Sun, beach and fairies
It's been five days since Andrew was transferred to Duel Academy, and right now it was a peaceful morning at Academy Island, with the morning sun rising up and illuminating the environment. In the Slifer's dorm, specifically, the room belonging to Jaden, Syrus, Chumley and Andrew, the boys were sleeping peacefully. That is until Andrew awoke to a buzzing sound from the right side of his mattress. He turned towards to that sound and saw it was his cellphone that was buzzing. He turned it off saw that the time was 05:50 a.m.
"Time for my morning training." He muttered as he got out of his mattress and went to put some clothes on.
After a couple of minutes Andrew left the dorm and started his training with running. He was wearing a dark blue t-shirt, black shorts and white running shoes. He made his way towards the beach and ran a number of laps there. After that he moved on to push-ups, following up with sit-ups and finally, he walked up to a tree and used one of its branches to do some pull-ups. After finishing his training, Andrew took a look at his watch and saw that the time was 06:45 a.m., so he decided to watch the sea for a bit before heading back to the dorm.
"The salty sea breeze is nice." He said to himself.
"Yeah, I agree." A voice spoke up from behind, startling Andrew in the process. He turned around and saw an Obelisk blue girl standing in front of him. She had light blue hair tied in a ponytail that reached the middle of her back and sapphire blue eyes. "Sorry for startling you."
"Don't worry, it's alright. I just never expected to meet someone out here this early."
"Well, I happened to wake up earlier than usual and couldn't return to sleep. So I went out for a walk." The girl explained as she eyed him up and down. "And judging from your sweaty appearance, I assume that you woke up early to get some morning training."
"Yeah, I always wake up early in the morning to train. I like to keep myself in good shape. Oh, my name is Andrew Wilson by the way."
"Jenny Seigrain, a first year Obelisk. I've seen you before. You're that guy who dueled Michael, aren't you?"
"Yeah, that's right. He is a strong duelist, that's for sure. And he's also a very nice person. It's too bad that not all Obelisk blue students are as friendly as him." Andrew said, earning a sigh from the girl now named Jenny.
"I know. They're always looking down on Slifer and Ra students because of the ranks, when the truth of it is, the students from those dorms actually have potential."
"That's true. I have heard that one of my roommates named Jaden Yuki actually defeated the Obelisk boy dorm's headmaster."
"Yeah. I believe that he should be skilled enough to become an Obelisk blue. Or at least a Ra yellow.
Suddenly, they heard a beeping sound from Andrew's wrist. It was his watch that was showing the time was now 06:50 a.m.
"Oh, I think that's my cue to get back to my dorm. Later."
"Yeah, later." She waved at him as he ran off.
5 minutes later, Andrew reached the red dorm and went to the outhouse to take a shower. Once he was done, he changed into his slifer uniform and headed back to his room to see if the others have woken up. As he walked in, it turned out that Syrus was the first to awaken. Probably because of the sound of Andrew opening and closing the door. He yawned and rubbed his eyes before noticing Andrew standing at the door.
"Oh, hey Andrew. What time is it?"
The latter took a look at his watch before answering the question. "Well, it is now 07:10 a.m. So I suggest we get ready for class."
"Okay." Syrus got out of his bed and climbed up to get Chumley up. Andrew walked up to Jaden's bed and tried to wake him up.
"Hey, Jaden. Time to wake up." He said as he was shaking the brown haired slifer. But then...
POW!
"Alright! Attack him directly!" Jaden exclaimed in sleep as he accidentally punched Andrew in the face, sending the latter to the floor. This startled Syrus and Chumley who has woken up.
"Whoa! Are you okay Andrew?" Chumley asked.
He stood up, while rubbing his face. "Don't worry, I'm fine. But apparently, Jaden is a heavy sleeper."
"So what do we do now?"
Andrew stood there with a thinking pose for a moment, until a thought popped in his mind. "Oh, I know." He said with a mischievous look in his face as he pulled out and activated his duel disk. Syrus and Chumley's eyes blinked in confusion.
"Um, what are you doing?"
"Just giving Jaden a special wakeup call." Andrew drew a card from his deck and placed it on one of the slots and summoned a certain gold armored and electric HERO monster. "Okay Sparkman, Static shockwave." The hero pointed his finger towards Jaden and shot a thin stream electricity. Even though the electricity wasn't real, the shock was enough to give Andrew the result he expected.
"Gaaah!" Jaden jolted awake and fell out of the bed.
