Chapter 6 – Intrigued
xXx Obelisk Duel Arena xXx
"All right, Lisa," Judai said as he drew six cards. "I'll go first. And I'll start with my Elemental Hero Sparkman in attack position." An electric figure appeared on Judai's field and folded its arms. "Then I'll play two cards face down, and that's all." Holograms of the Yu-gi-oh cards were placed on the field.
Lisa smiled. "Nice move, but watch this: I play the spell card Quick Summon to normal summon Simorgh, Bird of Divinity!" she cried. Simorgh was a creature with feathered, purple wings and clawed feet. "This card is the tick to your defeat, Judai," Lisa continued, "because during each of our End Phases both of our life points take 1000 points of damage. And you have fewer life points than me. Or at least you will after my attack! Go, Simorgh, and attack his Sparkman!" Judai's points decreased to 2900.
Lisa's smile faded as she suddenly felt something stir in her heart again. It wasn't quite as bad as earlier, but it was still the same type of feeling. She attempted to ignore it. "Before I end my turn though, I play one card face-down. And did I mention Simorgh's other effect. For each spell and trap card you have face-down, that 1000 points of damage I told you about decreases by 500. It's over because my points will hardly get touched. You'll just take the hit." Judai's life points decreased by 1000 (Judai: 1900, Lisa:3500).
"It's not over yet! A duel's not over until the last card is played," Judai explained, drawing a card. "And it's high time I showed you." He looked at his card. "Not bad. I play…" Then he stopped with a troubled expression on his face.
Lisa saw Judai hesitate. "Judai… what's wrong?" He didn't answer. "Judai?"
"Nothing's wrong," he said finally. "I play the spell card Polymerization so I fuse the two card in my hand. Elemental Hero - Burstinatrix and Elemental Hero - Avian to summon the Elemental Hero – Flame Wingman." He put the fusion card on the slot of his duel disk. "Now I summon Neo Spacian - Black Panther!"
"I've never heard of that card," Lisa said in surprise.
"It's from outer space!" Judai explained. He received a look of confusion. "Um… anyway," he continued, "I use it's effect to copy your Simorgh, the Bird of Divinity. Now go Black Panther attack her monster."
"What's the point of that?" Lisa asked as his monster began to attack. "Both monsters will be destroyed."
Judai grinned. "I'll still have Flame Wingman to attack you directly."
Lisa gasped as Black Panther's attack headed her way. "Hold it," she said. "I play Negate Attack. So your attack is not only canceled, but you are prevented from attacking again," Lisa said as a purple-blue shield appeared in front of her monster.
"I play two cards face-down, and i guess that's it," Judai said. (Judai: 1900, Lisa: 3000)
Lisa drew a card, and her vision grew blurry. It was Ghost... something. She tried to stand straight despite all the dizziness. She knew one thing. She had no card with Ghost in its name. Lisa attempted to ignore it. "All right then, I play the spell card Giant Trunade. So all spell and trap cards on the field return to their owner's hand." Judai's two holograms disappeared as did Lisa's face-down. "Now I call to the field Harpie Lady 3." The Harpie Lady with blue hair materialized onto the field. "Go Simorgh, Bird of Divinity. Attack his Elemental Hero - Flame Wingman." Judai's held up his disk to block the attack from Simorgh. His life points retreated to 1300. "Then I'll re-place my trap card facedown. That'll do for now," she ended looking satisfied. (Judai: 300, Lisa: 2500).
xXx Class xXx
"Maybe we shouldn't have left Aniki by himself," Shou whispered to Kenzan. "Now he's missing class."
Kenzan shrugged. "Maybe he found an opponent to duel," he replied, whispering back.
"But that would mean that his opponent would be skipping class also." Shou sighed. "He's a bad influence—"
The female teacher (the same one for detention) glanced at Judai's two friends as she paused from her lecture. "Do you two want to revisit detention today?" she asked sharply. Shou and Kenzan received glances from the entire class.
"No, ma'am," they both said at once
"Then pay attention," she ordered, returning to her lecture.
