I'm back with more 'Rise Of The Sacred Beasts'! This time, it's a battle under the sea! ROLL IT!
It's been a week or so since the last Shadow Rider attack. A sense of normalcy has returned to Duel Academy. All of a sudden, a shrill scream is heard from the Slifer dorm.
"AAAAAAAHHHHHH! YOU DID WHAT? YOU TRADED MY BED FOR A CARD? SO WHERE AM I GONNA SLEEP?!"
"I'm sorry, Sy. I guess in all the excitement, I just didn't think about that," Jaden told his best friend as the Rocket crew walked in.
"That's 'cause you rarely think, Jaden," Reggie interjected.
"What's with all the ruckus, boys?" Otto asked.
"JADEN TRADED MY BED FOR A CARD!" Syrus screamed.
"Time out!" Clio called, putting her hands in a T formation. "Did you ever stop and think that maybe Jaden got that card for you, Syrus?"
"He's a little late on that one. My birthday was last Tuesday and I'm surprised I made it with all he put me through this year!"
"By the way, did anyone order a sub?" Twister asked. "There's one parked out front...illegally, I might add."
"You wanna give it one of those car barnacles I've been seeing back in Ocean Shores?" Sam asked of his absent-minded friend.
"Say what?!" Jaden asked, surprised.
Minutes later, the gang rushes out to find a submarine outside the docks and as Twister saw...it was parked illegally. Atop it was a portly man, dressed in Naval attire.
"Avast ye landlubbers! I be The Admiral!" the man introduced.
"What is he? Some sort of pirate?" Jaden asked.
"Ye scallywags never heard ear the tales of The Admiral - Scourge of the Seven Seas?"
"I'm guessing he's a pirate..." Alexis retorted.
"I set sail to challenge the bildgerat known as Jaden Yuki! REVEAL YOURSELF TO ME!"
"He's gotta be a Shadow Rider!" Twister beamed.
"Ye be here, Admiral! And aren't you a little old to be playin' dress-up?"
This angered The Admiral. "WHY I'LL KEYHOLE YARR POOP DECK! AT ARMS, YE SCURVY DOG! WE BE DUELIN'! GET YARRRR GAME ON!"
Jaden was about to head for the submarine...but his...ahem...girlfriend, Alexis was having none of it.
"Jaden, we're in this together!"
"Right, I'm with you too!"
"Just wish I had a parrot...or an eye patch."
"Jaden-man, we're not letting you do this alone!"
"That goes double for Reg and I!"
"We'll whomp this dork together!"
"All I can say is...BRING IT!"
Syrus didn't come along. He had much to think about as his friends were pulled aboard the ship.
"Pretty high tech...for a pirate," Clio said.
"I'm starting to think this Admiral is less Captain Hook...and more Donald Trump," Reggie answered.
"How else can he afford a submarine...or a SUBMERGED DUEL ARENA?" Otto questioned.
"'Tis be a fine ship! Now let's weigh anchor and duel!" The Admiral exclaimed as he led Jaden...and Sam...to his duel ring. "WISH YOUR MATES FAREWELL! YOU AIN'T BE SEEIN' THEM AGAIN!"
"What's the hold up, Admiral? Are we gonna duel...or walk the plank?" Jaden taunted.
Back on the bridge, Otto, Reggie and the rest of the Key Keepers were watching the whole thing.
"Walk the Plank on a submarine? You're better than that, Jaden!" Twister said.
"AT ARMS, YE GROG-SNARFIN' SWINES!"
"Eh...whatever that means..."
"I think it means 'Let's Duel', Jaden,' Sam clarified.
"DUEL!"
Jaden: 8000
Sam: 8000
Admiral: 8000
"'ARRGH' THIS!" Jaden shouted, drawing his card. "I'll start with the Elemental Hero Wildheart in Defense Mode!"
ATK: 1500
DEF: 1600
"That ends my turn!"
"And it'll start mine!" Sam declared, taking his first draw. "I'll open with my ANCIENT GEAR HUNTING HOUND!"
Sam placed the card on his Duel Disk and a small metallic dog appeared in front of him.
ATK: 1000
DEF: 1000
"When Gear Hound comes out to play, you get hit for 600 points of damage!"
"WHAT?!"
Admiral: 7400
"But that's not all my Hound does! I now use his special power to merge him with my Golem, Gadjiltron Dragon and Gear Gadget in order to summon my boss monster!"
Back on the bridge...
"WHAT?! Perfect Machine King isn't Sam's ace?" Twister asked, shocked.
"I had no clue he had something stronger than that!" Lars exclaimed.
