Jaden
After washing his face and dressing in his uniform, Jaden hurried Syrus out the door, annoyed to find him having a strange seance or ritual when he woke up. He had an unsafe number of candles lit on the desk, all of them glowing in front of a poster of Slifer the Sky Dragon. And he had a crown made of Monster Reborn spell cards, some of which were ultra-rare, ticking Jaden off even more.
"You've got to have more faith in yourself pal," Jaden said, closing the door behind them and locking it with the key. "You've gotta be confident."
Syrus whimpered. He sulked forward, arms hanging low. "That's kind of hard to do when you're a guy like me. Wait...hold on. Do you hear that?"
Jaden stopped and listened. Snoring. There was snoring coming from the garden beside their housing. They walked down the stairs and spotted a hammock tied between two palm trees. Evan was there. He was sweating from the humidity and his hands were covered in mosquito bites.
"Evan?" Jaden said. He hurried towards him and woke him up. "Evan! Come on, man, what gives? What are you doing sleeping out here?"
Evan winced with pain. His cheeks were burned from the sun and when he woke, every bite on his body activated at once, showering him with discomfort. "Uh! Oh, man! Sorry, I was hoping to be out of here by the time the sun went up." He rubbed his face. "Ow!" His hand recoiled from it at once.
Syrus went back to the dorm to get some ointment for Evan's burns and his mosquito bites; his arms and legs were covered with them, on the count of him sleeping in his shorts and t-shirt. Trix and Kyros were coming up from the bottom of the hill to see what was the commotion.
"What happened to you?" Trix asked, her blazer was wrapped around her waist and her tie hung loose around her neck.
"Here," Syrus said, handing Evan some aloe for the burns on his cheeks and forehead.
"Thanks, guys," Evan replied. "Well, it's a long story."
"Class doesn't start for a while, my friend," Kyros said. He knelt and inspected his legs. "Oh, this is really bad. It's a miracle you don't have malaria or something. Trix, baby, do you have anything to remedy this?"
"Yeah, I got some cream for that. Poor little guy. What happened? What made you decide to sleep out here?"
"I was forced to," Evan replied. He was about to scratch himself, but Kyros grabbed his arm and told him to keep still until Trix came back moments later with the cream. She got to work at once.
"You were forced to?" she asked.
"What do you mean forced to?" Syrus asked.
"The Red Crusaders," he answered, to which the other Slifers exchanged agitated looks with one another. "Yeah," Evan said. "Boris and his boys weren't happy about me beating them the other day with my new cards."
"You got new cards?" Jaden asked. "Congrats, man. You must have been working hard."
Evan wanted to tell them about Priscilla, but he thought better of it and just smiled at Jaden before continuing his story. "Yeah, I was able to snag some new cards to help me get enough wins for a bundle of DP. I spent every point I earned to make my dream deck."
"Your dream deck, huh?" Jaden said. He held out his hand. "Can I see?"
"Sure," Evan said, giving him the deck.
"Enough about the deck," said Trix. "What happened? Why did the Red Crusaders lock you out of your room?"
"That deck is why," said Evan.
"Hey," said Jaden, flipping through the deck card by card. "This deck is full of some sweet dragons, Evan. They must have cost you a fortune in DP!"
"No kidding. I had to save up 12,000 DP to get that deck."
"That's a lot," said Kyros.
"Uh uh. Luckily, the Slifers in the swamp set up a battle royale to pass the time and prep for the field exams. After that, I went to the arena on campus and dueled against some nice opponents who didn't mind playing against a Slifer. Before I knew it, I got my points and headed for the shop."
"Ahem!" said Trix. "That's all well and good but what does it have to do with Boris!? Come on, Evan. This is serious!"
"Right, right. Anyway, Boris's crew found out I was running around with a deck of dragons and they ambushed me."
"Those lowlives!" Trix snarled.
"Yeah," Evan said grinning with confidence. "They can't stand that I'm better than them now, so they send their goons after me. Well, you should have seen the looks on their faces when I destroyed them."
"I take it Boris wasn't happy about that," Kyros said, applying more cream to Evan's thighs.
"They were furious!" said Evan. "They said I would pay dearly for beating their hit squad."
"What happened next?" Syrus asked.
"The trouble started when I got back to my dorm. They were waiting for me."
"Oh no," said Trix.
"Yeah. They somehow locked up my room — I couldn't get in. And as I struggled with the lock, they surrounded me. Fortunately, I'm pretty fast. I was able to get away from them."
"We've got to tell Chancellor Sheppard about this!" said Jaden.
"No, it's okay," Evan said, determination glimmering in his red, tired eyes. "You know what, I'd rather deal with them myself."
"What!?" Trix said. "Evan, don't play the hero. Even with your so-called 'dream deck' you can't take on the gang by yourself!"
"She's right!" Syrus agreed, holding up his fist. "What those guys did to you is wrong. If they can lock you out of your dorm just to try and beat the crap out of you, who knows what else they're going to do to get their revenge."
"Yes," said Kyros. "You need to get some help. Not only that, but I also don't think Boris is keen on dueling to solve his problems anymore."
"No, he's not," Jaden said. "I heard the gang has been suffering some major losses recently, hurting their reputation. They're going to do anything to be feared and respected again. Evan, I'm with Trix on this one. You're going to have to get some professional help to deal with this problem."
"No!" Evan suddenly yelled out. He yelled so loud his voice echoed across the Slifer Red village.
Jaden backed away and the other just stared at him. All was quiet except for the jungle birds and the insects singing their songs in the vegetation around the village.
Evan sulked in embarrassment. "S-s-sorry. I didn't mean to shout. Look, I appreciate your concern guys but I want to take them on."
"You...WANT to take them on?" Kyros asked.
"I do."
"You sure about this?" Syrus asked.
"I've never been more sure about anything in my whole life. I was on a roll yesterday, guys. The new dragons I got...I don't know, they changed me! They fueled me with some feeling I hadn't felt before. I don't know what it is, but...but I love it. It makes me feel like...like I don't have to be scared anymore."
Kryos smiled and folded his arms. "That's called confidence, Evan. And that's more valuable than any prismatic card in that deck of yours."
"I'll say!" said Jaden. "I'm glad you found your confidence, man. Wish I could say the same for this guy." He patted Syrus's back.
"Hey," Syrus said. "I can be confident." They all laughed at him. "What? What did I say?"
