The school was absolutely buzzing. A few days after Jaden and Cyrus had defeated the Paradox Brothers, the rumor that Yumei Hyoudou was up for a promotion match had spread throughout the school like wildfire. At that point, everyone knew that they Hyoudou twins were two of the strongest first year students at the academy, and neither of them had lost a duel yet.
"So who do you think it's gonna be?" Kai asked. He and Yuki were sitting in the second year Obelisks dorm. They were constructing new decks just for the fun of it from their spare cards.
Yuki thought for a few moments, while he stared at three cards in front of him. He was debating on weather or not to add them into one of his two main decks, or one of the mock decks he and Kai were building. "I don't know. But isn't that the point? Not letting you know who your opponent is gonna be, so you can't get an advantage against your opponent?"
Kai thought about this for a few seconds. "You make a good point, but because everybody knows someone knows about the promotion duel, including the chosen opponent, that means they'd know what deck you'd use, and know how to counter your strategy."
"Which is why you heavily edit your deck beforehand." Yuki countered. "Like what you and Yumei helped me with before my promotion duel with Torimaki."
"And you're sure that she doesn't…?" Kai asked. He had let his sentence fall on purpose, but Yuki picked up on what he was asking.
"She said she's all set for whoever it is." Yuki answered, having made his decision with his three cards. "But speaking of dueling, did you get that duel against Yuri yet?"
"Not yet, but he's promised me a duel before he leaves the island." Kai answered now curiously watching Yuki construct a new deck. "But I'm holding him to it."
"So…" Fujin began. In similar fashion to Yuki and Kai, Fujin had er spare cards out. However unlike the two Obelisk boys, Fujin was making some changes to her actual deck. The cards of her main deck were spread out across Yumei's deck, as the two had just finished another practice duel. This time Fujin had been the one to duel Yumei, and had been absolutely destroyed. Which is why she was currently revising her deck in Yumei's dorm. "Your promotion duel is tomorrow. You nervous?"
Yumei opened her mouth to respond, however almost immediately closed it. She wanted to say she was ready. However that wasn't entirely the truth.
"Not really." She finally let out with a sigh. "I'm…"
"Nervous?" Fujin filled in.
Yumei nodded, taking a deep breath. "I have no idea why. I mean, I've seen gods, ancient egyptian spirits possessing friends and family, and I've been in life threatening shadow games!" She managed to let out a laugh. "And the craziest thing right now, is that I'm nervous about this one duel, that compared with everything else I've been through, is pretty trivial."
"Okay…" Fujin crossed over to the Ra, and placed her hands on her shoulders. "Take a deep breath. Calm down. You'll be fine."
"But…" Yumei began, before Fujin cut her off.
"Nope. no 'buts'." Fujin had a soothing tone in her voice. "Let me tell you something. I wasn't always an Obelisk. I didn't go to duel pep school, I didn't even do that good in my practical exam. I was a collective mess, but I passed the practical."
It was then Yumei understood. "They put you in Slifer and worked your way up?"
Fujin smiled. "Bingo. I spent a lot of time in Slifer building up my deck, and my self-confidence. But I didn't advance right away. I failed my promotion duel to Ra about three times, before I got my hands on my best cards, and formed my deck around them."
"Which are?" Yumei asked, only to have Fujin shake her head.
"That's a secret." The Obelisk replied in a teasing manner. "But I'll fill you in on something. Those cards are the reason everyone here calls me the OTK Queen. Now that aside, it doesn't matter who you're up against tomorrow, and it doesn't matter if you lose. You'll get another opportunity."
"Okay…" Yumei began, as another thought came into her mind. "What if the duel ends in a draw?"
"That…" Fujin blinked in surprise. "...is a very good question."
There was a brief pause, before both girls began snickering, which soon gave way to full blown laughter.