"Prepare to face my most powerful monster...THE ANCIENT GEAR CHAOS GIANT!"
A 50 foot tall mechanical monster appeared in front of Sam, staring down The Admiral.
ATK: 4500
DEF: 3000
"I'll lay this face-down and end my turn for now."
Just then, the lights went off.
"I knew it...it's a Shadow Duel, Jaden."
"I betcha he's after our Spirit Keys!"
"WHAT?! I'm an Ocean Rider, not a Shadow Rider! I'll prove it by careening this lady skybound!" The Admiral said as his ship surfaced. Then, the lights returned.
"Now prepare to taste the briney deep, thanks to this card - A LEGENDARY OCEAN! With this card, I can play me Orca Mega-Fortress of Darkness without a sacrifice! Also, me sea monsters get a hefty bounty of 200 points for Attackin' or Defendin'!"
ATK: 2100 - 2300
DEF: 1200 - 1400
"ORCA MEGA, SCUTTLE HIS WILDHEART!"
The orca opened its mouth, revealing a laser cannon which attempted to blast away Wildheart. However...
"I play NEGATE ATTACK! Your attack is blocked and your Battle Phase immediately ends!"
The Admiral grunted. His attack was blocked just like that! "I lays 2 face-downs and aye's end mine turn for now."
"Back to me! I DRAW!" Jaden said, drawing his card. "I play POLYMERIZATION, fusing Wildheart and Avian to summon...ELEMENTAL HERO WILD WINGMAN! And I'll put him in Defense Mode!"
ATK: 1900
DEF: 2300
"Now for his special ability! By discarding a card, I can eliminate a Spell or Trap Card on your field and I choose...YOUR LEGENDARY OCEAN!"
"OH NO!" The Admiral cowered as his ocean vanished.
"Next, I play DE-FUSION! This splits Wild Wingman back into the two monsters that originated him! But they won't be out for long, because I'm sacrificing them both for the ELEMENTAL HERO BLADEDGE!"
ATK: 2600
DEF: 1800
"Now turn that Orca into a Fillet-O-Fish! SLICE AND DICE ATTACK!"
On command, Bladedge leaped into the air in an attempt to slash Orca Mega, but...
"YE SCALLYWAGS JUST WALKED INTO MY TRAP! MAGIC CYLINDER! This turns your scuttle right back at yar Life Points!"
Jaden: 5400
Sam: 5400
"I'll throw down a face-down and call it a turn! Sam, you're up!"
"HERE GOES! DRAW!"
Sam had drawn one of his best Spells!
"I play the CARD OF SANCTITY! This lets us all draw until we all hold 6 cards! Next, I'll have Chaos Giant attack your Orca! And in case you were planning on playing any hand trap monsters, you can forget it! Ancient Gear Chaos Giant stops that from happening! Chaos Giant, put that Orca on the endangered species list with SUPER MECHANIZED MELEE!"
Sam's Chaos Giant opened its left claw, unleashing a proton blast at Orca Mega, destroying it.
Admiral: 5000
"Next, I play MONSTER REBORN on my Gear Hunting Hound! After that, I use Hunting Hound's fusion ability, merging him with the Ancient Gear Wyvern in my hand to summon...ANCIENT GEAR HOWITZER!"
ATK: 1000
DEF: 1800
"And this guy's got a wicked cool power! Once a turn, I can deal 1000 points of damage to you, Admiral! I'll use that effect right now!"
Gear Howitzer launched rockets from its palm, slamming The Admiral.
Admiral: 4000
"I'll play 2 cards face-down and end my turn."
"Back to me! YARRRR!"
The Admiral drew his card - it was A Legendary Ocean. Just what he needed to swing the duel back in his favor.
"I'll start with my MONSTER REBORN! Return to me, ORCA MEGA-FORTRESS OF DARKNESS! Next, I'm taking you back to my LEGENDARY OCEAN! Next, I play my face-down! CURSED WATERS LEVEL 3! With this, I can summon monsters from the deep whose levels total 3! I call TORPEDO FISH and CANNONBALL SPEAR SHELLFISH!"
ATK: 1200
DEF: 1200
Back on the bridge...
"Brilliant!" Bastion exclaimed. "Normally those monsters' levels would total 5, but thanks to A Legendary Ocean, Tornado Fish and Cannonball Spear Shellfish lose a level, resulting in a total of 3!"
"Now I be activating the effect of me Orca! By sending one of me beasts to Davy Jones', I can scuttle your face-down, Jaden!"
Cannonball Spear Shellfish was launched at Jaden's face-down card, revealing it to be a Mirror Gate before destroying it.
