"Duel!"
Jesse Anderson: 8000
Kira thantos: 8000
"I'll start us off if you don't mind." Jesse said with a quick smile before drawing from his deck. I nodded and awaited his move, my new deck was easier to use when going second. "I start us off by setting a monster facedown. I'll also lay a card down and end my turn."
"I draw!" I shouted snapping a card up from my deck. "I'll activate pot of greed and draw two cards." I quickly draw two more cards and grinned. "Next I'll throw down two cards. Your move." I could feel Jesse stare at me quizzically and simply shrugged.
"O…k, I draw…" He said with less enthusiasm. "I summon crystal beast amber mammoth in attack mode!" I watched as a large mammoth appeared with a mighty…..roar?
Crystal beast amber mammoth
Atk: 1700/ def 1600
"I'm afraid not!" I shouted while pressing a button on my duel disk "I activate my face down trap! Bottomless trap hole!" A wide hole appeared underneath Amber mammoth "When a monster with 1500 or more attack points is summoned, I can activate this trap to remove that monster from the game instead of sending it to the graveyard!"
"No chance bud!" I watched as his facedown card flipped up "I activate dark bribe! In exchange for negating a spell or trap card and destroying it, you can draw a card!"
"So close." I muttered as I drew another card from my deck. The wide hole shrunk until it disappeared beneath amber mammoth. I could have sworn the mammoth just breathed a sigh of relief. "Next I'll use the equip spell crystal release on amber mammoth! He gets a large attack boost in the form of 800 points!" A golden aura enveloped amber and he gave another mighty roar.
Crystal beast amber mammoth
Atk: 2500 / Def: 1600
"Go amber mammoth! Attack his life points directly!" The mighty mammoth charged at me full steam and delivered a tusk stab to my ribcage.
Jesse Anderson: 8000
Kira thantos: 5500
THAT was a big hit. Good thing these holograms aren't the real thing…. "I'll end my turn there." I couldn't help but smile, this was turning out to be an interesting duel!
"My turn, draw!"
"I activate card destruction! We both discard all the cards in our hand and draw the same number of cards from ours decks!" I quickly added my hand to my grave and drew a fresh hand. Jesse did the same only with a scowl on his face. Musta had good cards…. "And now by removing from my graveyard the dark monster Gil Garth and the light monster Dunames dark witch, I can special summon the Chaos sorcerer!" A black clad Sorcerer appeared from his card with an evil smirk.
Chaos Sorcerer
Atk: 2300 / Def: 2000
"Cool! Nice move bud!"
"It gets even better!' I shouted "Once per turn, I can remove from play a monster on the field! I'll choose to remove amber mammoth!" Chaos sorcerer began chanting while waving his hand around. Suddenly amber mammoth was enveloped in a green flame. As the flames disappeared, so did amber mammoth, the equip spell behind amber suddenly exploded into tiny shards. "I activate crystal release! I can add a crystal beast to my spell and trap zone since crystal release was sent to the graveyard!"
A red chipped stone appeared next to him. "Luckily for you I cannot attack with Chaos sorcerer when I use his effect." I said grinning. This duel was just getting started!
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Why did she even bother entering this stupid tournament?"
Akiza: 8000
Tama: 300
It was all just too easy! "Direct attack with Blackrose dragon." I sighed with absolutely no interest. Blackrose dragon roared and fired a massive black beam from its mouth at Tama, taking away the last bit of her life points.
Akiza: 8000
Tama: 0
Tama screamed as she was thrown to the ground by the shockwave of the blast. "No way I lost! You must have used your powers to cheat!"
Give me a break….
"Are you kidding me? You didn't even know half your cards abilities! Not only that, you never used a single trap card to help defend your monsters or life points!"
I watched Tama glare at me and snarl "Shut up black rose bitch! Cheater!" I turned and walked away leaving the referee to deal with her.
Stadium lobby
"She was way out of line."
I found Yusei sitting on a bench drinking from a water bottle. "She's just one of many duel academy students who cant let go of the past." I said as I sat down next to him. He handed me a water bottle which I gladly took and began drinking. "I won my duel too." Yusei said, quickly deciding to change the subject. I smirked as I put the bottle on my lap "Weren't you dueling Crow?" Yusei opened his mouth to speak when a certain orange haired boy walked up to the two of us "Yeah, it was a close game too!" I laughed as I watched Crow go over what happened during the duel. I gotta admit, despite being a perv, he really is a good duelist. "And then he activated dark hole and wiped out all of my monsters!" Yusei chuckled and pulled out a trap card "I'm glad I bought white hole. Its so useful! Hey speaking of duels, isn't Kira's duel in sector C?"
I stood up quickly and dashed off for the viewing area. Crow laughed as he watched me disappear down a hallway and turned to Yusei "Careful Yusei. You didn't want Akiza as your partner in WTGP, so she just might move on to Kira next." Yusei growled at Crow's smirk "I didn't say that I didn't want her, I said that I'd wait and see who was most compatible with me." Crow rolled his eyes and groaned "Dude….you just don't get it do you?"
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"I'll set a monster and turn it over to you Jesse." Jesse smiled as he drew his card "I'll end my turn here." Wait what? "Seriously?" I asked watching his face hoping to find a glimmer of regret in his move. Nothing! "Your move bud." He said with a rather ominous smile. I chuckled nervously as I drew. "I'll summon ritual raven in attack mode!"
