Me: New chapter! Twins!
Rua and Ruka: What new card will it be? Here's what we have this week! *A Spell Card was picked*
Rua: Whoa! This one needs four cards in the Graveyard to activate its effect!
Ruka: But it does let the user summon a monster from their deck for a direct attack. Let's see how it will be used this chapter.
The crowd watching the duel was in a uproar. The battle had turned tides in just a few moves from Jaden. Currently, he had Bladedge on the field while Crow had nothing on his side except Black Whirlwind. Jaden started to laugh.
"Hey, what's so funny?" Crow growled.
"This is the best duel I've had in weeks, Crow" Jaden replied, "Isn't it the same with you?"
"Not really, but it is a bit exciting," Crow replied, "Alright then, it's my move still, so I'll just put down two facedowns and end my turn."
"Alright! My draw! Let's go, Bladedge, direct attack!" Jaden ordered.
"At once, Lord Jaden," Bladedge nodded before dashing at Crow as the Signer smirked.
"Let's go! Trap Card, activate: Blackwing – Backlash! You see, my card works like this; if I have five or more 'Blackwing' Monsters in my Graveyard, I get to destroy all your monsters!" Crow explained, "Now let's see…Two Bora the Spear, a Gale the Whirlwind, Vayu the Emblem of Honor, Fane the Steel Chain, and Sirocco the Dawn. And that makes a perfect six!"
"I…Am sorry, Lord Jaden," Bladedge apologized before the five Blackwings in the Graveyard appeared around him before detonating.
"You weren't expecting that, were you?" Crow grinned.
"Nope!" Jaden grinned, "Alright. I summon my Elemental Hero Bubbleman in DEF Mode! And when he's alone on the field, I draw two cards! Now I'm gonna throw down a facedown and call it a turn."
"I will do-a my best!" Bubbleman called as he appeared in DEF Mode.
E-Hero Bubbleman: 800/1200
"My draw then!" Crow called as he drew, "Now I'm going to use my facedown; Jar of Greed!"
"Jar of Greed?" Jaden repeated.
"Yeah. It's like the Pot of Greed, but I only get one card," Crow explained as he drew again and grinned, "Time to go all out! I summon Blackwing – Blizzard the Far North!"
A screech was heard before a clump of white and black-tipped feathers crashed into the ground, making a lot of people wince from the impact or laugh at it in the case of Jin. The clump of feathers quickly shook itself to reveal itself to be a large bird with stern, blue eyes and tuffs of black feathers on the tips of its wings and on its head. It quickly dusted itself off before taking a defensive position.
Blackwing – Blizzard the Far North: 1300/0
"And since he was summon, I can call our a Level 4 Blackwing! So let's welcome back an old friend; Blackwing – Bora the Spear!" Crow continued, "And Black Whirlwind activates, letting me add Blackwing – Kochi the Daybreak to my hand."
"So you're going to Synchro Summon a Level 6 monster?" Jaden asked.
"Yep, but not the way you're expecting. Remember Vayu the Emblem of Honor?" Crow asked, "Cause he's got a little payback when he gets sent to the Graveyard. I remove from play Level 5 Sirocco the Dawn and Level 1 Vayu the Emblem of Honor!"
"What? Why would you remove from play those cards, unless…!" Jaden gasped as the two monsters appeared on Crow's field.
"Unless Vayu is a Tuner Monster who can't Synchro Summon until he's in the Graveyard! Let's go, guys! I'm tuning Level 5 Sirocco the Dawn with Level 1 Vayu the Emblem of Honor!" Crow declared, "Darkened gales, become the wings which will soar to heavens! Synchro Summon!"
Vayu's feathers ruffled before his outfit opened and reveal a speedometer as his form shattered. Sirocco flew through the speedometer, turning into five white stars. The five stars lined up and the speedometer and stars were engulfed in a light. The light parted to reveal a large Blackwing. He stood twice the height of Crow with only his stomach bare for everyone to see his dark skin. He had metal black wings and grey shoulder feathers and tail. His body was covered in black armor that seemed to soak in the light. Over his head was a black helmet with a plume of red feathers acting as a mane and a blue mask. In his arms was a strange rifle.
