Author's Note: Here we go…round the mulberry bush.
Chapter Nine: Day of the Duel Review, Pt. 1
"Good morning Mr. Sun! What a wonderful day it is today!" Mizuki smiled brightly, waving to the sun which was shining into her window. Surprised to see her enthusiastic about its appearance the sun started to shine all the brighter because of it.
The other two girls groaned and rolled over in their beds, surprisingly not awake before Mizuki this one time. "Mr. Sun, how could this be a better day than it already is? The duel review is today, my chance to really shine, and at eight tonight I'll be going on my first date ever…with the hottest guy in school!"
She threw back the covers and hopped out of bed, a wide grin set on her face. Quickly she raced to the shower, hoping to actually get the first one today instead of the last one like she usually did. "Early mornings and hot water for me today!"
Twenty minutes later she came out of the bathroom whistling, a towel wrapped around her body. Aya and Janice glared at her from their position on the floor where they were blearily going through their decks. Aya sighed and dropped her cards. "You're in a good mood about going on a date with that jerk right? Well keep it down; we're trying to prep for the duel review today."
Mizuki just hopped over their card piles and went over to the closet where she pulled out a fresh uniform. "Do you two think I should do anything with my hair for today, or just let it down like normal?"
Janice shrugged, looking back down at her cards. After a bit of careful concentration she swapped out a Cyber Demon(1000/2000) for a Cyber Giraffe(300/400). "Aren't you going to work on your deck? Also your hair is fine like it normally is."
"Why should I work on my deck for the duel review? If my deck isn't up to standard on a regular basis then there's no point of even taking the review. I'll fight it with my style and my cards just like usual, there's no point in changing it up." Without another word she went behind the little screen they had set up and changed, emerging a few minutes later in full uniform.
She stopped as she was walking towards the bathroom to dry her hair off. "You sure I shouldn't do something with my hair? Curl it maybe? Glitter or something?"
"Just leave it!"
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In the Osiris Red dorm there was also a flurry of activity as duelists were busy prepping their decks, swapping cards in and out of their side decks and spares. For Osiris Red students this day was even more important than it was for Ra Yellows, since it could mean promotion from the bottom run to a place of respect.
Tobias was furiously preparing his deck, completely focused, and had been all night. Kane was nervously picking and choosing his cards, hoping that he could make a decent showing of himself and maybe at least raise his ranking a little.
Completely contrary to logic, Shiro Akugi was doing absolutely nothing but snoring. He made a good show of it though by snoring very loudly and obnoxiously. He was sprawled out on the top bunk, sheets of paper strewn around him. They were plans for some prank he wanted to pull.
Kane sighed, shuffling all of his cards together into a full deck. "I guess that'll do it for me. I'm going to head to the testing area a bit early to watch the set-up. Bye."
All he got was a grunt in response from Tobias and a snore from Shiro. However, the instant he was gone Tobias snuck over to Shiro's desk and opened the drawer, pulling the deck free. "This'll be the last deck I have to review for Osiris Red. I admit Shiro, your deck is the only one in this whole dorm that I've had trouble coming up with a counter strategy for, but I think I know what to do."
Thumbing through his roommate's deck, he came across a specific trap card, and he smirked. Shuffling the deck back together he returned it to the drawer and went to his card stash, rifling through it until he found what he was looking for. Holding the trap card up he began to laugh. "This is absolutely perfect! With this, my counter strategy is complete!"
Shiro rolled over, woken up by the sound, and yawned. "Hey Toby, how about being quiet? That crappy cartoon villain laugh of yours is loud enough to wake the dead."
Tobias sneered, but dropped his laughter down a decibel, just to be safe. His roommate could be quite dangerous when grouchy, and he was usually grouchy when he had just woken up. 'Yes, no matter who I face in the duel review I'll have a guaranteed victory! I'll be in Ra Yellow by this time tomorrow!'
