Pure Chaos
Author's Note: Just a couple of things that I wanted to explain before we start this one. I created this story as a sort of "proof of concept" as it were, for an RP or a story that I've been wanting to do for a while now. I may do more with this, depending on how things go and how busy I may or may not be.
Secondly and most importantly, this story contains Custom cards made by yours truly. With a certain online dueling simulator now allowing users to make and use their own custom cards, getting to test them out and see how a Deck of them would do in a duel is a lot easier now. With that being said, if you don't like custom cards, or just want to see only real cards be used, I strongly recommend you back out of this story now.
With all of that said, if you're still here, despite how I made the custom cards used in this story, I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh, all rights reserved for Konami, play card games, all that good stuff.
BEGIN!
"Jason…? Jason!"
The young man almost gave a bit of a scream as he was rudely awoken from his nap through the calling and poking from the left side of him, his head shooting up from the desk that, while not very comfortable to lean down on, did give him a good enough position to lay his head down on, especially with his open textbook being used as a pillow of sorts.
When he was now fully awake, blinking a little bit to get some of the remaining drowsiness out of his eyes, he slowly turned his head to the left, seeing one of his best friends, Frederick Calverson, sitting next to him and smirking at him, clearly trying not to laugh. He was a short man with darker skin, and a full head of long, curly black hair.
"For Christ's sake, man. Those pages are gonna be swimming in that book if you keep drooling on them like that."
"Uhhhh…" Jason started slowly as he brought his eyes down to the desk he sat by. It was indeed true. The page he was on in the textbook had a large puddle of his saliva soaking the page. "Oh… crap." With no other ideas, he simply took a part of his shirt with his hand and began trying to wipe up the page as well as he could, while also trying not to do so too hard, so as not to rip the page. He didn't need to deal with the extra fees of returning a rented textbook that had a massive hole in the middle of one of the pages.
"Honestly. I don't like listening to someone lecture me in words I don't understand, but falling asleep in the middle of class?" Frederick whispered a bit to Jason with a snicker. "You're lucky you have me here to wake you up before the class ends."
"Give me a break." Jason muttered back as he gave a little stretch before leaning a bit over. "I didn't sleep very well last night… the freaking dog kept me up all night with her whimpering and whining during last night's storm. Like, seriously, she thinks she's the only one afraid of the lightning? I sleep on the top floor, so how does she think I feel with all that wind and lightning?"
"You know she can't help it. She's just a dog." Frederick answered with a roll of his eyes. "She's not going to stop being scared of storms just because you tell her-"
"¡Señor Frederick! ¡Señor Jason!" came the voice of their Spanish professor, who was standing at the board, her eyes looking irritated at the two friends. "¡No hablen entre ustedes cuando yo estoy enseñado!" Neither of the two really understood everything she said, but the two could tell by the tone of her voice that she was telling them to be quiet.
The lecture only lasted a couple more minutes before the class period was finally over, and all of the students got up and began to pack their things to go. Jason slowly stood up, stretching again and fixing his dirty blonde hair, which was standing up in a number of places due to his nap. He fixed it as much as he could before he went and followed Frederick out the door.
He went to the bathroom quick, both to relieve himself, but also to make sure that his hair wasn't too messed up before he went back outside to the public. As he looked in the mirror, he noticed that his skin, which normally had a very light tan to it, appeared to be a bit paler than usual. Though he quickly dismissed that to him just being tired. He fixed his hair as much as he could before meeting up with Frederick again outside the building, and the two began to walk together.
"It's not like the dog and the storm mattered anyway." Frederick began to say again once the two of them were able to start their earlier conversation once again. "You would have probably stayed up until 2 or 3 in the morning anyway, playing Duel Monsters online as always."
"Hey. Excuse me for enjoying the night life, alright?" Jason retorted, but realized quickly that saying that only reinforced what Frederick had just said. "...I mean… gah. Just shut up, Fred."
"There. Ya see?" Frederick asked with a snicker and a shake of his head. "It's not your dog's fault at all. You're just a complete moron that doesn't know how to go to bed and wake up at a proper time."
Jason simply gave a little scoff and looked at Frederick with a raise of his eyebrows. "So how's that throwing stones in a glass house thing going, Mr. Academic Probation?"
"Oh, don't even go there." Frederick said with a little shove at Jason's side. Jason was barely steered even a bit, given how he was quite a bit taller than his friend. "I told you, that wasn't my fault. I kept telling my boss that I needed to have my hours accommodate my school schedule, but he wouldn't budge. He somehow thought that flipping burgers and frying fries was much more important than my education… besides, that was just the first semester. You'll find that now I'm at a good standing."
"Yeah, sure. Whatever you say." Jason chuckled before he gave a little slap to his own, quite bulged belly. "Speaking of frying things, where are we going for lunch? I'm starving!"
"That's just typical. The one thing you actually look forward to when it comes to school days: food." Frederick said with a little chuckle and a shake of his head as the two continued to walk. They decided to head out of the university for lunch today. While Frederick really didn't mind what he ate on a daily basis, Jason was always peculiar about eating something different, or at least somewhere different, everyday.
As they were going through the Center of the Arts building on the university, which was the place where all of the classes such as band, choir and theater take place, going through there as a sort of shortcut to get outside the university, they came across what appeared to be a crowd of people, in the middle of them being a tall man, about half a foot taller than Jason, with black hair and a beard, holding up a Duel Monsters card before the crowd.
"Yo, Fred. Take a look at that." Jason said, pointing towards the crowd, specifically the person in the middle.
"Oh… great. It's Mal." Frederick muttered under his breath. "...Of all the times he could have possibly shown up, he has to be here while we're passing through." Jason didn't make a response as he looked at the man, both interested in him and the card he was holding.
Malcolm Alexson, known throughout the university as "Mal the Monster", was quite the infamous student in the university. He was known mostly for two things, the first being the fact that he could be quite the jerk when he wanted to be. He was always seen with a group of friends, pushing around the smaller students in the university, which tended to be a lot of them, due to his height.
The second thing he was known for, however, was his supposed prowess as a duelist. He had grown quite the name for himself for the number of students he'd beaten. The number of them being so many that many rumors spread that Mal was undefeated. While some students had claimed that they beat him during a duel that nobody else watched, they had no evidence to back this up, and considering the fact that Mal always liked to duel in front of a crowd, the chances of him accepting a duel without one were unlikely.
"Come on… let's go down the longer path so we don't have to deal with that prick." Frederick said as he grabbed Jason by the arm and began trying to drag him away.
"Now hang on a minute there." Jason said as he yanked his arm away, his eyes still fixed on Mal and the card he held. "...This guy's one of the best known duelists in this whole university… I reckon that he would probably have quite a bit of knowledge on this game, wouldn't he?"
"Well… I guess so, but…" Frederick started. He stopped speaking, however, when he saw a little smile slowly form on Jason's face, his hand practically already reaching into his backpack. "...Oh no. No no no no no."
