Chapter Twenty-Six: Ultimate Duel: Pat VS Justin Pt. 1: Warrior VS Fiend

It was the next day at Duel Academy, after classes had ended, about three in the afternoon. Pat was up in the northern portion of the island, as usual, with only his thoughts, his Duel Disk, and several decks accompanying him. But the mind-destroying silence was about to be broken.

"Like the new clothes, Pat?" asked a voice.

It was Justin's; Pat looked up to see he was FINALLY out of his Blue-Eyes suit, and was now wearing a blue buttoned jacket with white trim and buttons, a ground-dragging bottom split into two rectangular strips, dark blue pants, and black shoes.

"J…? Where'd you get an Obelisk Blue uniform…?" Pat asked.

"I won the Genex Tournament, Pat! That means I'm in the Obelisk Blue Dorm!"

Pat let his mouth drop, his face beginning to show bits of anger…

And then…

"WHAAAAAAAAAAT?!!!!"

"Sheesh, loudmouth. Yes, I know. I'm amazed myself."

Pat stood up and grabbed Justin's shoulders. "…You are in Obelisk Blue… And I'm not, huh…?"

"Uh, yeah… I can ask Crowler if he can put you in Blue, but I don't know with him…" Justin sweat dropped.

"GRR! NO! FORGET CROWLER! YOU AND I… WILL DUEL FOR THE TITLE OF THIS SCHOOL'S KING!"

"…What?"

"You and I shall Duel a Match Game for the title of the school champion. Use your better deck, your Warrior Deck… You can swap in-between games, however." Pat growled, gritting his teeth.

"Fine, then. You and I haven't duel under… Usual terms, AKA in a tournament or Match Duel… For a long time."

Pat smirked and began walking away. "…Meet me at the duel dome tomorrow at noon. Tomorrow's Saturday, so no school. I'll be sure everyone can watch your demise…"

Justin stared at Pat as his friend walked away. "…He's never been like this… He must be jealous that I'm in Blue, yet we're of the same level dueling-wise…"

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The campus building's stadium was packed with everyone, from the Blues to the Yellows to the Reds; even the different Dorm's advisors were in the audience, along with Sheppard and numerous other important people. Justin and Pat stood in the dueling ring, Pat now in his Ra Yellow uniform for the first time in months.

"Why are you back in that thing, Pat?" Justin asked.

"Hmph. Once this Match Game is done, you'll be back in your own Ra Yellow suit, Justin, and I'll have an Obelisk Blue outfit! NOW LET'S DUEL, JUSTIN CHEEK!" Pat growled, both activating their Duel Disks.

Back up in the audience…

"Hmm, who to cheer for, I wonder… Heh-heh-heh." cackled Crowler to himself.

He clearly didn't see Jaden and Syrus below him.

"You know, Crowler, we can hear you, and they probably can too." Jaden said.

"Yeah, I don't think you wanna duel Pat again." Syrus added.

"Oh, please. I could easily defeat him now. He just got lucky…"

Pat looked up towards Crowler, and shouted: "I can hear you, NURSE!"

Crowler screamed and instantly shut up.

MATCH GAME

Duel: 1

Duel Setup: Pat McClintock vs. Justin Cheek

LP: 8000

DUEL!

"I'll make the first move, Justin." Pat said as both drew five cards, him a sixth.

"Heh-heh. First, I play Metal Fiend Sanctuary! This lets me play a Metal Fiend Token in attack mode!"

A silver creature with a segmented body appeared. ATK/ 0 DEF/ 0.

Attack mode? Justin thought.

"Now I summon Blade Fiend in attack mode!"

A black-skinned fiendish creature with red eyes and a purple cloak appeared. ATK/ 1850 DEF/ 1000.

"And now, I'll end my turn."

Justin drew another card from his deck, adding it to his hand.

"Since you have two monsters on the field, I can Special Summon The Fiend Megacyber!"

A man wearing a golden and black coat with a thick golden mask on his head appeared. ATK/ 2200 DEF/ 1200.

"I place one card facedown. And remember, I can still summon this: my Dark Blade!"

A facedown card and a person with two swords in black armor appeared beside The Fiend Megacyber. ATK/ 1800 DEF/ 1500.

"Go, Fiend Megacyber! Crush his Blade Fiend!"

The Fiend Megacyber sent a black-colored energy ball from its hands towards Blade Fiend.

"Heh… I activate my Blade Fiend's ability! By paying 500 Life Points, I can negate an attack against him!"

Pat's LP: 7500.

Blade Fiend shielded himself with his sword.

"Grr… Dark Blade, attack his Metal Fiend Token!"

Dark Blade ran towards Pat's Token and slashed it into metal fragments. The metallic shrapnel flew towards Justin, hitting him.

"YOW!"

Justin's LP: 6200.

"What… Why did I lose the points?!"

"Battle damage from a battle with my Metal Fiend Token is reflected to my opponent. So, I guess I'll go now…" Pat smirked, drawing a card.

"I activate Card Destruction! We both discard our hands and draw the same amount we discarded! So, I discard four… You discard four… And we both draw four."

Pat and Justin placed their hands in the Graveyard and drew four cards.

"I discarded a Dandylion, so two Fluff Tokens appear." Justin said.

Two fluff monsters appeared. ATK/ 0 DEF/ 0.

"All right. I now place a card facedown, and offer your two monsters, of course not your Tokens because I can't… as a tribute to play Lava Golem!"

"WHAT?!"

