Hey there guys… yeah…
I'm really sorry that it took so long to update my story, I was struggling pretty hard in school to the point where I had to force myself to not touch my computer for the past couple of weeks (months).
But anyways, here's chapter 3! I hope you enjoy!
Prepare yourself CrimsonSnowScarletFate!
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Lea was fast asleep in her room in the Slifer Red dorm, thin bands of light seeping through the cracks of her window blinds. Her red hair was rather unkempt, stands of her hair outlining her peaceful face. The sound of birdsong could be heard outside, only adding to the serine atmosphere of that morning. Lea's alarm clock still wasn't set to go off for an hour, and Lea was having a wonderful dream…
"Rise and shine Lea!"
Lea's head shot up from her pillow, strands of her red hair sticking out in various directions. Bloodshot eyes swiveled towards the door of her room that was now hanging ajar. Tempus' smiling face quickly began to even out and eventually became a nervous frown. "H-Hey Lea," the teen stuttered, realizing his mistake a little too late, "Didja… sleep well?"
Lea kept her eyes trained on Tempus, a word not escaping her lips. Tempus laughed nervously, "Well, I'll just take that as my cue to leave, so see ya at class!"
Just as Tempus turned to leave the bedroom, a pillow rocked towards his head and made contact, causing the poor Slifer to actually flip over from the force and fall over the railing. Tempus' voice could be heard from her room, "Ooow… I-I think something brooooke…"
Lea just fell back asleep.
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"And that is how to successfully use the 'LightSworn' archetype!" Professor Williams said, shining a red laser pointer at the large screen behind him which showed a white dragon walking with the sun shining behind it, "And don't forget to study, because this will be on the test tomorrow!"
Tempus sighed, scribbling notes down in a black notebook as he tried to keep up with the Slifer Red Headmaster and Lea who so happened to sit next to him just raised an eyebrow. The green-haired teen ruffled his hair in frustration, "Arg! How do they expect me to memorize the effect of all these monsters, Spells, and Traps?"
Lea gave a "humph," but didn't say anything else.
Tempus sunk into his chair and planted his face onto his notebook, "I am SO screwed!"
She looked over at Tempus' pitiful form and finally smirked, "Well, if you need help, then I can help you out."
Tempus raised his head, "Really?"
"Nope!" Lea said, causing Tempus sunk back into his notebook with a weary sigh. As Lea laughed at his problems, the chime of a bell rung out, signaling the end of the class and the beginning of lunch. All of the students stood up at one time and left, rushing to eat some food to silence the rumbling in their stomachs. Only Tempus and Lea remained; Tempus still wallowing in despair of the upcoming test and Lea just standing by and watching him. Footsteps echoed in the almost vacant room as Headmaster Williams ascended the stairs, "Ah Tempus, are you having difficulty understanding the 'LightSworn' archetype? You can always create an appointment with me to help with your studies."
Tempus sighed and rubbed his eyes from beneath his visor, "Nah, it's okay, it just takes a while for me to learn on new things, which is probably why I flunked the entrance exam."
The headmaster smiled as Tempus began to pack his things in a black backpack, "Very well, but if you are having any troubles at all, I will always listen."
The student smiled, "Thanks Professor."
The headmaster walked away, presumably to get his own lunch as Tempus finished packing up his things. Lea brushed some hair from her eyes and stood at the end of the table, waiting for him to get his visor on and stand to leave. Tempus gave a weak grin, "Heh, wanna grab some grub?"
Lea shrugged, leading the way without a word. Tempus rushed to catch up but tripped, his backpack bursting open and his books scattering all over the floor. As he scrambled to shove the books back inside, a few Obelisk Blues walked over and laughed at the Slifer Red. "Look at him," a boy in the middle said, "that's why we Obelisks will be better than those stupid Slifer Reds!"
Lea walked up and growled, "Excuse me?"
The Obelisks looked over and frowned, recognition evident in their faces. "Let's get outta here," one of them grumbled. Sulking off, the three Obelisks took their leave. Tempus looked at Lea, an eyebrow raised, "Huh, do you know why those Obelisks?"
Lea turned on her heel and began to walk away, "Never saw them in my life," she stated as she left the green-haired teen behind. Tempus quickly stood up and ran after her.