Evan steadied his laughter and lifted his other leg so Kyros could apply some cream to it. "Yeah, don't worry about me, guys. Once I recuperate, I'll get my revenge on them. You'll see."
Trix shrugged. "It's your ass, dude."
Evan chuckled. "Yeah, I know. But first, I have to get out of those swamp dorms. And the best way to do that is by winning my duel exam today. We rank up if we do well, right?"
"Don't forget you still have to pass the written exam," Trix replied.
"She's right," said Kyros. "If you fail that, even if you win the match, odds are, you won't get promoted. So for your sake, I hope you studied."
Trix was about to apply her hands with the cream but saw that Evan had way too many bites on his arms. "No way, this is bad. You're going to need more cleaning up. Yeah, you need a shower buddy. A cold one could definitely ease your suffering and will make the cream work better. Not only that, but you also stink, bro."
Evan sniffed his shirt. He almost gagged from the horrible stench.
"You can use the outhouse behind our dorm," Jaden suggested.
"No, he's going to need something better than that," said Kyros. "It's no Obelisk Dorm, but I'm a gold-ranked Slifer, so I have better accommodations and bathrooms than you guys. Come on, Evan. I'll take you to my place. If you're going to play in the duel exams, you're going to have to look, and smell, your best. "
Evan hopped out of the hammock and followed Kyros back to his dorm, which was a lodge perched right on the beach below the cliffs. After that, Jaden zoomed out of the lodge, falling far behind the others on the count of the meal.
He burped as he ran into the jungle heading for the campus. "Woof," he said. "Man, that Trix sure can cook. No wonder Kyros loves her so much."
Jaden ran so fast he left a trail of dust in his wake. The jungle rushed past him like a giant green blur and the students were flashes of yellow, red, and blue.
As he came upon a hill, he noticed a woman struggling with getting her vehicle up the hill. Though she was elderly and short, she had the strength of an ox. Just getting that vehicle to where she was, required a great feat of strength. However, Jaden could see that was weakening and needed some assistance. He broke to a stop and hurried back to the end of the van to help her push. Being late or helping out? Well, not that he cared. He was always late.
"Thank you, thank you," said the woman. "You're so sweet. I'm going to remember this."
"How about next time you remember that extended warranty?" Jaden jested as he pushed the van up the hill.
Later….
"You have an hour to complete the exam," said Professor Lyman Banner, the head of the Slifer Dorm and instructor of the strange art of Duel Alchemy. He was petting his chubby, orange, cat, Pharoah, who was sound asleep in his arms. "Eyes on your own paper. No talking. And PDA's off, please. If it rings, expect your exam to be taken away. You have been warned."
But Syrus already started to drool on his exam. "A countertrap can...An Xyz Monster can summoned by…."
"I didn't know this was an oral exam, Sy," Jaden said.
Syrus woke up at once. "Whoa! You finally made it! I was beginning to worry about you, Jaden. Ugh, I can't seem to stay awake."
"Yeah, maybe getting sleep would be a lot better than having an all-night Slifer seance, eh?"
"Will you two keep it down!" Chazz shouted from above. He stood up and slammed his fists on his paper. "Some of us actually plan to pass this test."
"Oh, well, I plan on passing too. It just doesn't work out for me."
"Oh, Jaden!" Professor Banner called from below. "If you could come down and get your exam, please."
"Uh, right," Jaden said, his face turning as red as his jacket.
Alice tapped her pencil on her paper and shook her head in disappointment. "He's an amazing duelist, but boy is he lazy. He'd probably be here in Blue with us if he put more effort in his studies and took things a little more seriously."
"Shhh," Alexis said at once. "Don't worry about him. I'm sure he'll pull off some miracle to get him through this."
"Hmm," Alice replied.
Before long, the exam came to an end. Once they were turned in, Professor Banner stood up. "Okay, class, the written exam is over. So please, walk, do not run, to get in line for today's new rare cards. We don't want any repeats of the incident a few years ago so —"
"They're here!" A student cried.
"Oh, dear…"
BAM! The doors all over the school burst open and a wave of red, blue, and yellow surged across the campus.
The halls echoed with screams and grunts as the students rushed to the shop to get the cards. But their speed was stopped when a wall of soldiers in heavy riot gear marched into the campus. They bashed batons on their shields and shouted at the students to go down one hallway to the shop in order to prevent any more chaos from ensuing. More entryways were blocked and metal doors were lowered to keep the mob going in one direction.
Outside, Humvees escorted the trucks carrying the new shipment of cards. The soldiers inside grunted in disbelief at the sheer stupidity of their assignment. Even though they were getting paid well for this, seeing the craving and lust these duelists had for some cards was just disturbing.
Meanwhile, Bastion was trying to awaken Syrus and Jaden, who had fallen asleep during the exam, partially finishing it. "You two might want to focus on waking up!" he said. "Come, you two, up and at'em."
Syrus screamed as he bolted out of his seat. "Oh no, I flunked the test, didn't I?" he hung his head in complete shame. "Aww, I'm a failure. A complete loser."
Jaden sniggered as his head was still down on his arms. "Syrus if they had a class for melodrama, you'd be passing for sure."
Syrus looked around, noticing the lecture hall was completely empty. "Hey, where did everyone go?"
"That's what I was trying to tell you," Bastion said, leaning against the desk. "The new shipment of rare cards came today. Everyone is down at the card shop."
"WHAT!" Syrus shouted. He scratched his head furiously, messing up his hair. "New cards? Why didn't anybody tell us?"
"Because everyone wants the best cards for themselves to use in the upcoming field exams," Bastion replied.
"So why aren't you getting some?" Syrus asked.
Bastion gave a wave of his hand as he walked off. "Please, one errant card and my deck's delicate balance will be thrown off guard. You two better hurry along now. I'll be going to the arena to be paired up with my opponent. Cheerio."
Down in the card shop, the students flooded against the metal shutters of the door and pounded against it. Campus Security soldiers stormed in and pushed them all back, threatening to send any troublemakers to detention, thereby missing out on their cards and their field exam.
"Oh, children!" called out the commanding officer. He casually walked down the hall and behind him were soldiers wheeling in crate after crate of cards. "Looking for these!" he called out. The students cheered and calmed down. The crates. There were so many of them. The CO raised the shutters and the soldiers with the crates went inside. When the last one went in, he closed it shut. Moments later, he walked out and said: "Come and get 'em!"
