be mean about. Your artwork is amazing and deserves to be used as card art!"
Jaden nodded, "Yeah, Chum! Your artwork is sweet as hell! Just because you are here, but don't plan on going Pro, doesn't mean you should be treated less!"
Syrus looked at their koala looking friend, "Yeah, at least you have some skill in something. Unlike me…"
Jaden looked at Syrus, "Sy… we really have to work on your confidence."
Chumley looked at everyone around the dining room, a happy smile on his face, "Thank you guys. It really means alot to me that someone has respect for my drawings, unlike my dad."
"Wait," started off Celina, "You have a bad relationship with your dad?"
"Well, yeah! All he ever cares about is hot sauce, hot sauce and hot sauce! He never cared about my drawings!" he wailed his arms around.
Jaden put his hands on his shoulders, "Don't worry, Chum! If he gets here, call me to deal with it. So I can deck him in the schnoz!"
Chumley and Syrus' jaw dropped while Celina grinned, "Yes! Finally! My influence has passed on him!"
Chumley on the other hand, "Probably should tell him that he is more jacked than a bear. Ehh, maybe later."
Jaden looked at the Japanese styled door and saw the dark night sky and a small shooting star, that he can maybe get a wish right now. He shook that thought off as he looked at his Slifer Red buddies. "Hey guys! It's time to check that dorm in the forest!"
The other two males gulped while got out of her seat and started walking into her room for some equipment. Like a flashlight and backpack for water, snacks and most importantly, a duel disk.
"Come on slowpokes! Are we moving or what?" asked Celina as her and Jaden walked off into the forest with flashlights active. Chumley had Syrus in his hands, who was struggling to get off the senior.
"It may not take long." thought Syrus.
An hour later
The four Slifer Reds were currently walking in the forest, most likely lost. Why? Because Jaden was in the lead and he wanted to prove that he would make an amazing map. His words not mine.
"Jaden!" Celina yelled at the top of her voice, "We are walking butt fucking nowhere in end in sight! Face it, we are lost!"
Jaden didn't even flinch, "I mean, you could see it as being lost or you could say we found a couple of places where it's not."
"J, she has a point. We have been walking over an hour, but I guess it could be worse for Sy," Jaden looked at Chumley, "I mean we could walk over some dirty swamp water" he joked as Celina chuckled.
"Oh yeah!?" Syrus yelled, "At least I showered last night while you were scared of that story!"
"So that's the smell, no wonder you smell like grilled cheese." Celina closed her nostrils.
"At least I clean the showers after I take a shower. It smelled like a swamp!" yelled Chumley as Celina stopped in her tracks.
Syrus felt a disturbance in the force as he looked behind him and saw Celina with an angry face, "So you're the reason why it smelled like Shrek's swamp!?" Syrus ran away from the psychotic woman as she cursed up a storm.
"Why me?!" thought Syrus as he continued to run, and what he saw was a building that was almost run down to the ground.
"SYRUS!" The said bluenette jumped up as he heard his name in such a scary voice that he seriously wanted to run into the damn thing, rather than facing the angry Celina, a wise choice.
But sadly the indigo haired duelist got up to him and gave him a loud SMACK on the forehead that caused a mini shockwave.
Syrus rubbed his forehead, "Why?!"
"You know damn well why!" yelled back Celina as the other two caught up to them.
"So what happened?" asked Chumley as Syrus pointed at Celina.
"She hit me with all her might on my forehead!" Syrus rubbed his forehead.
"Sorry Sy, but you did kinda deserve it," Jaden ignored his best friend pouting as he saw a rose on the ground, "Hey check this out! A rose!" he then lifted his head to see a creepy mansion behind the rose, "And a mansion!"
The other three lifted their heads to see the building that looked like it was ran down to the ground.
"It looks one of those buildings from horror movies! I bet there are ghosts in there!" yelled Syrus as he nearly got blinded as Jaden pointed his flashlight at him.
"Come on, Syrus. Really? Ghosts? There isn't anyone close to us in a 50 meter radius," said Celina as they heard someone stepping on a branch. Both Syrus and Chumley hugged each other.
Jaden pointed his flashlight at the person in question, only for the person to be Alexis, "Alexis? What are you doing here?"
Syrus and Chumley stopped hugging each other as they were relieved that someone nice was there, "That's funny. I was about to ask the very same question."
"Oh we decided to go to the abandoned dorm." said Celina as Alexis' eyebrows were raised.
She sighed, "That is a horrible idea. You do know that students have gone missing ever since they entered that building?" "Like someone precious to me."
Jaden put his hand on his torso, "Come on, Lex. That is just silly. Someone went missing after entering the building? That is just not likely."
Alexis breathed in, not wanting to lash on them for not believing it. If she was honest, if she heard the story also, she would not have believed it not one bit. But since her brother disappeared, she made sure to get her brother back.
"No, it's real, Jaden. Believe me, I know." she looked at the group and all of them either a. didn't believe her or b. just frightened enough to not show a reaction, "If they catch you here, you would be expelled."
Celina rolled her eyes, "Says the chick that almost expelled us during the first two weeks."
Jaden wasn't worried at all, "Okay fine, but why are you here?"
"I have my own reasons!" snapped Alexis as everyone took a step back, yes even Celina.
"Did he strike a nerve?" asked Celina.