Ritual raven
Atk: 300 / def: 300
"Cute little feller ya got there bud." He laughed as my two faced bird appeared in a flash of light. "And he's great at parties! I activate contract with the abyss! I can now summon any dark type ritual monster in my hand! As an added bonus I'll throw in ritual ravens effect! If I'm ritual summoning a dark type monster I can use him as the entire tribute!"
A purple vortex appeared beneath ritual raven. As he sank down into the vortex a large silver knight came out complete with a giant axe. "I ritual summon Demise, king of Armageddon!"
Demise, king of Armageddon
Atk: 2400 / def: 2000
"Bow before the king! At the low cost of 2000 life points, Demise's special ability destroys every card on the field except himself so that none can oppose him!" Demise lifted his heavy axe and swung it around in a complete circle destroying every card around him and finished by throwing it at me. I pointed at Jesse "And now, Demise! Direct attack with Armageddon slasher!" Demise quickly complied, launching forward despite his heavy armor and bringing his axe down on Jesse.
Jesse Anderson: 5600
Kira thantos: 3500
"Your move." I watched Jesse slowly get up from Demise's attack. He seemed to be rather unfazed by the attack, although he was putting up a great show. "I'll draw, set a monster and a card face down, and end my turn." Jesse gave me that ominous smile again. Scary…. "I'll draw. I'll summon another ritual raven and activate the ritual spell end of the world!" A large blue beam of fire shot down and enveloped Ritual raven "I'll use his effect to completely pay the tribute to ritual summon Ruin, queen of oblivion!" From the blue beam walked out a woman cloaked in red and white, wielding a crimson staff.
Ruin, queen of oblivion
Atk: 2300 / def: 2000
I thrust my arm out for dramatic effect "Ruin! Destroy that face down monster in your path!" Ruin quickly dashed forward and brought her staff down on the face down card destroying it in a shower of shards. "Thanks to her majesties special effect, she can attack again. Suffer the wrath of the king and queen of destruction!" Both Demise and Ruin suddenly came from above and slashed Jesse from head to toe.
Jesse Anderson: 900
Kira thantos: 3500
"Come on Jesse! The duels not over until your last card is drawn!" Jesse was currently on his knee after being blown back by the attacks. "N-not over yet bud! I still got tons of moves to show ya!" I grinned and nodded. "I'll throw down a facedown and end my turn!" I watched Jesse's smile grow wider as he drew "I'll summon Crystal beast sapphire Pegasus in attack mode! With its special ability I can summon a crystal beast from my hand or deck to my spell/trap zone!" A chipped amethyst appeared right next to Jesse. "I'll end my turn."
"Kira!"
I stole a quick glance to my left and found Akiza watching me through the view screens in the lobby. I simply laughed and began focusing even more on the duel "I draw! Go Ruin! Let's end this duel! Attack!" Ruin jumped forward and rammed her staff into Pegasus's chest destroying the rather beautiful creature and watched it shatter.
Jesse Anderson: 500
Kira thantos: 3500
"Kuh! N-Not yet!" Jesse quickly yelled "I activate my trap card Crystal pair! When a crystal beats is destroyed and sent to the graveyard I can special summon one from my deck to my spell and trap zone! Which comes with the spiffy bonus of no battle damage for the rest of the turn!" Saved... unbelievable! "Tch, I end my turn." That's odd. Jesse looked like he actually FELT the damage I had given him. His breathing was all raggedy and he was clutching his chest… "I'll draw!" As he drew, his legs seemed to give out and he was suddenly on one knee.
"N-no! Not yet! From my h-hand I activate pot of greed!" He slowly drew two cards from his deck and half smiled "Now I'll activate crystal blessing! I can add up to two crystal beasts in my graveyard and add them to my spell/trap zone!" An emerald and a sapphire appeared alongside the other two gems next to him. "Forgive me Kira! But it's over! I activate Crystal abundance!" All four gems shot into the air and shattered, shards showering over the field, suddenly destroying Demise, Ruin and my face down card "By sending four crystal beasts in my spell/trap zone all cards on the field are sent to the graveyard!"
He suddenly let out a rather harsh cough and…..is that blood coming from his mouth? "Now I can special summon as many crystal beasts from my graveyard as cards that were destroyed from your side of the field!" Sapphire Pegasus, a small turtle, and a white tiger appeared in a brilliant light display.
I added up the combined attack and grinned. I lost this duel.
"Go my friends! Attack him directly!"
The tiger pounced into the air before coming down hard on me followed by the turtle tackling me in the rib cage. I was gonna lose!
Jesse Anderson: 500
Kira thantos: 700
I watched as the Pegasus flew closer and closer to me, ready to ram into me with its horn when the hologram suddenly faded away just before impact. That's when I heard the scream.
"JESSE!"
I quickly turned and found Jesse on the ground clutching his chest, out cold. "No!" I yelled running over, ignoring the fact that the ref was yelling at me to stay clear. I began shaking him in a vain attempt to wake him up "Jesse! Come on man! Getup and finish this duel! You were supposed to win! GET THE HELL UP AND FINISH ME OFF!"
"JESSE!" I heard the scream again followed the sound towards the entrance hall, where a blonde woman wearing a teachers uniform at the duel academy island sprinting into the arena with Akiza close behind.
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I'm gonna end it there because I want to use some of the stuff in my head for the next chapter while it's still in my head. How did I do with the duel? Read and review please.
