The Academy Duelist
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NarutoxHarem
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''Normal Speech''
Inner Thoughts, Dialogue, or reading passages from books and scrolls
(Quick Notes and Messages or Echoes…Songs you go to Youtube and play. )
(Dark over lapping echoes)
''Boss Summons, Demons, Dark beings speaking, Demonic/Angry characters Speaking as well as extremely Dark spells and Magic.''
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I won't be doing the tag duel punishment scenario because the only reason it could have been known Naruto(Judai-Anime) and the others were at the forbidden dorm if someone (Most likely only Chronos) spilled the beans. Naruto's counter would have simply been how could have Chronos known he was there and why didn't he try to save the students from a dangerous criminal that infiltrated the island? So I'll be skipping those episodes.
Also Judai will be more heavily focused on during Season Two and Three. As Big Bad from Season2 is his enemy and the Supreme King Arc is essentially Judai centric. So be on the lookout for those seasons if you're a Judai fan.
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Story Start
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That dawn at the lighthouse.
The fog that early morning made it difficult to distinguish one's surroundings. The lighthouse was one, shining its light as Asuka walked towards it. She stopped, spotting someone by the lighthouse and gasped once she realized who it was.
It was an Obelisk Blue student who was about seventeen years of age. He was noticeably tall almost reaching six feet in height with a build of someone who was into light sports with bluish-green forest stylized in three layers with the third hair having some of the bangs pointed outwards with the top layer having bangs that hung near his face. He had teal eyes and dressed in the academy student outfit with a more pronounced collar than the usual uniform, tighter-bound sleeves, and pointed rims coming out the costume's lower back.
"Ryou…" Aska thought upon recognizing the older teen.
Asuka walked closer to Ryou and joined him in on staring out into the open. A few moments had passed before Ryou spoke.
"Dawn still seems so far away, huh?" He asked.
"Yes, but I believe there's no night without dawn," Asuka replied.
Later that day Naruto and Shou were dueling. No specific or life changing reason as to why. Naruto wanted to duel one of his friends he hadn't dueled yet. He just wanted to challenge an associate he hadn't dueled yet. When asked why he hadn't challenged Hayato, Naruto being replied that Chumley couldn't duel at which Hayato replied with an offended 'Hey!'
Naruto had used his last face down card to clear the field of Shou's magic/traps after using the previous face down to the clear of his monsters. Using Silent Ninja Level 4 Kakashi Naruto attacked directly and won the duel.
''That was fun Syrus...'' Naruto stated after the duel finished.
''Thanks Aniki...'' Shou's mind seemed somewhere else.
''Ok what's up? Your acting weird especially when you drew that last card and your expression changed.'' Naruto said, eyeing the card in Shou's hand. "Let me see your hand."
Without waiting for a reply, Naruto bent down and took Shou's cards out of his hand. Shou gasped as Naruto caught him by surprise. Naruto looked over Shou's cards and gasped when he spotted a certain Magic card.
"Why didn't you use Power Bond?" Naruto asked as he looked over Power Bond. "Had you used it then...hell you could have won.''
Shou got up from the ground immediately, his fists tightened. "I can't play it!" Shou exclaimed as he went into further detail. "My Onii-san barred me from using that card!"
Shou snatched his cards from Naruto's hand.
Naruto grasped Shou by the shoulders. ''Hey Syrus relax alright. Now tell me about this barring nonsense.''
Shou sighed, ''Well it all started...'' Shou began as he began thinking back to that day.
A younger Shou was dueling against a pudgy, somewhat older boy wearing a red shirt and brown shorts. He had 1600 Life Points while Gorisuke had 1900.
"M-My turn!" The young shou remarked as he drew his next card. "Draw!"
Shou looked at it, smiling ecstatically as it was Power Bond. "I drew it! It's the Power Bond I got from my onii-san! Since I've drawn this, he's easy pickings!" Standing on Shou's side of the field were two monsters, both cartoonish looking mechanical ones of a train and a helicopter.
"All right, if I just use Power Bond to special-summon Steam Gyroid, its ATK will be doubled. Its ATK will be 4400! Take away Gear Freed's 1800, and it'll deal 2600 damage to Gorisuke, making it a stunning upset! I'll be able to see that bully Gorisuke with tears rolling down his face!"
