Chapter 2
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"This duel ends here," stated a tall boy with brown hair. He wore a white coat that fell to his feet. The boy was Seto Kaiba. "I sacrifice La Jinn, the Mystical Genie of the Lamp and my Ancient Lamp to summon Blue Eyes White Dragon! Next, I sacrifice my Paladin of White Dragon to summon the second Blue Eyes White Dragon. Finally, with my Dragon's Mirror card, I can fusion summon the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon!"
"Kaiba, please," Angeline begged.
"This is the duelist that inherited my dueling deck?! A duelist that cowards more than Wheeler did in Duelist Kingdom?!"
"I just wanted to be a good duelist," Angeline cried.
"How? You are scared of a holographic image," Kaiba said menacingly. "It's time you starred into the face of defeat. I sacrifice my Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon to summon a beast that is unstoppable, Blue Eyes Shining Dragon!"
A shining version of Kaiba's original Blue Eyes White Dragon appeared. Blue marks were etched all over its shining body (5000 atk).
"Go Supernova Lightning!"
"Ahhhhhh!"
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Angeline awoke from her nightmare with sweat pouring down her face. That same nightmare had plagued her since she obtained the deck of the legendary Seto Kaiba. Each time he beat her the same way, and she never even got close to taking a life point from him.
I should just face the facts. I'm a rookie using a pro deck. Angeline thought.
Angeline got dressed, and picked up her D.C. (Duel Connector). She mashed the buttons for Kendrick's D.C., and his face appeared.
"Fancy a stroll to the Obelisk Blue dorm?" she asked.
"Why?" was his reply.
"I'm challenging Ruin today."
"Despite my saying, 'she's and Obelisk Blue for a reason', you are still going to duel her?"
"Yeah. Got a problem with it?"
"No," Kendrick sighed.
"I could always take you out," Angeline stated. Kendrick merely shrugged. "You won't even be a challenge."
"Like I said," Kendrick began. "If you want to duel me, fill out a Duel Request form, and meet me in the arena."
"Yeah yeah. You coming?"
"You dueling an Obelisk Blue? I wouldn't miss it for the world."
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Ruin was sitting on Detrick's lap. A concern look was on his face while Ruin was smiling an evil smile.
"Rumor has it that Angeline Turner is indeed one of the Duelist of Legacy," Detrick said. "I hear she wields Seto's legendary Blue Eyes White Dragon's."
"So what," Ruin shrugged. She looked into Detrick's worry-filled green eyes. She stood up, and started pacing around her Obelisk Blue dorm room. Detrick sat on the white bed.
"It won't be easy," he said.
"You are worried about the wrong duel," Ruin pointed out. "Don't you have a ranking match today?"
"A divination of yours?"
"No," Ruin lied maintaining her evil smile.
"You need to get on the same level. The plan will not proceed until we are the top duelists of this school. We have to be on top of the world in this little place."
"Easy as pie."
"Ruin, please don't let go."
"I'll try."
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Kendrick and Angeline has been walking in silence ever since their conversation on the D.C. Kendrick kept looking Angeline's way as if he was too afraid to ask her something.
"Angeline," Kendrick called silently, finally breaking the silence.
"Yes," Angeline responded, not looking his way.
"Why don't you use your Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon?"
Angeline looked at the ground. She couldn't tell him that she had a modified version of Syrus Truesdale's Powerbond complex. He wouldn't understand.
"Do you know how hard it is to draw all three dragons? It's just as hard to have Polymerization in the hand as well."
"I can't image summoning something that takes four cards to do."
"Didn't think so."
"Awwwww. Does someone have a Syrus complex?" called a sinister feminine voice. Ruin was standing on the other side of the bridge that Kendrick and Angeline had just come to.
"You bitch," Angeline growled.
"Me? A bitch? How about you? Tell me why my dreams were plagued with you challenging me to a duel. I lost a lot of sleep because of you. So if I were you I would consider calling yourself that name."
"Well, at least your dreams saved me the breath of having to trash talk you into a duel, and then issuing a challenge," Angeline said. She slammed her deck into her duel disc, and it whirred to life.
"It's your funeral," Ruin said following suit.
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"Talent first," Angeline said drawing her sixth card. "I summon my Y-Dragon Head."
A red teradactyl looking dragon appeared onto Angeline's side of the field (1500 atk.) Angeline waved her hand to signal the end of her turn.
Ruin drew. "I won't make the same mistake Yugi made in Battle City. I summon my Snipe Hunter to the field."
A odd purple alien appeared on Ruin's side of the field. It held a ray gun with colored numbers on it (1500 atk).
"By sending one card from my hand-" Ruin began.
"You can select a card, and roll a die. Depending on the result of the die, my monster could bite the dust. I watched your last duel," Angeline interrupted.
