Chapter 2: A Stupid *** Ending to a Stupid *** Day
It was lunch time out on the courtyard of the school where the kids usually duel, eat lunch, and just plain socialize.
Ramsey and Michael were sitting on the bench that overlooks more than half of the courtyard. They were talking about the Millennium Tournament, Jacob Champion, and other weird things that had happened earlier in the day.
"Dude, whats so bad about your dad anyways?" Michael asked.
"He's always so caught up in his stupid job that he doesn't have any time for his family." Ramsey began. "Every time we try to do something as a family, something comes up."
"Huh, well that sucks." Michael said.
"Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if something comes up the second I walk in the door." Ramsey said.
All of the sudden, Jacob Champion's two friends Craig and Max cam up to Ramsey and Michael.
"Hey you two, Max began, you know Jacob let you win because he wanted you to get off his back and stop bugging him for duels. He wants to see you at the Millennium Tournament though and he's got a good strategy that will knock you on your ass!"
Ramsey just looked at Max and Craig, then at Michael. He remained the same way for about a minute until he let out an uncontrollable laugh.
"What is so damn funny!?" Craig asked.
"You guys are." Ramsey said.
"You know what how about we duel, all four of us right now." Max said.
"If Jacob couldn't last without touching my Life Points what makes you think you will do any better." Ramsey said.
"We will work as a team and destroy the both of you in a duel." Craig said.
Then Michael joined in on Ramsey's laughter. The two kept laughing and laughing and laughing while Max and Craig became more and more agitated.
"Ok you two want to duel us then you got it but if we win you also have to leave us alone until the Tournament." Ramsey said.
"And if we win." Craig said.
"Then you can have our dueling decks." Michael said.
"Your on cheaters!" Max said.
The four pulled their dueling disks out of their backpacks and kick off their duel.
Ramsey- 4000 Max- 4000 Michael- 4000 Craig- 4000
"I go first it looks like, Ramsey started, and I'll play Neo the Magic Swordsman (1700/1000) in attack mode, then I'll set one M/T face down and end my turn."
"My turn, Max said, and I set one monster face down and end my turn."
"I play my first of three Needle Worms (750/600) in defense mode." Michael said. "And courtesy of his effect you both have to take 5 cards off the top of your deck and add them to your graveyard."
"No matter, Craig said, I play Spear Dragon (1900/0) to attack your swordsman Ramsey!"
"You activated my trap card. Negate Attack." Ramsey said.
"My turn again, Ramsey began, and I play one M/T card face down and switch Neo to defense position and end my turn."
"I flip my La Jinn The Mystical Genie of the Lamp (1800/1000) to attack your Swordsman Ramsey!" Max said.
"Wow you actually took out ONE of my monsters." Ramsey said. "And you where also stupid enough to flip summon La Jinn."
"My turn is it, Michael said, and I attack La Jinn with my own Mystical Genie of the Lamp equipped with Black Pendant."
Ramsey- 4000 Max- 3500 Michael- 4000 Craig- 4000
"It's my turn and I'm gonna equip my Spear Dragon with three, count em, three Axe of Despairs and attack you directly Ramsey!" Craig said as he began to laugh.
"BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Ramsey yelled.
"What so damn funny?" Craig asked.
"You are the stupidest **** I have ever seen!" Ramsey yelled as the Magic Cylinders sent the direct damage back at Craig.
Ramsey- 4000 Max- 3500 Michael- 4000 Craig- 0000
"Only you remain Max, Michael said, but not for long. Have we forgotten about my Needle Worm, well he's about to get hit with a big fat Polymersation! I fuse my Needle Worm with the Morphing Jar in my hand to summon Needle Jar (1000/1000)! And not only do you lose your hand you lose the top ten cards on your deck as well. Then I play the magic card Gravekeeper's Servant! Now each time you attack with a monster you have to put one card from the top of your deck and place it in the graveyard. I shift my Needle Jar into defense mode and end my turn."
"That was a long turn Michael, Max said, but can you keep up with the awesome power of my Goblin Attack force (2300/0) which attacks your Needle Jar!"
"Has everybody forgotten about me, Ramsey said, I play Chaos Magic Ritual and sacrifice a level 8 monster from my hand to summon Magician of Black Chaos (2800/2600) and attack your Goblin Attack Force. Then I play all three of my Hinotama's to inflict 1500 direct damage on your life points and end my turn."
Ramsey- 4000 Max- 2000 Michael- 4000 Craig- 0000
"My turn again and I play my Mystical Space Typhoon to take out your Gravekeeper's Servant. Then I play my Boar Solider (2000/500) I'll spare attacking you this turn so my turns over."
