Going All The Way!
A/N; hello all! Me again with another chappie of the romantic and funny story, Going All The Way! It seems like Diana was dragged into the little struggle with Chazz and his brothers and she has to face her brother! Oh, boy! Let's see what Diana's deck has for us!
There has also been debate over if it is 'Lane' or 'Slade' so I'll change it to Slade since so many people are sure of it.
.:Chapter 23:.
Last time on 'Going All The Way!';
"Come on in," Lane said. A man with short black hair and black eyes walked into the room. Diana's eye were wide.
"Hey, Diana," he said.
"Ray!" she said. "I have to face my. . . . . . . brother. . . . .?"
On with normally scheduled chapter. . . . . . . .
Diana walked up to her brother and he smiled again. She thought she wouldn't see her brother until he was out of college. Since their parents fought all the time he didn't want Diana growing up like that so he promised her once he was out of college and had a home of his own he would let her live with him.
"I thought I wouldn't see you for three more years," she said.
"Things change right?" he said. He patted her on the shoulder.
"Enough," Jagger said. "We didn't hire you to talk to your adversary."
"Well, you didn't tell me that I was going to duel my own sister," Ray said. "Oh well. They told me that I had to tell you the rules. So, rule one; you have one hour to get ready for our duel, two; the entire school has to watch meaning no private dueling, and third; no brother/sister reunions during any part of the duel." Diana nodded.
"You accept?" Slade asked. Diana thought for a moment and then looked at Jagger and Slade.
"Yes," she said. She walked out of the room. Tasara, Zeta and Chazz followed.
At Diana's. . . . . . . . . .
She looked through he cards and then her friends walked into her room (Jaden, Zane, Zeta, Tasara, Bastion, and Chazz). She stood and smiled at her friends. Zeta, being the way she is, gave Diana a hug.
"We just came here to say good luck," she said. "Your brother may be hard, but you can beat him. I just know it!"
"We can only hope," Diana said. Zane, Jaden, Zeta, Tasara, and Chazz left the room, but Bastion gave her a hug as well.
"I'll be watching, Diana," he said. "Don't worry. You'll do fine." He let go of her and walked out of the room.
"I hope I'll be fine," she said to herself.
At the Obelisk Blue Duel arena. . . . . . .
Ray and Diana stood on opposite sides of the arena and got their decks ready. She was shuffling her cards when she heard. . . .
"DIANA IT UP! DIANA IT UP! DIANA IT UP! DIANA IT UP! DIANA IT UP! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
"What the hell!" Tasara shouted. "You guys are making her nervous!" Jaden and Sy continued to jumped up and down in their seats shouting, 'Diana it up!'.
"Actually, I find their cheering to be pretty nice," Alexis said. "This will be a great chance for Diana to show what she is made of."
"Diana really doesn't like to duel all that much," Zeta said. "She likes art. Her deck is mainly magicians and earth cards like the Dark Magician and Harpy Lady."
"Art, huh?" Zane said. "Then why is she here rather than an art school? Why is she here learning about duel monsters when she could be learning on how to be a great artist?"
"It's a long, complicated, and very sad story so I'd rather you not ask that again," Zeta said.
"Are you ready sis?" Ray asked.
"Uh. . . .y-yeah," she said. Dr. Crowler stepped onto the arena and held the mic.
"Today we have Ray and Diana Irashiki whom are going to face each other in a duel," Dr. Crowler said. "Now, duel!"
Diana and Ray drew five cards and Diana looked at her hand. She sighed and tried to think of a plan.
"This is going to be good," Theo said from behind Zane. "I've never seen Diana duel before."
"Neither have we," said everyone else.
"Oh," Theo said. "I guess we all get to see what Diana is capable of."
"She isn't capable of anything," Chazz said. "She can't intimidate anyone or anything. She might have some good cards, but none will be worth it."
