Yu-Gi-Oh GX: Sanctuary in the Sky
By: DarkStormNoD
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! or any other related property
Chapter Six-Dragon vs. Dragon
"Best meal of the day," Kirk smiled as he looked at his stack of pancakes in front of him.
It was the first official weekend at Duel Academy, he was in the Mesh Hall of the Slifer Red Dorm.
"There is no way possible," Virgil peeked his head around the side of Kirk's pancakes which were about 10 high.
Kirk ignored his friends comment as he pick up the tub of syrup and spread in on his pancakes. "You would think after seeing me eat for a week you would be use to it," Kirk stated as he finished up and placed the tub down.
"Yeah…" Virgil voiced trailed off as he noticed Brice walking into the dorm out of the corner of his eye.
Kirk was to busy with stuffing his face to notice Brice.
Virgil sighed as he took a bite of his toast, he wasn't really a breakfast person but felt it necessary to at least eat a little something. He had spend this whole pass week awkwardly trying to avoid Brice, not only because of what Professor Overton stated, but also because he kept getting dirty looks from Brice. Even though I won the duel, it feels worse than losing. Virgil thought as he watched Brice grab a snack pack size of cereal.
"Done," Kirk stated as Virgil eyes bulged out of his eyes.
"How? That-?"
Kirk let out a huge burp and wiped off his mouth, "Like I said I thought you would be use to that by now," Kirk looked over at Virgil. "Anyway I was thinking, how about we head over to the main duel arena. I figured it would help you out watching others duel."
"Sounds like a good idea to me," Virgil stated as he stood up.
"Now I'll attack you directly!" A Ra Yellow girl stated as her Wingweaver dived down on her Obelisk Blue opponent, who's Life Points dropped to zero.
Kirk let out a yawn, "That one was kind of a bore," Kirk leaned back in his seat and placed his hands behind his head, "But I guess its good for you to see all these Duels."
Virgil looked around as two new students entered the arena, both Obelisk Blue.
"Hey dude you gonna answer me?" Kirk sat up straight in his seat.
"Oh…sorry was so focused, these guys are so impressive," Virgil sighed wondering if he would ever get as strong as these guys.
Ever since he's arrived at Duel Academy he's felt as though everyone was light years ahead of him. Besides his entrance exam duel and his win over Brice he's never felt close to evenly matched.
"Dude you'll catch up," Kirk stated, Virgil surprised looked over at his friend, "You've had that look on your face when we were talking about how many Duels you have, the other day."
"Well its just so hard to see myself catching up," Virgil turned his attention back to the Duel, the match was pretty even, "I mean you've been dueling all your life and you know more about different cards than me."
"Man, that's got nothing to do with nothing," Kirk let out a sigh, his boredom with the Duel was starting to show.
"He's right you know," a voice rang out from behind them.
Virgil and Kirk quickly turned around to see a guy in a Ra Yellow outfit, it was unbutton with a black sleeveless shirt underneath, he had short spiky dirty blonde hair and he was about 5' 11.
"Names Paul by the way," he jumped over the bleaches and landed in-between Kirk and Virgil.
"I'm Kirk, he's Virgil," he answered for the both of them. "You know its not polite to listen in on others conversations."
"Sorry couldn't help myself," he turned to Virgil, "But he is right, everyone has got to start somewhere, even the "Legendary Duelist" had to start from scratch."
"Legendary Duelist?" Virgil questioned.
"Yeah," Paul stated with a smile. "I'm planning on becoming the best Dragon Duelist out there, and with my LV deck no one can touch me."
"No one eh?" Kirk eyebrow shot up and a small smirk appeared on his face.
"So you use LV monsters," Virgil pulled out his deck and showed him his Silent Magician LV4."
"Yeah, but I focus more on the dragons," Paul stated.
"Well then," Kirk stood up as the two students on the field wrapped up there Duel, "How about a Duel, fellow Dragon Duelist?"
That quickly got Paul's attention, "Well normally I don't Duel Slifers but if you are a Dragon Duelist you're on!"
The two dragon duelist quickly found themselves on opposite sides of the Dueling Arena.
