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Chapter 2: Internal Conflict

There is one student at Duel Academy that, shall we say, doesn't get along with everyone else. His name is Hyde Chamberson. Hyde comes from a rich and famous family that owns almost every major company on the planet. You can assume then that his attitude towards the other less well off students is not the best. He entered the school in Jason's class, but quickly rose to the rank of Obelisk Blue due to his so-so dueling skills, but mostly the monetary bribes the teachers received from the Chamberson parents. Our story continues…

"JASON! I TOLD YOU NOT TO TAKE THE LAST VANILLA PUDDING! GET READY FOR A BEATING!"

"Jeez! Calm down Hyde. I mean it's just pudding ya' know?"

"YES, BUT IT WAS MY PUDDING!"

"Hyde I'm not going to fight you over a stupid pudding bowl…"

"STUPID! STUPID! NOW YOUR IN FOR IT!"

Hyde proceeded to punch at Jason. Now Hyde, being the rich little snob that he is, didn't have the need growing up in a rich family to get much experience in the real world, ergo, he didn't know much about fighting. Because of this Jason merely stood and held Hyde's head with one hand and finished off his pudding with the other hand.

"Fine! I may not be able to fight you physically, but I can defiantly beat you in a duel!"

"Whoa! Hyde! Let's not get to hasty. We both know who would win that duel anyway," Jason said with a sarcastic grin on his face.

"You jerk! I'll show you! Meet me at the Duel Arena at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. After tomorrow you'll never again mess with Hyde Chamberson!"

Hyde proceeded to walk smugly out of the cafeteria with all of his other rich groupies.

"Man. What a snob."

"I know," said Mick, "He doesn't even realize that with your 'LV' deck you could easily beat his deck."

"Well…we'll just have to see."

The boys went to their classes and went through the day fine. They went back to the cafeteria after the classes for dinner and then went home to their dormitories. They stayed up until about 3 in the morning fixing up their decks and adding brand new cards that they got at the Academy Card Shop beforehand. They woke up the next morning ready for the second day of Duel Pairings.

"Alright everybody. Listen up for your name to be called," said Dr.Crowler.

The boys anxiously waited for their names and hoped that their pairings wouldn't be each other again. Even though that rarely happens.

"Jason Steel will be dueling Anne Crimson…Mick Soren will be dueling Hyde Chamberson," exclaimed Crowler with glee.

"NO! I HAVE TO DUEL HYDE!" said Mick with a grim look of surprise on his face.

"Who's Anne Crimson?" Jason inferred.

"I am."

A beautiful blonde-haired girl approached the two boys. She was about Jason's height (5'3'') and was wearing the blazer of a Ra Yellow student. She was wearing her trademark Fire Red lipstick.

"So is your name really Anne Crimson or is the Crimson a nickname for the lipstick?"

"OF COURSE MY REAL NAME IS ANNE CRIMSON…sorry…that got a little out of hand. I just get a little mad when people think that the lipstick determines my last name. Are you ready to duel me?"

"Sure! I'm always ready for duelin'"

The two proceeded to the duel platform and slipped on their dueldisks.

"DUEL!" they both exclaimed as their dueldisks opened up and both of their 8000-point like total meters sprung to life.

Jason- 8000

Anne Crimson- 8000

"I'll start this one," said Jason as he drew his card. "I'll start off with a face down monster and also a face down card on my field. That'll end it for my turn."

"Draw! I'll start this duel with one of my favorite cards. You might want to put on your sunglasses Jason. I play The Sanctuary in the Sky!"

A very large floating castle appeared in back of Anne and the field around them turned into a utopian field with flowers and everything.

"Man! That's bright!" exclaimed Jason as he shielded his eyes.

"I also summon Warrior of Zera (1600/1600)! This monster is a wandering warrior that searches the land trying to discover the sanctuary where he can obtain the power of the Archlords. Guess what. My Sanctuary in the Sky is that sanctuary! I activate Warrior of Zera's special and sacrifice him to special summon one of my best monsters! I summon Archlord Zerato (2800/2300)! I play a face down and end my turn."