"What's up with you?" Asked Gorisuke. "Did you draw some really good card, or something? You're such a spazz…"
Shou laughed and placed his hand on his hip. "Gorisuke-kun! You've been treating me like a fool and bullying the heck out of me all this time, haven't you? But now, that balance in power is about to be thrown off in a big way!"
Gorisuke looked perplexed. "What?" He exclaimed.
Shou grinned. "Go ahead, be afraid!" Shou said as he held up his card. "Soil yourself! Bow at my feet, you cowardly gorilla!"
Gorisuke scowled at Shou. "You freakin' punk! After talking all that smack, when you lose, I'm gonna make you pay!" Gorisuke declared.
Shou laughed in response. "And when that happens, I'll do a lap around the schoolyard, doing a handstand butt-naked!" Shou declared.
"Okay, then," Gorisuke announced. "It's a deal between us guys."
Shou laughed."You're gonna show me how a gorilla looks like crying," he said. "Behold! It's the killer card I got from my Onii-san!"
Shou was about to play it when a sudden, familiar voice stopped him.
"Hold it!" Someone shouted.
Whoever had yelled at Shou, startled the poor boy badly that he fell forward and landed flat face-first onto the ground after shrieking. He pushed himself up, glaring at whoever had stopped him.
"Who's trying to get in my way?" Shou asked turning to face the person.
Shou's eyes widened as he gasped once he saw who had stopped him. Walking right past him was a boy older than him by at least two years with dark, blue-green hair and teal-colored eyes.
"Ryou-nii-san!"
The older boy was in fact Shou's older brother, the one who had given him, Power Bond. Ryou walked over to Gorisuke, showing the bully a card.
"Hey, sorry, but I'll let you have this to forget this duel ever happened," Ryou told him.
Gorisuke looked at the card Ryou offered him and snickered. "Don't see any harm in stopping, then…" replied as he happily took the card.
Shou's eyes widened and he immediately got off the ground. He was annoyed with what his older brother had done. Gorisuke had already left, taking the card Ryou had offered him.
"Why did you stop me?" Shou demanded of his Onii-san. "I was going to win this turn, too!"
Ryou diverted his eyes at Shou."You don't deserve to use that card yet," Young Ryou stated.
Shou blinked.
"Until you're competent enough to be called a 'duelist', that card is barred-off from you," said Ryou.
Shou's eyes widened."Why?" he asked. "How come?"
"You can't understand why? In that case, take a good look at the card that was face-down on the field."
Ryou held up a card for Shou to see. The card was a trap and had a picture of a hexagram on it.
"Hexagram Curse!" Shou read out loud.
Ryou turned his head."As long as this card is on the field, the opposing monster it's designated to is unable to attack or change its battle mode. The ATK of a Fusion Monster special-summoned with Power Bond is doubled. However, as its risk, the player will take damage equal to the original ATK of that monster at the End Phase of his turn." Ryou explained to Shou.
Shou bit his lip and looked down, his eyes beginning to water.
"Even if you had special-summoned Steam Gyroid, not only would it end up not landing its attack…but Power Bond's risk would, instead, have you take damage to its original ATK, and you would have lost."
Shou fell onto his knees despondently. ''But Ryou-nii-san you didn't know that card was Hexagram curse. What if it wasn't? You would have caused me the duel for nothing.''
''That was a chance I was willingly to take.''
Once the story came to an end Naruto spoke up. "Oh man...'' Wow, Shou's brother sounds like that douchebag Kaiba. ''Hhm I see...excuse me Shou there's something I have to do...'' Naruto said as he suddenly left the field. He entered the part of the school where the Osiris faculty offices were located. Naruto entered the room of Midori Hibiki, Headmaster to the Osiris red students. She not only took care of punishment for the red students for minor/misdemeanor defenses, but she also thought classes that related to dueling outside of Academia, and was the one who did all the grading for the monthly test exams of the Osiris red students among things.