"What? What's the matter?" Jason questioned without even looking at Frederick.
"Jason, I know that look in your eyes. And the answer is no. You are not going to go over there and start talking to him. Let alone try to duel him."
"Aw, come on, Fred. You know how much I love a close duel. If this guy is really half as good as they say he is, he'll be a really great challenge, maybe even a good friend for us."
"Him? A friend?! You've completely lost it, Jason. If you really think that someone like him would think of you as anything but-" Frederick only stopped speaking when he had noticed that Jason was already starting to squeeze and shove his way past the rest of the crowd. "Jason!"
As Jason approached the center of the crowd, he was beginning to hear more of what Mal was talking about. He started hearing how he had won that card from a game against some person who was so bad at the game that he had to resort to cards revolving around taking his to stand a chance. And even then, he didn't stand a chance. Hearing this only excited Jason more. It was gonna be a perfect match!
"Uhhh… excuse me." Jason finally called out when he managed to squirm his way up to Mal.
The moment that Mal stopped talking and turned to face him, just about the entire area went silent. If it weren't for the sound of the marching band rehearsing in their classroom, one could hear a pin drop among the crowd of people. All eyes were fixed on both the man who initially had the spotlight all to himself, and the one that so dared to interrupt him.
"...Well, what do we have here?" Mal questioned with a little scoff, smirking, despite the fact that he was obviously irritated. "...Not many fools here have the balls to interrupt the Mighty Mal the Monster while he's speaking."
"Uhhh… yeah. Sorry about that. Didn't mean to interrupt your… little show n' tell, or whatever it is you've got going on here." Jason answered back.
The crowd reacted with gasps and a couple of "oohs", while some of them began to whisper amongst themselves, discussing what Mal was going to do to him.
"...A smart ass, are we?" Mal questioned as he took a step forward, his grin having turned into an ominous frown. "Or maybe you're just too dumb to know better than to talk to me like that."
"N-no disrespect meant…" Jason stammered a bit, now suddenly feeling a little bit nervous. Suddenly, he was beginning to think that he should have just kept going with Frederick for lunch. "...I… just heard a lot about… how good you duel on this campus… and… I was wondering if… maybe I could interest you in… a round with me?"
The crowd seemed to have some mixed reactions as to what Jason had just said, some of them whispering amongst themselves as to whether or not he was serious, while some others gave a few quiet laughs at what he just said.
Mal was silent for a few seconds before he backed off a bit, his serious, threatening scowl turning into a little grin before he began to laugh a little bit. With how scared Jason seemed to be, he began to think that he was just pulling some elaborate joke. "Heh… and here I thought that you had a deathwish or something." he said. "Alright. Who set you up to this? Zach? Carl? Ohh. Don't tell me it was Tommy. Big oaf is always trying to get excuses to rough some idiots up."
"I… I wasn't… uhhh…" Jason started as he looked around desperately, just waiting at this point for Frederick to come along and rescue him from this awkward situation. He felt so embarrassed to be doing this in front of all of those people, and both Mal and the crowd could see that, earning more laughs at his expense.
"Hahahaha! A real joker here." Mal chortled before smirking again. "I'll tell you what. Since you gave me such a good laugh, I'll let you off easy this time. Maybe I'll even let you buy me a beer after all my classes today."
"Come on, Jason!" came Frederick's voice as he was finally able to make his way through the crowd as well. "I told you, this guy isn't worth our time. He's not gonna duel you. Let's just go before you embarrass yourself even more."
Jason gave a little shudder and a nod as he looked at Frederick. While he wouldn't really listen to Frederick at any other point, he just wanted to get out of there as soon as possible at that point. So he began to follow Frederick out, dreading the earload that he knew Frederick was going to give him as soon as they were out of the building.
"Hey. Hold on a minute." Mal suddenly said before the two friends disappeared back into the crowd, causing both of them to stop and turn back to Mal, who was now looking at Jason a bit more seriously.
"...He just called you Jason, right…? As in… "Jason Titan" Jason?"
"You… you know of me?" Jason questioned, earning a facepalm from Frederick, who just wanted Jason to stop talking now.
"...Yeah… I've heard about you." Mal said as he smiled and began to get a bit closer to Jason again. This time, it wasn't threatening, but more out of genuine curiosity, if not also with a slight glint of opportunism in it. "...In fact, there are quite a number of people in this school talking about how you have some very special cards, ones that nobody else in this university has."
"Well… I mean, I don't know if that's such a big deal, but…" Jason started, scratching his head a little bit as the conversation was beginning to help him ease up once again. "...Yeah, I guess those are kind of true."
"...You don't say." Mal gave a little hmph and stepped a bit back. "...Tell you what, Jason. Maybe I spoke a little too soon… how about we have that duel that you wanted?"
Jason was silent for a few seconds as he took what was just said in. One moment, Mal looked as if he was ready to stick a knife in him for making a potentially snarky remark, and now he was suddenly interested in taking up that duel.
Despite the previous fear and awkwardness, the thought of a duel instantly made Jason excited once again. "Really?! That's… that's awesome!" he said as he took his backpack to the ground as he knelt down, hurriedly opening it to retrieve his duel disk and deck. "Alright, let me just get my Deck here, and then we can-"
"Hold on just a second." Mal commanded, making Jason stop again. "...I don't duel chumps just for sport, you know… what say you and I make things a little more interesting?"
"Interesting?" Jason questioned as he slowly stood back up. "...What did you have in mind?"
"A simple wager is all. That's it. Nothing more, nothing less. We both ante something up on the line. Such as… a card. The winner keeps all, losers weepers."
"Oh… so a bet of sorts, huh?" Jason questioned as he looked up in thought. This was the first time that he was ever meeting Mal, and he had no idea what his Deck was like, so he wasn't exactly sure what exactly he would want as his prize.
"...Ok then. In that case, if I win, you give me that card that you were just showing to everybody else."
"Fine by me. Not that you'll win anyway." Mal answered. "And if you lose… you give me the most valuable card in your Deck."
"My rarest card…? But I have so many amazing cards in this Deck… I couldn't possibly be able to pick which out of them I think is my most important."
"Fine then. Then I'll make it a bit easier on you. If I win, I'll just take your Deck."
"Y-you've gotta be kidding me!" Frederick exclaimed in shock. "All he's asking for is one lousy card, and you're going to bet his entire Deck on that?! You should be wagering your own Deck as well if you're going to be crazy enough in thinking he would actually agree to that!"
Jason gave a hum and looked at his backpack before looking back at Mal. It was clear that the larger duelist was very confident in his skills. It was almost intimidating… the ultimate question, then, was whether or not Jason had the same confidence in both his skills as a duelist and in the cards in his deck to be able to pull it off.
"...Alright then. You gotta deal." Jason said. "You win, you keep my Deck."
"Jason! You moron!" Frederick shrieked in a shrill voice.
