Author's Note: I like to mention again that this story took place 5 years after the ceremonial battle. The reason for this is that I want to keep certain characters young instead of being adults at 10 years. This chapter will have an anime character from the original Yugioh. Also, to make the story flow more smoothly, I now put cards effects at the end of this chapter. Instead, when someone use a card, I used (M1) for monster, (S1) for magic, and (T1) for trap. If you use Ctrl + F, this will bring you to the card's effect at the end of the page and also bring you back to the middle of the chapter. I hope you enjoy it and review is always appreciated.
Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh GX or Yugioh! Credit goes to falsememories and YGO for translations of GX Episode 2.
Episode 2 Part B
An image appeared on the screen showing Kurai with his monster, E-Merc Blazing Windman. At the bottom right corner shows the official logo of Yugioh GX!
Kurai blinked, "What the hell?"
"I have to do it! It made it seem likes an episode!" The narrator explained.
Kurai scoffed, "Pathetic." He walked away and the Narrator just turned to stone out of shock.
Near the secluded beach was a tall stone cliff and on the edge of that cliff was a man in the age of mid-thirties fishing. He had a knowing smile with hint of gentleness and his eyes were closed as he was completely relaxed and carefree. He had short platinum blonde hair under his worn straw hat. He wore a loose white buttoned shirt with few top buttons unbuttoned over his beige shorts. For some odd reason, he was holding a duel monster card between his teeth, probably trying to follow a classic fisherman who chewed on a piece of weed. He was humming to himself as he was enjoying the peace and quiet.
"Fish guy!" A cheeky voice called out for him.
Until it was rudely interrupted. The mid-age man stopped humming and looked back to see who it was.
It was a small teenage girl was standing there with her arms crossed. She wore turquoise Duel Academy jacket over her small dark skirt. She had small average childish build that was still developing. She had a sharp intelligent expression on her face with hint of childlike nature. She wore blue-lens half glasses over her cute blue eyes. She had long blonde hair that was tied into two pigtails held by red beaded hair bands. She was frowning, "Hey, Fish guy! How long do you tend to slack here?"
The fisherman pouted. He grabbed the card out of his mouth and corrected, "It's not Fish Guy! It's Fisherman!" He sniffled, "My darling Rebecca could at least remember that."
Rebecca's right eyebrow twitched out of great annoyance when the fisherman called her a darling. She countered, "Fisherman, Fish guy, loser who never caught a fish for years, same difference." She corrected, "And it's not Rebecca! It's Professor Hopkins!
Fisherman whined, "But you're too young and too cute to be a mean old professor."
Rebecca's forehead vein twitched next.
Fisherman complained, "Plus Rebecca sound so much cuter than Hopkins…I can say cute Rebecca, little Rebecca, sweet Rebecca…"
Rebecca clenched her fist and gritted her teeth roughly, "I have a master's degree!" She punched the fisherman's head from behind, "And the way you said my name, it makes my skin crawl!" She shuddered.
Fisherman had river of tears falling from his closed eyes as he had a large bump on his head that was giving smoke, "Rebecca is so cruel to me…"
Rebecca sighed annoyingly, "I could have work in a different Duel Academy, you know?"
"Oh? So you rather work at the North where it's cold all year round and not to mention, there's only men there." Fisherman rubbed his chin, "Then there's the West Academy, you can work under Professor Viper and do all those cool Survival duels!" He raised his finger, "Finally, there's the East……………well…I supposed it's nice?...………eh, I really don't know a thing." He shrugged as he went back to fishing.
"Hmm," Rebecca noted, "There's always Duel Academia but all the positions are taken." She rolled her eyes as she groaned, "So I'm stuck with this deadbeat who wouldn't go back to work!"
"Oh relax, Hopkins," Fisherman suggested, "If you're so bored, why not watch a duel down there?"
"A duel?" Rebecca looked down, "That's Hyun-ki, the second year duelist. What's he doing out here? Hmm? And whose he dueling against?"