"Blackwing – Armor Master!" Crow finished reciting as his monster struck a pose.
Blackwing – Armor Master: 2300/1000
"And now let's kick it up a notch! I'm tuning Level 8 Armored Wing with my Blizzard the Far North!" Crow continued, "Darkened gales, become the wings that soar from resolved hope! Synchro Summon!"
Blizzard squawked before turning into two Speedometers. Armored Wing flew right through them and turned into six white stars. Instead of a white light, a black light erupted from them. Jaden gulped along with Bubbleman as a large dragon emerged from the light. It resembled the fusion of a serpent-like dragon with a raven. Its head resembled that of a raven's head with the fangs of a dragon's in its beak with brilliant scarlet eyes. On the sides of its dragon-like beak were two blade-like appendages. It had twenty-eight pure white feathers with black highlights at the start of each of them on its two giant wings. It had six blade-like legs and a dark, midnight-blue underbelly and a black body. Where the wings met the shoulders were rubies. On the tip of its tail were three long grey feathers acting as tassels.
"Black-Winged Dragon!" Crow finished reciting as his dragon roared.
Black-Winged Dragon: 2800/1600
"Wh-What is that?" Tsuna exclaimed.
"That's Crow's Signer Dragon," Rua replied, "Black-Winged Dragon!"
"Doesn't look like a Blackwing," Gokudera scoffed.
"Looks can be deceiving," Reborn advised, "Wait until you see its effect, then you'll know why its wings are white."
"Hey…The Sarge is…laughing?" Hassleberry pondered as he pointed at the laughing Jaden.
"I can't believe it! I'm actually seeing the fifth Signer Dragon and in a duel, even!" Jaden grinned, "I've seen nearly all of them in duels except for Ancient Fairy Dragon, but this guy had to be the coolest one I've seen yet!"
"Aw…Now he's going to make me blush…" Black-Winged Dragon spoke sheepishly as he kicked an invisible pebble with one of its blade-like legs.
"Ready, buddy?" Crow asked, "Attack Bubbleman with Nova Stream!"
"Hold it! I activate my facedown, Magic Cylinder!" Jaden countered.
Bubbleman yelped as he ran behind the two floating cylinders. Black-Winged Dragon roared before firing a black-tipped beam of red flames at the first cylinder. It emerged from the other one and went directly at Crow. Just as the marked duelist was feeling the intense heat from the flames, his dragon took the hit and the top of its wings turned from white and black to black and red.
Black-Winged Dragon: 2100/1600 Black Feather Counters: 1
"What just happened?" Jaden asked.
"You liked that, huh? It's my big guy's effect. He can take effect damage meant for my Life Points and put a Black Feather Counter on himself, of course, he does lose 700 ATK Points each time, but we'll get to that later," Crow explained, "I end my turn with a facedown."
"Right. My draw!" Jaden called before looking at the card, "Alright. I play E – Emergency Call! This card lets me add an Elemental Hero from my deck to my hand, and I choose Elemental Hero Clayman. Now I play Polymrization! With it, I fuse Bubbleman with Clayman to summon my Elemental Hero Mudballman in DEF Mode and call it a turn with a facedown."
E-Hero Mudballman: 1900/3000
"Let's go! My draw!" Crow called as he drew, "I play my 'Against the Wind' Spell Card! With it, I can add a Blackwing from my graveyard to my hand, like Blackwing – Gale the Whirlwind, but I take damage equal to its attack points."
"But your Black-Winged Dragon will…" Jaden began as more of its feathers turned black and red.
Black-Winged Dragon: 1400/1600 Black Feather Counters: 2
"Now I summon him! And let's use his effect to cut your Mudballman down to size," Crow continued as Gale appeared.
Gale proceeded to release a whirlwind at Mudballman. The Elemental Hero fell over and rolled to beside Jaden, now half his normal size. H shook a fist at the Blackwing as it landed on Black-Winged Dragon's back.
E-Hero Mudballman: 950/1500
"So he lost half his ATK and DEF points, you forgetting both your Monsters still can't go past him so easily?" Jaden asked.
"Then I guess you don't know his effect then; I select Elemental Hero Mudballman and release my Black-Winged Dragon's Black Feather Counters!" Crow declared, "Black Burst!"