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Lea bit into her rather small fish, Tempus raising an eyebrow at the pathetic spread presented before him. He split his wooden chopsticks and dumped his rice into the bowl of soup that was also provided, causing Lea scrunching up her nose in disgust, "Lea, I've been meaning to ask you, but why did those Obelisks run away from you? For the whole week we've been here, most of the Obelisk Blue students were stuck-up jerks and thought they owned the world, but you scared them away just by walking up to them!"
Lea took a sip from her bottle of water and cleared her throat, "Bullies are nothing but cowards once they find out that their "victim" is tougher than them."
Tempus grinned and took a mouthful of the rice and soup, "Well, at least those Obelisks won't bother us with you around!"
Lea frowned at his words, eating another mouthful of rice, "You're too noisy."
Tempus finished up his soup and began to nibble on his fish, "Are you still mad at me that I woke you up?"
The girl said nothing and took another bite out of her fish. Tempus gulped down the rest of his fish and sighed and put down his chopsticks, having eaten the entirety of his lunch. He watched Lea finish then rest of her meal in a silence that wasn't tense, but still uncomfortable none the less. Lea took the last bite of her meal and stood up, her chair scraping against the floor, "Are you done?"
Tempus lifted up his metal tray, "Yup."
He looked down at the watch on his wrist and read the time, "We have about an hour to burn until the next class, wanna find some people to duel?"
Lea sighed, "Fine, just let me grab my duel disk real quick and let's see if we can find some opponents."
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Clear blue eyes shined as they scanned the horizon, rays of the golden sun reflecting off of the calm surface of the ocean, but the rays did not bother the eyes at all. They moved to the right as their owner heard the rustling of a bush behind him. A teenager wearing a yellow blazer pushed past the bushes that lined the end of the forest and flashed a smile, "Hey Keith, I knew you'd be here."
The mentioned teen had spiky black hair as well as cobalt blue eyes and sat cross-legged at the edge of the cliff to simply stare at the ocean and its beauty. Keith Ethan, for that is who he was, wore a zipper-less Ra Yellow coat as well as black jeans and black shoes. "Hello Derek."
Derek sat down next to Keith and shook his wild brown hair, smiling, "So, what do you think about Duel Academy so far?"
Keith shrugged, "A lot better than I thought it would be. Nice housing, nice food, nice teachers—for the most part— and it looks like there's lots of potential challengers here."
Derek laughed, "You're right, I can't wait for a duel!"
Keith stood up and dusted off the seat of his pants and straightened out his jacket, "Well, nice meetin' up with you again Derek, but I wanna find a duel before the next class, okay?"
Derek waved a hand and fell flat on his back, in a spread-eagle and yawned, "Alrighty, I'll just take a nap till then."
Keith nodded and walked off into the forest towards the academy, hoping to find some competition.
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Tempus strut along the forest trail with hands behind his head and Lea calmly walking behind him. The green-haired teen suppressed a yawn and rubbed his eyes, "Aw man, we've been out here for ten minutes, how long is it gonna take to find a duelist?"
Lea rolled her eyes at Tempus' constant moaning, "I'm sure there's someone's going to show their head soon enough."
"Wheeeeeeen?" Tempus whined.
"Right now."
The two Slifer Red students turned to their right and saw a Ra Yellow step out from the forest, a school duel disk with a yellow trim strapped to his left arm. Tempus smiled and waved, "What's up? I'm Tempus!"
The Ra Yellow smirked, "Well, my name's Keith Ethan, and I couldn't help but overhear your slight dilemma, so I decided to help you out."
Lea raised an eyebrow, "How?"
"How else?" The Ra student asked. The lights on his duel disk lit up as he activated it, "We duel!"
Tempus stepped up and grinned, activating his own duel disk, the black machine expanding and revealing his playing field, "Alright!"
"LET'S DUEL!"
"LET'S DUEL!"
Tempus: 4000
Keith: 4000
"I'll go first; Draw!" Keith announced and drew his card. "I'll set a monster in Defense Mode and place two cards facedown and let you go," the mentioned cards appeared at the feet of the Ra student and it was now Tempus' turn.
"Alright then, I'll draw!" Tempus announced, doing just that. He scanned his cards, thinking up a strategy to defeat his opponent. "I Summon Time HERO- Trap Cutter in Attack Mode!"
"I hate that card," Lea commented, a frown on her face.
