[Kaijudo Corner]

Dylan: OK, now we're up to chapter 14, where Jake and I care going to share the spotlight.

Jake: Shuriken16, is feeling a bit bored with these fillers and he wants to jump straight into the tournament scene.

Dylan: So let's stop wasting his time and get started.

Chapter 14: The Agua Chica

Dylan drew his next card. He had three shields, and he stared at an army of blockers ready to shield his opponent from any incoming attack; more specifically, two powerful Blockers, each named Syrius, Firmament Elemental, two huge battleship-like blockers, each having 12000 power to back them up. His opponent's Mana acceleration with the Nature Civilization gave him time to summon them.

The owner of the two was about ten years old, he was just a kid, but he was smart to think of a strategy at his age. In Dylan's mind, most ten year old duelist would me making constant mistakes and then they'd end up crying afterward."

"So what are you going to do now? You only have three shields left, there's no way you're going to get passed my blockers."

"Yeah, I guess you never dueled against a Water duelist then; Dash through the opposition: Crystal Lancer!" Dylan tapped Seven Water mana first summoning Aqua Guard and then evolving it into Lancer. Lancer looked at Dylan and Dylan smirked. "Lancer, Todomeda!"

"Syrius, Blocks!" The kid tapped Syrius as it charged its cannon to fire.

Lancer shook his head and dodged its shots made at him, shocking the kid duelist.

"Crystal Lancer can't be blocked, which means, you lose!" he mentioned.

Lancer leapt into the air, and delivered the final attack.

The kid watched with his devastated reaction seeing the words: "GAME OVER" run across his side of the K-Terminal.

"Soar through the Blue Skies: Alcadeias Lord of Spirits!" Jake set Alcadeias on top of Hanusa, giving his opponent an irritated expression on his face."

"Alcadeias, Double Break Ike!"

Alcadeias flew above the army of Darkness creatures and took a shot at the last two shields left.

"And finally, Ur Pale: Todomeda!"

Ur Pale, seeker of sunlight jumped into the air, generating a small softball-sized star. He hurled it down, causing it to become a supernova, taking out all of the opponent's creatures.

"You got lucky!" His opponent, another ten year old kid snarled. "I would've won if you didn't summon Alcadeias.

Jake looked at his ID, watching the numbers climb to 11. He turned to Dylan, who gave him a "thumbs up." "I'm in the clear too bro."

"Nice. That makes 10 for you and 11 for me." Jake smirked.

"You guys cheated!" The boys said almost simultaneously.

"No we didn't; we're just pros at this game." Jake replied.

"Then you're bullies!"

"Again, you guys challenged us; as potential Kaijudo Duelist, we never turn down a challenge." Dylan added.

The boys gave them mean stares and ran off to the counters to buy more booster packs to fix their decks up.

"Well, that was a fun way to kill a few minutes." Dylan yawned. "So how many points does that make up all together?"

Jake thought about it for a second. "I have 11, you have 10, Karon has 11, Jamie has 10. That makes 42."

"And C.J. just won a match against a D-Rank yesterday so then that puts his total to 9 meaning…" Dylan started to add up.

"That's 51 points." Karon said, as he walked up. "We're qualified for the tournament next week."

"Nice!" Dylan and Jake high fived each other for a job well done.

"So you guys are gonna start deck building right?" Karon asked.

"I'm gonna worry about that tonight. I've been thinking about what I wanna add in it though." Dylan commented. "Chances are we're gonna see Team Neo in the Tournament; and if I get pit against Luke again…"

FLASHBACK

Dylan drew his card and set it. "I summon: Two Aqua Jolters. And that's it."

Dylan knew with Angler Cluster back, that Luke's defense was tight again. He needed to draw is Avatar, that's the only way he was going to get through this.

Luke drew his next card and smiled. "Let's see what would happens when I do this." With seven mana, he taps two, summoning Emeral. Emeral takes a shield and swaps it out with one of his Data Screens. He taps the third, summoning Aqua Guard. And taps three more."

