Duel Monsters Spirit Day

Everyone on Academy Island was preparing for Duel Monsters Spirit Day. A spirit floated above their heads.

"Alright. Twenty feet long, ten feet across…" Syrus muttered to himself, wheeling a cart around and drawing big white lines on the ground. Unfortunately, he was so focused on his task that he failed to notice the two cans of paint that Chumley had set behind him until he drove right into them, sending him flying over and causing a big cloud of chalk dust to erupt. "… and two cans of paint to ruin it all." he bemoaned as he picked himself him. "Chumley, you're in the way of my duel arena."

"Sorry Sy, but art has it's price." The koala duelist said.

"Art, wadda you mean?"

Chumley motioned to the poster he was working on, which showed a promotional shot of Des Koala and Des Kangaroo with duel disks. "I mean I'm drawing up posters to promote your big costume duel today. Lishus, huh?"

"Yeah, not bad." Syrus remarked, impressed by the quality of the artwork. "Of course, if you really want to draw in a big crowd, there's one more picture you should draw, a big glam shot of the Dark Magician Girl."

"Guess I could put her in the corner…" He muttered.

"No! She deserves the whole poster!"

"But what about Des Kangaroo? And Des Koala?" Chumley protested.

"Hello! They're not even real!" Syrus exclaimed.

"Neither is Dark Magician Girl."

"Don't you ever say that! You hear me? Ever!"

"Sheesh, sorry."

"Now get to it." Syrus said, going over to his cart and shoveling the chalk back in with his hands. "I've gotta finish this field."

Chumley coughed and covered his mouth and nose as Syrus kicked up another chalk cloud. "Yeah, I would, if I could see."

In the meantime, Atticus, Alexis, Jaden, Bastion and Zane were hanging out at the Slifer dorm, going over recent events.

"So… Professor Banner's gone missing." Jaden spoke up. "That sure is strange."

"No kidding." Alexis commented. "Especially after what you told us about him, Atticus."

"I wish that it weren't true." He said.

"But it is. He's the one who lead you and the others to the abandoned dorm." Bastion pointed out. "The one who lured you to the shadows."

"That may be, but the question we need to answer is why." Zane stated.

"I've got a question." Jaden piped up. "What is Chazz doing?"

The group collectively looked over to where he was staring at and saw Chazz walking around, waving a fuzzy cat toy and making kissing noises. "Yoo hoo! Come on, where are ya?"

"Uh, where is what, Chazz?" Jaden asked.

"His mind, Jay." Bastion said. "Clearly he's lost it."

Chazz turned to glare at Jaden as the others chuckled. "No! I'm looking for Banner's cat, cause if we find him, we'll find Banner. Beduh!"

"Any luck trying to find Banner?" Ryan asked.

"Unfortunately no." Alexis answered. "Chazz says he's looking for Pharaoh to try to use him to find Banner, but I don't think he's having any more luck than us."

"Anyway, follow me. You guys should see Chumley's poster."

"Besides that Dark Magician guy being in it, Chum did a pretty good job." Syrus said.

"Aw shucks. Thanks guys."

"So… a costume duel." Atticus said. "Sounds like fun. Who's gonna dress up as Dark Magician Girl?"

"Um…"

"Uh, false advertising, maybe?" Bastion pointed out.

"Oh boy… I really didn't think this through, did I? No matter, I just need to find someone to play the part then. Like Alexis."

"Yes, a fine idea." Bastion said.

"Yeah, good call." Jaden added.

"So, Lex, will you do it?" Syrus asked, looking at her with enthusiasm and jumping up and down. "Please, please, please, please, please. Wadda you say?"

"I'm sorry, but I already have my costume picked out."

"Actually, I have a better idea who could be Dark Magician Girl…" Alexis said.

Jaden and the others stared with eyes wide open as the card shop lady Ms Dorothy showed off in a Dark Magician Girl costume that looked a little… snug.

"On what demented planet is this a better idea!?" Syrus cried out in dismay.

"Planet Chumley." The koala duelist said, looking impressed. "Come on, Sy, you don't think Dorothy pulls that off?"

"Pull it off? Please, Chumley, don't put that image in my brain!"

"Excuse me, I make a great Dark Magician girl, and have for 10 years." Dorothy insisted. "That's how long I've owned this costume." She then raised her arm to strike a pose, and…

\*RIIP!\*

"Ooooh. I thought it was feeling a little tight in a few places. Hey, would one of you mind sowing it up?"

Everyone else quickly made their own excuses and ran outside, with Syrus crying about how the costume duel was ruined.
Unbeknownst to them, a shadowy figure overheard this.
*"A costume duel."*
Sometime later, Jaden, Chumley and Syrus were in the Slifer cafeteria moving boxes of costumes, or rather Jaden and Chumley were moving boxes and Syrus was just depressed about the costume duel. The silence was broken when Chumley looked up at the sound of the door opening and started panicking. "AHHH! Help! Help! Duel monster! Ahh! Please don't claw me! Pleeeeeease!"