The next day around noon the entire school had packed into the main building's largest arena. It being the weekend, it was rather obvious that classes weren't taking place that day. Yumei being one of the few students that hadn't lost a duel since arriving, and that meant there was a rush for good seats, which cullminated when several professors had to separate a few students from getting into physical altercations over seats at the front row.
"Glad we got here early." Alexis said, giving a few other Obelisks irritated side glances as they slunked off to find other seats.
"Glad we got here before things got nasty." Kai agreed from the seat in front of Alexis, while Yuri situated himself in the seat next to the Obelisk boy.
"Hey…" Alexis frowned, having noticed something. Almost the entire school was there. Zane had even come from his usual spot from high in the stands, and had taken a seat next to Alexis. Everyone she knew was there, except… "Where's Yuki?"
"I'm not sure." Kai answered, turning to face Alexis. "He said he was going to run late, but he should be here by now."
"Well he better show up." Jasmine's tone sounded slightly irritated. "I mean, what kind of brother doesn't show up for a promotion duel? Especially when his sister's the one who's up for the promotion?"
"He'll show up." Zane said matter of factly, while professor Satyr head of Ra, and Dr. Crowler the head of Obelisk stepped up to the main dueling platform.
"If I could have everyone's attention?" Professor Satyr began, speaking into a microphone. "Today's duel would be held under promotion rules. Meaning should the Ra student win, she will be immediately promoted to Obelisk Blue! Now please join me in welcoming miss Yumei Hyoudou!"
The arena exploded with applause when Yumei entered the arena accompanied by Fujin. Yumei seemed calm, and thanks to Fujin she was just as calm inside as she looked on the surface.
At least until she heard what came next.
"And please allow me to introduce her opponent…!" Dr. Crowler announced, and gestured to the opposite entrance.
'BURN IT DOWN!'
The entire crowd was shocked. Only one person at the academy had entrance music. And sure enough Yuki soon made his way onto the main dueling stage.
"Yu!?" Yumei said as shocked as the rest of the crowd looked.
"Yeah… but believe me sis, this wasn't my idea." Yuki replied.
On the same day Yuki found out that Chumley's father had come to attempt and force him to drop out, Yuki had gotten a summons Chancellor Shepard's office. "You wanted to see me?" Yuki asked, walking into the large office. A jolt of fear shot through Yuki's stomach when he saw both Professor Satyr and Dr. Crowler were in Shepard's office. "Uh… did I do something wrong?"
"Oh far from it!" Crowler said in a reassuring tone. The head of Obelisk led Yuki further into Shepard's office. "We just wanted to speak to you about your sister's upcoming promotion duel."
"Wait, wasn't it put on hold because of Jaden and Cyrus' tag duel?" Yuki looked between the three adults for an answer.
"Yes that is the case." Shepard began. "However once that wraps up, your sister's promotion duel is the next event on the academy schedule … well that and the upcoming Halloween formal."
One question at a time. "Okay, and what about…" Yuki then put things together. "Oh no… you can't be serious…"
"It's the most obvious course of action." Shepard had his hands folded under his chin. "Think about it. The both of you have gone undefeated since arriving at the academy, and everyone knows it. Since nobody else would be a good fit to be her opponent, and having her duel Zane is…"
"Overkill?" Yuki supplied.
"Exactly." Shepard replied. "So will you accept?"
It was either have Yumei duel a lesser opponent, or risk his sister hitting him with an OTK … like every time she had dueled him in the past. Oh well, it was worth his undefeated streak and a little bit of humiliation of an OTK if Yumei got into Obelisk.
"Oh Yuki." Yumei shook her head, despite the smile on her face. "Well you ready for this?"
"Whenever you are sis." Yuki held up his duel disk.
"Duelists, prepare for battle!" Dr. Crowler spoke into his microphone, as both siblings readied their duel disks.
"DUEL!"
Yuki-LP 4000
Yumei-LP 4000
"Your promotion duel, so you draw first." Yuki offered his sibling, having drawn his five cards.
