Chapter One:
Another Initiation
"Dum dee dum...la lee la...I can't wait...for the duels to start..."
A teenage girl was singing to herself, the lyrics above. Her hair was black (like most of my characters...), but her eyes were a deep blue. She was wearing a jean skirt, as well as a blue blouse. She was very blue on that day...
On her wrist was a duel disk, one of the Duelist Corp. Tournament models. The tournament had taken place three years ago, but that's in a different story (See Legendary Shadows, The Movie: Kuro's Shadow)...
In the duel disk was a deck of duel monsters cards, of course.
The girl stretched her arms, and let out a breath of air. But...her arms accidently hit a boy in the face.
"Damn it!" he swore. "Watch where your arms are, girl!"
The girl smiled apologetically. "I'm sorry. It won't happen again."
The boy turned his head, snorting. "Like I'll believe a girl."
He started to walk away. When he had his back to her, the girl glared at him.
"Sexist bastard." she muttered under her breath.
Shrugging, she watched the duels. One was a young girl around her age, dueling a middle-aged woman. Another was a boy dueling another female teacher. The third one was another girl, but dueling a male teacher. The forth and final one was a male student dueling a male teacher.
The first duel that girl saw caught her interest. At the moment, it was a far game.
Teacher: 3000
Teenager: 650
"My turn!" said the teen. "I'll summon Fuzzy Wuzzy (1300/700) in attack mode!"
The teacher laughed. "You're still playing around with those cartoon-ish Fuzzy Wuzzy cards?"
A glare came from the teen. "It's a clear field, so I'll attack you directly!"
Teacher: 1700
Teenager: 650
"Next I'll use my monster's effect, allowing me to attack again with half power!"
Teacher: 1050
Teenager: 650
"Is it my turn yet?" asked the Teacher, bored.
"Not by a long shot! I play the spell card, Fuzzy's Brave Offer! I can now sacrifice him in order to skip your turn!"
"Damn." said the Teacher, watching Fuzzy explode after waving goodbye.
"Now I draw." said the Teenager. "And then I play Fuzzy's Unforgotten Promise! This card represent's Fuzzy's promise to live until he avenges his one true love! In other words, I can only activate this card if I have Nuzzy Wuzzy in my graveyard at the time of activation! So now, Fuzzy Wuzzy is revived! So say hello (1300/700)! And goodbye!"
Teacher: 0
Teenager: 650
"Good job, Yuki Ryuuga." said the Teacher.
"Thanks, Ms. Kudo." said Yuki, bowing.
Kudo shuffled all of her cards back together, and waited patiently.
The announcer spoke, "Now, will Kazuha Ogata please report to dueling arena one."
Kazuha, as the girl was named, stood up. "Well, I guess it's my turn..."
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She faced Kudo, a teacher. Kudo smiled.
"Hello, Ms. Ogata." she said, "It's nice to meet you. My name is Evelyn Kudo, and I'll be your opponent for the day."
Yeah, I didn't notice. Thought Kazuha. What, do they think I'm five or something?
"Anyways." said Kudo, "Life Points are at four thousand, and you may go first."
Kazuha: 4000
Kudo: 4000
"Right." said Kazuha, nodding. "Now it's time to burn with the hottest type of fire in this world! Go, Blackfire Demon (1700/1200)!"
A burst of flames shot out from the ground, and they took form into a humanoid shape, although it was just a bit bigger, and hag huge claws.
"I end my turn with a face-down card." said Kazuha.
Kudo drew. "You use the Blackfire cards? Heh, you're a little outdated."
Kazuha smiled, and said. "Let's determine how outdated I am after I defeat you."
Shrugging, Kudo went back to her move. "Alright, I'll play Sectarian of Secrets (700/500) in attack mode, and then activate Intense Magical Drain! I can discard up to three cards from my hand in order to increase my monster's attack points by five hundred for each one, or decrease your monster's attack by five hundred for each one. I choose the second choice, and attack (200/1200)!"
"Not so fast!" exclaimed Kazuha, "I activate Blackfire Protection, reducing all Life Point damage I should get on the turn I lose a Blackfire monster to zero!"
Kazuha: 4000
"You're just prolonging your defeat." said Kudo, frowning. "I end my turn with two face-down cards."