"Good. Go Snipe Hunter. I select Y-Dragon head as the target," Ruin stated as the dice rolled a 3. Snipe Hunter's ray gun switched to three and blasted Y-Dragon Head. The machine was vaporized. "Now Snipe Hunter, attack!"
Using the same setting it used on Y-Dragon head, Snipe Hunter blasted Angeline was screamed in pain. Her life points dropped as she growled.
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"Lucky," Angeline said conducting her Draw Phase. "I summon Spear Dragon in attack mode. Attack!"
A pale dragon with blue wings, and a half blue spear-shaped nose appeared (1900 atk). It opened its, and blasted Snipe Hunter with a Sonic Spear Blast.
"I'm done, and my dragon goes into defense mode," Angeline ended.
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"Good move," Kendrick said from the sidelines.
"Time to get my strategy working," Ruin stated making a draw. "I defend with a monster, and two face down cards. I end my turn by playing my Venom Swamp field spell. At the end of each players turn, a venom counter is given to any monster that doesn't have the word 'venom' in their name. That counter takes away 500 attack points. Therefore, your dragon is about to get infected."
Smoke started to rise from the kneeling dragon. Its attack points dropped by 500 (1400 atk.) Angeline drew.
"I'm fine with that. I just drew the card that will run right through your strategy," Angeline said with a bright smile.
Ruin was taken aback. "You did not!"
"I activate the spell card, Monster Reborn! Snipe Hunter will rise on my side of the field this time," Angeline played as a holy ankh appeared before her. Snipe Hunter appeared next to the defending Spear Dragon. "I activate its effect to toss one card, and I'm targeting your swamp."
The die rolled. Angeline frowned as the result came out to be a 1.
"Looks like my swamp is not going anywhere," Ruin laughed.
"I still have four cards in my hand," Angeline informed Ruin. "I use Snipe Hunter's ability again. (Result is a 6.) Fine! Snipe Hunter, one more time. Get rid of this swamp!"
The die roll came out to a 2. Ruin gulped as the swamp that surrounded her and Angeline disappeared. Angeline pointed, and Snipe Hunter blasted his gun. A white cobra appeared on Ruin's side (2000 def.)
"Nice try, but my cobra is way more powerful than my Snipe Hunter," Ruin rubbed in.
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"I end," Angeline passed.
"I'm more than defended," Ruin said. "I pass."
Angeline drew. "I toss the card I drew to activate Snipe Hunter's ability. Your cobra is going down."
Snipe Hunter's gun was tuned to 4, after the dice roll, and it vaporized Venom Cobra. One of Ruin's face down cards lifted.
"I counter with my Snake Whistle," Ruin stated. "When a reptile of mine is destroyed, I can summon another from my deck. I choose a second Venom Cobra." A second cobra curled up in defense (2000 def).
"I'm done."
"Good," Ruin said making her draw. "I set a new card face down, and end my turn."
Angeline drew. That's probably a second Snake Whistle trap. If it is, I would only be tossing a card for no reason. "I pass."
"As do I," Ruin said smiling after she drew.
Angeline shivered after she made her draw. It was the Blue Eyes Shining Dragon, a card that she had no intention on using. "I pass."
"In that case, I should go the offense," Ruin said to herself. She drew. "I sacrifice my cobra for Venom Boa. Now attack that traitorous Snipe Hunter with Boa Constrict."
A blue and olive colored boa appeared. It had three eyes, the third in the middle of its face (1600 atk). It slithered over to Snipe Hunter, and squeezed the life out of it. It shattered into pixels, and Angeline's life points took a hit.
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"I summon Kaiser Sea Horse," Angeline called as a purple and green minotaur looking sea horse appeared. It was carrying a gold trident (1700 atk). "Attack Venom Boa with Spear of Atlantis!"
Kaiser Sea Horse tossed his gold spear, impaling Venom Boa in its third eye. The impalement caused the boa to shatter. Ruin's points dropped this time, but not without her face down card lifting.
"I activate my second Snake Whistle to summon my third Venom Cobra in defense mode," Ruin countered. A Venom Cobra curled up into defense mode (2000 def.)
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"I have a perfect defense again," Ruin said making her draw. "I pass."
Does she know any other strategy other than defending? Angeline thought in anger. She drew. "I set a face down card, and pass it back to you."
"Well, I think it's time to make it rain out here," Ruin said with a evil grin. "I activate my Snake Rain spell card. By tossing my Venom Boa, I can remove four reptiles from my deck to the grave. However, that is all I've got."
Snake Rain? She played that card in her duel with Detrick, but even then it served no purpose. Why do it again? Angeline thought while drawing. Great!
"I sacrifice my Kaiser Sea Horse to summon the legendary Blue Eyes White Dragon! I can do so because Kaiser Sea Horse counts as two tributes when summoning a light monster," Angeline played. As the name suggested, a white dragon with blue eyes appeared. "White Lightning!"