"Okay Yu, here I come!" Yumei drew her sixth card. "Well let's start off with this, an old familiar! Valkyrian Knight in attack mode!"
Yumei's regal looking warrior materialised on her field. Akt-1900
"If that's all, I guess it's my turn." Yuki said, drawing his sixth card. 'Okay, nothing I have in my hand will stand up to Yumei's knight. But I think I have a way to rectify that. So…' "Okay sis, I'll summon Silent Paladin in defense mode.
Yuki's new monster was a female with blond hair tied up in a ponytail, weilding a sword and shield with blue-white armor. Def-1500
"I don't get it…" Torimaki said from a few seats over from where Alexis, Jasmine, and Mindy were sitting. "Why play that monster?"
"Because." Fujin filled in, taking a seat next to Jasmine. "That monsters effect allows Yuki to add another monster into his hand."
"Wait… I saw that card last night." Kai's eyes went wide when he realized just what deck Yuki was using. Having watched him construct it the night before. "He's using that deck?"
"Something up?" Yuri asked, now looking at Kai with a very curious expression.
"Yeah, Yuki just built that deck last night." Kai explained to the eldest of the Hyoudou siblings. "I saw him build it."
"But that doesn't make sense." Alexis frowned. "Why would he use a deck he just constructed last night in a really big duel like this?"
"I'm sure he's got is reasons." Zane said, though there was a frown on the Obelisks face. As if he too didn't approve of someone using a newly constructed deck in a situation like this.
After adding the specified card to his hand, Yuki then selected two more cards. "I'll set one card face down, then activate the spell card; the Golden Sarcophagus! Now, you and I know about how this card works, but for those who don't… I take one card from my deck and place it into the sarcophagus, and if at any point you activate the card I put in, that card is negated."
"A good card." Zane nodded. He may not approve of Yuki dueling with a brand new deck in this fashion, but it was clear that Yuki knew how to play his cards. You don't go undefeated if you don't know how.
"So what did Yuki mean?" Alexis sounded confused. "Where did they see this card used before?"
"They saw it used ten years ago when Yugi dueled Pharoah Atem." Yuri explained. "Yugi used the same card, and placed Monster Reborn in the sarcophagus. It's how Yugi beat Atem. When he attempted to use Monster Reborn to bring back the god Osiris, Yugi revealed he'd hidden away Monster Reborn, negating the card and ultimately winning Yugi the duel."
"So is Yuki attempting to use the same strategy?" Mindy asked.
"We'll see." Fujin said, as Yumei's turn began.
"Okay, not bad Yu." Yumei said, drawing her next card. "And you know what? I think I'll match you. Silent Paladin in defense mode!"
Yumei's own blonde, blue-white armored paladin appeared, and took a knee in a defensive stance when she hit the field. Def-1500
"Okay, now I'll end my turn with my own face down." Yumei announced sliding her card into her duel disk.
"Okay, now I'm confused." Torimaki began frowning. "Normally she would attack."
"Because if Yumei destroyed Yuki's paladin, he gets to add a 'silent' monster into his hand from the graveyard." Fujin explained.
"But isn't there only Silent Swordsman?" Cyrus asked. The Slifer trio had in a very uncharacteristic move, arrived about the same time as Zane, and the three had ended up getting seats behind the third year Obelisk.
Zane shook his head at his younger brother's question. "No little brother. There's a spellcaster in the silent archetype. And if I'm right, Yuki's running a deck with the silent spellcasters."
"Alright, my draw. And I'll summon Skilled Black Magician in attack mode!" Yuki's choice in monster had all but a few people in the arena buzzing, as everyone believed that Yuki primarily dueled using dragon monsters.
Skilled Black Magician Atk-1900
"Then I play Pot of Greed." Thanks to said spell card, Yuki now had two more cards in his hand. "And I think I'll play both of the cards I just drew. The first being the field card; Magical Citadel of Endymon!"
