Tai goes to Duel Academy

The streets were devoid of human life but then that was to be expected, no one in their right mind would be out in this weather. And yet here he was wandering the streets of some town near Kyoto, in one of the worst rain storms he had ever seen at 3:00 AM.
It was then he saw a large building at the end of the street running towards him he noticed a sign that read Our Lady Immaculate Orphanage and a Christian cross on it, Tai however didn't really care what was more important to him was that the building had a porch where he could shelter from the rain.
He sat there shivering huddled up under the porch doing his best to keep warm as the freezing rain fell and the chilling wind cut through him like a knife. 'This sucks...'
----"Tai, Tai wake up." Tai felt someone shake him rudely, groaning he opened one eye and found Jaden, Bastion and Syrus standing over him.
"What?" he asked groggily.
"We're here, we'll be landing in a few minutes." Syrus informed him.
Hearing this Tai then stood up, working out the kinks in his joints that had formed during the eight hour helicopter flight from Domino City to Duel Academy, a top of the line Dueling facility which was located on an island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean.
It wasn't long before the party of friends stood among all the other successful applicants as they were led towards the main building, it was large and modern looking with three domes resting on a group of pillars set at different heights, a blue one was the highest then a yellow one and finally a red one being the lowest of the three.
They were then led to a large room where they were brought for orientation, one by one they were called up to one of three tables where they were given a blazer colored either red, yellow or blue as well as a PDA that could be clipped on to a belt and an Academy issued Duel Disk.
After that they found themselves in a large lecture hall standing in front of a large monitor, Tai standing with Syrus and Jaden (who had fallen asleep on his feet), all three of them wearing a red blazer however unlike Jaden, who was wearing white uniform pants and Syrus who's were black both wearing red shoes, Tai wore his blazer over his own clothes.
The screen then it flared into life and the image a bald bearded man appeared.
"Hello and welcome my students. I am Chancellor Sheppard, the headmaster of this fine establishment." He said introducing himself. "And you are the best and brightest (Tai glancing at Jaden and rolled his eyes) young duelists in the world. Now I'll leave you all to settle in at you assigned dorms, I'm sure you will find them quite comfortable. Depending on how you ranked of course. If you are unsure where they are or if you have any inquiries the PDA which you received along with your uniform contains all the information you need including a map of the island, timetables and will display your test results once their marked, plus it has wireless connection to the other PDA's allowing you to send video messages to your friends or hone your skills with the inbuilt dueling sim. As long as you don't use them in class of course." He laughed before bidding them all farewell.
Once he'd signed off and everyone exited the hall checking their PDA's.
"Hey guys checks out I'm in the Slifer Red dorm." Jaden said excitedly.
"Really me too." Syrus said.
The two of them looked at Tai. "I'm wearing a red blazer, what do you think." He told them,
Just then Bastion wearing black pants and a yellow blazer and shoes walked by. "Hey Bastion wazzup." Jaden called out Bastion looking at the trio acknowledging them with a friendly hello, "So you in Slifer Red too?"
"Well now let me see," Bastion said in a playful manner he checked himself, "Yellow sleeved yellow buttons so no, these put me in Ra Yellow. The blazer is a symbol of your rank here."
"Oh so that's why the three of us are in red." Jaden replied.
"Please don't tell you've just figured that out now?" Bastion asked shaking his head.
"Well excuse me ever think I'm color blind." Jaden retaliated whilst Tai was trying his best not to laugh.
"Never occurred to me. Are you color blind?" Bastion replied as he began walking away from them.
Jaden snickered, "No but for all you knew I could have been. See you round the dorms."
"Not likely given that your dorm is somewhere over there." Bastion said pointing in a western direction.
Tai, Jaden and Syrus walked down the dirt path that Bastion had pointed to them till they came across what looked like a two story wooden shack with a stair case running up the side to allow access to the second level, located near a cliff.
"This isn't a dorm. It's an outhouse with a deck." Syrus said as the three of them climbed the stairs.
"Eh, I've seen worse." Tai replied.
"Are the two of you kidding," Jaden said as he ran ahead and leaned against the rail that ran along the side and stared out at the ocean view, "This place is awesome, check out that view."