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"Cyber Phoenix(1200/1400), attack with Cyber Flame!" Janice's monster, a machine monster with two pairs of wings, opened its mouth wide and sent a jet of fire to hit her opponent head on. The other duelist struggled against the flame, their life points dropping. (LP: 1500)
Her opponent smirked and pointed to his face down card, which flipped over. "Attack Crash System activates when I receive a direct attack, it destroys the monster that attacked me and deals an equal amount of damage to you!"
The trap shuddered, and then exploded. Janice grinned, satisified with the move. "Sorry, did I forget to mention that Cyber Phoenix makes my Cyber monsters immune to targeted magic and trap cards? Whoops."
Since her turn was over, her opponent drew, looking delighted at what he saw. "Looks like your plans are about to come crashing down around you! Attack Commander(1000/1000) is summoned!"
A human in a green military uniform appeared, a pistol in one hand, his chest covered in medals. "When this monster is summoned I can bring back Attack Sub-Commander(900/900) from the grave, who summons Attack Colonel(800/800), who summons Attack Lieutenant(700/700), who lastly summons Attack Major(600/600), filling up my field!"
Military monster after military monster appeared, bringing together a full assault force. Her opponent flipped over one of his remaining cards, revealing a magic card that depicted a large force of military men. "Attack Assault Group! Together for this one turn all Attack monsters I have in play strike together! All out assault!"
Janice grimaced as together they plowed into her Cyber Phoenix, a blow that sent her life points staggering. "That was a good hit but I'm not finished yet." (JLP: 200)
She drew, well aware that the judges were watching, the judges being professors. She was also aware that her classmates and friends were also watching her, so there was no way she was going to back down now. "It's time to end this! Renewal of Triplets!"
Her opponent gasped as one by one the three Cyber Dragons he had previously destroyed went to the graveyard. "Still, my monsters prevent you from attacking them right now since it's the turn after they were summoned."
"Monsters? What monsters? I never said I'd be attacking you at all; in fact, I'm going to play Triple Evolution Burst! This magic card works when I have all three Cyber Dragons in play, and it deals you two thousand damage!" Each monster fired a wave of energy which collided with her opponent's chest, throwing him backwards. (LP: 0)
Heaving a sigh of relief she headed back up to the stands in order to catch a little break, finally done with the duel review test. She could only hope she had performed well enough for them, since she had won the duel. 'Here's to hoping.'
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Aya grimaced as her monster was blasted to pieces by the opponent's Sword Hunter. "I guess that's it for me then." (ALP: 0)
Despite her deck changes and great effort she had lost, and to a higher ranked Ra Yellow than her, meaning her position probably wouldn't change, and neither would her ranking. "Great, that turned out wonderfully."
Ignoring the judges, or at least trying to, she marched through the door and then back up into the stands. Finally she spotted Mizuki, Kane, Janice, and Shiro sitting together and watching the next duel that was about to start up. "Sorry I didn't win guys."
Kane grinned and gestured to the seat next to her, and she gratefully plopped down in it. "Hey, don't worry a lick about it. I didn't win my duel either did I? Besides, you'll still be in Ra Yellow, so it's all cool, right?"
Aya paused, thinking it over, and then finally smiled back at her brother. "Right. So…who duels next, anybody know?"
The others shrugged, watching as the names on the board above flashed, finally selecting two Obelisk Blues to step up and duel. From their separate spots in the stands the two students stood and began to walk down to the field for their review duel.
While the duel started up another interesting occurrence was taking place. Outside a plain unmarked room was none other than Tobias Emerlo, his Osiris Red uniform neat and tidy as he leaned over, picking the lock on the door. 'They can't keep secrets from me. I know what's in here!'
The sounds of the starting duel reached his ears, but he ignored them in favor of his current task. If he could get into this one room he could do exactly as he wanted to, but first he had to pick this lock. 'Oh yes E-bay, wonderful lock pick kit. It's not working at all!'
Taking a pause to check on his secure position he heard an explosion, obviously from the duel going on. He sneered at the sound of someone declaring the activation of a trap card. 'Those losers, soon enough I'll be Obelisk Blue as well and I'll show them who's best!'
