New meaning to the word FEAR

The entire store was shocked while Will placed his deck back into its box. He walked out of the store to have a talk with the Obelisk. After he stepped out, the crowd snapped out of it and started talking amongst themselves.
"Well, I guess we know now it wasn't a fluke that he was able to do so well." Syrus said, while Will was having a little conversation with Rob, who seemed to be actually listening to him for a bit."
"You got that right." Chumley said, "I thought it was just going to be interesting enough at Slifer with Jaden around, but after today, I think Slifer is going to have another reason to start bragging."
"Boy, I'll say." Jaden said, all excited, "I can't wait to see what this guy is really capable of." He said, before the two boys shook hands and went off in different directions, "Come on guys, we need to catch up with Will." He said before taking off to catch up with their new friend, with the other two trying to catch up.
Will was only a few steps away from the store before pulling out the two packs of cards he bought not too long ago, "Hey guys, what's up?" He asked the trio before ripping opening up the first pack.
"So what did you get Will?" Jaden asked, anxious to see if this person got anything good.
Will spread the cards out in his hand, before noticing one particular card, "Ah-ha, finally found you" he said, before pulling it out, "Chaos Command Magician, a nice little card to have against some effect monsters." He looked at the rest, before noticing the last one, "Got her again."
"Got who again?" Syrus asked, wanting to know who he was talking about.
"Dark Magician Girl, This would be the fifth time I got her card." He said, while placing the fresh batch of cards into his pocket, before opening up the second pack, "Let me guess . . ." He started off when he noticed the look on Syrus's face out of the corner of his eye.
"Yep, Syrus has a crush on the Dark Magician Girl." Chumley asked, causing the small boy to become all red in the face.
"And you said that this is the fifth time you got her card?" Syrus said, feeling a little jealous for this guy's luck.
"Yep, I've already got her in one of my decks." He looked at the next batch of cards, "Why hello Gilford." He said, while pulling out the card.
"Wow, you just got Gilford the Lightning. I gotta say you're definitely one lucky guy." Jaden said.
"Like I told you before, I make my own luck. Every time I get a pack of cards, I always make sure no card goes wasted." He said, while picking up a pair of spell cards, "All it takes is a little patience when it comes to things like buying cards and dueling, especially when it comes to these two." He showed them the cards.
"Future Fusion and Centrifugal Field. What can they do?" Syrus asked, wondering why Will would consider these cards to be so important.
"You'll just have to wait and see." He said, while placing the cards into his pocket, "Anyway, I need to head towards the dorms and see if I still have all of my stuff."
"Great, we'll show you the way." Jaden said, while they walked off towards their destination, to the relief of Chumley.
When they arrived, they were greeted by an older man, who seemed to be more like a hippy, "Ah, I take it that this is the new student that has got a lot of peoples' attention. I saw you in my class, but I never got the chance to introduce myself properly. I am Professor Lyman Banner, and as you can see, I'm also the headmaster of Slifer Red." He said, while sticking out his hand, which was taken by Will, "Anyway, dinner starts at 7, so don't be late. You'll find your stuff in your room, which is 204." He was about to finish until a slight "Meowrr!" Came out of his arms, "Oops, I also forgot to introduce you to our dorm mascot, Pharaoh."
"Hey Pharaoh." Will said, while scratching the cat behind the ear, which it loved, "And don't worry, I should be able to make it to dinner."
"Jaden, why don't you show Mr. Rawelk to his room." Banner said, while heading towards his room. While the boys went up the stairs, Banner looked at the new boy for some reason, 'This boy has something resting inside of him.'
When the group reached Will's home away from home, "Wow, Will, looks like you have a room to yourself." Jaden said, while Syrus just said "Lucky."
Will picked up his luggage and walked towards the desks. He tossed his duffel bag onto the bet, while he opened his travel bag. While rummaging through it, "Would you guys mind leaving the room while I sort out my thing?"
"Sure thing. Just remember that dinner is at 7 o'clock." Jaden said while the trio stepped out the door just before Will pulled out a few deck boxes from his bag.
When seven o'clock rolled around, Will walked up to the dinning room after putting his things away. When he opened the door, the entire room went silent to look at him with a mixture of awe and fear. Banner on the other hand, "Ah, everyone, I would like for you to meet our newest addition, Will Rawelk." He introduced him, while the rest gave a small greeting for their part.
