Disclaimer: No I don't own Yugioh GX
Authors Note: Sorry it took so long, I've been booked with College work, Work Work, and Writers Block, hope you do enjoy.
AN 2: Please do review, I want reviews! I need reviews otherwise I don't know how to improve!
Chapter 3: The Lord of Envoy
Kevin sat back in his desk studying for the next class. He heard the door creak open as he looked up, from his book. "Whose there?"
"Hey, suite mate! What's up?" the other blue said, Kevin raised an eyebrow. "Oh how foolish of me, I forgot to tell you my name. Its Rairen."
"Rairen…you mean the #5 duelist in the academy?"
"Um…" Rairen began he looked kinda nervous and flustered at the same time. "Yes that's me."
"Cool my name is Ke-"
"Kevin Blast, the #7 student of the freshmen." Rairen said finishing Kevin off. "I do my research, and I'm quite curious…about those paladin cards…rumor has it that you own them."
"Yes, why is everyone so interested in my deck!" Kevin shouted.
"Dude do you know what you're saying?!" Rairen practically shouted, seeing the blank look on Kevin's face he sighed. "Dude, those cards are hard to find! Only 20 copies of each exist! And yet you have found each and everyone of them."
"I didn't find them my dad did." Kevin said looking at Rairen, who walked out and returned with a chair and reversed the back sitting towards it his arms on the back.
"Well your dad must be pretty good at pulls."
"I don't know." Kevin said, "I know he's got plenty of wealth, I mean, he has his own company."
"Company? What company?"
"Um…he owns Blast Fireworks."
"Wow, that company is one of the better fireworks companies."
"Yep, my dad gave them to me a year before I got here."
"Interesting…tell you what, tomorrow lets say at the time we normally have lunch we duel? In the Obelisk arena?" Rairen said. "I'll see the Paladin's in action and you'll be facing the #5 duelist here. Sound good?"
"Sure. I'm game."
"Good don't be late. And get to bed that light keeps me up!"
Kevin sighed as he clicked off the light and stumbled his way to his welcoming bed. Yet sleep couldn't come to him due to his excitement.
Kevin was up very early in the morning looking through his deck. 'If I use this in combo with this, yeah this just might work…or would Rairen be expecting it?' "I WASN'T MADE FOR THIS KIND OF PRESSURE!" Kevin roared as he rubbed his hair fluffing it up even more. His attention was then stolen at a knock on the door. "Its open." He said.
Dawn's petite figure opened the door, her hair brushed to one side allowing it to lay over her shoulder. She leaned against the doorway due to the 'No Girls Allowed in the Rooms during night.' Rule. She looked out to see the sun peaking into his window. "Rumor has it that you and Rairen are dueling today."
"Um…yeah." Kevin said setting his free stack of cards down looking at her. "How'd you know?"
"Who doesn't know, you'll have quite the turnout." Dawn giggled, causing Kevin to slam his head on the desk. "What?"
"Nothing…That means I gotta be ready to do my best."
"Eh, if not as long as you have fun?"
"Fun?" Kevin said looking up. "Yeah, right." He said as he went back to work on his deck. Dawn smiled winking at him while his back was turned, she turned on her heel and walked out, closing the door lightly.
Kevin felt something as he looked up to see the door close; he blinked a few times then looked back down. "Now to slim it." He said as he took the stack of 60 cards and began to remove them until he got down to 40. "There now I'm ready!"
Kevin walked back over to his bed and to lie down. When he did he instantly fell asleep.
Flashback.
0-00-0
Kevin a year younger stood in his fathers office, the big black leather chair had its back to him.
"Now son, while you're at this academy, I want you to win, there is no such thing as…" his father trailed off to allow Kevin to finish off.
"Failure." Kevin said with a sigh.
"That's right, I bought you your cards, I want you to remember that!" his father turned unlike he was when they watched the movie, his face was darkened with a smirk. "Got it?"
"Yes Sir."
End Flashback
Kevin sat up panting. "I cannot fail him again…" he repeated to himself. "I won't fail…"
A large crowd gathered, as it split for the two duelists. Kevin and Rairen, Kevin had a killer look in his eyes, dead serious. Rairen looked serious just not as serious. Both took out their decks and presented them to each other, as they used the other hand pulling the deck out of the respected players hand. Both shuffled and returned them as they snapped their deck in.
Kevin stepped backwards his eyes not leaving Rairen's back.
Dawn looked on from the crowd wondering what Kevin was up to. He seemed darker than normal.
"Lets Kick It!" Kevin said drawing his hand.
"Sure squirt!" Rairen retorted as he also drew his five. Rairen then reached over pulling out his sixth card. "I summon a monster in defensive mode." He said as a face down monster card appeared. "Go ahead."
Kevin snapped the top card off of his deck and looked at his hand. His eyes bulged when he saw what he had to work with. 'No monsters!?!' "Pass." He said looking up.