Kirk was shuffling his deck as he looked back at Paul who was doing the same. "Just because I'm in Slifer don't let that fool you," he placed his deck in his Duel Disk as the device activated. (Kirk: 4000)
"Don't worry," Paul placed his deck in his Duel Disk as it activated. (Paul: 4000) "As the "Legendary Duelist" would say," he drew 5 cards from his deck as Kirk followed suit. "Let's Duel!"
"First turn will go the challenger," Paul stated as he drew his sixth card, he added the card to his hand before picking up another. "I'll summon my Masked Dragon(1400/1100) in attack mode," on cue Paul's dragon materialized on the field. "I'm done."
Kirk's eyebrow moved at the sight of the monster, he calmly drew a card from his deck. "That's it?"
"Yeah, what of it?" Paul asked as he folded his arms.
"Nothing," Kirk stated as he added the card he drew into his hand, I already have Red-Eyes Black Chick in my hand so I can summon my Red-Eyes Black Dragon, but this opening move must mean he wants me to take out his Dragon so… He reached for a card in his hand and placed it in his Duel Disk, "I'll play a hidden card on the field. Next I'll summon my Cave Dragon(2000/100) in attack mode!"
As Kirk's dragon appeared on the field it was Paul's turn to ask a question, "What do you plan to do with that?"
"Nothing for now, so go ahead," Kirk folded his arms.
"Okay," Paul drew a card from his deck giving him six, he quickly played the newly drawn card, "I play Stamping Destruction!" A picture of the card with a dragon's foot slamming into a rock.
"I know you're planning on destroying my hidden card, and do 500 points of damage to my Life Points," Kirk stated calmly.
"That's right," Paul stated as Kirk's face down card exploded.(Kirk: 3500)
Kirk held up the destroyed card for Paul to see, "The card you destroyed was my Dummy Marker Trap Card and when its destroyed I get to draw a card from my deck," Kirk drew a card, "And if it's destroyed by a Spell Card from my opponent I get to draw another card." He drew again giving him six cards in his hand.
Wow, he's a lot better than I thought, he managed to replenish his hand. I'm going to have to turn up the pace. Paul thought as he looked down at his hand. "I'll summon my Horus the Black Flame LV4(1600/1000), in attack mode!" A small dragon appeared on Paul's field. "Next I'll play Dragon's Gunfire!" A huge fire ball hit Kirk's side of the field destroying his Cave Dragon.
"So I take it you used the second effect of that card destroying a monster with a defense of 800 or less," Kirk stated less than pleased.
"Now I'll have both my monsters attack you directly!" Paul command was quickly obeyed as both dragons fired off balls of fire that hit Kirk reducing his Life Points.(Kirk: 500)
Virgil just looked on surprised, Virgil was able to beat him no problem and here he was already down to a handful of Life Points against a second year student, one in Ra Yellow. How the hell am I suppose to be able to beat anyone that strong.
"For a fellow Dragon Duelist I'm a bit disappointed," Paul stated giving Kirk the signal to start his turn.
Kirk promptly drew a card from his deck, "Well I guess I need to change you're mind about me," Kirk stated as he took a card from his hand, "Now I know about your LV deck, but you don't know what kind of dragon my deck focuses around."
"LV dragon's are the best in the game, I should know as I have every single LV dragon card available in the game," Paul smiled, "I just choose to focus on Horus for this year."
"Wow, every single LV dragon in the game, that's an impressive," Kirk looked back at Virgil who had a worried look on his face, "Dude I got this, first I'll play Pot of Greed," he quickly drew 2 cards from his deck, "Next I'll summon my Red-Eyes Black Chick(800/500) in attack mode." A small eye with a small dragon appeared on the field.
"No way!" Paul seeing the monster pieced together what Kirk was about to do.
"Yes way," Kirk stated as his monster began to glow. "Now by sending this card to the graveyard I can summon my Red-Eyes Black Dragon(2400/2000) from my hand!" Kirk placed the car down on his duel disk as his signature monster appeared on the field and let out a mighty roar. "Now Red-Eyes show his Horus what you're made of!" Kirk's monster fired off a huge black ball of fire that destroyed Paul's monster in a flash.(Paul: 3200)
"Red-Eyes Black Dragon…" Paul was still in shock, "How did you manage to get a monster like that?"
