Chapter 11:

Burning Up a Storm!

Has there ever been a moment where you were refreshed just because you got do to or use something you haven't done or used since you were a kid? I can tell you I finally was. I just got done using my old Morphtronic deck. You see, my brother and I had machine decks as a kid. However, my skills were mainly focused on one strategy and my skills with it have gotten a bit rusty. Thanks to Johnny and Kazuya, I was able to use it again after all these years. Now, I have two more days to prepare for my match with Judas. Although he may have the upper hand, since he knows my strategies and cards all too well, while I don't even know one card in his deck. That, however, won't stop me, cause I have a few more strategies in this deck than he thinks. Anyway, we take you to our room again. It's just my friends, my brother and I talking.

"Man. I almost underestimated the power of that deck," said Kazuya.

"Now I guess we can say that the robot was defeated by the everyday household appliances," said Johnny. "And it looks like the alarm clock was the one that finished it all off.

"That's my little brother for you," said Django. "So Shadow. What deck are you going to use on Judas?"
"Me?" I asked. "I plan on calling up a firestorm on his behind. My Fire deck is the one I choose, and yes. I know he watched that duel and I'd be at a bit of a disadvantage. That's not going to stop me in any way, shape, or form. No if's, ands, or buts about it." I'm feeling a little more confident after getting those words off my chest. A few hours later, we are in class getting ready for today's duel test coming up.

"Alright everyone. Class is out today. You each have half an hour to get ready for you duel tests. So everyone meet in the duel arena in half an hour." Shrewd was giving us that announcement. When he said that, I decided to head out for a bit of fresh air. I already knew my strategy so I didn't really need to prepare. I was thinking to myself while I enjoy the aroma of the outside fresh air.

"Ah. The duel tests are almost here. Nothing better to do than just enjoy the air."

"You got that right." All of a sudden, a duel spirit

"Huh? Who are you?"

"Who am I? Sheesh, a guy can hardly get respect around here instantly. Don't you remember? I'm your duel spirit. We used to play together when you were younger."

"Oh. Sorry dude. It's just been a while."
"I'll let it slide this once. So, you ready to get dueling soon?"

"You know I always am. And with you at my side, I'm really fired up. And so is my deck, literally."

"Yeah. Anyway, you should get going, you have five minutes before it starts."

"Right, so let's go." So we started heading to the arena. Shrewd was there in the middle giving off the pairings.

"And for match number eight, it will be Kyle vs. Shadow!" I guess I should be glad. I made it just in time to get my match started. "Heh. Let's see if you can get any more streaks going. That's right. I know about your loss to The Kaiser. You shouldn't have challenged him, but anyway, good luck in your match cause you might need it." I'm walking away with a tad bit of an angry look on my face for his tone. Anyway, we now meet our duelists for the duel.

"So, you're the one who beat Shrewd. Not many people do that successfully. No wonder he's picking on you." He sure was kind of impressed by that fact.

"It was nothing really. His arrogance got on my nerves, so I decided to shut him up."

"I hear that. One more word and you'll be dealt with."

"Forget him Shadow. Let's duel!"

"Yes. Let's! You can have the first move."

S: 8000K: 8000

"That will be your first mistake. I draw! And I shall play my Mine Golem in attack mode!" He summoned a rock-like mechanical golem with 1000 attack points. "I also place three cards facedown. I end my turn after that."

"Alright. I start off with my Jurac Protops in attack mode!" I played an orange and blue colored fire triceratops with 1700 attack points.

"Impressive looking monster. New one?"

"Somewhat. I just never really got to use him yet. And with his ability, he gains 100 attack points for each monster you control, so he now has 1800 attack points!"

"Ultimate Insect LV7 ATTACK!!" Django just got done with his test and took a seat to watch my duel. "Hmm. So you decided to go with the Juracs eh? Impressive. Those are the only dinosaur archetypes known in the game so far."

"I didn't know those were even released yet." Kazuya grabbed a seat next to Django.

"They aren't. He won a contest to win those cards. I've just never seen him use them yet."

"Attack!" I ordered my dinosaur to attack, which was successful.

S: 8000K: 7200

"Nice move, but now my golem's effect activates. Since you destroyed it in battle you lose 500 points."

"So I'm not the only one who uses effect damage eh? Nice move. I end my move with a facedown card."

S: 7500K: 7200

"My move! And I'll summon my Monk Fighter in attack mode!!!" He played a monk with 1300 points. "And now I also play my Kaminote Blow! With this card's effect, my monster can destroy a monster that battled with him. Now attack his Protops!"

"Nice move, but I activate my Spacegate trap card! With its ability, this card gets a gate counter when your monsters are involved in battle so now it has a counter. And with that attack you will take some damage."

"Don't think so! Cause my monk's ability makes it so I don't lose points in a battle involving him!"

"No! My Protops! Least the monk is gone."