He just gave a small "Yo," with a slight wave with his fingers before stepping inside. He looked around the room until he saw Jaden and Syrus waving him over to their table. "Hey Will, come sit with us!" Jaden yelled out.
"Yeah, Will, you're already apart of the group." Syrus said.
Will walked up and took a seat beside Jaden. He looked over his meal to notice that he had the standard Japanese cuisine: A bowl of rice, a pair of sardines, and a pair of fried shrimp, a bowl of fermented soybeans, and something that looks like sliced up butter. (I don't know what it is. You'll just have to watch the show to know what I'm talking about.)
While they were eating and chatting away, Chumley was the first to notice that Will hasn't even touch his soybeans, "Is there something wrong with your soybeans Will?" He asked.
"Lets just say that beans of anytime don't agree with me too well." He explained, before intercepting Jaden's chopsticks with his own, "And I don't recall giving you permission to take any of my shrimp, Jaden." Catching a lot of people, once again, by surprise when nobody saw his hand move when he did that.
When everybody was done with their dinner, Jaden stood up and said, "Man I'm up for a duel. Let's go." He ran out of the dining room.
"Hey Jaden, wait up!" Syrus said.
"I don't think you're supposed to be running after you eat." Said Chumley.
"Whatever, I'm just too anxious to see how well I can do against Will." Jaden said.
"Maybe some other time." Will said, "Right now I need to go and turn in for the night, right now I'm a little wiped out from today. So see you guys in the morning." He said while heading out to his room.
"Yeah, sure thing Will." Jaden said, while to get a good night from Syrus and Chumley.
The next few days were a breeze. Will was able to adapt to academy life, while most of the academy was welcoming him in with open arms, the exceptions are of course most of Obelisks who had their heads high in the clouds, and Crowler.
Right now, it was a Wednesday the following week, and they were currently going through one of Crowler's classes, when Crowler decided to have one of his 'pick on the Slifer moments.' "He turned to Syrus, and asked "Mr. Truesdale, would you please tell me the effects of the spell card, Dangerous Machine Type-6?" While turning his back towards the class.
Syrus was wishing he was anywhere but here, until a small whistle caught his attention. He looked to see Will holding a card in his direction. When he took it and looked at it, he realized it was the card that Crowler asked him about, "During each of your Standby Phases, roll a six-sided die. ● 1: Discard 1 card. ● 2: Your opponent discards 1 card. ● 3: Draw 1 card. ● 4: Your opponent draws 1 card. ● 5: Destroy 1 monster your opponent controls. ● 6: Destroy this card." He answered, before returning the card.
Crowler was nodding his head while Syrus read off the card, and his face went from smug to surprise. He turned around just as Syrus was returning the card to Will, "Thanks Will you're a lifesaver." Syrus said, "No prob." Will replied. "What is the meaning of this? I never said you could do that!" Crowler said in a rage, causing Syrus and a few others to be scared on the spot.
"You never said we couldn't either." Will said, not even affected by the teacher's glare, causing two effects, Crowler to become even angrier and the class to look at him like he was crazy, "Besides, what would you have asked somebody from Ra or Obelisk?" He asked. When he saw Crowler try to use his look as bluff, "Let me guess, you were going to ask somebody in Ra something that was between easy and hard, and you would ask somebody in Obelisk something so plain & simple, am I right?"
Crowler was in complete shock. This boy has just called out his strategy in front of the whole class, and he is getting tired of this boy being a thorn, "That's it, I've had enough of your little arrogant attitude. After school, I challenge you to a duel!" He yelled out, not realizing that he just made a big mistake, "I win, you acknowledge me and the Obelisk dorm as the best there is."
"You're on, and I'll tell you after I win what I want you to do." Will said, while his eyes told Crowler to get ready to become very afraid.
After class, word spread like wildfire about the duel between Crowler and Will that by the time school was over for the day, the entire duel field was slam packed with those who really want to see how the new kid fairs against a teacher, even Sheppard wanted to see what Will was truly capable of since he has been hearing stories of how the new was defeating people left and right with his unique dueling style.
Zane was above the stands, looking at the duel field, while the two duelists were making their way to the field, "I take it that you want to see how Will does with Crowler compared to Jaden's duel, huh?" He turned his eyes just as Alexis came up to his side.
