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Episode 7: Sibling Rivalry
Outside the school doors…
"Finally the weekend, no more crazy spot stealing brothers, no more crazy ass thieves, and no more obsessed control freak dragon duelists! I feel great!" Laeon stretched his arms and looked at his cast. "And this bastard cast comes off today! I've never felt so relieved in my life…"
School was finally over on the Friday of the week Laeon and Kazuma called Crazy Ass People Week. This weekend was a 4 day weekend which gave Laeon and Kazuma more room to stretch their claws and look for new duelists.
"You know, all this week you have been in all the major duels, watch, this weekend it is going to be my spotlight!" Kazuma predicted.
"That's hilarious Kazuma. Next you're going to tell me Santa Claus isn't real…" Laeon said then laughed.
"Santa Claus isn't real you jackass." Kazuma said, making the laughing Laeon pause. "Whatever man I'm not listening to you anymore…" Laeon looked at the floor and began to walk to his house.
"Where is your sister?" Laeon questioned concernedly. "I didn't see her leave the school…" Kazuma thought about it and couldn't remember anything about Izumi saying she would stay after school. "Don't know, she is probably skipping school…"
"Dude that's hilarious, Izumi skipping school… that's adorable… You sounded so serious when you said that too." Laeon said in a slight baby voice and he began to laugh.
"Dude I think you're right, she would never skip school…" Kazuma looked around. "Now I got you all concerned… Did you pee your panties?" Laeon began to laugh harder.
"Shut the hell up dude!" Kazuma gave Laeon a quick jab to the arm. "I'm going to see if she is still at the school, I will meet you at your house…"
"Hell no dude, I'm coming too!" They both turned around and headed back to the school shouting for Izumi's name for a response.
"Wait, why are we doing this like Indians? We are civilized people with cell phones!" Kazuma pulled out his small and black cell phone and called for Izumi. For minutes there was nothing but ringing. Then the phone was answered.
"Izumi where are you at?" Kazuma immediately asked when he heard breathing on the phone. "I'm at home you idiot! I went home early 'cause I was sick." She answered back in her little prissy voice she makes.
"Fine, I was just though you were kidnapped or something… I-…" Someone was with Izumi. Kazuma could her it. "Izumi who is with you and be honest."
"N, no one… I got to go…" Izumi was hesitant toward the question. "Wait Izumi-" She had hung up.
"So what's up?" Laeon asked sound hesitant as well. "Someone is with Izumi… Let's go…" Kazuma demanded and home. "But… Err, I shouldn't have told you to take track!" Laeon ran after Kazuma as fast as he could without stopping.
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At Kazuma's home street…
Once Kazuma and Laeon arrived at Kazuma's home street, they knew something was going to happen. Lines and lines of cars were parked upon the curbs and any vacant parking spot. "Oh m God…" Kazuma whispered in shock.
"Yeah I know," Laeon whispered back ", she threw a party without us! That bitch!" Laeon yelled sounding ever so serious.
Once they reached the edge of the street and took a slight glance at Kazuma's house, they were both brought to tears. Kazuma became so infuriated he cried away, while Laeon cried feeling so proud that Izumi finally did something bad. "She is so busted!" Kazuma yelled and literally kicked down the front door of his house to get in.
"Snitch…" Laeon whispered and followed behind Kazuma. The house filled with people, even some very mature adults… "Oh my God!" Kazuma yelled over the music and the cheering crowd of people. "What the hell Izumi! This party is over, everyone get the hell out!"
The crowd then reacted with numerous 'boos' and throwing things at Kazuma and Laeon. "Why are you throwing stuff at me? I think this is awesome!" Laeon commented toward the crowd.
They then cheered again and continued to throw things but only at Kazuma. "Laeon you damn traitor…" Kazuma whispered and exited the house. "Dude I didn't mean it like that…" Laeon watched Kazuma leave the house with his head looking at the floor.
"Yeah party is over!" Laeon yelled and ran to the side of the house pulling out the water hose. "Get out of the house or I will fire!" Laeon demanded standing outside the door with the ready to fire house.
"Run!" is what many people shouted. They then all reacted by running out of the front door trampling Laeon and Kazuma all at once. Once the house was cleared of everyone but Izumi and the mountain of trash, Laeon and Kazuma were found flat in the doorway.
"Damn it Izumi… what the hell were you thinking?" Kazuma whispered out loud enough to hear. "Please don't tell mom!" Izumi pleaded on her knees about to cry.