She was a young raven haired woman and very attractive, with a hand full of admirers among the faculty. She had violet colored eyes and despite being in her mid-twenties was a very accomplished master duelist. Being so good in fact her Pro champion duelist brother hadn't even beat her. But considering she was a three time champion herself it wasn't that much of a surprise. Naruto had originally met her his dad over half a decade ago he participated in a special publicity match where his dad dueled against her brother after he won his second championship. When he was taken to go visit Koyo who fell ill that's when Naruto met eight year old Judai Yuki.
Hibiki as things would have it was grading the scores of an exam. She looked up noticed Naruto and smiled. ''Something I can help you with Naruto-san?''
''Yeah Hibiki-sensei I was hoping you can tell me something.''
She placed down her pin, placed one leg over the other and turned her chair so she was facing Naruto. ''What is it you want to know?''
''Tell me about Marufuji Ryou.''
Half an hour later Naruto was sneaking about the blue dorms. He was humming the tune that played on that one Courage the Cowardly Dog episode when Courage was being chased by the Flan King. Mostly because humming the Mission Possible theme while sneaking around was overdone. During the course Naruto ran into Asuka and chatting her up a bit before he continued his mission to locate and duel Kaiser Ryo.
Ryou stood by the lighthouse with his arms crossed as he stared out into the sunset. Footsteps caught his attention and he turned his head. He stayed silent as the person, Asuka, walked up and joined him in watching the sunset. After a few seconds, Ryou spoke up.
"Get your hands on anything?" Ryou asked without looking way from the sunset.
Asuka shook her head."No…" she gently replied and continued. "Another day like any other is uneventfully passing by. All the while, any signs of my brother have vanished into the waves…"
"Be patient," Ryou reassured her. "I'm sure one day…"
Asuka nodded and said, "Yeah, I know."Asuka looked at Ryou."That reminds me, I saw one of your otouto's duels," she said.
"So what?" Ryou asked her wondering why she would bring this up.
"I won't give any comments, but now, Uzumaki Naruto wants a duel with you," Asuka informed him. .
Ryou continued to stare into the sunset, thinking over where he heard that name before.
"Uzumaki Naruto?" He repeated, a few moments passing before he remembered where. "Ah, from the entry exams…"
Asuka stared at Ryou."Will you take him up on his challenge, Ryou?" She asked.
Ryou stayed silent whilst Asuka waited for an answer. ''A first year Osiris Red? Why should I waste my time with someone whose an Osiris let alone a first year?''
''He's actually pretty good Ryou. He isn't just some first year.''
Ryou once again went silent. ''He must be something if he's captured the heart of the Obelisk Queen.'' If it wasn't for the cold tone one might have sworn his statement was brotherly teasing.
Asuka went red at this proclamation. ''N-no such thing I just respect him as a strong duelist that's all.''
"No helping it, I guess," Ryou replied with his usual detached tone. ''Tell Uzumaki to meet me at the Seaside path at one hour if he wants to duel.''
Asuka nodded in response.
One hour later Naruto, Hayato, and Shou; who they had to drag to get there arrived at the path. Naruto and Ryou took their positions and the duel commenced.
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Naruto :4000
Ryou: 4000
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"To think I'm able to duel against the duelist they call best in the Academy. This will definitely be a duel to remember. I'll go first!'' Naruto said as he drew a card.
''I summon Neji Hyuuga of the Hyuuga clan in defense mode. '' (1850) ''I place two cards face down and end my turn.''
"My turn," Ryou said, drawing a card. "Draw!"
Ryou glanced at the card and played it.
"I summon Cyber Dragon in attack mode," Out from the ground, a serpent-like silver-armored dragon popped out and appeared right behind Ryou, hissing once. (2100)
''So what effect allows you to summon a level 5 monster without sacrifice?'' Naruto asked, curious about the card's effect.
''When your field contains monsters and mine contain none.'' He simply explained as he remained focus on the duel. Ryou reached for a card in his hand. "Then, I activate the Instant Magic, Cyclone! It destroys one Magic or Trap card!"
A cyclone shot out from the card and went directly towards Naruto's left face-down, destroying it. Naruto shielded himself from the card debris.
"With Cyber Dragon, I attack Neji Hyuuga!" Ryou announced. "Evolution Burst!"