Alexis walked in, wearing a purple wig, pointy ears, claws and wings and armor.

"Chill, Chumley, it's a costume." She tried to reassure him. "See… I'm going as Harpy Lady." The Obelisk girl turned around, giving them a good view of her costume. "So… wadda you think?"

"What do I think? I think I'm majorly relieved."

"Cool outfit." Jaden commented. "What're Jasmine and Mindy going as?"

"Same thing." Alexis replied. "That way when we're all together we'll be the Harpy Lady Sisters."

"Nice." Ryan commented. His costume was Iron Knight Gearfried.

Arisa and her siblings were dressed up at Dark Magician Girl, Dark Magician and Elemental Hero Lady Heat.

A clanking noise was heard outside the dorm, and they all stepped outside where they saw Chazz coming their way. They realized that the source of said noise came from his XYZ Dragon Cannon with every step he took.

"Wow, Chazz dressed up as XYZ Dragon Cannon." Jaden pointed out.

"You're sure that's Chazz, right?" Chumley asked nervously.

"Is that… Alexis?" A shade of red crept up on Chazz's cheeks as he stared at the Obelisk girl.

"Um… I don't remember XYZ Dragon Cannon ever blushing, Chazz," Syrus remarked.

"Shut up!" He barked out. "Let's just get this costume duel started!"
The others followed Chazz as he clanked over towards the duel arena Syrus had set up, consisting of lines dividing the field, and a line of rope to separate duelists from the crowd (most of whom were dressed up as various duel monsters)
"Alright, let's get this show on the road." Chazz declared. "Do we have a Dark Magician Girl?" Silence. "Okay then, do we have a Dark Magician?" More silence. "Well what do we have?"
"Excuse me?"

The group turned around to see a young blond woman in costume. "Dark Magician Girl!" Syrus (and practically all the boys in the crowd) stared at her as if they were mesmerized.

*'That doesn't look like someone in a costume.'* Ryan thought. *'Who is that?'*

"Hi everyone." The girl spoke in a cheerful voice. "My friend and I just saw the poster for the costume duel and wanted to know if we could join in on the fun."

"You want to duel?" Chazz said. "Definitely. Absolutely. For sure. As organizer of this event, I say yes!"

"But Sy organized this," Jaden pointed out.

"Who cares?" The small Slifer piped up. "The answer's still yes!"

"So, since we've got two magicians here, we can have an opening act before our main duel," Chazz said.

"So who's gonna be in the opening act?" Erik wondered.

"Obviously we're gonna have Dark Magician," Syrus insisted. "You're supposed to save the best for last."

"Who else then?"

"Not me." Chazz said. "I can hardly walk in this costume, let alone duel."

Chumley took a step back, offering the excuse that he'd just eaten, while Syrus pointed out that he was master of ceremony and would be doing the play by play. Alexis was about to speak up, but a flash of light brought everyone's attention to Atticus, who was standing nearby with a camera.

"What're you doing?" She demanded.

"Oh, you know… just big brother stuff. Like taking embarrassing photos of you, that I can show mom and dad later."

"Uh, no, you will not!"

"And uncle Doug, and aunt Gale, and cousin Alanna, and…"

Alexis lunged at her brother, who ran away laughing. "You're not showing anyone those photos!" she exclaimed, chasing after him. "Get back here! Gimme that camera!"

"Alright then. Jaden since no one's volunteering, I'll volunteer for you. You're dueling."

"SYRUS!" Chazz shouted, his voice blaring through the loudspeakers. "Quit going gaga over Dark Magician Girl and get back to the commentator booth! What? Are you just gonna stare at her all day?"

"Quiet!" The short Slifer returned to his place next to Chazz while Jaden and Dark Magician Girl took to the field. "Ladies and gentlemen, it's time for the main duel of this event. On my right, dressed more as a duel montage than monster, Jaden Yuki."

Jaden, who was having trouble putting on his duel disk, paused to wave at the crowd, only to receive some less than enthusiastic responses to his costume. "Ok, whatever!" He then proceeded to take off his costume until he back back to his school uniform and finally put on his duel disk. "Sheesh, you try to show a little creativity and this is the thanks you get."

"Creativity?" Syrus piped up. "Is that what that was? Well, I guess that's good to know for next time."

"Yeah, so we can stop him." Chazz pitched in. "My dog back home's got more style than that, and he's color blind."

"Back on topic… at my left, I'm thrilled to present the one and only Dark Magician Girl. Isn't she just the cutest?"

"Nice job." Chazz said sarcastically. "Real professional."

"Aw, come on. You were thinking it."