The shutters raised open and they stormed into the shop only to find a figure wearing a black, tattered coat and a shady hat. He was greedily pushing a shopping cart full of booster boxes containing the best packs, including the limited edition Gold Series box, leaving the students to have to pick older, more common packs.
"What gives!" shouted a student.
"Who's he?"
"How did he get all those?"
"You know the rules," said Sadie, a clerk from the shop. "First come, first serve."
"And I came first," said the figure, wheeling his cart away with a sneer.
Alice
"Look at all these people," Alice said, following Alexis into an arena being flooded with anxious students ready to take their field exam. "I wonder who I'll be paired up against."
"I'm sure you'll do fine," Alexis said. She saw Alyssa, Madison, and Kami sitting together in a row not far from where they stood. Alyssa was waving her arms back and forth signaling them to sit beside them. Jasmine and Mindy were on their way down to sit with them as well.
"The gang's all here," Alice chuckled.
It was a bit of a struggle to get to the row, but they finally made it and sat down.
"Oh, look," said Alexis. "Bastion is down there. No surprise he's in the first pairing."
Alice looked at a dueling field three rows to the left side of the arena and saw Bastion up against a fellow Ra Yellow student. The opponent discarded a card to special summon The Tricky, then tributed the monster to summon Trance the Magic Swordsman, a sword-wielding spellcaster with a brilliant royal blue cape and jeweled armor. His attack points read 2600.
On Bastion's side of the field, he had three creatures. One was a Duoterion and the other was a Hyrdogreddon. They were monsters that looked like water made into the form of dinosaurs. However, Bastion's third, most powerful monster, resembled a snakelike dragon made of bright blue water. His ace monster, Water Dragon, a beast with 2800 attack points. Usually, when Bastion summoned it, that was it for his opponents. But his rival was unphased by it.
"You may have dazzled us with your waterworks, nerd," said the opponent, "but they're not good enough to stop me. Watch as I activate the spell, Sorcerous Spell Wall!"
A magical ring formed under his feet and expanded until it covered the field.
"With this card, my spellcasters will gain 300 points during my turn, increasing Trance's attack to 2900. But I'm not done yet, Bastion. I use The Book of Secret Arts, which will increase Trance's attack by a further 300 points, boosting him up to 3200! Now he's more than a match for your Water Dragon!" He cackled. "Don't think I don't see your face-down cards. I use the card, Spell Wall. Now when Trance attacks, you can't activate cards or effects until the end of the damage step. Go, Trance, slay his ace!"
Trance held up two fingers. An orb of light appeared over the tips. He placed the orb on the steel of his long, wide, blade, and then magical runes flashed on the metal. He ran towards Water Dragon and jumped up high with a mighty war call. He slashed the dragon vertically, causing it to explode.
Bastion remained motionless as the field was splashed with what remained of his water dragon. His Life Points went down to 1800.
"So much for the legendary Water Dragon!" boasted the opponent. "I bet that's all you have left, eh, Bastion?"
"I think not!" Bastion declared. He drew. "I activate my face-down card. The spell, Bonding D2O. Now, I tribute from my hand or field two Duoterions and an Oxygeddon to special summon another Water Dragon."
"You have another one? No matter. My Trance is still stronger than it. Go ahead, he's ready to slay another dragon."
"Yes, I have another Water Dragon in my deck, but this one is far more powerful than the last."
"What?"
"Yes, if you had been paying attention in chemistry, you'd know that D2O is the formula for heavy water! Behold, the mighty Water Dragon Cluster!"
The crowd gasped. The color of the water this water dragon had was darker and thicker. Then, a second head formed out of the dragon's neck. Their burning red eyes flashed in anger.
"Impressive," said the opponent. "But my monster is still stronger."
"Overconfidence," Bastion said with a scoff. "I can't expect anything less from someone with a mind as small as yours. There is more than one way to destroy a monster. I use Raigeki, which will destroy your spellcaster!"
"No!" The opponent cried. Lighting bolts shot down from the ceiling and zapped his magical swordsman to a thousand fragments.
Bastion went in for the kill. He held out his palm and shouted: "Now, Water Dragon Cluster, attack his Life Points directly!"
The dragons reared their heads up and unleashed a tidal wave that knocked the other Ra Yellow student out of the field.
"They don't call him Wiz Kid for nothing," giggled Mindy. "Wow!" she clapped her hands.
"Oh?" Jasmine said. "If I didn't know any better, I'd say Bastion has an admirer."
The next duelists for the Obelisk Blue dorm were paired up. The holographic display read: Alice Fenix vs Tina Harding
"Oh, dear!" Alice cried out.
"Oh no," whispered Alexis, as Tina got up from her seat.
"Well, looks like we're gonna duel, eh, Alice?" she said. "Come on. I can't wait to test my dinos against your birds."
"Yeah, I guess," Alice replied, trying her best to keep her voice steady and cool.
"Hey, you'll be fine," said Alexis. "Give it all you've got, okay?"
"Yeah. All right." Alice stood up and put on her backpack. "If I'm not back in five minutes, send a search party."
Alexis laughed and Mindy swatted Alice's butt playfully as she passed by and cheered her on. "Gooo, Alice!"
Alice didn't feel all that confident. Tina had beaten her so many times in Red Arrows practice. To make matters worse, she was going to play in front of all these students, many of whom were comparing her to her sister. No doubt they all held high expectations of her.
Alice watched as Tina took off her backpack. Her honey-colored hair seemed to glow brightly in the sunlight that streamed down from the glass dome of the arena.
"Y'all ready, Alice? Show me what you've got."
"Very well," Alice said. She put on her duel disk and the match began. "I'll go first."
"Well, sure, go on ahead."
LP 4000
Turn 1
"Thank you. First, I use Pot of Greed to add two cards. Next, I play, Preperperation of Rights. Now, I add a ritual spell and a ritual monster to my hand. Now, I play, not one, but two Rebirth of Nephtys cards. Appear, Devotee of Nephtys and Cerulean Sacred Phoenix Nephthys."
The other students cheered and some even whistled, especially for Devotee of Nephthys. Not only was she lovely to look at, but she summoned the regular Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys with a quick prayer. Though she was destroyed at the end of the turn, it still didn't change the fact that Alice already had two of her best monsters out on the field.
"Impressive," Madison said.
"She's good alright," said Alexis. "Let's see how Tina can bounce back from this."