Black-Winged Dragon roared before spreading out his wings. Nearly everyone gasped as they saw the remaining wings turned obsidian and crimson before a sphere of black energy formed in its blade-like limbs. The sphere engulfed the field and startled everyone. It soon dissipated to reveal Mudballman struggling to stay in his defensive position while Jaden shook a little.
E-Hero Mudballman: 0/1500
Black-Winged Dragon: 2800/1600
Jaden: 2600
"What just happened?" Jaden asked.
"I can remove my Black-Winged Dragon's Black Feather Counters to restore his ATK Points and lower the ATK Points of one of my opponent's monsters," Crow explained, "Plus, for each ATK Point he gets back, that's how much you lose in Life Points."
"A monster that not only lowers the attack of an opponent's monster but also inflicts Burn Damage?" Syrus gulped.
"Come on, Jaden-niisan! You can win!" Rua cheered.
"Good luck with that," Jack scoffed.
"What's that suppose to mean?" Hassleberry growled.
"Have you ever seen a Signer lose in a duel?" Jack asked when Gokudera opened his mouth, "Not including the Fortune Cup!"
"You dueling Turf Head," Gokudera replied.
"How was I suppose to know his deck was like that?" Jack demanded as he pointed at the silver-haired Sasagawa roaring at Jaden to 'win to the extreme' while Kyoko tried to make him shout quieter.
"Looking at videos of his duels and entrance duel like some duelists do?" Bastion proposed.
"Why you…" Jack growled, "Don't answer a King's question with another question!"
"Now sic 'em! Nova Stream!" Crow ordered.
Black-Winged Dragon roared before it unleashed its flames. Mudballman cried out as the flames covered him. They stopped and revealed Mudballman had hardened into the pose of 'The Thinker.' His form then cracked and he shattered.
"Now don't think you're safe yet! Cause Gale gets a hit now!" Crow declared as his Blackwing began to fly at Jaden.
"Not so fast, Crow!" Jaden declared, "Time for Hero Signal! So let's welcome Elemental Hero Wildheart to the field!"
Jaden's facedown rose up and emitted the signal. A wild scream was heard before Wildheart swung down on a vine and onto the field. He landed in front of Jaden and snorted at Gale. The Blackwing squawked while skidding to a halt. Gale proceeded to turn and fly behind Black-Winged Dragon, shivering like a leaf.
Wildheart: 1500/1600
"Man…I can't get a break with you, huh?" Crow asked.
"Nope! That's the one thing you should expect from another duelist; the unexpected!" Jaden replied with a grin.
"Well, seeing as how I'm out of ideas and cards in my hand, I'll just let you go on," Crow said.
"Thanks," Jaden nodded as he drew, "Alright. I'll play O – Oversoul! This lets me bring out Elemental Hero Sparkman from my graveyard! Then, how about a little H-Heated Heart? This card increases one of my monster's ATK Points by 500 for this turn only and give my monster Piercing Damage."
A violet energy-coated 'O' and a flaming blue 'H' appeared above the field. The O entered the graveyard and Sparkman roared out of it, coated in lightning. He struck a pose as the H embedded itself on his helmet, turning his lighting into the colors of lightning.
Elemental Hero Sparkman: 2100/1400
"Now go get him, Sparkman! Heated Shining Surge Flash!" Jaden ordered.
"Taste burning lightning, birdbrain!" Sparkman declared as he sent the lightning at Gale, who began to freak.
"Hold on, little guy! I play my Mirror Force Trap Card!" Crow countered, "Now all your monster get blown away!"
A clear bubble formed over Gale and the lightning bounced off. Gale exhaled a held breath as wiped the sweat that had formed upon his head when Sparkman was about to end him. Sparkman grunted as the lightning ripped through him. Wildheart yawned as he batted the lightning away. The attack ended up hitting Lambo.
"What?" Crow gasped.
"Didn't you know about Wildheart's special ability?" Jaden asked as the jungle man smirked, "Trap Cards just get shoved off Wildheart. So let's teach this guy a lesson for Sparkman! Get that Gale with Jungle Swing!"