Cyber Dragon aimed at Neji and opened its mouth, shooting a fiery blast at the robed clad Hyuuga. Neji was engulfed within the fiery blast and disappeared.
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Naruto:4000
Ryou: 4000
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A bead of sweat rolled down the side of Shou's face as he watched agape. "My Nii-san really is merciless!" The nervous teen thought.
"Next, from my hand, I activate the Magic card, Time Capsule!" Ryou continued his played as he played yet another card from his hand to the dueling device. A sarcophagus with a clock on it appeared on Ryou's side of the field. Ryou grabbed his deck from his duel disk and held it in his hand. "I can choose a card from my deck…" Ryou explained as he picked out a card, "…and place this card inside the Time Capsule. On my second turn, it'll bring this card back into play."
Ryou held the card in his hand and placed it inside the sarcophagus. The sarcophagus closed and sank down into the ground.
"Well that's certainly useful...being able to pick a specific card you want and able to bring it out in a following turn." A grinning Naruto stated,
Shou watched nervously."Don't tell me that card's…"
"I end my turn," Ryou announced.
Naruto stared at Ryou, his expression now neutral.
'A powerful 2000 Attack plus monster on his field during his first turn without a tribute and another desired card going to be played soon. Being that his nickname is Kaiser I'll most likely being dealing with Dragons. But you made a mistake Ryou. Whatever your plan is your relying too much on your monster and you didn't cover your field with any traps or quick play spells.'
"My turn!"
Naruto looked at the card in his hand and played it. ''I activate the spell card Dark hole. All monsters on the field dark immediately destroyed.'' A black hole sucked in Ryou's monster and destroyed it. ''Now I summon Ten-Ten the Weapon's mistress in attack mode and attack your life points directly.''
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Naruto: 4000
Ryou: 2100
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Hayato cheered Naruto on.
"Way to go, Naruto!" Hayato Cheered.
Shou just stared at Naruto. "Aniki…" said Shou.
Naruto looked over at Shou and smiled at him.
''Watch closely Shou it's not always about dueling to win, but dueling not to lose.'' He said as Shou gave him a look of confusion. ''I place another card face down and end my turn.''
Shou watched the duel, his expression now serious.
"Aniki's awesome, too…but…" Shou thought as he looked at Ryou.
Ryou reached for his deck. "My turn," he said. "Draw."
Ryou glanced at his card and looked up.
"Due to its special effect, I'll summon Cyber Dragon without any sacrifices," Ryou announced as a Cyber Dragon appeared on Ryou's side of the field in attack mode.
"Next, from my hand, I activate Monster Reborn!" he continued as he brought back a card from his grave. "I'll revive the Cyber Dragon in my Graveyard!" Another Cyber Dragon appeared next to the one that Ryou had summoned previously. Ryou then held up a card. "And then, I'll…fuse them both," Ryou said, turning the card over, revealing it as Polymerization.
Both the Cyber Dragons disappeared within the Polymerization vortex. Ryou held his hand up.
"I summon Cyber Twin Dragon!" Ryou said as a two-headed cybernetic dragon appeared on his side of the field with an attack of 2800.
Hayato was astonished with Cyber Twin Dragon's Attack.
"A-An Attack of 2800?" Stated Hayato.
"That's not all," Ryou continued as he explained his card's effect. "Cyber Twin Dragon can attack twice in a Battle Phase."
Hayato was taken aback with this.
"Y-You're kidding!" said Hayato.
Asuka stared at Cyber Twin Dragon.
"And that second attack will be a direct attack on Naruto," said Asuka.
Hayato gasped. "Oh, no!" he exclaimed.
Shou looked down and clenched his teeth as he trembled a bit.
"This is how my Onii-san duels. He's thoroughly calculated things in order to win. No one can come close to him, not even Aniki…"
"I use Cyber Twin Dragon to attack Ten-Ten the Weapon's mistress!" Ryou announced. "Evolution Twin Burst!"
Cyber Twin Dragon was about to attack, when Naruto intercepted.
"I attack my trap Negate Attack! This brings your battle phase to an immediate end!''
Shou gasped as Ryou stared at Naruto, slightly caught off guard with his trap card.