Shou managed to get in one last whisper before silencing himself completely. "I just hope Judai and his opponent know what they're missing," he said sarcastically.
xXx Obelisk Duel Arena xXx
"My turn. Draw!" Judai exclaimed drawing a card. "Sweet! I play the spell card Miracle Fusion. It lets me fuse monsters in my graveyard, and I have the perfect monsters in mind. Wingman and Sparkman combine to form the Elemental Hero - Shining Flare Wingman. And it has a special ability. For every Elemental Hero in my Graveyard it gains 300 attack. I count Burstinatrix and Avian. So that gives it 3100 attack points. Now I'll attack your Simorgh with Black Panther."
Lisa grimaced an explosion surrounded their monsters. Both were destroyed.
"All right!" Judai shouted. "Go Shining Flare Wingman and attack her Harpie Lady 3! And by the way," the brunette added. "Flare Wingman has another effect. When it sends a monster to your graveyard through battle, the attack of your destroyed monster comes right out of your life points."
"What—"
"You heard me," Judai cut in. Judai watched as the attack came through and left a wall of smoke. When it cleared, he did not expect to see Lisa still standing with her hands on her knees and her head hanging.
She looked up at him with a smile on her face. "Wow, Judai! You are as good as they say."
"But how'd you survive?" Judai questioned her.
"Oh, that was because of my trap, Sakuretsu Armor. First it negates the attack of one of your monsters," Lisa explained. "But that's not all, it also removes from play the attacking monster."
"Okay, but before you do that I play the quick-play spell diffusion, so your Sakuretsu Armor, no longer has a target," Judai countered.
"But your forgetting something, Judai," Lisa said. "If you do attack my Harpie Lady 3, you won't be able to attack again for two more turns."
"I don't plan on attacking again," Judai laughed. "Not after this anyway. I play Instant Fusion, so I remove Burstinatrix and Avian from play to summon another Elemental Hero - Flame Wingman. And I equip him to the spell card Element Sword, so it gains 800 attack points when battling a monster with a different main-type."
"An awful attempt to defeat me," Lisa said. "I'll still have plenty of points left even if you use that equip card." Flame Wingman destroyed her monster and Lisa's life point counter ended at zero. "But how?" she asked surprised.
Judai grinned. "When Flame Wingman destroys a monster, just like Shining Flare Wingman, your monster's attack points come out of your life points."
Lisa stood in shock for a moment. Then she nearly laughed out loud. "That was fun, Judai," she said. "We should duel again sometime."
"You were a tough opponent," Judai said. "But I have a question…"
"What's that?" she asked him.
"Um…well… what was that card you drew?" he finally got out. "You didn't look so good when you saw it."
Lisa held it up so he could see, not looking at it. She had a feeling if she did something like what happened this morning would happen again.
Judai looked at the card and gasped. "How'd you get a Ghost Dragon?"
Lisa frowned. So that's what it is. Ghost Dragon. Then she returned to the real world. "I hate to say this, but I have no clue…"
"Oh." Judai strolled over to her. "I'm just asking because I dueled a guy with Ghost Dragons before. His name was Tanjiro. I think it might be his."
"I'm sure it is," Lisa answered. "It's not mine."
"You know him?"
She was about to say, "yes," but something stopped her. Lisa didn't want to have to give the card back Tanjiro. She didn't even want to get near him. "Um… I don't think I do," the red-head lied.
"If you want, I can give it back to him," Judai said. "I know him."
Lisa smiled. "Okay, Judai. Thanks." She handed him the Ghost Dragon card without even glancing at it. "We better get back to class now."
"Yeah, my friends might be missing me," Judai said. Lisa started to head toward the doorway. Judai went with her and smiled. "Wanna race?" he asked.
Lisa started to run. "I get a head start," she yelled glancing back. The halls were a lot easier to maneuver through when they were empty.
"No fair!" Judai whined, racing after her.
xXx Back in Class xXx
Lisa sat with her chin in her hand. Her elbow rested on her desk. She and Judai had came very late, and the teacher gave them one more chance before detention.
But that wasn't what upset her. Lisa was hoping she'd see Edo in this class, but his seat was empty. Was he doing this to her on purpose? Avoiding her until he believed she had forgot him completely. It wouldn't work. Lisa would never forget the day she met Edo.
She had to admit, he was interesting to her. His true personality was so hidden from society, and that intrigued her. She had discovered the true motives of everyone she had ever known, but that one Pro duelist gave her a headache whenever she tried it with him. Lisa couldn't help but try to discover his true feelings deep within his heart. Then maybe she could find a way to interest him as well.