"Perfect! Then it's settled then." Mal said before setting his own backpack down and looking at the crowd. "...I said it's settled then! Make some room for us to duel!" The crowd immediately dispersed, but stayed around the area, taking seats and eagerly watching, talking about how foolish Jason was and wagering how many Life Points Mal would still have by the end of the duel. Frederick had also left to give the duelists plenty of space, cursing Jason under his breath and telling him how much he better win that game.
"I hope you realize what a big mistake you made in challenging me." Mal said confidently as he got his duel disk out of his backpack and attached it to his wrist, activating it and placing his deck into it. "You at least know how to play the game, right?"
"Don't worry. I'll be sure that I won't disappoint you." Jason answered as he also took his duel disk and placed his deck in them. Once both of them had their Life Points set to 8000, each of them drew their initial hand of 5 cards. Once everything was set up, there was only one thing left, as both of them looked at each other and locked eyes with the other.
"LET'S DUEL!"
"Since I want to make this humiliation as quick for you as possible, I'll go ahead and make the first move." Mal said as he looked at his opening hand and gave a smirk. "And it looks like I'm starting with exactly the card I was hoping for." He took one of his cards and put it in the Spell/Trap Zone. "I activate the Spell Card, One Day of Peace!"
"One Day of Peace?" Jason questioned.
"Surely you aren't going to tell me you don't know of this card." Mal said with a snicker. "With this card, both of us are allowed to draw one card from our Deck. Consider it both a gift for you, and a way of making up for me not drawing a card on the first turn."
Jason didn't say a word in response, but simply followed Mal's lead, both of them drawing one card and adding it to their Hand. "I think that will do just nicely. Go on ahead and make your move."
"Wait, your ending your turn already?" Jason asked in surprise. "But you don't have any cards on your side of the Field. You're leaving your Life Points completely open."
"Of course I'm not, you moron. My Life Points are completely safe, even if I don't have any Monsters or face-down cards to protect them." Mal answered. "You really mean to tell me you don't know about One Day of Peace?"
"Jason!" Frederick called out, getting his friend's attention. "When One Day of Peace is activated, neither player takes any damage until the end of the opponent's next turn!"
"I see now. Even if I attack him this turn, he's not going to take any damage…" Jason said as he looked back at Mal. "...Alright then. If I can't damage you this turn, I'll just have to find some other way to take control of this duel. My move!"
Jason drew his card and looked at all of the cards in his Hand. He couldn't help but give a little bit of a frown. His opening hand wasn't really giving him a whole lot to work with. Despite this, he was able to discover one thing he could do that turn. It wouldn't be a major game maker, but perhaps it could be just enough to get him on top for the time being.
"...Looks like I don't have very much I can do." Jason said as he looked up at Mal. "I'm going to have to skip my turn this time."
"Jason!" Frederick yelled, his eyes wide and his jaw almost to the floor. "That's not the way you want to be starting a duel!"
"How sad. And here I thought you were going to be a challenge." Mal sneered with a shake of his head and a low chuckle. "But you can't end your turn just yet. In case you didn't realize, thanks to my One Day of Peace, you now have 7 cards in your Hand. During the End Phase, if you have more than 6 cards in your Hand, the hand size limit kicks in, and you have to discard cards until you have exactly 6."
"I'm well aware of that." Jason answered before giving a little smile. "As a matter of fact, I was banking on just that." Hearing these words, Mal was taken a bit by surprised, especially when he saw Jason smiling, as if he had just heard exactly what he wanted to hear. "I'm actually very glad I have to discard 1 card. For you see, one of the cards in my Hand, the one I'm going to discard this turn, just so happens to be my Kidmodo Dragon."
"I get it!" Frederick exclaimed as he heard that. "When Kidmodo Dragon is sent to the Graveyard, Jason gets to Special Summon any Dragon-Type Monster he wants from his Hand, at the cost of not being able to conduct his Battle Phase during the turn its effect is activated!"
"And since I'm already in my End Phase anyway, and I can't damage your Life Points anyway, I'm essentially summoning a Dragon-Type Monster to my side of the Field at no charge." Jason finished as he sent his Kidmodo Dragon to the Graveyard. "And it's going to be quite a beefy one at that. I'm using my Kidmodo Dragon's effect in order to Special Summon, from my Hand, my Pure Chaos Dragon, in Attack Mode!"
He took a card from his Hand and placed it into the Monster Zone, a hologram appearing of a large dragon with dark gray and dark blue scales, and piercing red eyes. The information of the Monster showed it to be a Level 8 DARK Dragon, with 3000 ATK and 3000 DEF.
"Pure Chaos Dragon, huh?" Mal questioned as he looked at the Dragon-Type Monster that he had never seen nor heard of before. "I take it that's one of your special cards, is it?"
"Maybe so." Jason answered back with a little confident smile. "You want my special cards so bad, it's only fair that you get to see them in action first."
"Jason just summoned a Monster with 3000 ATK on his very first turn." Frederick thought to himself as he watched on. "Maybe he'll actually have a chance at winning this duel after all…"
"Heh. How cute. Though perhaps you're not as dumb as I initially thought you were." Mal said confidently. "But don't get your hopes up. That Dragon isn't going to save you, no matter how many Attack Points it may have. And you'll see that soon enough. My turn!"
Mal drew his card and looked at his Hand before giving a little grin. Everything was coming along just perfectly for him.
"First, I'm activating the Continuous Spell Card, Supply Squad!" he shouted as he played his Spell Card. "Once per turn, when a Monster of mine is destroyed, by battle or by any card effects, I get to draw 1 card. Next, I'll set one Monster and one other card face-down. That ends my turn."
"Then it's my turn. Let's see what we got this time!" Jason said as he drew a card from his Deck and looked at his Hand. He gave a little frown and a bit of a growl. He had some good cards in his Hand, but he didn't have everything he needed to play them yet. There wasn't anything in his Hand that he was able to activate just yet.
"...Well, I may not be able to do very much with these cards, but I still have the high ATK power of my Pure Chaos Dragon to use." Jason announced as he pointed to Mal's face-down. "Pure Chaos Dragon! Attack his face-down Monster now! Chaos Dragon Fire!"
After taking in a deep breath, the dragon let out a proud, powerful roar as a blast of dark purple fire was released from its gaping mouth, heading straight for Mal's face-down Monster.
"Hang on just a minute!" Mal yelled. "Before your attack lands, I'm going to be activating my Trap Card! Say hello to my Human-Wave Tactics Trap Card!" The hologram of the face-down in his Spell/Trap Zone flipped up, revealing the Continuous Trap Card. "As long as this card is face-up on my side of the Field, during each End Phase, I can Special Summon any Level 2 or lower Normal Monsters straight from my Deck, equal to the number of Level 2 or lower Normal Monsters that were destroyed as a result of battle this turn."
"Fine, but that does nothing to stop my attack. My Pure Chaos Dragon's attack continues unimpeded!" Just as Jason had said, the attack went on unimpeded. And the Monster that was set on Mal's side of the Field, Charcoal Impachi, was destroyed.