Turn 2
"My turn. I draw. Oof, Alice. I'm sorry I have to do this to ya, baby. All right, first, I use my own Pot of Greed. Quite handy, eh? Oh, man."
Tina bit her glossy bottom lip. This is gonna break her heart. But I've got to do what I've got to do. Hopefully, this will show her to take things a little more seriously here. Especially if she's got Enora's eye on her.
"Okay, Alice. From my hand, I tribute Miscellaneosaurus; who is a fire monster, and Petiteranadon, to special summon True King Agnimazud, the Vanisher!"
"Oh no!" Alexis cried. "Already!"
A pillar of fire emerged from behind Tina and revealed a black wyrm with red parts underneath dark gray and it had four distinctive wings. On top, they were angelic and feathered, while the lower ones were dragonic and vile.
ATK/2900 DEF/1900
"Petiterandadon's effect activates," Tina continued. "When this little cutie is sent to the graveyard, I can special summon a level four dinosaur from my deck. Appear, Souleating Oviraptor!"
A burst of blue flames snapped in front of Tina. The creature appeared and let out a spine-tingling primordial screech, swishing its huge claws in the air. 1800 ATK showed up in the holographic display.
"I activate my monster's effect," Tina said. "I will add a dinosaur to my hand. Animadorned Archosaur! But he'll come out later. Next, I tribute from my hand, Giant Rex and another True King Agnimazud to special summon True King Lithosagym, the Disaster!"
Suddenly a white tornado formed over their field, and from it emerged a wyrm with a wolf-like head and body. Like Agnimazud, this True King had four wings, one pair was white and feathered, and the other was dragon-like and evil.
ATK/2500 DEF/2300
Alice felt so small looking at those giant kaiju-sized beasts. But they were soon teleported into the Overlay Network. She watched as Tina stacked her two monsters on top of each other and summoned the darkest monster in her deck.
"I Xyz Summon, True King of All Calamities!" she declared.
The monster she summoned stood all the way to the glass dome, hundreds of feet high above of the playing fields. Its body was black and purple and it had pairs of angelic and dragonic wings.
ATK/3000 DEF/3000
"Remember my jeweled monster?" Tina asked. "Archosaur! Come on out, baby!" She placed the card on the holographic sword-shaped blade of her duel disk. She summoned what looked like a species of prehistoric alligator with a body made of sphere-shaped gems, colored blue on top and yellow on the bottom. The sunlight made him glimmer brightly.
"What do you think, Alice? Isn't he cute? Well, now I activate his effect. I tribute Souleating Ovirtaptor to add Double Evolution Pill to my hand."
"Ugh, poor Alice, it's over," said Alyssa.
"What do you mean?" Alexis asked.
"When she uses Double Evolution Pill," Madison explained, "she can banish from her field or graveyard a dinosaur and a non-dinosaur monster to special summon any high-level dinosaur from her deck ignoring its summoning conditions."
"You've got to be kidding me!" Alexis cried. "What!? That's one powerful card."
Kami adjusted the ribbons in her hair. "And knowing Tina, she's going to summon her ace. Ultimate Conductor Tyranno."
Purple bolts of lightning shot out from the ground and then formed into the forty-foot tall thunder god, whose black armored body was covered with purple orbs. It took a massive step forward, shaking the ground.
ATK/3500 DEF/3200
"I told you, Alice, you've got a lot to learn about this game. You can't just rely on your Phoenixes to get you far."
"You mean it's over? But how?"
"I'll show you how. First, Ultimate Conductor Tyranno destroys a monster to activate its effect."
Ultimate Conductor Tyranno roared, forcing Alice's Sacred Phoenix monsters to flip face-down in defense mode.
"And that's not all he can do. The big guy can attack every monster you have. And when he destroys your monsters in defense mode, he can inflict 1000 points of damage to your Life Points. Now, from my graveyard, I activate Miscellaneousaurus's effect. I banish four dinos from my grave and special summon a friend who just hates saying goodbye. Souleating Oviraptor!"
Alice started to shiver once the nightmarish creature reappeared. It hissed then added a card from Tina's deck to her hand. "It's another Miscellaneousaurus," she said. "And I'll send it to the graveyard to activate its effect. Now, Ultimate Conductor Tyranno, attack!"
"Oh no, Alice!" Alexis cried out.
"From my hand, I discard Sphere Kuriboh!" said Alice. "Now, it will switch your —"
"Don't count on it, honey. Remember when I discarded Miscellaneousaurus? Well, when I do that, my dinosaurs are spared from your effects. Your Sphere Kuriboh's been wasted."
"No!"
Ultimate Conductor Tyranno unleashed a powerful lightning storm. The bolts struck the two Sacred Phoenixes and dealt 2000 damage to Alice. She screamed as the bolts surged up her body. She fell on one knee before True King of All Calamities bathed her in green and black fire. She felt herself getting pushed back and she flew across the field, landing on her back, where she slid a couple of feet before coming to a stop.
"She lost," Alexis whispered sadly.
The holograms disappeared as Tina sprinted across the field to help up her teammate. "You good there, Fenix?"
"Yeah," Alice replied as she struggled to get back up. "One-turn-kill? Seriously? Wow. That was brutal."
Tina brushed the dust off Alice's uniform and laughed. "Well, hopefully, you can do something about this. I've had your number since you got on this team."
"I guess," said Alice. "Well, it looks like my deck needs some fixing up. I'll be sure to kick your butt next time."
They clasped their hands together. "I look forward to that, Alice. Oh, hey, there's your peeping tom pal over there."
Alice turned. She saw Evan taking his place in the field not far from theirs.
"Hah! Can't wait to see that pervert get creamed. Come on, let's take our seats and watch the show."
Alice said nothing but followed Tina back to their seats above the arena. As she scooted to her seat by Alice, she noticed everyone staring at her. Some guys up above were even sniggering. "See, just because Sara Fenix is her sister, doesn't mean she's good. I told you she got lucky."
"Shut up!" Alexis snapped at them. "Come on, honey, sit down. Don't listen to them." Saying nothing, she reached over and fixed Alice's bow. "Damn, Tina, don't you think that was a little overkill?"
Tina sat down. "Well, you gotta do what you gotta do, right?"
Alice drank some water and watched as Evan and his opponent, a purple-haired boy with gold glasses named Hektor started their duel.
"Shall we begin?" he said.
"Yeah! I'm all ready!" Evan stated with glee.
The official flipped the coin. They called and Hektor won the toss with heads.