"Don't think too much just yet, cause I activate my Call of the Haunted to bring him back! Now he can attack you directly!"

"My gate gets another counter."

"That's enough damage to you so far."

S: 6200K: 7200

"I summon my Jurac Velor!" I summoned a red, green, and blue Velociraptor with 1700 attack points. "Now attack his monster buddy!"

"Don't forget with my Monk's effect. I take no damage when he battle."

"I didn't. I end my turn."

"I draw! I play Card of Sanctity! This card allows us to draw until we have 6 cards. Now I play Monster Reborn! So now I can bring back my Mine Golem! Now that he's back, I can activate the facedown Inferno Reckless Summon! Now we both choose a monster on our fields and summon all the copies of them that we have. And now that I have 3 Mine Golems, I activate the facedown Minefield Eruption! With this card, you lose 1000 life points for every Mine Golem on my field!"

"Oh crud! But you lose all of your golems after that."

S: 3200K: 7200

"Now I summon Monk Fighter! But now he will be released so I can summon my Master Monk!" He played an older monk fighter with 1900 attack points. "I'll play Pot of greed to draw two more cards. I also play my Double Summon! So now I'll summon a 2nd monk and release him to summon a 2nd Master Monk! With me having normal summoned this turn, I can special summon my Turbo Booster in defense mode! Anyway, my monks get to attack you twice per turn! Now attack his Jurac Velor!"

S: 3000K: 7200

"His ability now activates. I get to special summon a Jurac monster from my deck with 1700 attack or lower from my deck. So I summon my Jurac Protops!"

"Now he will attack you again!"

S: 2800K: 7200

"I'll summon another Protops!"

"Now my monk will attack your last Velor!"

S: 2600K: 7200

"I'll summon my Jurac Monoloph!" I played a little raptor with 1500 attack points.

"Awwwwwwwwwwww!" The girls in the crowd thought my newest card was cute.

"Now attack his Monoloph! That will end my turn."

S: 2200K: 7200

"Aww. COME ON!!! He was so cute!" As I was getting ready to draw, the hand of my duel spirit appeared on mine. "You're here. Then lets do this together!"

"Yes. We shall!"

"Don't worry girls. He's not gone for long. I summon my Nitro Synchron!" I summoned a pink little nitro canister with 300 attack points. "Now I use the effect of the Noisy Gnat in my hand. I can discard it to increase the level of one monster on my field! So I choose my Nitro Synchron! First off, remember my Spacegate! It has enough counters for me to do this! Now I can send it and all the counters on it and bring out a monster in my hand whose level is equal to or lower than the counters Spacegate had. So now I can summon my level seven Jurac Tyrannus!" I played a red and blue tyrannosaurus with 2500 attack points. "Now I'll tune my Nitro Warrior with my Protops to Synchro Summon my partner: Nitro Warrior!" I summoned a green nitro pumped up warrior with 2800 attack points.

"Alright Shadow! Let's win this duel!"
"You got it pal! Now, since my Nitro Synchron was used to synchro summon a Nitro monster, I get to draw a card. The card I drew was my Monster Reborn! So now I'll bring back my Monoloph! And now I tune him to my other Protops! I synchro summon Jurac Giganoto!" I played another Tyrannosaurus with 2100 points. "Now I send one card from my hand to the graveyard to play Card Rotator! And this card will force all of your monsters to switch battle modes! And now I have effects before I get to battle. Nitro Warrior is able to get a 1000 point boost if I activated a spell card once every turn."

"Say what?!"

"Wow. That must be another one of his strongest cards," said Kazuya.

"That's not all," said Django. "Look at his Jurac monsters." My monsters ended up getting a 1400-point boost, making them have 3900 and 3500.

"WHAT?! How did you monsters get so many points?!"

"My Jurac Giganoto gives all Jurac monsters an extra 200 attack points for every Jurac monster in my graveyard. Now my Nitro Warrior will attack your Turbo Booster with Dynamite Crunch!"

S: 2200K: 3400

"I still have more monsters to defend me so I'm still in this."

"Not by very much. In fact, not at all. You see, my Nitro Warrior has his one more ability you may want to know about. When it destroys a monster on your field, it may lose it's 1000 point boost, but it is able to force a monster on your field to attack mode and then he can attack that monster."

"No Way!"

"Sorry, but yes way. Now he will attack one of your Master Monks! Now my Giganoto will attack your last monk!"

"Great, I'm wide open!"

"Yes you are. Now Tyrannus, direct attack!"

S: 2200K: 0

"That was an impressive match. Thanks for showing me your skills."

"No prob. It was nothing really." When my duel ended, Shrewd had some words going on in his head.

"Now that he has shown off more of his deck, Judas will be having an easier time finishing off this rat. And when he is done, I'll be that much closer to getting him out of this university for good! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAA!!!"