Fisherman shrugged, "I don't really know…" He smirked slightly, "But I think it's going to be interesting this year."
Izumi was complaining about something about men and their competitive nature until she heard sloshing footsteps. She quickly recognized the sounds and looked toward the noise, "Hey, Tsukai…erk..." A huge bead of droplet formed in her head.
The spiked hair duelist appeared soaking wet with fishes stuck inside his clothes, wagging their tails. Tsubaki glared, "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" A volcano just erupted, "I hate fishes!" He tossed all the fishes back to the ocean, "Do you know how hard it is to remove the fishy smell?"
Izumi waved her hand, blowing the strange odor away from her nose, "I can smell."
Tsubaki glared at Kurai, "Damn you!" He blinked as all the rage was gone and noticed another person. He glanced toward Izumi, "Izumi, what's happening here and who's that guy?"
Izumi explained, "That guy is Hyun-ki and they just met and now they suddenly wanted to duel with each other! Honestly, what is it with men and their stupid desire to compete?"
Tsubaki pouted, "Hey…"
Izumi responded, "No offense, Tsubaki."
"None taken," Tsubaki replied as he crossed his arms, watching the duel.
Suddenly, two scoreboards of 4000 Life Points were on display by the hologram systems.
Hyun-ki: 4000. Kurai: 4000.
"I'll go first. Draw!" The sunglasses teenager slowly touched his deck and drew the card, making his total number six in his Hand, "Hmmm…" Hyun-Ki was slowly thinking as he was trying to make a choice, "Ahh. Perfect. I summon this warrior in attack mode." A handsome fighter jumped out to the Field and landed in a tai chi pose. The fighter had long dark hair tied up in a thin ponytail. He wore his red Chinese robe with white overalls. He had flaming bird-like designs over his legs and arms, [M1(1700/1400)] "I end my turn."
"No face down cards to protect it? Weird…" Tsubaki scratched his head, "I wonder what kind of strategy this guy used?"
Izumi was pondering, 'This is weird. For some reason, his actions seemed slow compared to regular duelists. Plus he didn't shout the monster's name.' She noticed Hyun-Ki moving his hand over his Hand, 'What is he doing?' She glanced at Kurai who once again had a bored expression.
However, his expression slowly changed into frown.
Izumi noticed the change, "Yuki is angry?"
"Angry?" Tsubaki asked.
"Yeah…he seemed really angry for some reason."
"I wonder why?"
Kurai just drew his card and he looked at his Hand silently and grabbed one card, "I summon E-Merc Bolt Assassin [M2(1600/1000)] in defense mode." He slammed the card down on the duel disk and a lightning struck the ground, creating a warrior made of yellow shocking electricity. The electric warrior raised his shocking arms, drawing in magnetic metallic blue armor pieces from numerous directions. Blue metallic armors have attached to his feet, his hands, his body, and finally his head, covering it entirely with its cool looking justice helmet. Afterwards, skeletal wings made of gold metal attached to his back. The electric assassin sent energy to his skeletal wings, creating blue laser wings. The warrior knelled down on his knee and his laser wings powered down, "I put one card face down." He inserted the card into the duel disk and M/T card appeared on the field, "I finish my turn."
"Defending your monster with a facedown card, huh? Wonder what should I do? Hmmmm." Hyun-Ki pondered as he scratched his chin while thinking.
"How about draw?" Kurai suggested sarcastically.
"Why, of course, thank you for reminding me." The Korean duelist drew his card and waved his hand over six cards in his Hand.
Izumi thought to herself, 'He's doing that again.'
"Man, he sure is slow!" Tsubaki commented.
Hyun-Ki finally decided his move, "You know what. I order the Crimson Fighter to attack your defending monster." The fighter quickly ran across the sandy beach and jumped high into the sky above Kurai's monster.
"There seemed to be more actions than the duels in Japan." Izumi noticed, "Considering monsters just run across the Field."
"What can I say? We Americans love violence." Tsubaki shrugged as he drained the water from his shirt.
