The Ashleys tried to concentrate their attack on Spinelli in the hopes of knocking her out and forcing TJ to fight alone against their entire force, but TJ and Spinelli quickly countered their assault. Now the Ashleys are about to bring forth their most powerful monster. Is this really the end? Is Spinelli about to be the 5th Ashley? We're about to find out!


Score so far:

TJ: 2000

Spinelli: 2100

Ashleys: 1200


"It's time for me to do what my friends and brother couldn't - defeat the both of you and turn Spinelli into one of us! You couldn't begin to imagine what lurks in my deck!"

"TELL ME!" TJ commanded.

"You'll find out! I'm about to summon it! Thanks to Altar of Mists, I'm allowed to move any Ritual Spell from my Deck to my Hand and I'll be choosing this - DRAGON REVIVAL RITUAL! This enables me to summon the all-powerful Five-Headed Dragon!"

"WHAT?!" Spinelli gasped.

"I must also sacrifice 5 monsters, each with a different attribute."

"I must be missing something here, powderpuff. I only see one monster on your field."

"You seem to be forgetting the other members of my group..." Ashley A informed.

"That's right! The other Ashleys and Tyler A! Their Deck Masters count too!" TJ said in shock.


"That doesn't seem fair at all..." Gretchen remarked.

"The Ashleys will do anything to win, Gretch. Who said they were fair?" Vince added.


"My 5 Deck Masters, come forth. I call you all to the field. First up - the unstoppable JINZO!"

"Then, I summon my chief investment - DEEPSEA WARRIOR!"

"Next is my cunning NIGHTMARE PENGUIN!"

"Then the honorable JUDGE MAN!"

"Finally, I'll summon my ROBOTIC KNIGHT!"


"Now my 5 Deck Masters, I command you all to come together to summon a monster of unparalleled strength and supreme power! Behold the ultimate monster - MY FIVE-HEADED DRAGON!"

ATK: 5000

DEF: 5000


"That thing is huge!" Spinelli freaked.

"I know. But if we want the Ashleys to stop their nonsensical pursuit of you, we have to beat it..." TJ told Spinelli. "Good news is thanks to its special ability, Five-Headed Dragon can't attack the turn it's Ritual Summoned."

"That's a relief. We got one turn to slay it."


"That's not its only ability, though, Detweiler. Five-Headed Dragon is immune to damage from Water, Earth, Fire, Dark and Wind monsters. Meaning you can only destroy it through card effects or by battle with a Light monster. It also destroys every card you have out as soon as it's summoned!"

Five-Headed Dragon roared, destroying every single card on TJ and Spinelli's field.

"It seems to me your chances of saving Spinelli just got slimmer, Detweiler. To make sure no one interferes with Operation Ashley S, I'll lay this down. Now use your final turn wisely..."


"Any ideas here, TJ?" Spinelli asked.

"Trust your deck...and your Deck Master..." TJ told Spinelli.


"Right!" Spinelli said as she drew. The card she drew...Silver Dollar.

'Was hoping for a monster...WAIT! I still have Red-Eyes in hand!'

"I'll throw 3 cards face-down. Now...Flame Swordsman, get in there!"

"Good work, Spin! I know what I have to do!"


TJ's next card was Magical Hats. 'I may need this later on...'

"I'll call Dark Magician to the field!"


"They both called their Deck Masters to the field! That's way dangerous!" Gus feared.

"If those monsters are destroyed, they lose!" King Bob explained. "But since they have no monsters out, they would've been crushed by that dragon anyway!"

"Don't let her destroy your Deck Masters, guys!" Vince warned.


"We won't, Vince. I play my RED-EYES FUSION! Spinelli, you're on!"

"You got it! We fuse Dark Magician with the Red-Eyes in my hand!"


"APPEAR NOW! RED-EYES DARK DRAGOON!"

ATK: 3000

DEF: 2500


"Oh no...like, not this guy again!"

Seeing this new monster shocked the Ashleys.

"No way! That's Detweiler's new ace?" Ashley Q asked.

"And he beat you twice over with it, Ashley A?" Ashley B added.

"That monster is, like...more powerful than the Gods themselves!" Ashley T exclaimed.

"I think my sister is totally sunk...if she lost to this card twice, who CAN beat it? After all, not only can it negate any card used against it but it can't be targeted or destroyed by card effects and it can destroy any opposing monster and deal my sister damage equal to the destroyed monster's Attack Points!" Tyler A assessed.

"You mean to tell us..." Ashley T started.

"Yep. That new card of Detweiler and Spinelli's is totally broken!"

"Operation Ashley S is, like, totally done for!" Ashley Q feared.


"Now I use the ability of Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon! I can destroy any monster you control, then you take damage equal to that monster's Attack Points!"

"NO!" Ashley A squeaked.

"And Five-Headed Dragon has 5000 Attack Points!" Tyler A exclaimed. "So if it's destroyed, my sister loses!"

"Dark Dragoon, do your stuff!"

"Take down that powderpuff's Five-Headed Dragon!"

Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon ignited its scepter and launched a stream of fire at the Five-Headed Dragon, destroying it.

"Your Deck Master has been destroyed! And since Five-Headed Dragon had 5000 Attack Points, your Life Points are gone as well! This duel's done!"


Not quite...

"That's funny...I don't feel like a loser, Detweiler..."


Ashleys: 600


"OH NO!"

"Her Life Points didn't go to 0! Explain yourself, powderpuff!"

Ashley A laughed sinisterly. "Did you forget about the Trap Card I played last turn? It's known as A Deal With Dark Ruler. It prevented all the damage I would've taken from your Dragoon's ability. All I had to do was trade in half my Life Points."

"But you should still lose because your Deck Master bit the dust, powderpuff..."

"That would be the case if not for the 2nd effect of my Trap. It summons BESERK DRAGON as my new Deck Master!"


ATK: 3500

DEF: 0


"So much for your big plan to stop us..."

"Not quite yet. You see, since Dark Dragoon is my Deck Master, he can be targeted for my own card effects. Like this one...DE-FUSION! This splits Dark Dragoon into the original monsters used to summon it! Now I play MAGICAL HATS to hide my Dark Magician! Next up, I'll use my Magician's Deck Master ability! So at a cost of 1000 points, I can duplicate the effects of any Spell Card I've played in this duel and I choose MAGICAL HATS, which will hide Spinelli's monsters as well!"

TJ: 1000

"Thanks, Teej! Now let's hope these primadonnas aren't good at hide and seek!"

"We'll see, Spin. The rest is up to fate now. My turn's done."

"I'm not too worried. Ashley A only has a 1 in 4 shot!"


"I'm, like, afraid I'll have to disagree. Your math's a bit off, Ashley S. The odds are more in my favor. My Beserk Dragon can attack 4 monsters at the same time..."

"So TJ hid each of their monsters in 4 hats and Ashley A's dragon can hit 4 hats at once?" Gretchen asked. "NOW I GET IT! She's making sure she can't miss her target!"

"One of us is about to lose their Deck Master..." TJ said in a hushed tone.

"I DON'T THINK SO, TJ!" Spinelli fired back.

"Maybe Spinelli's got an idea!" Vince called out.

"Or maybe she's gone off her rocker..." King Bob retorted.

"Prepare to fulfill your Ashley destiny, Ashley S..." Ashley A said before turning towards TJ. "On second thought, I think I'll target TJ...you've been a thorn in our side for too long. Beserk Dragon, ATTACK ALL 4 OF TJ'S HATS ALONG WITH HIS DECK MASTER! Those hats are a fashion 'don't' anyway!"


"I tried my best, Spinelli!"

"Teej, don't give up! It's my turn to save you! Flame Swordsman, protect TJ with your life!"

"NO, SPINELLI!"

"ARE YOU NUTS, SPINELLI?!" Vince cried out.

"IF YOUR DECK MASTER'S DESTROYED, YOU LOSE!" King Bob warned.


The attack hit...or did it?

"Now both of your Deck Masters are gone! I WIN! I ALWAYS GET WHAT I WANT!"

TJ was still standing, though...

"You there, Spinelli?"

When the smoke cleared...THERE WAS SPINELLI!

"Right here, TJ!"

"IT'S SPINELLI!" Everyone on the sidelines shouted.


"But how?!" Ashley A asked in stunned surprise as the results of the attack were revealed. "THE DARK MAGICIAN SURVIVED?! AND SO DID THE FLAME SWORDSMAN! How did you survive my attack?"

"Take a look, powderpuff! I played my Silver Dollar Trap Card! First, I saved TJ's Magician by forcing my Swordsman to take the brunt of your attack. Then my Silver Dollar Trap stepped in to save my Swordsman!"

"But that trap only protects monsters with under 1000 points..." TJ said to himself. Then it hit him. "OF COURSE! Spinelli weakened her Swordsman when she used its Deck Master ability to power up her Rocket Warrior! So when Ashley A's dragon attacked, Spinelli's Silver Dollar Trap Card saved her already weak Swordsman! A brilliant maneuver, Spinelli! You managed to save us both!"

"You would've done the same thing! Now let's waste these dorks!"


"I'm not through with you by a longshot and neither is my dragon! So prepare to lose it all!"

ATK: 3500 - 3000

'My dragon gets weaker each turn...'


"Did you see that, Spin?"

"Yeah! Beserk Dragon just lost Attack Points! Just in time...for my turn! First, I summon GOBLIN ATTACK FORCE! Next up, I equip my Swordsman with BURNING SOUL SWORD, sacrificing my Goblins to raise my Swordsman's power to 3100! Now for my face-down - KNIGHT'S TITLE! I'll be adding this Spell to the Dark Magician! It'll transform TJ's Dark Magician into the DARK MAGICIAN KNIGHT!"

ATK: 2500

DEF: 2100

"Now thanks to my Deck Master's ability, I can transfer all its Attack Points to TJ's!"

Dark Magician Knight ATK: 2500 - 5600

"Since this power only works on Warriors, I had to transform Dark Magician first!"