"I cast: Transmogrify." He flipped the card around.

"I have a bad feeling about this." Dylan sucked his teeth.

"I send Aqua Guard to the graveyard." Emeral floated to him and reformatted it into a Mana Crystal. And then, I draw until I retrieve a Non-Evo Creature." Luke drew the card from his deck, flipping it over. "And what do I get on my first try? I summon: King Depthcon!"

Emeral back away and watched as the Crystal form into a Fish beast, armed with Bladed tusk, Saber-tooth type teeth and Armor, to which Emeral was proud of.

END FLASHBACK

"Luke's deck is full of Shield Triggers, and he has that Legendary Bynor to worry about…" He reminisced.

"Well how about adding a Water counter like Fire or Nature?" Jake suggested.

"But that'll backfire on me too, plus the only one I know able to pull off a combination of Fire and Water perfectly is Jamie. On top of that, Nature isn't much of a boost for Water either, there's no chemistry between them. Only Light and Darkness work well together with Water."

"OK then, Try light or Darkness. I'm sure that-

"DYLLLLAAAAAN!" a small eerie voice screeched into the store, causing everyone's attention to dart to the front of the store.

"Oh crap…" Dylan began to sink behind the table.

"You had to babysit today, didn't you?" Jake guessed. Dylan nodded. "My Abuela's in the hospital. My parent's wanted me to watch my sister while they were over there so they said they'd drop her off here."

"And how'd do you agree to that? And isn't she going to get bored in a card shop?"

"I'll just head upstairs to the indoor Amusement Park, let her run around, let her eat cotton candy until she pukes or she runs out of gas in a sugar rush." Dylan said.

"Have fun with that. How long do you think you'll be up there?" Karon asked.

"I say an hour at least; just guessing."

"OK then, have fun babysitting."

Dylan nodded and found his little sister. She was a bit shorter than he was, curly black hair and a tannish complexion. She was wearing a light blue shirt and jeans and black sneakers.

"Hey sis what's up; ready to have some fun? It's my treat."

"Actually…" she started, but then she looked down at her feet due to shyness.

"Something wrong Chica?" Dylan knelt down.

She then looked up and whispered something Spanish into his ear. Dylan's eyes widened.

"Uh Dude, change of plans…" Dylan cleared his throat.

"Why what happened?" Karon asked.

"Do you have any old Starter Decks lying around?"

"There's a few in the cabinet why?"

"Maria wants to become a duelist; and I promised that I would teach her someday…"

"Why are you acting so embarrassed?" Jake looked at him.

"Dude, look at her, she's a Girly-girl. It's rare for them to start playing Card Games."

"But Jamie started playing when she was her age."

"I think that's a different story." Dylan replied. "So can I get one please?"

"Yeah, go ahead." Karon tossed him the key to the cabinet. "That's $15.00 by the way."

"Haha, you're funny." Dylan said as ran up to the counter.

Dylan unlocked the case and pulled the Starter Deck out of the cabinet. He turned around and heard the ring of the cash register. Karon had his figer pressed against it.

"Oh crap you were serious." Dylan said.

Karon nodded.

After the mishap was over, Dylan and Maria went over to an empty table to get started. They shuffled their decks and set up the field.

"OK, Five shields?"

"Check."

"And five cards in your hand?"

"Check."

"OK then. Let's play rock-paper-scissors to see who starts." Dylan decided.

They play, Dylan getting paper while Maria gets Rock.

"OK looks like I go first. Remember, whoever goes first, can't draw on their first turn. So I'm going to set this card upside down." Dylan explained. He set a card down and tapped it.

"When you want to summon a creature or cast a spell, you need mana." He tapped against the card he put down. "I summon Aqua Guard."

Maria looked and noticed the "1" on Aqua Guard's card. "So mana's like money?"

"Yeah think of it like money. When you wanna summon something you need to make sure you have enough mana for it."

"OK I think I get it." Maria drew a card and set it. "I don't have enough mana so I'll end for now."