"You've got to be stupider than we thought." Michael said. "I equip my La Jinn with two other Black Pendants and attack you to end this duel."
Ramsey- 4000 Max-0000 Michael- 4000 Craig-0000
"What but how did you beat my Boar Solider, it was only 1100 points lower than your Genie?" Max asked as he and Craig showed a tremendous look of shock.
"Any idiot knows that when your opponent, or in this case opponents, has more than one monster in their control then Boar Solider loses 1000 ATK power." Michael said.
"Now like I told Jacob, Leave us alone!" Ramsey said as Max and Craig walked away.
"Finally, that's over." Ramsey said as the bell rang and they had to go back to class.
Through out the rest of the day Ramsey had slept through a couple of classes gotten in trouble a couple three times and sent to the office. But Ramsey's stupid day was about to reach its climax as he went home.
Ramsey walked down his street to see a familiar car in his driveway.
"There's an unforgettable car. Dad must be home" Ramsey thought as he continued on.
Ramsey walked in the front door to find his mom and dad talking on the couch. Ramsey's mom had sort of a worried look on her face when she looked at Ramsey.
"Ok, What's going on?" Ramsey asked.
"Well Ramsey, I've accepted a job offer and I won't be traveling anymore." Ramsey's dad said.
"There's a catch isn't there?" Ramsey said as he sat down.
"Well yes." Ramsey's dad said. "The job I accepted is in Guardston."
"Guardston." Ramsey said. " That's a hundred miles away from here, so that means we have to move."
"We're leaving in two days." Ramsey's dad said. "You'll start packing tomorrow."
"Whatever." Ramsey said. "I'm going for a walk."
Ramsey walked out the door and shut it.
"Damn." Ramsey said as he walked down the porch.
Ramsey walked. And he walked. And he walked. Until he came to the Cameron city park and sat on a bench. He leaned back and thought about what he was going to do in Guardston. Ramsey had a bad history in Guardston. The Regional Tournament was held there. Ramsey remembered match, after match, after match they all fell to his Black Paladin, until Ramsey ultimately won the tournament.
Ramsey continued on in his flashback. He remembered what happened after the tournament.
Flashback:
Ramsey had just finished his last match in the Regionals Tournament and was given his prizes and he had just left. He decided he was going to walk around Guardston for a while. But didn't get far.
"Hey Keya!" A voice from behind him said.
Ramsey turned around to see a group of punks with vicious looks in their eyes.
"Wait a minute I know all of you." Ramsey said. "I beat all of you in the tournament today."
"That Championship should be mine!" One of them said.
"You're the guy I beat in the finals, your Curenga." Ramsey said.
"That's right I'm Curenga, the two time National Champion!" He said.
"And I'm supposed to care." Ramsey said.
"You stole my spot in the National Championships this year." Curenga said. "That should be me going to that tournament instead of you! My plan was perfect!"
"What plan?" Ramsey asked.
"Joshua here is the second best duelist in my gang." Curenga began. "He was supposed to beat you and then thrown the match against me!"
"Yeah, and I would have beat you, Joshua said, I just didn't have any good cards in my hand."
"So let me get this straight." Ramsey said. "You were just gonna throw the match against Curenga?"
"That's how he got to the Nationals." Joshua said.
"On both occasions, might I add." Curenga said.
"So, if he's the best Duelist next to you in your gang, then why didn't you just play through without throwing the match?" Ramsey asked.
"Insurance." Curenga said. "Now back to business, now there's only one way I can enter that tournament and that's if the Regional Champion is physically unable to be there."
"Oh really." Ramsey said. "Well than by all means, try me."
Curenga and his friends charged Ramsey but before Ramsey clashed with the wall of thugs, he was snapped out of his flashback by not one but three men in suits.
"What do you want?" Ramsey asked as he got up.
"We want your answer about the tournament on Millennium Island." One of them said.
"You said I could get back to you." Ramsey said.
"Well the man we represent has gotten a bit impatient and has moved the tournament to next week."
"Well, in that case, me and my Black Paladin will rock that island." Ramsey said.
"Good to hear, the details of the tournament will be notified to you when you arrive on the island. Here's map of directions to the island, we'll see you there."
"Thanks." Ramsey said as he took the paper. "Now if you will excuse me gentlemen I have something to research."
Ramsey walked toward his house with the sunset watching him from behind.
"Finally." Ramsey thought. "Now I know nothing else can make this day any stupider."