He blinked at the sound of a click, and his head turned back to the door. Slowly he turned the knob, and the door pushed inwards. Chuckling he advanced into the room, tucking the lock pick kit into his pocket. 'Guess it wasn't so worthless after all. Now…where is it?'
It didn't take more than a few seconds for him to spot what he was looking for, and he approached it, rubbing his hands together with glee. 'Perfect, I know exactly what I'm going to do. Now all I have to do is wait for the end of this current duel. Then I'll get exactly what I want!'
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The two Obelisk Blue students lowered their duel disks, the duel finally at an end. For Obelisk Blues the duel reviews were merely ways to maintain their status or to raise their rank, it couldn't promote them like it could for Osiris Red and Ra Yellow. So for them, it was nowhere as stressful.
There was a smattering of applause, but nothing significant as the two students departed the ring. It had been a decent match, but nothing fantastic. The applause came merely from those who were being polite. "Guess it's time for them to select the next students in the duel review."
Shiro grinned, flinging his feet up on the seat in front of him. Once again this successfully annoyed Janice, who was again sitting in front of him. "Do you always have to do that? Can't you sit like a normal person?"
"I am sitting like a normal person. Now come on, like I said, they're about to pick and choose for who goes next." Janice rolled her eyes and propped her arms up on the back of the chair.
"The matches are selected based on dorm by a machine. It's all completely random; nobody actually selects the duelists who face each other. Don't you know anything?" Shiro managed to look decently annoyed, but he spoiled it by grinning.
"Nah, not really. Hey, check it out, the spinner is going." The others rolled their eyes and looked up at the screen above them which displayed who would be dueling who, and their current statistics for the duel. Of course the second part was blank since the students weren't selected yet.
Seconds later the screen lit up fully, showing the first selected duelist. A handsome teenager in a Ra Yellow older student's uniform appeared as the picture, smirking slightly at the camera. Janice whistled, impressed. "Ensui Tatakawa, he's the current top duelist of Ra Yellow. Heck, he'd be Obelisk Blue still if it weren't for some mistakes on his part."
Aya frowned and looked over at the older girl. "Still? You mean this guy used to be an Obelisk Blue?"
Janice nodded, looking back at Aya as she did so. "That's right; he was an Obelisk Blue up until close to the end of last year, which was his second year. Unfortunately he chose being reduced to Ra Yellow rather than being kicked out."
Next it was Kane who leaned in, getting interested in the conversation. "Okay, so what did he do that made him nearly kicked out? Did he just start losing duels or something?"
The black girl shook her head, looking like she was close to laughter. "Nothing like that, in fact he's an excellent duelist, he's kicked my butt more than once. Actually, he was nearly kicked out for being caught with a girl in his dorm room after hours."
Shiro laughed out right, tucking his arms behind his head. "Sounds like my kind of guy really. But I wonder, who's the unlucky sap that has got to face the veritable Obelisk Blue?"
There was a pause as the others started to look back up, and then Mizuki stood up from her seat. They changed their attention to her, wondering why she was standing. Shiro frowned, seeing her locked in place like that. "What's up Mizuki?"
"Me. I'm the one, that's who." Shiro followed the direction her eyes were going, as did everyone else in the group. There, in the picture box next to Ensui's, was a picture of a smiling Mizuki.
She tightened her DD2 on her arm, and then slid her deck into it. "Wish me luck guys, because I'm going out there and I'm going to give this guy my absolute best."
Mizuki gave them all a thumbs up, and then without another word she started walking down towards the ring, determination glowing in her eyes. A chorus of 'good lucks' came from her friends as she went. Janice watched her go, knowing the power of Etsui, and she began to worry. 'You're going to need it.'
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As both duelists stepped into the ring, one the dark haired Mizuki and the other the short brown haired Ensui, several duelists were watching with particular interest. Tobias in particular was watching carefully, leaning up against the railing as the two duelists squared off.
"You arranged this match up, didn't you Tobias?" Tobias glanced over his shoulder and found none other than Harrison standing there, his blue small cape flaring out from his shoulders. The older teen adjusted the glasses that sat lightly on his nose, looking imperious as he stood over Tobias.