"I end my turn," Ryou stated.
''I don't know about you Kaiser but this is pretty fun. If it wasn't for my trap you would have just about wiped out all my life points. You really are as good as they say.''
Ryou blinked and gave Naruto a small smile. "Yeah, same here," Ryou acknowledge the blond. If he truly was Osiris Red in level this duel would have been over already.
Shou stared awestruck at Ryou. "Onii-san!"
"My turn!" Naruto said grinning. ''I play the spell card Premature Burial! By sacrificing 800 life points I can summon back one monster from the grave. And I choose Neji Hyuuga of the Hyuuga clan.''
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Naruto: 3200
Ryou: 2100
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''Now that I have two out of three team members of a set I activate Shinobi Team Gathering and special Summon my Rock Lee monster to the field. I switch all my monsters to defense mode and end my turn.''
Hayato smiled at the monsters.
''With three monsters on the field now, it doesn't matter if Cyber Twin Dragon can attack twice!" Hayato exclaimed.
Shou blinked and then noted."But on my Onii-san's next turn, that card will re-emerge from the sarcophagus."
''I end my turn.'' This duel is over.
"My turn," said Ryou. "Draw."
Ryou had just drawn a card when the sarcophagus emerged from the ground. Shou stared at the sarcophagus nervously as Naruto breathed in sharply.
"This would be my second turn since activating Time Capsule," Ryou began, "I destroy Time Capsule, and then add the card placed in the sarcophagus into my hand!"
Shou gasped as the sarcophagus was destroyed. The card that was once within the sarcophagus was now glowing as Ryou added the card into his hand. He stared at Naruto.
"Uzumaki, we've reached the end at last," Ryou stated.
Naruto gave Ryou a carefree smile.
"Yeah, looks like I get to see why you're known at Kaiser.''
"That is indeed," he said. "You've shown me the utmost of your capabilities. And I, too, have been giving it my all against you."
Ryou closed his eyes and smiled back."I have to give your dueling the respect it deserves," Ryou acknowledged.
Shou looked agape, awed by his brother's remark."Onii-san approves of Aniki's dueling?" Shou thought.
Shou continued to watch, realization suddenly hitting him.
"That's it!" he thought. "Onii-san duels by considering his opponents strategy by their mindset and style and countering based off that, but back then, I…"
Shou remembered the way he acted against Gorisuke by deriding the older boy. He sighed and looked down.
"By mocking my opponent and overestimating my cards…" Shou thought, closing his eyes. "I dueled with complete disregard of my opponent."
Ryou stared at Naruto, his smile having ceased.
"Here I go Uzumaki!" Ryou announced.
"From my hand, I activate De-Fusion!" Ryou said, showing the card to Naruto. "This will cancel Cyber Twin Dragon's fusion!"
Cyber Twin Dragon separated from each other and returned to their two original, separate selves with a silent hiss.
"Then, from my hand, I activate the Magic card, Power Bond!" Ryou exclaimed
Shou stared at the card Ryou held up, shocked as it was the one that had been in the sarcophagus. "Power Bond?"
Ryou played the card and looked at Naruto as he explained. "This card can fusion-summon a Machine-type monster. I'll fuse both my Cyber Dragons on the field with another Cyber Dragon from my hand!"
A third Cyber Dragon appeared in between the two others before a bright light engulfed all three of them.
"I summon Cyber End Dragon in attack mode," said Ryou.
An electric-blue light emanated from the Fusion-Monster that flew onto Ryou's field. The light waned and revealed a larger, silver cybernetic, winged dragon with three heads…Cyber End Dragon with an impressive attack power of 4000.
"Due to Power Bond's effect, its Attack is doubled!" Ryou declared.
Static crackled from Cyber End Dragon as its Attack was doubled to 8,000.
Hayato gasped in shock at Cyber End Dragon's Attack. "8000!" Exclaimed Hayato.
Naruto's eyes widened at its attack power value. This was more than even he was expecting.
"When this monster attacks a defending monster, and its Attack is higher than the monster's Defense…it deals that difference as damage to my opponent!"
'Hell he'll do around 6,000 Plus no matter what card he chooses...that is if I came with the intention to win.''