The fighter soon dived with his foot headed toward the assassin. Kurai narrowed his eyes and pressed the button on his duel disk, "I play my facedown card, Reflecting Shield!" [T1] Kurai's facedown card revealed itself, showing a picture of a bearded general holding a circular shield that pushed the reptilian warrior with exploding force, "I negate the attack of your fighter!" As the fighter was about to kick, his feet came in contact with a barrier surrounding his Bolt Assassin. The barrier sent the opponent's monster back to his original spot, "Not only that, I deal damage to your Life Points of half of the ATK of your monster." The barrier suddenly formed into energy arrows that struck Hyun-Ki, creating a small explosion.
Hyun-Ki: 4000 – 850 = 3150. Kurai: 4000.
"Also, your battle phase is over." Kurai put his trap card to the graveyard.
"Very impressive," Hyun-Ki commented, "But it's now Main Phase 2 and I haven't summoned a monster yet. I summon this card in defense mode!" He placed a card horizontally on his duel disk. A dark brown-haired warrior materialized on the field. He wore entirely brown wizard robe with torn edges on his overalls. The chest area of the robe was decorated with black circular pattern. He had a golem-faced mask covering half of his face. He quickly crouched down in defensive position. [M3] "I also put one card face down." A card appeared on his M/T zones on the Field, "Then I finally ended my turn."
Suddenly, the Crimson Fighter of the South's effect activated, his initial attack strength decreased from 1700 to 850. The fighter was glaring at the sorcerer who in return by sweat-dropping. Also the Grey Shaman of North's effect activated too, two of Hyun-Ki's monster zones cannot be used. Two glowing monster zones on Hyun-Ki's duel disk had lost their light, showing that he cannot use those zones.
"What kind of monsters are those? Filled with bad effects or something?" Tsubaki questioned.
Hyun-Ki moved slightly, "Hmm, do I just hear my monster's ATK decreasing?"
Tsubaki sweat-dropped, "Um yeah, dude. Isn't that pretty obvious?"
Hyun-Ki laughed, "I apologized. I always spaced out every once in a while."
"Huh, really?" Tsubaki replied, "I guess that explains why you're so slow."
Hyun-Ki laughed at his comment, "That's the reason!"
Izumi asked, "How come your fighter's ATK decreased and your two monster slots sealed?"
A familiar calm voice explained, "That's the effects of Hyun-Ki's rare monsters."
Izumi turned her head back. She gasped, "Eh? Alexander? Er….I mean Alex!"
Alexander just smiled, "Hi there."
Tsubaki asked, "You know that guy's monsters' effects?"
Alexander nodded and then explained, "That fighter came from the South and the shaman came from the North. His deck consisted of special fighters that came from the four directions. Now, each of his monster card's four effects only activates when there's other monster on the Field that are from the four directions. You follow?"
Izumi moaned as her mind was slowly following, "I think so…about Hyun-Ki's monster has four effects?"
Tsubaki realized, "Ah, those four effects depended on what directions the other monsters are from, right?"
Alexander smiled, "Correct. The Crimson Fighter of South has negative effect when there's monster from the North. His ATK strength was cut in half. The Grey Shaman of North has negative effect too when there's monster from the South. Two of his monster slots are now sealed." His smile widened, "Got that, Yuki?"
Kurai narrowed his eyes coldy, "Hmph." He crossed his arms and turned away. He refused to admit that he did listen.
Hyun-Ki laughed, "You're right. You really did your research. Your name is Alex, right?" He smirked, "Could you be Alexander Von Schroeder?"
"You know my name." Alexander smiled elegantly, "I'm honored."
Hyun-Ki chuckled, "Heh, everyone knows your name. You're the first year prodigy of Obelisk Blue."
"By the way," Tsubaki stared at Alexander suspiciously, "Where did you come from?" He asked, "In fact, how do you find us?"
Alexander smiled, "I was stalking Izumi."
Izumi blushed and gaped, "Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh?"