"Yeah, Lex. I didn't mean to make you mad or anything." said Jaden.
"Yeah we were just curious," said Syrus.
"And by we, he meant Jaden," said Chumley, as Syrus rolled his eyes.
Alexis breathed in and out and looked at the group, "Sorry for snapping, it's just that I lost someone very special to me to that dorm. My brother, Atticus." She then walked towards the forest, not looking at the shocked faces of the group.
Celina looked at the rose, "That explains the red rose. But is the story of her brother true?" She saw Jaden and Chumley walking towards the building, the latter looking way too scared compared to the former, "Hey where are you two going?"
Jaden turned around, "Well to see if the rumour is true. Want to join us too?" Celina was reluctant at first, but a second later she walked towards the other Slifer Reds.
"Are you serious, guys?!" yelled Syrus as Jaden nodded, "Why?!"
"Because to see if it is true. Come on Sy and get here, or are you scared that you will disappear?" Jaden grinned at his stupid joke.
Celina added, "Yeah, maybe by those swamp monsters."
Chumley wanted to troll his friend too, "By those dirty waters."
"I hate all of you," Syrus walked towards the other Slifer Reds trying their best not to laugh at their bullying of poor Syrus.
The four Slifer Reds didn't notice Alexis standing close to a tree, looking at them as they went in the building, "I hope they know what they are doing." She turned around to see a big man in a trench coat, a mask to shield his eyes, a fedora and a duel vest looking down at her with a smile.
She screamed as she pulled her arm and smacked him with all of her might.
"OOOWWW! What was that for?!" yelled the mysterious man as he knocked Alexis out and picked her up to his shoulders.
In the abandoned dorm
The dorm looked haunted. Straight out of a horror game. The place had destroyed pictures, drawings, smashed plants, ruined anime posters and so much more. The air around them was sickening, almost like they are from Antarctica. Both Chumley and Syrus regretted stepping a foot inside of this place, but Jaden on the other hand…
"Yo, this is sweet as hell!" Jaden looked around the place while Celina nodded, "This could be our new base! All we need is to clean the place!"
The grilled cheese loving person and the Roid player were shocked at him, Celina on the other hand, "Honestly not bad of an idea. We could get some paint, pictures and posters to decorate."
Jaden turned to her, "And we can get a couch and a TV for our free time!"
"Not to mention that this place must have a lot of free rooms to which we can all use."
"Amazing idea, Celina!" Both her and Jaden fistbumped each other at the idea of making this their base. Chumley and Syrus sweatdropped.
"Are you guys kidding?! This place is somehow worse than our dorm!" yelled Syrus as he showed his flashlight all over the ruins of Egyptian puzzles
"Do you guys think it has something to do with the Shadow Games?" asked Chumley, to which Celina looked around, still thinking about her idea of making this their base and Jaden walked near the ruins.
Syrus turned around to see Jaden, only for the brunette to be a couple of inches away from the pillar, "Jaden, don't be so close! Are you nuts?!"
"C'mon Sy, nothing bad is going to happen if I stay close." Jaden looked at the pillars closely, "Hey those look like the millenium items!" and then turned his flashlight to his right, it was a guy with a hairstyle similar to Alexis, but brown. He had dark hazel eyes. The posture was of him crossing his eyes with a smirk on his face, "And a guy I have not met before. He sure does look like Alexis though."
"...And maybe if we add some cable, we might watch some Demon Sla-" Celina was interrupted by a window shattering scream that could have deafen anyone in a 2 mile radius.
"Hey, that sounded like Alexis!" Everyone decided not to comment on how Syrus knew that sounded like Alexis.
All of them went straight ahead where the center of the voice was, straightforward. They passed through several rooms and decorations, passing through even some paintings. When they saw a rail and some rails, Chumley and Syrus ran down the stairs while Jaden and Celina jumped down the rails.
Jaden saw the back of a card, so he picked it up and gasped at the look of the card. It was Cyber Tutu! One of Alexis' monsters. She must be here!
They looked up and saw an entrance where the scream must have come from. So they ran as fast as possible, not wanting to see her suffer.
And when they reached near her, they saw the place she was in. It was a dark blue cave that looked like something from a video game. The floor had some weird patterns, something from an ancient ruin. Now that they looked around, the entire place looked like an ancient ruin. With all of the patterns, the way the rocks looked like and even the temperature of the air was freezing their spines.
In front of them, more like a couple of feet, was Alexis in a vampiric looking coffin with a dark mysterious man, with a face mask, a fedora and a duel vest. The man in question turned around to see the quartet with a malicious smile.
"What have you done to her?!" yelled Jaden.
"What have I done to her? Oh, nothing too bad, I just sent her to the Shadow Realm." said the man.
"The Shadow Realm?" Celina knew about the Shadow Realm, but she always thought it was a rumour. Like 'cmon, a place full of torment if you lost a game? That only sounds like a rumour a corporation could make, "You're serious, right?"
The man did not answer her question, "Why yes I am, how would you explain this!?" The man pulled out THE Millennium Puzzle out of his jacket. The quartet gasped, "Now you know this is real. Now if you want your friend's soul back, you need to beat me in a Shadow game! If you lose, your soul will be tormented for the rest of eternity!"
"Oh you're on!" yelled Jaden as he jumped down the rocks with Celina jumping with him.