"Since you destroyed my Charcoal Impachi, my Supply Squad activates, allowing me to draw one card from my Deck." Mal reminded as he drew one card from his Deck. "Thank you for the free draw."
Jason gave a little irritated growl. At this rate, he wouldn't be able to get very much of anything done without giving Mal more advantage. "...I guess my turn is over then."
"Not quite. It doesn't end until my Human-Wave Tactics is resolved during the End Phase." Mal corrected. "So, since you destroyed my Charcoal Impachi during this turn, from my Deck, I'll Special Summon my D.D. Trainer from my Deck in Defense Mode." He took the Fiend Monster out from his Deck and played it in Defense Mode.
"Now, with that out of the way, I'll draw." Mal said as he drew a card before setting another Monster and one card in his Spell/Trap Zone. "And with those two face-down cards, I'll go ahead and end my turn now."
Jason just stared at Mal quietly for a few seconds. He wasn't doing very much of anything at all… what was he planning? Jason didn't want to find out, and drew his card from his Deck. Once again, nothing much he could use, but now he had to at least set something, or else he would have to discard another card from his Hand.
"I'll set one card face-down." he said simply as he set one card in his Spell/Trap Zone. "Then I'll have my Pure Chaos Dragon attack your face-down Monster! Chaos Dragon Fire!"
"Hold it right there!" Mal said. "Before you attack, I'm going to activate my Trap Card! The League of Uniform Nomenclature! This handy Trap card allows me to select any Normal Monster on my side of the Field, and Special Summon as many copies of that Monster from my Deck, as long as that selected Monster has a Level of 2 or lower. So I'll select my Level 1 D. D. Trainer, in order to Special Summon 2 more copies of it!"
Jason remained quiet as he watched what happened. Two more high defense Monsters… was Mal just trying to stall him out? That couldn't have been the case. If decking Jason out was really the aim, he would have been drawing and playing cards from his Deck a lot less than he was. "No matter. I'll continue my attack on your face-down Defense Monster!"
The attack went off, and Jason destroyed the face-down Monster, which was an Oppressed People. "And I'll go ahead and draw another card." Mal said as the effect of his Supply Squad activated. He drew a card and gave a smirk. "And now, at the end of your turn, my Human-Wave Tactics activates again. This time, I'll be bringing my second Charcoal Impachi from my Deck to my Field."
Jason gave a little frown as he watched the Monster appear on Mal's side of the Field. Mal drew his card to start his turn and said, "Now, with that out of the way, it's my turn… and it looks like this duel is about to end, Jason. I'm about to bring out the Monster that's going to wipe the floor with you."
"Somehow I doubt that." Jason said. "You've been speaking all this time about how much you're going to humiliate me and defeat me, and yet throughout this entire duel, the only thing you've been doing is Summoning Level 1 Monsters with high DEF, all of which don't have nearly enough strength in stopping my Pure Chaos Dragon. They pose no threat to me or my Monster."
"Is that what you think?" Mal questioned before giving a laugh. "Don't you know an unstoppable strategy when you see one right in front of your face? And I had given you credit on your first turn about not being a complete moron… oh well. I suppose you not knowing what's coming is going to make this all the sweeter for me."
"Oh, I don't like the sounds of that…" Frederick commented as he shuddered a little bit. Jason was in full agreement. Based on how cocky Mal seemed, he had a feeling that he wasn't just pulling his leg.
"In order to Special Summon this Monster from my Hand, the one that will win me the duel, I must first send 4 Level 1 Monsters on my side of the Field to the Graveyard." Mal said with a near sinister grin. "And I just so happen to have everything I need on the Field. So now, I send my 3 D. D. Trainers and my Charcoal Impachi from my Field to the Graveyard."
Jason watched with anticipation as the four Monsters disappeared from his side of the Field. Once all of them were in the Graveyard, a very strong wind began to blow from the center of Mal's side of the Field, almost threatening to blow Jason over.
"Jason! This duel is over! Watch now as I summon my ultimate Monster! The one that specializes in crushing chumps like you that dare to challenge me! The ultimate Fiend Monster: Dystopia the Despondent!"
Everyone watched in shock and some terror as, from the ground in front of Mal, a gigantic Fiend Monster began to rise up, covered on the top of its head, shoulders and back in a metallic cobalt blue, while the rest of its skin was an ugly, seemingly withered brown color, and a set of glowing red eyes revealed from a face completely shrouded in darkness.
Jason took a step back in terror, not just at the gargantuan appearance of the Monster, but at the stats that were being displayed to him. "5000 ATK and DEF Points?!" he exclaimed.
"That's right, Jason. And you're about to feel them all in action." Mal sneered as he pointed at the Pure Chaos Dragon. "Go, Dystopia! Crush his pathetic dragon and bring this duel to me, where it belongs!"
Obediently, the large Fiend Monster's eyes glowed red, and from its entire body came a black and blue blast of dark energy towards the dragon. It encased the Pure Chaos Dragon, who gave out a roar of agony before the hologram shattered into pieces. Jason growled in pain as he covered himself a bit from the oncoming gale of wind produced by the force of the blast, bringing his Life Points down to 6000.
"Heheheh. How do you like that, Jason?" Mal questioned with a smirk and a cross of his arms. "Does it make you realize just how small you really are, to be facing down such a powerful beast, and having absolutely no ways of protecting yourself from it?"
"That's why he kept summoning nothing but Level 1 Monsters." Frederick muttered with a little growl. "He was setting the Field up so that he could summon his most powerful Monster to the Field… and with 5000 ATK and DEF, Jason's gonna have a real hard time getting over that."
Jason gave a little growl. As much as he didn't like to admit it, Frederick had a point. Getting over something with that kind of power wasn't going to be an easy task. If he wanted to have a chance at winning this duel, and not losing his whole Deck, he would have to make something happen now. "You may have your Dystopia out on the Field, but I'm not out of this game just yet." he said as he drew his card.
He looked at the card as soon as he drew it, his eyes widening a little bit. Perhaps dealing with that Dystopia wasn't going to be so hard after all. "I'll set one card face-down and end my turn." Jason said as he put one card in his Spell/Trap Zone. "Go ahead and make your move, Mal."
"Oh, it'll be my pleasure. And you're gonna be wishing I couldn't." Mal said as he drew one card and pointed to Jason. "Now, Dystopia the Despondent! Attack Jason directly now!"
Obediently, the Fiend Monster released another blast of energy, this time aiming directly at Jason. Everyone that was watching braced themselves for the upcoming attack that was coming Jason's way.
"I was waiting for you to do that. Now it's time you say goodbye to your precious Dystopia!" Jason yelled. "Reveal Trap Card! Mirror Force!" The Trap Card flipped face up and revealed a Mirror Force, stopping the attack of Dystopia in its place by a reflective Field.
"This handy Trap card activates when you try to declare an attack. When you do, this Trap Card destroys all Monsters you control that are in Attack Position! And since your Dystopia the Despondent is in Attack Position, it's going to be destroyed by my Trap Card!"