Hayato noticed Naruto's distressed form.
"Hang in there, Naruto!" Hayato called out. "If you can just manage to ride this turn out, Power Bond's other effect will kick in and you'll win!"
"He's right," said Asuka. "Power Bond has the risk of damaging yourself with the Attack…that the Fusion Monster started out with at the End Face of the turn it's activated."
Asuka looked at Shou, whom had his fists tightened as he stared determinedly at the duel.
"The problem isn't the risk…what my Onii-san wanted to say back then way…'You must respect your opponents'!"
''When I came to duel you I knew full and well I probably wouldn't win,'' Naruto admitted shocking everyone sans Ryou. ''But like I told Shou it's about dueling not to lose instead of winning. Part of that is respecting your opponent, the cards, and yourself while knowing your limitations. I'm ready when you are Kaiser Ryou.''
''Then it's time I end this! "I use Cyber End Dragon to attack Ten-Ten the Weapon's Mistress!" said Ryou. "Eternal Evolution Burst!"
''Not so fast!'' Naruto declared activated his face down card. ''I activate the Trap Card 'An Eye for an Eye.' When all my monsters are in defense mode and my Opponent's monster attack is greater than their defense mine I can offer up a thousand life points to cut that monster attack points in half and distribute the damage to both of our life points directly!'' Normally this card wouldn't be as devastating to wipe out one's entire life point count, but most monsters, even special or ritual monsters hardly ever exceeded four attack points in value so the moment Ryou used Power Bond he forced the inevitable draw.
A mirror appeared in front of Naruto absorbing Cyber End Dragon's attack. It spun around twice as a hellish eye appeared on both side and fire the Dragon's attack at both of them taking 4,000 Life points of damage. Both braced themselves for the impact of the attack.
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Naruto: 0
Ryou: 0
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Everyone stared on astonish at the outcome.
''Naruto...and Ryou...came to a Draw?'' The Astonishment in her voice matched Asuka's face.
Shou stared worriedly at Naruto and called out to him."Aniki!"
Shou got no response from his roommate and started running towards Naruto, calling out to him once more."Aniki!" he called out.
Naruto blinked and looked up from where he was at Ryou.
"That was a hell of a duel Ryou. I look forward to dueling you again soon sometime.'' Naruto said before yelping as Shou tackled him. "Damnit Syrus! What part of human contact is my weakness do you not understand?''
Shou had jumped onto Naruto, his sudden weight on him as well as force caused him to lose balance and topple back onto the ground.
"Aniki!" Shou then apologized.. "I'm sorry!"
''Damnit! You will be sorry if you don't let go me I'll...I'll duct tape you to the bottom of Chumley's bed without a gas mask.''
Shou burst into laughter, Naruto following along. Ryou blinked a few times and looked at the duo with a faint smile on his lips.
The Kaiser turned around and started to walk away, chuckling quietly at Naruto's antics paired up with Shou's. Asuka spotted Ryou and started running towards him. She quickly caught up with him and began to walk with him.
"Surprising Huh?'' Asuka suddenly asked him in regards to what they had just witnessed.
Ryou stared out as Asuka walked by his side, his expression stoic.
"That Shou sure has a fine Aniki, He's definitely someone to keep an eye on…"
Asuka blinked and giggled softly.
"You don't know the half of it," she said, earning a perplexed stare from Ryou.
"Oh, really?"
Asuka laughed a bit. "You'll find out soon enough," said Asuka. "You'll have to ask Naruto yourself, if you want to know."
Ryou blinked and turned away from Asuka as he looked ahead. Watching both Obelisk Blues walk away were Hayato, Shou, and Naruto.
''Ryou's a hell of a duelist. I don't think there's a combination I could have used without dueling not to lose instead of dueling to win.''
Shou blinked and smiled as he turned to Naruto.
"Yep, and so's my Aniki!" Shou said, latching himself onto Naruto's waist in an embrace.
''Ok man seriously... I was joking before but I really will duct tape you to the bottom of Chumley's bed if you don't stop glomping. Anyway I want to see just what you can do with Power Bond.''
Shou nodded with determination in his eyes.
"Got it!" said Shou. "I'll take the bars off for sure."