"Celina!" Jaden turned around to see Celina, with a backpack on her back, with him as he heard both Chumley and Syrus yell for Celina, "What are you doing!?"
"I am not gonna let him take all the glory, so I am gonna take him down also!" said Celina as Jaden grinned and the man looked intrigued.
"That is fine by me." said the man.
Celina opened the back and got the two duel disks from it. She gave one to Jaden, to which he took out the deck from his deck box in his belt and showed it into his duel disk. She looked over the bag, but she couldn't find one thing. Her deck.
She looked over every pocket in the bag, even in her belt. Nothing.
Jaden looked at his friend with worry, "Are you okay, Celina?"
"I…forgot my deck." Celina dropped her head, feeling embarrassed. Everyone felt bad for her, even the mysterious man himself.
"It's okay! Next time don't forget it, after I take him down!" said Jaden as he glared with determination all over his eyes with fires in it.
Celina climbed up the rocks. As soon as she got there, Syrus and Chumley patted her back.
"Since this is going to be your last duel here, I will tell you my name. My name is Titan." said the man now known as Titan. He got the deck from his pocket and inserted it in his duel vest. "Now let the Shadow Games begin!"
Both males looked at each other before yelling, "DUEL!"
Jaden Yuki: 4000 lp
Titan: 4000 lp
Turn 1.
"Prepare yourself to enter the shadows, you fool!" yelled Titan as his duel vest gave him his 6 cards, while Jaden drew his 5 cards. He quickly took a card from his hand, "I summon VIlepawn Archfiend in attack mode!"
From the depth of the cavern, came out a dark beige coloured monster. With muscles bulging around its torso and chest with two sharp weapons on the knuckles of the fiend.
(Vilepawn Archfiend: Level 2 - Dark Fiend - Attack: 1200. Defense: 200.)
"An Archfiend monster." stated Celina.
Titan didn't say a word as he took 2 cards from his hand, "I end my turn with 2 cards face down." two cards were set vertically behind Vilepawn Archfiend.
Turn 2. Jaden - 4000 lp - 5 cards
"Don't worry guys, I got this!" Jaden drew his top card with a confident smirk on his face. He looked at his hand before taking one of them, "I summon the Hero that rules the Ocean, Elemental HERO Ocean!"
Behind Jaden came out water. Water so quick and deep, it may even create a Tsunami. But what came from it, wasn't catastrophe, but an aquatic Hero with a trident in his hands.
(Elemental HERO Ocean: Level 4 - Water Warrior - Attack: 1500. Defense: 1300.)
"An impressive monster, sure, but it can stand a chance to the shadows!" yelled Titan with a laugh, but Jaden grinned.
"Who said I am done!?" Jaden took a card from his hand, "I activate the Spell card Tag Request! Here's how it goes; when I control a monster with the same attack as an Elemental Hero chillin' in my hand, I can summon the Hero in my hand! So make your first appearance, Elemental HERO Wildheart!"
From the same waters that summoned Ocean appeared once again. This time the Hero that came out of it was a Hero with tribal tattoos all over him, skin of an animal he killed around his crotch and a sword almost the same height of the summoned monster on his back. The Hero roared with power when summoned, that the water beneath him disappeared.
(Elemental HERO WIldheart: Level 4 - Earth Warrior - Attack: 1500. Defense: 1600.)
Titan was taken aback at the new development of the duel, but kept his creepy demeanor, his friends on the other hand, "Yeah, way to go Jaden/J/Jay!" yelled the trio behind our favourite brunette.
"Be quiet you three, or all of you will be sent to the shadows!" yelled Titan as he got glared at by Jaden ,and by Celina but he ignored her.
"Don't you DARE even lay a finger on my friends! You can harm any way you want, but my friends? Nuh uh!" Jaden shook his head, he pointed at Wildheart, "Well enough of the threats, go Wildheart! Attack with Wild Slash!" Wildheart ran at Vilepawn faster than a cheetah with a sword in his hands. When he reached it, he slashed the monster with all of its might, destroying every bit of it.
Titan: 4000 - 3700 life points
Jaden: 4000 lp
"And now, with a little back up, Ocean attacks with Surface Slash!" Ocean obeyed Jaden as he ran towards TItan and with one slash from the trident, Titan fell down his knees. Almost like it actually affected him.
Titan: 3700 - 2200 lp
Jaden: 4000 lp
Titan panted, "Not bad, you might actually survive the shadows."
Jaden looked at his field with a happy face on his face as the usual, "I end my turn."
Turn 3. Titan - 2200 lp - 3 cards
Titan stood as he reached for his duel vest for a card. The card gave Titan his card to which his eyes widened, but due to his eyes being covered by his mask, no one thought about that, "I suppose you deserve a real challenge after all. I activate the Ritual Spell card, Contract with the Abyss!"
In front of him, was a ritual pedestal, with dark blue energy all around it that nearly sucked in the viewers of the duel in it. Around the pedestal was a statue of one of the most recognizable monsters used by the Yugi Muto, Summoned Skull. Everyone, sans Chumley, internally fangirled at the sight of the monster.