Evan - 4000 LP
Hektor - 4000 LP
"Excellent!" he said with a sloppy lisp to his voice. He slid his glasses up into place. "Now, I'll start things off with Graceful Charity! I'll toss two cards to the Graveyard and draw three. Ah, these will do ever so nicely. I set two cards face-down and activate the spell, Ancient Rules! With this spell, I'm allowed to special summon a normal monster with a high level directly to the field for free!"
"Wait a sec!" Evan cried out in horror. "That's unfair!"
"Hahaha! Behold Steak Knight - Hamburk!" Hektor yelled, summoning a giant mechanical knight with goldenrod armor and a giant sword that looked like a giant's kitchen knife. The knight swung the sword around and posed as his 2500 ATK points displayed bedside him.
"Hahaha! I end my turn! Got anything to beat that?"
Turn 2
"I'm sure I can cook something up!" Evan said. "Draw! Hmm. I'll activate the spell, Spark of the Light Dragon! By sending two dragons from my hand to the graveyard, I can special summon a Light dragon from my deck! So here comes Hyozanryu the diamond dragon in defense mode!"
The crowd gasped in awe as Evan summoned a huge dragon made entirely of shining diamonds. It roared with power, flapping its massive wings, which also glistened in the light. It shielded itself with its wings and its 2800 DEF was then displayed for all to see.
"That's just awesome!" Syrus said. "He could summon a powerful dragon without breaking a sweat!"
"And then I'm going to set a monster face-down and set a card face-down," Evan continued. "That'll be it for me!"
Alice tapped her bottom lip. "Well now...that's...quite impressive."
"Love the dragon. Hate him!" Mindy said.
"I don't know," said Alexis. "That was actually pretty cool. I mean what a card! Summoning any Light dragon from your deck for the price of two in your hand is a steal."
Mindy waved it off and scoffed in disgust. "Whatever. Sheer dumb luck.:
Turn 3
"My turn! I draw!" Hektor shouted. "Ha! You think that sparkly lizard will be enough to stop me!? I knew beating you was going to be sinch! Ra Yellow here I come! But first, I'm going to activate another Ancient Rules! With it, I'm going to summon the mighty Zoa!"
The crowd of students gasped when a vicious blue fiend with sharp claws and long red ears took form onto the field. His 2600 ATK made a bead of sweat roll down Evan's cheek.
"Oh, man! He's summoning strong monsters so easily!"
"Impressed?" Hektor sneered, again sliding his glasses up the bridge of his nose. "Well, you haven't seen anything yet. Because I activate Metalmorph and equip it to Zoa! But he won't stick around because I sacrifice him to summon Metalzoa!"
The regular Zoa transformed into a sleek metal monster with even sharper claws.
"I know that strategy!" Evan gulped. "I've used it before!"
"Then you should know I'm not done yet!"
"Yeah, I bet dollars to donuts that face-down card is Call of the Haunted, and you're gonna use it to bring back your Zoa from the Graveyard."
"Good guess, but no! It's a more powerful version of Call of the Haunted called Double Hooking!" The card appeared in front of him in a giant form so everyone in the arena could read its effect clearly. "By discarding a card from my hand, I can revive two monsters instead of one!"
"Two monsters!" Evan cried. "No way!"
"Yes! Behold not one Zoa but two! The Zoa I sacrificed earlier and the Zoa I discarded with Graceful Charity!" Two purple lines shot out of the trap card and slithered into the ground. Like two fishing lines, the strings of purple energy pulled out the two discarded monsters from the graveyard and set them directly to the field.
"Look at that!" Syrus exclaimed. "Two Zoas and a Metalzoa in one turn! This Hektor guy is good!"
"I'll say," Jaden agreed. "Poor Evan. If those two face-down cards aren't traps, he could lose this entire duel!"
"Come on..." Syrus prayed. "Do something, Evan! If you wanna get out of the swamp dorms, you have to win this!"
Hektor let out a villainous laugh and declared his attack. "Go, Metalzoa! Attack and destroy his diamond dragon!"
Metalzoa's sharp claws glowed bright orange. It swung its claws, shattering Evan's dragon to pieces. He cried out as he was struck by shards of glassy crystal.
"Now, regular Zoa! Attack his face-down monster!"
The monster snarled and galloped across the field with great speed. When it reached the face-down monster, it slashed the card to shreds, revealing a little peach-colored dragon with cute black eyes.
"You attacked Kidmodo Dragon!" Evan cried. "When he's destroyed, I can Special Summon a dragon from my hand! Go, Tyrant Dragon!"
The audience cheered when a fierce regal dragon with 2900 ATK points displayed itself on the field. Its roar was powerful enough to make Hektor's glasses slip down to the edge of his nose.
"And that's not all I'm gonna do!" said Evan. "I activate the trap, Immortal Dragon! Now I target one Dragon in my graveyard and then I can Special Summon it to the field. Here comes World Legacy Guardragon Mardark!"
An ancient and powerful dragon covered in black feathers took to the field. Its tail was longer than the arena, coiling up in front of Evan and hovering in the air. When its 2600 ATK points were displayed, Hektor felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand on end and the other students watching the duel started to go ballistic.
"Wow! What's with all those dragons!?" Alice exclaimed. "Evan's deck must be full of them!"
"Whoa! Talk about overkill!" said Jasmine. "This guy is really giving that Hektor kid a run for his money."
"This can't be him," Mindy said in confusion. "That whiny kid who's always getting F's in class? No, this must be some kind of a joke."
"I wouldn't attack me if I were you," said Evan, his body shadowed by the massive black feathers of the Guardragon. "Because when Mardark is on the field, each of your monsters loses 500 ATK and DEF points for every dragon I have on the field. I have two now, so your monsters lose 1000 points!"
"OH NO!" Hektor shouted in horror, staring at his monsters, who were groaning and snorting in despair as the curse from Mardark weakened their power.
"When did Evan get so good!?" Alice asked. "I've never seen him duel like this before!"
Turn 4
"Draw!" Evan said, his voice radiating with the newfound confidence his dragons gave him. "I activate the spell Dragon's Scent! When you control two or more monsters, I can special summon a dragon from my hand! And I choose the mighty Grandtusk Dragon!"
Half the arena had to disappear so the hologram of the colossal dragon could be summoned onto the field. It was a titanic monster, standing taller than the tallest skyscrapers. It roared, making the ground shake. It had six legs, a long neck, and a body covered in osteoderms the size of fully-grown pine trees. Despite its size, it only had 1400 ATK points.