"I could ask you the same thing about having so many sets of LV dragon's in your deck," Kirk stated as he placed two hidden cards on the field.
Paul drew a card from his deck, he quickly played the card, "Pot of Greed will allow me to draw 2 cards," he stated as he drew 2 cards from his deck. "Perfect, I'll play Monster Reborn, to bring back my Horus to the field in attack mode!"
As Paul's monster reappeared on the field, Virgil questioned the move, "But how can that help him at all?"
"He's got a point, that thing can only evolve when it destroys a monster," Kirk stated.
"There is more than one way to Level up my monster, so I play the Spell Card Level Up!" Paul's dragon began to glow as it grew in size, "Say hello Horus the Black Flame LV6(2300/1600)."
"Okay," Kirk's confused face apparent to Paul.
"It gets better, I'll play the Spell Card, Block Attack!"
Kirk watched as his dragon took a defensive stance, "Damn its defense is low enough for you to take him out."
"That's right," Paul stated as he dragon shot a long black flame that incinerated Kirk's dragon destroying it. "And you're open for a direct attack! So I'll have my Masked Dragon attack you directly!"
"Not so fast!" Kirk stated as his face down card activated, "Call of the Haunted will bring back my Red-Eyes Black Dragon and protect me!" On cue the Red-Eyes Black Dragon reappeared on the field.
"Then I'll call off my attack," Paul stated as he placed a hidden card. "Oh and by the way, at the End Phase of the turn my Horus destroys a monster I can summon its next form and I summon Horus the Black Flame LV8(3000/1800)."
Kirk and Virgil watched on as Paul's monster glowed before it started to grow in size, "Now it's the strongest monster on the field," Virgil stared at the huge dragon.
Kirk drew a card from his deck giving him five cards to work with, "I may not be able to take down that monster but I can destroy your Masked Dragon!" Kirk's Red-Eyes Black Dragon started to pull its head back, "Now Inferno Fire Blast!" A small smile crept up on Paul's face as his monster was destroyed.(Paul: 2200)
"Now I can summon a Dragon monster with 1500 or less attack points from my deck, and I pick my Armed Dragon LV3(1200/900) in attack mode," a small dragon with hard scales appeared on the field next to Horus.
"I thought you said you're focus was on Horus?" Kirk stated surprised to see Paul's new dragon.
"Well," Paul scratched the back of his head, "It is but, I like Armed Dragon so much I figured I would keep him in my deck."
Kirk sighed as he signaled for Paul to take his turn, I know about his Horus the Black Flame's special ability to negate any Spell Cards at will, but I'm not familiar with any of the other Level Dragons.
"Okay," Paul drew a card from his deck, "Now during my Standby Phase I can level up my Armed Dragon LV3 to Armed Dragon LV5(2400/1700)," he turned the card he just drew around to reveal the new monster. His small dragon began to glow as it evolved to level 5 it stood next to Horus and let out a roar.
"Man, his monster get strong fast!" Virgil exclaimed surprised at how quickly Armed Dragon leveled up.
"Now to see about your Red-Eyes Black Dragon," Paul stated calmly, "I think I'll have my Horus the Black Flame LV8 take it out as well as the rest of your Life Points!"
"Not so fast!" Kirk stated as he revealed his hidden card, "Negate Attack will stop you're attack and end the Battle Phase." A huge vortex opened up in front of Kirk absorbing the attack from Horus.
"Well I guess all I can do is play my last card in my hand, my second Level Up!" he stated as Armed Dragon LV5 began to glow as it grew even larger, "Say hello to Armed Dragon LV7(2800/1000)."
"Hello," Kirk sarcastically replied, as he drew a card from his deck, "Okay thanks to your Horus the Black Flame I can't play any Spell Cards, because I know you will just negate them, so all I can do is place two cards face down, and call it a turn."
Paul drew a card as Kirk's two hidden card materialized on the field, "Now lets try this again! Go Horus!"