Gale paled as Wildheart glared at the bird, drooling a bit. The Blackwing began to shake as the Elemental Hero exposed his sword, causing his feathers to start falling off. Wildheart roared before jumping onto Black-Winged Dragon's back and grabbed Gale just before he had a chance to fly away. Wildheart held Gale over Black-Winged Dragon's mouth and kicked him on the head, making him spew his Nova Stream and turned Gale into a cooked bird. Wildheart hollered before jumping off the dragon and began to eat his meal.
Crow: 600
"Oh come on!" Crow barked as Black-Winged Dragon entered a blue area, his back turned to the duel.
"I can't believe I aided a Tarzan-Copycat in killing one of my own…" the Signer Dragon sniffled.
"Guess I'll have to call it a turn now with Mirage of Nightmare and throw down a facedown," Jaden said, placing the last two cards in his hand to the field.
"Ore no turn! Draw!" Crow declared as he drew.
"Hold on! I think you're forgetting something, Crow!" Jaden argued.
"And that is?"
"My Mirage of Nightmare," Jaden replied, "Mirage lets me draw until I have four cards in my hand."
"Oh yeah. I forgot about that card. Doesn't it also make you discard cards equal to the ones you drew, though?" Crow asked, "That's a waste of a hand."
"Now exactly," Jaden grinned as he drew his four cards, "Because my Emergency Provisions will let me keep my hand, and give me a 1000 Life Point boost."
"Oh you stinker…" Crow growled, "Fine! I attack with my Black-Winged Dragon! Nova Stream!"
"Payback time!" the Signer Dragon roared before incinerating Wildheart.
Jaden: 2300
"I end my turn with a facedown. So let's see you make a move!" Crow grinned.
"Alright. Here goes everything…" Jaden said as he drew before grinning at his card, "Alright! I summon Elemental Hero Avian in ATK Mode!"
"An honor to fight against you, my fellow Flyer," Avian greeted as he appeared.
"Likewise, Avian," the Signer Dragon nodded.
E-Hero Avian: 1000/1000
"Now I'll deal with your facedown with R – Righteous Justice!" Jaden declared, "You see, for each Elemental Hero I have on the field when this card is out, I get to destroy one of your Spell Cards or Trap Cards!"
"What?" Crow gasped as a gold 'R' coated in lightning struck his facedown, destroying it.
"Now I've got all four together in my Graveyard; H – Heated Heart, E – Emergency Call, R – Righteous Justice, and O – Oversoul!" Jaden declared, "This lets me pull off one of th best combos in my Deck: The one and only HERO Flash!"
"HERO…" Black-Winged Dragon began.
"…Flash?" Crow finished.
"Yep! First, I get to special summon Elemental Hero Burstinatrix from my Deck," Jaden grinned as his female Elemental Hero appeared in a swirl of flames, "Then, for this turn only, I get to attack you directly, Crow!"
"What?" Crow gasped.
"Now go get him, you two! Burning Tornado!" Jaden ordered.
"Right," Burstinatrix nodded.
"Let's do this," Avian spoke.
Avian created a tornado from the flapping of his wings and Burstinatrix release da blast of flames at it. The two attacks fused to create a large, burning vortex of destruction. Crow paled as he shielded himself from the vortex, letting his Duel Disk take the attack.
Crow: 0
"And that's game!" Jaden declared, moving into his normal victory pose, before the crowd began to cheer wildly.
"Well, Jaden, that was one of the best duels I've had in months!" Crow declared with a laugh, "Now then…Jack! Yusei!"
"Here comes the idiot…" Jack muttered.
'Crow is…one strange, yet cool Duelist,' Tsuna thought as he watched as Crow jumped into the stands and began to bark at his fellow male Signers.
"Come on, you two!" Crow barked as he struggled to pull the two onto the sub, "These guys are lettin' us ride with them back to Neo Domino! Yeager wants you both back there as soon as possible!"
"The King doesn't follow orders! A King does what he wants!" Jack argued as he pulled back on his grasped arm, "Now let me go, Crow!"
"Well, well, well…"
The two stopped struggling as everyone looked over at a large stage. On it was everyone in the faculty except for the principals. Yusei slid the glove off that Crow was grabbing onto and walked over to the others while Crow and Jack were distracted.