"Yeah, I know. He doesn't look like much. But just like me, he's not one to be underestimated! He's got a special power that allows me to destroy two cards on the field! So say goodbye to your knight and your Double Hooking Trap card!"
Grandtusk Dragon flapped its wings. Two small tornadoes of green energy erupted from the ground and swirled toward Hektor's monsters. They destroyed the trap card and the knight! And because of Double Hooking's effect, since it was destroyed, both the Zoas he revived with it were sent back to the graveyard. Now, Hektor's Metalzoa was standing all alone with its ATK reduced to 1500.
"And for each card destroyed by this effect," said Evan, "Grandtusk Dragon's increase by 600, for a grand total of 2600 ATK points! It's over!"
Evan commanded all his dragons to attack at once! Guardragon Mardark fired a blast of green fire from his mouth, obliterating Hektor's metal beast. The Tyrant Dragon unleashed a fierce roar, sending a powerful stream of fire from its mouth. It was joined by Grandtusk, whose powerful tornados mixed with the flames, creating a fiery twister that swallowed up Hektor, knocking his Life Points down.
"I did it! I won!" Evan cried. "Yes! Yes!"
Alice shrugged and smiled. "Well, what do you know." She slowly and quietly gave a clap for his victory.
Professor Banner approached the arena and shook Evan's hand. "Congratulations, Evan Blackburn," he said. "Not only have you brought up your grades within the past month, but your dueling skills have improved greatly. Evan, it is with great pleasure that I rank you up from Slifer - Bronze to Silver."
"Wow! Thank you!" Evan said as Professor Banner removed the bronze coat of arms from Evan's blazer and replaced it with a shiny silver one.
"Congratulations, young man. Keep up the good work."
"Yes, sir! Thank you!" Evan carried a big grin after that. This was the first time in his life that he had ever heard thunderous applause just for him. He climbed up the steps back to his seat so he could join his friends to watch more duels.
"Hey, Evan," someone said.
Evan turned. "Oh, uh, Alice."
She smiled. "That was pretty cool, Evan. Congratulations."
Evan blushed and rubbed the back of his head nervously. Not only was Alice looking at him, but so was Alexis Rhodes and a whole row of Obelisk Blue girls. "Well, I, uh, thanks, Alice. Look, I...I'm sorry for what I did when we first met. I was...I was a jerk. Can you ever forgive me?"
Alice pursed her lips. "Well, I guess I overreacted a little….Okay, maybe a lot. It's not your fault Kaiba Corp decided to make holograms that can create wind."
"So we're cool?"
Alice nodded. "Yeah, we're cool."
"Thanks, Alice, that means a lot. It's good talking to you again. Hopefully, I'll see you around, huh?"
Alice smiled at him and gave him a nod to assure him that he would. "Yeah, see you around, Evan."
Chazz
"And then some guy dressed in some weird get-up just took all the best cards away," said Taiyou. "And I mean all of them. He left us the common packs."
Raizou nodded. "Yeah, we couldn't get you any rare cards, sorry about that Chazz."
Chazz stopped and looked out the window at the ocean to calm himself down. "Whatever. It's not as sorry as you two! Well, you know what? It doesn't matter. Because no matter what card they've got, they can't beat me."
"Unless it's Jaden Yuki!" the cloaked figure said, standing at the top of a glass stairwell.
"Who are you?" said Chazz.
"Oh, just a person looking for someone who despises Jaden as much as I do," the figure said.
"It's him!" cried Taiyou. "That's the sticky fingers who took all the rare cards."
"What rare cards?" cackled the figure. "Oh, you mean THESE rare cards?" He opened his cloak. Hanging from it from top to bottom were all the rarest and strongest cards from the new shipment.
"Wow!" Raizou and Taiyou said.
The figure cackled again. "What's the matter, Chazz? Don't recognize me? Well, how about now?"
The figure ripped off his cloak to reveal himself.
"It's Crowler!" Chazz's friends cried out in unison.
"What's the deal, Crowler? Why do you have all those cards?" Chazz asked.
"Well, I have a plan that will make us all happy. And it will make Jaden Yuki look like the third-rate duelist he really is! I want you to be his opponent in today's field exam, Chazz, and you are going to use all these rare cards to beat him!"
"But we're not even in the same dorm," Chazz said. "They won't let me be his test opponent."
"They?" Crowler laughed. "I'm they. I'll make it happen. And you just make sure that you use all of these rare cards to put Jaden Yuki in place in front of the whole academy!"
Jaden
"What! I'm dueling an Obelisk?"
Dr. Crowler paced in between them. "That's right, Jaden. Since you always talk a big game, I pulled some strings to get you the challenge you deserve." He pointed at Chazz. "So congratulations! You get to face Chazz Princeton, one of the top students in the school. What an honor. I certainly hope you were able to snatch some of today's rare cards so your deck is up to snuff."
Jaden said nothing.
"Ooooh," cooed Crowler. "What's wrong? Aren't you going to thank me?"
"Only an idiot would accept this duel," Alice said. "It's so obvious that Crowler set this whole thing up."
"Well, this is Jaden we're talking about," Alexis said.
"I'll do it!" Jaden proudly declared.
Alexis sighed. "I rest my case."
Jaden put on his duel disk and turned it on. "Get your game on, Chazz!"
"Bring it on, Slifer Slacker!"
LP 4000
Turn 1
"No interruptions this time, Chazz!" Jaden drew. "All right, first up, I'm summoning a monster in defense mode. That's all for me."
"How lame," Chazz responded.
Turn 2
"First, I activate the spell card, Magical Mallet! Think of it a mulligan of sorts, Jaden. With this spell, I can shuffle any number of cards from my hand to my deck and draw that amount." He shuffled three cards back into his deck and drew three cards. Now, I summon X-Head Cannon!"
Chazz summoned a legless robot whose body was colored blue and yellow. The sunlight flashed against its sleek coat of paint, almost blinding Jaden. Its red eyes had a fiery glow and it had two cannons mounted on its shoulders.
ATK/1800 DEF/1500
"Now," Chazz continued. "I activate the field spell Union Hangar! With this card, I add a Light machine monster to my hand. Next, I activate the spell, Frontline Base! Thanks to this card, I'm allowed to special summon a level 4 Union Monster from my hand. Here comes Y-Dragon Head!"
