LEVEL RISING
Pt 3 by Copper Thrice
I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh GX.
Jake took a step off the KaibaCorp jet and looked around. He was actually here! Duel Academy! He couldn't believe it.
On the day he left, he left a note for his parents and packed his deck and new Duel Disk, pain free version of course. Jake said goodbye to his friends and boarded the KC jet to Duel Academy. He now wore a silver blazer with the KC symbol on it. Cain met him after he landed.
After he went to the Academy's main hall and heard Chancellor Shepherd's announcement about the duel tournament, he got his first medal. According to Shepherd, duelists faced each other all across this island and the winners get all of the loser's medals. The last few people with the medals would face each other in the finals.
However, Jake disappeared after he got his medal, he had to find Ellie. Jake managed to find a while later, she was dueling a student from Ra Yellow.
E: 4000
R: 0200
"I summon Gilford the Lightning! (2800/1400)" She yelled as a tall warrior with a large sword and an orange cape. She seemed… different somehow, thought Jake.
"Now, because I sacrificed three monsters to summon my warrior, all of your monsters are destroyed." The three face-down monsters on the Yellow students shattered. The student looked in fear at her new warrior.
"Now, Gilford, crush him!" Ellie yelled and the monster charged at the student. He screamed as the holographic sword destroyed his LP.
E: 4000
R: 0000
"Now, that you've lost," Ellie said walking towards him, "You will become part of the Society of Light, as agreed." The student rose and his yellow uniform turned white with grey trim. His eyes turned grey and it seemed like his personality changed. "Now, give me your medals." Ellie said holding out her hand. The once-yellow student reached into his pocket and pulled out three medals and she took them.
"Ellie, wait!" Jake said rushing down onto the arena. Ellie turned around and met his gaze with her now grey eyes. "Ellie, uh, hi. What's goin on?" He asked.
"Oh, Jake right?" she asked emotionlessly. Jake blinked, she forgot about him? "You're the pathetic duelist that I became friends with before my transformation." Jake blinked again and his mouth opened in shock. "If you wish to duel me, you have to have at least three medals."
"What?" Jake asked. Ellie continued.
"I only duel people with three or more medals." she said just as emotionlessly.
"What happened to you?" Jake asked incredulously, "We were friends remember?"
"Were, is the key word. I am with the Society of Light now." Ellie said walking past a confused Jake. He turned to follow her, but she was surrounded by Society cronies, including the ex-Ra Yellow student.
It all pieced together for Jake. When Ellie beat the Yellow duelist, he became a Society member. So she must have lost to a society member and became like that. So the only way to bring her back was to duel her and win. Jake nodded and set off to find some duelists and get some medals.
After a short search, he met Kyle Mesmera, a duelist who's Flow was centered around something called, "The End of the World". Kyle had two medals already, so Jake faced him so that he could get all the medals he needed quickly. The duel began and Jake was ready.
J: 4000
K: 4000
"I'll start." Said Kyle. "I play my Pot of Greed. It allows me to draw two cards." Kyle drew his cards and smiled. "Now I summon my Double Coston! (1700/1650)" Two black, gel-like monsters, that appeared to be joined, appeared in front of Kyle. "Now I place two cards face-down and end my turn."
"Okay," said Jake drawing. Then Jake grimaced, he hated when this happened. His Flow called for a lot of different types of cards, so he had to make his deck a 50 card deck. The problem was, sometimes he drew starting hand of only magic, trap, and monsters he had to sacrifice to summon. That was the case now. "I'll have to buy time," Jake thought. "I place two face-downs and end my turn!"
"Got it!" Kyle replied, drawing. "I activate my ritual spell card: The End of the World! It's a spell that allows me to sacrifice monsters from my hand or my field to summon a Ritual monster. I sacrifice two monsters from my hand to summon Demise, King of the End!" He a large warrior appeared in a flash of brilliant light. It was a heavily armored warrior with a gigantic axe. "Now I activate two Emergency Provisions! You see, when I activate them, I can destroy a trap or spell on my side of the field and I get 1000 Life Points for each one! I use them on each other!"