"Alright." said Kazuha, after drawing, "I think I'll summon Blackfire Dragon (1900/1350) in attack mode! Next up is a spell card, Bond of the Black Flame! I can now fuse any Blackfire two Blackfire monsters together, no matter where they are...as long as they're in my hand, field, or graveyard, that is. So now I'll fuse the Blackfire Wolf (1200/1400) and Blackfire Soldier (1800/1800) in my hand to form Blackfire Wolf-Warrior (2200/1900)! Meet his Blackfire Blast!"
The wolfman drew his blade and sent flames at Kudo's monster, resulting in a smile from Kudo.
"I activate Draining Shield!" said Kudo, "Now I'll gain Life Points, and your attack is negated!"
Kudo: 6200
Kazuha frowned. "All right, then I guess I'll just have to hit your monster with my Dragon."
Kudo: 5000
"I end my turn with a face-down card." said Kazuha.
Again Kudo drew. "I summon Necrolancer the Timelord (800/900) in defense mode, and I end my turn."
"Alright..." said Kazuha, frowning in thought. "What to do..."
She glanced at the field as it was, and then glanced at her hand.
"Okay, here's what I'll do. I'll play Polymerization to fuse my two field monsters and form Dragon-Riding Wolfman of Blackfire (2500/2500)! And this monster actually has an effect! When he's summoned, I can draw until I hold six cards in my hand! But he also has a downside, and that's the effect that I can't attack on the first turn he's summoned."
Drawing, Kazuha looked at her new cards and options.
"I guess I'll now play Flaming Demise, a spell which decreases your Life Points by three hundred for every Blackfire monster on my field and in my graveyard. That's a total of twenty-four hundred damage to you (KuLP: 2600). Alright, I'll be nice and end my turn next."
A frown came up, making Kudo look like she was thinking. Instead, she said, "I'm not going to lose to two teenage girls in a row, you know. I activate the spell card, Garma Sword Oath! What it does is make me sacrifice monsters until their total Level Stars are eight! So I'll sacrifice my Necrolancer (Level 3) on the field and my Gatekeeper (Level 5) from my hand, in order to special summon...Garma Sword (2550/2150)!"
It was a huge, horned demon. It held six swords, each drawn. It emitted a powerful aura...
"Oh, great..." said Kazuha, "Fifty attack points stronger than me..."
"Destroy the Blackfire monster!" exclaimed Kudo.
Kazuha: 3950
"My next card is Loose Sword! When a warrior-type monster gives you damage this turn and it's less than two hundred, I can deal you direct damage equal to the attack points of one monster my monster destroyed during this turn!"
Kazuha: 1450
"My turn ends." concluded Kudo.
"And it's my turn, the last of the duel!" said Kazuha, "Be prepared! I summon forth my favourite card with Polymerization! And I form, with Blackfire Soldier (1800/1800) and Blackfire Speeder (500/900)...Speeding Warrior of Blackfire (1400/1400)."
"Oh?" said Kudo. She laughed. "And what's so good about a card with only fourteen hundred attack points?"
This time it was Kazuha's turn to laugh. "You don't get it, do you? My monster's effect is that to attack directly because your monsters can't catch him!"
Kudo smiled again. "So? I'll still have a few Life Points left."
Sighing, Kazuha showed her a card in her hand. "Do you recognize this card?"
Looking at it, Kudo gasped. "Double Attack..."
"That's right." said Kazuha, "And now I discard Blackfire Dark Demon, who's a level seven monster, in order to allow my level five Speeding Warrior of Blackfire to attack twice during my battle phase!"
"But that means..." said Kudo.
"That's right." said Kazuha, "It means I win! Speeding Warrior of Blackfire, attack directly with your normal attack!"
Kazuha: 1450
Kudo: 1200
"And now..." continued Kazuha, "Attack with the powers of Double Attack!"
Kudo: 0
"Congratulations..." said Kudo, a smiled now on her face. "You'll get your results of how you did when you get to the Academy next week."
Kazuha grinned, not hearing a word.
"I got in!" she exclaimed happily.
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Next Time:
Poisonous Bite
Entering the Academy, Kazuha frowns upon the actions of some of her peers. Take Haku Doku, for example. He's a 'Sexist Bastard', as Kazuha called him.
In normal schools, you might fight to stop something. Here at Duelist Academy? You duel it out.
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Author's Note: I brought it back, revised with a new deck. I even gave Yuki her new deck. Hooray, although I like the Fuzzy Wuzzy deck better than the Blackfire deck. Oh well...
Please R&R!
-Salazare