A red robotic dragon flew out of the card and soared in circles above the arena before landing in front of Chazz.
ATK/1500 DEF/1600
"Perfect, now Union Hangar comes into play. Thanks to this card, when a Light attribute machine Union monster is summoned, I can equip it with another light union machine. Here it comes, Jaden. I equip X-Head Cannon with Z-Metal Tank!"
"Oh no!" Bastion cried out from his seat. "He has it! He has assembled the monster already!"
"Now the pieces are in play, Slifer Slacker. I combine my monsters together to create XYZ- Dragon Cannon!"
The three machines combined. Y-Dragon Head formed the middle and Z-Metal Tank formed the legs. Then, X-Head Cannon was the upper body.
ATK/2800 DEF/2600
"Now, Dragon Cannon, attack his monster!"
The dragon head at the center opened its mouth, which acted as a gauss cannon. It destroyed Jaden's Elemental HERO Clayman. He grunted and shattered to pieces.
"Ugh, sorry, Clayman."
"That ends my turn, Slacker. Your move."
Turn 2
"Not much I can do against that thing," said Jaden. "All I can do is gon the defensive until I can figure out a way to take out your machine. First, I activate the spell Unexpected Dai! When you have a monster out and I don't I can special summon a Level 4 or lower normal monster from my deck. Here comes Elemental HERO Voltic in defense mode. Next, I summon another monster in defense mode. Then, I'm gonna throw down a face down and end my turn."
Turn 3
"Yeah, that really is all you can do slacker. But I've still got much more up my sleeve. Draw! Aw, man, this was just too easy. Looks like I'm going to be taking you down much quicker than I thought, Jaden."
"How do you figure that?"
"With his. Card of Sanctity. Now, we can draw until we have six cards in our hands."
"Chazz is amazing," Madison swooned as her cheeks flushed pink. "Wow!"
"Now, I summon B-Buster Drake!" Chazz shouted.
He smacked the card on his duel disk, summoning a green and yellow mechanical dragon with twin laser cannons mounted on its back. It snarled as its eyes illuminated brightly.
"Look, another one of those monsters!" Alice cried.
"And I have a feeling he's going to bring out more," said Alexis. "He's going to summon their ultimate form. Not this fast? There's no way!"
"This is Chazz Princeton we're talking about," Madison said with a sneer. "He can do anything."
"Oh, this is it for you, Slifer Slacker!" Chazz cried out. "Thanks to Union Hangar, I can equip a Light union machine to my monster from my deck. Here's A-Assault Core. And now, thanks to Frontline Base, I can summon this — C-Crush Wyvern!"
The crowd went restless. Chazz's skills combined with those cards...the odds were against Jaden now.
"I combine A-Assault Core, B-Buster Drake, and C-Crush Wyvern to create the ABC-Dragon Buster!" The monster's bodies folded or detached to form into a tank with two dragon heads and powerful laser cannons. "And I'm not stopping there, Jaden! Now that I have ABC and XYZ together, I can combine them to make the ultimate union!"
"That's...not good," Jaden stuttered.
Chazz laughed as the machines disassembled and then formed to make an even more powerful machine. "Yes! I've done it! Behold A-Z Dragon Buster Cannon!"
ATK/4000 DEF/4000
"A through Z?" Alice gasped. "Oh my! Look at those attack points. They're at the top of the charts!"
"And I've got much more in store for you, Jaden. I activate the spell, Extra-Foolish Burial. Now, at the cost of half my Life Points, I can send a monster from my extra deck to my graveyard. But he won't stay there for long. I activate the equip spell, Dimensional Catapult! This rare card is designed to bring back one very powerful machine from my graveyard. Revive! VWYXZ- Dragon Catapult Cannon!"
Crowler, watching from an observatory above the arena started laughing like a maniac once he saw the second combined form of the A-Z monsters. He had his hands and face pressed against the wall. He couldn't believe it. This was it! He was finally going to get his revenge. And in such great style, too. Two rare and powerful monsters taking Jaden out in front of the entire school. It was just too perfect.
"Now, my Dimensional Catapult may negate all of my Dragon Catapult Cannon's effects, but it makes up for it with the power of piercing damage. And in case you haven't been doing your homework, piercing damage means I can inflict damage to your Life Points even if your monsters are in defense mode."
"Augh," Jaden croaked. Though in high spirits and usually enjoying himself in a duel, he was at a loss for words. To make matters worse, this was Chazz he was up against. Even he started to feel some resentment towards him after everything he's done to him and Syrus since first setting foot at the academy.
He could only watch as VWYZ Dragon Catapult Cannon blasted Voltic. With his piercing effect, Jaden lost 1500 Life Points. Then, A-Z Dragon Buster Cannon attacked, vanquishing Elemental HERO Ocean.
"He's...so strong..." Jaden said through his gritted teeth.
Chazz laughed and waited for the dust to settle to set a card face-down and end his turn.
Jaden 2600 LP
Chazz 2000 LP
Turn 4
"I told you, Jaden. You never belonged here. And now, I'm gonna prove it in front of the whole school!"
"Yeah, keep mouthing off, Chazz, I've got a whole deck full of vicious monsters just itching to take you down!" He looked at his hands. Damn. Even with the help from Chazz's Card of Sanctity, Jaden had nothing but Elemental HEROES in his hand. He had no spells to combine them. No traps to defend himself with. Well, at least he wanted to make it seem that way.
"It all rides on this draw," Jaden whispered. "Here goes something." He swiped the card off the top of his deck. "Aw, sweet! I think I drew just the card to turn this game around. I use Pot of..."
"Sorry, Jaden, but my Dragon Buster Cannon's effect activates! I can discard a card and negate the activation of any of your card effects and destroy them. Sorry, but you won't be drawing anything.
"Jaden..." Alice whispered.
"All right, Chazz! If that's how you want to play. I summon Keeper of Dragonic Magic in attack mode!"
Jaden's blue-armored knight jumped out of a magical hexagram and spun his staff around. "Thanks to this guy, I can discard a card from my hand and add a 'Fusion' spell to my hand. And here it is! The spell, Double Fusion!"
"What the? Where did you get a card like that?" Chazz cried out.
"Meh, I just have a soft spot for old ladies," Jaden said with a shrug. "Now here's how Double Fusion works. I pay 500 Life Points and then, I'm allowed to conduct two fusion summons so long as I send the appropriate materials from my hand or field to the graveyard. First, I combine Elemental HERO Burstinatrix and Sparkman to create, Elemental HERO Grandmerge!"