Blue Eyes opened its mouth, but Venom Cobra launched itself over to the dragon. Wrapping itself around the neck of the dragon, the cobra bite.
"Like it?" Ruin asked. Her final face down card had lifted. "It's called Ambush Fangs. It negates your attack then gives your dragon a venom counter."
Smoke started to rise from Blue Eyes White Dragon, but its attack points didn't drop. Angeline waved the end of her turn.
"I set a monster in defense, and a face down card," Ruin played.
"One more time, Blue Eyes. Annihilate that cobra with White Lightning!" Angeline commanded. Blue Eyes blasted the cobra, but Ruin's final Snake Whistle trap lifted.
"Snake Whistle allows me to summon my Venom Snake in attack mode," Ruin informed. An orange and black snake appeared (1200 atk). She drew. "I lay a new face down, and end my turn."
"Blue Eyes, eliminate that snake with White Lightning!"
"Fine with me," Ruin laughed as a face down card lifted. "I play Damage=Reptile. Now in a battle that involves a reptile, if I take damage, I can summon a reptile that has attack less than the damage I took. I welcome my final Venom Boa (1600 atk). This time my boa is taking out your Spear Dragon. Boa Constrict."
The new Venom Boa appeared, and within seconds it was squeezing the defending Spear Dragon causing it to shatter.
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"I'm leading this duel now, Ruin," Angeline said drawing. "I set a face down card, and have my Blue Eyes destroy your boa. White Lightning!"
The boa was incenarated by the blast of the dragon. Ruin thought. She had run out of monsters to summon.
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"I activate my Venom Shot spell to give your dragon another two counters by tossing a card, but that all," Ruin said.
"I set another card face down, and attack your face down monster," Angeline informed. The monster was turned to ashes by the attack.
"I activate my second Venom Swamp," Ruin played. A swamp appeared with snakes covering every inch of it. "I end my turn causing your Blue Eyes to obtain its fourth counter."
Angeline drew as her dragon's attack dropped to 1000. "I guess I had better get it in gear then. I sacrifice my Blue Eyes White Dragon as well as my face down monster to summon my second Blue Eyes White Dragon. Also, since my face down was Peten, the Dark Clown, I can summon another one from the deck."
A second white dragon appeared (3000 atk.) Beside it stood clown in blue and yellow striped clothing. It wore a red hat with a fuzzy pink feather (500 atk).
"Go, my monsters. Attack!"
Blue Eyes shot another blast from its mouth that collide with Ruin sending her sailing, and landing hard on the ground. Peten's card appeared, and Peten disappeared. It appeared behind Ruin, stabbing her in the back with a knife.
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"I end my turn," Angeline said with a smile of satisfaction. Smoke started to rise from her dragon dropping its attack (2500 atk). Peten exploded as soon as the smoke arose from the clown. "What happened?!"
"My Venom Swamp destroys any monster that it reduces its attack points to zero," Ruin informed.
"I summon my last Peten then," Angeline said as another Peten arose. It exploded in the same fashion as the last.
"If you summon it during the End Phase, it still suffers the venom," Ruin stated. Damn! This card will only manage to block that infernal dragon's attack, but its attack is so low that it will fall to my swamp. She drew. "I defend with a monster."
"Time to end this duel," Angeline said looking at the card she drew. "I activate Stop Defense. You defense monster is now switched into attack mode."
Ruin growled as she lowered her head. Angeline had won the duel once the White Lightning connected. Her Witch Doctor of Sparta appeared. It was a person with a white goat head. It was dressed in navy blue, and had a pink robe with a weird insignia (400 atk).
"White Lightning attack!"
The blast not only hit the Witch Doctor of Sparta, but also nailed Ruin sending her sailing again. Her red and black dress ripped in the back as she skidded across the terrain.
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"You are an Obelisk Blue? You were picked over me to be in the ceremonial duel? This duel has shed some light on the travesty that is Ruin," Angeline taunted.
"Don't worry, bitch," Ruin said getting up. "I will get my revenge."
"Looking forward to seeing you try," Angeline continued. Ruin turned and started to walk away. "Nice ass."
Ruin had forgotten that her dress had ripped. She merely put a hand back there to cover the hole, and continued to walk away.
"Nice win," Kendrick congratulated. "You kept over half your life points."
"This is only the beginning of my rise to the top," Angeline said with a smile.
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"Let the ranking duel begin," Chancellor Rhodes said.
"Its time to put the first part of my plan in motion," Detrick said. "No matter the cost."
"I have no idea what you are muttering, but you are going down," called Detrick's opponent.
"Duel!"
Coming soon:
Detrick's ranking match begins. His opponent is a duelist of the mysterious and prestigious Exodia Gold class. Does the number one duelist in Duel Academy has what it takes to be a part of the elite class? Don't miss the next chapter, Colosseum, Cage of the Gladiator Beasts.
