Recap: Zane challenges Alexis to join him in the grad match. One his first turn, Zane brings forth Cyber End Dragon. What can Alexis do?
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"Cyber End Dragon! Attack her Etoile Cyber!" Three broad beams of blue light streamed towards Alexis and her defending monster. One cue, Alexis revealed her first trap. "I activate my negate attack!" A swirl appeared and absorbed Cyber End's attack. Alexis sighed. "Too close." Fan girls were cheering Zane on while Atticus's choir sang.
"Fine, I end my turn." Zane said.
"Hrm? No traps?" Alexis asked herself. Is he daring me to do something? Not like there's much to do except…
Alexis drew, it was her Cyber Tutu. Alexis contemplated her hand carefully. I can use diffusion to split up that dragon, but Zane would cream me worse… What can I do? I have Double Jaffe on the field but right now that's useless because that wouldn't work. How did I let that dragon get on the field. Man, I feel like Jaden when he dueled Zane!
Alexis seemed to be thinking hard.
"Are you alright, Alexis?" Zane called to her. She didn't answer, her brow was wrinkled in concentration. Zane sighed. She was making the same mistake Jaden made. "Relax Alexis," Alexis looked up surprised.
"What?" She said.
"I said relax, you'd do better if you duel your own way."
He's right. I'm thinking to hard!
"I play diffusion to split your dragon!" Alexis shouted determined. Zane's dragon divided into three cyber dragons which roared. "Now I sacrifice my Etoile Cyber to summon Cyber Prima!" A much stronger monster appeared as Etoile Cyber disappeared. Zane crossed his arms with a content look on his face.
"Now, Cyber Prima, Attack one of Zane's dragons!" Prima sped up and slashed a dragon until it crushed.
Zane- 3700
Alexis- 4000
Alexis's fans cheered. "I end my turn," she said with a smirk on her face. Zane closed his eyes in a way as if he were secretly praising her move. "It was a good move, Alexis. But unfortunately I have another problem for you. I use my second polymerization I just drew to fuse my remaining two cyber dragons! Rise, Cyber Twin Dragon!"
A bigger two headed dragon appeared. Alexis stared at it. "This is NOT good!" Zane wasn't finished. "You should know his effect, Alexis. He can attack twice! Go Cyber Twin Dragon!" Alexis's monster was destroyed in a golden beam as she covered herself from the force as another beam sped towards her.
Zane- 3700
Alexis- 800
Boos came from Alexis's fans while Zane's fan girls were screaming. Zane placed a face-down. "You were close, Alexis." Alexis breathed deeply. That attacks took a big chunk from her life points. She had barely a handful. Now Alexis was panicking.
"Go ahead, Alexis. It's your turn." Zane seemed to encourage and taunt her at the same time. What could she do? Alexis shakily drew a card. It was Card Recovery. "First discard my entire hand so I can pick a new one out of my graveyard!" Jaden and the rest watched from the seats. "That's a pretty powerful card…" Jaden remarked. Syrus agreed. Chazz was too busy with Atticus cheering on Alexis. This was a perfect time for Alexis. Blade Skater, Etoile Cyber, Diffusion, and polymerization. "Okay Zane! You're in for it! First I activate my diffusion again to split your dragon!" Zane didn't react but actually seemed bored. "This isn't going to help you, Lexi."
"I'm not done, now I play my polymerization to fuse Etoile Cyber and Blade Skater to form Cyber Blader!" Alexis's powerful monster appeared on the field in attacking position. "And as a bonus since you have two monsters on your side of the field, my Cyber Blader's attack doubles!" As Cyber Blader received it's power boost Alexis looked over at Zane. He was actually seeming to wait for her attack. "Go, Cyber Blader! Attack one of those cyber Dragons!"
Zane-1600
Alexis- 800
People were applauding her move. Chazz was cheering loud enough to wake the long-dead. Syrus was looking on the graver side, "Big bro still has twice as much attack points than Alexis."
"I place another card face-down."
Since only one monster remained Alexis's monster's attack decreased. Zane drew. "Go, Cyber Dragon and attack Cyber Blader." Both monsters of equal strength were destroyed. Their fields were empty. "What was the point of that, Zane?" Alexis asked puzzled.