"That's right, a work of genius I might add. Ensui is basically an Obelisk Blue and a strong one at that. He'll crush Mizuki into the ground and embarrass her. But of course that doesn't mean I still don't want our agreement to go off without a hitch." He smirked, but to his surprise Harrison didn't reply in kind, he just watched the field.
"I don't remember agreeing to anything."
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Mizuki took a deep breath, her duel disk already activated. Ensui looked deadly serious as he turned on his own duelist and drew six cards. "Mizuki Mitsuhiro, I've heard a lot about you. Even though you're called this school's Rising Star, I can't allow you to win. I will reclaim my place in Obelisk Blue by the time this day is over, and to do that I have to win!" (ELP: 4000)
She drew her five cards all at once, seeing just how serious he was. "I understand that, but I'm definitely not going to just let you walk into that position. If you want back to Obelisk Blue you have to go through me first!" (MLP: 4000)
Ensui didn't seem bothered by the statement; instead he nodded and looked over his hand of cards. "Yes, I understand that. In fact, that's exactly my intent, so let's get this thing started!"
Above them the screen lit up with their scores and current fields, which were at full with fields empty. Ensui grabbed one of his cards between two fingers, studying it. 'I've already got one of the key cards of my strategy, but no way to play it. I'll have to start defensively.'
Moving his fingers to the card next to it he pulled it free and placed it carefully down on the plate of his duel disk. "I set a monster in defense mode. Then I'll place two cards face down behind it. End."
Mizuki drew slowly, looking over his field, and then up at his eyes. His eyes were intense and focused, showing just how much determination he had about winning this duel. 'He's completely focused, so this won't be easy. He wants to win this…probably more than I do. That'll be something I've got to overcome.'
She looked over her hand of cards, studying the potential strategies she had present. Then she surveyed Ensui's field again, her eyes resting on the monster. 'Somehow I've got a bad vibe from that set monster. No…I won't attack it, that's what he wants, I can tell.'
Finally she was decided, placing a single card onto her duel disk at first. "Just like you'll I'll summon a monster into face down defense position."
Her opponent nodded, letting her proceed. Next she took one of the other five cards from her hand and placed it into her disk. "But unlike you I'll just be setting one card face down. That's back to you Ensui."
Ensui stopped himself from frowning as he drew, taking careful note of his new card. 'So, she's got a duelist's heart after all. She knew instinctively that attacking my set monster would be a bad idea. But there's little I can do at the moment without her…cooperation.'
A second glance at his four card hand gave him the exact same response as before. "I pass this turn."
Murmurs went through the crowd, each of them curious about what would happen next. The first few turns had been uneventful, especially from two duelists who had made names for themselves at the school. 'That's it? Guess he really is hinging on that set monster like I thought.'
She to drew, tucking that card in with the others. Then she grabbed another card between her thumb and forefinger and lifted it free. "I'll throw out another monster in defense mode. Then I'll pass the turn back to you."
Up in the stands Shiro sighed and kicked back once more, looking intensly bored. "Sheesh, with all your talk I was expecting something impressive from this guy. He's being so lame that Mizuki has to play wait and see with him. What kind of duelist does that?"
In the seat in front of him Janice couldn't help but frown. "This is totally unlike Ensui, normally he'd be all over her field, shredding her monsters up and tearing her field down. He always rips through my Cyber Civilization cards like they were nothing."
The others in the group shot her a surprised look, all of them having seen what her deck was capable of. Shiro sat up quickly, his feet actually coming off the back of her chair. "No way…he ripped through Cyber End Dragon? That thing's got four thousand attack!"
Janice shook her head, remembering the last time she had dueled him. She had lost badly. "He defeated Cyber End Dragon even when I protected it against opposing effects. He defeated it with an amazingly powerful monster, a monster stronger than any I've ever faced before."
Aya gulped, looking back down to the field. "If that's the case then Mizuki could be in a lot of trouble!"