"Because we have time before departure, I believe it would be best to commence the awards ceremony now-no ne!" Dr. Crowler declared, "And, presenting the first prize, we have…Miss Duel Academia!"
'I have a bad feeling about this…' Tsuna thought as everyone scooted closer to the stage.
"Miss Duel Academia?" Syrus repeated.
"We have someone like that?" Rua asked.
"If you would be so kind!" Crowler called as the school lunch lady appeared in an orange outfit, making everyone scream in fear.
"It's a makeup monster!" Jaden, Lambo, and Rua screamed before the two younger boys jumped into Jaden's arms, all three shivering in fear.
"It burns to the extreme!" Ryohei screamed as he shielded his eyes.
"Is that…Tome-san?" Ruka asked with a sweatdrop.
'…Meh. I've seen worse…' Gokudera thought.
"And now, will the winning principle please come here?" Dr. Crowler asked.
Chancellor Sheppard beamed proudly as he sauntered up the steps. He soon stopped beside Tome-san. She leaned over and gave the blushing man a kiss to the cheek. Crow cringed with a shudder.
"We were duking it out for something like this?" Jaden asked.
"You gotta be kidding me!" Crow snapped as he glared at Ichinose, who was sobbing uncontrollably, "You had me duel for that?"
"Crow-kun, become stronger!" Ichinose declared between sobs as he ran off to the sub, "Become much stronger for next year!"
"Oi…" Crow groaned as he pressed the palm of his hand to his forehead.
"And now for the second prize," Reborn spoke as he appeared from a secret panel in the stage, "Ciaossu."
"Reborn!" Tsuna gasped.
"Don't interrupt, Da-Me Tsuna," Reborn said as he hit the teen with a well-placed forehead kick before landing on the stage once more, "Now then; The second prize for the duel is this…"
He moved out of the way as Bianchi and Leona removed the curtains behind the stage. Behind them, a large billboard was revealed. On it were designed for an island-sized circuit.
"…The first ever Duel Academy Riding Duel Circuit," Reborn continued, "Seto Kaiba offered the winner of the School Duel the chance to test this out. If it succeeds, Duel Academies everywhere will be given special Riding Duel classes and their own circuits."
"Wow…!" Rua, Jaden, and Ryohei awed.
"But it will take a month for the construction to be completed," Reborn continued, shocking everyone, "So, for the next month, Duel Academy is on early Spring Break."
"Eh?" Tsuna gasped.
Later, the sub began to float away. Everyone on Duel Academy began to wave to the students and principle of North Academy with Crow between Jack and Yusei on the shore. Ichinose was still crying over his loss, though, as he waved.
"Just you wait, Sheppard! I'll be the one to get a kiss from Tome-chan next year!" Ichinose sobbed.
"T-The Principle's crying, but…" one of the members of North Academy sniffled.
"They're manly tears!" another one finished before all of them began to sob, "Bullet! Good-Bye!"
"Take care, everyone! And don't destroy anymore Decks or I'll come back to destroy your Duel Disks again!" Crow warned.
"This turned out great, didn't it?" Sheppard asked.
"Of course," Chazz scoffed.
"That's good and all, but…" Crow growled as he looked up at everyone, currently tied up, "…Someone get me out of these ropes! They're chafing me!"
"Not until we get back to Neo Domino," Jack snorted.
"You suck, ramen addict!" Crow growled.
"Ramen is the God's food, you baka!" Jack argued as the two began to enter an argument.
"Here they go again…" Yusei sighed.
Nearby, Reborn and Leona looked at them from the nearby cliff. A falcon's cry reverberated through the sky before a peregrine falcon landed before them. Within its beak was a simple envelope, sealed by wax that was stamped with the image of a clam. It gave the letter to Reborn and flew off.
"Who is it from, Reborn-san?" Leona asked as Reborn began to read the letter.
"It's from the Ninth. So…The time has finally come…" Reborn spoke, "So much for tutoring him for the month…"
"Damn…" Leona muttered as she changed her left arm from a giant halberd back into a hand.
"My thoughts exactly."
Me: Sorry about the wait, everyone.
Kaze: We're starting to think of putting a lot of our stories on hiatus until we make a few chapters for each one.
Kaze and I: Well, read and review.