-Like, SERIOUSLY man!?!? You agreed to duel HIM?!
Right when the bell rang, Jounouchi Katsuya jumped up at Millenia Skyer's face, yelled out loud while still pointing at Seto's face. Skyer's face was smooth and cold, as she slowly put her things away. Seto Kaiba smirked triumphantly, already had his Duel Disk on:
-That is none of your business, dog. Let's make this quick, shall we?
He glared at Millenia, blue eyes burning with vicious flame of vengence. Otogi rolled his eyes:
-Come on, Kaiba! Don't be such an ass! She's just…
-Like I said, that is NONE of your business!
Seto spat. Otogi glared at him. The whole class' attention was now turned to the small group. Yugi fidgetting nervously, his violet eyes darted between Kaiba and Ryuji. Anzu was shifting her weight on her legs continuosly, obviously annoyed:
-Kaiba, can't you just…
He threw her a glare which made her shut up, but Masaki glared back at him stubbornly.
-Troublesome…
The cold voice suddenly resounded. Everyone turned to Millenia, the only one who hadn't vocalized herself yet. The beautiful but emotionless girl slowly rose, raised an eyebrow at nothing particularly. She had had her Duel Disk attached to her arm, and was now moderately reaching for the door:
-I would much prefer someone else…You are not worth to be my rival…
Everyone froze. Seto grabbed Millenia's arm forcefully, spat his words through gritted teeth:
-Say that again.
Didn't even bother to look back, the Skyer yank her arm free in no time, whispered coldly:
-I do not like to repeat myself, weakling…
With that, she disappeared through the door.
It had driven Seto Kaiba insane.
Howled angrily, he followed her immediately. That was not just a mere, random insult. She despised him, and he could read it through her tone. There was absolutely nothing in it, like Seto was nothing, like he didn't even exist.
Looked at each other worriedly, Yugi's gang ran after Kaiba right when the door slammed shut behind him. Honda squinted his brown eyes, while strolling as fast as possible:
-This is not good. I've never seen Kaiba that angered before. Dunno if that girl is good or not, she's in major trouble now
-On the contrary, Kaiba better watch himself.-Much to the others' shock, Otogi had a bead of sweat drop on his forehead, worry traced every inch of his face- He is the one who doesn't know who he is dealing with…
~.~.~.~.~
In front of the school gate, a small crowd had already gathered around the two duelists, curiously stared at the legendary ex-champion and the nameless chalenger. And they became even more curious, since the stranger's face was completely smooth and emotionless, and the ex-champion was full of fury and hatred.
-You will regret for what you have said! Withdraw those words or else!
-Too bad, "regret" is not something exists in my dictionary…So sad, my words were very true…
Seto bared his teeth, as Skyer expressionlessly stared at him. More like straight through him, as a matter of fact. Her chilling bottomless eyes showed nothing, as her face was as still as a statue. Oh, how Seto wanted to break her into million pieces, to see her cry in despair! And he was planning to do so, after crushing her in a duel, making her pay for all she had done so far. The anger formed from how she had beaten him was just a tiny, childish problem compared to what she had said. She was no one to insult Seto Kaiba, she was nothing to despised him!
Yugi watched the two duelists, worry written all over his face. Skyer was a mystery, but so far, as Yugi had known, every duelist who had a very composed nature had the percent of winning over 90% (and Millenia seemed to have absolutely no emotion at all). The very example, was none other than his other self, Yami no Yugi. The said Nameless Pharaoh had appeared right beside him, when Yami sensed his Aibou's stress. Staring curiously at the new girl, Yami chuckled, "I wonder how strong she could be…She nearly made Kaiba exploded with rage." Frowning, Yugi never let his amethyst eyes away from the two duelists, "I'm afraid that Kaiba's going to loose this…" Raising an eyebrow, Yami smirked, "What are you talking about, Aibou? We both know how strong and stubborn Kaiba can be! I doubt he would let that girl go easily." "Well, look at him! He's nearly lost his mind and she has been completely expressionless since the beginning!"
Seto could not hear anything or focus at anything at all. That marble face was driving him insane and he had every intention to break it:
-Let's duel!
-I shall go first.-Said a rather composed Skyer, compared to an outraged Seto.
Millenia drew out six cards. Silently, she set three of them down on the spell/trap field without no monsters and ended her turn. Seto raised an eyebrow at that. Jounouchi barked:
-No monsters?! Man! Don't tell me she another trap freak like Rishid!
Anzu punched his head in order to keep his mouth shut. Seto frowned. It was not like that dog didn't have a point. All those cards had all the possibility to be traps, and he did not intend to risk his monsters over that. Drawing another card, a smirk formed on his hansome face:
-I activate the ritual card: White Dragon Ritual! By sending La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp to the Gaveyard, not I can ritual summon Paladin of White Dragon!!
"See? He's about to get his triumph card out already…" Yami said satisfiedly to a frowning Yugi. Seto's smirk grew larger, became an evil grin at the still emotionless Skyer, "This duel is mine, Skyer!!" he roared mentally:
-Activate the special effect of the Paladin! Sacrifice him to special summon BLUE EYES WHITE DRAGON!!!