The main dueling platform chanced when Yuki activated his field spell, to resemble a large city that seemed to be run by all sorts of different magics.
"Next I'll play a card you're all to familiar with sis! Double Summon! And thanks to this, I'm allowed one more normal summon, so say hello to your swordsmans counterpart! Silent Magician Level Four!" Yuki's new spellcaster looked rather similar to Yumei's Silent Swordsman Level Three. In that it was a rather small cartoonish looking monster. Atk-1000
"There it is Cyrus." Zane said once Yuki summoned the monster in question.
"It looks weak now." Yuri began. "But once Yumei's next turn begins, it'll get stronger."
"But I'm not done yet sis." There was a smirk on Yuki's face, something that rather unnerved his twin sister. "I sacrifice Skilled Black Magician, along with the three spell counters I just gave him, and special summon Black Magician!"
A gasp went through the crowd. Nobody had expected Yuki to have a legendary monster like that. As Skilled Black Magician vanished, Yuki's green armored pale skinned spellcaster appeared on his field. Atk-2500
"Now, Black Magician, destroy Valkyrian Knight! Black Magic Attack!" Black Magician pointed his staff at Yumei's monster, and blasted her away, by firing an orb of dark looking energy.
Yumei-LP 3600
"Yuki drew first blood." Zane sounded rather impressed. "He's pretty skilled when it comes to spellcaster monsters."
"You think this new deck of his is impressive Zane." There was a smile on Fujin's face, while she recalled just how Yuki had taken out Bakura possessed Lance. "You should see his original spellcaster deck."
"Still though." Fujin added. "As good as Yuki is, I wouldn't discount Yumei."
"Not bad." Yumei sounded just as impressed as Fujin. "You got one of your best spellcasters out in what? Your second turn?"
"I get lucky every now and then." Yuki chuckled.
"There's an understatement." Yumei managed a laugh. "But just because you struck first, doesn't mean I'm out of this duel!"
Yumei drew her next card, which caused Silent Magician to become stronger.
Silent Magician Level Four Atk-1500
"Okay, well I'll summon Obnoxious Celtic Guardian in attack mode." Yumei announced, summoning the heavily muscular warrior to her field. Atk-1400
"Sure I might take battle damage from your magician, but my monster won't be destroyed by battle."
"I think you're forgetting about my Silent Magician." Yuki replied, while his sister set a card face down.
"Nah, I'm not worried about him." Yumei shook her head. "Your turn."
"I think you mean 'her'." Yuki corrected, as he drew. "Okay sis, hope you're ready. Silent Magician attack!"
Silent Magician pointed her staff at Obnoxious Celtic Guardian, gathering magical energy in her staff, before sending it flying at Yumei's monster … which made Yumei smirk.
"Oh no you don't!" I activate my face down card, Defense Draw! Now I don't take battle damage, and I get to draw a card!"
Yumei's new card caused Silent Magician to become stronger.
Silent Magician Level Four Atk-2000
"Good move." Zane said. "Now neither of Yuki's monsters will be able to destroy Celtic Guardian."
Silent Magician's attack was deflected harmlessly away from Celtic Guardian.
"Not bad sis, alright your move." Yuki relented, as his turn ended.
"Alright then, my draw!"
Silent Magician Level Four Atk-2500
'Okay, gotta do something about Yuki's monster and fast.' Yumei glanced at her new card. 'Oh, that'll work!' "Alright, I'll start off by activating my own Pot of Greed!"
Silent Magician Level Four Atk-3500
"Then I'll activate my own Double Summon, and bring out my Command and Valkyrian Knight!"
Valkyrian Knight Atk-1900
Command Knight Atk-1200
"Not bad." Zane gave a nod of approval, this having been the first time seeing Yumei duel. "Now Yuki won't be able to attack any of his sisters warrior monsters. And if he attacks her Silent Paladin…"
"Yumei can add one of her Silent Swordsman monsters." Alexis finished. "Plus there's the fact that Command Knight raises all warrior monsters attack points."