Burstinatrix and Sparkman jumped into a spiral and their essences fused together to create Grandmerge. His attack was equal to the combined levels of Burstinatrix and Sparkman times 300, therefore making his attack 2100.
"Now, I fuse together Elemental HERO Flash and Elemental HERO Avian to create the one and only, Elemental HERO Great Tornado!"
A tornado formed in front of Jaden and then it dispersed when the Elemental HERO burst out with a punch. The Slifers were getting ecstatic. They knew what Elemental HERO Great Tornado did. With his special effect, he cut Chazz's monsters' ATK in half. And Chazz didn't have any cards in his hand to discard so he could activate A-Z's effect. The trap earlier. Shit! He felt so foolish. It would do him no good now, either. It was a Dust Tornado card, which he hoped to use in case Jaden played any face-downs to stop his monster's attacks.
V-Z ATK/1500
A-Z ATK/2000
Grandmerge flew towards V-Z Catapult Cannon, punching him so hard, he fell to pieces and exploded. Chazz's Life Points dropped to 3400. Now, Elemental HERO Grandmerge's effect activates. I can sacrifice him to fusion summon an Elemental HERO. Remember this guy, Chazz? Elemental HERO Terra Firma!"
"NO! NOT HIM!"
Terra Firma formed from the life force of Grandmerge. He glared at Chazz, ready to continue where he left off when Jaden and Chazz first dueled. But first, Great Tornado soared toward A-Z Dragon Buster Cannon and destroyed it with a single punch. Chazz yelled as debris fell all around him and his Life Points went down to 2600.
"This is it, Chazz. With no monsters left to defend you, Terra Firma's going to finish what we started back in the jungle arena. But his attack seems a little low to take you out this turn, don't you think? So, I'll use Terra Firma's effect and tribute Elemental HERO Great Tornado, increasing Terra Firma's attack points by Great Tornado's attack!"
Great Tornado turned into an aura a green light, which floated towards Terra Firma, enveloping him. Then he removed the handles of his energy blades from his shoulders. The activated, giving off a low, metallic, humming sound.
ATK/5300
Terra Firma lunged forward and slashed Chazz across the stomach. He was flung across the field and landed on his back. His Life Point counter went down to 0 and the crowd cheered.
"That's Game!" Jaden declared, giving off his signature salute. "Unless you want to duel again."
"Oh, we will," Chazz said, sulking away. "We will!"
"Yes! Yes!" Syrus cried out from the stands. "Wooo! That's my friend!"
"Impossible," Dr. Crowler stuttered. "No...but...but...how? Chazz can't lose. Not with all those rare cards I gave him."
Chancellor Sheppard looked at him. "Hmm? What are you talking about, Crowler? What rare cards?"
Crowler bit his lip. "Uh...nothing sir. Nothing at all."
He stormed away from the observatory, muttering all sorts of foul things under his breath. Chancellor Sheppard couldn't help but laugh at him. Too long had he endured Crowler's constant pandering for the Obelisk Blue dorm. After today, he was glad to see that someone could finally shut him up. And that someone was a Slifer Red student. He leaned forward towards a microphone.
"Well done, Jaden Yuki," he said. "Not in the history of our revered academy has an Obelisk ever dueled a Slifer in these exams. Jaden, not only did you hold your own in the duel, but you won! Your courage against overwhelming odds is...inspiring. It is with great pleasure that I upgrade you in rank. Congratulations, Jaden, you are now promoted to Ra Yellow!"
The other students cheered. Alice jumped out of her seat and clapped. That meant Jaden was closer to joining them at their dorm. She had a mind to go down there and speak to him, but naturally, his group had beaten her to him. Evan, Chumley, Bastion, Syrus, they all came down and embraced him as a rain of blue, yellow, and red confetti fell from the ceiling.
Later that night
Finally, Evan was free of the swamp dorm. Now, he could live comfortably in the coastal dorms with Jaden and the others. After he moved in, they gathered around a fire roasting hot dogs with Syrus, Jaden, Chumley, Kyros, and Trix.
The stars were out, the insects of the night were chirping, and the wind howled through the tall trees. Evan felt relaxed, for the Slifer Gold/Silver village was surrounded by a concrete fence, giving him a sense of safety, unlike his room out in the bogs in the bronze lodgings. No more did he have to worry about swamp creatures, awful smells. And most importantly of all, he could finally get away from the Red Crusaders who ran the bronze dorms like a military academy.
"Am I late?" Bishop asked, arriving in time with a fresh pack of hot dogs and marshmallows.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah," said Trix. "That's just you always trying to make an entrance."
"Well, you know me," he said sitting down. He looked at Evan and welcomed him with a friendly nod. "Welcome to the Slifer Silver dorm, Evan Blackburn," Bishop said. He then pointed at Jaden. "But you. If I'm not mistaken, you should be wearing yellow right now. What happened?"
Jaden chuckled. "Meh, I turned them down. I like it here. I mean sure, the Ra Yellows have those sweet towers to call home, but it doesn't have the view or you guys."
"Yeah," Evan said. "Besides, there's nothing wrong with being a Slifer Red. We're all pretty cool."
"Players like you, Kyros, and Jaden are a testament to that," Bishop said. "I'll toast to that."
He raised a bottle of water. "To Slifers!"
"To Slifers!" The others cried, clinking their cups together.
Evan laughed as he leaned back, letting the light of the campfire warm his skin. He never thought that coming to Duel Academy would lead to all this. And to think that a few months ago, he was just a boy living a boring life in the middle of a small industrial town. Now, he had friends, a burning passion for dueling, and his dream of owning his very own dragon deck had finally come true.
"Thanks, Priscilla," he whispered, gazing at the sky. As a cool ocean breeze caressed his face, he began wondering where the mysterious girl was and if she was thinking about him right now.
Chazz
Chazz illuminated the thick mountain vegetation with his light. Navigating the challenging jungle terrain had been a lengthy and perilous journey, but he persevered, reaching the summit where he began to dig. After some effort, he unearthed a wooden box, let out a deep sigh, and lifted it.
"I know I said I didn't need you anymore. But...I was wrong. I was wrong about everything."
He opened the box and picked up a card.
"I'm sorry. Please. Fight with me again...Light and Darkness Dragon."