Tai suddenly appeared beside him. "Cool." he said as he looked out at the sight of the sun sparkling on the sea and the waves crashing on the small stretch of beach below.
After checking out the scenery Jaden opened the door to the room the three of them would be sharing, the room itself which consisting of a triple bunk bed with a desk long enough for two people to work at running along the opposite wall and as well as a small kitchen which was located near the door.
"Well this is it." Jaden said as they stepped inside.
"Kinda small don't you think?" Syrus said in an unsure voice.
"Hey your small guy." Tai stated he then pushed past them, "I call top bunk."
Jaden laughed as he watched his friend climb up the side on structure till he was sitting on the bed at the top his legs dangling over the side. "This is sweet, it'll be the perfect pad for our first year."
"Yeah, but you know it's kinda weird for us meeting like this, first the entrance exams and now roommates." Syrus said, "Hey maybe we were connected in a previous life like maybe Jaden was an Egyptian Pharaoh Tai was the court magician and I was the guardian Seto?"
An image appeared momentarily in his head of Jaden wearing the garments of an Egyptian king, Tai wearing the same outfit and carrying the same staff as Dark Magician whilst he was wearing white and blue garments.
Jaden and Tai looked at each other eye brows raised. "Syrus no offense but that just lame." Jaden said.
"You watch way too much TV." Tai added.
"Well it could be true." Syrus replied feeling slightly sheepish.
"No way they broke the moulds when they made the three of us." Jaden said confidently.
"Yeah for different reasons." Syrus said looking downcast.
Tai sighed as he pinched the bridge of his nose, "Sy, we are really going to have to work on that self confidence thing."
"Yeah but in the mean time let's get to work on this pad." Jaden said as he drew the curtains allowing light to flood into the room. Tai jumped down from the bunk and the three began sorting out their stuff.
After they were done the three of them decided to have a look around and familiarize themselves with their new surroundings when something caught Jaden's attention and he ran off towards the main building with Tai and Syrus following behind.
"What is it?" Tai asked as they headed through the main entrance.
"There's some duel action going on." Jaden replied.
"What you can tell?" Syrus asked Jaden smiled as he sniffed the air, "It's in the air guys, can't you smell it?"
"Maybe if today's pollen count was lower." Syrus replied but Tai knew his friend was right, there was excitement buzzing around at the anticipation of the new school year.
After walking about for a few minutes when the three of them found themselves inside a large room that looked like it could pass for a small stadium, surrounding them were rows of stands and a raised platform in the centre of the room. "Whoa this place is awesome. The whole thing is totally state of the art." Tai said impressed.
"Yeah, I bet it would be great to duel in here." Syrus added.
"Well let's find out." Jaden said his two companions looked at him.
"You sure were allowed too?" Tai asked quizzically.
"Sure I mean were students here, trust me." Jaden replied.
"Oh yeah I'm gonna trust you," Tai said folding his arms and rolling his eyes, "Like that time I trusted you when you assured me we wouldn't get caught that time we tried sneaking into Jay'z four months ago, we were in there less then a minute before were were caught by security and we had to leg it."
Syrus stared at the two of them, a confused look on his face.
"Trust me, you don't want to know." Tai told him.
"Yeah well that was different, besides this is our campus." Jaden said.
"Wrong." a voice said it was only then the trio noticed two boys wearing blue blazers standing on the platform, they got off and walked towards the three Slifer's, "This is the blue Obelisk campus and your kind isn't welcome here." one of them stated
"Yeah check out the crest." The other added pointing at something behind the Slifer trio, looking round they saw a carving of large blue disk with the head of the beast that gave the dorm its name, Obelisk the Tormentor.
"Yo chill out, we were only looking around." Jaden protested.
"Yeah, we're new around here." Syrus added.
"You certainly are, you probably don't even know the most important thing is around here." One of the blue clad students said.
"When parents weekend is." Syrus replied, making an educated guess.
"No the color system stupid." The other blue student replied, "Listen up there are three kinds of students here Obelisk Blue, Ra Yellow and Slifer Red. Now the Blues, us, are the highest ranked students, some of us are here because of grades other through connections. The Yellows are second highest, people who scored well on the entrance exams and have a lot of potential. And finally there's you, the 'Red Wonders'."