"Good morning sleepyhead." Andrew greeted as he deactivated his duel disk.
"Oh, morning Andrew. What's with the crazy wakeup call?"
"Well, it would be good to get up in time, unless you want to get into trouble for being late."
"Alright, then lets get some breakfast."
All four of them got dressed and headed towards the cafeteria to get some breakfast. Once they were finished, they went to the main building, were the classrooms were. They arrived in the classroom with 5 minutes remaining before the class started. They went to their seats and waited for the class to start. While they were waiting, Jaden decided to ask Andrew a question.
"Hey Andrew, can I ask you something?"
"What is it?"
"You know that you were transferred to Duel Academy almost three weeks after the entrance exam right?" Andrew nodded. "So, any reason why you didn't take that exam?"
Before Andrew got the chance to say anything, the teacher entered the classroom. This person was wearing a blue blazer similar to an Obelisk blue boy uniform but had some gold shoulder plates and trimmings along with a ruffled pink color. The teacher had long blond hair tied in a ponytail and wore make up. He could easily be mistaken as a woman if you didn't know he was a man known as Dr. Velian Crowler, headmaster of the Obelisk blue boys dorm.
"Alright everyone, be seated." Everyone took their seats and listened to Crowler as he was talking about card effects. When he was done with the lecture, he asked the students questions relating to how card effects can be activated when certain conditions are fulfilled. This went on until Crowler directed his attention to the lower seats, eyeing the slifers to pick up the next vict… um, candidate for the next question. Then he finally found the person to question.
"You there. Andrew Wilson." The student in question stood up.
"Yes?"
"Can you name 3 certain cards with the effect to grant automatic victory?"
Andrew stood there thinking for a moment. Crowler held a smug look in his face, expecting him to not be able to answer. However...
"3 cards that grant automatic victory. Well, first there is Exodia the Forbidden One. If you have that card in your hand along with Right Arm of the Forbidden One, Left Arm of the Forbidden One, Left Leg of the Forbidden One and Right Leg of the Forbidden One, you win the duel. Then there is the spell card Final Countdown. First you pay 2000 life points. Then after 20 turns have passed, including the turn the spell card was activated, you win the duel. And finally, there is the trap card Last Turn. In order to activate that card, your life points must be 1000 or lower. First you choose a monster you have on the field. Then all other cards on the field and in both players' hands are sent to the graveyard. After that, the opponent summons a monster from their deck. Then both monsters are forced to battle each other, but no player takes any battle damage. Once the battle is over, the player whose monster remains on the field until the end of the turn wins the duel. Unless the battle ended with a draw."
Once Andrew was done with his explanation, everyone was staring at him with stunned looks. Not only was he able to answer the question correctly, he also explained the details about the conditions required to activate the cards he mentioned. Crowler stared at him for a moment before snapping out of his shock and cleared his throat.
"Um, that's correct. A very good answer… For a slifer that is." He said while muttering the last part.
As Andrew sat back down, Jaden gave him an amazed look.
"Wow Andrew, you sure know your stuff. I mean, how could you answer the question the way you did."
"It's simple; I've studied. Something you should try."
Jaden scratched the back of his head while having an uneasy look on his face. "I could, but studying always gives me a headache."
Andrew chuckled at his comment.
In the higher seats, Jenny watched as she was impressed by how Andrew answered the question in such a detailed way. Another Obelisk blue girl was sitting next to her. She had long sandy blond hair and grayish-brown eyes. Her name was Alexis Rhodes.
"He is that boy you met earlier right?"
"Yup, that's him."
"And you are actually planning to challenge him?"
"Why not? You remember how he defeated Michael. He is really good and I want to see if he can give me a challenge."
Alexis nodded with an understanding look before focusing on the class.
Later that day
The rest of the school day went well. The alchemy lesson with professor Banner was not bad, except when his demonstration with mixing some liquids caused an explosion. The history lesson was fascinating, at least for Andrew. Some of the other students on the other hand were bored, including Jaden who surprisingly enough (or rather not surprisingly enough) fell asleep. Andrew learned that people used to play duel monsters during in ancient Egypt and they used stone tablets instead of cards. Anyway, right now the classes were over and the students were leaving the classrooms. And that includes Jaden and his friends.
"Jeez Jaden, I knew that you weren't fond of studying, but falling asleep in class? That's just silly." Andrew said with an amused tone.
"I can't help it. The teacher's voice was just too boring. His voice is actually so boring that he could put a 5 years old hyperactive kid to sleep in a few minutes."
