Disclaimer: I still don't own yu-gi-oh gx…
Chapter 2
Nils stood there holding his 5 card starting hand sharing a brutal stare down with Alexis. His sweat began to fall. 'Are we waiting for an official announcement here or what?'
Then a voice over the intercom came on. "Alright dueling field 4 feel free to start your duel now as we are ready to grade!" Alexis didn't waste anytime upon hearing that. "Feel free to go first!" Nils pulled a new card from his deck, "With pleasure! I draw!"
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The boy scanned his 6 cards thinking of someway to gain an early lead. "Sorry Alexis, but you're up against my favorite monster already. I summon Cyber Tortoise in defense mode!"
Nils placed a card onto his duel disk and a large metallic tortoise appeared on the field. (0000/2000). Nils then confidently stated, "I'll take it easy for now, ur move."
Alexis drew a card and fanned out her hand. "Underestimate me and your butt will drop faster than your ego after this move…"
Meanwhile…
Plex and the three boys were back in the bleachers watching the duel unfold. The boy in the red jacket saw the Cyber Tortoise and scratched his head. "I've never seen that card before. What about you Hasselberry, Syrus?" One of the other boys, who was very muscular looking and apparently had an obsession with dinosaurs, replied, "Not me mate." The final boy, who was much shorter and had bizarre blue hair, replied, "If you haven't heard of it Jaden, then there's no way I would know."
Plex smiled. "That's because they're one of a kind." Jaden stared at Plex in disbelief. "Seriously? That's cool I want to duel them!" Plex continued on. "Nils was telling me earlier that people called him the perfect duelist back at his home. Because he was so good, calm and had his own unique cards." Jaden began laughing, "Wow, I wish I was like him!"
Meanwhile…
Alexis looked at the card she just drew. "I play Ritual Sanctuary! This lets me take one Machine Angel Ritual from my deck and add it to my hand!" She searched through her cards and added one to her hand.
"Next I'll play it. I'll discard Cyber Prima to activate the ritual, now I summon Cyber Angel Benten!" A powerful looking woman warrior appeared on the field. (1800/1500) "That thing can't beat by tortoise," Nils stated.
Alexis looked at her remaining three cards and smirked. "That's why I've got my Ritual Weapon spell! It powers up one level 6 or higher ritual monster by 1500!" The angel was equipped with a mystical looking crossbow and it's attack shot up to 3300!! "Oh I see," Nils mumbled.
"Now Benten, attack Cyber Tortoise!" The warrior lady hit the tortoise robo head on. "Due to Benten's special ability, when she destroys a monster in battle you take damage equal to its defense! So say goodbye to half of your points!" Alexis' confidence turned to confusion when the Cyber Tortoise still remained on the field. "What?" Nils started laughing. "Nice try Alexis. But Cyber Tortoise can't be destroyed in battle! Looks like you shouldn't underestimate me!"
Alexis had to hand to her opponent. She thought she just took a huge lead. "I end my turn!" She stated.
Nils picked up another card and placed it into his duel disk. "I play Fountain of Mana! This continuous card allows me during my main phase to discard one spell card from my hand," which he did. "Then I can take one spell card from my deck much like what you did." He took one confidently.
"Now I play it. I activate Cyber Summon Duplication!" Suddenly another Cyber Tortoise appeared on the field much to Alexis' dismay. "This lets me special summon an additional level 5 or lower cyber monster of the same name. Now I'll play Polymerization!"
The two Cyber Tortoises merged into a new larger tortoise with two heads. (0000/2500). 'All that just for 500 more defense?' Alexis wondered.
Nils wasn't done yet. "Now I normal summon A Team Trap Disposal Unit! And chain Machine Duplication. Due to a knew rule I can play B Team Spell Counter Unit, and D Team Anti Summon Unit! Ever since the company made these cards treated as the same name I've been abusing these babies."
Three little colorful squads appeared next to the tortoise (100/200)X3. "I end my turn with a facedown Alexis!"
Alexis grimaced at the three little squads. "I've got to admit, that's a good combo. Now My next normal summon, spell card or trap card will be negated. But…" Nils perked up. "I can still attack them!"
She placed a spell car don't her duel disk and shouted I play the spell card Cyber Soldiers! This allows me to offer one Cyber Angel and summon three Cyber Soldier Tokens to the field with 1000/1000!"
Three little angel warriors appeared on her field. "Now you three, attack those squads!" The three angels all charged the counter units but swerved toward the Tortoise! "What?!"
Nils started laughing again. "Sorry, but as long as Twin Head Cyber Tortoise is on the field it's the only monster you can attack! Now I believe you just lost."
Alexis thought fast and chained a quickplay spell from her hand. "I activate Defusion!" Nils yelled back, "I counter with B Team Spell Counter Unit! I offer them to negate and destroy your card!"
Alexis started laughing, "Ha, that's what I wanted! Now I chain Enemy Controller! Switching your Twin Headed Cyber Tortoise to Attack mode!" The three cyber warriors proceeded to attack the tortoise with 0 attack points dealing Nils 3000 damage!
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Alexis then said, "It may have taken my whole hand but atleast I've taken the lead. Oh and another special effect of Cyber Soldiers. I can remove the offered angel from play and destroy all monsters on the field with 500 attack or less. So your two remained squads are gone! I end my turn!"
Nils drew a card. He didn't have too many options with only 2 cards in his hand. "I play pot of greed! I draw 2 more cards!" He drew his cards and thought hard for a way to battle back.