"Well that doesn't sound too bad." Syrus said, sounding optimistic.
"As in 'I wonder how losers like you ever got this far'? Sou guys are bottom of the barrel, dueling duds." Both of the blue students sneered at the trio, "Now beat it."
"I don't think so," Tai said, "We're not going anywhere."
"Yeah, as long as we're here why don't we duel." Jaden suggested.
"Both of us." Tai added, a sinister grin spreading across his lips enjoying the way the two wannabes cringed under it.
"Wait a sec, you're the guys who beat Crowler." One of their 'hosts' said.
"Hey Chazz, the guys who beat Crowler are here." The other called out looking up into the stands. Tai Jaden and Syrus saw a another kid wearing a blue blazer with black hair and cold grey eyes glowering back at them.
"Oh hey, I'm Jaden." Jaden called out giving the black haired kid a wave, "What's your name, Chuzz?" Tai however narrowed his eyes there was something about this kid he didn't like.
"His name is Chazz, Chazz Princeton. He was number 1 back in duel pre-school, meaning Slifer Red rejects like you better show show him some respect." Crony number 1 stated.
"Yeah he's gonna be then next King of Games, the best duelist in the world." the other added enthusiastically.
"Impossible." Jaden replied offhandedly, folding his arms.
"Say what!" The two flunkies exclaimed.
"It's impossible for Chazz to be the next King of Games." Jaden told the pair, his voice brimming with pride, "Because that title belongs to yours truly."
The two blue students stared at Jaden for a few seconds before bursting into laughter, "You a Slifer Red slacker, the next King of Games. Yeah right."
"Can it you two." Chazz yelled as he got up from his seat a peered at them over the rail, "Maybe the Slifer is right I mean him and his little friend did beat Crowler. I guess that does take some skill."
"Got that right." Jaden replied.
"Or maybe it was luck. Maybe we should find out." Chazz said.
"You're on." Tai replied.
"I'm ready, let's throw down." Jaden added.
"Well this is a sight." the group heard a voice behind them, turning round they saw a blond haired girl wearing Obelisk Blue girls uniform approach.
"Whoa, who's the cute girl?" Tai asked, his words momentarily bringing a pink tinge to the girls cheeks before she composed herself.
"Hey Alexis," Chazz said his voice oozing with self confidence, "Come to watch me mop the floor with my new little friends, it'll be a short duel but it should be entertaining."
"On the contrary, you seem to be forgetting something Princeton." Laxus remarked.
"We're here to remind you about the Obelisk welcome dinner, it's starting soon." Alexis stated. Chazz merely shrugged at this, walking off with his two flunkies in pursuit.
Alexis turned to look at the three Slifers, "Sorry if Chazz was a little rough but I can assure you that not everyone in Obelisk aren't like that," She told the trio, "Chazz is just a jerk. Especially with Slifers."
"Hey don't worry about." Jaden replied.
"Yeah, spoilt little rich brats don't bother us." Tai added flashing Alexis a grin, the sight of which caused her to blush again.
"Besides I could have finished him off in one turn." Jaden stated.
"Jay, were really gonna have to work on that over confidence of yours." Syrus said told the brunette.
"Alright then two turns, maybe two and a half." Jaden replied which caused the others to laugh.
"The Slifer welcome dinner should be starting soon too." Alexis said.
"Right we better go." Jaden said before himself and Tai ran off with Syrus following behind, then suddenly just before they passed through the exit Tai and Jaden skidded to a halt, "Oh right, I never asked for your name?" Jaden called back jogging on the spot.
"Alexis Rhodes. And you are?" Alexis called back a small smile on her face.
"The names Jaden." Jaden called out
"Tai." Tai added.
"Later." they both said at the same time and ran off laughing with Syrus following behind
"Jaden...Tai." Alexis said to herself her smile growing wider.
----As the Slifer trio made their way back to their dorm Tai's PDA went off, alerting him someone had sent him a message. Wondering who could be messaging him this early in the semester, Tai took out the devise and read the message that was on the screen.
Tai
Meet me at the beach near the Slifer Dorm.
Come Alone
"You guys go ahead without me, I'll catch up later." Tai told his two companions.
"You sure?" Jaden asked.