"Well, I wasn't paying attention the whole time either." Syrus said.
"Same here." Chumley said.
Andrew chuckled a little. "Anyway, I think I'll head towards the beach for a bit. You guys wanna come?"
"You can go ahead. We're heading to the card shop to get some new cards." Jaden said.
"Okay, see ya later." Andrew said as he and the others went separate ways.
After a good walk from the main building, Andrew reached his destination. Unlike the time he had his morning training there, the beach was full of many people, most of them wearing swimsuits and enjoying themselves. Most people were surfing, playing volleyball or just playing around in the water. Andrew went straight towards a shack were it was like a mini-restaurant and took a seat near a table.
"May I take your order sir?" A waiter asked as he approached him.
"A strawberry smoothie please."
The waiter nodded and withdrew to get what he ordered. While waiting, Andrew looked out at the ocean.
'It's been a while since I left home. I wonder how mom and dad is doing.' He thought as his mind began wandering back to his home in Domino City. And as it did so, the memory of the day he prepared for his journey to Academy Island began rushing back to him.
Flashback
Andrew was in his bedroom packing his suitcase. This room had a bed, which was large enough for two people, a desk with a laptop, a small TV, and a wardrobe. While Andrew was packing, he suddenly heard someone knocking the door.
"Come in." He said to whoever was at the door.
The door opened to reveal none other than his parents. The father had short black hair and brown eyes and was wearing a white sweater and a pair of black pants. His face looked similar to Andrew, but more mature. The mother was a beautiful woman with dark blue hair that reached her shoulders and green eyes. She was wearing an indigo colored sweater and a white skirt going around her thighs.
"How's it going son." The father asked.
"Well, I'm almost done. I can't wait to see how Duel Academy looks like." Andrew said excitedly.
The father simply chuckled at his son's response. The mother on the other hand had a sad look in her face. Andrew noticed it.
"What's the matter mom?"
"Sorry honey. It's just… It's hard to believe that my little boy is about to set off on his first great adventure in life. I knew that this was about to happen eventually, but a small part of me does wish that you could attend to a normal school nearby. Because the thought of you being far far away from home makes me worried." She said softly.
Andrew stared at her in 5 seconds, before he approached her and gave her a comforting hug.
"I know how you feel mom. I'm going to miss the both of you as much as you are going to miss me. But… this is what I wanted to do; To attend to Duel Academy and become a Pro duelist." He backed away a bit so he could give her a reassuring smile. "I promise that I call you whenever I can. And I'll make you proud."
His mother stared at him with widened eyes before she smiled at him with soft ones.
"We know you will Andrew. Remember to focus on your studies, eat healthy so you grow strong, respect your elders, try to make some friends, and if you ever bring home a girl, make sure she's someone who you'll be proud of introducing to us." Andrew blushed a little by hearing the last part but remained silent.
"Alright then…" The father spoke up. "How about you finish your packing so we can drive you to where the helicopter will get you."
"Yeah." Andrew nodded as he continued with the packing. Once he was done, Andrew stood up while he had a determined expression and balled one of his hands into a fist.
'Duel Academy, here I come.'
Flashback end
As soon as his mind returned to the present, the waiter had set the beverage onto the table.
"Your smoothie sir. Enjoy."
"Thank you." Andrew took a sip of the smoothie and looked out at the ocean again. "Well, I'm here now. So all I can do now is to do my best and become one of the best students here at the academy."
"You sure are confident." A familiar voice spoke up. Andrew looked in the direction the voice came from, and saw that it was the same girl he met earlier.
"Hey Jenny. What brings you here?"
"Just to relax here on the beach. Mind if I sit here?"
"Sure, be my guest."
"Thank you." She said cheerfully as she took seat at the opposite side of the table. "Ya know, when I came here, I noticed that you were in deep thought. Is something bothering you?"
Andrew widened his eyes for a second before he shook his head. "No, it's nothing. I'm just a little homesick, that's all."
Jenny nodded. "I understand that feeling. Even though I choose to attend to this school, I can't help but to wonder how my mom is doing."
"And what about your dad?" This question caused the blue headed girl to make a bitter expression on her face.
"Sorry, but I'm not getting along with him. I'd rather not talk about it."
Andrew raised an eyebrow at her, wondering about her reaction. But he decided not to pressure her on it.
"I'm sorry if I stepped into sensitive territory."