"What did you say!" Tasara shouted. "DAMMIT CHAZZ! I SAVE YOUR ASS AND ALL YOU HAVE TO SAY IS THAT! WHY DO YOU KEEP PICKING ON DIANA, HUH!"
"Yeah, why do you do that?" Theo asked. Tasara slapped Chazz over the head and he rubbed his soon to be bruise.
Diana took and deep breath and chose her first card.
"I place Harpy Lady in defense mode," she said. "And I place one card face down. That'll end my turn." Diana's heart was racing and she was terrified of her brother at the moment. He smiled, drew a card, and grabbed a card out of his hand.
"I place Battle Ox in attack mode!" he said. The monster appeared on the field and Ray continued to smile.
Harpy Lady- Attack: 1300, Defense: 1400
Battle Ox- Attack: 1700, Defense: 1000
"Battle Ox, attack Harpy Lady!" Ray shouted. The ox rushed towards Diana's Harpy Lady and it struck with it's huge axe. Her Harpy Lady was destroyed.
Diana: 3600 life points
"She could have stopped that with her face down card," Chazz said. "Unless she has a plan up her sleeve, which I doubt."
"I guess the shock of facing her brother still has her on end," Zeta said. "This isn't good." Diana drew a card and looked at her hand again.
"I place Kuriboh in defense mode," she said. "And now I will activate Monster Reborn to bring my Harpy Lady back." The card brought her monster back. "Now, I will use my monsters as a sacrifice to summon an old friend of yours, the Dark Magician!" Kuriboh and Harpy Lady disappeared and the Dark Magician appeared on the field. Ray remembered when he gave Diana that card and smiled at seeing it again.
Dark Magician- Attack: 2500, Defense: 2100
"I'm glad that you still have that card, Diana," he said with a laugh. "And I thought you got rid of it. Silly me."
"Dark Magician, attack his Battle Ox!" Diana said. Her Dark Magician pointed his staff at the large ox and destroyed it. "I place one card face down to end my turn."
Ray: 3200 life points
The students in the arena started to cheer now that Diana had the upper hand, but it seemed like Bastion cheered the loudest (aaaawwwee!).
"DIANA IT UP! DIANA IT UP! DIANA IT UP! DIANA IT UP! DIANA IT UP! DIANA IT UP! DIANA IT UP! DIANA IT UP! DIANA IT UP!" Jaden and Sy cheered.
"'Chazz it up' sounds better," Chazz said with his arms crossed.
"Don't make me kill you," Tasara snapped.
Ray looked up at his sister and started to laugh. Diana just stood there, watching her brother. It made her remember how hard he used to laugh when bad things happened. Since their parents fought all the time he found that laughing all the time made it a little better.
"Now I remember why I miss that card so much," he said with a smile. "Good job, sis!"
"Ray!" Jagger shouted. "What did we tell you!"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah," Ray said, drawing another card. "Take a chill pill, man. Now, let's see. . .what do we have here?"
"I wonder what his next move is," she thought.
"Now, I summon Breaker the Magical Warrior in defense mode. I also place on card face down to end my turn." (This is not the card he is talking about, that will come later).
"I guess he plans on playing the card later," Diana thought. She drew a card and looked at it and then looked at her hand. "There isn't a lot I can do right now." She chose a card and placed it face down. "I play one face down card to end my turn."
"Okay," Ray said drawing a card. "I sacrifice my ox to summon Wingweaver!"
Wingweaver- Attack: 2750, Defense: 2400
"And now, Wingweaver, attack Dark Magician!" Ray said. His monster got ready for a attack, but Diana said,
"Not so fast, Ray," Diana said. "I activate Magical Hats!"
"Magical what?" Ray asked. Five hats appeared on Diana's side of the field, one went over the Dark Magician, the hats were shuffled, and the attack hit the hat in the middle.
"Magical Hats," Diana repeated. "It hides my Dark Magician from your attacks. Let's see how good you are at guessing games."