"Yeah, it's probably nothing but I might as well check it out." Tai replied.
"Alright see you later, come on Sy."
Tai watched as his friends ran off before heading off towards the path that would led him down the cliff and on to the stretch of beach below. After five minutes had gone by without sight nor sound of anyone, the ex Digidestined came to the conclusion that he was being screwed with, he was just about to leave when an orb of light appeared and from it emerged a man with short spiky hair wearing a white robe.
"Gennai, or is it one of his look alikes?" Tai said.
"You correct Child of Courage, it's me." Gennai replied, he then gave Tai a once over, "Interesting get up."
"Thanks, I guess. And don't call me that." Tai told the Digital Sage, "I'm not the Child of Courage anymore."
He was excepting to get a lecture from the sage but none came, instead the two of them stood in silence for a few moments. "So how'd you find me?" Tai asked.
"It wasn't easy, especially since you left you Digivise, crest and cell phone behind so I couldn't track you that way or by electronic means. In your time off the grid you also seemed to have gotten pretty good at not leaving a paper trail." The Digital Sage informed him, "All I had to go on were the police report, sightings and hearsay. Then a few days ago I learned of a person matching your description who was a resident of Our Lady Immaculate orphanage in Kyoto. I had to make sure of course but I had a gut feeling that it had to be you."
"Have you been stalking me?" Tai asked, shocked by what the Sage had just said.
"No, by the time I arrived at the orphanage this morning you weren't there, you had left that morning with your new friend Jaden Yuki to catch a train to Domino city." Gennai replied.
"Ah, right..." Tai said, another pregnant silence developed between the two of them.
"I observed your entrance exam by the way." Gennai said, finally breaking the silence.
"Really." Tai replied.
"I was impressed." Gennai said, "I'm surprised you didn't show such a talent for strategy when you were in Digital World."
"Hardly. I was lucky, my opponent wasn't familiar with Garunix." Tai replied, "That or his over confidence got the better of him and forget about its discard effect."
"Maybe so, but you also knew from the start the best way to defeat your opponent. You trusted your allies, in this case your cards, and you were confident in your own abilities and even when you were backed into a corner you refused to give in you refused to surrender without a fight. These are the qualities that made you the chosen Child of Courage." Gennai stated.
"I told you not to call me that." Tai snapped.
"You cannot deny your past," Gennai told him, his tone solemn, "Nor your connection to the Digital World."
"Yeah, and what has that ever gotten me. I put my life on the line and in the end all my friends abandoned me." Tai snapped, his fist shaking, angry tears threatening to spill from his eyes forcing him to wipe them away, "I'm done with the Digital World, I've closed that chapter of my life."
"Do you really believe it's that easy?" Gennai countered, "And do you honestly think that the Sovereigns will let you go that easily? I can tell you they're not pleased that you have turned your back on your responsibilities."
"The Sovereigns." Tai spat, "Since when have they ever cared about what happens to us? If those guys are half as powerful as they claim to be then why the hell do they even need us anyway. If I were you I'd seriously think about finding a new employer Gennai."
Gennai felt a small surge of anger pass through him but did nothing about it; he had heard such things about Azulongmon and the other Sovereigns before, "I see. This is the path you are choosing?"
"It is." Tai replied.
"Then I suppose there's nothing left for us to discuss," Gennai then pulled his hood over his head and began walking towards the orb of light.
"Gennai," Tai called out.
"Yes...Tai." Gennai said looking over his shoulder.
"Could you do something for me? If you see Kari, Sora and the others, tell them I'm safe but don't tell them I'm here."
Gennai looked at the young man. "Very well, I won't tell them where you are. The one to tell them that must be you, so I ask something of you, please talk to your family and your former team-mates."
Gennai then returned his gaze at the orb. "You should go. You're already later for your dorms welcome dinner."
He then walked into the light Tai watched as the orb vanished before running up the path up the cliff.
----Up arriving at the dorms and headed for the dining hall that was located at on the far side of the dorm, inside he found the others Slifers seated at the tables. He quickly sought out Jaden and Syrus and sat with them.
"There you are," Jaden said cheerfully upon seeing him,"We got you some dinner."
Tai looked down at the tray in front of him and saw a bowl of steamed rice five pieces of fish and some kind of dip. "This is dinner?" he questioned.