As soon as Ensui drew, his demeanor changed, his eyes taking on a great wrathful fire in them. In the front row Tobias smirked, seeing that deadly look. Harrison folded his arms over the railing, looking amused. "Now, let's witness Ensui's power. That girl Mizuki, she'll never survive it."
Ensui reached down and snatched up his set monster, flipping it over. "Flip summon Sangan(1000/600)!" With the appearance of the furry wide eyed demon Mizuki knew she had made the right choice in not attacking.
Next the former Obelisk Blue flipped around the card he had drawn in the card. "Let me demonstrate the pain that comes with being demoted, the pain of loss. I'll let you experience it as well. Magic card activates, Share the Pain!"
A large serrated knife appeared above Ensui's field, and one appeared above Mizuki's field as well. She grimaced, not liking the look of this at all. "Many people don't know this card, even though it's an old card. Few people use it anymore, but I find it useful. First I select one monster on my field to destroy. Sangan is my choice!"
The knife dropped down, spearing into the brainpan of his demon. It struggled for a minute, its body quivering, and then it exploded into pixels. "Before we move on with Share the Pain's effect I now search my deck for a monster with fifteen hundred or less attack thanks to Sangan's effect."
His duel disk scanned his deck for his chosen card, and when it was located it popped out of the deck, letting him snatch it free. He placed the card into his hand, and then pointed over at Mizuki. "Now, just like me you have to choose a monster on your field and send it to the grave!"
She grimaced, looking at the two horizontal cards that lay on her field. So she had to choose between them? "I select my monster on the right to be sent to the grave!"
Just like with Sangan the knife fell, skewering the defense mode monster, pricking the card like a soap bubble. Ensui smirked, picking back up his selected monster. "With that resolved, it's time to show you my strategy. Summon!"
Ensui's field shimmered and then…a giant egg appeared. Mizuki sweat dropped at the appearance, and Shiro and Kane burst out laughing, as did others in the audience. But several knew better. "What…what's that thing?"
"This? This is something for maturing. This is Red Eyes Black Chick(800/400), and its special effect will unleash my key monster! The cornerstone of my deck will now emerge as the Red Eyes Black Chick sacrifices itself to the flow of time, maturing into its adult form!" Mizuki gasped as cracks formed along the egg, and then it burst.
What emerged from the broken shell was a large and horrible form, towering nearly twenty feet above the field, its ebony form looking diamond tough, its ruby red eyes glaring down at Mizuki. "No way…that legendary monster is…"
"That's right, the key card of my deck, Red Eyes Black Dragon(2400/2000) in all its mighty glory! And it's special attack, triggered by my magic card. Inferno Fire Blast is a card that works only when I have a Red Eyes Black Dragon in play, which I do." The Red Eyes opened its jaws wide, flame forming within.
"At a cost of that Red Eyes' attack for the turn I am able to do something quite impressive. I deal twenty-four hundred damage to your life points!" Mizuki's eyes went wide seconds after, but not in time to stop the explosion of flame from the dragon's mouth that hurtled towards her.
Her friends in the stands screamed for her as the flames engulfed her body. Ensui didn't look bothered, in fact he looked eager. "I know it burns, but its fires are the fires of my power. If you can't overcome that heat you can't even come close to beating me!"
Off to the side Harrison smirked, looking darkly satisfied. "I've seen more experienced duelists than her collapse because of the power of that magic card. It's doubtful she's still conscious."
The smoke cleared, and Harrison and much of the audience, including Ensui, looked shocked. Mizuki was still standing, though it looked like she was struggling, steam rising off her body. "That was a powerful hit Ensui, but I don't bow under pressure." (MLP: 1600)
Ensui smirked, actually looking happy that she was still standing. "It's good that you don't bow to the flame. But perhaps you'll reconsider when I unleash my combo. Reveal face down card, Metal Force! It equips to Red Eyes, giving it 300 attack and the ability to gain half of its attack target as attack for the turn."