"Alright!" Frederick cheered. "Way to play, Jason!"
The attack of Dystopia was reflected, turning into several small beams of rainbow light that began to head right towards Dystopia. "Adios, Dystopia!" Jason said happily.
"Fine move… but all for not." Mal said with a grin. Just before the rainbow light hit Dystopia, a bright light appeared on the floor right in front of Dystopia. From it, a Charcoal Impachi rose up from the ground, holding its arms in a guarding position in front of itself.
"Gah! What in the-" Jason exclaimed in shock as he watched as the rainbow lights, which were supposed to hit Dystopia and destroy it, instead hit the Charcoal Impachi, causing it to disappear, but leaving Dystopia the Despondent completely untouched.
"Where did that Charcoal Impachi come from?!" Frederick asked in disbelief. "That Dystopia should have been destroyed!"
"And with almost any other Monster, you might have actually succeeded. However, my Dystopia isn't any other Monster. And it has a special ability just for tactics like that. Once per Battle Step, all I have to do is banish one Level 1 Monster from my Graveyard, and until the end of the Damage Step, my Dystopia the Despondent is unaffected by any other card effects, as well as being protected from battle destruction."
"Th-that's insane!" Jason yelled in shock.
"Oh, and I'm not done yet, Jason." Mal said with a grin. "Since my Dystopia wasn't destroyed by your Mirror Force, his attack continues right where it left off. Now, Dystopia! Continue on your attack! Crush Jason now!"
With no more interruptions, and with Jason out of options to stop the attack, Dystopia fired another blast of dark energy at Jason. The attack hit its mark, Jason giving out a shrill scream of pain as the full force of Dystopia's power struck him, bringing him down to 1000 Life Points in that one attack. The force of the attack was so great that it sent Jason hurling back a few feet.
"Jason!" Frederick yelled as he watched his friend be thrown to the ground from the strength of attack. A lot of people began to talk about how they knew this was going to happen, with one person even making the comment that Jason better start thinking of a new Deck to use once Mal takes the current one.
"Heheheh. Now you're finally right where you belong: laying down on the ground in front of me." Mal gloated with a smirk. "You now see just why nobody can stop my Dystopia. And thanks to your destroying of my Monsters from the earlier turns, I still have 5 Level 1 Monsters to banish should you try anything funny… not that it will matter anyway. I'll just set one card face down and end my turn. Now go ahead and make your last move so my Dystopia can end you next turn."
Jason was very slow to get up, his arms and legs practically shaking as he forced himself back onto his feet, his body smoking from the power that came with Dystopia's attack. He was starting to see why Mal was so infamous in the university. He had played Jason like a piano, helping him set up everything he needed to summon Dystopia and make it nearly invincible, and Jason didn't even realize it before it was too late.
"Hmhmhm. What's wrong? Scared to move? Or are you only now starting to realize just what a big mistake you made in challenging me?" Mal asked before laughing a little bit. "Well, since you've been so much of a good sport throughout this duel, maybe I'll make a deal with you. You surrender right here and now, and maybe, just maybe, I'll consider only taking the special cards out of your Deck, and leave you with all the rest."
"You… think I'm gonna back down now?" Jason questioned as he looked up at Mal. "That's not going to happen… I've come too far and put too much on the line to fold now… and even when things look their worst… I'm gonna see this duel to the end!"
"Heh. Then you're going to feel the full force of my Dystopia the Despondent at the end of your next turn." Mal said with a shrug before pointing at Jason. "Now hurry up and make your next move so I can end this duel."
"If anybody's going to be winning this duel… it's going to be me… it's time I get serious and turn this duel around!" Jason yelled as he looked at his Hand. He could see what he needed to do in his Hand. Almost everything that he required was gathered up in there… he just needed one last card to turn it all around.
"Come on, Deck… give me some gold here…" he silently prayed before he took ahold of the top card of his Deck, hoping harder than he ever had before that his Deck could pull through for him. "It's my move! I draw!"
He drew his card and looked at it, his eyes widening as he saw the card he just drew. "Heh… let me guess. You didn't draw a card you were hoping for, and now you realize just how useless all of your effort has been." Mal guessed with a little smirk. "If it makes you feel any better, you're not the first to lose to me. They don't call me 'Mal the Monster' for nothing."
"No… that's not the case at all." Jason said as he looked up at Mal, his face showing nothing but joy and confidence. "As a matter of fact… it's the complete opposite… I just drew exactly the card I wanted to turn this duel around."
"Ha! An obvious bluff!" Mal said as he pointed to Dystopia. "My Dystopia is much stronger than any other Monster you can play! And even if you did summon a stronger Monster, I still have 5 Level 1 Monsters in my Graveyard to be able to protect him! You can't defeat me!"
"Is that so…? Well, I wouldn't be so sure on that. Not when the card I drew…" Jason started as he stood tall and held up his card for Mal to see. "...Is my second Pure Chaos Dragon!"
"You moron! What's the point of showing me the card you just drew?!" Mal spat. "Besides, that card is absolutely useless. Even if you could summon it, it only has 3000 ATK and DEF, far too few to hurt my Dystopia!"
"By himself, he may not be strong enough to defeat your Dystopia… but he's not going to be alone. Because I'm activating his special ability!" Jason said before he discarded it to the Graveyard. "You see, if I have my Pure Chaos Dragon in my Hand, I'm allowed to discard him, and add 1 Spellcaster-Type Monster from my Deck to my Hand."
"Ha! Going to trade in one puny Monster for another one? How pathetic." Mal mocked. "Now hurry up and end your turn so I can end this duel."
"I'm not done yet. Not by a long shot." Jason retorted as he took a card from his Deck. "I discard my Pure Chaos Dragon in order to add 1 Spellcaster-Type Monster from my Deck to my Hand! But she's not going to stay in there very long, because I'm playing her right now. Say hello to my Messenger of Pure Chaos! In Attack Mode!"
He played the Monster on his duel disk, and she appeared on his side of the Field; a Level 4 DARK Spellcaster with 1600 ATK and 1200 DEF. Her hair was a gray color, and she was covered entirely in a long black dress and gloves, and had a pair of black wings like those of an angel.
"The messenger is always the first one to be sent out, with the job of receiving and delivering important messages. So it is with my Messenger of Pure Chaos. In order to activate her Special Ability, I need to Normal Summon her to my side of the Field while I control no other Pure Chaos Monsters. And since that's been satisfied, my Messenger of Pure Chaos allows me to add any Pure Chaos Ritual Monster, or Chaotic Ritual from my Deck to my Hand."
"Pure Chaos Ritual Monsters?" Mal questioned as he watched as Jason took out his Deck again in order to search for one of the aforementioned cards.