"Just kidding." Alexander laughed.
Izumi just stood there in shock as her face regained her normal color. She frowned, "You really are evil."
Alexander answered, "I couldn't resist the chance of seeing Yuki's duel." His eyes moved to Hyun-Ki, "Plus I never expected that he would be here."
A question mark appeared above Izumi's head, "Huh?" She asked.
Alexander closed his eyes and smiled, "Never mind."
There was a long uncomfortable silence between Izumi and Alexander. Izumi decided to ignore it and continued watching the duel, 'Why is everyone so excited about Yuki? Well he did beat the Professor.'
Kurai drew his card and looked at his hand with pissed expression, "Whatever, I switch my monster into attack position," The assassin's wings powered up as he stood up into attack form, "E-Merc Bolt Assassin, attack his Fighter with Killer Lightning!" His monster flied at the speed of lightning toward the weakened fighter.
"I'm not letting that happen!" Hyun-Ki pressed a button, "I activate my facedown card, Switching Loyalties!" [S1] The magic card revealed itself, showing a picture of a black-robed fighter leaving the traditional style Japanese castle and joining medieval castle. The Bolt Assassin stopped in his track. Hyun-Ki explained, "I can switch the name of my monster to another name that I chose. I chose Grey Shaman of North and I switched his loyalty to South!" The Grey Shaman of North emitted a red light and his black robe changed into a dark red robe, "My monster now belonged to South." The fighter's strength restored to his original ATK, 1700.
Kurai gritted his teeth, "I would not attack." The Bolt Assassin went back to his original spot, "I place one card facedown." He quickly put one M/T card down, "I ended my turn."
"How come he never summons a stronger monster like Blazing Windman?" Tsubaki asked.
Alexander explained, "Clearly, he would summon it if he has the chance."
"If he has the chance?" Izumi questioned, "That means……..he has no other monsters card in his hand?"
Kurai was looking at his Hand, scowling.
"My turn," Hyun-Ki drew and again, he waved his hand over his new card, "Hmm, I switch my monster into attack mode!" He switched his shaman card vertically and the red-robed shaman stood up, "I ordered Tamahome to attack that monster!" The fighter ran across the beach and jumped high into the sky. He immediately dive and gave a crushing kick on Bolt Assassin's helmet. The assassin's helmet cracked and he exploded, sending clouds of sand.
Hyun-Ki: 3150. Kurai: 4000 – 100 = 3900.
"That's not all. Since my Shaman has switched to South, it activates Tamahome's second effect. When he destroyed a monster, he can attack again. Attack him directly!" The sand clouds vanished, revealing the fighter crouching near Kurai. The fighter jumped and delivered a powerful uppercut that sent Kurai flying. The cold duelist groaned slightly. He then glared as he quickly stood up.
Hyun-Ki: 3150. Kurai: 3900 – 1700 = 2200.
Kurai declared, "I now activate my trap card, Finish the Job!" [T2] His facedown card revealed a picture of the fat goblin yelling at the wounded flame warrior, "When an E-Merc monster get destroyed as the result of battle, my trap card allow me to bring that monster back! I special summon back my E-Merc Bolt Assassin in attack mode!" A lightning arose from the ground, revealing the shocking assassin.
"Alright Yuki!" Izumi cheered.
Tsubaki commented, "That's the same trap card he used in the exam."
Alexander just smiled, "He chose the right moment, defending himself from a weaker monster."
Hyun-Ki smirked, "I guess that means I can't direct attack you with Namame. I'll place one face card down." He inserted his card in the M/T slot of the duel disk, "Your turn."
Kurai quickly drew his card. He then played one card, "I played a magic card, Voltage Twin Daggers. [S2] This card can only be equipped to my Bolt Assassin." He inserted the card and the Bolt Assassin suddenly gained two daggers made out of pure electricity, "Then I summon E-Merc Tempest Lady [M4(1000/1000)] in attack mode!" The female warrior with sky blue armor landed on the field with her gray-feathered wings, "Now, I ordered my Bolt Assassin to attack your Fighter!"