In a brilliant flash, the proud symbol of Seto Kaiba appeared. An eyebrow raised, as Millenia looked at the dragon with slight amusement. "YES! Fear it! Fear it, you wretched woman!!",Seto yelled in his mind, completely unaware of what Millenia spoke next:
-Hn…Interesting…Never thought that there is another one who has a BEWD…
The whole crowd was struck with shock. Jounouchi muttered something inaudible, while Yami was staring at the girl with sudden interest. Anzu was the first one to mouth everyone's question:
-What does she mean by that???
Seto squinted his eyes; a mocking smirk was slowly replacing his surprised expression:
-What? Have you never seen me duel before?
Millenia, still watching the white dragon with amusing eyes, replied him with sarcasm:
-No, never heard of you actually…
Awkward silence.
Jounouchi's mouth dropped, and then he was laughing uncontrollably, unable to stop. Anzu and Honda exchanged a bemused look, and Honda immediately joined Jounouchi, rolling on the ground like an idiot. Yami chuckled at Yugi's blank face. Otogi stiffed his laughter down to ask Skyer:
-Where have you been, Millenia?? The moon?? It's hard to say, but Kaiba is the second best duelist in the world, and the champion is Yugi here! And don't tell me that you don't know about Yugi either!-He threatened playfully.
Millenia shrugged, finally darted her eyes away from the Blue Eyes White Dragon to look at her once acquaintance:
-Not really…I was too busy to care.
-Meaning…You haven't duel ever since then?
-Not actually. This kind of duel never makes me interest…Beside, there has been only one person who could ever make it to my first place deck. None had reached the special one.
-An this deck is…
-The second rank.
Otogi went pale instantly.
-You mean…-He stated weakly.
-Yeah...Too much?
Otogi gulped. How could he ever forget…
Watching the weird exchange between Skyer and Ryuji, Seto became even angrier. He snarled:
-Well?! Aren't you going to make your move?!
Millenia turned back to him, an eyebrow rose at the obvious rage like it was the first time she saw it. Shrugging, she pulled out another card. A wry smile formed upon her marble feature. She ended her turn, mush to Seto's surprise. He gritted his teeth. That wretched woman had been mocking him long enough. Drawing another card, Seto snapped:
-Activate Mystical Space Typhoon! Destroy the first card on the left!
-Activate Magic Jammer! Discard Sillva, Warlord of Dark World to negate the activation of the Typhoon.
Much to everyone's shock, the magic jammer was placed nowhere else but exactly the same place Seto ordered the Typhoon to destroy. A mocking smirk appeared upon Seto's feature again, as he sneered at Skyer:
-What are you? A fool? Do you realize that you have just thrown away a card for nothing?!
-On the contrary, I do not do anything for nothing. Activate Sillva's special effect: If he was discarded by a card effect, special summon him onto the field.
Staring at the newly appeared monster, Kaiba snickered:
-ATK 2300? You are still a fool! Attack, BEWD!!!
Skyer rolled her eyes. Obviously, a sight of frustration had appeared on her composed face. Raised her slender arm, she lazily spoke:
-Activate Mirror Force and at the same time: Deck Devastation Virus!
-What?!
Seto's mouth dropped as his BEWD disappeared in its own attack, and when all of the low ATK monsters on his hand card got discarded by the trap's effect. Jounouchi had stopped laughing long ago; his face was now as pale as Otogi's:
-No shit! She is giving Kaiba a taste of his own medicine!
Once again, the Skyer rolled her eyes impatiently, obviously got annoyed by how long that duel was taking. After seeing Seto set down one card and ended his turn, she immediately drew out another card:
-Using Heavy Storm to destroy your face down card!-Kaiba gritted his teeth as his Ring of Destruction card was destroyed.-Summon Brron, Mad King of the Dark World in attack position! Attack Kaiba directly!
The Dark monster with 1800 ATK points slashed Seto's life point easily down to 2200. Jounouchi raised an eyebrow:
-But…if she does this then she can't perform her one-turn-kill, right?
Otogi was about to answer his, but surprisingly, the one who solved the question was none other than the expressionless duelist. A cold smirk appeared on Millenia's face as she explained:
-Nothing can stop me from performing my favorite move! Activate Brron's special effect! Every time he attacks directly, I can discard one card from my hand to the graveyard. I select Goldd, Wu-Lord of Dark World!! Goldd has a similar effect as Sillva's, so I can special summon him onto the field in attack mode! And since I am still in the Battle Phrase, I can attack directly with Goldd!
Horror spread across Kaiba's face, as the monster wiped his LP to zero. Collapsed onto the ground, he panted heavily, numb because of the new lost. Everyone was staring at Skyer, speechless as she coldly stated:
-Check mate and victory.
Yami gaped at the girl, unable to say anything as Yugi breathed out, "Fair and square, faster than any duel we had ever had with Kaiba before. Perfect one-turn-kill and she hadn't had a scratch! Not to mention that that deck was an ultra rare one…" Jounouchi stared at Millenia, for once; he couldn't find any word to speak. Otogi went even paler, as he faintly stammered:
-Millenia…How…but you…I…
She shrugged again, began to walk away:
-I trained with the best.
-Rematch…
She stopped on her track, as the word was spoken. Seto was slowly getting back on his feet, though his head was still hanging low, the words were still spurting throw his gritting teeth:
-I want a rematch! I was not serious back then.
Millenia didn't even turn around or answer. Just simply walked away, leaving behind a dumb struck crowd and a, nearly invisible, shaking Kaiba.
Yami raised an eyebrow, murmuring to himself rather than to Yugi as normal, "I wonder…who she is…"