Hey sorry this story is late. I got alot of stuff going on recently and it distracted me. But your used to it now right? Saying 'The recent chapter of NFA is late' is like saying 'Is the Pope Catholic'...theres a joke in there somewhere but I'm not waiting 3 days to find it. ^^';
Reveiw Below, Let me now! ^^
*Niagara Falls Academy, Duel Practice Arenas, 2:20 P.M.*
The students had the next 3 days off from school. This Saturday was the Winter Formal, however the Practice arenas were full of students practicing their duel techniques, strategy, and other important stuff because the Winter Formal means the winter Exams pop up.
Niagara Falls Academy has 2 sets of Exams a year;
The Winter Exams, which pits a student against anyone of the School's Professors.
And The Final Exams...which is a Pencil and Paper test...woohoo...
"GO Perfect Machine King!" Colin Ordered "Attack!"
Colin's Perfect Machine King's thrusters fired up and the Perfect Machine King flew across the area like a Jet and struck down Haru's Technology Bot: Virus Distorter.
"That means I win!" Colin said in confidence.
"You always win!" Haru said. "Is there anyone in this school you can't beat?"
"Nope!" Colin Proclaimed. "I am The Master of the cards! Bow down before my awsome Might!"
"Oh Yeah?" Jeremy asked from nearby. "Ever since we became friends you've never beaten me."
"Oh Yeah?" Colin asked. "What about the time before we were friends? Because in our Very first duel, I think I kicked your ass."
"Oh I'd like to hear about that duel." Haru said.
"Well it all started when-"
"What about Recuk?" Jeremy interrupted. "He beat you with authority."
Colin didn't answer. Instead he just gave Jeremy an evil glare. Just then, as if on Que, Recuk had walked across the room. The entire time he was there, watching the other students practice, with little excitement for them. As he passed Colin could feel the dark feeling he felt every time Recuk was around. Almost as if it toyed with him. The very idea that Recuk was simply mocking Colin, without ever saying a word just infuriated him.
Just as Recuk had reached the exit-
"RECUK!" Colin called out to him, yelling so everyone would hear. "I WANT A REMATCH!"
Recuk stopped and turned his head slightly toward Colin.
"I want an Official School Sanctioned duel!" Colin said. "Your Record is 91-0. I am going to make sure it becomes 91-1!"
Recuk actually smirks at Colin's boasting. "You think you can win against me?" Recuk asked. "Considering how you moped about last time, I thought you wouldn't risk humiliation a second time."
"I don't think I can win." Colin said. "I KNOW I can win!"
Recuk's smirked disappeared. Then he simply turned his head and walked out of the arena.
"HEY!" Colin shouted. "I WANT AN ANSWER!"
But Recuk had left.
Later in the day, Prof. Springfield was teaching a extra class for those students wanting extra help before the exams.
"The Art of War was written as a Military guide to victory." Springfield lectured. "But it's lessons can be applied to real life, and of course Dueling. If you would just-"
"Prof. Springfield!" Prof. Alucard stated as she opened the door to the classroom. "Could you come out to the hall, please?" She did not sound happy.
Prof. Springfield sighs. "Kids, turn your books to page-Oh, forget it, you're all just going to screw around anyway."
Prof. Springfield went out into the hall to face Prof. Alucard.
"What is it?" Prof. Springfield asked.
"Are you surprised what your Star Pupil did now? !" Prof. Alucard scolded.
"Oh for Christ sake, unless he actually did his homework nothing he does surprises me anymore!" Prof. Springfield answered.
"In front of nearly the entire school, your student challenged Recuk Revajik to an official school duel!" Alucard said with frustration.
"He did?" Prof. Springfield asked. "Good. Sounds like the kids got his balls back."
"No! Not Good!" Alucard continued. "Recuk is the star pupil this school has never had before! In a few months, he could be the first student to graduate from a Duel Academy ever to graduate with an unblemished, undefeated record!"
"Wait, wait a second." Springfield said. "You're afraid that Colin actually has a chance to beat him."
"I never said that." Alucard quickly responded.
"Then why are you so worried?" Springfield asked, crossing his arms.
"Uh... uh... Fine, I AM worried." Alucard admitted. "I'm worried that little bastard might be able to pull it off. Every Duel, that bastard gets a little better every time."
"Well, thank you." Prof. Springfield said. "I told you I had an eye for talent."
"Yeah, yeah, ha ha, you were right, I was wrong, whatever." Prof. Alucard took the words from his mouth. "Look, I just want what's best for Recuk. Given his... special circumstances, I want to make sure he gets the best endorsements when he graduates. They're already lining up to sign him the second he gets out of school. I'm afraid if there's a blemish on his record, most of them will pull out."