"You know, my fighter has higher ATK power than your assassin." Hyun-Ki stated.
"That's what Voltage Twin Daggers for," Kurai countered, "When my Bolt Assassin attacks with the daggers, I can change my opponent's monster's battle position. So your fighter is now in defense!" The red-robed fighter groaned as he was forced by invisible electricity into defensive pose. The Bolt Assassin's eye covers inside the helmet glowed blood red. He charged instantly as he vanished. He suddenly appeared behind and stabbed his dagger through the fighter's body. The fighter coughed blood from his mouth and shattered into pieces.
"Also, when my Bolt Assassin destroys a monster with the daggers, I can attack again!" Kurai continued his assault, "Bolt Assassin, slay that shaman!" The Bolt Assassin suddenly tossed the second dagger at the shaman's side. The shaman's eye pupil dimmed before he shattered to pieces. The Bolt Assassin disappeared and popped in his original vacancy.
Hyun-Ki: 3150 – 400 = 2750. Kurai: 2200.
"E-Merc Tempest Lady, attack with Gale Thrust!" The Tempest Lady flapped her wings and soared across the field. She held her right arm back, letting wind flow around her arm. As she got near Hyun-Ki, she punched her right hand forward, letting a small horizontal tornado struck the duelist in the chest.
Hyun-Ki: 2750 – 1000 = 1750. Kurai: 2200.
Hyun-Ki commented as he drew his card, "You're a reckless duelist. It seemed you knew my face down card was just a ploy but I'll activate the card anyway. I play my magic card, The Afterlife of Peacock!" [S3] The magic card revealed a picture of a red peacock flying upward and the ghosts of dead soldiers were following it. The bodies of the dead soldiers were lying on the grassy field, "This magic card called the spirit of the red mythical peacock with the power of rebirth."
"Rebirth?" Izumi repeated, "Wait that means he can revive a monster from the Graveyard?"
"What's with the red mythical peacock?" Tsubaki asked.
"The red peacock would refer to Suzaku of the South." Alexander explained.
"You see, when I have a monster from West, South, East, and North in the graveyard, the peacock will allow me to special summon a token. I have two monsters card in the graveyard, I can special summon two tokens but I only needed one. I chose Crimson Fighter of South - Tamahome!" The duel disk ejected Hyun-Ki's Crimson Fighter card and a transparent red-robed righter appeared on the field, showing that his monster was a ghost. [Crimson Fighter of South – Tamahome: Fire/Warrior/4/850/700] "The token only has half of the original ATK and DEF and it doesn't have any effect." A red feather instantly appeared before Kurai and touched his duel disk, restoring his Life Points.
Hyun-Ki: 1750. Kurai: 2200 + 500 = 2700.
Hyun-Ki smiled, "The red mythical peacock is creature of benevolence, so it blessed both of us. For each token I summon, you gain 500 LPs courtesy of Suzaku."
"Why does he do that?" Izumi asked.
Tsubaki answered, "It's obvious that he's going to sacrifice the token to special summon a higher level monster to the field."
Alexander smiled, "I'm surprised that Izumi didn't think about it."
Izumi pouted, "Hey, I'm just a newbie!"
Hyun-Ki continued his turn, "I sacrifice my token to summon Avatar of Zhu Qiao!" [M5(2300/1900)] A powerful warrior appeared in magnificent sight. He was adorned in beautiful red armor with the symbol of peacock over his red robe golden long-sleeved overalls. He wore golden sash around his waist. He also had red armored boots and bracers. He had orange hair that seemed to defy gravity and a long ponytail that nearly touched the sand. He had red wings that doesn't attach to his back and seemed to be made out of marble.
Izumi and Tsubaki just gaped, "Woah."
Alexander smiled as usual.