"This card allows me to send a monster with an equal or higher level than that of the Ritual monster I am about to summon. So I send the Archfiend known as, Summoned Skull for the ritual for the end of your life." Titan summoned the skeleton-like monster, for only to be a tribute for a ritual monster. The monster yelled in pain as it was sucked in by the pedestal, "I Ritual summon…"
From the pedestal came out a claw of that of a beast, similar that of Summoned Skull. The monster climbed up so the entire body was revealed. It looked more like the Summoned Skull they were used to, but the electricity, no they were not used to that part of Summoned Skull, "... Archfiend's Awakening!"
(Archfiend's Awakening: Ritual - Level 6 - Dark Fiend - Attack: 2500. Defense: 1200)
"And now I will show it's weaker form by activating the Trap card, Call of the Archfiend! I can special summon a level 5 or higher Fiend monster by discarding a Fiend from my hand," Titan did so as he pointed at his field, "Now, revive from the Shadows, Summoned Skull!"
From the depths came out a claw, similar to its powerful form. And then the entire body was then revealed. The monster looked similar to the Ritual monster, but weaker and had no electric powers.
(Summoned Skull: Level 6 - Dark Fiend - Attack: 2500. Defense: 1200.)
Normally, if Jaden saw this he would hop side to side and giggle like a schoolgirl, but this is different. This was a battle to save Alexis from him. He readied his back as both of his heroes looked at each other and then the Summoned Skulls.
Titan pointed at Jaden's Heroes, "Now, behold the power of the Shadows! Archfiend's Awakening attack Elemental HERO Ocean with Thunder Swarm!" Dark blue electricity was all around the Ritual monster, even stronger than before.
From the eyes of the Ritual monster, its dark blue eyes shone with ferocity of that of a wild beast, and it shot the electricity all around the aquatic Hero. Vaporizing it.
Titan: 2200 lp
Jaden: 4000 - 3000 life points
Something in Jaden felt like disappearing, like a part of the body or something, but he couldn't think about it as Titan roared, "Now, Summoned Skull! Strike his Wildheart with Lightning Strike!"
From the legendary Fiend monster came electricity with enough power to start up a car and shot it straight ahead of Jaden's Earth Hero. Destroying it.
Titan: 2200 lp
Jaden: 3000 - 2000 life points
Jaden yelled in pain as he definitely felt part of his soul being taken and a part of his body being erased from existence. He looked at his body, and he seemed fine, but he heard Celina yelling, "WHERE ARE YOUR KNEES!?"
Jaden turned his head down and his eyes widened, he had no knees! "How is that possible!?"
"Jaden are you alright!?" yelled Syrus as Chumley almost fell unconscious.
Titan merely laughed, "I did say you are in a Shadow Game, didn't I?" everyone's eyes widened, "Every time you lose life points, you lose a part of your body and soul! And you lose your soul when you lose the duel!"
Jaden was taking deep breaths as he looked at Titan, determination flashing over his eyes. "If you think that your hocus pocus Shadow Games can stop me, then you're dead wrong!"
"Really? Then I end my turn." said Titan.
Turn 4. Jaden - 2000 lp - 3 cards
Jaden ripped the top card of his deck. He took a glance and immediately activating it, "I activate the Spell card Polymerization! I fuse Burstinatrix and Clayman from my hand!" A heroine wearing a red clad skin suit and a defensive clay-like hero was then summoned onto the field, only to be sucked by a Red-Blue spiral vortex.
"I Fusion summon the rocket hero, Elemental HERO Rampart Blaster in defense mode!" from the vortex came out a clay-soldier-like hero was summoned onto the field in defense mode. On her right side had a bazooka-like RPG and on her left side had a shield to protect her and her master from any danger.
(Elemental HERO Rampart Blaster: Fusion - Level 6 - Earth Warrior - Attack: 2000. Defense: 2500.)
"Yeah! A monster with 2500 defense points!" Celina snapped her fingers.
"That means it can not be destroyed by those two monsters!" cheered Chumley.
"And it gets better! You see, if my fellow heroine is in defense mode, then she can attack you directly, but her attack is cut in half!" Titan's eyes widened in panic, "Now go, Rampart Blaster! Attack with Rampart Barrage!" Jaden's new Fusion monster took aim at Titan and shot him. The bullets of the Fusion monster were flippin rockets!
The attack nearly scorched Titan alive.
Titan: 2200 - 1200 life points
Jaden: 2000 lp
Titan fell to his knees and then stood up as Syrus figured something, "Hey, wait a minute! How do you not have nothing taken away from you!?"
"Crap! I have to figure out a way to prove I am not faking it!" Titan looked at Syrus, "You see little one, I have a Millenium Item for this Shadow Game while he doesn't have one, so I am immune to the effect of the Shadows." "Please work!"
"I guess that makes sense," Jaden sighed as he took the only card from his hand, "I throw down a face down and that makes my turn!" a card was set vertically behind Rampart Blaster.
Turn 5. Titan - 1200 lp - 0 cards
Titan drew a card that was inserted from his top card and his smile widened, "This is over for you! I activate the Equip Spell card, Falling Down!" a card was inserted into Titan's duel vest and the Spell card appeared behind Titan. "This card allows me to take control of one of your monsters if I control an Archfiend monster!"
Jaden's eyes widened as from the Spell card came out two ghoulish looking hands, reaching for Rampart Blaster. She struggled as much as she could, but the force was too much for the poor Earth Heroine, as she went to join her new colleagues.