Kazuma picked himself up and shook his head. "It's too late for that Izumi… apparently you're still a little girl with no guidance…" Kazuma commented wiping the dust off of himself.
"Yeah apparently…" Laeon exclaimed straightening out his unorganized clothes. "Please! Please! Please don't tell!" Izumi continued to plead and cry out. "Like I said, it's way too late. You should've thought about this before lying… Now you have to face the consequences…" Kazuma talked out sitting on the wet living room couch.
"No Kazuma! You are just being mean!" Izumi believed as she cried louder. "You're making hard on yourself so, stop crying! You are nothing but a stubborn spoiled brat that doesn't learn anything from mistakes! So pick yourself and deal with it!" Kazuma was infuriated. Even though he had nothing to do with this, he knew he would get in worst trouble.
With the yelling of Kazuma, and the never-ending crying of Izumi, everything was driving Laeon to the brink of destruction. "Everybody shut up!" Laeon shouted making everyone do as he said, shut up.
"I can't take this! You two are getting on my final nerves! Just shut up and lets think about this!" Laeon sat next to Kazuma with his head leaned onto the back of the coach.
"How about, you two duel? If Izumi wins, this whole thing is forgotten… If Kazuma wins, he can have his way with things… How does that sound?" Laeon suggested.
"Hmm… sounds good but, we have to get this mess cleaned up before anything. Mom will be home late today and dad is out of town so, let's clean…" Kazuma stood up and grabbed a black trash back from underneath the sink.
"I agree…" Laeon got up and began picking up trash and placing it in the bag. "Are you going to help?" Kazuma asked Izumi as he reached for a piece of trash.
Izumi wiped away her tears and rose to her feet picking up trash along the way.
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4 hours later…
"Finally done…" Kazuma exclaimed as he sat on the floor. He looked at the clock which hung above the T.V. It was 7:35, it was 4 hours since they cleaned and his mother would be home at 10. That was more than enough time to put Izumi in her place.
Laeon lay next to Kazuma on the floor with his own head in his hands. "Well it didn't take that long…" Laeon commented and sighed right after.
"What are you talking about?" Kazuma questioned. "That took 4 hours! We could've been playing games…" "Well it would've been longer if we cleaned my room rather than your house…" Laeon commented once again then laughed along with Kazuma.
Izumi arrived into the living room with her deck she prepared years ago but never used. "Since I don't have a duel-disc, I'm going to have to use one of yours Kazu…" Izumi confessed and looked down.
"That's a funny name Kazu…" Laeon whispered loud enough for Kazuma to hear. "Shut up… Well if I'm going to teach you a lesson, I guess you can use my old duel-disc…" Kazuma jumped to his feet and went to his room and immediately came out with his duel-discs.
The first one was a plain standard duel-disc you would get for free if you entered a Regional Tournament. He handed the standard one to Izumi. The other was more professional looking. It was a dark blue color, in which the deck compartment looked like a demon's head. The card plate was shaped like a sharp blade, which it pretty much was.
The two slid the disk onto their wrists along with their decks into the compartment. "How about we duel in the park?" Laeon suggested and headed for the door. "Good idea, there won't be enough room in our front yard…" Kazuma went along with Laeon and Izumi followed as they climbed their way to the park…
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Minutes later at the fountain in the park…
Kazuma and Izumi stared each other down. The sun was dawning into sunset which gave a better mood of ambition. Laeon sat on a bench across from the fountain, with some other local viewers. The calm serene sound of the large fountain which was right next to the duelists, gave off a nice atmosphere which would soon change.
"Someone had to do this Izumi, and I'm glad it was me!" Kazuma drew his five cards and set his life points to 8000.
"We will see Kazuma! Being a perfect little mama's boy isn't everything and I'm going to show you that!" Izumi smiled and drew five cards and set her life points to 8000.
"Start the duel already!" Laeon demanded along with the other spectators of the duel. "Alright, just let me make a few adjustments first…" Kazuma look underneath the blade of his duel-disc and adjusted the realism to 100. "Sorry Izumi…" he whispered and drew his card for the beginning draw.
Kazuma's LP: 8000
Izumi's LP: 8000
"First off I set one facedown card and summon X – Head Cannon (1800/1500) in attack mode!" Kazuma played the first cards of the duel and already had a plan to take out Izumi.
