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Hours after he'd beaten Harrington, Jeffrey found himself burning the midnight oil on Dr. Crowler's homework… He looked back at all his friends, they were fast asleep, dreaming about who knows what… He wanted to sleep, he could feel his eyes slowly trying to give in, but he would try to resist. All he could do to keep himself awake was to complain.
"He said I had double homework, this is more like quadruple!" Jeffrey complained as he continued to write the most logical answer for each. "Done! 4 papers down and only 6 more to go!"
Suddenly, his PDA went off.
"Huh? Who could that be in this hour?" Jeffrey said as he opened the PDA and a message read out with an unfamiliar voice…
"Jeffrey, meet me at the harbor in 15 minutes, and bring your deck and duel disk. Don't be late…" it said as it died out.
"Who could it be? Well, who ever it is, had better have a good explanation…" Jeffrey said as he grabbed his Duel Disk and Deck and went over to the harbor.
10 minutes of rushing later, he finally reached the harbor…
"Hey! I'm here! Who are you and what do you want!" Jeffrey shouted.
Then, out of no where, a figure appeared.
"So, you showed up after all…" it was Alexis!
"No way! Alexis!" Jeffrey said as his head exploded with several questions. " What are you doing here!"
"I was the one who sent you the message you see… I'm interested seeing how good you really are." Alexis explained. "After you dueled Harrington, it had me wondering on how good you really are."
"Really? I thought you had already gone to lunch." Jeffrey said.
"Well, I heard Harrington shouting, and I guess my curiosity got the better of me." Alexis explained.
"Well, couldn't we do this in the morning? I mean I still have homework to do for that dip stick Dr. Crowler." Jeffrey said. "And besides, isn't it prohibited to duel off hours?"
"Apparently you didn't read the rules clearly, you see, we're not allowed to use the duel arena off hours, but other than that, you're free to duel when ever you want." Alexis explained.
"Alright! Let's do this!" Jeffrey said as he strapped on his duel disk and inserted his deck.
"How about this, let's make it a little more interesting, if I win, then you'll have to do whatever I say." Alexis said.
"Really steep… Okay but if I win, you and I go out on a date." Jeffrey said as he saw a hint of Alexis' irritation spread across her face.
"Fine." Alexis said as she strapped on her Duel Disk and inserted her deck.
"Let's Duel!" they said together as they drew their 5 cards.
Jeffrey – 4000 LP
Alexis – 4000 LP
"I'll go first!" Alexis declared as she drew a card. "I'll set one monster face down and that'll do for now."
"Really? My draw!" Jeffrey said as he drew his card. "I summon Marauding Captain (1200/400) in attack mode!"
Then, the Soldier wearing green armor and wielding two swords appeared and was ready for battle.
"Now, with my Captain's effect, I'm allowed to summon another warrior monster with 4 stars or less! With that, I summon Mystic SwordsMan LV 4 (1900/1600)!"
Then, another warrior appeared before Jeffrey, but only this time, he's clad in purple and white armor and wielding a double-bladed sword.
"With Mystic Swords Man, I'm allowed to attack your face down monster with out it's special effect triggering nor will it matter if it's defense points are higher than my Swords Man's attack points." Jeffrey explained as Alexis' eyes widened. "Now! Mystic Swords Man LV 4! Attack her face-down!"
With that, the Double-Bladed Swords Man had sliced the horizontal card instantly!
"Now! Marauding Captain, attack her Life Points directly!" Jeffrey declared as the soldier rushed towards Alexis and sliced her and a good number of her Life Points! "Now, during my end phase, when my Mystic Swords Man destroys a monster, I can sacrifice it to summon it's more powerful form! Now, meet Mystic Swords Man LV 6 (2300/1700)!"
Then, the warrior wielding a double-bladed sword vanished and was replaced by a more powerful looking swords man wearing it's same armor and wielding two vicious looking swords.
Jeffrey – 4000 LP
Alexis – 2800 LP
"Not bad." Alexis said as she drew her card. "I play Graceful Charity! This lets me draw 3 cards at the cost of two." She then drew 3 cards and discarded two. "Next, I play Polymerization! I fuse from my hand Etoile Cyber (1200/1600) and Blade Skater (1400/1500) to create Cyber Blader (2100/800)!"
Then out of the Polymerization card, a monster with long blue hair clad in red and blue appeared before Alexis.
"Next, I activate Cyber Blader's special ability! You see, if you have 2 monsters on your side of the field, then my monster's attack points is doubled!" Alexis said as Jeffrey started to sweat a little. "Now, Cyber Blader! Attack Mystic Swords Man LV 6!"
Then, the red and blue skater used the blades of her skated to deal a devastating blow on the swords man and Jeffrey's Life Points!
Jeffrey – 2100 LP
Alexis – 2800 LP
"My draw!" Jeffrey said as he drew. "I summon Silent Magician (1000/1000)!"
Then, the small Magician clad in white had appeared before him.
"Next, I'll set one card face down and switch Marauding Captain in defense mode!" Jeffrey declared as the Marauding Captain kneeled and crossed his swords. "Your move!"