The trio took a step back as Jaden didn't even budge.
Titan pointed at his new monster, "I switch her into attack mode!" Rampart Blaster stood up from her card and glared at Jaden.
Titan left out a malicious laugh that sent shivers down to Chumley and Syrus' spines, "This is over. Welcome the Shadows! Go, Archfiend's Awakening, Summoned Skull and Rampart Blaster end him!"
All three monsters charged their attacks and shot them at Jaden with their unique ways. Summoned Skull's electricity went straight towards him, Archfiend's Awakening shot electricity in all directions and Rampart Blaster shot missiles at Jaden.
Jaden waited for all of the attacks to come near him with an unreadable emotion on his face. At the very last second, he closed his eyes only to open them while pointing at his only set card, "Too easy! I activate the Trap card, Mirror Force!" A barrier was formed around Jaden
"Yes!" yelled the trio.
"Damn it!" yelled TItan as all of his monsters' attacks were sucked in by Jaden's Trap card.
"This card allows me to destroy all of your monsters in attack mode!" Jaden's barrier started to crack and shot the pieces at Titan's monsters. Both of the Archfiends screeched in pain while Rampart Blaster did not make a sound, happy to be released.
Titan clenched his fist and gritted his teeth, "I end my turn."
Turn 6. Jaden - 2000 lp - 0 cards
Jaden breathed in and out, he simply drew his card. He looked at it and smiled, "Alright! Time for a little defense! I summon Necro Gardna in attack mode!"
From the depths of the shadows behind Jaden, appeared a dark fiendish monster. The monster had a dark red colouring scheme with shoulders bigger than its head. The monster had knee long light yellow hair with a mask over his eyes. The monster had spikes on the back side of its arms, emphasizing that it is for defense.
(Necro Gardna: Level 3 - Dark Warrior - Attack: 600. Defense: 1300.)
"It would have been a wiser choice to summon it in defense mode." while they hated that he was right, it was confusing on why Jaden would summon a monster with such low attack points.
"I know about that, but the thought of you having life points sounded like a better idea, go Necro Gardna! Attack with Warrior Bruising Bane!" Jaden's Dark Warrior ran straight to Titan, for a quick and painful sucker punch to the chin. Making him stammer.
Titan: 1200 - 600 life points
Jaden: 2000 lp
"You managed to attack me well." said Titan as he straightened his feet to look his opponent in the eyes.
"Well sooner or later, I will beat you and save Alexis!" Jaden looked at his Necro Gardna and then back to Titan, "I end my turn with that."
Turn 7. Titan - 600 lp - 0 cards
"My turn!" yelled Titan as he drew his newest card from the top of his deck. He gave a malicious smile as he showed his card, "I will show you your soon defeat! I summon Archfiend Emperor, the First Lord of Horror!"
From the depths of the floor on the cavern was opened and from it came out a dark purple hand. The entire body was shown and everyone nearly threw up from fear. The monster looked straight out of Hell. The monster had mouths on its torso and even on his knees. The body was skeleton-like with a dark purple aura all around it. On its hands was a 2 foot dark red sword with a horrible scent on it. The monster stared down on Necro Gardna.
(Archfiend Emperor, the First Lord of Horror: Level 8 - Dark Fiend - Attack: 3000. Defense: 2000.)
"Unfortunately, if summoned without any tributes, it gets destroyed during the End Phase," said Titan, looking at Jaden, "and its attack is halved."
Archfiend Emperor: 3000 - 1500 attack points
"Oh my god," said Celina.
"That is terrifying." stated Syrus.
"I agree, Sy." agreed Chumley.
"Don't worry guys," Jaden turned around, "I got this." he gave a thumbs up.
"Don't think about that," Jaden looked back at Titan, "I activate my monster's effect! I banish a monster from my graveyard," he took his Vilepawn Archfiend from his graveyard only to put it in his pocket, "So I can destroy a monster on your side of the field! Now destroy that warrior with your power!"
Archfiend Emperor gripped its devil sword and lifted it. He swung the sword all of it might at the Necro Gardna, roaring and sending shivers to their backs.
"You don't have any defense left! Go and meet the Shadows! Hell's Wrath!" Archfiend Emperor stared down Jaden with an intensity of a thousand wild boars before lifting up its sword and slashing him down.
Titan: 600 lp
Jaden: 2000 - 500 life points
Jaden yelled in pain as part of his stomach, left shoulder, right elbow and a part of his own head disappeared into darkness. The trio tried to step in, but a glare from the Emperor was enough to stop them.
"I end my turn." Titan's monster exploded, but he just ignored the explosion as he stared down Jaden, "Give up, kid. Leave this island forever and the Shadows might spare you and the girl!"
Jaden glared at Titan, "No way, I will surrender! A duel is not over until the last card is played!"
Turn 8. Jaden - 500 lp - 0 cards
Jaden was taking deep breaths after deep breaths. If this would go on, he would pass out, but he couldn't do that! That would be a spit on all of his and Alexis' efforts!
He put a hand on his left shoulder.
Wait a minute…
His left shoulder?!
"How is that possible!? If I lose life points, I lose a part of my body. Wait, that means…" He straightens his back to look at the Millenium item closely this time. And he noticed a few things about it.