J: 4000
K: 6000
"Now I activate Demise's special effect. He destroys all cards on the field, except for himself, in exchange for 2000 Life Points!"
J: 4000
K: 4000
The giant warrior raised its axe and struck the ground. In a torrent of holographic stone and wind, both of Jake's face-down traps were destroyed and so was Double Coston. "Now, I play my spell card: Meteor of Destruction! If you have over 3000 Life Points, my spell does 1000 damage to you directly!" A meteor appeared above Jake and he put his hands in front of himself instinctively.
"What am I doing," Jake thought as the holographic meteor hit him and Jake felt nothing. Jake put his arms down, embarrassed.
J: 3000
K: 4000
"Demise, attack him directly!" Kyle yelled. His monster obeyed and chopped its holographic axe through Jake.
J: 0600
K: 4000
"Ya know," Kyle said crossing his arms. "I came to this place to duel the best, but if this is all I get… I'm very disappointed. This is the biggest stinkin tournament since KaibaCorp's first Battle City tournament and here I play some boy who can't get his moves right or his deck together."
Jake closed his eyes and remembered his promise. "I keep my promises," he thought. "Is it my move?" Jake asked.
"Sure, but this duel's over, man, I put a card face-down and end my turn." Kyle said as a holo-card appeared below his feet.
Jake drew his card and smiled. "You're right! It is over!" Kyle shot him a confused look. "I use the spell: Cost Down! I discard a card from my hand and all my monsters in my hand go down by two stars. Now I summon Silent Swordsman LV 5! (2300/1000)" A tall warrior wearing a long blue robe with metal plating appeared with a huge sword. "Now I play Level Up! It sends my swordsman to the graveyard and I get to summon his most powerful form. Now, meet Silent Swordsman LV 7!" (2800/ 1000) A taller, tougher warrior with a blue, plated robe appeared.
"Now, Swordsman, attack his Demise!" Jake yelled.
"Not so fast," Kyle said, "I play a quick spell: Offerings to the Doomed. It—" but Kyle was cut off when his spell shattered. "What just happened?!" he yelled.
"You see, when my Silent Swordsman LV 7 is on the field," Jake began, "All spells are negated and destroyed when active."
The swordsman sliced the End King and he shattered.
J: 0600
K: 3600
"Nice move, but I'm still kickin!" Kyle said.
"Okay, said Jake, "I end my turn after placing a card face-down."
"My move," said Kyle drawing. He smirked. "I'm just gonna put one card face-down and end it there. Call it a free shot if you want."
Jake narrowed his eyes and drew. "Heh, heh," thought Kyle, "My face-down is Mirror Force. When he attacks, he'll lose all his monsters and then I'll attack directly and win this game."
Jake looked at his hand and spoke, "I play my face-down Heavy Storm! It's a spell that destroys all spells and traps on the field." The sound of wind swept through. The Swordsman's cloak shuddered in the wind as Kyle's trap shattered. "Now I summon my Armed Dragon LV 3! (1200/900)" A small, orange dragon with a few plates of metal and a spiked tail appeared. "Now," Jake said pointing at Kyle. "Attack him directly!" The two monsters leapt forward and attacked with their weapons. Kyle fell to his knees as his LP dropped.
J: 0600
K: 0000
"What a Drama Queen," Jake thought, walking over to Kyle.
When he walked past his holographic monsters, the dragon and the warrior gave him a grin and a nod before they vanished.
"That was weird," Jake thought. Kyle rose and laughed.
"Guess you get my medals now, huh? Well, you won fair and square, here." Kyle dropped two medals into Jake's hand. "I'm just glad to see that there are still some pretty good duelists left in this world." Kyle walked away.
"Good duelist," said Jake aloud, "I hope I am." Jake pocketed his new medals and walked towards the Society of Light dorm.
"I'm gonna need to be good to beat Ellie."