"Fine!" Alexis said as she drew a card.
"Don't forget my Silent Magician's special effect, she gains a spell counter for every card you draw, and gains 500 attack points for every spell counter." Jeffrey said.
"I know that, I haven't forgotten that since your duel with Jhesse." Alexis said. "I play the Spell Card Pot of Greed! This lets me draw two new cards! And I play Premature Burial. By sacrificing 800 LP, I can summon my Blade Skater! But she won't stay because I sacrifice her for Mind on Air (1000/1600)!"
Jeffrey – 2100 LP
Alexis – 2000 LP
Then, the Blade Skater vanished, but in her place, a monster wearing what looks like a crystal ball in her head.
"With Mind on Air, I'm able to see what cards you have on your hand!" Alexis said as Jeffrey's hand glowed and a hologram with all of Jeffrey's cards appeared before Alexis. The cards were Matza the Zapper (1300/800), Sinister Serpent (300/250), and Card Destruction. "I see, you're planning to use Card Destruction to force me to draw cards, and then that'll be enough to make your Magican gain enough attack points to over power my Cyber Blader, but I won't let that happen. Mind on Air, attack Marauding Captain!"
Then, the monster with a crystal ball for a head unleashed a sonic wave that destroyed the soldier with two swords.
"Now, Cyber Blader, attack Silent Magician!" Alexis declared.
"I activate the trap, Negate Attack!" Jeffrey declared as a barrier appeared the Magician in time to protect it. "Negate attack negates your attack and you'll have to skip to your second main phase!"
"Fine, I'll set one card face down end my turn." Alexis said.
"My draw!" Jeffrey said as he drew a card. "I play Card Destruction! This forces us to discard our hand and redraw the same number of cards!"
They then discarded and re drew their hands.
"You know what's coming next, I sacrifice my Silent Magician LV 4 with 5 spell counters to summon Silent Magician LV 8 (3500/1000)!"
Then, the Silent Magician was shattered and was replaced with a stronger looking version of itself.
"Silent Magician, attack her Mind on Air! This Duel is over Alexis!" Jeffrey declared as the Silent Magician blasted a beam of energy at Mind on Air.
"I activate Hallowed Life Barrier!" Alexis declared as she discarded 1 card from her hand. "Though my monster gets destroyed, Hallowed Life Barrier protects my Life Points!"
"Great… I'll set one card face down and I'll end my turn." Jeffrey said.
"My turn!" Alexis said as she drew and grinned. "I play Fusion Weapon! You see, only a fusion monster can be equipped this, but it raises their attack points by 1500!"
Then, the Cyber Blader had acquired a powerful looking arm cannon that madder her power go up to 3600!
"Now, Cyber Blader, attack Silent Magician!" Alexis said as the Cyber Blader took out the Magician using the blades of her skates!
Jeffrey – 2000 LP
Alexis – 2000 LP
"My turn!" Jeffrey said as he drew and grinned. "Alexis, have you heard of Duel Spirits? Well, if these spirits recognize that person as a truly skilled duelist, a spirit appears before them."
"Yeah, I've heard about this from Professor Banner, but it's not real." Alexis said.
"Well, it's real. Now usually duelists have one spirit with them but what's strange is… I have TWO." Jeffrey said. "Now, meet one of them! I remove from the graveyard, Matza the Zapper and Silent Magician LV 4…"
"Wait, a light and dark monster…!" Alexis said in fear as she realized what he was about to summon.
"Yes, by removing one Light and Dark monster from my graveyard, I'm able to summon… Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning (3000/2500)!" Jeffrey declared as out of a portal, a warrior clad in fierce looking blue armor and a vicious looking sword and a shield that could seem to block anything.
"Well, tough luck my Cyber Blader has more attack points than your Soldier." Alexis said with much confidence. "You see, I've seen what it can do, it can attack once more if it destroys a monster, but that won't happen because of the gap of their strength!"
"You're only half right, because my Soldier has another effect. You see, once per turn I can remove one monster from the field from the game." Jeffrey explained as Alexis' Cyber Blader vanished. "Though this stops my Envoy from attacking, this still won't stop me from playing Return from Different Dimension!"
Then, both Matza the Zapper and Silent Magician LV 4 returned on Jeffrey's side of the field.
"You see, by paying half of my Life Points, I'm able to use this card to retrieve all monsters that were removed from play back to my field!" Jeffrey declared as Alexis had seen what was coming. "Oh yeah, and by the way, pick you up at 3 P.M.. Now, my monsters, end this duel!"
Then with that command, both the Silent Magician and the Samurai unleashed an assault on what was left of Alexis' Life Points.
Jeffrey – 1000 LP
Alexis – 0 LP
"Well, that was a close one." Jeffrey said as he approached Alexis.
"A deal is a deal I guess!" Alexis said as though she was actually happy to lose. "3 P.M. It is at the beach on Friday and don't be late."
"You can count on it. I made the deal after all, didn't I?" Jeffrey smiled.
When they parted ways Jeffrey had felt as though he'd beaten the King of Games in one turn. This was indeed the Beginning of a great friendship… Or maybe something more than that.