"Yeah, but you forfeited its attack for the turn, so it doesn't matter." Ensui chuckled, and snapped his fingers. Suddenly the metal ran all across the dragon's body, completely covering it, making it look much like a machine.
"By sacrificing Red Eyes while equipped with Metal Force I can special summon Red Eyes Black Metal Dragon(2800/2400) from my deck to the field, and as a whole new monster it can attack. But wait, there's more." He gestured with his left hand to his remaining set card, and it flipped up to reveal a familiar graveyard image.
"Call of the Haunted returns Red Eyes Black Dragon(2400/2000) to the field, and its got its attack back! Inferno Fire Blast!" The dragon shot a fireball out, engulfing Mizuki's set monster and burning it to cinders.
"Now, my metal Red Eyes, attack her directly with your Flash Flare Blast!" The energy seared towards Mizuki, and her friends were at the edges of their seats with worry. This attack could finish her. And of course Tobias was leaning forwards in anticipation.
"Not so fast! Rune Symbol-Tiwaz triggers, negating your attack and giving me an equal number of life points!" A silvery barrier formed around her, absorbing the dark red energy ball. Then the barrier collapsed inwards and was sucked into Mizuki's DD2. (MLP: 4400)
"So you blocked my charge and recovered life points. That's an impressive feat, but it won't last long against my powerful force. That's all for now." A card appeared behind his two dragons, and that was his turn's end.
Mizuki drew, then grimaced. "I set two cards face down. End turn."
Ensui slid a new card off his duel disk, looking bored. "Is that all? I'll break through those this turn. Shadow Mirage Dragon(1600/600) and have it attack!" A hideous serpentine gold dragon with a blue mane of hair emerged and fire a red streamer of energy at Mizuki, hitting her head on. (MLP: 2800)
Kane blinked, surprised at the hit. "But why didn't she even try to block it? Surely with those two set cards she could have."
Aya shrugged, but behind them Shiro laughed at their lack of knowledge. "She knew what you two don't. Mirage Dragon, when it attacks, the opponent cannot active any face down cards in chain."
Ensui snapped his fingers, and Red Eyes Black Dragon launched its patented fireball at Mizuki. Immediately one of her face down cards flipped up. "Rune Symbol-Raidho! This negates the attack and ends the battle phase!"
The fireball fizzled out, but Ensui still had fire in his eyes as he extended on hand out so it was over his face down card. "That may be the case, but I play the quick-play Magic Purge which removes all floating effects, so my battle phase is back! Red Eyes Black Metal Dragon, Flash Flare Blast!"
Mizuki's eyes shrank to pinpoints as the attack came hurtling towards her. She had never expected him to force her to use both cards this turn. "Reverse card open, Rune Symbol-Ingwaz! You cannot attack for three whole turns!"
The three monsters froze in place, preventing the attack from completing. Ensui growled, frustrated at having been stopped again. "It won't be long before my dragons destroy you. For now I play Different Dimension Capsule, removing a card from play for two turns. On the second it comes to my hand. End!"
The young Ra Yellow girl drew. "Rune Soldier(1800/1800), emerge and slay Shadow Mirage Dragon!" The white robed swordsman immediately raced across the field and slashed the offending monster's head off with ease. (ELP: 3800)
"That monster would have been a threat later, but now it's gone. So for now I'll set one more card face down and end my turn." A card appeared down and to Soldier's left, seemingly unnecessary because of her other magic card.
Ensui drew, and grinned darkly. "Let's take this duel to a more fitting background. Field magic card, Darkness Volcano! In this place all monsters with 'dark' or 'black' in their name gain four hundred attack. End turn!"
The ground beneath their feet became molten rock, and rising up behind Ensui was a massive black volcano, with magma and a ring of smoke pulsing out of the top. In its presence his two monsters increased in strength, becoming 2800 and 3200 in attack power respectively for the standard Red Eyes and for its upgraded form. "I'm waiting Mizuki, don't keep my dragon's flames waiting too long."
She drew and immediately slapped the new monster down. "Rune Fencer(1700/1200) will level off that power boost! Attack and reduce the metal one's attack by 500!"