"More or less, although from what I have been hearing from the Obelisks that Will have defeated, then I think Crowler is the one who is over his head." Zane said, while he watched the two get onto the platform.
Alexis was surprised about Zane, but flinched when she saw what happened next. Will jumped onto the stage perfectly, and when he got to his spot, he crossed his arms across his chest, with a serious look on his face. Crowler, on the other hand, took that as a challenge, and try to jump onto the platform, only for his foot to catch the edge and *wham* fall flat on his face.
Will watched as Crowler got straight up and started to rearrange his nose. He looked further down to see what the crazy professor, "Don't tell me that's a duel disk?" He said.
Crowler couldn't help but give a big smile, "Why yes it is. Only the elite of teachers get to use such marvelous devices that is why I'm only one to receive such an honor." He said, "I bet you wish you have such a . . ."
"Guess again." Will intercepted, "I'll stick to the one I got now since it's more practical, because yours make you look like a Pinocchio reject." He said, while placing one of his decks into his duel disk.
"Just duel!" Crowler growled out, while both opponents drew out their hands.
"Wow, I never saw Professor Crowler so upset before." Syrus said.
"I know, and I wonder if Will is getting over his head by doing this." Chumley said a little worry for his friend.
"Relax guys I'm pretty sure Will well do fine against the Professor." Jaden said.
"Indeed," Bastion said, getting their attention, "I've seen him duel a few times, and from what I believe is that Will is holding back his true strength."
"Seriously?" Jaden while looking back at the field, "Then this duel should really turn out interesting." The spirit of Winged Kuriboh appeared over Jaden's Shoulder.
Will drew a card and placed it into his hand, "I play Archfiend Soldier in Attack Mode, and place two cards face down."
Crowler caught a card tossed into his hand, and looked down to see that he had some of the same cards he used to duel Jaden with, and smirked, "So you decided to pull an amateur mistake, now its time for me to show you why you should always respect your elders." He said, "I sacrifice a 1000 LP to activate the spell card Confiscation, which allows me to look at the cards in your hand and send one of them straight to the graveyard." He was expecting his younger opponent to get scared, but instead, he just stood there not even fazed by this, "So let us see what you have shall we?" When Will's hand appeared in front of him, 'Let's see, Grave Protector, no threat there, Kuriboh, not even close, and ah ha!' "I'll send the strongest monster in your hand to the graveyard."
Said card disappeared from Will's hand, "Fine, I'll replace it by activating Jar of Greed." He said, as said card rise up, and he drew a card.
"But you still lost . . ." Crowler was about to say before a bright light appeared from Will's graveyard, and the monster he sent appeared onto the field, "How did you do that?"
Will just looked at him for a bit, "Special ability that a few of my monsters possess that whenever they are discarded from my hand to my graveyard by a card effect, they are automatically summoned to the field." He explained, "And this card is called Silva, Warlord of the Dark World, and the last two words should give you a clue what the other monsters are." Crowler's face went pale at that statement.
"Impossible!" Zane said, actually in complete shock for once.
"What is it Zane?" Alexis asked her friend.
"Unbelievable." Bastion said, just as shock.
"What's up, Bastion?" Jaden asked, getting the attention of the other two as well.
"Not much is known about Dark World monsters except that they are cards that should never be taken lightly." Bastion started to explain, "The only thing that researchers agree upon is that they are also among the hardest to master. They are designed to give a duelist the perfect opportunity to bring out some powerful monster out onto the field without offering a single monster to do it. In some ways there also like some trap cards, to give the opponent a hard time if they were to try and win the easy way only for the monsters themselves to give them a nasty surprise."
"And if Will was able to master them to the point of working out whatever strengths and weaknesses that they may have . . ." Zane started off.
"Then Will is a force to be reckoned with." Alexis finished off.
Now back at the duel, Will was continuing what he was saying, "And since Silva was sent by a card effect caused by you, then his ability kick in where you have to pick two cards and send them to the bottom of your deck."
Crowler growled because this boy has already ruined his perfect strategy, so he grabbed two cards and placed them at the bottom of his deck, "I place a card face down and I play the spell Heavy Storm to destroy all magic and trap cards on the field." He said, as a huge gust of wind took out both face down cards on the field, causing two things to happen: a small appeared after Crowler's trap was destroyed, and a big explosion hit Crowler, causing him a thousand points worth of damage, "What did you do to me now?!" Crowler yelled out.