"That's nothing check out who's in the headmasters seat." Syrus said pointing over his shoulder. Tai looked passed him and saw sitting on the table at the end of the hall was one of the largest cats he had ever seen, it had tan fur with dark brown stripes and was incredibly fat.
"That's the headmaster?" Tai exclaimed.
However before anyone could answer him a tall skinny man appeared from behind a curtain that separated the eating hall from the kitchen, he had long black hair which was tied back into a ponytail however a few bangs framed his face and wore a pair of spectacles, he wore a white shirt with a tie tied loosely around his neck and black slacks.
"Good evening children. I am professor Banner, headmaster of the Slifer dorm." The man said in a friendly tone, "Now before we eat I think it would be good if we all got to know each other a little better, so would anyone like to tell the others about a little about themselves."
"This stuff is good." A voice said, everyone turned and looked at the table where Jaden Tai and Syrus were sitting Jaden was already tucking in.
"Jaden." Syrus hissed whilst Tai rested his head in his hand rolling his eyes, "We're supposed to say something about ourselves."
"Okay." Jaden replied through a mouth full of food, "I'm starving."
Then suddenly they found professor Banner standing over them. "Well as it seems some of you don't feel like sharing, we will skip the group bonding session for tonight and skip right to the meal." This got a positive response from everyone and soon everyone was digging in to their meal.
All except for Tai, he had barely swallowed his first mouth full when he thought he heard something but looking up there was nothing out of the ordinary. Then suddenly the ground beneath them began to move up and down in a wave like fashion.
"Whaa, is this an earthquake?" Syrus asked in a panicked voice but no one answered him.
Tai however knew this wasn't an earthquake it was more like the dimensions of the room where being distorted, then a bright light appeared and engulfed the room growing brighter till no one could stand to look at it.
The light finally died away and Tai opened his eyes, the whole room had been distorted and not just the room he also saw bits and that looked like they were from the outside structure and parts of people's rooms, the whole place looked like that M.C. Escher picture Relativity.
"Whoa, what's going on?" Jaden asked.
"I don't know." Tai replied, it was then he realizes that he and the others in his dorm weren't alone spotting girls and boys wearing yellow and blue in different parts of the bizarre structure each connected by stairways.
"Come on let's see if there's anything we can do to help." Tai said getting up.
"Lead the way bro." Jaden replied the two of them then headed for the nearest staircase with Syrus behind them telling them to wait up.
The three of them navigated the stairwells till they arrived in a dining hall with yellow walls and was of a much better quality then Slifer.
"Jaden, Tai, Syrus!" the three of them heard their names being called, they saw Bastion running towards him.
"Hey Bastion, is everyone okay?" Tai asked.
"Yes, a few scrapes but nothing serious." Bastion replied.
"That's good." Syrus said.
"Hey, what are those Slifers doing here? This is our barracks." A voice with a Southern American accent said then the four of saw a tanned Ra student with long black hair that had been tied back into dread locks and a bandanna tied around his head walking towards them. Like Tai, he'd not gone with school guidelines when it came to uniform, he had torn the sleeves off his blazer revealing his muscular arms, wearing a military green vest underneath along with a necklace that had bones and a miniature skull attached to it, he also wore kaki pants a combat boots.
"Yo, chill" Jaden said, "We just came to see if there was anything we could do to help."
"Who's this nut job?" Tai whispered in Bastions ear.
"He calls himself Kenzen Hassleberry although he demands everyone call him either Tyranno or Sarge." Bastion replied.
It was then they noticed the American stared at Jaden and Tai. "Is there problem buddy?" Tai demanded.
"Sam Hill," Hassleberry exclaimed, "You're the guys who beat Crowler."
"Yup, that's us." Jaden replied.
Suddenly the dimensions of the room began shifting again and the floor beneath Hasslberry's feet disappeared, causing him to and he fell then suddenly he stopped and looking up he saw Tai Jaden and Bastion had grabbed hold of his arms, the three of them then leaved and pulled him up.
Gasping the five of them noticed the way to the Ra meal hall was now blocked off by a wall whilst another stair case had appeared in the hole Hassleberry had fallen into.