Obnoxious Celtic Guardian Atk-1800
Valkyrian Knight Atk-2300
Command Kight Atk-1600
"Your move now Yuki." Yumei said, placing a card facedown before her turn came to an end.
"Alright, here we go." Yuki said, drawing his next card. "Okay, first I'll start by sacrificing Silent Magician level Four, and bringing out Silent Magician level Eight!"
Yuki's cartoonish looking spellcaster was sucked into a vortex, only for a much more mature looking female spellcaster to appear in its place. Atk-3500
"Been a while since I've seen that monster." Yuri said more to himself, while remembering the ceremonial duel between Yugi and Pharaoh Atem.
"Alright, now I'll activate Magical Dimension!" Yuki announced, placing the chosen card into his duel disk. "See sis, this card lets me tribute one of my monsters, and allows me to special summon another. So I'll tribute Silent Paladin, and call Silent Magician to the field!"
Yet another mature looking female spellcaster appeared on Yuki's field, taking the spot where Silent Paladin had been moments before she was sucked into the golden colored sarcophagus. Atk-1000
"I don't get it." Cyrus frowned. "Why would Yuki sacrifice a monster that has less attack points than Silent Paladin's defense points?"
"Because of Silent Magician's effect." Yuri explained, turning to face the small Silfer. "Like her level four counterpart, Silent Magician gets stronger every time your opponent draws a card. And with the way Yuki summoned her, by using Magical Dimension and sacrificing Silent Paladin, Silent Paladin's effect kicks off. Which allows Yuki to add Silent Magician level Four back to his hand."
"And there's also the added effect of Magical Dimension." Alexis interjected, while recalling the way Yuki defeated her when they had dueled. "Yuki can destroy one monster on Yumei's field."
"Alright sis, time to say goodbye to Command Knight!" Yumei's monster was soon sucked into the golden sarcophagus before it vanished. "And with your Command Knight gone, your monsters lose their boost in their attack!"
Obnoxious Celtic Guardian Atk-1400
Valkyrian Knight Atk-1900
"Not bad Yuki." A smile was on Yumei's face. Somehow, despite dueling her twin brother in front of the entire academy, and facing down some of her twin's best monsters, her nervousness was ebbing away. This was just another duel with Yuki, and she had the better track record between the two so… "But this duel isn't over just yet, thanks to my face down card. Threatening Roar!"
Yuki winced at the loud sound that came from Yumie's trap card. "Nice move. And speaking of moves sis, you're up."
"Alright then, my draw." Yumei smiled when she drew her next card. "Okay Yu, I'll start off by summoning Warrior Dai Grepher in attack mode."
The monster in question was a large heavily muscular man, with a grim expression on his face, who wielded a large oddly green colored blade. Atk-1800
"But wait, there's more!" There was a smirk on her face, while she selected her next card. "Now I'll sacrifice my three monsters and special summon Gilford The Lightning!"
"Uh-oh…" Yuki groaned, remembering his first official duel at the academy, while up in the stands Fujin had a smile on her face.
"What'll you do now Yuki?" Fujin asked, as the heavily muscled warrior appeared on Yumie's field.
Gilford the Lightning Atk-2800
"And with him being special summoned the way I did, his effect kicks off." Yumei explained. "Now all your monsters get sent to the graveyard!"
Yuki had to shield himself with his duel disk, while all his monsters exploded in a large cloud of pixels. "Okay, I want this on the record: I hate when that happens."
Yumei snorted with laughter at her twin's remark. "Duly noted."
"Okay, so since you destroyed Silent Magician." Yuki began to explain. "Her effect kicks off, which allows me to special summon Silent Magician Level Eight from anywhere! Hand, deck, out of play zone … or even my graveyard!"