The monster jumped out from behind Tempus and crossed his arms, his red pants shifting in the wind (3/1200/500). "And since this guy's out on the field, you can't activate Trap cards, so attack his facedown card!"
He jumped high in the air and threw down his golden scissors, flipping over the facedown monster which revealed a dragon with a red underbelly and white scales on the top of its body as well as its face, creating what looked like a mask. "The monster you destroyed was Masked Dragon (4/1400/1100), and since you bested him in battle, I can summon a Dragon-Type monster from my deck to take his place as long as it has 1500 ATK or less, so come one out Golem Dragon!"
As the red and white dragon was cut down by the scissors, it let out a cry and caused a card to come out of Keith's deck which he summoned. The dragon had a large grin and red eyes and looked like it had various rocks covering its body and it knelt, using its rather large forearms to shield itself (4/200/2000). Tempus clicked his tongue at the new monster that appeared, "Tsk, I'll set two cards as well and end my turn."
Keith drew a card and played it immediately, "I play the Dark Room of Nightmare!"
The Continuous Spell card depicted a large shadow wielding a whip lurking besides a smaller one who was crying out in pain inside of an ancient room with stone pillars. Keith then played another card, "I then activate Meteor of Destruction!"
The Spell card had the image of a burning meteorite hurling towards the player, "I can only activate this card when you have more than 3000 Life Points, and since you do, you lose 1000 of them!"
Tempus gasped as a giant meteorite fell out of the sky, burning because of the atmosphere, and landed right next to him, causing him to be blown back because of the explosion it caused. "And that's not all," Keith continued on, "because of the Dark Room, you lose an extra 300 Life Points when you take any damage that's not Battle Damage!"
Tempus moaned as a red aura appeared around him, draining more Life Points.
Tempus: 2700
Keith: 4000
"So you have a Dragon and Burn deck [1]?" Lea asked and Tempus shook off the pain that Keith's Spell card had inflicted on him. Keith smiled, "Is it that obvious? All kidding aside, I'll then play Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV4 in Attack Mode!"
A metallic bird like dragon appeared, its wings folded against its chest (4/1600/1000), "And I'll use him to attack your Time HERO!"
Horus breathed in for a second, and then spat out a thin jet of black flames that engulfed the poor man who writhed in pain before he exploded into pixels, the explosion tussling Tempus' hair.
Tempus: 2300
Keith: 4000
"And I'll end my turn, but then Horus' effect activates! Since Horus destroyed a monster and it's the End Phase, he gets to level up!"
The metallic bird-like dragon let out a cry and burst into dark flames. But from the flames, a new shape rose, easily thrice as big as the original dragon. With a flourish of its wings, the metallic bird-dragon blew away the dark fire and screeched, "Give a warm welcome to Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6 (6/2300/1600)!"
"So Horus the Black Flame Dragon is the ace of your deck?" Lea asked.
"That's right!" Keith said.
Tempus gasped at the sight of the metallic bird-dragon, but quickly composed himself and drew a card, "I'll play Time HERO- Memory Saver in Defense Mode and end my turn."
A man wearing green robes and holding a green wand appeared, kneeling to defend himself (4/800/2000).
Lea's frown deepened, 'Tempus will have to get rid of Horus; if he doesn't, then his Spell cards will be rendered useless…'
Keith laughed at Tempus' attempt to defend himself, "Is that all you can do?" the Ra student asked and drew a card, "I reveal one of my facedown cards; Coffin Seller!"
A Trap card depicting a person wearing a purple cloak with a blue aura kneeling in front of a wooden coffin in a cemetery showed itself on Keith's side of the field, "With this card on the field, whenever one of your monsters are sent to the Graveyard, you lose 300 Life Points. So with that in mind; Horus, attack his monster!"
The Black Flame Dragon took a deep breath and let loose a stream of black fire at the Time HERO, lighting him on fire. But before the HERO burst into pixels, he leaped on top of Horus and opened a portal beneath them, swallowing up the dragon with himself. Keith stared at where his dragon once stood, "Where did my dragon go?"
Tempus smiled, "Time HERO- Memory Saver has an effect: when he's attacked or attacks when he's face up, then he can send himself and the opposing monster three turns into the future!"
Keith growled in annoyance, "Fine; I end my turn."
