Chapt. 2
"Why are you following me?!" asked an agitated Richie.
"What? We're friends, so I'm following you!...And...I'm not sure where to go...hehe..." replied Kathy sheepishly.
"I would've figured you were just stalking me."
"Yeah, well, you would've figured wrong. Hey, look!" said Kathy with her finger pointed towards a big blue dome. "That's the
place where they're holding the entry exams! It's exactly as my brother described!"
"You have a brother at this school?" asked Richie.
"Sure do! I hear he's top of his class too!"
They walked in. The place was packed with people, the seats were mostly full, while on the court men in blue blazers were
dueling kids both Richie and Kathy's age.
"Hmmmm..." Richie became lost in thought. "This girl's pretty weak, but that brother of hers might offer me some challenge..."
"You two! Are you here to take the exam?" asked one of the men.
"Yup! We sure are!" said Kathy.
"Alright, you can come with me miss." said the man. "You can duel Shamus over there son." he gestured towards a man with shaggy light-blue hair and glasses wearing a blue blazer. "He will be your examiner.Good luck!"
The man walked away with Kathy following close behind him. Richie walked over to Shamus after pulling out a deck from his box and slamming it into a duel disk.
"Ready kid?" he said.
"Yeah, I guess." Richie was still trying to find someone that looked like the picture of his uncle he had seen at his grandpa's.
"He said he was going to be a bit late." said the man. "Syrus is always like that."
"You know my uncle?"
"Yeah. Why?"
"Well, can you tell me about him?"
"I'll tell you what, if your uncle isn't here by the time we're finished, I'll tell you everything I know about him. If he gets here,
you'll have to find out for yourself. Fair?"
"Alright, fair. Now let's duel!" said Richie with confidence in his voice.
"I start! First, I summon Ancient Gear Knight!" he shouted. A large rusty robot arose out of nowhere. "Now I activate Double Summon, which lets me summon my knight again! Only now with a new twist! When he attacks, you can't activate any spells or traps until AFTER the damage step! Last, I'll set one to the back row and end."
Shamus the examiner drew. "I set one monster and one spell-trap as well. Your go." he said.
"I draw." he looked at his card and smiled. "I'll save this for later." he thought. "I summon the Ancient Gear Soldier!" cried Richie as a smaller robot with a gun appeared. "Attack his face-down monster, Knight!"
The knight shot a volley of bullets at the card, and out popped a Nimble Momonga. It shattered and was replaced with two new face-down cards.
"What Nimble does is-" started Shamus
"I know what it does." Richie interrupted. "It gives you 1000 life points when I kill it and send it to the grave. Then you get to summon up to two new ones from your deck."
"Smart boy." smiled Shamus as his life points rose to 9000. "But that doesn't mean the chain's over! I chain to the summoning of my new Momomgas, Solemn Wishes!"
An angel appeared behind Shamus. "I end." said Richie.
Shamus drew his card and the angel showered him with light. "Plus 500 for me! Heh, you'll love this! I activate Mystical Space Typhoon on your face down card!"
Richie just stood there as his Sakuretsu armor disappeared.
"Next I'll sacrifice my two Momongas for Guardian Angel - Joan!"
Shamus's cards disappeared and a beautiful angel arose in front of him. "Now Joan, go for his Knight!"
The angel shot a ball of pure light at Richie's monster, shattering it and bringing Richie's life points down to 7000.
"Now I get Joan's effect! I gain 1800 life points because of the monster I destroyed. Your turn."
Richie: (Field - AG Soldier) (GY - AG Knight; Saku) (Hand - 5) (LP - 11800)
Shamus: (Field - Joan; Solemn) (GY - 3xMomonga; MST) (Hand - 3) (LP - 7000)
Richie drew. "I've been waiting for this. I activate Mausoleum of the Emperor! Then I'll shave off 2000 to summon my Ancient Gear Golem!." A terrifyingly huge antique robot emerged from nowhere. "Golem, swat his puny angel!"
Its gigantic fist slammed the angel hard in the face. It disappeared in a burst of light.
"You take 200 from that, plus I'm going to have Soldier attack you now." said Richie as the small robot shot Shamus's duel disk. "I'm finished...For now. Your move."
"All right, I get 500 from solemn and I'll set one monster card, ending my turn."
"That's all? Hm." said Richie, "I draw!"
"Another 500 for me!"
"Whatever. I pay 1000 to summon Cyber Dragon. Then I'll have Golem attack your monster." The giant golem smashed a face down skelengel to bits.
"I draw again and get 500."
"So? Cyber Dragon and Soldier, go directly!"
Both monsters hit Shamus with enourmous blasts.
"I'm done now." said Richie.
Shamus: (Field - Solemn Wishes) (GY - 3x momonga; Joan; MST, Skelengel) (Hand - 5) (LP - 10700)
Richie: (Field - Ancient Gear Golem; Ancient Gear Soldier; Cyber Dragon; Mausoleum of the Emperor.) (Grave - Knight; Saku) (Hand - 2) (LP - 4000)
"I get 500 for drawing. Ok, so I guess I'll summon my Shining Angel in attack mode! Attack his Soldier, my friend!"
The angel annihilated the robot with a spray of feathers.
Richie's life points fell to 3900. "No big deal." he said to himself.
"I set a face-down and end." finished Shamus.
"Draw!" said Richie
"500!"
"God, I don't need to hear about it every time it happens!"
"Suit yourself." replied Shamus.
"I attack your angel with Cyber Dragon!"
"I chain Spirit Barrier! It changes all damage to 0 while I have a monster on my field. My monster still dies, but I get a new angel to take its place."
A new angel appeared just as Shamus said.
"Golem still attacks it." and with that, the little angel was destroyed only to be replaced by another one. "I end."
"Very good. I draw, then I set one monster and end."
"Draw! HA! This duel's taken up too much time out of my day, so I'm gonna go ahead and end it. I activate Heavy Storm." A gigantic hurricane shattered Shamus's traps. "Now I'll take the Megamorph in my hand, and equip it to Golem! Next up, Limiter Removal! My Golem's attack strength is now 12000! Golem, attack his angel!"
The Golem raised one uber huge fist and tore through the angel, as though it was never there at all.
"Finish him Cyber Dragon!" cried Richie. The dragon readied its great lightning blast and fired it straight at Shamus. He was completely enveloped in the light of the blast.
"Good job kid, really good job! You beat me really easily! I think you're Obelisk Blue material, for sure!" called Shamus.
"Thanks, mister. I had a pretty good time dueling you."
"Good , although I was a little afraid I was getting on your nerves there, for a bit."
"Sorry about that." replied Richie. "It's like I become a whole different person when I duel sometimes."
"It happens. I'd better go put in your results!" Shamus said as he ran through a door labeled "School Staff Only."
"Wait! You said you'd tell me abou-" but he was long gone.
"Jerk." said Richie. "I guess I'll go see how some of the other kids are doing."