"Don't worry, you didn't knew." She reassured him. "So, do you mind if I asked you something?"
"What is it?"
"Well, you were transferred to this school not long after the entrance exam. So I was just wondering; Why didn't you take the exam?"
"Hehe, that's funny. Because Jaden asked me the same question earlier, but I never had a chance to answer him."
"Is that so? Well, you can tell me, if that's okay."
"Sure, why not?"
A few minutes earlier, Jaden and the others came to the beach. Jaden was looking at the cards he got from the card shop.
"Sweet, these cards could be useful in my deck."
"Well I didn't get anything good." Syrus said with disappointment in his voice.
"Yeah, me neither." Chumley said.
"No worries. You guys might have better luck next time. Anyway, I wonder where Andrew is. He said he should be here." Jaden said.
The slifer trio looked around until Syrus noticed their friend. "Look, there he is." Jaden and Chumley looked in the direction he was pointing at, and saw Andrew at the shack, sitting at a table along with an Obelisk blue girl.
"Huh? Who's that girl he's talking to?" Chumley asked.
"Beats me. But I think we should check it out." Jaden said as he and his friends went up to the shack and hid at the corner so they could eavesdrop the conversation. Jaden widened his eyes when the Obelisk blue girl asked Andrew a certain question. 'Yeah, that's right. Andrew haven't told me yet.'
Andrew took a deep breath before telling his story. "Okay, it all happened six weeks before the day of the entrance exams."
Flashback
Andrew was walking around in Domino City, enjoying the weather. He came to a crosswalk and saw a little girl there who was running after her ball. And to his shock, she did this completely unaware of the car approaching her. Without thinking, he lunged into the street, grabbing her shoulders and yanking her out of the way, tossing her onto the sidewalk and out of harm's way. Unfortunately, Andrew wasn't able get out of the way. The last thing he remembered before everything went black, was pain.
A few hours later
Andrew's eyes twitched and they opened. When he was fully awake, he realized he was in a hospital bed. He looked down at himself and realized he was wearing a hospital gown. He also noticed that he was wearing cast on his left leg, meaning his leg was broken. He also had bandages wrapped around his upper body, even if he can't see it through the hospital gown, he could feel it. Andrew checked his surrounding and noticed a window on the right side of the room. At the left side of his bed he saw a few medical machines, indicating blood pressure, heartbeat, and things like that. He also saw something that looked like an IV drip, and realized it was connected to him.
"Well, at least I'm still alive."
He suddenly heard the door at the corner of the room open, and the person who walked into the room was a man wearing a white coat and glasses. Even 4 years olds could tell that this person was a doctor.
"It seems you're awake now."
"Yeah, it seems like it. How long was I out?" Andrew asked.
"You've been out of it for 3 hours."
"3 hours? Well I guess I shouldn't be surprised. I was hit by a car after all. To be honest, I actually thought I was going to die?"
"Well, it's a miracle that you survived. Because the car hit you straight-on, you have a few ribs as well as your left leg broken. You also have concussion."
"Lovely." Andrew said sarcastically.
Suddenly, a nurse walked into the room.
"Sorry for disturbing you doctor, but mr and mrs Wilson would like to know if they could see their son."
The doctor nodded. "Well, I think it's okay for them to visit him since he's awake now. Right?" He said as he turned towards Andrew.
"Yes, of course. Let them in." With that said, the nurse gave his parents permission to visit him. As soon they came in, the mother ran up to Andrew and gave him a hug.
"Oh Andrew. We're so glad you're okay." She said with a concerned voice.
"Yeah. Seriously son, what you did was very reckless. You could have died." The father said with a scolding, but gentle voice.
"Sorry about that. I just couldn't help it. When I saw that car approaching that girl, my body acted by it's own. But that's just who I am; always helping other people, even if I cause some trouble for myself."
The father shook his head. "Well, what matters is that you're fine." He then turned towards the doctor." So, how long will it take for Andrew to recover."
"Well, the ribs and left leg are not seriously broken,but even so, I believe that your son will need at least six to eight weeks to recover."
This information caused Andrew to widen his eyes.
"Six to eight weeks? But if I wait that long, what about Duel Academy's entrance exams? I can't just…" He stopped at mid sentence when his mother placed a hand on his shoulder.
"I'm sorry dear, but if he say that you need that much time to recover, there's nothing we can do."
Andrew sighed in disappointment. "I guess it can't be helped."
The parents looked at him sympathetically, but then a thought crossed the father's mind.