Everyone around even Rairen looked at him astonished. Rairen nodded as he drew. "I to pass."
Kevin drew and looked at his newest card. "Paladin Horseman come fourth!" He shouted as a silver armored warrior mounting a white horse appeared. (1700/1000) Kevin then pointed at the face down monster. "Get it!" he shouted.
"Thank you for striking my Sangan."(1000/600) He said as a three eyed critter appeared the horseman slashed apart the card as a new one slid out of Rairen's deck and into his hand. "As per his effect I get one monster with 1500 attack points or less. I choose…" he slapped the card onto his disk. "Watapon."(200/300)
'Interesting two monsters the King of Games, Yugi used himself.' Kevin thought he then shook his head. 'I must make my dad proud, for once.' He thought looking down at his feet.
Flashback 0-00-0
Kevin at age 8 ran into his house holding a paper, which had a large A- written on it in red ink. "Mom, Dad! Look I got my Math quiz back!" His father stepped out looking at the boy who had forgotten to take off his shoes, causing a lot of mud tracks on the carpet.
The father then took the paper and looked at it. He closed his eyes crumbling it up in his hand. Kevin gasped as his father effortlessly tossed it into the fireplace. "Clean up your mess." He said emotionlessly as he turned and walked off, leaving a crying Kevin. "And quit your crying, damned baby." He said.
End Flashback.
"Go ahead." Kevin said his voice cracking. 'Anything that was below an A+ was just as bad as an F to him.' He looked up his eyes darker now as he cleared his throat.
"Thank you.." Rairen said as he drew. "I sacrifice my Watapon to summon out Penumbral Soldier Lady in attack mode (2100/1400)." A lady in bronze armor, crescent moons embedded in them appeared. She flicked her blonde hair out of her face and readied for combat. "Strike down that Horseman!" she flew forward (3100/1400) "Oh and as per my monsters ability, she gains 1000 attack points when battling a 'Light' Attributed monster."
Kevin-2600
Rairen-4000
Rairen looked up to see Kevin reaction disappointed that there wasn't one, he slid two cards into his disk and closed his eyes. "Hmmm…Kevin for being 7th best, I'm not impressed. Make your move."
Kevin snapped his head up. "What?" he practically roared.
"You heard me." Rairen replied, everyone began to mutter, about how Kevin was acting and his dueling.
Kevin clutched his fist and then reached up. "My turn, Draw!" he shouted as he slashed the card out he flipped the card around looking at it. "I set this monster in defensive mode. Go ahead."
Rairen sighed as he drew his card halfheartedly. He looked up and shook his head. "Kevin, Kevin, Kevin…you continue to disappoint me…what is it, cat got your deck or are you just wanting to lose." He looked ahead, Kevin looking away. Rairen simply sighed as he looked at his newest card. "Nobleman of Crossout." He said as a blonde haired warrior appeared and flew over slashing the card. Revealing a white scuba diver. (1000/0). "A Paladin Diver?"
Kevin pulled out his deck and put his other copy of Paladin Diver into his deck box. He shuffled it and put it back into his disk.
"Soldier Lady…" he pointed forward, as the lady leapt over slashing Kevin.
Kevin-500
Rairen-4000
"You going to duel…or make yourself look like an idiot."
"SHUT UP!" Kevin roared. He looked down. "You wouldn't understand…"
"I wouldn't understand what?"
"Never mind is your turn done." Kevin said as he looked at Rairen who simply nodded. Kevin reached over and slashed his card out of his deck.
'I think there is more to this than Kevin wants us to know.' Rairen thought, he looked out of the corner of his eye, seeing Dawn who seemed to be thinking the same thing, Rairen nodded and looked ahead, his eyes full of fire and determination. "Kevin, let it go."
"Huh?" Kevin said looking up from his hand.
"You're clinging to something, let it go."
"I'm clinging to nothing!"
"Then why have you been easy pickings?" Rairen said crossing his arms over his chest. "You only have 500 life points and I haven't even summoned out my best creatures."
Kevin growled, "Quit taunting me!"
"You want to know something, I've been watching, every duel, you either faked a smile, or faked a laugh." Kevin stepped back in shock. "I want the genuine thing! What is it that makes you have to fake everything."
"I told you, its something you'd never understand!" Kevin looked at his newly drawn card then at the cards in his hand. "I first activate, Pot of Greed, so I draw two cards, then Soul Absorption. This will allow me to gain 500 life points for each monster that is removed from play. So first I remove Paladin Horseman to summon, Zeo Paladin!" Kevin shouted as he slapped the card onto his field. (1900/1900) a warrior that seemed to be a mimic of the Gold Ranger, from Power Rangers, instead of black his clothing was white and gold.
"Its Morphin Time?" Rairen mocked. Kevin growled.
