My first story, second chapter! Oh! And I forgot to put the title at the beginning of my last chapter! I changed it now. I won't forget now though! I hope you like this one!

…And I don't own anyone but Cecelia…and Bastion's opponent, which I don't think will be in any other chapter except this one and the next one…

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Chapter 2

All Out Duel – Part One

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"Everybody," Dr. Crowler said through a loud megaphone, "Begin!"

"Get you're game on, Zane!" Jaden said. "I'll go first!"

"Are you ready?" Cecelia said aloud to Syrus.

"Not at all." Syrus whispered to himself.

(Cecelia: 4000, Syrus: 4000)

"I'll go first!" she said as she pulled a card from her deck. "I play Homunculus the Alchemic Being in attack mode! (ATK: 1800, DEF: 1600) And I end my turn."

"Okay! My draw! Hmm…" Syrus said, "I play one set monster and end my turn."

Cecelia drew a card. "I use Homunculus's special effect, which is to change its Attribute! I change it into Wind! Now I play Wynn the Wind Charmer! By sending both of them to the Graveyard, I can Special Summon Familiar-Possessed – Wynn from my deck! (ATK: 1850, DEF: 1500) If you didn't know, when I Special Summon her like that, when I attack a defense position monster, it still goes to your Life Points. Now, attack!"

Wynn struck the facedown Gyroid.

"My Gyroid's special ability allows it to not be destroyed!" Syrus said.

"You still lose Life Points from my effect."

(Cecelia: 4000, Syrus: 3150)

"Hey, uh, Cecelia! Is that your Duel Spirit?" Jaden said as his Winged Kuriboh nodded.

Behind Cecelia was a small monster with a halo on its head. It had blue wings, and pink skin. You know her as Petit Angel.

"Aw! What a cute little Kuriboh! And yes, she is! But she's shy."

Despite what Cecelia said, Petit Angel moved to her side and waved to Jaden and Kuriboh.

"Keep your eyes on our duel, Jaden." Zane said, "I summon Cyber Dragon to the field."

"Oh, look! A Cyber Dragon! This is so cool!" Cecelia said.

"Ugh! Shut her up! Please!" Alexis said coldly.

"Hey! Stick to your duel Rhodes!" Cecelia shouted to Alexis.

"Stick to yours then!" Alexis shouted back.

"Ladies. Ladies. No need to fight over me!" Chazz said, joking around.

"Don't say another word, Chazz! I attack with Blade Skater!" Alexis said.

Cecelia was about to say something, but Bastion interrupted.

"Cecelia, keep your temper in place." Bastion said.

"But Uncle Bastion! I don't want to!" Cecelia said.

"Uncle? Are you that old, dude?" Aaron said (Bastion's opponent).

"I'm not old! Just make your move!" Bastion shouted back.

"So, um, uncle is it?" Syrus asked Cecelia.

"Oh, Uncle Bastion never told you? I'm his niece!"

"But…your last name is Harp, isn't it?" Syrus said.

"Yeah, My mom is Uncle Bastion's sister! Uncle Bastion and me are about the same age! Can we get back to the duel now?"

"One more question. How come you and Alexis act like you hate each other?" Syrus said.

"Well, I don't want to talk about it. Let's just say she won't accept a loss."

"I didn't lose, Cecelia! It was a draw!" Alexis shouted back.

"Nuh-uh! I won that last duel!"

"Alright! Alright! Never mind!" Syrus shouted. So they have met… I wonder what they meant by that last duel…

(Cecelia: 4000, Syrus: 3150)

"I think it's your turn Cecelia. You just attacked." Syrus said.

"Okay! I play a face-down and end."

"My turn! Hmm…" Syrus said, "I play a face down and, by using Polymerization on my Gyroid and Steamroid, I summon Steam Gyroid! (ATK: 2200, DEF: 1600) Now I attack!"

Cecelia flipped up her face down. "I activate Mirror Force!"

"Ha! I knew you'd do that! I activate Trap Jammer!"

"What? Ah!" Cecelia said as Familiar-Possessed – Wynn disappeared.