Dylan nodded. "OK my turn. I draw, set mana and summon two more aqua guards."

Maria looked at the two mana her brother had and then at the two new Aqua Guard, each having one in between them. "OK. I draw, set this Yellow card and I tap it and the Red one. I summon this Green monster, Burning Mane."

"Hold on a sec Chica, you can't do that."

"But why not…?"

"You don't have any "Green Cards" in your Mana Zone."

"Does it matter, I have enough mana to summon it don't I?"

"Yes but that's the thing. When playing cards, at least one of the mana that's used to pay for it has to be the same color as it. Do you have a Fire or Light creature in your hand that you can summon instead?"

Maria looked into her hand. "Some Viking-looking monster. He costs 2."

"Great, he's a fire card, and since you're using a Fire card in your mana, he can be summoned."

"OK then, I summons Immortal Baron Vorg then." She sparked up. "Now Viking-guy, attack his monster!"

"Wait a sec; Two thing wrong with this."

"What now?" She pouted.

"Well fr one thing, Vorg is Tired.

Jake and Karon watched the duel play out up till now, and Jake gave Dylan a blank stare. "Vorg's tired?"

"Don't judge my teachings." Dylan snarled. "Anywho, he's tired. It took him such a long journey to get from your hand and onto the field that he's tired and worn out. He needs at least one turn to rest up."

"Are you sure you're just not saying that to be mean?" Maria asked.

"I promise. And another thing, creatures can attack tapped creatures only." Dylan tapped one of his Guards sideways. "The victim of the attack would be so tired and worn out, that he's vulnerable to an attack by the enemy. When he's untapped, he's full strong and healthy ready to head back into battle." Dylan untapped it. "However, you don't have to attack my creatures all the time; my shields are your real target."

Dylan drew his card and set the third mana. "Time to summon my attacker; Aqua Jolter, you're up. And that's it."

"Why aren't you attacking?" Maria asked.

"Aqua Guards can't attack. That's what their effect says, right there."

Maria leaned over the table and read the card effect. "This creature cant attack. OK then, does that make it my turn?"

"Knock yourself out kiddo."

Maria drew her next card and set Nature mana, now having one of each.

"I'm summoning a Blocker, La Ura giga, Sky Guardian, and Burning Mane. Is that OK?"

"Yeah that's fine."

"OK then, Immortal Baron Vorg attacks."

"Aqua Guard blocks the attack. Since both creatures' powers are 2000, they're both dead." Dylan moves Aqua Guard to the grave.

"Oh man, if I knew that was going to happen, I wouldn't have done it." She moved Vorg to the grave.

Dylan drew his next card and set the fourth mana. "Lesson 2: Evolution Creatures. I evolve Aqua Guard into Crystal Paladin." He set crystal paladin on top of one of the guards."

"So what, I'll just block it anyway."

Crystal paladin sends all the blockers back to their owner's hands; sorry." Dylan retrieved his remaining Aqua Guard.

"What- no fair!"

"Rules are rules."

"Come on Dylan, can't you be a bit easier on your little sister?"

"Call it sibling love." Dylan shrugged his shoulders. He watched as she took back her La ura giga.

"Now for my attack. I break one shield with Paladin. I choose this one." Dylan tapped on it. It goes to your hand."

Maria picks the card and starts to mumble to herself. "So if it's a shield trigger, I can use it if it comes from my shields…"

Dylan forced a nod.

"Tornado Flame, kill Aqua Jolter." She smiled devilishly.

Dylan sent Jolter to mana and nodded. "Nice one; your turn."

Maria drew her next card. I tap three mana to summon Bronze-arm tribe. Then I send a card to my mana zone. Can I use the new mana card?"

"There's nothing holding you back."

"Ok. I use the next two to summon another Burning Mane. I have the first one attack you; and I break that shield."

Dylan smirked. "OK you're getting the hang of it. I have a trigger of my own: Spiral gate. I send your Bronze-Arm tribe back to your hand."

"Again with that?" she said as she retrieved her card.