Kevin-1000
Rairen-4000
"Laugh it up, I'll take this victory." Kevin returned. He looked at his other newly drawn card. Once again in an emotionless voice Kevin calmly said. "Next I summon Paladin Crusader! (2000/1000). Now Crusader attack that Soldier Lady!" a man in silver armor with a golden cross going down his breastplate appeared.
"You nuts my Lady gains 1000 attack points." (3100/1400)
"I know…but Crusader gains half of your monsters attack. (3550/1000) Silver Sword Strike!" the soldier lady fought bravely but was struck down. Kevin began to smile, as soon as he did 'Failing is for the weak, are you weak?' Kevin's father's voice rang in his head as he shook off the smile. "Now my Crusader bids adieu, after he battles he is removed from play. Zeo Paladin direct attack!"
Kevin-1500
Rairen- 550
Rairen looked at his lifepoints and then flipped up his face down card. "I activate Damage Reflux!"
"And that does?"
"Simple when I lose more than 3000 life points in one turn, it evens out score."
Kevin groaned as his points dropped down again
Kevin- 550
Rairen-550
Kevin sighed, he looked down his hair shadowing his eyes.
Rairen began to watch Kevin, his eyebrows raised. 'What is wrong with him.' He thought, then Kevin's shoulders began to move. 'Is he crying?'
Kevin's head lifted up, his eyes closed laughing so hard tears were flowing down.
"So he does have emotions." Rairen stated as Kevin looked up.
"Who doesn't? I just was neglecting them…but now I'm tired of living in his shadow, I'm my own self now." Kevin said. "He may have given me these cards, and promised me to never have fail…but I don't care!" Kevin shouted up. He looked at his hand and noticed a card; his eyes bulged when he smiled. "I'll toss this little puppy face down and end my turn."
'Now what? It must be a trap to protect him.' Rairen thought as he drew. "This duel is over, Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy that face down card." He said as a giant wind picked up blowing apart a Paladin's Honor trap card. "So you were going to negate my attack?"
Kevin nodded.
"Well to bad, I remove my Watapon and Sangan to summon…Black Luster Soldier Envoy of the Beginning!" the two called monsters appeared as a hand of light grabbed Sangan and a hand of Darkness grabbed Watapon, the hands began to swirl together as did the monsters, a beam of light shot out of the vortex as a armored soldier appeared (3000/2500).
"Finish this! My Soldier!" Rairen shouted. A dust of smoke covered Kevin's field. "Nice try Kevin, but a little late to the party."
Kevin- 450
Rairen- 550
"What?" Rairen shouted as he looked over noting the Soul Absorption. "I forgot about that…luckily my soldier can attack again!"
"Not quite, you see my Zeo Paladin, he comes with a price, when he's destroyed in battle, the monster that destroyed him, well he gets sent to the graveyard."
The black luster soldier dropped his weapon falling to a knee exploding.
Rairen smiled and began to laugh. "That's a good effect, not many have destroyed my soldier…but you'll regret it." Rairen said as he placed a card face down. "Go ahead."
Kevin drew and as soon as he did a trap card flipped up. "Waboku…crap, I can't do anything this turn."
"Bingo." Rairen returned.
"I set a monster face down and once again, I'll place this little puppy face down, to keep you guessing." Kevin said looking up.
"That look in a duelists eyes, has been one of doom… But I have a way around that, Draw!" he shouted slashing a card out, he flipped it in his fingers to look at it. "I remove my Soldier Lady and my Soldier from the game."
"Don't forget…this time I gain life points."
Kevin-1450
Rairen- 550
"I know full well come fourth Chaos Emperor Dragon- Envoy of the End!" Rairen called as a teal dragon, with flaming red hair emerged. "Emergency Provisions will take care of my last face down. And give me 1000 lifepoints."
Kevin-1450
Rairen- 1550
"Now my great Dragon…shall we end this duel?" His dragon roared, as Rairen's life points once again dipped. The dragon powering up a blast in its mouth firing it off, then when the blast hit the middle it turned into a super nova, destroying everything on the field. "You had 3 cards in your hand two on the field, I had 2 cards in my hand and my Dragon, meaning you lose a grand total of 1800 life points."
Kevin- 0
Rairen- 550
Kevin stood on his feet his eyes covered by his hair once again, he collapsed onto his knee's. Dawn pushed through the crowd running to his aid, but stopped short when Rairen held out his hand.
"This duel, was one of the best I had…you did well, for a freshman." Rairen said softly, Kevin remained motionless.
'Losing is the same as failing, you fail once more I will kick you to an orphanage!' Kevin heard his father's words in his head again. 'I failed…My father…my mother and myself.'
"Kevin?" Dawn asked as she knelt down looking into his distant eyes. "Kevin?"
"He'll be fine." Rairen said, "We all have our own demons to face, Kevin has yet to face his biggest demon." With that he turned around and walked off. 'Kevin you have friends here…remember that.'
Dawn looked over between the two, she silently nodded as the crowd began to leave, she did as well, looking back to see Kevin force himself off and walk off slumped over.