"Well we can't go that way." Jaden said.
"Then we press on." Tai said as he began walking towards the newly formed stairs the others following behind him.
After some time of navigating the stairwells the three Slifer's and the two Ra's found themselves in the same arena Tai, Jaden and Syrus had encountered Chazz and his two cronies in earlier. Then the five heard what sounded like lightning not far away and spotted Alexis and Laxus coming their way.
"Alexis!" Jaden exclaimed, Tai glanced at Bastion and Sarge who were wearing the same expression he had when he first met Alexis.
"Bastion Sarge, This is Alexis. Alexis, Bastion and Sarge." he said with an aggravated sigh, they then all headed over to the raised platform.
"So what are you guys doing here?" Jaden asked.
"Looking for Chazz. After the earthquake, he and his followers ran off. We followed, but lost sight of him." Laxus answered.
"That idiot." Tai growled, "Guess we better go find him."
"No need slacker." Chazz and his two followers appeared in the doorway, Chazz smirked as he walked towards the group, "I was going to save this till after the welcome dinner but now seems as good a time as any."
He snapped his fingers and his two cronies produced two Duel Disks, Chazz then took one and slipped it on. "Jaden, you Slifer school scum. I challenge you to a duel to determine which of us deserves to be the next King of Games."
Jaden, never one to back down from a challenge, was about to except when Tai stepped in front of him. "No. Chazz, you want to get to Jaden you'll have to go through me first." He told the dark haired Obelisk.
"What! I am Chazz Princeton, an Obelisk Blue elite, why should I waste my time on a loser like you?" Chazz demanded.
"I know who you are and what dorm you're in. And you know what, I could care less." Tai said harshly, "You want to get to Jaden there's a line and it starts behind me. Any guy who try to jump the queue have their teeth kicked in. You want to face him you gotta earn that right by going through me first."
"Fine." Chazz snarled he then grabbed the other Duel Disk and threw it to Tai, "I guess a little warm up match wouldn't hurt."
He turned gaze at Jaden. "Take note slacker, I'll have your little buddy begging for mercy then it's your turn."
The two duelists took their positions on the platform; they'd just finished shuffling their decks when a large flash of light appeared when it died away the empty stands where suddenly filled with students and teachers all of whom seemed confused about how they got there.
"Well this is unexpected." Chazz said as he placed his cards into his deck slot, "But in a way its better cos now I get to humiliate you in front of an audience."
"Yeah whatever." Tai replied as he inserted his own cards into his disks deck slot, "Just don't think for a second this place gives you any advantages." Tai then took hold of the goggles and black headband around his neck and pulled them up onto his forehead, each of them drew five cards.
"DUEL!"
Unknown to everyone a young man with dark blue hair wearing a long white coat and blue pants appeared in the door way, he stood in silence as he watched.
[TLP: 4000] Tai's eyes narrowed as he stared down Chazz, drawing his first card. "Here I come rich boy." He told the black haired Obelisk.
"Bring it Slifer slime." Chazz growled in response.
"Consider it brought." Tai said as he selected a card, "I play two cards face down and summon Fire Princess in defence mode."
Fire Princess
ATK: 1300/DEF: 1500/Level 4/Attribute: Fire/Type: Pyro/Effect
Each time you increase your Life Points, inflict 500 points of damage to your opponent's Life Points
A woman with ash grey hair wearing orange robes and a red cape wielding a wooden staff along with two brown backed cards appeared. "Beat that." Tai told his opponent.
[CLP: 4000] "With pleasure slacker." Chazz replied as he drew a card, "I summon Chthonian Soldier."
Chthonian Soldier
ATK: 1200/DEF: 1400/Level: 4/Attribute: Dark/Type: Warrior/Effect
When this card is destroyed by your opponent's attacking monster and sent to the Graveyard, inflict the Battle Damage you took from this battle to your opponent's Life Points as well.
A man carrying a large sword appeared on their field. "Next I set a card face down and end my turn. Go ahead loser, it's your move." Chazz said as a brown backed card appeared behind his dark warrior. 'Come on slacker, make your move. My trap card, Chthonian Polymer, is waiting. It allows me to take control of an opponent's Fusion Monster as long as I sacrifice a monsters of my own. So the moment you summon your Ignition Beast Volcannon you're all mine.'