Dylan smiled. "That's the strong point of Water."

"In that case, I want a Water deck then!" Maria said, almost immediately.

"Now now, I already spent fifteen dollars on this one, let's just finish playing and then I can possibly work something out with Karon. Sound fair?"

Maria though about it and nodded. "And then we can go see Abuela at the hospital."

Dylan laughed. "Sounds like a plan…"

And so the Duel continued on from there, with Dylan winning of course. Dylan however, was able to explain certain points, especially on civilization strengths, and he was also able to help Maria get signed up for her own Kaijudo ID as well.

That night, Dylan and Jake hung out in Dylan's living room, their cards stacked on top of each other. With the Duel Circuit only a week away, they need to prepare.

"So, did you figure out what you wanna do yet?"

"Still nothing…" Dylan admitted. Maybe I should just stay with Water.

"Maybe you should."

"What were you planning on using?" Dylan just had to ask.

"I was thinking about Going a bit of Nature with mine. After watching C.J.'s duels, I think I can make an Offense/defense rush deck.

"I think it's because that Megan chick has that same deck strategy isn't it?"

Jake's eyes went straight towards Dylan. "I told you that only lasted for a week!"

"Yeah sure, because crushes on girls who also use Alcadeias as their trumps only last a week."

"Just shut up."

"What are you two doing?" Maria slid into the living room on her socks. For the time being she had her things, she wore her Glove, loving every minute of the White and Blue hand cover.

"I can't believe I'm a duelist now, just like my Hermano!" Maria pranced around happily.

"You should be proud." Lancer materialized onto the coffee table. "Your brother is a very skilled duelist."

"Better watch it, we'll be just as strong someday…" a mysterious voice echoed.

"Did you say something Jake?" Dylan turned.

"Oh that's my Avatar, Shtra. Come on out you."

A blue data stream came out of Maria's deck case and centered on her shoulder. What materialized was a small Blue humanoid, made of water. She had violet eyes, and a yellow diamond on her forehead. Her cape was made of water, and she had two small antennas on the top of her head, along with two extra arms with palm-like features on them.

"Isn't she cute?" Squealed Maria in joy.

Dylan and Jake both nodded reluctantly, just to amuse her.

"I'm gonna go show mom." Maria dashed off to show her mom.

"I wonder how the others are doing with their decks. If they're ready for the tournament…" Jake said.

C.J. looked at the cards at in his hand, and the fear fang breathing heavily next to him. His glove was sparking fiercely, as the Fear fang and Neo Twin cannon Skyterror dodged attacks from each other.

"Tsume!" C.J. called out. The Fighter Dual Fang in his hand sparked along with the Glove, causing the Fear Fang to evolve into said creature, slashing away Twin Cannon. The Area was torn to bits, dead corpses either crushed in the debris or worse… Then Neo rained down from the Sky. Without hesitation, C.J. hopped on Tsume's shoulder, as the duo charged the dragon. It was then that C.J. heard a voice.

"This world… Will be ours; this is the dawn of NEO!"

C.J. looked and saw the very red-eyed shadow figure on Neo's shoulders…

C.J. jumped up in his bed, breathing heavily. "That dream again…"

C.J. went to the bathroom and splashed water in his face. This was the 3rd time he's had this dream; however it's the first time his opponent spoke to him. And their voice… sounded dark and familiar.

C.J. headed back to his room and looked at the calendar. "June 5th 2015. The tournament's tomorrow… I wonder if I'm ready for it…"

Tsume materialized in the room. "Kid, believe me; you're ready for this, you just need to enter in a calm manner. Now get some sleep. Tomorrow's gonna be a real rush."

C.J. nodded. "OK. Good night…"

C.J. turned the light off and went back to bed…

[END]

[Kaijudo Corner]

Dylan: Finally we're on the tournament scene, let's see what's gonna go down as KG and all other teams from around NYC duel for the chance to become the 2015 NYC Duel Circuit Champs; Make sure you're cheering on us you guys :D cya around.