"Kozaky's Self-Destruct Button, a booby trap card that does 1000 points of damage to whoever destroys it while out on the field." Will explained, looked the same as he did when this duel started, absolutely calm.
Crowler was losing to his ego, Now that I have a Statue of the Wicked token out on the field I sacrifice it to bring out Ancient Gear Beast. And instead of attacking I'll activate the spell Swords of Revealing Light and I shall end my turn." 'I better be careful, this boy isn't playing around.'
"My draw." Will say while pulling a card out of his deck, He looked down at his hand and said. "I activate the ritual spell Curse of the Masked Beast. By sacrificing my Grave Protector and Archfiend Soldier, I summon the Masked Beast out onto the field, and I end my turn."
Crowler was really nervous by now because this news monster is even more powerful than his Ancient Gear Golem. "I draw." Crowler started his turn, and looked at the card he drew, "I play the spell Pot of Greed and draw two new cards." When he drew them, a small smile appeared on his face, 'There is a chance to get out of this miss after all.' He thought, "I summon Ancient Gear Soldier in defense mode and I place one card face down before I end my turn."
'He's got something up his sleeve.' Was Will's only thought before he drew a card. "I place Earthbound Spirit in defense mode and end my turn." He said, while taking a quick look at the card.
Crowler couldn't resist the smile, 'Yes, I get to put this slacker in his place.' He thought while drawing his next card, "I sacrifice my monsters to summon Ancient Gear Golem!" He said when the two monsters on his side of the field disappeared only to be replaced by a mechanical version of a Roman Centurion, "Now I'm going to show you why you should never talk back to your superiors. I activate the spell Limiter Removal which doubles my Golem's attack points," He said, the monster's attack points going from 3000 to 6000, "Now Ancient Gear Golem, attack his spirit and take out his life points with one punch!" He ordered his over charged monster.
The Golem did what it was told and raised its fist to attack. It swung its fist towards its target only to be intercepted by a small ball of fur with big eyes. "What just happened?" Crowler yelled out.
"Come now Professor, even rookies know about Kuriboh's special ability," Will started to explain, while pulling Kuriboh out of his graveyard, "By discarding right out of my hand and sending it straight to my graveyard, Kuriboh can cancel out an attack from one of my opponent's monster."
Crowler growled before saying. "I end my turn."
"And considering that you just used Limiter Removal, I'm pretty sure you know what happens now." Will said.
Crowler's eyes went wide after hearing that statement, 'Oh no!' ran through his mind after his monster self destruct.
"My turn." Will said, while drawing his card, he glanced at the card and said "I play the spell Card of Sanctity, which allows the both of us to draw until we both have six cards in our hands." Both players did just that, Will looked at his hand and noticed the monster that he was waiting patiently on, "Tell me Professor, are you afraid of the dark?" He asked, while what look like a wisp of clear flames surrounded his body.
"Is it just me or is it getting cold in here?" Syrus asked just as he felt a shiver go down his spine.
Winged Kuriboh was getting antsy, "What's up Winged Kuriboh?" Jaden asked his spirit partner. When he pointed at Will that was when Jaden finally noticed the aura coming from Will, "What the, how is he doing that?" He asked out loud.
"Doing what?" Chumley asked, after hearing Jaden's question.
Jaden pointed and the rest got a good look at Will, "What in the world?" Bastion asked.
"Hey Zane, is it getting cold in here?" Alexis asked. When she didn't get an answer, "Zane?" She called his name again before noticing the intense look coming from his eyes, being more focused on the duel.
"I think Mr. Rawelk is about to finish this duel." Was Zane's only response.
Alexis looked back at the duel and finally noticed Will, more specifically his eyes.
Crowler was wondering about why this boy would ask such a thing until what felt like fear went up his spine. When he looked at his eyes, he noticed the same thing some of the audience have started to notice, the aura emanating from boy, as well as his eyes becoming red, "What, how are you doing that? You're not allowed to use any special effects. Stop that!" He half ordered, half begged.
"You're the one that requested this duel, now its time to finish it." Will said, "I sacrifice my three monsters to summon The Wicked Dreadroot!"