The white clothed fencer jumped from her card and stabbed the metal dragon ineffectually in the chest. But with all targets of the fencer its attack fell, in this case to twenty-seven hundred. "Even so my monster is much stronger than either of yours."
"Yeah yeah. Soldier to defense and one more card face down. Remember, this is your last turn without the ability to attack." Her soldier dropped into a crouch, followed by another card appearing next to the first one.
The moment Ensui drew a sarcophagus appeared on his field and opened, letting him retrieve the capsule card. "I set one card, then play my retrieved card, Twilight Renewal! Since I hold no cards I draw five!"
Mizuki looked to her set cards for reassurance as he picked up five cards off the top of his deck, then fanned them out. "Perfect. Reverse card open, Descent of Black Dragon! I offer a level four monster from my hand to ritual summon Paladin of Black Dragon(1900/1200)!"
A warrior in black dragonic armor descended onto his field, a sword held in one hand. Mizuki was certain it didn't bode well for her. "Magic card, Dragon Draw! When I have a dragon in play I draw two cards!"
He pulled two more cards, going back up to five. "Perfect! I play two magic cards, the first being my second Magic Purge to erase your Ingwaz's floating effect! The second is Halt Play, which prevents either of us from setting or activating magic or trap cards until my next turn!"
Mizuki gasped as her face down cards were bonded with dark energy, making them useless for the moment. "Paladin of Black Dragon, destroy Rune Soldier!" The paladin raced across the field and slashed her monster in half in one sweep of the blade. Her friends cringed at seeing just one remaining monster left.
"Red Eyes Black Metal Dragon, Flash Flare Blast!" The dark energy ball consumed the fencer, leaving her field barren. Ensui frowned as her life points didn't drop at all.
"So when your monster dies you take no life point damage?" She nodded in return, but didn't exactly look confident. After all, he had one more monster left, his very powerful Red Eyes Black Dragon with twenty-eight hundred attack power.
The crowd watched in tense silence as Ensui thrust out one hand at Mizuki, one finger extended to point directly at her. "Red Eyes Black Dragon(2800/2000), finish it now! INFERNO FIRE BLAST!"
Red Eyes' jaws opened wide, and a powerful fireball erupted from its maw. Mizuki threw up her arms, but that was nothing of a defense against the attack, and it exploded on contact, smothering her in the flames. "I apologize Mizuki, but the flames of darkness, the flames of my Red Eyes cannot be stopped by you. I'll advance back to Obelisk Blue with these flames!"
The smoke cleared, revealing Mizuki lying face down on the ground, smoke rising off her body. As the crowd gasped, Tobias mentally danced for joy, excited to see his rival fallen. 'That bitch has suffered her first defeat, and all thanks to my rigging the match up! How perfect, this deck couldn't get any better!'
Next to him Harrison was smirking, looking coldly down the bridge of his nose at the fallen teenage duelist. 'So, that's the extent of your strength? You're really not worthy of my notice after all.'
And the smoke continued to rise off her fallen body.
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Author's Note: Hopefully you enjoyed. More to come.
Next Time: Mizuki lies with her body smoking on the arena floor, having tasted first hand the dreadful power of the Red Eyes Black Dragon. But the day of dueling is far from done, and there may be more fire than anyone expected coming up!
See it all in, Day of the Duel Review Part Two!
Review Response
WolfGeneral: Even though some people think the E-Heroes aren't that great, I think they're a lot of fun, and can work wonders with the right duelist.
Time Mage: Enzeru is good, but Sanzo is the second strongest duelist in the Academy, and that still wasn't his full strength. And now you know who Mizuki was to face.
Vyser Adept of Dragons: Thanks for the offer, but I have a huge amount of created cards, and if I don't have one I can make one in about 5 seconds.
John: Actually that's pretty much right, Sanzo was holding back at first.
Hogwarts-Knight: Include as much info as you'd like with the professor, but remember that professors will be secondary characters. Also, feel free to send the entire deck if that's what you'd like. Also, I'm glad you're enjoying my stories.
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