It was lunch time out on the courtyard of the school where the kids usually duel, eat lunch, and just plain socialize.
Ramsey and Michael were sitting on the bench that overlooks more than half of the courtyard. They were talking about the Millennium Tournament, Jacob Champion, and other weird things that had happened earlier in the day.
"Dude, whats so bad about your dad anyways?" Michael asked.
"He's always so caught up in his stupid job that he doesn't have any time for his family." Ramsey began. "Every time we try to do something as a family, something comes up."
"Huh, well that sucks." Michael said.
"Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if something comes up the second I walk in the door." Ramsey said.
All of the sudden, Jacob Champion's two friends Craig and Max cam up to Ramsey and Michael.
"Hey you two, Max began, you know Jacob let you win because he wanted you to get off his back and stop bugging him for duels. He wants to see you at the Millennium Tournament though and he's got a good strategy that will knock you on your ass!"
Ramsey just looked at Max and Craig, then at Michael. He remained the same way for about a minute until he let out an uncontrollable laugh.
"What is so damn funny!?" Craig asked.
"You guys are." Ramsey said.
"You know what how about we duel, all four of us right now." Max said.
"If Jacob couldn't last without touching my Life Points what makes you think you will do any better." Ramsey said.
"We will work as a team and destroy the both of you in a duel." Craig said.
Then Michael joined in on Ramsey's laughter. The two kept laughing and laughing and laughing while Max and Craig became more and more agitated.
"Ok you two want to duel us then you got it but if we win you also have to leave us alone until the Tournament." Ramsey said.
"And if we win." Craig said.
"Then you can have our dueling decks." Michael said.
"Your on cheaters!" Max said.
The four pulled their dueling disks out of their backpacks and kick off their duel.
Ramsey- 4000 Max- 4000 Michael- 4000 Craig- 4000
"I go first it looks like, Ramsey started, and I'll play Neo the Magic Swordsman (1700/1000) in attack mode, then I'll set one M/T face down and end my turn."
"My turn, Max said, and I set one monster face down and end my turn."
"I play my first of three Needle Worms (750/600) in defense mode." Michael said. "And courtesy of his effect you both have to take 5 cards off the top of your deck and add them to your graveyard."
"No matter, Craig said, I play Spear Dragon (1900/0) to attack your swordsman Ramsey!"
"You activated my trap card. Negate Attack." Ramsey said.
"My turn again, Ramsey began, and I play one M/T card face down and switch Neo to defense position and end my turn."
"I flip my La Jinn The Mystical Genie of the Lamp (1800/1000) to attack your Swordsman Ramsey!" Max said.
"Wow you actually took out ONE of my monsters." Ramsey said. "And you where also stupid enough to flip summon La Jinn."
"My turn is it, Michael said, and I attack La Jinn with my own Mystical Genie of the Lamp equipped with Black Pendant."
Ramsey- 4000 Max- 3500 Michael- 4000 Craig- 4000
"It's my turn and I'm gonna equip my Spear Dragon with three, count em, three Axe of Despairs and attack you directly Ramsey!" Craig said as he began to laugh.
"BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Ramsey yelled.
"What so damn funny?" Craig asked.
"You are the stupidest **** I have ever seen!" Ramsey yelled as the Magic Cylinders sent the direct damage back at Craig.
Ramsey- 4000 Max- 3500 Michael- 4000 Craig- 0000
"Only you remain Max, Michael said, but not for long. Have we forgotten about my Needle Worm, well he's about to get hit with a big fat Polymersation! I fuse my Needle Worm with the Morphing Jar in my hand to summon Needle Jar (1000/1000)! And not only do you lose your hand you lose the top ten cards on your deck as well. Then I play the magic card Gravekeeper's Servant! Now each time you attack with a monster you have to put one card from the top of your deck and place it in the graveyard. I shift my Needle Jar into defense mode and end my turn."
"That was a long turn Michael, Max said, but can you keep up with the awesome power of my Goblin Attack force (2300/0) which attacks your Needle Jar!"
"Has everybody forgotten about me, Ramsey said, I play Chaos Magic Ritual and sacrifice a level 8 monster from my hand to summon Magician of Black Chaos (2800/2600) and attack your Goblin Attack Force. Then I play all three of my Hinotama's to inflict 1500 direct damage on your life points and end my turn."
Ramsey- 4000 Max- 2000 Michael- 4000 Craig- 0000
"My turn again and I play my Mystical Space Typhoon to take out your Gravekeeper's Servant. Then I play my Boar Solider (2000/500) I'll spare attacking you this turn so my turns over."