"Everyone loses from time to time, Erin." Prof. Springfield stated. "I've lost, you've lost, Recuk will eventually lose. Better he learn it sooner better than later."
Prof. Alucard threw her hands in the air and walked off.
*But at the level Kennat is at right now, there's no way he's going to beat him.* Springfield thought. *I think it's time for the next lesson.*
"How's this look?" Trinity holds up a white dress up to her body.
She was in her dorm room, showing off dresses to Renee and Summer.
"Perfect for a snow princess." Renee joked.
Trinity then tossed the dress onto a pile of dresses she had on her bed. Then she pulled a pretty bright red dress in front of herself.
"What about this one?" Trinity asked.
"Oh yeah, Mister Kool-Aid!" Summer joked in the Kool-Aid guy's voice.
"Do I really look fat?" Trinity asked, embarrassed.
"No, I was just making a joke." Summer clarified.
Trinity ignored her, threw the dress back on the back, then pulled out a black one.
"Black's very slimming, right?" Trinity asked.
"That one's too sexy." Renee stated.
"How the hell can anything be too sexy? !" Trinity yelled.
"You're going on a date." Renee pointed out. "You're not going out prostituting yourself."
Trinity threw the dress back on the bed and fell face-first on top of them.
"Maybe I should just go in a fat sweatshirt over my Teddie pajamas." Trinity moaned.
"I think Colin might actually like that." Summer said. "He seems like that kind of guy."
"Trinity, you're over-thinking this." Renee told her. "First off, the dance is Saturday and we've got exams on Friday. You should focus on those instead."
"Oh, but this is my first real... date." Trinity said as she blushed when she said 'date'. "I want it to go perfect."
"I'm sure if Colin were here with you, he'd say that any date with you would be the perfect date." Renee assured her.
"Yeah..." Trinity said. "... Do you think he's obsessing about this as much as I am?"
"Has Niagara Falls ever frozen over?"
Colin asked the question to Jeremy while both guys hung out outside, in the chilly air and watched from the railing as the majestic falls roared.
"Has Niagara Falls ever what?" Jeremy questioned.
"Frozen over." Colin clarified. "The water just completely froze over the wintertime."
"You're asking if Niagara Falls has ever frozen over?" Jeremy asked again. "You're asking if 750,000 volumes of raging, bone crushing water, has ever frozen over? Is that what your asking?"
"Yes, thats what I'm asking." Colin replied.
"No I don't think so." Jeremy replied unsure of the answer.
"Actually, yes it did." Prof. Springfield said as he walked up to the boys. "Back in 1911, the air was so cold, the water was frozen as it raged over the falls."
"Oh, cool." Colin responded to that. "So, if it were to freeze over, could you cliff-dive off them?"
"If the waterfall was frozen, then the bottom would be frozen as well. So that would not be a good idea." Springfield pointed out.
"Ah, damn! That's one dream shot to hell!" Colin said as he leaned against the railing.
"You know, I was looking for you." Springfield said to Colin. "Are you ready for your next lesson?"
"I thought classes were let out today." Colin reacted.
"You remember when you lost to Recuk and you went through your asshole phase?" Springfield asked.
"What are you talking about?" Jeremy questioned. "Colin's always an asshole."
"You remember what I told you after I defeated you in a Duel?" Springfield asked Colin.
"You said I needed to get a card to understand my Deck better." Colin answered.
"That's right." Springfield nodded. "That is the first of three lessons that I can teach you so you can become a true Duelist."
"If that's true, how come I haven't heard about it?" Jeremy asked. "Don't you teach this in any of your classes?"
"No." Springfield simply said. "I only teach them to Duelists who absolutely need to know... Actually Jeremy, I think you might be able to teach this second lesson to him."
"... Huh?" Jeremy was confused.
At the school arena, Prof. Springfield had let the boys in and the two took positions to Duel each other.
"It's time for lesson two, gentlemen! Begin the Duel!" Springfield ordered.
Colin (LP 4000) Jeremy (LP 4000)
Jeremy drew his first card. "I'll summon this card face-down in defense mode and then set one card face-down! That ends my turn!"
Colin then draws his first card. "Ya know I don't get it." Colin said to Prof. Springfield. "Why am I dueling Jeremy?"
"Because you don't respect him." Prof. Springfield asked. "You need to respect your opponent. Without respect, you won't be able to take them seriously."