Justin's monsters disappeared, and a large monster with an orange and black lava body, with a chained cage attached to its neck, which Justin was in. ATK/ 3000 DEF/ 2500.

"Desperate, eh?" Justin asked.

"No. When your Standby Phases come by, you lose 1000 Life Points! And now, I attack your Fluff Token with my monster!"

Blade Fiend jumped for Justin's Fluff Token, when the blonde interrupted.

"I activate Negate Attack! This stops your attack and ends your Battle Phase!"

A see-through shield stopped Blade Fiend's attack.

"Grr… I end my turn with a facedown."

Justin drew one card. A small portion of Lava Golem's body dripped onto him, causing him to cry out in pain.

Justin's LP: 5200.

"Hmm… Pat, you're a knucklehead, no offense."

"MUCH TAKEN!"

"…Anyway, I tribute Lava Golem and my Fluff Tokens to play this: my Gilford the Lightning!"

Gilford appeared behind Justin. Oh, huzzah!

He then appeared on the field, his sword crackling with lightning. ATK/ 2800 DEF/ 1400.

"Since I tributed three monsters, yours are destroyed! Go for it, Gilford!"

Gilford the Lightning sent a blue blast of lightning at Pat's Blade Fiend, destroying it.

"Now, Gilford! Attack him directly with Electro-Sword Slash!"

Gilford began to jump towards Pat, his sword crackling once more.

"I don't think so… Go, Nightmare Wheel!" shouted the brown-haired teen. His facedown card lifted up, revealing a Trap.

"This card prevents your Gilford the Lightning from attacking, and it can't even change its battle position! Oh, yeah… And during my Standby Phases, you lose 500 points! So, my turn."

Pat drew a card, and a small bolt of lightning from Gilford hit Justin.

Justin's LP: 4700.

Forgive me, Justin.

"It's okay, Gilford… I have a plan to win anyway…"

"Now to continue with this duel. I play Pot of Greed, so I draw twice."

Pat drew two cards.

"Now I activate two Cost Downs. I discard two cards, lowering my monster's level by 4… You're about to meet Dark Warrior from Another Realm!"

A black-cloaked humanoid creature wielding an enormous sword with a dark purple center appeared. ATK/ 2800 DEF/ 2000.

"And here's his effect: when he battles a LIGHT monster, AKA your Gilford, he gains 700 Attack points during the Damage Step. So, Dark Warrior, DESTROY GILFORD THE LIGHTNING!"

Dark Warrior ran towards Gilford and slashed him. ATK/ 3500 DEF/ 2000.

"No… Gilford…" Justin gasped.

Justin's LP: 4000.

"Heh-heh-heh… I'll end my turn."

Justin let out a low growl as he drew his next card. "Hmm… I activate Premature Burial and Monster Reborn, allowing me to bring back Blade Knight and Gilford the Lightning!"

Justin's LP: 3200.

Blade Knight and Gilford returned. ATK/ 1800 DEF/ 1500. ATK/ 2800 DEF/ 1400.

"And now… I tribute both to play my first powerhouse Warrior…"

OH CRUD! Pat thought.

"I tribute Gilford the Lightning and Blade Knight to summon… GILFORD THE LEGEND!"

Justin's two monsters disappeared, and their places were taken my a large, muscular man wearing a light brown warrior's outfit wielding an enormous, thick sword with a golden stripe down the center. ATK/ 2600 DEF/ 2000.

"Here's the catch, Pat. When you used Card Destruction, I discarded three Equip Spells: Axe of Despair, Fusion Sword Murasame Blade, and Divine Sword – Phoenix Blade. I can equip every one to Gilford now!"

Gilford the Legend's large sword was replaced by a long, thin sword, and in his other hand was now a brown, silver-bladed axe. In a weaponry belt around his waist was a small gray sword with red markings on it.

"Oh, boy… That's 1000 for Axe… 300 for Phoenix Blade… And 800 for Murasame Blade… So that's… 2100 EXTRA POINTS?!" Pat screamed.

(Gilford the Legend) ATK/ 4700 DEF/ 2000.

"And now from my hand I activate one last Equip Spell: Anti-Dark Dagger!"

Another sword, a glowing white one, appeared in Gilford's weapon belt.

"When attacking a DARK monster, he gains 1000 Attack points! So, Gilford… Attack his Dark Warrior!"

(Gilford the Legend) ATK/ 5700 DEF/ 2000.

Gilford ran towards Pat's Dark Warrior. (Dark Warrior) ATK/ 3500 DEF/ 2000.

Gilford sliced through Dark Warrior like a hot knife through warmed-up butter.

(Gilford) ATK/ 4700 DEF/ 2000.

Pat's LP: 5300.

"I end my turn now." Justin said.

Pat drew another card. "Uh… I… Can't do… Anything…"

Justin drew a card from his deck and placed it in his Spell/ Trap Zone. "This duel is mine, Pat. I activate my last Equip Spell: Legendary Blade! I can only use it on Gilford, but it juices him up by 300 for each Equip Spell on him. So, that's 1500 including his newest weapon!"

(Gilford the Legend) ATK/ 6200 DEF/ 2000.

"This is gonna hurt, Pat… Sorry… But Gilford! Attack him directly!"

Gilford jumped towards Pat and slammed his sword into him with immense power, knocking Pat to his knees.

"URGH!"

Pat's LP: 0000.

This Duel's Winner: JUSTIN CHEEK!

"…Ugh… I'd better change my deck now…" Pat growled, grabbing a Deck Box red in color.

"Well, here's Match Duel number 2…" Justin sighed, placing a different deck into his Duel Disk.