Kirk quickly depressed a button on his Duel Disk revealing one of his hidden cards, "I'll play Enchanted Javelin, now I gain Life Points equal to you're monsters attack!" Before Kirk's Red-Eyes Black Dragon was destroyed his Life Points increased to 3500, as his dragon was destroyed his Life Points dropped to 2900.
"No matter, I'll attack you directly with Armed Dragon LV7!" Paul pointed as his dragon drew back its claws and came down on Kirk, reducing his Life Points to 100, "I'm done."
"Good," Kirk stated as he stood back up and slash-drew a card from his deck. "Paul I've got to say, you're a lot stronger than I thought."
"I also got to admit that you're surprising me as well," Paul smiled.
Kirk looked at the card he drew, a small smile crept up on his face, "I'll summon my Spirit Ryu(1000/1000) in attack mode!"
"What is he planning?" Virgil thought.
"Now I'll attack you're Horus the Black Flame LV8," Kirk stated as his monster let out a blast of wind from its wings.
"I know what you're planning but it wont work," Paul stated as his hidden card revealed itself, "Shift will redirect your attack to my Armed Dragon."
"So be it," Kirk stated as he slid two cards into his graveyard, "For each Dragon I discard I can increase this monsters attack by 1000, and since I sent 2 that brings it attack total to 3000!"
"Wow I wasn't expecting that!" Virgil stated surprised as Paul's dragon was destroyed.(Paul: 2000)
Man I really wanted to take out his Horus so I could use my Super Rejuvenation to draw some cards from my deck. Kirk looked down at his card then back up at the field. Dueling someone who also uses Dragon is a lot tougher than I thought he probably figured that is what I would do which is why he protected his Horus.
"I take it its my turn?" Paul asked, Kirk nodded. "Okay," he drew a card from his deck giving him two.
As the duel stood, he had his Horus the Black Flame LV8 which not only was the strongest monster on the field but could negate any Spell Cards Paul wanted, as well as 2 cards in his hand. As for Kirk he had two cards in his hand and his Spirit Ryu which was back to 1000 attack points, he also had one hidden card on the field.
"Okay, I'm going to play it safe and instead of playing the card in my hand I'm going to attack your Spirit Ryu for the win," Paul stated as his monster began to open its mouth a huge black flame shot out of its mouth.
"My last hope!" Kirk stated as his hidden card revealed itself, "My Trap Rainbow Life will turn any damage I take this turn into life gain, so long as I discard a card from my hand," Kirk watched as his Life Points increased to 3100 before his dragon was destroyed leaving him with 1100 Life Points.
Paul cursed under his breath, "Man I thought you're hidden card could destroy my monster so I held off on playing this, but I will go ahead, and summon my second Horus the Black Flame LV4(1600/1000) and play my last Level Up!"
"What?" Kirk and Virgil gasped at the same time as Paul's monster transformed into its Level 6 form, "I'm done," Paul stated as he folded his empty hand.
"There is no way…" Virgil whispered under his breath, "He's in a completely different league than Kirk, how can he possible come back from this."
Kirk looked down at his deck. You've never let me down deck so come on. Kirk put his fingers on his deck ready to draw, he slash-drew a card from his deck as small shockwave shot out from his body. No one took note of this.
"Ready to concede?" Paul asked.
Kirk looked down at the card he drew, "Not by a long shot," he set a monster hidden on the field.
Paul drew a card from his deck, "I'll have my Level 6 Horus attack your hidden monster!"
His monster quickly obeyed destroying the monster revealed as Kirk's own Masked Dragon (1400/1100).
"You know what I can do now right?" Kirk stated as another Masked Dragon appeared on the field in defense mode.
"Horus Level 8 attack his other Masked Dragon!" Paul yelled as his Dragon fired off another blast that ripped through the Masked Dragon, another one appeared on the field replacing it. "I end my turn and my Level 6 Horus evolves to Level 8!" Paul placed the monster card from his hand on his Duel Disk, his dragon glowed as it was replaced with another Horus the Black Flame Level 8.
Kirk quickly drew a card from his deck another small shockwave appeared under his feet. "I'll set a card."
