a few moments later all of us participants lined up and went out into the gym. The principal said all of our names as we came in. there were excited cheers for favorites among the classes and i think i even heard a couple of Boo's for people who weren't liked. The principal also announced that there were two special guests at the tournament. Everyone in the gym looked at each other, whispering and wondering who it might be. when Jack Atlas and Yusei Fudo walked into the gym pandamonioum erupted. they were the two best duelists in the world, everyone wanted to be like them. No one knew why they had come. there were some kids who were very good but no one was really up to pro standards. maybe the seinior favorite to win but no one else. When the principal had finally gotten everyone quieted down she announced who was dueling first and then left the podioum. and without further ado, the matches began.
to everyone's (including mine) shock i won my first duel. and not only that but i won my next five duels. everyone thought it was a fluke and called form the stands over and over for the ref to make sure i wasn't cheating. I wasn't though, i was just having a string of really good luck. I reached the end of my fifth match and found that i was in line for the semi final duels. if i won that one i would at least place. I went back to the lounge to relax before my next duel. I was going to be up against an 11th grader who was the top in his class. this was going to be hard. I was almost dosing off when i heard some snickers from behind the door of the lounge. I opened my eyes and looked around. i was the only one in the room. I heard the snicker again and went over to the door. i was about to open it and go out when i heard a meowing sound from beside me. I thought better of going out and went back to my seat to look over my deck and work on strategies.
"So what do you guys think of her," asked Crow. "She's good," said Yusei. "That's a bit of an understatement," said Jack," she's got talent. I've got to wonder about her deck though. I've never been one much for dragons." "Says the person who can usually get out his red dragon archfiend on his first turn," said Crow," the deck is one she built herself from scratch. i had everyone in my class write an essay about their decks and all the strategies they use with them. I think she said her favorite card is Baby Dragon." "I guessed," said Jack," she uses it enough. you think she's psycic?" "I'm thinking she might be," said Yusei," if you look closely you can see during the battle damage her opponents gets tiny scratches and bruises. that's how it was with Davie and Maryanne." "Can we speak with her after the tournament?" asked Jack. "I'll see what i can do," promised Crow. "You seeing anyone who looks like they may make it to pros?" Yusei asked Jack. Jack shook his head. "All these kids are doing is dueling from a book. all they want to do is win. they don't get that even in defeat you learn. they don't learn from any match they play. the only one who realizes that dueling is all about heart and the strength of the duelist is Sarah." "I agree," said Crow," they need to learn how to duel the way we learned. by knowing that your deck is like your soul and no one can take it away from you."
I was in the middle of my match. i was ahead by about 500 life points and i had just inflicted another 300 points of damage to Scott, my opponent. I think that i heard a few Boo's coming from the crowd of kids. "I activate the effect of my monster," said Scott," now by removing a card in my graveyard from play my battle damage becomes zero." most kids in the crowd cheered the move and of course they thought my certain defeat. Then Scott attacked me directly. The room erupted into cheers for Scott. this time i was as sure as i knew my own name that they were booing me. well this is a cruel world that we live in. The duel went on for a while and the final move was decided by a move that i made. His monster had 300 more attack points than i had and if he attacked my monster then i would be defeated. but of course he didn't know the traps that i had face down for him. the first one was Surkretsu Armor and Kunai with chain. when he attacked i used Surkretsu armor to stop the attack and destroy his monster. then i played Kunai with chain and equiped it to my monster and then with his monster destroyed, there was nothing stopping me from wiping out his life points. I stepped down from the podium to the sound of Boo's from everywhere. I looked up at Mr. Williams who gave me a thumbs up sign that i had done well.
Yusei's phone started ringing just before the last move was made in Sarah's duel. "What's up Akeza," he asked. "Just for reference where are you?" she asked. "At the tournament that i told you about," replied Yusei," at the school Crow teaches at." "That's right i remember you telling me," she said," after the tournament gets out you want to meet up somewhere for lunch? I have a few hours before i have to be anywhere." Yusei smiled, it had been a while since the two of them had gone anywhere without one kid or another. "Sounds great," said Yusei," why don't you come over here to the school and we can ride there together?" "Alright i know where it is see you soon." With that she cut the connection. Yusei looked up just in time to see something that no one could have foreseen unfold.
I had just stepped down from the podium. i hadn't yet taken the cards off of my duel disk i was planning on doing that when i got back to the lounge. then Scott got off of his podium. he looked like he was about to murder someone. he never lost to anyone especially not to a girl. "Cheater," he screamed running towards me," you cheated that match." "No i didn't," i said," i won fair and square." he got closer to me and grabbed the front of my shirt. He pulled me up off of the ground and screamed in my face. "Get off," i said. I didn't scream it, that wouldn't have done anything, i said it calmly and quietly. he listened to me, to a point. He set me back down on the ground and then he punched me in the stomach. Now just as a warning to those who didn't know this, when i get mad, bad things happen. I screamed from the pain and well i'm going to say that all hell broke loose.