From the ground rose a blue mech soldier that rested upon a spike ball. On both of the machine's shoulders held to massive cannons that were loaded and ready to fire. Its head was shaped like a triangular figure that made a tip at the forehead.
"That will do for my turn; let's see if you can stack up to it…" Kazuma was smiling after his turn. He could already tell that Izumi was going to fall right into his trap.
"My turn has already topped your turn! I summon Gemini Elf (1900/900) in attack mode to face your cannon!"
As Izumi played the card, two beautiful young women appeared on the field holding hands. They both had ears that pointed skyward and fangs that pointed downward. The shorter elf had blonde hair while the taller one had red hair.
"Now Gemini Elf, attack X – Head Cannon with Dual Dark Spell!" Izumi commanded and watched as her twin elves lunged toward the cannon.
The elves jumped into the air, their free hands consumed by orbs of darkness. Just before they could touch X – Head Cannon, hundreds of chains appeared tangling Gemini Elf into a victim of Kazuma's trap.
"What did you do!" Izumi yelled wirily. "You fell into my trap!" Kazuma answered then explained what it did. "It's called Shadow Spell, and when I activate it on a monster, that monster cannot attack and loses 700 attack points, making your Gemini Elf at 1200!"
"Oh no!" Izumi yelled helplessly. "Yes, know your monster is weaker than my X – Head Cannon!" Kazuma drew his card and smiled.
"I equip my X – Head Cannon with Z – Metal Tank!" Kazuma announced and watched as his master plan was coming together.
A yellow tank, without a cannon, appeared upon the field. Where the cannon tube would be, was a green orb which was used as an eye for the tank.
"You're equipping a monster with a monster?" Izumi asked confusedly. "Yes, it's a special kind of Effect monster called a Union. These Union monsters can be equipped to their correct monsters for more fire power! So since I'm equipping X – Head Cannon with Z – Metal Tank, I might as well bring out XZ – Tank Cannon (2400/2100)!"
Z – Metal Tank drove right underneath X – Head Cannon, attaching the two together. Lightning formed around the new machine making it frightening in sight.
"Wow, I've never seen Kazuma use these cards before…" Laeon said to the woman spectator next to him. "Maybe I need to duel him next time…"
"If you think he looks frightening, wait until you see his attack! XZ – Tank Cannon, attack her Gemini Elf with Amplified Flux Shot!" Kazuma commanded smiling and laughing away.
The cannon part of XZ – Tank Cannon slammed its fist together and shot two powerful blasts at Gemini Elf shattering it into pieces. Izumi put her arms into her face to stop the dust from entering her eyes and mouth.
Kazuma's LP: 8000
Izumi's LP: 6800
"You're so mean Kazu!" Izumi yelled feeling the excruciating pain run through her body. The attack hurt more than she expected it to be. She then fell to her knees. "Kazuma… that hurt…"
Kazuma just watched fall to her knees. He didn't seem to care of what she had to say or feel. He just wanted Izumi to learn his lesson…
"I play two cards face down and end my turn… Now get up! Fight like a warrior! This is your lesson so learn from it!" Kazuma seemed to have broken out. This wasn't Kazuma…
"Dude what's happening?" Laeon asked concernedly. "Why are you acting all crazy? Just duel!" Laeon was worried. He didn't want anyone to get hurt no matter how annoying Izumi was.
"This duel doesn't concern you Laeon… just leave me to this…" Kazuma was acting very strange. In duels he would never purposely try to hurt his opponents. What was happening to him?
Izumi stood straight up and drew her card not looking very pleased. "I summon Winged Kuriboh (300/200) in attack mode!"
In a matter of a blink, a small and furring creature appeared onto the field. It had tiny white wings on its back that fluttered and beaded. Its eyes were large and some sort of emerald green.
"What a pathetic monster!" Kazuma cried out. "Play something that is worth my time Izumi."
The small fur ball didn't appreciate Kazuma's last comment. The creature's eyes maddened and the small growl from it tried to intimidate the masterful machine, which it didn't.
"My Winged Kuriboh maybe small but it has a special ability you will soon see!" Izumi announced setting two cards face down and ending her turn.
"Yes we will!" Kazuma drew his card and was amazed at his draw once again. "Now I will play the final piece of the puzzle! Come out Y – Dragon Head!"
"Another one?" Laeon asked himself and everyone around him. "These Union monsters are killer!"