For one, it had way less details than the actual one that Yugi once used. The other one was that the rope was way too short for it to be on his neck. And in the final part he noticed that the colour was lighter than the actual Millenium Puzzle.
He heard a certain coo on his deck, and looked at it. It was a coo from a monster he got from a fantastic duelist. It was Winged Kuriboh!
The monster came out of Jaden's deck and hovered around him and Titan. His eyes were on the furball, and he noticed a few things else. The dark aura that was around Alexis' coffin and on his opponent? Yeah, those were just fog machines. The glow on his Millenium item? Basically a flashlight.
In his mind, he finally realized something. He was just a wrestler. He wasn't a guy interested in Shadow Games!
"No more mind tricks, bud! I know your Shadow Game scam!" yelled Jaden.
"Shadow Game scam?" Celina raised an eyebrow.
"What does he mean by that?" Syrus looked at Chumley, who only shrugged his shoulders.
"I mean, my soul is not on the serving plate anymore, Sy!" Inside of Jaden's eyes were flames that not one thing can put out, "Let's keep going!" Jaden drew his card and looked at it. He smiled, "I activate the good ol' Spell card known as Graceful Charity! I draw 3 cards for the price of discarding two!" He did so, and he looked at the cards he needed to discard.
One was a Hero with an amazing graveyard effect, and the other is his good old pal Winged Kuriboh. "Say, Kuriboh? May I use you for a little thing?" his question was answered by a coo.
"I discard Necroshade and Winged Kuriboh!" He first sent Necroshade to the graveyard. He looked at his furball and smiled, "Here goes something."
"And here is Winged Kuriboh!" He threw his Winged Kuriboh to the Millenium Puzzle Titan was holding, shocking everyone. The card was in the Puzzle!
"What did you just…do?" Titan asked as he saw Jaden's body was fully healed.
"You got your body back!" yelled Syrus in complete happiness.
"It was never gone, guys." Jaden reassured, "It was all hypnosis. He used fog machines, mirrors and flashlights to trick my mind into thinking my body was being erased. Heck, that Millenium Puzzle was made out of paper mache. He is just a phoney."
"I am not a phoney! I am real! And so is my Millenium Pendant!" yelled back Titan.
"Real?" Celina snorted, "Please, you are real as a 3 dollar bill. Quit fooling us."
Titan gritted his teeth, before he was reminded of something, "Alright, then what about the girl?" Everyone's eyes widened as they saw Alexis' body still in the coffin. "She is sleeping like someone in a fairy tale, she is in my control! This duel is real and so is my Pendant!"
Jaden, however, snorted, "Really? But in the scriptures on the way here, the item you are currently holding is the Millenium Puzzle, not the Pendant. You don't have her soul, you never did! So hand her back!"
"I will not!" yelled back Titan, without realizing that the floor became darker and more sinister. He noticed that no one heard that, so it must be his imagination.
But then from the Millenium item, came out a dark ghost, resembling that of a goat and a grim reaper. From the darkness of the floor was absorbed into the dark being making everyone take a step back.
"Wha-what the hell is that?!" yelled Celina.
"Maybe one of those fog machines." replied Jaden, making the dark being laugh.
"Fog machines? Ha, fool! I am no mere fog machine! I am the being known as Nightshroud! Your very end!" yelled the dark being, now known as Nightshroud. "From the duel I have seen, you have awoken me and your duel energy is most impressive." it turned around a frightened Titan, making it smile with a malicious smile on its face, "I will duel you while possessing this mortal's body!"
"Wait! What?! I didn't sign up for this-" Titan couldn't even finish his sentence as Nightshroud went straight ahead of his body. He struggled all that he could, but nothing.
His mental state was broken as Nightshroud took all of his body. His eyes were now deep black blue, "So this is like having a mortal body? I have to take note of this, for a different host. But now is not the time." Nightshroud looked at Jaden, "Continue your turn, mortal."
"Jaden, don't!" yelled the other Slifer Reds.
"I won't! Still, this could still be an act." Inside of Nightshroud, he laughed, but he decided not to ruin this moment. Let him think this is still a normal duel and not a life threatening one. Jaden took a card from his hand, "I normal summon Hero Kid in defense mode!"
From the top of the cavern came out a kid no older than 10 years old in an astronaut costume. The kid was in an X pose signaling that he is on the defense.
(Hero Kid: Level 2 - Earth Warrior - Attack: 300. Defense: 600.)
Jaden looked at Nightshroud, "This ends my turn."
Turn 9. Nightshroud - 600 lp - 0 cards
What Nightshroud did first was check his graveyard and the field. The graveyard was decent enough, but the set card made his new body's eyes widened. "He had this card the whole time!? No wonder why he was able to almost take him down."
Nightshroud took the only card from his hand and smiled devilishly, "Your ending begins with this Spell card known as Monster Reborn!" Everyone gasped at the Spell card, "I can revive a monster from my graveyard! So revive the destruction of your life, Annihilator Archfiend!"
From the carvings on the floor were blasted open by a blast. The beast flew up and stared down Jaden with all of its hatred. It then landed near his new master. The monster's full body was then shown to the others and this made Archfiend Emperor look like a minion in a video game.
The body was the darkest shade of black with muscles bulging all around it. Its wings were bigger than the sword of Archfiend Emperor. They were spikes all around the hands and on its own head. The image alone would scare even the bravest souls.