Tempus drew a card and smiled, "Alright, it's time to make a comeback! First, I summon Time HERO- Forgotten Ninja in Attack Mode!"
'Time HERO- Forgotten Ninja? That's a new one,' Lea thought.
The shadow around Tempus' feet stretched, warped, and eventually split into another shadow altogether. Having the ability to move freely and grow, the new shadow then began to pulse and take shape, actually turning into a three- dimensional humanoid figure. The shadow retained its black color throughout its body, but it wore ninja equipment, such as a pouch for kunai and a sword strapped to its back (4/1600/1600). It turned and nodded at Tempus, who smiled back, "And since he's out on the field, I can use his effect: by discarding a card from my hand, I can destroy one card in Defense Mode, like your Golem Dragon!"
The shadow ninja drew a black kunai from the pouch at its hip and threw it which caused Golem Dragon to groan and explode as the kunai stuck it right between the eyes, "But that's not all," Tempus went on to say, "because the card I discarded was Time HERO Creature- Clockers!"
A faint image of a pink cat with a black clock around its neck appeared on the Slifer's shoulder, "And because he was sent to the Graveyard, I can Special Summon any "Time HERO" monster whose level is four or below from my hand or Deck; and I choose Time HERO Creature- Paraton!"
Lea raised an eyebrow, 'A Time HERO Creature?'
Suddenly, a flurry of red and green feathers appeared in front of Tempus, blinding Keith and Lea. When the feathers finally settled, a large red and green bird with a yellow beak stood next to the shadow ninja, preening its ruffled feathers (4/1500/1000), "And now that they're on the field, I'll have them attack you directly!"
Time HERO- Forgotten Ninja seemed to teleport right in front of the Dragon duelist and slashed him across the chest with the sword that was strapped to his back.
Tempus: 2300
Keith: 2400
"Then Paraton will attack!"
The small bird began to flap its wings, stirring up various rocks and twigs that stuck Keith's duel disk.
Tempus: 2300
Keith: 900
"And that's not all," Tempus said, "because when Time HERO Creature- Paraton inflicts Battle Damage, he can destroy a Trap or Spell card on the field; so say good-bye to your Dark Room of Nightmare!"
Keith used his duel disk to protect his face from the harsh winds that the green and red bird created with his wings as his Spell card shattered into pixels, "I'll then play a card facedown and let you go."
Keith drew a card and smiled, "I play the card Cup of Ace!"
The familiar chalice appeared and Keith fished out a coin from one of his pants pockets, "I'm sure you're familiar with this card: I flip a coin; if it's heads, I draw two cards, and if its tails you draw two cards."
He flipped the coin and slapped it against his hand. Keith took his hand off of it and revealed it, "Lookie here, heads!"
Keith drew two cards and smiled, "I first play the Spell card, Double Summon, allowing me to Normal Summon twice this turn, which I will take full advantage of by Summoning Infernal Dragon!"
A black dragon with a pale white underbelly appeared, spreading its wings and roaring as its trident shaped tail slithered in the air (4/2000/0), "But sadly, he won't be staying around because he's going to be sacrificed for my Strong Wind Dragon!"
The black dragon roared once again and dissipated into shards of light that transformed into a large green dragon with a tan underbelly that had muscles rippling underneath its scales and stood head and shoulders above the three duelists. It let out a ferocious roar as it spread its wings, currents of winds stirring the tree tops (6/2400/1000). Keith smiled and said, "You might be wondering why I bothered to use Double Summon and Sacrificed Infernal Dragon just for 400 more points of damage, but because of Strong Wind Dragon's effect, you will be losing so much more!"
The mentioned dragon roared and began to glow red, "Because when Strong Wind Dragon is Summoned by Sacrificing a Dragon-type monster, Strong Wind Dragon gains half of the original Dragon's Attack points!"
Tempus gasped and took a step back as the Strong Wind Dragon let loose a mighty roar, proclaiming its strength.
Strong Wind Dragon: (6/2400/1000) - (6/3400/1000)
"And now that he's pumped up; Strong Wind Dragon, attack Time HERO Creature- Paragon!"
The green and tan dragon inhaled and then expelled as huge gust of wind that caused Paragon to shatter into pixels. The strong winds caused Tempus fall down and Lea had to block her eyes from the dust that was stirred in the process.