"Okay but you'll soon regret those words Chazz," Tai said, "However before I draw a card I activate my face down card, Solemn Wishes,"
Solemn Wishes
Type: Continuous Trap
Increase your Life Points by 500 points each time you draw a card (or cards).
"This increases my life points by 500 each time I draw a card." Tai explained, "This also triggers the special ability of my Fire Princess, hitting your for 500 points of damage each time my life points increase."
Tai smirked as he drew a new card [TLP: 4500]/[CLP: 3500]. "I set one face down and a monster in defense mode. Turn end."
Chazz grimaced as he took his next turn, it was only his second turn and he had already fallen way behind. To make matters worse the drop out had gotten ahead of him all without summoning either his Volcannon or Garunix yet. "I summon Reborn Zombie in defense mode." He declared.
Reborn Zombie
ATK: 1000/DEF: 1600/Level 4/Attribute: Dark/Type: Zombie/Effect
While you have no cards in your hand and this card is in Attack Position, it cannot be destroyed by battle. (Damage calculation is applied normally.)
A rotting corpse wearing rusting armor appeared crouched on its knees.
Tai then drew his next card [TLP: 5000]/[CLP:3000]. "For my move I activate my face down card, DNA Transplant," he declared.
DNA Transplant
Type: Continuous Trap
Declare 1 Attribute when you activate this card. As long as this card remains face-up on the field, the Attribute of all face-up monsters on the field become the one you declared.
"This lets me change all face-up Monster's Attribute to one of my choosing and I pick Fire." He explained, "Next I flip my face down monster, Hilta the Fire Charmer. When flipped face up she lets me take control of one an opponents Fire Attribute monsters, so now your zombie is mine."
Hiita the Fire Charmer
ATK: 500/DEF: 1500/Level 3/Attribute: Fire/Type: Spellcaster/Effect
Take control of 1 FIRE monster on your opponent's side of the field, for as long as this card remains face-up on the field.
A small girl with shoulder length red hair wearing a dark brown mini skirt and pale brown robe appeared on the field, Chazz's monster suddenly appearing beside her. "Next I sacrifice Hilta and your Reborn Zombie and Special Summon Familiar-Possessed-Hilta."
Familiar Possessed- Hiita
ATK: 1850/DEF: 1500/Level 4/Attribute: Fire/Type: Spellcaster/Effect
By sending 1 "Hilta the Fire Charmer" and 1 FIRE monster from your side of the field to the Graveyard, you can Special Summon this card from your hand or Deck. If you Special Summon this card in this way, this card gets the following effect: During battle between this attacking card and a Defence Position monster whose DEF is lower than the ATK of this card, inflict the difference as Battle Damage to your opponent's Life Points.
A gout of flame erupted from the ground engulfing Hilta and the zombie and when it dispersed Hilta was still standing there only older wielding a staff. "Because Hilta was special summoned she can inflict damage to you equal to the difference between our monsters strength. And finally I equip her with Burning Spear, boosting her ATK by 400 at the cost of 200 DEF."
Burning Spear
Type: Equip Spell
A FIRE monster equipped with this card increases its ATK by 400 points and decreases its DEF by 200 points.
A spear its head ablaze appeared in the woman's hand (FPH 1850/1500→2250/1300). 'Let's do this Sora...' "Hilta, destroy Chthonian Soldier." Tai ordered, Hilta charged at her opponent, slicing her spear across its chest [CLP: 1950].
Before it vanished, Chthonian Soldier threw its sword at Tai, the weapon slashing him across his shoulder [TLP: 3950].
"Oops did I forget to mention Chthonian Soldier's Special Ability, hitting you for the same amount of damage I take when its destroyed in battle." Chazz sneered. However despite his bravado Chazz was nervous, he currently didn't have anything that could beat either Hilta or Fire Princess. Doing his best not to let his nerves show he drew a new card. "I play my Pot of Greed spell."
Pot of Greed
Type: Basic Spell
Draw 2 cards from your Deck
He drew twice more, a smirk appearing at what he had drawn. "I summon Regenerating Mummy in attack mode." He declared.