"Jeez! Your most powerful monster on turn one? Well, I gotta think of something. Draw! I play a defense monster and lay a face down card. That's it for me."

"Kind of pathetic Jason. I have my Archlord Zerato out on the field and you can't even play anything to stop it. I expected more of you. Now! Archlord Zerato attack his monster!"

"Not so fast Anne. I activate a continuous trap card. Ordeal of a Traveler! This card activates when you choose to attack my monsters or me. After that you must randomly choose one card in my hand and its card type. If you choose wrong then your attacking monster returns to your hand!"

"No!" shouted Anne in dismay. "So the survival of my Archlord rides on one card eh? I choose the far left card and trap!"

"Oooo, sorry, it's a monster. Now your Archlord Zerato returns to your hand."

"No!"

"My turn…Draw! Now I flip summon my Dark Mimic LV1. This monster lets me draw one card from my deck when it is flip summoned (100/1000). Draw! He also has a second special effect. I can sacrifice him to summon another monster in facedown defense position. Now I activate a spell card. Reasoning! Now you have to call a monster level. After that I pick up cards from the top of my deck until I hit a monster. If it is the level you call then it is sent to the graveyard. If it isn't though…I get to summon it directly to the field. So call a level!"

"Alright…I call…………..5!"

"Now I pick up cards until………….YES! The card I picked up is…Red Eyes Black Dragon. I summon you! (2400/2000)"

"It can't be!"

"Now Red Eyes…attack her directly!"

Jason- 8000

Anne Crimson- 5600

"Next I'm gunna activate a spell card. Final Punishment. Now you take damage equal to the damage you have already taken this turn."

"What? No!"

Jason- 8000

Anne Crimson- 3200

"I'm not done yet. I now activate Inferno Fire Blast! Now you take damage equal to my Red Eye's attack points!"

Jason- 8000

Anne Crimson- 800

"Ha! You think you've beaten me Jason…I activate Balance the Scales! This extremely powerful trap card makes you take damage equal to the damage I have taken this turn. That's right. 7200 points!"

"No way! You're one tough duelist Anne," Jason said as a huge scale with a big eye in the middle of it appeared on Anne's field. The eye opened as it shot out a red fireball straight at Jason.

Jason- 800

Anne Crimson- 800

"Now it's my turn," said Anne, "and now I'm going to win this. I play Mystic Shine Ball (500/500). I also activate the spell card Inferno Reckless Summon. This spell card can be activated when I summon a monster with 1500 attack points or less and when you have a monster face up on the field. Then we both get to summon monsters from our hands or decks with the same name as the one on the field. So now I have three Mystic Shine Balls!"

"And I have two Red Eyes Black Dragons!"

"I'm not finished. I activate Lightning Vortex. I discard a card to destroy all of your face up monsters!"

Anne's card activated and a huge lightning storm struck the field and destroyed both of Jason's Red Eyes Black Dragons.

"Ugh!"

"Now…my Mystical Shine Balls…finish Jason with Mystic Light!"

"Sorry Anne…remember the trap I set on my very first turn…well…it's comin in handy now. I activate Weed Out! Not simply by paying 500 life points I can destroy all monsters on you side of the field!"

Jason said this as all of Anne's Mystical Shine Balls were destroyed.

"Now it's my turn and your last turn. I flip summon my face down monster. Dark Mimic LV3 (1000/2000). Now Dark Mimic LV3 attack her directly!"

A tentacled monster appeared from out of the seemingly normal treasure box that was Dark Mimic LV3.

Jason- 300 Anne Crimson- 0

"Great Duel Anne! You really had me on the ropes!"

"Yeah! Rematch?"

"Not now, but defiantly some day!"

The duel is over, but Mick's duel hasn't even started yet. He must compete against Hyde Chamberson, the richest kid in school with all the expensive rare cards. Will he win in glory or lose in disgrace. Find out in Chapter 3- Attack of the Snob!