"5600 Attack Points?!" Ashley A cowered.

"Operation Ashley S is totally done for!" Ashley Q freaked.

"That'll do the trick. Why don't you do the honors, Teej?"

"With pleasure, Spinelli!"

"I end my turn. TJ, bring it home!"


"You 5 are done!" TJ called out as he drew. "My move! Dark Magician Knight, slay their Beserk Dragon with SWORD OF DARK MAGIC ATTACK! Carrying with him the combined strength of both our Deck Masters, our knight cannot be stopped!"

Dark Magician Knight's sword glowed as he charged in and slashed Beserk Dragon, destroying it.

"There goes your Deck Master! And since our knight had 5600 Attack Points, your Life Points are gone as well! That means all 5 of you lose this duel! Now end this madness now! We've had enough..."


Ashleys: 0

TJ and Spinelli: WIN!


"NO! HOW CAN THIS BE?! WE...LOST?!"

"Now it's high time for you to stop your senseless pursuit of Spinelli and run back to your clubhouse...it was a displeasure doing business with you dorks..." TJ growled.

"Like, I'm afraid you've mistaken me for someone who believes in playing fair..." Ashley Q taunted.


"Should've guessed these powderpuffs would pull this..." Spinelli scoffed as Ashley A pulled Ashley Q back.

"What did I just say about this?" Ashley A warned. "Taking Spinelli by force will not be tolerated! You should be ashamed to even think about trying this again!"

"How about you should be ashamed of yourself, sister! Have you really gotten that desperate to preserve the Ashley name that you had to resort to outright chicanery to get Spinelli? Honestly, I'm not sure if I know you anymore..."

Called out by the kid brother - that's the last thing Ashley A wanted. She knew she had been caught. Only thing that could make this worse...is King Bob.


"Ashleys, as King of the Playground, I find you guilty of high crimes against the playground," King Bob decreed.

"UH OH!" The Ashleys cowered.

King Bob then turned to his trusted advisors - Jordan and Jerome. "Jordan, Jerome...take these primadonnas to...THE DODGEBALL WALL! I will meet the both of you there shortly but first, I must speak with Detweiler personally."


As Jordan and Jerome moved the Ashleys and Tylers to the Dodgeball Wall, King Bob turned to TJ. "Detweiler, you faced adversity time and again and through it all, you always take down any evil that may befall the playground. You remind me a lot of myself when I was a plucky 4th grader - courageous, cunning, taking the interests of your fellow peers ahead of your own. That's what makes a good king."

"What are you trying to say, your majesty?"

"I'm saying that...I want you to take over for me once I graduate Third Street," King Bob said to the 4th grade leader. "It may be bucking tradition, but I have never been more sure of anything ever in my young life. And now, what I'm sure of is this - that you'll make a great king of the playground, TJ Detweiler. The playground needs a steady hand to guide them into the next generation...and you, Detweiler, are that hand."

"Thank you, sir. I won't let you down, your majesty!"

"I know you won't, Detweiler. I have confidence in you. Now, it's a nice fall day and your friends are waiting..."

"Say no more, your majesty! Kickball awaits!"


'There goes a brave young man,' King Bob thought to himself as he made his way to the Dodgeball Wall to administer the Ashleys' and Tylers' punishment. Once there, the entire playground was ready to deal some swift justice to the mean girls.

"Kids of the playground, the Ashleys have been found guilty of high crimes against the playground - putting the balance of the playground in jeopardy and conspiracy to overthrow the king! There is but one punishment for this group of rapscallions...THE DODGEBALL WALL! Subjects ready...aim...NOW FIRE!"

On that order, every student fired dodgeballs at the Ashleys and Tylers until they were bruised beyond recognition and on their knees.


"Make it stop, your majesty!" Ashley Q cried out.

"We're done using the Constitution of the Playground for our own personal benefit!" Ashley T added.

"We'll do what you want, your majesty! Just please make them stop!" Ashley A cried.

"HOLD YOUR FIRE!" King Bob called out. "Is that so? Well, in accordance with the Constitution of the Playground, since TJ defeated you, Spinelli is free from your influence. And to continue, you are to never use this sacred document for your own selfish gains ever again! That includes going after Spinelli or trying to overthrow your king! Have I made myself clear?"

"Yes, your highness..." The Ashleys all said, defeated.

"Good. Any further transgressions against your king will result in much...harsher punishment. Now then...Jordan, Jerome...let's clear out."


"Glad that ordeal is over! And glad to have you back, Spinelli..." TJ said.

"Glad to be back, TJ...I thought I was an Ashley for sure! But you guys never gave up and you kept fighting...thanks, TJ..."

What Spinelli did next surprised TJ...she kissed him square on the cheek! This drew a major reaction from everyone on the playground, as if they all saw this coming. Everyone that is, except...Ashley A.


"Celebrate now, Detweiler...but this won't be the last you'll see of me...I'll make Spinelli into an Ashley sooner or later. And when I do, you'll be all mine!"


What could Ashley A be planning? And what's with her crush on TJ? Find out in the sequel, everyone!