Nuo was alone. He had no friends, his family never tried talking to him, and the only people that ever talked to him wanted something from him in return. The blond haired boy with the hot-headed attitude and the serious case of B.O—his friends supported him even when he was losing.
" Come on, Joey," the other boy blonde's height said.
" You can do it, Joey," the pretty girl with the brown hair said.
" Just look through all your options and you will find the right strategy," the shortest one of them said.
Nuo grimaced. Why did blonde have his own cheerleaders when they played? He was winning; he was going to win this whole duel. So why wasn't anyone cheering for him? The blond boy was just eating it up what they were saying. He was actually smiling.
" You're right," blonde said. " It's like you guys always say. I need to believe in myself and the heart of the cards. With them there's no way I can lose."
" What a fool," Nuo growled.
" And in case you don't remember it's my turn." Joey drew one card from the top of his deck. He grinned. " I summon Alligator Sword (1500/1200)."
Joey slammed a card on the desk. The card looked like an alligator-man with a long curved sword and a spike sticking out of his head. In Nuo's mind his dragon and blonde's alligator were standing on different mountains glaring into each other's eyes.
" Do you really think that think can hurt me?" Nuo grumbled.
" Not yet. I activate Star Blaster. I select one monster on my side of the field. I roll a six-sided dice. Whatever the number comes up to my Alligator Sword's level is increased by that number. After that, I can tribute my monster and Special Summon another monster in my hand."
Joey pulled out a dice from his pockets. He rolled the dice on the desk. It was the longest dice roll Nuo had ever seen. First the dice rolled down the desk, then it bounced off, and finally it span around like a spinning top. When the dice stopped rolling the number came up 3.
" Yes! That means my Alligator Sword's level goes up to 7!"
" Okay, okay, why don't you calm the fuck down."
" Now I can tribute him to Special Summon a level 7 monster!"
" D'oh!"
" I Special Summon Red Eye's Black Dragon (2400/2000)!"
Joey dragged his Alligator Sword card into his discard pile. He picked one card from his hand and slammed it on the table. The card was a scary looking black dragon. Just like the name it had small red eyes. Nuo wasn't impressed.
" Red Eye's, attack! Inferno Fire Blast!"
In Nuo's mind Red Eye's mind was filled to the brim with a giant fire ball. The fire ball went straight towards Luster Dragon. However, long chains came out of the ground and moved towards Red Eye's. The chains went through Red Eye's fire ball and wrapped around Red Eye's neck, wings, claws, and stomach.
" I activate Shadow Spell. I can activate this card by targeting one face-up monster you control. It loses 700 ATK, also it cannot attack nor can it change its battle position. Now that your Red Eye's is so weak I can destroy it with my Luster Dragon and attack you directly with another monster. Do you surrender?"
" Grrrrr." Joey looked at his hand. A wide smile spread over his face. " I activate Card of Sanctity. We both draw until we have six cards in our hand."
" Hmmm. I never figured the Underdog duelist would have something like that. But if you insist. And while I'm drawing I can tell you a little about myself." Nuo and Joey drew cards from their deck. Joey took longer because he had no cards in his hand while Nuo had two. " I came to this country three days ago. So far I've been hit on by two girls and one other guy. The guy kept saying Gijan, Gijan. This country really pisses me off. I hate Monday's. I hate summer because there's nothing to do. What I like about woman are the ones who are feminine, chocolate skinned, and have big hearts as well wearing sexy clothes now and then."
" He does realize this is a duel, right Yugi?" Tea whispered to her little friend.
" He's a guy," Tristan said. " Guys will be guys."
" Tristan's right," Yugi said. " It's not like all those times we were dueling for our lives. This is supposed to be about fun. So let's all enjoy this duel."
" Damn," Nuo thought. " Three minutes until the bell rings." Nuo looked at his cards and smiled. " I can live with that."
" Oh yeah. Things are coming up Joey. I activate Red Eyes Transmigration. This is a Ritual Spell card. By tributing my Red-Eyes Black Dragon and 1 Warrior-Type monster from my hand I can Ritual Summon Lord of the Red. So I'll tribute my Red Eyes and Gearfried the Iron Knight to summon him (2400/2000)!"
Joey slid his Red Eyes card off the field and slid it into his discard pile. When Red Eyes left the field Nuo slid his Shadow Spell off the field. Joey placed a blue printed card on the field. Nuo couldn't make out the creature's description. In his eyes the monster was a man with the wings of Red Eyes B. Dragon. It was the gargoyle from hell.