"As I told you earlier, if you're gonna be wanting these Pure Chaos Monsters of mine, it's only fair that you get to see what they do firsthand." Jason said as he put his deck back in once he found the card he was looking for. "I use my Messenger's effect to add my Chaotic Ritual from my Deck to my Hand. But don't worry, I won't let you stand there and wonder what exactly it does all day. In fact, I'll go ahead and activate it now!"
Mal watched on in surprise as Jason put the card that he had just added to his Hand into the Spell/Trap Zone. "Now, I activate my Ritual Card! Chaotic Ritual!" When the card was activated, the area in front of Jason, where his Monsters were displayed by the holograms, began to warp and distort, an array of many colors appearing from the distorted area.
"Chaotic Ritual is quite different from all of the other Ritual Cards you may be familiar with. So listen closely, because it may get complicated." Jason instructed. "My Chaotic Ritual allows me to Ritual Summon any Pure Chaos Ritual Monster I hold in my Hand. However, rather than having to only sacrifice any number of Monsters whose total levels is greater than or equal to the Ritual Monster's Level, my Chaotic Ritual requires me to send at least 2 Monsters to the Graveyard, including at least 1 LIGHT Monster and at least 1 DARK Monster."
"That's quite the steep requirement, chump." Mal said. "I just hope that whatever you plan on summoning is gonna be worth that."
"Oh, trust me. It is." Jason answered with a smirk as he took his Messenger of Pure Chaos from his field and one card from his Hand. "For this Chaotic Ritual, I'm going to be sending from my Field, my Level 4 Messenger of Pure Chaos as the DARK Monster, and my Level 8 Sorceress of Pure Chaos for the LIGHT Monster from my Hand."
Jason gave a little smile as a shape began to take form in the distortion. "Both Monsters provide just enough to make a Level 12 Ritual Monster. Now, from the merging of darkness and light together comes chaos in its purest form! Arise now, from the darkness and light! Dragon Soul of Pure Chaos!"
The distortion finally ceased as, in the space where it had taken place, a new Monster appeared in its place. It was a pitch black dragon, with three pairs of bone white horns on its head, and several areas of white, bonelike spikes protruding from its body, along with crimson red eyes that burned with great power. Riding on top of this dragon was a cloaked sorcerer with a long scepter that flashed with purple lightning. The Dragon gave a loud, powerful roar as the information was shown: A DARK, Level 12 Dragon-Type Monster with 5000 ATK and DEF.
"His Dragon Soul of Pure Chaos…" Frederick said in amazement as he looked at the new Monster. "...Now he has a Monster on his side of the Field that's just as strong as Mal's Dystopia the Despondent."
"Not a bad move, Jason. I'll give you that." Mal said with a little shrug and a shake of his head. "But aren't you forgetting something? Since both of our Monsters have 5000 ATK and DEF Points, they'll both be destroyed if you attack with your new Monster. And while your Dragon Soul of Pure Chaos will have no ways of protecting itself from destruction, all I'll have to do is remove another one of my Level 1 Monsters from my Graveyard from play, and I can protect my Dystopia."
"Oh man… Mal is right…" Frederick thought to himself as he looked at the state of the duel. "Jason should have put his Dragon Soul of Pure Chaos into Defense Mode. That way, he wouldn't be destroyed when Dystopia attacks, and can protect Jason until he finds a way around it."
"Trust me. I'm well aware that your Dystopia still has the advantage over my Dragon Soul of Pure Chaos. That's why my turn still isn't done yet." Jason said.
"What was that?" Mal asked in shock. He had already just summoned a Monster with 5000 ATK onto the Field. "What more is there for you to do?!"
"First and foremost, I have the ability of my Sorceress of Pure Chaos to activate." Jason explained. "When my Sorceress of Pure Chaos is used for the Ritual Summon of a Pure Chaos Ritual Monster, she allows me to add 1 Chaotic Ritual from my Deck or Graveyard to my Hand. I'll use her ability to add another Chaotic Ritual from my Deck to my Hand." He added the Ritual Card to his hand and put his Deck back in place. "So now that I've got it in my Hand, why should the fun of summoning stop here? Let's activate this one too!"
"What?! You're doing another Ritual Summon?!" Mal exclaimed as he watched Jason activate another Chaotic Ritual.
"That's right. I've got another Ritual Monster in my Hand that I want to Summon. This time, for my first Monster, I'll be looking into my Deck for one."
"What do you mean, looking into your Deck?!"
"Oh? Did I forget to mention that part of my Ritual Card?" Jason questioned. "My Chaotic Ritual doesn't only have an extra restriction of what kind of Monsters need to be used for the Ritual Summon. It also has a way to make meeting those requirements much easier. Rather than only restricting me to using Monsters on my Field and in my Hand for the Tributes, my Chaotic Ritual allows me to send Monsters from my Hand, Field, and Deck for the Ritual Summon."
"You can't be serious!" Mal yelled. "A card that allows you to Ritual Summon using Monsters from anywhere that isn't the Graveyard?! That's impossible!"
"Is it, now? Well we'll just have to see for ourselves. Because the first Monster I'm using as the DARK Monster is my Level 2 Pure Chaos Dragon Whelp from my Deck." Jason said as he took one card from his deck and placed it in the Graveyard before putting his Deck back and taking a card out of his Hand. "And for my next Monster, I'll be using my Level 8 Pure Chaos Spirit Drake for my LIGHT Monster."
Once again, a new Monster began to form from a distorted space to the left of Dragon Soul of Pure Chaos. "10 Levels may be a couple over the 8 Level Ritual Monster I'm about to summon, but when it comes to Rituals, it's better to be a little over than under." Jason said with a shrug and a chuckle. "And now, I'm Ritual Summoning another member of my Pure Chaos Ritual Team. Say hello to the Level 8 Dragon Queen of Pure Chaos!"
The distortion ended and revealed the Dragon Queen of Pure Chaos, a woman with a long spear in her hand, with long flowing brown hair. She wore a helmet of gold on her head, and very light armor that left her stomach and the lower part of her cleavage bare. She also had several red ribbons attached to her armor on her wrists and back, flowing like her hair. Her information appeared, showing her to be a Level 8 LIGHT Spellcaster with 2000 ATK and 3000 DEF.
"And just so you know, the summoning doesn't stop there either." Jason said with a little smirk as he took his Deck out once again. "Since I Special Summoned a LIGHT Pure Chaos Monster to my side of the Field, I'm allowed to Special Summon this next card from my Hand or my Deck. So for my next and final Monster for this duel, please give a warm welcome to my Divine Chimera of Pure Chaos!"
A portal of light appeared just in between Dragon Queen and Dragon Soul, and from it leapt out a lion-like creature covered in shining gold armor, with talons like those of a bird at the end of his arms rather than paws, a very long lion's tail, flowing white hair, and two wings like that of an eagle. Despite appearing more of a Beast than anything, its information showed it to be a LIGHT Level 6 Dragon-Type Monster, with 2300 ATK and 1200 DEF.