"You've got to be stupider than we thought." Michael said. "I equip my La Jinn with two other Black Pendants and attack you to end this duel."
Ramsey- 4000 Max-0000 Michael- 4000 Craig-0000
"What but how did you beat my Boar Solider, it was only 1100 points lower than your Genie?" Max asked as he and Craig showed a tremendous look of shock.
"Any idiot knows that when your opponent, or in this case opponents, has more than one monster in their control then Boar Solider loses 1000 ATK power." Michael said.
"Now like I told Jacob, Leave us alone!" Ramsey said as Max and Craig walked away.
"Finally, that's over." Ramsey said as the bell rang and they had to go back to class.
Through out the rest of the day Ramsey had slept through a couple of classes gotten in trouble a couple three times and sent to the office. But Ramsey's stupid day was about to reach its climax as he went home.
Ramsey walked down his street to see a familiar car in his driveway.
"There's an unforgettable car. Dad must be home" Ramsey thought as he continued on.
Ramsey walked in the front door to find his mom and dad talking on the couch. Ramsey's mom had sort of a worried look on her face when she looked at Ramsey.
"Ok, What's going on?" Ramsey asked.
"Well Ramsey, I've accepted a job offer and I won't be traveling anymore." Ramsey's dad said.
"There's a catch isn't there?" Ramsey said as he sat down.
"Well yes." Ramsey's dad said. "The job I accepted is in Guardston."
"Guardston." Ramsey said. " That's a hundred miles away from here, so that means we have to move."
"We're leaving in two days." Ramsey's dad said. "You'll start packing tomorrow."
"Whatever." Ramsey said. "I'm going for a walk."
Ramsey walked out the door and shut it.
"Damn." Ramsey said as he walked down the porch.
Ramsey walked. And he walked. And he walked. Until he came to the Cameron city park and sat on a bench. He leaned back and thought about what he was going to do in Guardston. Ramsey had a bad history in Guardston. The Regional Tournament was held there. Ramsey remembered match, after match, after match they all fell to his Black Paladin, until Ramsey ultimately won the tournament.
Ramsey continued on in his flashback. He remembered what happened after the tournament.
Flashback:
Ramsey had just finished his last match in the Regionals Tournament and was given his prizes and he had just left. He decided he was going to walk around Guardston for a while. But didn't get far.
"Hey Keya!" A voice from behind him said.
Ramsey turned around to see a group of punks with vicious looks in their eyes.
"Wait a minute I know all of you." Ramsey said. "I beat all of you in the tournament today."
"That Championship should be mine!" One of them said.
"You're the guy I beat in the finals, your Curenga." Ramsey said.
"That's right I'm Curenga, the two time National Champion!" He said.
"And I'm supposed to care." Ramsey said.
"You stole my spot in the National Championships this year." Curenga said. "That should be me going to that tournament instead of you! My plan was perfect!"
"What plan?" Ramsey asked.
"Joshua here is the second best duelist in my gang." Curenga began. "He was supposed to beat you and then thrown the match against me!"
"Yeah, and I would have beat you, Joshua said, I just didn't have any good cards in my hand."
"So let me get this straight." Ramsey said. "You were just gonna throw the match against Curenga?"
"That's how he got to the Nationals." Joshua said.
"On both occasions, might I add." Curenga said.
"So, if he's the best Duelist next to you in your gang, then why didn't you just play through without throwing the match?" Ramsey asked.
"Insurance." Curenga said. "Now back to business, now there's only one way I can enter that tournament and that's if the Regional Champion is physically unable to be there."
"Oh really." Ramsey said. "Well than by all means, try me."
Curenga and his friends charged Ramsey but before Ramsey clashed with the wall of thugs, he was snapped out of his flashback by not one but three men in suits.
"What do you want?" Ramsey asked as he got up.
"We want your answer about the tournament on Millennium Island." One of them said.
"You said I could get back to you." Ramsey said.
"Well the man we represent has gotten a bit impatient and has moved the tournament to next week."
"Well, in that case, me and my Black Paladin will rock that island." Ramsey said.
"Good to hear, the details of the tournament will be notified to you when you arrive on the island. Here's map of directions to the island, we'll see you there."
"Thanks." Ramsey said as he took the paper. "Now if you will excuse me gentlemen I have something to research."
Ramsey walked toward his house with the sunset watching him from behind.
"Finally." Ramsey thought. "Now I know nothing else can make this day any stupider."