"The point was that you can take direct damage from this! I summon Cyber Phoenix in attack!" A look of horror spread over both Chazz and Atticus's face. "No! Lexi will lose!" These words passed over her fans. The mechanical bird fired a beam of white light towards Alexis. "I activate my Negate Attack I received from my Card Recovery!" Chazz fell back in relief. "That Card Recovery thing sure saved Alexis's back a lot." Jaden told Syrus. "This duel is getting good but I keep on getting a feeling that Alexis is stalling." Zane's fan girls were screaming insults at Alexis. She tried her best to ignore them. "Fine, I end my turn," was all Zane said. Alexis drew, it was pot of greed. "I activate Pot of Greed and draw two cards." It was Scapegoat and Monster Reborn. Monster Reborn can help her later and Scapegoat could actually spare her some time. "Okay, I play my spell Scapegoat to summon four sheep tokens!" the balls of fluff bravely faced the Cyber Phoenix. "I guess I'll end my turn then…"
Zane shook his head, "You're stalling Alexis. Think of something fast. I play my power bond card." The gang gasped knowing what was coming up but all of Zane's dragons were in the graveyard.
"As you noticed I have no monsters to fuse so I activate my Cybernetic Fusion Support!"
Cyber End Dragon appeared once again only with double attack points. People were awing at the monster while Jaden was asking to no one in particular. "What's the point? Zane can't inflict damage to Alexis no matter how strong that dragon is, and he'll lose due to the effect of power bond! But knowing Zane, he has another trick up his sleeve."
At Zane's command, the two machines obliterated two of Alexis's tokens. "I'm still here!" she said. Zane didn't seem to hear her but summoned and sacrificed Cyber Kirin to negate the damage from power bond. "Alexis, for both of our sakes, prove a challenge to me." Alexis drew a card but before looking at it, she prayed it would help her win this duel. It was Last Command. This card would add the attack points of the targeted monster to one of her own. But as payment she would take damage equal to the attack and defense of her own monsters to her life points. This was the only option.
"Zane, I'd like to thank you," Alexis started. The audience began to murmur wondering what the heck Alexis was talking about. Zane looked surprised but waited for Alexis to continue. "You gave me a great challenge, but this duel is ending right now! First I activate Monster Reborn to re-summon my blade skater! Now I activate my spell Last Command!" Zane was taken aback at Alexis's comeback. It was true, this duel was going to end this turn.
"Last Command gives my Skater a very big power boost! The same amount of your dragon's attack points to be exact!" Blade Skater's points sky rocketed to 9600. "Now there's payment for this effect, right after my monster attacks I get hit by 2800 points of damage! But you're going to have to worry about yourself first!" Tremendous light filled the arena illuminating the twos' eyes. Zane's eyes were filled with appreciation. The two monsters collided and a giant explosion created a big gust of wind. Alexis fought to keep her balance. Students were on the edge of their seats, wondering what happened. They were both on their knees at their life points dropped to zero. It was dead quiet. Quiet until Crowler cleared his throat and declared it was a tie. When the shocking result passed, Jaden decide to stand on his chain and shout, "OMG THAT WAS THE BEST DUEL EVER! I MEAN-" He didn't finish since Syrus pulled him down. Alexis looked up at him and started to laugh. Zane walked over to her and helped her up. Students began to clap. A few at first then more joined in. Zane smiled down at Alexis. "Good match Alexis, Another tie for me eh? I must really be getting old." he teased. Alexis playfully punched him in the chest and not caring that they had a couple thousand eyes on them, they pulled each other into a deep kiss.
It was for that everyone who was permitted to enter the pro leagues was to board a different ship leading to different destinations. The others were boarding other ships leading them back home. As students crowded on the ships, Zane and Alexis met.
"I can't wait to see you on your tour, Zane." Alexis told him. She still couldn't help but be a little said. Zane's ring was shining brilliantly on her finger. "And I can't wait to see you and the others cheering for me." They had a passionate kiss, the others noticed them. Chazz covered his eyes and started singing 'twinkle, twinkle little star' while Atticus was taking as many pictures as he could get. Jaden and Syrus looked as if they were about to puke. The two broke apart. Alexis noticed her brother and told herself, "I'll kill him later." She gave Zane her attention again.
"Goodbye, Zane."
"Goodbye, Lexi." The two departed in separate ways not looking back for they knew, they knew they were going to see each other very soon.
The End… for now.
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Now your wondering about the summer, graduation and marriage stuff like that well there will be sequels to this story Anyways I hoped you like this. I appreciate all the reviews I've been receiving and I appreciate your enjoyment!
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