"When my Divine Chimera of Pure Chaos is Special Summoned by his own effect, I can add 1 Spell or Trap Card that specifically lists "Pure Chaos" from my Deck or Graveyard to my Hand. However, since I'm not going to be needing any other cards to defeat you, I'll go ahead and forego that ability."
"Heh… how impressive… two more weaker Monsters to add to the slaughter list of my Dystopia." Mal said. "Do the math. All of your Monsters are too puny to defeat my Dystopia. It'll crush them on my next turn and wipe out the rest of your Life Points."
"You actually think I wasn't paying attention? I wouldn't have put all my Monsters in Attack Mode if I wasn't sure whether or not they could defeat Dystopia. And it all starts with the special ability of my Dragon Queen." Jason explained. "You see, thanks to my Dragon Queen of Pure Chaos's special ability, she gains 500 ATK for every Dragon-Type Monster on my side of the Field and in my Graveyard."
"And he has two Dragon-Type Monsters on his side of the Field, and 5 in his Graveyard!" Frederick exclaimed. "That means his Dragon Queen of Pure Chaos gains 3500 ATK, putting her up to 5500! 500 more than Mal's Dystopia the Despondent!"
"So what! That doesn't matter." Mal reminded. "Don't forget that I still have 5 Level 1 Monsters in my Graveyard! I can just banish one of them to keep your skank from destroying my Dystopia!"
"Not for long, you won't. Not when I have this Spell card on my side." Jason answered back as he activated the card he had placed face-down the turn before his Pure Chaos Dragon was destroyed. "My Spell Card, Soul Release!"
"Oh no! Not Soul Release!" Mal exclaimed in surprise.
"Yes! That means that Jason can banish up to 5 cards from either of their Graveyards!" Frederick exclaimed.
"That's right. I usually keep this card in my Deck just in case I need to banish any problematic cards before my opponent can bring them back… but I guess banishing your Level 1 Monsters before you can will just have to do. I use this Spell card to banish your Oppressed People, your Charcoal Impachi, and your 3 D. D. Trainers from your Graveyard!"
Mal gave a growl as he watched as all of his remaining Level 1 Monsters in his Graveyard were banished from his Graveyard, taking away his ability to protect his Dystopia from battle and effects.
"Now with your Graveyard empty of your Level 1 Monsters, you have nothing that can keep your Dystopia safe from destruction. Now it's time for him, and you, to feel what it's like to be overpowered. Go, Dragon Queen of Pure Chaos! Send his Dystopia down to Hell where it belongs!"
With a little battle cry, Dragon Queen of Pure Chaos began to charge forward, holding her spear tight in hand as she charged forward against Dystopia. Everybody in the crowd watched anxiously, observing as it looked like Jason was about to destroy Mal's most powerful Monster.
"Hmhmhmhmhm… heheheheh… hahahahahahahahaha!" Mal began to laugh, as if he had just heard the best joke in his entire life. "You complete idiot! Did you really think I wouldn't be prepared for a situation like this?! I knew one day, someone would try to pull some trick like that! That's why I had this face-down card ready! My Quick Play Spell Card, Rush Recklessly!"
"Rush Recklessly?" Jason questioned.
"That's right, Jason! Since I can no longer use my Dystopia's ability to protect itself, I'll just use this card instead! I use this card to to give my Dystopia the Despondent 700 additional Attack Points until the end of this turn! Now my Dystopia is 200 points stronger than your Dragon Queen! Dystopia! Crush her!"
With an obedient roar, Dystopia raised its fist up and slammed it into the Dragon Queen of Pure Chaos before she could reach it. "No!" Frederick shouted in despair. "It can't be! He was so close to destroying that thing!"
"So close? He never had a chance! Not when I was fully prepared!" Mal laughed. "I told you that you wouldn't be able to defeat my Dystopia. And now, on my next turn, he'll destroy your pathetic Chimera, and win me not just this game, but also your Deck. You should have thought twice before deciding to challenge me."
Everybody looked at Jason, expecting to see nothing but despair and tears, but were surprised, instead to see nothing but a calm, collected smile on his face. "You may want to take a closer look." he said. Upon hearing this, Mal looked curiously at the field again.
Dragon Queen remained there, the fist of the mighty Fiend pressed against her. Rather that break apart and get destroyed, however, the Dragon Queen gave a little growl as she slowly turned her head just enough to look at the Fiend. She gave a loud cry as she pointed her spear at its chest, a green Chinese dragon forming out of pure light energy from her spear and towards Dystopia.
Dystopia gave a roar of pain as the dragon pierced its chest, breaking through the armor on its back and going completely through the monster. It slowly tried to reach for the dragon that was in its chest, but stopped and began to roar as its chest began to crack with light.
"What?!" Mal yelled in shock. "No! It can't be!"
"Oh, I'm afraid it is." Jason said as he held his arm out and gave a thumbs down. "Your Dystopia the Despondent… is destroyed."
It was just as Jason said. With a great thud, Dystopia fell down to its knees, the hole that was in its chest created from the Dragon Queen of Pure Chaos' attack seeping with its own dark energy. Its armor continued to crack and break off for a few seconds before the hologram finally broke apart, the Monster being completely destroyed.
"He-he did it!" Frederick exclaimed in shock, along with the surprised gasps and whisperings of everyone in the crowd. They were both amazed and confused as to how a weaker Monster was able to destroy Mal's ultimate monster.
"N-no! There must have been some sort of mistake!" Mal yelled. "My Dystopia had 5700 ATK, and your Dragon Queen only has 5500! She should have been destroyed, not Dystopia! You… you must have cheated somehow!"
"Perhaps you should have paid more attention to what I said earlier." Jason started. "I very clearly told you that my Dragon Queen of Pure Chaos gained 500 ATK for each Dragon-Type Monster on my side of the Field and in my Graveyard."
"Of course I heard that, you moron! You have 2 Dragons on your side of the Field, and you have 5 Dragons in your Graveyard! That gives you 7 Dragons for 3500 ATK!"
"Not necessarily… perhaps you should take a closer look at my Dragon Queen herself." Jason started as he gestured to his Dragon Queen of Pure Chaos. "You see, under normal circumstances, you would be right. I would only have 2 Dragons on my Field to get power from along with the 5 in my Graveyard, and with your Rush Recklessly, my Dragon Queen would have been 200 ATK short of the power she needed to destroy your Dystopia. However, thanks to a special quality shared by all of my Pure Chaos Ritual Monsters, that's not the case."
He gave a smile and held up his duel disk, pointing at the two Ritual Monster cards on it. "You see, my Pure Chaos Ritual Monsters have a special ability unlike any other card in the game. While my Pure Chaos Ritual Monsters are face-up on the Field, they're treated as two different Types of Monsters." he explained. "For example, while my Dragon Soul of Pure Chaos is naturally a Dragon-Type, while he's on the Field, he's also treated as a Spellcaster-Type. And in the case of my Dragon Queen of Pure Chaos, while she's naturally a Spellcaster-Type, while she's on the Field, she's also treated as a Dragon-Type."