Paul drew a card from his deck, "Now I won't make the same mistake again, I'll summon Spear Dragon(1900/0) in attack mode!" A small blue dragon with a long beak appeared on the field. "Now I'll have my Spear Dragon take out your Masked Dragon!" Paul yelled as his monster fired off a fire ball that ripped through Kirk's Masked Dragon, "And when Spear Dragon attacks a monster in defense mode it does piercing damage as well."(Kirk: 300) "Also because my Dragon attacked it is changed into defense mode."
"That's cool cause I use my Masked Dragon Special Ability to get my Troop Dragon(700/800), in defense mode of course," Kirk stated as he shuffled his deck and placed I back in his Duel Disk.
"I'll have one of my Horus attack your Troop Dragon!" Paul pointed as one of his dragon's destroyed Kirk's dragon.
"Now I can use my Troop Dragon special ability and summon another one from my deck, in defense mode," Kirk stated as another one appeared on the field.
"I'll destroy that one with my other Horus!" Paul stated as Kirk's dragon was destroyed again, another one appeared on the field.
"My turn," Kirk stated as he slash-drew another card from his deck, that same energy appeared again as he looked at the card. "Its been a great duel Paul, and I've had a lot of fun, but it ends this turn."
"How do you figure?" Paul asked.
"Simple, first off I'll summon another Red-Eyes Black Chick(800/500)," Kirk's little egg dragon appeared on the field.
"Wait then that must mean?"
"You're not the only one with more than one copy of a dragon in his deck," Kirk stated turning around the last card in his hand. "I summon my second Red-Eyes Black Dragon(2400/2000) in attack mode." Kirk's signature monster appeared on the field ready for battle.
"I don't see how you plan on winning this turn with that monster, you forget I got 2 Horus in its strongest form on the field," Paul stated.
"I know that, but my target is not your Horus, its your Spear Dragon," Kirk stated as his monster began to open up its mouth.
"But it is in defense mode…" Paul thought for a minute, "Unless…"
"Yes," Kirk stated revealing his hidden card, "Dragon's Rage will give my Red-Eyes Black Dragon the same piercing effect that your Spear Dragon has, and because its defense is only 0 that means…"
"I lose…" Paul stated as Kirk's Red-Eyes Black Dragon released its attack connecting with Paul's Spear Dragon and reducing his Life Points to zero.
"Wow!" Virgil stated jumping out of his seat and making his way over to Kirk, "That was impressive!"
Kirk quickly gathered up his cards from his Duel Disk and replaced his deck in its deck holder as Paul did the same. "Good Duel man."
"Same," Paul stated walking over to Kirk, he held out his hand, as Kirk shook it. "Consider this the start of a friendly rivalry, my fellow Dragon Tamer," and with that Paul headed out of the arena.
"So what now?" Virgil asked as he and Kirk turned back and headed out the opposite side of the arena.
"What now?" Kirk slapped his face, "Tell me you were paying attention during the Duel."
"Of course, all I learn is that you're a lot better than I think you are," Virgil calmly stated. And how the hell am I going to compete against people this strong.
"You could be just as good," Kirk sighed, "The whole point of this was to help you get better, think of this as motivation."
Virgil thought for a second, "I guess…"
"Man you're turning into a lost cause," Kirk sighed, all of a sudden his stomach began to rumble. "Well I know what we will do now."
"You're already hungry?"
"A tough Duel always make me hungry," he stated as he walked out of the arena.
Virgil stood there shaking his head. Who would have thought a card game can be so hard…well time to study.
Author's Note: Well there you have it, a new character is introduced and we get to see more of Kirk's Dueling Skill, and no Virgil is still the main character. Also I've got most of Season One of this story mapped out, but I could use a few O.C characters, so if you have any send me a message with the info of the character and deck they use as well as dorm, year or years in school personality likes and dislikes, I can't guarantee I will use them all but I will try to do my best. Now next time on Yu-Gi-Oh! GX: Sanctuary in the Sky Chapter 7-End of the Year Rematch. Brice is back and he is determined to take down Virgil, but what he gets may surprise him…