(Annihilator Archfiend: Level 9 - Dark Fiend - Attack: 2000. Defense: 3000.)
"Okay, those were actually good special effects if I am being honest. And with a cool monster, too." Jaden complimented while the others looked at him scared.
"Jaden, I don't think those were special effects," said Celina.
Nightshroud looked at Jaden, intrigued on why he is still about these special effects, but that doesn't matter for now. He pointed at his only set card, "And now, I will revive his minion. With the Trap card Call of the Haunted!"
A coffin appeared in front of Nightshroud, to which the entire body stood up. It looked around and saw the stronger fiend, which made him kneel down. Making it known that he is the weaker one.
(Archfiend Emperor, the First Lord of Horror: Level 8 - Dark Fiend - Attack: 3000. Defense: 2000.)
"I will activate Annihilator's effect! I can target one of my monsters and one of your monsters, and I will destroy them both!" Nightshroud's Archfiend roared when it grabbed both Jaden's Hero Kid and his own Emperor's heads, only to crush them while just gripping it. The dust made Jaden almost choke on it, but it was only the beginning.
"And when it destroys a Fiend monster, it gains half of its original attack points until the end of this turn!" Annihilator's muscles became even bigger and bulkier as it roared, nearly deafening everyone in the cave and waking up Alexis in the process.
Annihilator: 2000 - 3500 attack points
"Feel the wrath of my monster! Go Annihilator! Hell's Destruction!" Annihilator obeyed its master as it reached back his fist and shot it against Jaden, who still had a calm composure.
A card appeared from Jaden's graveyard to which he took it, "I activate Necro Gardna's effect! I banish it from my grave, so it can negate one attack!" Necro Gardna appeared behind Jaden and used its arms to defend him from the upcoming attack. The punch nearly broke the invisible barrier, but it stayed on until the end. Successfully saving Jaden.
If this was any other opponent, they would swear worse than a pirate, but Nightshroud was different. He saw the never giving up attitude of him and was even more interested in him and his duel spirit. "I end my turn. Make it count, mortal."
Annihilator Archfiend: 3500 - 2000 attack points
Turn 10. Jaden - 500 lp - 0 cards
"Man, is it just me or has your acting become even better?" Jaden commented.
"Jay, I don't think it is an act anymore." said Syrus.
"Come on, Sy. Only an actor can make this up." Jaden said as he reached for his deck, "But still, I can not let him win. I draw!" He drew his top card with the intensity of a dragon. He spared a glance at the newly drawn card and grinned, "Hey, Nightshroom! Remember the cards I discarded with Graceful Charity?"
Nightshroud's new body's nose flinched at the stupid nickname he gave him, "First of all it's Nightshroud. Second, I do remember those cards," he specifically a furball, you know the one inside of the fake replica of the Millenium Puzzle, and a Dark Attributed Hero monster, "It is Winged Kuriboh and one Hero monster. What about it?"
"Good job on remembering. I know that my buddy Winged Kuriboh doesn't have a graveyard effect, but the other monster does!" Behind Jaden, an afterimage of a fiendish looking Hero appeared in a dark red clad suit, "Necroshade allows me to summon a Hero regardless if I summoned this turn, and more importantly, what level it is!" Jaden took his only card and placed it on his duel disk.
Necroshade slashed an empty pit behind the Slifer Red and in a dramatic fashion came out a Hero with a golden armor and blades on its arms, edge enough to slash any villain it sees. It landed on its knees and then stood up glaring at the powerful fiend, "Here is the Hero that can slash anyone in his path, Elemental HERO Bladedge!"
(Elemental HERO Bladedge: Level 7 - Earth Warrior - Attack: 2600. Defense: 1800.)
Nightshroud's eyes widened at the attack of the monster, "Wait a minute. Those attack points are enough to finish me!"
"Do it, Jaden/Jay/J! Save Alexis!" cheered his friends, as he turned around to give them a thumps up.
"Of course I would!" Jaden turned to see Nightshroud, "I had fun, but I have to save her! Go Bladedge! Attack Annihilator Archfiend with Slice and Dice Attack!"
Bladedge nodded at his command. On his arms came out blades as he charged at a nightmarish fiend, but the monster wasn't going down without a fight. Annihilator went in for a sucker punch, but due to Bladedge's training, it dodged it without any issue. The Earth Hero jumped on its arm and ran full speed.
Annihilator tried to swat it like it's a fly, but no luck to the Fiend. Bladedge went faster than before and then charged for its head, slicing it with success.
"Impossible!" yelled Nightshroud as he dropped to his knees.
Nightshroud: 600 - 0 life points
Jaden: 500 lp
JADEN YUKI: WINNER!
With the holograms disappearing, Jaden combined his index finger with his middle finger to point at the fallen duelist, "That's game!" He failed to notice his friends coming to him, "Now give back Alexis!"
Nightshroud was quiet for what felt like 5 minutes, before he started laughing. It was slow and quiet at first, but then became crazier each second, "Not bad, for a mortal. I see that you duelists might survive the upcoming end of your world."
Celina stepped in, "What do you mean by that?"
"You will see, in due time. One day you will duel one of my vestiges in the future." warned Nightshroud as he dropped to the ground, with Titan falling into darkness, never to be see again.