"Now, I be bidding farewell to me fish and forcing your gold fellow to walk the mutinous plank!"
Now Torpedo Fish was launched towards Jaden's side, destroying Bladedge.
"Now me Orca has a clean line of sight! Orca, ATTACK JADEN DIRECTLY!"
Jaden: 3100
"Aye lays a face-down and mees end mine turn."
After the attack, The Admiral explained why he wants Jaden so much. He's building a new Duel Academy at the bottom of the ocean and wants Jaden to teach there. If he wins, Jaden leaves Duel Academy and goes to work with him. But if Jaden and Sam win, The Admiral lets them along with the rest of the group go.
"You're not taking me into the ocean, Admiral! 'Cause I'm not losin' this duel! HERE GOES...SOMETHING!" Jaden beamed, drawing his card. "First, I play 2 cards face down, then...comes FUSION RECOVERY! This lets me retrieve Polymerization and a monster that was used as Fusion Material during this duel! Now I play...POLYMERIZATION! I start with Sparkman, add in Avian and throw in a pinch of Bubbleman to form the Elemental Hero...TEMPEST!"
ATK: 2800
DEF: 2800
"Attack his Orca with POWERHOUSE PLUMMET!"
On that order, Tempest flew into the air and bashed the orca, destroying it.
Admiral: 3500
"Thank you. When you took out my Orca...YOU ACTIVATED MY TRAP CARD! OCEAN REVENGE! This card automatically activates when a Water monster is destroyed. It deals damage to you equal to the attack points of that monster! So both of you are getting hit for 2300 points of damage!"
Or so The Admiral thought...
"I play my Life Exchange card! Since Life Points are changing via a card effect, I become the new target of that effect! So only I'll take 2300 points of damage!"
Sam: 3100
"That's gonna bring things over to me! And I'll use the effect of my Ancient Gear Howitzer! That means you take another 1000 points of damage!"
Admiral: 2500
"I'll throw a face-down and it's back to you, Admiral!"
"My move! I play this Spell Card - SHALLOW GRAVE! Here's how it works: We search our Graveyards and pick a beast we want, then summon it in Defense Mode! I think I'll choose...the terror of the seven seas - the ORCA MEGA-FORTRESS OF DARKNESS!"
"I'll summon CLAYMAN!"
"And I'll summon ANCIENT GEAR WYVERN! When Wyvern comes out, I can search my deck for another Ancient Gear card! So I choose...ANCIENT GEAR CATAPULT!"
"Very well, but before Sam's Chaos Giant makes quick work of me Orca, I'll be tellin' ye that me Orca's just a sacrifice! There be another monster and it's called...LEVIA-DRAGON - DAEDALUS!"
ATK: 2600 - 2800
DEF: 1500 - 1700
"However, he won't be out long, because I'm sacrificing him to summon...OCEAN DRAGON LORD - NEO-DAEDALUS!"
ATK: 2900 - 3100
DEF: 1600 - 1800
"That beast can wipe us out in one strike!" Sam cowered.
"Right ye are! But before I do that, I be activating his special ability! By sending A Legendary Ocean to me Graveyard, all your cards in your hand and on this field o' war are destroyed!"
The Ocean Dragon Lord roared as it prepared to destroy everything in play. However...
"Nice try...ACTIVATE DIVINE WRATH! By discarding a card, I can negate your Dragon Lord's effect and destroy it!"
"OH NO!" The Admiral freaked as Sam's Trap Card eliminated the dragon.
"Nice move, Sam!"
"I learned from you, Jaden! Now let's waste this fraud!"
"RIGHT!" Jaden said, drawing his card. "Sam, think you can spare your Ancient Gear monsters?"
"My cards are your cards, Jaden."
"Sweet! First, I'll use Ancient Gear Howitzer's effect to deal a big one triple zero points of damage to you, Admiral!"
Admiral: 1500
"Now, Tempest...Chaos Giant...END THIS DUEL NOW!"
Admiral: 0
Sam and Jaden: WIN!
"THAT'S GAME!" Jaden and Sam said in unison. However, The Admiral wasn't done with them yet. He told Jaden and Sam that their friends took the only boat out and sent them under the sea. However, Jaden and Sam escaped and headed for Academy Island...until their boat blew the motor, prompting Syrus and Reggie to save them.
"I'm guessing a water bed is out of the question for Syrus?" Otto asked.
"Aloha to that, Otto!" Clio answered her boyfriend, kissing him.
That's it for this sea tale! Up next is a battle with the most dangerous gang of bandits there's ever been - THE DARK SCORPIONS!