"Crap," Ray said to himself. He saw that he life points didn't go down, so she had saved herself. "I guess I'll end my turn." Diana drew a card. "Come, Diana. Isn't it obvious? I am helping you in by playing poorly. Beat me before Jagger and Slade notice. You have to! For your school, for me, for your friends, and for yourself."
"Since I like to keep you guessing and since there is nothing I can really do right now I will place another card face down to end my turn," she said.
"WHAT IS IT WITH YOU TWO AND FACE DOWN CARDS!" Chaz shouted. Tasara hit him over the head again. "OW!"
"SHUT YOUR MOUTH BEFORE I SEW IT SHUT!" Tasara shouted.
"Those two will never stop will they?" Bastion asked. The other shook their heads and looked back at the duel. Ray drew another card and looked at his hand.
"Alright then," he said. "I will attack once again. Wingweaver, destroy the second to last hat!"
"You fell right into my trap," Diana thought. "I activate my trap card, Magical Cylinders! You see, you have attacked the right hat, but with this card activated my Dark Magician can use the cylinders to reflect your attack, back at your own monster."
"That's it, Diana," Ray thought. Diana Dark Magician came out of the hat with a large cylinder next to him. The attack went into the cylinder and came back out. The attack hit Wingweaver, destroying it.
"And you lose the amount of life points equal to your monsters attack points," Diana said with a smile.
Ray: 450 life points
"Impossible!" Slade shouted. "Ray is the best of the best and he is getting beaten by his little sister! Pathetic!"
"I am done with all this fighting," Ray thought. "I see this duel as a fight, not a competition. Diana and I lives through struggle and hate. I don't want this to continue."
- - - -
"Diana will never be good enough for this family if she doesn't duel like Ray, Carol!" shouted her father.
"John, she does not have to duel to be part of this family!" Carol shouted at her husband. "If she loves art and wants to be an artist, you should be behind her on it!"
Ray held onto his sister as she cried on his shoulder. How could his father say such things? She was his daughter. That should have been enough for her to be in the family. Diana held onto Ray's shirt and he tightened his hug.
"Are you trying to control her life?" Carol shouted. "You have already led Ray down his path because he asked for it! Did Diana ask for this? No, she didn't! Now let her go to art school so she can be happy!"
"Her little friends are going to the academy," John said. "She will be fine there! She'll have Tasara and Zeta there with her!"
"But dueling isn't what she wants to do!" Carol shouted. "Stop this now!"
"Ray. . ." Diana said. He looked at his sister, who wasn't facing him at the moment. "Will they ever stop fighting?"
"I'm not sure," Ray said. "Promise me that you will always stay with what you love no matter what father says. Promise me, Diana. I don't want him to send you into a life you will regret."
"I promise, Ray," she said.
- - - -
"And I still have my Dark Magician's normal attack," she said. "Dark Magician, finish this!" Ray smiled and took the last blow.
Ray: 0 life points
The arena was roaring and Diana smiled. Ray walked up to her and they gave each other a hug.
"Ray," she said. "I know what you did. You let me win. . . .why?" Ray let go of her and looked down at his sister.
"Jagger and Slade wanted to get their hands on the school," he said. "Now, I couldn't let that happen now could I?" He kissed his sister on the cheek and walked over to the angry, pouting, and shouting Jagger and Slade. She smiled and was about to walk away when. . . .
"OW!" she shouted. Jaden and Sy had pumbled her with a hug. "That hurt you guys."
"GOOD JOB, DIANA!" Jaden and Sy shouted. "DIANA IT UP! DIANA IT UP! DIANA IT UP! YYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" Diana smiled as her other friends gave her hugs (except Chazz). Even thought her brother let her win, it was nice to have seen him again.
A/N: hello! In the next chapter. . .ZANE AND ZETA FLUFF!
Next chapter: it is Duel Monsters Appreciation Day and it seems like Hakaru, a new student, has his eyes on Zeta! How will Zane react and can he keep Hakaru away from Zeta! FIND OUT!
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