A robotic red dragon appeared on the field roaring out a terribly loud screech. Its back was shaped like half of a circle. As the dragon formed upon the field, X – Head Cannon jumped off of Z – Metal Tank making the two original pieces again. Then, X – Head Cannon jumped upon the platform on Y –Dragon Head's back. The dragon's wings folded smaller and smaller again and went underneath the dragon's stomach. Now finally, Z – Metal Tank drove underneath the new object and all three were joined together.
"How do you like my new monster, XYZ – Dragon Cannon (2800/2600)!" Kazuma asked Izumi smiling. "He's cute…" Izumi answered then smiled back.
"That is one big tank thingy…" A person next Laeon whispered and stared in amazement. "Yeah I know, that girl doesn't stand a chance against that Dragon Cannon!" Another said praising Kazuma. "Yeah it's really amazing…"Laeon commented on both and watched the parts of the tank work together to take down the tiny fur ball.
"First I' going to use the effect of XYZ - Dragon Cannon. By simply discarding a card fro my hand, I can destroy any card on the field, so I will destroy your Winged Kuriboh! XYZ – Dragon Cannon, finish that fur ball with Dread Bombardment!" Kazuma ordered after discarding his card then smiling at Izumi's futile cards.
The head of Y – Dragon Head opened up and fired a giant shot of thunder exploding the Kuriboh into pieces.
"Now XYZ – Dragon Cannon, attack her directly with Eon Flux Barrage!"
The giant cannons on X – Head Cannon aimed toward Izumi. A giant orb formed within Y – Dragon Cannon's mouth. And lastly two slots on each wheel carrier on Z – Metal Tank opened revealing two plasma guns, charged up readying to fire.
"Feel the wrath Izumi!" All of the blast were fired all at once joining together making a giant pale blast of electricity. The blast stormed onto Izumi, not knowing what happened since a giant cloud of dust appeared.
Soon the thick white dust dissipated revealing a live and well Izumi standing gallantly. "Why aren't you down?" Kazuma asked concernedly.
"My Winged Kuriboh of course. The turn it is destroyed, all battle damage I take becomes 0. So you were futile this turn!" Izumi revealed and she began giggling.
"Wow didn't see that once coming…" Laeon commented smiling at Izumi. "Yeah!" The kid next to Laeon shouted. "I think she can win this one for some reason." The other person next to exclaimed. "She can… all she needs is one card…" Laeon answered back.
Izumi drew her card and smiled. "First off I will set a card face down. Second I will play Call of the Haunted! This card allows me to bring back any monster in my graveyard as long as it goes in attack mode, so will bring back Winged Kuriboh!"
The cuddly fur ball arose once again back for more of Kazuma's Dragon Cannon.
"Now finally, I will play Transcendent Wings! This card allows me to sacrifice my Winged Kuriboh and bring out something even better, Winged Kuriboh Level 10 (300/200)!"
The Winged Kuriboh arched its beautiful wings. It then glowed with a radiant pale white color and exploded revealing something more gallant. A small Kuriboh held by a phoenix-like monster. The phoenix roared now intimidating the giant machine as if it was a Basic Insect card.
"Now I end my turn…" Izumi announced feeling fairly proud of what she had done this turn.
"What ever card you play won't save you Izumi, just face defeat! Now XYZ – Dragon Cannon, attack Winged Kuriboh Level 10 with Eon Flux Barrage!" Kazuma was now sure that he had this all wrapped up, but again he was wrong.
"I activate Winged Kuriboh Level 10's ability, during your battle phase I can sacrifice him to destroy all monsters on your side of the field and you lose life points equal to the monster's attack points! Which means you will lose 2800 life points!" Izumi surprised everyone once again. This was it, her chance to do major damage to Kazuma.
"No!" Winged Kuriboh Lv10 exploded destroying everything else in sight and causing 2800 points of direct damage to Kazuma, making him fly back, hitting a bench and landing in the bushes.
Kazuma's LP: 5200
Izumi's LP: 6800
Izumi drew her card the automatically played it in attack mode. "Come on out my second Gemini Elf!"
The pair of woman appeared once again this time smiling, from seeing Kazuma was wide open. They licked their lips and got ready for the fight.
"Gemini Elf, direct attack Kazuma with Dual Dark Spell!" The twin elves gave the attack a second try as the jumped into the air, their free hand readying to blast the open victim.