"Uh-oh…" Now it was Yumei's turn to groan, as Silent Magician appeared on Yuki's field once again.
Silent Magician Level 8 Atk-3500
"Very impressive." Bastion mused. The Ra student was sitting beside the Slifer trio, having arrived at the same time as his three friends. "Yuki has had an answer for nearly every move his sister has made."
"Okay, well then I'll end my turn with a face down." Yumei relented, inserting the card into her duel disk.
"Right then, my draw!" Yuki drew his next card with a smirk. "Okay, I'll set a card face down. Then I'll summon Silent Magician Level Four again."
Silent Magician Level Four Atk-1000
"Okay, now I'll attack Gilford with Silent Magician Level Four!" Yuki announced, which shocked the entire crowd.
"Okay…" Kai began. "Why would he do that?"
"Okay sis, I know you're confused by what I just did, so let me explain with my face down card. Silent Burn!" A gasp went through the crowd, once Yuki revealed his face down card. "See when I activate it, and you have more cards than I do, the both of us can draw six cards!"
That's when it clicked for Kai. "Oh Yuki you geneus."
"But it doesn't bode well for Yumei…" Fujin said nervously, since she didn't want all her training with Yumei to go to waste.
Silent Magician Level Four Atk-3500
"Not bad Yu, but you forgot about my face down card." Yumei smirked, revealing yet another trap. "Waboku. Now I don't take any damage, and my monsters aren't destroyed."
Silent Magician's attack bounced harmlessly off of Gilford.
"Right, I'll set two cards face down and call it a turn." Yuki placed his cards in his duel disk as his card ended.
"Looks like Yumei's been able to counter every one of Yuki's moves as well." Alexis countered, shooting a smug look at Bastion.
"Lex…" Mindy said in a hushed tone, so that only Alexis could hear. "Why are you rooting for Yumei? I thought you liked Yuki…?"
Alexis' face went bright red. She opened and closed her mouth several times, before ultimately deciding to focus on the duel.
"Alright, my draw!" Yumei announced as she took her next card. 'Okay Yuki's really improved since coming here. But I really want that blue jacket, so it's time to start turning this duel around!'
"Okay Yu, I summon Gierfried the Iron Knight in attack mode. But he won't be sticking around, since I use the spell card Release Restraint!" Yumei announced, as she played both cards from her hand.
Gierfried's armor fell off, revealing the long haired muscular warrior that was Yumei's new monster. Atk-2500
"Not so fast!" Yuki countered, as he revealed one of his face down cards. "I have a trap! Bottomless trap hole! And since it only works when my opponent special summons a monster, which you just did, I get to remove that monster from the game!"
"Damn…" Yumei cursed, as her new monster was sucked into a bottomless chasm.
"I know that's one of your OTK strategies sis." Yuki said. "And it wont work with this deck."
"Wait, you mean!?" Yumei's eyes widened, as things clicked.
"Yup, I made this deck to counter your OTK moves!"
An excited murmur went through the crowd at this news, as everyone knew Yumei liked to win using OTK's just as much as Fujin. This was becoming a very exciting duel to watch.
"Okay, then I'll set another card face down."
"Right." Yuki took his next card. "Okay sis, time for you to meet a new monster. You wonder why I played this field spell? It's because I can remove six spell counters from this card, and special summon him to the field."
Yumei gasped in surprise. She'd played so many spell cards, and had unkowingly played right into her twin's hands.
"Now say hello to my new monster; Endymon the Master Magicain!"
A series of magic sigils appeared on one of the many towers of Yuki's field spell, and a tall powerful mage clad in deep purple armor with golden trimmings rose from the sigils atop the tower. Endymon then leapt from the tower, to land in a rather graceful manner beside the Silent Magicians. Atk-2700
"And now that he's out here, his effect kicks off." Yuki explained. "When he's summoned to the field, I can take one spell card from my graveyard, and add it to my hand."