(Cecelia: 3650, Syrus: 3150)

"I draw!" she said as she thought, I can't believe I fell for that! …It won't happen again!

"I activate Dian Keto the Cure Master, which raises my life points to 4650! Now I activate Pot of Greed! I draw two cards! Now I play one set monster and activate the field card Chorus of Sanctuary, which raises all my monster's DEF points by 500!"

(Cecelia: 4650, Syrus: 4150)

"My turn, right?" Syrus said as Cecelia nodded and he drew, "I attack the facedown card!"

Steam Gyroid attacked. It was Aqua Madoor, with a defense of 2500 thanks to Chorus of Sanctuary.

"You lose 300 Life points Syrus!" She shouted.

(Cecelia: 4650, Syrus: 3850)

"…"

"It's 300 Life points, Syrus. Don't get all gloomy, you can still win!" Cecelia said.

"I never win…" Syrus said to himself, but loud enough for her to hear.

She didn't like how he was acting, so her first instinct told her to yell.

"SYR-"

"Cecelia." Bastion said.

"Oh! Uncle Bastion! Are you done with you're duel?" Cecelia said, grinning. She didn't want her Uncle to raise his voice, as if she were a child. For crying out loud, she was his age, just short.

"Who won?" Syrus asked.

"Me, of course." Bastion said, "Now I want to see you guys finish. Go on."

Cecelia nodded happily. She knew Bastion had interrupted to stop her temper, and she would have yelled more, but she loved dueling too much to stall it any longer.

(Cecelia: 4650, Syrus: 3850)

"I think it's my turn," Cecelia said, "I activate Shield and Sword!"

(Steam Gyroid ATK: 1600, DEF: 2200) (Aqua Madoor ATK: 2000, DEF: 1200)

"Now I Tribute the Aqua Madoor for the Infernal Incinerator!"

"What's that card?" Chumly said as he came up to Bastion.

"Hello Chumly. Infernal Incinerator can only be played if you discard all cards in your hand other than it. Plus, she must sacrifice a monster with an ATK of 2000 or more, and that was Aqua Madoor."

"But I thought Aqua Madoor had 1200 ATK power." Aaron said.

"If you were paying attention, she used Shield and Sword. Also, Infernal Incinerator raises his Attack points by 200 for every monster on the other side of the field." Bastion explained.

(Infernal Incinerator ATK: 3000, DEF: 1800)

"I attack the Steam Gyroid!"

Cecelia's monster clawed Steam Gyroid, sending it to the Graveyard.

(Cecelia: 4650, Syrus: 2450)

"I end now, Syrus."

This is pointless. I can't win against that thing! And just look at our life points! Oh… Syrus thought.

"Put your head up, Sy!" a voice said, "It isn't over yet!"

"You can do it Syrus! If you don't, I'll thrash her for you!" said a feminine voice.

Syrus looked up and saw Jaden and Alexis, apparently finished with their duels. Zane was there too, and so was Chazz and Chumly. (Syrus didn't know Chumly was there before.)

"Don't give up!" Chumly said.

"Yeah, ya slacker!" Chazz said playfully.

"Better not give up. I want a good duel…" Cecelia whispered.

Syrus smiled at all his friends. "Okay then! It's my draw!"

Cecelia thought, Better do something worthwhile, Syrus, or else!

Syrus thought, How could a girl so pretty duel so fierce? Well, then again, Alexis can duel and she's pretty too. Or maybe it's me who can't duel right… I know! If I win, then she'll be really impressed with me! That's it! I'll show her I can duel, and not be some second rate duelist! I'll duel my best! For Cecelia! For Jaden! For my brother and everyone! … Plus, I want to stay in Duel Academy…

(Cecelia: 4650, Syrus: 2450)

"Ready or not, here I come Cecelia!" Syrus said as he drew his card. He looked at it from the corner of his eye. One look at the picture and he knew what it was.

Here goes everything.

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What card did Syrus draw? Will it help him win for sure? Only I know!

See ya next time! And please review!