Regenerating Mummy
ATK: 1800/DEF: 1500/Level 4/Attribute: Dark/Type: Zombie/Effect
When this card is sent from your hand to the Graveyard by an opponent's card effect, return it to your hand.
A corpse wrapped in bandages appeared. "Next I play the spell Pump Up."
Pump Up
Type: Basic Spell
Select 1 monster you control. Double the ATK of the selected monster until the End Phase of this turn.
A corpse monster let out a howl as a red aura appeared around it (RM 1800→3600).
"No, not Pump Up!" Bastion exclaimed.
"I don't get it, what's got you so worked up?" Syrus asked.
"Real simple. That spell doubles the attack of one monster until the turn's end phase." Laxus explained in a serious tone.
"Go Regenerating Mummy, show that Possessed Familiar Hilta the horrors of the netherworld." Chazz cried and his monster began lumbering towards Tai's monster.
"I don't think so. I activate my trap, Negate Attack." Tai said nonchalantly.
Negate Attack
Type: Counter Trap
Activate only when an opponent's monster declares an attack. Negate the attack of that 1 monster and end the Battle Phase.
A barrier appeared to defend himself and his monsters from Chazz's assault. He then took his turn [TLP: 4450]/[CLP: 1450] "This duels over Chazz, I Banish the Fire Charmer in my grave to summon Spirit of Flames."
Spirit of Flames
ATK: 1700/DEF: 1000/Level 4/Attribute: Fire/Type: Pyro/Effect
This card can only be Special Summoned by removing 1 FIRE monster in your Graveyard from play. Increase the ATK of this monster by 300 points during your Battle Phase.
Another gout of flame erupted from the ground and from it a red, muscular demonic being appeared its green eyes ablaze. "Here I come, Spirit of Flames destroy Regenerating Mummy with Fire Storm Orb." Tai ordered, (SF 1700→2000) a large orb of flames began to form between the demonic beings hands before launching it at Chazz's mummy who, had since returned to its original ATK, incinerating it [CLP: 1250].
"And I'm not done Chazz, because now Hilta attacks you directly." Tai stated his monster complying with his orders, driving her staff into the ground and a wall of flames emerged from it striking Chazz who cried out as the last of his life points drained away [CLP: 0].
All the Obelisks were stunned into silence at the sight of one of their best was beaten by someone in the lowest ranked dorm whilst all the Slifer's Ra's and Alexis where cheering and congratulating Tai on his victory when suddenly a blinding white light appeared from above.
Shielding his eyes the best he could Tai saw the outline of the familiar Dragon Sovereign Digimon. 'Azulongmon.' Tai hissed inwardly however what he didn't know was that seven others besides himself had seen the giant Digimon.
'You are coming with me Child of Courage,' Azulongmon's voice sounded in Tai's head, 'You will not turn your back on your destiny.'
'Screw you I'm not going anywhere. You have no power over me.' Tai mentally screamed back.
'You have no say in the matter, you are coming back to the Digital World with me whether you like it or not.'
One of Azulongmon's chains raced towards him before him were two creatures one was a cat with light grey fur and with bat like wings hissing at the Sovereign, the other was a tiny little dragon, its head was about the same size as its body. Its black scales gleamed like obsidian, and its eyes shone like rubies it let out a little growl that sounded a lot a cat mewling.
Tai stared at the creatures both of whom were familiar to him, 'Little Chimera...Red eyes Black Chick...'
'Very well child of Courage we will let you be for now but remember that your monsters spirits can't protect you forever and you will not turn your back on your duty to the Digital World.' The long bodied blue dragon told Tai, no sooner had he finished the light then grew brighter until it engulfed everything, when it died away everything was back the way it should be with everyone in their own dorms.
Around him Tai's fellow Slifer's where all seemed to be confused about what had happened. Tai shook his head and made to leave Jaden and Syrus asking if he was ok but he didn't acknowledge them and once outside he headed for the path that headed down the cliff to the stretch of beach below.
'Azulongmon,' Tai thought as he stared out at the sea in front of him, 'Somehow I don't think that overgrown worm and the rest of the Sovereigns are going to let me go without a great deal of grief first. But no matter what they do I'm not Digidestined anymore and they can't make me go back.' He then kicked a nearby stone into the water before heading back to the dorms.