"Well then, while you do that I'll activate my own trap. My second Threatening Roar." Yumei announced, revealing her trap.
Yuki had to shake his head in order to rid his ears of the ringing. "Okay, well I guess it's your move sis."
"Okay." Yumie drew her next card. "Well, I'll play Graceful Charity. Allowing me to draw three cards, but I'll have to discard two … at least I would if I didn't have Ungraceful Charity." Yumei said, flipping up her second trap card. "Now I can get those two other cards back."
"So here's what we're gonna do." Yumei explained. "I'm gonna place two cards face down again, then activate the spell Banner of Courage!"
A red and white banner appeared behind Gilford, when Yumei activated her spell card.
"What it does, is raise all my warrior monsters attack by 200 during my battle phase. Next I'll set a monster in face down defense position, and call it a turn."
"Okay then." Yuki began, as he drew his next card. "I'll activate Nobleman of Crossout. See with this active, I can select one face down defense position monster, and remove it from the game."
A rather regal looking blade appeared on Yuki's field, and impaled Yumei's face down monster.
"Glad you did that, because you walked right into one of my set ups." Yumei had a smirk on her face, which made Yuki nervous. "You just destroyed my unleveled Silent Swordsman. And just like your magician, if he's destroyed, I can bring out a Silent Swordsman monster from anywhere ignoring the summoning conditions. So come out, Silent Swordsman Level Seven!"
The crowd gasped in collective awe, when Yumei's strongest silent warrior appeared on the field. Atk-2800
"Now my swordsman attacks your magician!" Yumei declared, as her continuous spell card activated. Raising Silent Swordsman's attack.
Silent Swordsman Level 7 Atk-3000
"Not happening sis." Yuki countered. I've got my own Waboku.
"Uh-uh Yuki." Yumei smirked. "Silent Swordsman isn't affected by my opponent's trap cards.
"You'd be right about that normally." Yuki replied. "However this trap is affecting my monsters, not yours so…"
Endymon caught Silent Swordsman's blade with his staff, and deflected the attack, which effectively ended the battle phase.
"Alright fine, but I'll counter your front line, by activating the spell card The Dark Door. Now you can only attack with one monster."
Yuki drew, knowing he would have to be careful. Yumei's silent Swordsman was her absolute favorite ace monster. And despite having been prepared for this particular monster since the start of the duel, he didn't know if Yumei had anything else up her sleeve with Silent Swordsman.
"Alright, I'll activate Endymon's effect." Yuki then explained said effect. "Now by discarding a spell card, I can destroy one active spell card on the field … like say your Dark Door."
Yumei winced, as her spell card was destroyed.
"Alright, time to end this. I activate Magical Dimension once again! Now by sacrificing Silent Magician Level Four, I can special summon Black Magician Girl!" Once again, the golden sarcophagus appeared, and the smaller spellcaster stepped into the sarcophagus.
"And once again, I can destroy one of your monsters. So say goodbye to your Silent Swordsman!" Yumei's monster was sucked into the gold Sarcophagus before it vanished, and Black Magician Girl appeared on the field. Atk-2000
"And since there's a Black Magician in my graveyard…" Yuki began with a smirk on his face.
Black Magician Girl Atk-2300
"Okay, why get rid of his Silent Magician?" Fujin asked. "It was stronger than Black Magician Girl."
"Because he wanted to get rid of Silent Swordsman." Zane explained. "Yuki's playing smart. He needs to do what he can to get rid of his sister's stronger monsters. Like using Magical Dimension."
"Right! Silent Magician, attack Gilford!" Yuki ordered his monster, who proceeded to blast the powerful warrior away with a large orb of magical energy.
Yumei-LP 2800
"And now Endymon attack's directly!" Endymon pointed his Staff at Yumei, blasting the female twin with another ball of magic energy.
Yumie-LP 900
"Black Magician Girl! Direct attack! Black Burning!" Black Magician girl pointed her staff at Yumei in preparation to end the duel.