"Oh, I almost forgot." He said as he reached into a pocket and grabbed a note which he then handed over to his son. "The girl that you saved earlier asked us to give you this."
Andrew took the note and read it.
Dear Andrew
Thank you for saving my life. I was so scared when you got hit by that car.
Your mom and dad said I could visit you when you feel better.
I hope you get better soon.
From Lily.
After reading the letter, Andrew smiled a bit. "At least it's not a total loss."
Flashback end
"...And that's the whole story."
Jenny was in awe of Andrew's story. And so were Jaden and the others. By all accounts, not many people would risk themselves to save someone like that.
"Wow. You actually did something like that? I can hardly believe it."
Andrew scratched at the back of his head while smiling sheepishly. "Well, wether people believe it or not doesn't bother me. What I care about is to help someone if necessary. So if you need some help from me, just let me know."
"I really appreciate it, thanks." Jenny suddenly had a sly look in her face. "You know what? There is something you can help me with."
"What is it?"
"As you know, it's not very long until promotion exams. And even though I'm prepared for the writing part, I could use some practice to prepare myself for the field test."
"You mean you want to duel me?"
"Yeah, that's right. After seeing your duel against Michael, I believe that dueling you could be a good practice for the promotion exams. So, how about it?"
Andrew thought about it for a moment before nodding.
"Alright then. Let's do this."
The two of them left the shack to find a clear area, where they could duel each other. Jaden was naturally grinning with interest by this.
"Come on guys, let's follow them." With that said, the slifer trio followed them.
Eventually, Andrew and Jenny found a clear area on the beach, where they could duel. Just as they activated their duel disks, they noticed Jaden and his friends showing up.
"Hi guys." Andrew called out. "I was wondering when you would show up."
"Yeah, sorry for taking so long." Jaden replied. "But at least we have arrived just in time to see you throw down."
"So did we." A voice spoke up, causing the slifer trio to turn toward its direction and saw Alexis accompanied with her two female friends Jasmine (the one with brown hair) and Mindy (the one with black hair).
"Oh, hi Alexis. What brings you girls here?"
"What do you think?" Alexis asked. "We heard that Jenny was going to challenge your friend and decided to watch this."
"That's cool." Jaden said before turning toward his friend. "Show her what you got Andrew."
The latter gave Jaden a thumbs up before drawing five cards his deck. "Are you ready?"
"Yup." Jenny said.
"Well then…"
"Let's duel!"
Andrew: 4000
Jenny: 4000
"Ladies first."
"You're too kind. But that won't make me go easy on you. First I activate the field spell The Sanctuary in the Sky." The sandy ground was replaced by a floor of clouds, and a white stone palace appeared right behind Jenny. "This field spell has the power to protect either players from battle damage when one of their fairy type monsters battles."
'A fairy deck huh.' Andrew thought.
"And now I activate the continuous spell card Valhalla, Hall of the Fallen. If I have no monsters on the field, I can special summon a fairy type monster from my hand. I choose Bountiful Artemis." A mechanical angel with large wings and a purple cape appeared. (ATK: 1600 DEF: 1700 LV: 4)
"Then I summon Meltiel, Sage of the Sky in attack mode." A woman whose body was covered in white feathers and wearing a thin orange armor appeared on the field. She also had a pair of white feathered wings on her back and a golden ring of light floating around her waist. (ATK: 1600 DEF: 1200 LV: 4) "I'll end my turn with two face downs."
"My move. I summon Elemental HERO Heat in attack mode." A new hero appeared. This one wore a fiery red, white and yellow armor, had a white and yellow mask with green eyes over his face and was quite muscular. (ATK: 1600 DEF: 1200 LV: 4)
"Sweet." Jaden exclaimed. "Another new hero."
"But he has the same attack points as those two fairies." Syrus commented
"Not exactly. Sure, he starts out with 1600 points, but thanks to his special ability he gains 200 attack points for every Elemental HERO I control, including himself." The fiery hero flexed his muscles as his power grew stronger. (ATK: 1600-1800) "Now attack her Bountiful Artemis with Burning fist." Heat ignited one of his fists and dashed towards the mechanical angel.
"Not so fast! I activate the trap card Negate Attack, and while I'm at it, I play my other trap, Solemn Wishes." Jenny announced as her two face down cards revealed themselves while one of them created a red barrier that blocked Heat's punch. And then the two fairies glowed with a golden aura.
"What's going on?" Chumley wondered.