"The Avatar of Zhu Qiao too has four effects but luckily, there are no other monsters here to trigger it but I'm still going to attack! Avatar of Zhu Qiao! Attack his E-Merc Bolt Assassin!" Hyun-Ki ordered, knew that he must get rid of the deadly Voltage Daggers. The warrior took flight to the sky and his arms started glowing orange. The avatar was all charged up and fired a concentrated beam of melting heat. The beam made a hole in the Bolt Assassin's armor and created a flaming pillar that consumed the mercenary. The burning heat caused Kurai to lose his Life Points.
Hyun-Ki: 1750. Kurai: 2700 – 700 = 2000.
Hyun-Ki smiled, "I end my turn. Do you think you can go on?"
Kurai just growled and drew his card.
"By the way…when are you going to play with your full strength?" Hyun-Ki revealed.
"Eh?" Izumi and Tsubaki were surprised.
Tsubaki confirmed, "Hey…are you saying that Yuki wasn't dueling with his full strength?"
Alexander smiled, "I knew that too."
Izumi glanced at Alexander surprisingly, "You knew too? When?"
Kurai scoffed, "There's no joy in winning if you're giving me a handicap."
Hyun-Ki's eyebrows rose as he was taken back, "You noticed?" He smiled, "Heh, you really are an interesting duelist. You noticed it from the beginning, huh? That's why you gave me a handicap too."
Tsubaki was confused, "Both of them gave each other handicaps? What's going on?"
"Hyun-Ki!"
Everyone blinked and they slowly turned their head toward the noise. They saw a tall guy with a very athletic build. From the look of him, he seemed to be in his almost late teens. He had blazing red eyes with orange red hair that almost looked like flame. He wore an orange t-shirt above his black jeans. He was yelling, "What the hell were you doing?" His voice was full of anger and concern.
"Who's he?" Tsubaki asked.
"I don't know." Izumi answered.
Hyun-Ki sweat-dropped, "Ah crap, Kwang found me." He mentioned his name, "Sorry about this but I have to go." He turned off the duel disk and the holograms disappeared, "You can keep the duel disk. It was fun," He smirked, "Yuki." He rushed off to the tall guy and talked to him. Kwang was yelling at him while Hyun-Ki sweat-dropped. He tried to calm him down but that just made Kwang smack him in the head.
Rebecca, who was standing on the cliff, had watched the entire duel, "Well, I'm glad I get to see something interesting…….though I wish I could see the results." She put her hands above her waist, "Well, Fish Guy, are you going back to the office now?" She looked back just to see blinking signs indicating that he's gone. There was a long silence as the wind just blew past by. Rebecca snapped, "He ran away! That lazy slacker!" She ran back to the Academy.
"Yuki!" Izumi rushed up to him, "That was awesome duel even though Hyun-Ki left."
"Yeah," Tsubaki teased him, "He was about to clobber your butt."
"Tsubaki!" Izumi reprimanded Tsubaki.
Tsubaki stepped back, "What? He's the one who thrown me into the ocean two times! Plus you seen that guy! He had a stronger monster on the Field."
Alexander pointed out, "Well Hyun-Ki is one of the Obelisk Blue."
There was a long uncomfortable silence.
Tsubaki and Izumi's eyes turned wide as dinner plates and their jawbones dropped, "Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh?"
Izumi was stunned, "Yuki was dueling an Obelisk Blue?"
Tsubaki was stunned too, "Man, then the cold hearted stiff bastard would definitely lose!"
Alexander just smiled as he enjoyed their shocked expressions, "Actually, I believed that Yuki would won." His eyes moved to Kurai, "If Yuki didn't give a handicap."
"Hmph," Kurai just looked away.
"That's right, both of them were giving handicap." Izumi pointed, "So Yuki would have won?"
Tsubaki retorted, "He meant Yuki would win if he didn't give handicap while that Obelisk Blue guy gave handicap. So in other words, that guy would have beat Yuki's butt if he didn't give handicap."
Alexander chuckled, "Hyun-Ki had to give handicap."
Tsubaki blinked, "What do you mean?"
Alexander chuckled more, "It's not my place to say."
