A/N: Well, a few people are reading so I might as well continue. I hope you continue reading, and always let me know what you think. Though this chapter doesn't have Mai or Joey, hopefully you'll find these new characters interesting too.
Episode 2: Looks Can Be Deceiving
"She looks like a cheerleader."
"Check out that body!"
"Hey, baby. Here to find your boyfriend?"
Amber was used to all this. Everyone was always gawking at her and whistling when she walked by. It wasn't surprising either; she had long, somewhat curly sandy blond hair, and crystal clear blue eyes; she always matched and her makeup was flawless. To top it all off she had been model of the year her entire high school life (this is not to say that she was anorexicly skinny though. She was average in height and weight).
"I see you have a deck box. Is it your boyfriends, or perhaps your brothers?"
"Wrong on both accounts. It's mine." she said nonchalantly.
"Really now?" The boy said. He was really tall, had black spiked hair, and green eyes. His body was toned as if he spent more time at the gym than doing his school work, which was typical of jocks. All in all, she found him cute but, like most guys who dueled, rather annoying when it came to her.
"Yup." This happened wherever she went. It didn't even phase her anymore. Normally, the less she said the sooner they left her alone, so she kept walking.
"What's your name, baby?" And this guy just wasn't getting the hint, but he was getting on her nerves.
"Amber," she said shortly, before turning around to stare him in the eyes. "And don't call me baby!"
"Well, Amber," the kid said emphasizing her name. "How about a duel then. If I win… You gotta kiss me-"
"And if I win, you never talk to me again!"
"Ooh, feel the hostility!" he said laughing. "But it's a deal." He shrugged his shoulders. "Shall we be the first to test out the dueling rooms?"
"Lead the way," Amber said with half a smile, following the young man.
Outside the main building were rows of dueling arenas. She could hardly believe her eyes. This must have been expensive to build.
"One arena for every two students in the academy."
Amber only rolled her eyes. "Let's get this over with already. I want to set up my room."
"This one's just as good as the next for you to lose, babe." he smiled. "And just so your not kissing a stranger, my name is Taylor Matthews."
"Whatever," Amber said stepping up to the arena.
"Ladies first," Taylor said with a slight bow.
Amber didn't bother to remark as she drew her cards. "I set one monster, and two cards face down. Go." She said as the hologram images of face down cards appeared on the field. "And try to make this fast. I have a dinner date I want to make."
"Are you sure you want to this, babe?" he asked drawing his cards. "I mean, you could just kiss be and be on your way."
"That would be like kissing the tail end of a pig. I think your just scared your going to get beaten by a girl."
"Never. Just trying to save you a little bit of time that you could be doing your hair or makeup, doll. But if you insist. I summon Mataza the Zapper, and equip it with the Axe of Despair." he smiled then. "Isn't it ironic, that you will despair when I'm done with this attack since-"
"Your monster can attack twice in one battle phase. I know! Just do it already!" Amber was definitely impatient at this time.
"So say goodbye to your monster and 2300 of your life points!"
The warrior leapt forward attacking Ambers face down monster, but it wasn't destroyed.
"It's still there!" Taylor obviously didn't understand.
"My Obnoxious Celtic Guard has a defense of 1200, but due to its effect, monsters with an attack of 1900 or more cannot destroy it."
"Then I'll set one card and end my turn."
"This shouldn't take much longer. First, I'll discard my Dark Magician to activate Tribute to the Doomed on Mataza the Zapper." The warrior suddenly disappeared from the board. "Then I'll activate my trap card, Call of the Haunted, resurrecting my Dark Magician from the graveyard."
"Then I'll activate my trap card, Torrential Tribute, sending all monsters on the field to the graveyard."
"You have got to be kidding me. I was expecting this. I'll activate my other trap card, Seven Tools of the Bandit, Negating your trap card. Then, I'll attack your life points directly for 2500 damage."
Taylor's life points dwindled down to 5500.
"I'm not playing easy on you anymore." Taylor drew his card and a smile spread across his face. Hammer shot your Dark Magician, and then I'll summon Ninja Grandmaster Sasuke and attack your Obnoxious Celtic Guard."
"That's your idea of not playing easy, huh?" she drew. "My four year old brother plays better than this. I'll play Graceful Charity, allowing me to draw three cards and discard two. I'll send my Dark Magician of Chaos and my Dark Magician to the graveyard."
"Those are two great cards! What are you doing!" Yet again, Taylor was confused. Amber was starting to see a pattern.
"The agreement was that if you won, I had to kiss you, but if I won, then you never talk to me again right?"
"Right."
"Then, I'll activate Monster Reborn on my Dark Magician that I just sent to the graveyard, and I'll activate Premature Burial on my Dark Magician of Chaos. And due to the Magician of Chaos' effect I can bring back a spell card, so I'll bring back and use Monster Reborn again on the Dark Magician you sent to the graveyard during your last turn."
"Oh boy."
"Dark Magician will attack your Ninja, and the other two will attack you life points directly, and unless you have a miracle in you hand, your done."
She watched as his life points ran down to zero. She didn't even say a word; she just turned and walked away.
"That was amazing!" Taylor said to himself before running off to join his friends. The story he would tell them was going to be a little different.
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A/N: So, what did everyone think about Amber and Taylor? Are they going to be able to get along in the future or is it a lost cause? Again, I can't wait to hear what you have to say. Review so that I can improve upon the story, but remember that this is my first YUGIOH fanfic.