"W… wait a minute… if your Dragon Queen is also treated as a Dragon-Type Monster while it's on the Field… then… that means-"
"That's right, Mal." Jason interrupted. "While you thought that there were only 7 Dragons that my Dragon Queen of Pure Chaos was drawing power from, with her special ability, she was actually getting strength from 8 Dragons. So while you thought she only had 5500 ATK, in actuality, she was up to a punishing grand total of 6000 ATK."
Mal was dumbfounded as he looked down at his duel disk. It appeared that Jason wasn't lying, as after that battle, he had indeed lost 300 Life Points, putting him down to 7700 Life Points. "...Well… that's no problem! I'll use my Supply Squad's effect to allow me to draw 1 additional card!"
"Not that it can really save you at this point." Jason said with a little shrug after Mal drew his card. "You won't be able to stand up to these next attacks. Divine Chimera of Pure Chaos, it's your turn! Attack Mal directly!" The Divine Chimera roared as it leapt forward, slashing Mal with its claws, taking a full 2300 Life Points off of him. Mal gave a yell of pain as he remained standing, the Divine Chimera now standing behind him.
"I'm… not out of this game just yet, Jason!" Mal said. "Your attack has left me with 5400 Life Points left. Your Dragon Soul of Pure Chaos doesn't have the ATK it needs to be able to finish me off! I'll still have my next turn, and I'll resummon my Dystopia and destroy you, no matter how many turns it takes to do so!"
"Once again, you're wrong." Jason said. "You see, there are two parts that create Pure Chaos: Light and Dark. And while my Divine Chimera's ability to Special Summon itself comes from the LIGHT, it also has another effect that it takes from the DARK. As long as I control a DARK Pure Chaos Monster, my Divine Chimera of Pure Chaos is allowed to make a second attack each Battle Phase. And if you look on my side of the Field, my Dragon Soul of Pure Chaos fulfills that requirement quite nicely."
"What?! That's insane!" Mal yelled. He heard a vicious growl from behind him as the Divine Chimera turned its head to look at him, its entire body being encased in a dark purple aura.
"Now, Divine Chimera! Let the powers of darkness fill you with strength, and attack again!" To Mal's horror and the shock of everyone, what Jason had said was true, and the Divine Chimera roared as it leapt forward again, slashing at Mal from behind, causing him to scream out in pain once again as he lost another 2300 Life Points.
"Now Mal has less than 5000 Life Points! And Jason's Dragon Soul of Pure Chaos still hasn't attacked yet!" Frederick yelled out in surprise, everyone looking in utter disbelief.
"N… no. This can't be happening!" Mal began to speak as he looked at his own duel disk, desperately looking in his Hand for something that he could do to save himself. "My ultimate Monster… my perfect strategy… no, this duel should be mine! Where did I go wrong?!"
"You'll have plenty of time to think about that after I win this duel." Jason said with a smirk as he pointed at Mal. "Alright, Dragon Soul of Pure Chaos, let's wrap this up! Attack Mal directly, and end this duel! Shadow Storm Bolt!" The sorcerer that rode on the dragon held his scepter up into the air, purple lightning firing towards Mal. The attack hit its mark, and Mal gave a scream of pain as he was thrown to the ground hard, the rest of his Life Points being reduced to 0 from that attack.
Silence consumed the area for a few seconds, the crowd letting all of the shock set in before the entire center began to roar with reactions. Cheers and applause rang out through the entire building, many people only being able to express their disbelief that Jason had actually beaten Mal the Monster.
"I… I lost… I don't believe it…" Mal said quietly to himself, his eyes staring off to the ceiling as he laid on his back. "I've beaten stronger duelists than this chump plenty of times… how could I lose…?"
"...You know, it was a really good duel, for what it's worth." Jason said as he walked up to Mal. "...If only you hadn't been such a giant jerk about it... " He held out his hand, as if waiting for something to be put in it. "Now then… we had a deal, and you lost. Pay up."
"I… you… gah! Whatever!" Mal growled as he took the card that he had been showing the others just minutes ago and begrudgingly gave it to Jason. "I couldn't use that stupid card anyway. The best I would have been able to do with it is make a quick buck out of it."
"Heh. If that was the case, then you might as well have just tried selling it to me then." Jason joked with a little shrug. "Feel free to come back and face me again whenever you feel like it. I'll be more than ready to take you on again should you decide to."
Mal gave a little growl and stood up swiftly, backing up a little bit before pointing at Jason. "This isn't over, chump! The next time we duel, I'm going to beat you so hard, the only place you'll be able to find work is as a freak in a horror show!" With that, he swiftly grabbed his backpack and quickly left the building.
"Jason!" Frederick exclaimed as he went running up to him.
"Hey, Fred! Did you see that? I just totally won that-" Jason started, but was interrupted as, without any warning, Frederick landed a vicious punch right into his gut. Jason gave a little yelp before falling unto his knees, clutching his stomach that Frederick had just hit.
"What the Hell were you thinking, you moron?! I told you not to take him on in a duel! You almost lost your entire Deck to your own stupidity!"
"Heheheh… well, I won, didn't I?" Jason questioned with a bit of a weak chuckle.
"And that's the only reason that I'm not gonna kick your ass any harder." Frederick said with a huff and a shake of his head. Jason just gave a little chuckle and stood himself back up after recovering a bit from the punch in his stomach. Frederick could be quite the handful sometimes, but he knew that he meant well, and was only just looking out for his wellbeing.
After fully standing up, when the crowd was finally starting to go about their own way, many still talking about what they had just witnessed, Jason took the time to get a good look at the card that he had just won from Mal. It was a Monster card with the name "Winged Love Princess", and the art of the card was a harpy with pink hair, pink feathers on her wings, and a big smile and blush on her face. The entire background of the art was pink with white hearts on it.
"...Well… I can definitely see why Mal was showing this card off… I've never seen anything like this in my life." Jason commented as he showed Frederick.
Frederick took the card with an initial look of interest, which quickly turned into confusion and bewilderment. The card almost appeared to be more of a joke than anything. "...Uhhh… yeah… that's… interesting." he said. "...Think you'll be able to use this in your Deck?"
"Nah. Not now, at least. It says I need 5 Winged-Beasts or "Winged" Monsters… whatever those are… to Summon it…" Jason gave a shrug and a hum as he took the card back. "Well… I'm sure I'll be able to make a use for it somehow… now then… how about we start getting back to lunch? Having that close duel really kicked up my appetite!"
Frederick watched in bewilderment as his friend, the one who had literally almost lost his entire deck, casually started heading out of the building again. "Come on, Frederick! I'm in the mood for Chinese food. Let's go to that Asian buffet place and pig out like we're going to the electric chair!"
Frederick just gave a slight sigh and a shake of his head before smiling just a bit. "Such a complete moron… and yet he somehow never ceases to amaze me." he muttered under his breath as he followed Jason, just happy that everything managed to work out for his friend.