Izumi took a look at Kurai's hand and her eyes widened as she saw E-Merc Flame Barbarian, Polymerization, and Battle Coliseum in Kurai's Hand, "Yuki, how come you never use these all along?"
Kurai looked away and shrugged, "Something came up"
Hyun-Ki was walking along beside Kwang who seemed to be much taller than him.
Kwang complained, "You scared me! Don't just go off like that without telling us!"
Hyun-Ki chuckled and apologized, "Sorry. Sorry. I didn't mean to make you guys miss me so much."
Kwang's eyebrow twitched, "You don't sound sincere."
Hyun-Ki laughed, "I'm sincere! Really! Woah!" He suddenly tripped over a rock on the sand. He quickly pushed himself up and spat out sand, "Why is there a rock there?"
Kwang crossed his arms as he looked away, "I don't know. It was just there."
"It was just there, my ass! I completely memorized the path! There shouldn't be a rock…." Hyun-Ki stared at Kwang suspiciously, "You put it there on purpose, didn't you?"
"Maybe." Kwang replied.
Hyun-Ki just stared at the taller guy for few seconds. He then covered his face and sobbed hysterically, "My own friend tried to kill me!"
"It's your fault for leaving without telling us!" Kwang sighed annoyingly, "You knew that you shouldn't duel in that condition!"
Hyun-Ki stopped the waterworks, "Yeah, I know. But I just couldn't help it……there was something about him that makes me want to duel….and I'm glad I did…" He moved his head toward Kwang's view, "He gave me a hard time."
"Well if you recovered fully, it would be much easier." Kwang frowned.
"Nah," Hyun-Ki removed his sunglasses, "I believed he already knew about my condition." He had bandages over his both eyes, indicating that he's blind, "That's why he gave me a handicap." Hyun-Ki had flashbacks of his recent duel, 'He knew it all along. That's why he limited himself by only playing one Magic/Trap card per turn. Yuki Kurai…he's definitely an interesting duelist! We'll duel again one day!'
Later that night, at Duel Academia.
Sho pushed Judai away from the Dueling Arena in time before the security came to expel them. The shorter boy managed to push Judai all the way outside the school building where an Obelisk Blue girl, Asuka, was waiting.
Asuka smirked, "Really, you're very troublesome."
Judai pouted as he was very disappointed that he didn't get to finish his duel with Manjoume. He insulted her, "Busybody."
Sho smiled nervously, "Thank you, Asuka-san." Since it was Asuka who warned them about the security.
"How is it?" Asuka turned her head toward Judai, "How do you feel about the welcome of Obelisk Blue?"
Judai closed his eyes and boasted, "It's alright. I thought I could continue a bit."
Asuka walked up to him, "Is that so?" Judai glanced at her, "If there were no distractions, you won't need to lose your most important card according to the Ante Rule now?"
Judai smiled, "No, I won that duel." He revealed the card he drew.
Asuka gasped as she saw it was Monster Reborn. She knew right away, if Judai used it, he would revive E-Hero Flame Wingman and defeat Manjoume in a duel. She noticed Judai smirked as he knew that he would have win. He walked away.
"Aniki!" Sho quickly followed Judai.
Asuka stared at Judai as he continued walking away, 'That kid, he's pretty interesting.' She smiled.
TBC
Izumi: I can't believe that Yuki was dueling the Obelisk Blue this whole time.
Tsubaki: Blah, he's not that great! Beside aren't you getting tired of watching him duel all the time?
Izumi: Nah, I don't think so. I actually enjoyed it. Wait a minute! Why is the television screen showing me all of the sudden? Why am I in trouble? What about Yuki?
Tsubaki: I guess you're going to duel next. Cool! I want to see what kind of deck you have!
Izumi: Eh? I'm dueling next! Why am I dueling next?
Tsubaki: Heh, you just have to find out in the next episode!
Next Episode: Episode 3 – The Heroine's Strong Will
Izumi: But I don't want to find out!