"My two monsters has special abilities that can only be activated when a counter trap card is played, like Negate Attack. Let's start with Meltiel's ability; every time a counter trap card is activated, I gain 1000 life points." Jenny explained as the same golden aura surrounded her, increasing her life points
Jenny: 4000-5000
"And there's more, since I have The Sanctuary in the Sky on the field, she automatically destroys one card you control." The ring around Meltiel's waist glowed for a moment, and then sent out a pulse of energy that destroyed Andrew's monster.
"Aw man. Now Andrew is defenseless."
"Don't worry Sy. He can turn things around."
While the Slifiers were speaking, the Obelisk girls, minus Alexis were cheering.
"Way to go Jenny." Jasmine said
"Yeah, go get him." Mindy said.
"Now then, time to use my Artemis's ability; whenever a counter trap is activated, I get to draw a card from my deck." As Jenny drew her next card, her Solemn Wishes card was reacting. "And this move triggers the effect of my Solemn Wishes card. Every time I draw cards from my deck, I gain 500 life points."
Jenny: 5000-5500
'This is bad. Not only is she protected from battle damage, but her life points are increasing by the minute. I have to do something about her combo.' Andrew thought worriedly. "I place two cards face down and end my turn.
"Then it's my turn. And don't forget, I gain 500 life points from Solemn Wishes."
Jenny: 5500-6000
"Next I activate Pot of Greed, allowing me to draw two cards from my deck."
Jenny: 6000-6500
"And now I summon The Agent of Force - Mars." A red skinned angel wearing a red clothing and holding a double sided hammer appeared in the air. (ATK: 0 DEF: 0 LV: 3)
"Zero attack points?" Chumley asked.
"What's up with that?" Jaden asked.
"Well, I know it's something bad, that's for sure." Andrew said.
"Yup, that's right." Jenny said with a smile. "You see, The Agent of Force has an ability that only works when I have my field spell in play. As long as I have more life points than you, Mars gain attack and defense points equal to the difference." The red angel glowed with a fiery aura. (ATK: 0-2500 DEF: 0-2500) "Now Mars, attack him directly with Heavenly Hammer." The creature flew forward and was about to smash Andrew with the Hammer.
"I activate my trap, Call of the Haunted. Now I can summon a monster from my graveyard in attack mode. So say hello to my old friend Heat." The armored hero came back from the grave. (ATK: 1600-1800)
"Then I'll just have Mars destroy him instead." The said angel smashed the hero with its hammer, shattering him to pixels.
Andrew: 4000-3300
(ATK: 2500-3200 DEF: 2500-3200) "And now you're wide open."
"Guess again, cuz now when you destroyed my monster, I can activate my other trap, Hero Signal." As his trap card activated, a spotlight appeared, showing a special 'H' symbol in the sky. "Thanks to this, I can summon a level 4 or lower Elemental HERO. And I think I summon Elemental HERO Woodsman in defense mode." The green skinned wooden man crouched down in front of Andrew. (ATK: 1000 DEF: 2000 LV: 4)
"Lishus! With 2000 defense points, Andrew's monster will be able to keep the other fairies away from him."
"I admit that it wasn't a bad move, but this is far from over." Alexis said.
"Aww, I almost had you." Jenny pouted, before inserting a card into her duel disk. "Oh well. Since I can't do anything about it, I'll just end my turn with a face down."
"I draw. And since it's my standby phase, I can activate Woodsman's ability. Now I can…" Andrew was interrupted by Jenny who was wagging her finger.
"Uh uh uh. I won't let you do anything with your Woodsman, because I activate my face down card, Divine Punishment." The top of the palace unleashed a ray of light which destroyed the wooden hero. "Thanks to The Sanctuary in the Sky, I can use this card to negate an opponent's spell, trap, or monster effect and destroy it. And since Divine Punishment is a counter trap, Meltiel and Artemis's abilities activates." She explained as she drew a card and her life points increased.
Jenny: 6500-8000 (ATK: 3200-4700 DEF: 3200-4700)
"Come on." Syrus complained. "Like she didn't have enough life points already."
"Not to mention that her Agent grows even stronger." Jaden said. "But still, there's still a chance that Andrew can make a comeback."
"I don't know about that." Alexis said, getting the slifer's attention. "Don't get me wrong, Andrew may be good. But Jenny is very skilled. I know, because I've known her since we were kids. Whenever she dueled, she was able to counter almost everyone of her opponent's moves. And that makes her one of the school's strongest first year students."