Almost everyone's jaw dropped from what they heard/saw. Chumley was focusing on the fact that a guy disappeared, Syrus about the end of the world and for Celina they more or less killed a guy.
Key word, almost.
Jaden put his hands on his hips, "Man, I regret calling him lame. That final act was top tier!" Everyone decided not to tell him about any of their worries. Besides, even if they did, he might just chalk it up to an act.
He straightens his back, "Well, we have to get Alexis out of here, who knows what other things might happen if we stay here." He said as he went up to take Winged Kuriboh back to his deck and came to Alexis to come pick her up. He saw the worried faces, "Oh, don't worry about me. My mama always says that I have the energy of an animal!"
They tried to bargain, but it seems to them that nothing will change his mind. Chumley looked at his brown haired friend, "If you don't have any energy left, I will carry her on my back, okay?" Jaden nodded at his friend.
Jaden put Alexis on his back, arms around his neck and his hands were on her knees. Something in Celina was felt, like envy for her. Why did she want to be carried like that, but she just shrugged it off.
On their way out of this mansion, deciding that they won't make this their base, much to the dismay of Jaden, they grabbed a photo of a guy that looks too similar to Alexis.
A few minutes later
Jaden finally put Alexis in a soft place so she can rest up, a tree of all places. He did not hear his friends facepalming. They chatted a little bit, about the dorm and stuff, until they heard Alexis waking up. What she saw was Jaden, a little too close for her liking.
So she screamed as she pulled her arm and smacked him with all of her might.
"OOOWWW! What was that for?!" Jaden rubbed his cheek on the part that was smacked just a second ago, "Do girls just like slapping me?" He mumbled.
"What was that?" asked both Celina and Alexis as they looked at him, darkly.
He gulped, noticing his male friends snickering. "Nothing." As he put up his arms in the air.
Alexis breathed in and looked at the group, "Sorry about that. It's just the same thing happened to me, before I was abushed by a guy wearing -"
"A face mask?"
"A fedora?"
"A dark black jacket?"
"A cool duel vest?" asked Celina, Syrus, Chumley and Jaden at the same time, before looking at Jaden disappointingly. He rubbed the back of his head.
Alexis blinked, "Yes. Have you met him?" she asked as Jaden pointed at his chin, "Of course! I dueled him and won! And he used awesome special effects!"
She looked at the group, their eyes looked like they were saying, "Don't question it."
"Oh yeah, we found a photo of a guy that looks like you." Chumley took a photo from his pocket and gave it to Alexis, who eyes widened as soon as she saw it, "Do you know who this is?"
Alexis felt her throat being dry the moment she saw the picture it was him! Her big brother! She instantly took the picture, and hugged, meaning the person was very special to her.
"Thank you! Thank you for bringing a picture of my missing brother!" She said as everyone felt bad for her, that her own brother went missing.
"I am so sorry for you lost." Syrus put a hand on her shoulder, but put it back when he saw the uncomfortable expression on her face.
"It's fine. I just miss him. Thank you for saving me and bringing this picture to me." she said with a smile on her face.
Jaden gave her a smile, "Anytime Alexis!" He stood up, but he felt tired. He looked at the sky, it was sunrise. He looked at his buddies, "Guys, I hate to ruin the moment, but we need to go back to the dorms. What if Banner gets suspicious of us not going down."
Every Slifer Red stood up and went to the dorm, giving Alexis their condolences about her brother.
She smiled as she also stood up and waved at them, thanking them. She looked at the picture, "Maybe there is hope for you. Atticus"
Meanwhile at the Dorm
A certain teacher was in the abandoned dorm with a flashlight in his hands, it was the person that hates Jaden the most, Doctor Crowler. "Oh mister Shadow Duelist! How are you doing! Has your work done the trick?" He didn't get an answer. Strange.
He went into every room, but no one. Not even in the cave. Di-did he lose!? Impossible! He hired him for 250 dollars to do this! He lost this month's paycheck for this!
He went outside to check, and there he was. The Slifer Slacker, himself. Close to the tree with Alexis Rhodes and his 3 other friends!
He swore worse than a sailor as he stomped on the ground like a toddler. "Next time! I will expel you! Jaden Yuki, mark my words!"
He went to the Obelisk Blue dorm, thinking of his next plan on expelling him.
Authors Notes:
Finally I am done with this chapter! Sorry about the wait, guys. School is giving me more pain than Tengen does to Zenitsu on a daily basis. I decided to add some more Anime references in this one, especially from Demon Slayer. Tell me if you liked the little change or should I decrease it.
This duel, this chapter in fact, was really fun to write. A lot of combos I don't see often were used here and some cards are never used. Titan as a character isn't anything special, but a fun character to watch and read.
But the real surprise to this is 100% Nightshroud this early. Why have I done this? Well so the characters know what they would face in the future and the threat of having another vessel. And in Season 4, Fujiwara did use this exact spot to rerelease the Darkness around the world and take Atticus with him and where Atticus vs Jaden round 2 took place. Inform me if you liked this surprise.
Also yes, the monster that Chumley drew is a Masked Hero, but Jaden won't use them. I won't give you the information on either Neos or Masked Heroes being used in the 2nd season.
Gonna inform you that I am going on vacation the week this is posted so don't expect an upload soon, but I do plan on posting it this month.
Take care!