Dark Magician Girl gave the crowd and dazzling smile and waved to the crowd. "Hi you guys. Hope you'll all cheer me on."

The crowd's response: "YAYYYYY!"

"We love you!"

"Go Dark Magician Girl!"

"Syrus, in case you forgot, we're supposed to be neutral." Chazz reminded him.

"Sorry, but I've shifted into high gear. Now, gentlemen, and lady, start your duel disks." The two duelists inserted their decks and activated their duel disks.

"I don't know who you are, but good luck." Jaden said.

"Thanks, you too."

DMG: 4000

Jaden: 4000

"Now get your game on!"

"Alright, here I come." Dark Magician Girl drew a card, nodded in satisfaction, then grabbed another card and set it on her disk. "I think I'll place one monster face-down and end my turn."

"Dark Magician Girl, we're rooting for you!" The crowd exclaimed.

"So much for home field advantage," Jaden muttered.

"Thank you," the blond girl said, waving to the crowd. "You're all too kind. I don't deserve such praise."

"Yes you do." Syrus declared enthusiastically. "You deserve even more. But, it'll have to wait until after Jaden goes."

"Yeah. Uh, thanks Sy… I think. I summon Elemental Hero Bubbleman in attack mode." A mass of bubbles rose from the ground, from which Jaden's hero appeared on the field.

Elemental Hero Bubbleman: 800/1200

"Wow, you know what that means, right Chazz?" Syrus piped up. "Actually, I hope you do, because I don't."

"I means, Syrus, that because Jaden doesn't have any other monster out, he gets to draw two cards from his deck."

"That's right, thanks to Bubbleman's special ability." Jaden drew two cards, then grabbed Polymerization and Burstinatrix. "Then I'll activate Polymerization, and fuse Bubbleman with Burstinatrix to create… Elemental Hero Steam Healer, in attack mode." Jaden's heroes merged together to form a massive man in purple and red armor with arm cannons.

Elemental Hero Steam Healer: 1800/1000

"He looks tough." Syrus commented.

"Guess we'll see." Chazz said.

"Go Steam Healer. Attack that face-down." As Jaden's monster rushed across the field, Dark Magician Girl's card flipped up to reveal a young girl wearing black robes and a wide brimmed hat.

Fire Sorcerer: 1000/1500

"Wow, check out Dark Magician Girl's monster. It's Fire Sorcerer."

"This should be interesting…"

"Alright, here goes." Dark Magician Girl declared. "I play… my sorcerer's special effect. Do your thing sweetie." A dark aura surrounded the young magician.

"Hooray!" Syrus cheered. "She's doing her thing! Her thing… um, what's her thing?"

Chazz sighed at this. "Her thing, Syrus, removes two of Dark Magician Girl's cards from the game, and then deals 800 points of damage to Jaden."

"Sound like a plan. You go, Dark Magician Girl!"

Dark Magician Girl removed two cards from her hands and a ball of fire grew in her sorcerer's hands. "Fire Sorcerer, blast him!" The ball of fire then flew across the field, striking Jaden directly.

Jaden: 3200

"Well, at least I'm not the only one getting burnt." Jaden said. "I've got Steam Healer's special effect." Steam Healer shot out a blast of steam from one his arm cannons, destroying the enemy monster.

"Oh wow, that's one scalding special ability." Syrus commented.

"Yeah, it lets Jaden there regain life-points equal to the attack points of the monster he destroyed." Chazz explained.

Jaden: 3200-4200

The crowd erupted in a chorus of 'boos' aimed at Jaden.

"Whoa." Syrus said, taken aback. "It seems the crowd is mad at Jaden for… fighting back?"

"What would they have him do, give up?" Bastion joked.

"Sounds good to me." Crowler said.

"She's playing this crowd better than Jaden's playing her deck." Zane remarked.

Over at their end, Alexis gave Dark Magician Girl a look of respect. "Gotta hand it to her, she really knows how to work a crowd."

"Wish me luck guys." The crowd cheered again as she drew her next card. "Here goes. I summon Magician's Valkyria in attack mode." A stern young woman in a green outfit appeared on the field, wielding a crooked staff.

Magician's Valkyria: 1600/1800

"Good move." Syrus commented. "As long as she's on the field, Jaden won't be able to attack any other spellcaster type monsters."

"Can I get a word in!?" Chazz exclaimed.

"Um… next time?"

"Now I play Dimension Fusion. By paying 2000 life-points, we both get to summon as many of our monsters that were removed from the game. No need to thank me, it's really my pleasure."

DMG: 2000

"Not just yours though." Syrus kept commenting, ignoring the fact that Chazz was glaring daggers at him. "I'm sure those two monsters you got rid of earlier are thrilled as well."
"That's right, cuz now they get to come back." A second Magician's Valkyria emerged on the field, alongside a Dark Magician Girl."