"Colin's never taken anything seriously." Jeremy said. "He'll always be a too bit slacker."
"Ouch dude." Colin said. "That insult actually hurt a little."
"I'm just stating the truth." Jeremy said in a cold voice.
"Fine then, my move." Colin said looking at his hand. "Since I have no monsters and you do, I can Special Summon Cyber Dragon (Lv.5 2100/1600)! Then I Normal Summon X-Head Cannon (Lv.4 1800/1500)! Cyber Dragon, attack his face-down monster!"
Cyber Dragon charged up its Strident Blaze and shot it at Jeremy's face-down monster. Unfortunately, that monster was Hushed Psychic Cleric (Lv.3 0/2100) which withstood the attack.
"I'll end my turn by placing one card face-down!" Colin finished.
Jeremy drew his next card. "First, I activate Hushed Psychic Cleric's ability! Once per turn, I can send a card from my hand to the Graveyard to select a Psychic-type card in my Graveyard and banish it! I'm going to send a Psychic-type card from my hand to the Graveyard and then banish it! Then I Tribute Hushed Psychic Cleric to summon Overdrive Teleporter (Lv.6 2100/1200)! And since my Cleric has been sent from the field to the Graveyard, I can Special Summon the Psychic-type card I banished using its effect! That card is Space-Time Police (Lv.5 2300/1500)! And when he's Special Summoned, I can banish a face-up card on your side of the field!"
Space-Time Police threw his baton at Cyber Dragon, banishing it.
"Space Time Police, attack X-Head Cannon!" Jeremy declared his attack.
Space-Time Police attacked X-Head Cannon and destroyed it, inflicting Colin with 500 points of damage.
Colin (LP 3500) Jeremy (LP 4000)
"Now Overdrive Teleporter will attack you directly!" Jeremy continued his assault.
Overdrive Teleporter attacked Colin directly and dealt him 2100 points of damage.
Colin (LP 1400) Jeremy (LP 4000)
"I've got this pretty much wrapped up." Jeremy said with confidence.
"I recall you said those exact same words the first time we dueled." Colin snickered. "And guess what ended up happening?"
"THAT WAS A FLUKE AND YOU KNOW IT!" Jeremy screamed. Colin was frozen by Jeremy's reaction. "I am Better than you! I know it! You know it! Everyone knows it! That's Why I am an Obelisk and you are a Slifer! Yet you still insult me and act like you're better! I'm sick of it! So sick of it that every other time we dueled, I beat you! You are now so pathetic that you keep going back to that one fleeting moment of glory to justify your attitude! Well just Shut up!"
"Christ Jeremy Chillax!" Colin said. "You're making a big deal about out of a couple jokes?"
"It's not the Jokes!" Jeremy snapped. "It's exactly what Prof. Springfield said! You don't respect me! That's Fine! I don't need your respect! I just need to beat you!"
"If wanting to beat me is making you this big of an Ass, then fine!" Colin said. "I won't let you win!
"Let me?" Jeremy Scoffed. "Let me Win? Whatever! Your move!"
Colin drew his next card. "I summon Gear Golem, the Moving Fortress (Lv.4 800/2200) in defense mode! Then I equip it with the Equip Spell Impenetrable Cannon!"
A cannon appeared on top Gear Golem.
"I can only equip this to a Machine monster whose Defense is higher than its attack!" Colin explained. "That monster gains 1000 defense points and once per turn, I can inflict you with damage equal to his attack points!"
The cannon fired at Jeremy, inflicting him with 800 points of damage.
Colin (LP 1400) Jeremy (LP 3200)
"I end my turn by placing one card face-down!" Colin said.
Jeremy then drew his next card. "I summon the Tuner Magical Sychron (Lv.3 1200/800) and then I'll tune him with Space-Time Police to Synchro Summon Thought Ruler Archfiend (Lv.8 2700/2300)! Since Space-Time Police left the field, your Cyber Dragon comes back, but not for long. Thought Ruler Archfiend, attack Cyber Dragon!"
"I activate the Trap Covering Fire!" Colin responded. "With this, Cyber Dragon gains Gear Golem's attack points until the end of the Damage Step!"
Cyber Dragon countered Thought Ruler Archfiend's attack and destroyed it, inflicting Jeremy with 200 points of damage.
Colin (LP 1400) Jeremy (LP 3000)
"I activate the Spell Psychokinesis!" Jeremy continued his turn. "Since I control a Psychic-type card, I can destroy a card on the field, but I lose 1000 Life Points! I'm going to destroy your Cyber Dragon!"