"Ngh… not so fast Yu. I have another trap! Magic Javelin. See when you attack me directly, I can increase my life points by the same amount of points as your attacking monster."
"So … it's basically Waboku?" Yuki asked, as Black Magician Girl's attack was absorbed by the javelin.
"Pretty much." Yumei smirked, once Yuki's turn had ended. "Okay, now since it's my turn I activate Cost Down, and after discarding a card, I summon Silent Swordsman Level Five!"
Silent Swordsman Level 5 Atk-2300
"Then I activate the spell card Level Up!" Yumei inserted the card into her duel disk. "So my Silent Swordsman Level Seven is coming right back!"
Silent Swordsman Level 7 rose back onto the field, glaring daggers at Yuki. Atk-2800
"Alright Yu. Time to end this! I activate my trap card Last Turn!" Yumei announced, revealing her trap card, which drew an excited gasp from the crowd. "Now we each select a monster from our respective fields, and send the others to the graveyard. Neither of us take any damage, and the controller of the last monster standing wins the duel!"
"Alright, then I'll keep my Silent Magician on the field." Yuki responded, while the other two spellcasters vanished from his field.
"And since all I have is my Silent Swordsman, looks like they're gonna be the ones representing us." Yumei said.
"But Yumei will lose if this attack goes through." Fujin began worriedly.
"You're forgetting about Yumei's facedown cards." Zane responded.
The two monsters prepared to attack, before Yumei revealed her second face down card. "And I have Skull Dice! Now depending on the dice roll, your monster loses 100 attack points times the number on the die."
A small little fiend appeared, holding a large six-sided die in his hands. He gave a rather wicked giggle, before dropping the red die. It rolled into the middle of the field, before landing on a 5.
Silent Magician Atk-3000
"Now it's definately gonna be a draw!" Alexis was wide-eyed. "Since Banner of Courage will raise Silent Swordsman's attack by 200, making his attack 3000 as well.
Silent Swordsman Atk-3000
"Hope you're ready for the result to be a draw sis, because that's exactly what it's gonna be." Yuki explained, as their monsters attacked one another.
Yumei simply smirked, revealing her last face down card. "Nope, because I have Silent Sword Slash!"
"That means!" Alexis began.
"Yumei wins!" Fujin had a smile on her face.
"Then why doesn't Yuki look worried?" Zane asked, keeping his eyes on the field.
Sure enough, Yuki did not look worried. In fact, he had a smirk to match his sister's.
"Okay… what's with that look" Yumei began, before her eyes widened. The golden sarcophagus had appeared on Yuki's field. "Gold Sarcophagus…"
"That's right sis. Remember that card I put in the sarcophagus at the beginning of the duel? Well guess what was in it?" Yuki asked, revealing that he had put Silent Sword Slash in the sarcophagus.
There was a smile on Yumei's face, as she hadn't expected Yuki to plan that far ahead. "Not bad Yu. Not bad at all. Looks like this ends in a draw."
Yuki-LP 0000
Yumei-LP 0000
There was deafening silence throughout the arena for several moments, before the entire arena erupted into applause. Something neither of the twins had expected. However, nobody at the academy hated the result of this duel. The two strongest first year students who had yet to lose a duel, had dueled one another to a stand still in one of the best duels that had taken place at the academy in quite some time.
"Are you serious!?" Yumei was in a state of shock, as Dr. Crowler presented Yumei with a blue jacket. "But why? I tied?"
"But you didn't lose." Dr. Crowler corrected, with a smile on his face. "And your dueling skills in your promotion duel were remarkable."
"You heard the crowd back there." Chancellor Shepard piped up. "Nobody was disappointed with your duel. I agree with Dr. Crowler, you deserve to be in Obelisk."
Yumei looked like she was about to cry, when she took the blue jacket from Dr. Crowler.