Kazuma stood up only to see the two elves land right in front of him. "Get back down!" Izumi yelled as the two elves blasted Kazuma to the floor making him ache a whole new way.
Kazuma's LP: 3100
Izumi's LP: 6800
"Who would think Izumi would be in the lead by more than half of Kazuma's life points. This duel is great!" Laeon's veins were pumped up now. He was eager to see what was going to happen next.
Kazuma then picked himself up again and looked around. He drew his card and walked closer to Izumi. "I activate my face down card, Return from a Different Dimension!"
A giant dark hole appeared behind Kazuma. Yells and screams were heard within the hole. "This is a very powerful card. By paying half of my lie points I get to summon all of my monsters that have been removed from play. And since I had to remove from play X – Head Cannon, Y – Dragon Head, and Z – Metal Tank to bring out XYZ – Dragon Cannon, let's say hi again!"
Kazuma's LP: 1550
Izumi's LP: 6800
The three ultimate pieces of the puzzle appeared once again. "But it's too bad they aren't staying for long! I'm going to fuse them all over again to create XYZ – Dragon Cannon!"
"Izumi better watch out! Kazuma doesn't take that Dragon Cannon lightly! Its attack and his effect are completely killer!" Laeon yelled out wirily. "Yeah watch out! You can still win!" The small number of people became a giant crowd of people cheering for both duelists.
The XYZ – Dragon Cannon formed once again, this time more sinister looking. The machine was angry at Izumi, how could such a small creature take it out? That didn't matter now; all that mattered was taking Izumi out!
"Now I will discard a card from my hand to destroy Gemini Elf!" Y – Dragon Head's mouth blasted the lightning charge at Gemini Elf eradicated it into pieces. "Did you forget about that effect Izumi!"
"Actually I didn't…" Izumi answered ready for XYZ – Dragon Cannon's direct attack. "Well then you will probably remember this too, XYZ – Dragon Cannon, direct attack with Eon Flux Barrage!"
All of the cannon's that were armed on the tank aimed and charged their blasts toward Izumi. "Sorry sis, but I had to do it…" Kazuma whispered and watched the tank blast its cannons full strength at Izumi.
Kazuma's LP: 1550
Izumi's LP: 4000
Izumi was found on the floor unconscious. "Damn…" Laeon and the rest of the crowd whispered as she lay there motionless. "Kazuma, you have to stop…" Laeon called out.
As Kazuma heard this, he fell to his knees and looked straight at his sister. "I'm sorry…" He reached for her, but she was too far. He couldn't move. The guilt in his heart built up every second until he let it all out. "Izumi, I'm coming!"
Kazuma jumped to his feet and ran to her, surrendering the duel. He sat close to her and touched her face.
She muttered something, but Kazuma couldn't hear what she had to say. "What?" he whispered. "Say it again please…" She muttered it once again. "Izumi… I can't hear you, help me out here…"
"I said don't touch me with your dirty hands! When is the last time you took a shower anyway?" Izumi yelled out and smiled.
Laeon ran up to them and laughed along with them. "So Kazuma, looks like you were the one that learned a lesson…" Laeon added in.
"Yeah… Sorry Izumi, I was obsessed with what I have learned… but you I did that because I lo-…" "Yes Kazuma I know so you don't have to get all emotional about it…"
"Well since I ran over to you, I guess it was a forfeit so you win… You can be free…" Kazuma added in then stood up. "Can you stand up? Or does Laeon have to carry you?" Laeon fell to the floor. "Me, you're the one that did this! You carry her!" Laeon yelled and backed away.
They all laughed together. "I can walk, but Laeon can carry me anyway…" "Eeew, stay away!" They all laughed again while the crowd stood there unpleased. "So what about the duel, we want to see the duel!"
"Uh… Quick let's get out of here…" Laeon whispered. "Right…" Kazuma whispered back and the three ran off as fast as they can.
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Back at Kazuma's house…
"Well, mom will be home any minute now…" Izumi exclaimed as she sat on the coach watching T.V. Kazuma was eating at the kitchen table and Laeon was by Kazuma modifying his deck.
"Yeah…" Kazuma looked around and watched his mother's car drive in the driveway. Izumi quickly got up off of the couch and ran through the door. "I'm telling her what happened Kazuma… what I did…"
Kazuma smiled. "Izumi you don't have to…" "Yes I do…" Kazuma looked down and began to cry. "I'm so proud…"