Tempus: 400
Keith: 900
The Ra Yellow student smirked, "Welcome to the 1000 Below Club!"
Tempus picked himself up from the floor and cracked his neck, grimacing, "Thanks."
Keith smirked and placed a card facedown, "I end my turn."
After drawing his card, Tempus revealed it, "I play the Spell card Time HERO Law #1: Draw! It allows me to draw three cards if there is a Time HERO monster on the field!"
The Slifer student did so and cheered, "Alright! I got the cards that can turn this game around!"
Keith smiled, "Oh really? Then hit me with your best shot!"
"With pleasure!" Tempus declared and played his first card, "I'll start off by Summoning this; Time HERO- Speed Slicer in Attack Mode!"
A card formed and from it appeared a woman wearing a skintight emerald green jumpsuit and a sliver helmet that covered all but the lower part of her face who had long red hair that came out the back of the helmet. She wore two metal blades attached to her arms from her wrist to her elbow and had rollerblades on her feet (3/1000/500), "Then I'll equip her with the Equip Spell Time HERO Battle Kit! This gives Speed Slicer a boost of 800 Attack Points!"
The blades attached to her arms dissipated and were replaced with ones that were golden and were twice the size of the original blades.
Time HERO- Speed Slicer: (3/1000/500) - (3/1800/500)
"Nice try," Keith said, "but remember; my Strong Wind Dragon has 3400 Attack!"
Tempus smirked, "That's true, but when I pay 300 Life Points, then Speed Slicer's Attack doubles!"
"What!" Keith exclaimed.
"That's right; it means that my Time HERO will be stronger than your Strong Wind Dragon! Speed Slicer, attack his dragon!"
The skating hero shot towards the towering dragon, her suit glowing red in response to her effect.
Tempus: 100
Keith: 700
Time HERO- Speed Slicer: (3/1800/500) - (3/3600/500)
She let out a battle cry and sliced Strong Wind Dragon in half, resulting in an explosion that shook the ground beneath the three teens.
Tempus: 100
Keith: 700
"And now that you're wide open, I'll have Forgotten Ninja attack you directly!"
The shadow ninja drew three kunai and threw them at Keith, the latter using his duel disk to shield himself in the last second, but the impact still threw him off his feet.
Tempus: 100
Keith: 0
Winner= Tempus!
The Ra Yellow groaned and sat up, rubbing his neck. Tempus had a wide grin on his face as he walked over and offered his hand, "Here."
Keith looked at the hand and accepted it without a second thought. Tempus pulled him up and patted him on the back, "That was a great duel there Keith!"
He couldn't help but let a grin also appear on his face as he nodded and the Slifer Red, "That it was, and it goes to show that you should never judge a book by its cover, eh?"
Tempus punched the air, "Darn straight!"
A cough caused the two of the duelists to turn around and face Lea who was standing with her arms crossed, "Do you mind getting a move on? We've only got about five minutes until class starts."
Both boys jumped in the air, "WHAT!"
Lea felt her arm nearly getting wrenched out of its socket when Tempus grabbed her hand and pulled her along, "Let's go, maybe the teacher will understand why we're late; after all, this IS a school about dueling!"
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1. A Burn deck concentrates on inflicting Effect Damage rather than Attack Damage.
And here are the new Original Cards in this chapter:
Name: Time HERO- Forgotten Ninja
Attribute/Type: DARK/Warrior
Level: 4
ATK/DEF: 1600/1600
Desc/Eff: During your Main Phase, you can destroy a monster that's in Defense Position by discarding one card from your hand
Name: Time HERO Creature- Paraton
Attribute/Type: WIND/Winged- Beast
Level: 4
ATK/DEF: 1500/1000
Desc/Eff: When this card inflicts Battle Damage, destroy one spell or trap card on the field.
Name: Time HERO- Speed Slicer
Attribute/Type: EARTH/Warrior
Level: 3
ATK/DEF: 1000/500
Desc/Eff: By paying 300 Life Points, double this card's ATK points until the end of the Damage Step
Name: Time HERO Battle Kit
Type: Equip Spell
Effect: Equip to a "Time HERO" monster. The equipped monster gains 800 ATK and if the equipped monster would be destroyed, discard this card instead and reduce the battle damage to 0.
Again, I'm very sorry about not updating so soon.