"But even so, the duel is not over until the last card is played."
Andrew overlooked his hand. 'Okay, I might not be able to fusion summon a monster, but I can at least do this…'
"First I draw two cards, thanks to my Pot of Greed. And one of them is Monster Reborn, and I'll use it to bring back Heat to the field." The fiery hero came back once again. (ATK: 1600-1800) "And now I activate the spell card HERO's Bond. Since I have a hero on the field, I'm allowed to summon 2 level 4 or lower Elemental Heroes from my hand. Say hello to Elemental HERO Stratos and Elemental HERO Lady Heat." The turbine winged hero appeared on the field, along with a woman who had fiery colored hair and was wearing a suit with a color scheme similar to her armored counterpart. (ATK: 1800 DEF: 300 LV: 4) (ATK: 1300 DEF: 1000 LV: 4)
Jenny widened her eyes when she recognized one of the heroes. "Stratos. You used that HERO when you defeated Michael."
"Then you should remember one of his abilities; As soon as he's summoned to the field, I can destroy spell and trap cards up to the number of other hero monsters I control. So thanks to Heat and Lady Heat, I can destroy your Valhalla card and your field spell." Jenny watched in dismay as Stratos unleashed a cyclone, thanks to his wings, and destroyed her continuous spell, while her field spell tray popped open, causing the heavenly area disappear.
"Lishus!" Chumley cheered.
"Awesome." Syrus said. "Now Andrew can damage her life points."
"And the best part is that now her Mars loses all its extra points." As Jaden said this, the red angel fell down on its knees and felt weaker. (ATK: 4700-0 DEF: 4700-0)
"And don't forget, for every Elemental HERO on my field, my Heat grows stronger." (ATK: 1600-2200) "Now it's time to take down the fairies and clip their wings. Lady Heat, attack her Mars!" The fiery heroine conjured a fire ball in her right hand and threw it at the angel, destroying it with a bang.
Jenny: 8000-6700
"Stratos, blow away her Artemis!" The turbine winged hero unleashed another cyclone which struck the mechanical fairy.
Jenny: 6700-6500
"And now Heat, turn her Meltiel into a crisp!" Heat ignited his fist once again and struck the remaining fairy in the head with a burning blow.
Jenny: 6500-5900
Despite the loss of her monsters, Jenny was smiling. "Wow, that was impressive. You actually defeated one of my best monsters. For a moment there I thought you were finished. But you made a nice comeback."
Andrew smiled at her compliment. "Thanks. And if you liked that, get ready for this." He said as he held up the only card in his hand. "I play the spell card Mask Change."
"Sweet. He's about to summon a Masked HERO." Jaden said with excitement in his voice.
"Now Stratos, time to transform." The hero was surrounded by a whirlwind and started to glow. "Now arise, as Masked HERO Divine Wind." The monster came out of the whirlwind. But instead of the winged hero, this monster was a warrior wearing an emerald green armor with a white cape. (ATK: 2700 DEF: 1900 LV: 8)
"My Heat may lose some points, (ATK: 2200-2000) but it's worth it for my new monster here. Go, Divine Wind, attack Jenny directly with Storming Justice!" The masked hero created a powerful storm wind which almost made Jenny to fall down.
Jenny: 5900-3200
"And to end my turn, I activate Lady Heat's special ability, during my end phase, you take 200 points of damage for every Elemental HERO I have on the field." Lady Heat conjured another fire ball in her hand and threw it at the fairy duelist, scorching her a little.
Jenny: 3200-2800
"Now that's what I call crash and burn." Jaden remarked.
Jenny recovered from the attacks and drew her next card "My move."
Jenny: 2800-3300
"First I discard a monster known as Zeradias, Herald of Heaven." As she discarded her card, a creature appeared in front of her for a moment; A man with blue pants, brown boots, a red face, fully yellow eyes, a green helmet with two red horns, a red silk belt with a yellow gem, green forearm armor pieces, and two green feathery wing. He was wielding a double-bladed javelin. "By doing this, I can take a certain field spell from my deck and add it to my hand."
Andrew almost grimaced, knowing exactly which card she was referring to. "The Sanctuary in the Sky, right?"
Jenny giggled. "You got that right. So welcome back to Heaven.~" The field returned to its cloudy state. "And now I play Nova Summoner in attack mode." The monster she summoned was an orange circle with bluish wrapping, white wings and a green core." (ATK: 1400 DEF: 800 LV: 4) "Now attack his Lady Heat!" The creature's core glowed with a green light and fired a blast of energy at the said heroine, who was destroyed. This of course made Heat weaker. (ATK: 2000-1800)
Andrew: 3300-3200
"I end my turn."