Strongest Card of the Duel
Alexander: This chapter's strongest card is the Avatar of Zhu Qiao. A powerful six-star warrior with four positive effects that correspond to the four cardinal directions. If there were other monsters on the field, Yuki might have lost.
Izumi: Zhu Qiao, Zhu Qiao, it sound like a strange name.
Alexander: Zhu Qiao is actually a Chinese name of Suzaku.
Izumi: You mentioned Suzaku again. It's a red peacock, right? You know, that name sound awfully familiar.
Alexander smiled: It should be familiar. Suzaku is the red peacock of the South. He's one of the four legendary birds.
Izumi: The four legendary birds!
Alexander: That's right. There's White Flamingo of the West.
Izumi gaped: A white flamingo?
Alexander: And then there's Blue Turkey of the East
Izumi gasped: A blue turkey? But normally, a flamingo is pink and a turkey is brown!
Alexander smiled: And a peacock is normally blue. I know, they're very special birds. And finally, to the north is a black kangaroo!
Izumi gasped: A black kangaroo! Wait a minute…that's not a bird! Wait, they're all lies, aren't they?
Alexander laughed in the background.
Izumi: Alex!
Cards used in Duel
M1 – Crimson Fighter of South – Tamahome: Fire/Warrior/4/1700/1400: Effect: When any other monster that has the following "name" is on the field, this card gains the effect:
West: Negate the effect of the effect monster that this card destroys.
South: When this card destroys an opponent's monster as a result of battle, this card can attack one more time.
East: This monster cannot attack.
North: Decrease this card's attack strength by half.
M2 - E-Merc Bolt Assassin: Light/Warrior/4/1600/1000
M3 - Grey Shaman of North – Namame: Earth/Spellcaster/4/1200/1600: Effect: When any other monster that has the following "name" is on the field, this card gains the effect:
West: Select two of your opponent's monster card zones. As long as this card remains face-up on the field, the selected zones cannot be used. North: Select one of your opponent's monsters and switch it to defense mode. You may use this effect once per turn.
East: Select two of your monsters and switch them into defense mode. You must this effect once per turn.
South: Select up to two of your monster card zones. As long as this card remains face-up on the field, the selected zones cannot be used.
M4 - E-Merc Flame Berserker: Fire/Warrior/3/1200/900
M5 - Avatar of Zhu Qiao: Fire/Warrior/6/2300/1900: Effect: When any other monster that has the following "name" is on the field, this card gains the effect:
West: Negate the effect of the effect monster that this card destroys.
South: Increase this card's attack strength by 500.
East: The control of this card does not change.
North: When this card destroys an opponent's monster as a result of battle, this card can attack one more time.
S1 - Switching Loyalties - Instant Magic: Change the name of a monster with "name" [West], [South], [East], [North] into another "name" [West], [South], [East], [North] except its original name.
S2 - Voltage Twin Daggers – Equipment Magic: This card can only be equipped to [E-Merc Bolt Assassin]. When this card declares an attack, you can change the battle position of 1 face-up monster on your opponent's side of the field. If this card destroyed your opponent's monster as a result of battle, it can attack once again in a row.
S3 - The Afterlife of Peacock – Magic: Special Summon a token of a monster with [West, South, East, North] in its name that is Level 4 or below in the Graveyard. The token contained the same level, type, subtype of the selected monster but the effects is not copied. The token's stats equal to the half of the ATK and DEF of the selected monster. You may continue to special summon tokens if there is more Level 4 or below monsters in the Graveyard. For each token that is special summoned this way, your opponent gains 500 Life Points and you must remove the selected monster card from the Graveyard.
T1 - Reflecting Shield – Trap: Negate the attack of 1 of your opponent's monsters and inflict damage equal to the half of the attacking monster's ATK to your opponent's Life Points. This battle phase ends immediately.
T2 - Finish the Job! – Trap: Special Summon a monster with [E-Merc] in its name when it is destroyed as result of battle from the Graveyard.