Crow, Jack and Yusei all realized what Scott was going to do when he picked Sarah up off the ground. they all rushed out of their seats to try and break the two of them up as all of the kids in the auditorium started yelling and making a ton of noise. they were about halfway to the scene when Sarah screamed and stuff happened. the three monsters she had left on her duel disk came to life and a hue tornado wind blew up in the room. The Baby dragon monster only attacked as long as the boy was within a few feet of the girl. the other two dragon type monsters attacked relentlessly. the wind got stronger and soon things were getting caught up inside of it. Jack and Crow were trying to stop the monsters from attacking the boy so that left Yusei to try and get the girl to call off the attack. but from the way she was reacting it didn't look like she knew it was her attack.
Yusei went down on one knee by the girl. "Are you ok," he asked her. She nodded and then looked down at the floor. "Can you stop those monsters from attacking?" Yusei asked her. "How could i?" she asked," i didn't even know they could come alive like that." His suspicions had been confirmed, she didn't know she was a psycic duelist. "This is going to be a shock to you," said Yusei," but i think you were the reason why they're attacking the boy. You're a psycic duelist. right now before i can explain this to you i need you to try and stop those monsters. Do you think you can try and do that for me?" The baby dragon monster rose up on his haunches beside the girl, warning Yusei that he was scaring her. Sarah put a hand on the dragon to calm him and then tried to call her monsters to order. But she couldn't do it. The monsters still tried to ravage the boy. Suddenly a huge dragon appeared and beat back the two dragons attacking the boy. Yusei grinned, he'd never been so happy to see his wife's dragon.
A few minutes later Scott had been carried off to another room to get his cuts and bruises take care of and Sarah had been lead off into another room. She was getting fussed over by her mother who had come to the match to watch her daughter compete. after the crowd had gotten calmed down the duels had continued. "Sweetheart are you sure you're alright," her mother asked worriedly. "i'm fine ma," said Sarah for the thousanth time," honest i am." Sarah looked at her teacher Mr. Williams. "What happened out there?" she asked him," and who's dragon was that?" Yusei, Akeza and Jack were also in the room with Sarah, her mother and Crow. "That dragon at the end was mine," said Akeza," you need to work on your control." The comment probably came out harsher than it was meant to. "What my wife means is that Sarah is a psycic duelist," said Yusei," and that she needs to learn control over her powers. has she ever been tested for powers?" that last question was pointed at the girl's mother. "No. i don't hold with that psycic powers nonsense," replied her mother," the way i see it those are just flukes." Akeza stiffened, years of keeping her emotions in check helped her to keep her calm but Yusei, Jack and Crow all knew that she hated it when people called her powers Flukes.
"Mrs. Sanders," said Crow," i'm sure that if you wanted we could have Miss Akeza give a demonstration of her powers to prove to you that they are not just flukes. but i think you can look at the damage done to the other child and the auditorium. The point is that Sarah is a psycic duelist and she needs to be trained." "I run a school for psycic duelists," said Akeza," i would gladly extend an offer to have Sarah attend the school." Mrs. Sanders finally was able to pull her wits together. "I'm sorry but that is an offer i think i am going to have to decline," she said," Like i said i don't entirely believe in these powers. the other part is that this school certaintly costs money, more than i have to spare on a venture like this. i've looked at this school before so i know the tuition and such as well as the fact that it is too far away for us to conviently commute to every day. I am flattered at your kind offer but i simply can't." "She would receive a full scholarship," said Akeza patiently," and there are dorms on school grounds as well as families who let kids from the school stay with them if they can't handle the aptmosphere of the dorm. Sarah is one of the most promising duelists i've seen in a long time and i am anxious to see her trained properly." "I don't know," said her mother doubtfully," she's never been away from home before and i don't know how she would take it." "It seems to me that we may want to ask the girl in question," said Jack, cutting in," after all it's her life we're talking about here."
My mind was still spinning a bit from everything that had been happening. i was still trying to sort everything out when Mr. Atlas asked me what my opinion of this was. My opinion, when had that really counted for much? Mom always made the big choices for me reguardless of my opinion. Everyone was looking at me so i had to say something fast. "If what happened out there really was my fault," i said slowly," then i want to learn how to control it so that no one else gets hurt. if that means going away to a special school then i think that's a leap i'm willing to take." "Oh but Sarah," exclaimed my mother," are you sure? You've never been away from home before and you might not like this place." "I may not," i said," but if i need training in these powers then i'm not so sure not liking is an option." "You'll like the school," said Akeza quickly," she'll be well taken care of Mrs. Sanders." "I'm not sure i like this but if you say this is best for her then i'm willing to do it," said my mother slowly. "If you bring her to the school on sunday afternoon," said Akeza," then i'll show her around and get her settled in." "Sunday it is," said my mom.