Overdrive Teleporter used his psychokinetic powers to destroy Colin's Cyber Dragon, but the shocks caused Jeremy to lose 1000 Life Points.
Colin (LP 1400) Jeremy (LP 2000)
"Then I activate my face-down Psychic Tuning Trap!" Jeremy continued. "This allows me to Special Summon a Psychic-type monster from my Graveyard in attack mode and then treat it as a Tuner! I'm bringing back Thought Ruler Archfiend! Then I'll end my turn by placing one card face-down!"
Colin then drew his next card. "I activate the Spell Mystical Space Typhoon so I can destroy your Psychic Tuning Trap! Since not only will your Archfiend leave the field, you'll take damage equal to your monster's Level x400!"
The mystical space vortex destroyed Jeremy's Psychic Tuning Trap.
"I activate my other face-down card Rainbow Life!" Jeremy quickly responded. "For the rest of this turn, any damage I take will increase my Life Points instead!"
"Then I'll activate Oberon's Prank!" Colin responded back. "When an effect that would increase Life Points activates, we both take damage equal to the amount you would have gained!"
Thought Ruler Archfiend's destruction caused both Colin and Jeremy to lose all of their Life Points.
Colin (LP 0) Jeremy (LP 0)
"Man that was pretty fun." Colin said with a smile.
"Why are you smiling?" Jeremy asked.
"I did what I said." Colin explained. "You wanted to win and I made sure you didn't."
"He's right." Springfield said. "You talked about getting no respect from Colin. In part, it's because you show him no respect either. That is why you both lost the duel."
"It was a tie." Jeremy corrected.
"Your lifepoints say Zero." Springfield told him. "That means you lost. I don't care if a tie is a real statistic. When your lifepoints hit zero, you lost."
"...I must've sounded like a real jackass just now." Jeremy sighed and rubbed his forehead.
"Yeah." Colin said. "It was different, but also kinda cool. You should try it more often."
"No I'm not like that." Jeremy said. "I...need to lay down."
Jeremy then went to leave the arena, but Springfield stopped him.
"Hold it." Springfield said. "You both lost this duel because you didn't respect your opponent. If you want respect, you got to give respect."
"That's Lesson two?" Colin asked. "Alright...what was Lesson one again?"
Springfield smacked his forehead.
"Lesson 1: Believe in yourself and your cards." Springfield went over. "You and your cards are one. If you don't believe in the heart of your cards, they won't believe in you. To start, find a card that speaks to your soul. A card you can believe in. Then build around it. Lesson 2: Respect your opponent and their cards. You don't have to like them, but you must respect your opponent and the strength of his or her deck. You don't need to like your opponent and make friends, but once the disks are on and the cards are drawn, you must be able to put your anger and pride aside and respect every move they make."
"Ok," Colin said. "And lesson three?"
"You're not ready for Lesson 3 yet." Springfield said.
"Oh Come ooooonnnn!" Colin complained, but Springfield wasn't going to tell him no matter what. "Fine, Come on Jeremy!" Colin put his arm around his friends shoulder. "How about I buy you a snow cone?"
"I want cherry." Jeremy said as they left the arena.
Prof. Springfield stood there and shook his head.
"How the hell are those two friends?" he asked himself.
Meanwhile, Recuk was at the Duel Registration Office turning in a form.
"Alright," The person taking the form said and looked over. "So June 9 you want to duel against Colin Kennat, The first year Slifer correct?"
"Yes." Recuk answered.
"Last day of the School year eh?" The guy asked. "You want to go out with a bang don't ya?"
Recuk said nothing more left.
*I'll give him more time.* Recuk thought. *If he can back up his talk...maybe...*
Cards
Impenetrable Cannon
Spell/Equip
This card can only be equipped to a Machine-type monster whose DEF is higher than its ATK. Increase the DEF of the equipped monster by 1000. Once per turn, you can inflict damage to your opponent equal to the original ATK of the monster equipped with this card.
Preveiw
Colin: First the Exams...then we'll have Winter Dances, Magical music, Terrible ties, and tragedy! AN ASTONISHING TRUTH IS REVEALED
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Colin: What no second character today?...Alright: The best selling book of the 15th century was an erotic book called The Tale of the Two Lovers – it is even still read today. The author of this book was none other than Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini – otherwise known as Pope Pius II who reigned from 1458 – 1464.
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Colin: Next time on Niagara Falls Academy. Solitary Confinement! Lack of Human Contact!
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Colin: I'm Lonely...T_T...What? ! NO Niagara Extra Either? ! THis SUCKS!