"I'll swap Twim Headed to defense mode and lay a facedown. I'll end…"
Meanwhile…
Plex was amazed by the duel he was seeing. "Wow, what a duel! It's so back and forth!" Jaden nodded his head. "Yeah it is! But we all know Alexis will win in the end!"
Behind them Jaden's comment comforted someone. That someone was Crowler. 'This is going perfectly to plan! Alexis will whip this pathetic duelist and he'll never make it into the academy.'
"Attention, would Plexers Plexington please report to dueling stage 3!" Plex got up after hearing his name over the intercom. "Well guys, wish me luck. I just wish I could see the rest of this duel."
Meanwhile…
Nils overheard the announcement. "Darn I wanted to watch Plex's duel." "Excuse me!" Nils' attention switched back to the duel. "You've got a third year Obelisk Blue to deal with. Please stay focused."
She drew and frowned at her draw. "I'll place this and end my turn."
Her opponent drew his card and went back to strategizing. He studied his three cards carefully. He just got an idea. "Check out my facedown! It's a trap called Prediction of Reincarnation! I take two cards from my graveyard and shuffle them back into my deck. I choose my two Cyber Tortoises!"
He shuffled them in and went back to his play. "Next I play Future Fusion! This lets me fuse cards from my deck and I get what they would have made. (Anime effect) I fuse my three Cyber Tortoises and summon Tri Headed Cyber Tortoise!" (0000/4000) A giant three head robotic creature appeared more resembling a robotic dinosaur than tortoise.
Nils smiled knowing his victory was near. "I swap my Twim Headed to attack mode then activate Tri's special ability. Not only can it not be destroyed in battle, but also during any point in my turn I can swap its attack and defense points! The creature's attack points suddenly rocketed up." Alexis was startled by such a strong monster.
"Go my tortoise, attack one of her angel soldiers!" The monster charged forward smashing one dealing Alexis 3000 damage as well."
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Alexis knew however exactly what was going to happen now. 'I could have won with my facedown card. But I'm not going to own this rookie and deny him entrance into the academy. No matter how big a pervert he is.'
The boy wasn't finished yet. "I chain a quickplay from my hand. You know the card Shield and Sword right?" Alexis nodded. "This does the same thing only quickplay! It's called Sword and Shield!"
Alexis didn't understand why he was doing this. "But wouldn't your monsters attack return to normal at the end of your turn?" Nils nodded. "But," he said. "You forgot about my Twin Head Cyber Tortoise? He is also affected!"
Alexis remembered Nils' other monster that now had 2500 attack points. 'This will work out perfectly then' she though with a smile on her face. 'I won't have to throw this duel after all.'
Nils called his second monster to attack another cyber soldier. "Attack and win this duel!" He shouted. The monster's attack connected destroying Alexis' monster.
"I win!" Nils shouted with excitement. Alexis called back at him, "Not Quite!" Nils then noticed his life points dropping to 0 as well. "What the?"
Alexis revealed her facedown. "It's called Angel Wing. When I take damage in battle you take the same damage!" Both duelists were now at 0.
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Nils flopped onto his bottom. "Hehe, well at least we had an awesome duel right?" Alexis smiled. "Yeah," she replied. The two then noticed nearly the entire arena was clapping for them. Alexis then decided to pull Nils out of his fantasy.
"Hey, you may not have won but I'll say you pass. I don't think anyone here would deem you unworthy of the academy." Nils let out a cheer and ran back up to where Plex was sitting.
"Hey Plex! Back already?" The boy nodded back at Nils. "Yeah I won my duel 1-2-3!" Jaden then decided to but in. "You did have the weakest proctor in the building. Ms. Fontaine isn't exactly a great duelist. That's why she teaches gym!"
The intercom came on again, "Attention everyone, the exams are over. Please go to the front of the building if you were applying. Everyone else please board the boat back to Duel Academy!"
Jaden and his friends waved goodbye to Nils and Plex. "See you two later. Oh and Nils, we seriously need to duel sometime! Peace!" Jaden, Hassleberry and Syrus left and met up with Alexis along the way.
Jaden waved at her! "Hey there girlfriend! You sure had a great duel out there!" Alexis smiled at her boyfriend. "Yeah, hopefully sometime me and him can have a real duel." Jaden didn't understand what she meant but just kept walking along.
Meanwhile…
"I passed!! Can you believe it?!" Nils was extremely excited about getting into the academy. Plex had also passed. "It was the duel portion for both of us. Looking at our test scores we both barely passed. Not to mention the performance you put on."
Nils and Plex walked into a line toward the proctor's desk. When it was finally their turn the proctor greeted the two with great prestige. "Hey there uhh, Nils. Good job in passing the duel portion. But unfortunately your test score forces us to place you in the Slifer Red Dorm. You too Mr. Plexington."
The two young duelists received their red jackets picked up a boat schedule. Plex read it and said, "Looks like the overnight boat trip to the island leaves in a few minutes."
Nils yawned and stretched. "You think they got beds because I'm beat." Plex's sweat dropped and he replied, "It's and overnight trip. I'm pretty sure they have beds.
The two grabbed their things and made their way toward the boat. The two got paired into a two-person cabin. There they laid down to take a long awaited rest in their respective beds.
Nils yawned and looked over to Plex. "Hey Plex." "Yeah?" "Do you think there will be cute waitresses to bring us breakfast tomorrow?" Plex threw a pillow at his friend and went back to sleep.
So Nils and Plex started their journey. Their Journey to their destiny… Duel Academy…
To be Continued…All right, I hope everyone found this chapter satisfactory. I'm not good at opening a story but when it gets going is where I show my true talent. Thanks for the reviews! Keep em coming!