"I draw. Elemental HERO Heat, attack Nova Summoner!" The fiery warrior dashed towards the flying ring and destroyed it with his burning fist."
"I activate Nova Summoner's ability, when it's destroyed in battle, I can summon a fairy type monster from my deck with up to 1500 attack points. And I choose another Nova Summoner." An exact copy of the ring creature appeared on the field. (ATK: 1400 DEF: 800 LV: 4)
"Divine Wind, attack." The green armored hero created a tornado that closed in on Nova Summoner and sliced it apart. "And since my masked hero destroyed a monster in battle, I'm allowed to draw one card from my deck." Andrew explained as he drew another card.
"But don't forget, thanks to my monster, I can summon another fairy to the field. And I think I choose one of my favorites." The monster that appeared was something much different; a centaur like creature with a white lower half. He was wearing a blue and gold armor that was decorated with white feathers, and had a green shield on one arm, and a sword on the other. But something about this monster wasn't right, and Syrus was the first one to notice it. (ATK: 1900 DEF: 1400 LV: 5)
"1900 attack points? No fair, she said she can summon a monster with up to 1500 points."
"Yeah, how was she able to summon a monster this strong?" Chumley asked.
Then to everyone's surprise, Jaden had a good idea what the reason might be. "You know what guys? I have a feeling that her field spell is behind this."
Jenny nodded after hearing what he said. "Yup, that's right. I know what I said earlier about Nova Summoner. But what I never mentioned is that if I have The Sanctuary in the Sky on the field, I'm allowed to summon Airknight Parshath instead."
"Aw man. Is it any card in her deck that has nothing to do with the field spell?"
"Relax Syrus. That monster monster only has 1900 points. Sure, it might be able to take down Andrew's Heat, but not his masked hero. He got this."
"I'm not so sure about that." Alexis commented.
"What makes you say that Alexis?"
"Because if I know Jenny as well as I think I do, then I believe that she's about to bring out her best monster."
The Slifer trio became nervous by hearing this.
"That doesn't sound good."
"I end my turn." Andrew said.
"Alright…"
Jenny: 3300-3800
"First I activate the spell card known as Card of Demise. It lets me draw until I have five cards in my hand."
Jenny: 3800-4300
Jenny looked at her cards and smirked. "Next I play Spell Absorption. As long as this card remains on the field, I gain 500 life points when a spell card is activated. Like this one for example, Monster Reincarnation. By discarding one card from my hand, I can take a monster from my graveyard and add it to my hand. I choose The Agent of Force."
Jenny: 4300-4800
"And now I summon him to the field." The red angel appeared on the field. (ATK: 0-1600 DEF: 0-1600 LV: 3)
"Um, I think Jenny have to do better than that if she want to take down Andrew's monster." Jaden commented.
"I never said that Mars is her best monster." Alexis replied.
"Really? What could be better than that monster?"
"Just wait and see."
Andrew was starting to get nervous as this went on. 'I don't know what she's up to, but it can't be good.'
"Alright, time for my Airknight Parshath to evolve."
Andrew blinked in confusion. "What do you mean 'evolve'?"
"You're about to find out. As strong as my monster may be, he can be even stronger. You see, by sacrificing my Airknight Parshath…" The said monster was suddenly shining and transformed. "I'm allowed to summon Neo-Parshath, the Sky Paladin." When the transformation was complete, it had turned into a regal humanlike figure clothed in a mass of white feathers, with a pair of wings. It wore a blue and gold armor, and also had a blue and gold shield, as well as a sword.(ATK: 2300 DEF: 2000 LV: 7)
"A monster with 2300 attack points?" Syrus asked. "That's still not enough to give her the upper hand."
"That monster must have a powerful ability." Andrew pointed out.
"You're right. And it only works with The Sanctuary in the Sky on the field. When I have more life points, he gains attack and defense points equal to the difference, just like Mars." The majestic fairy type monster glowed brightly as it grew stronger. (ATK: 2300-3900 DEF: 2000-3600) Then I equip him with the spell card Cestus Dagla." The paladin's shield was replaced by a 'D' shaped dagger.
Jenny: 4800-5300 (ATK: 3900-4400 DEF: 3600-4100) (ATK: 1600-2100)
"Thanks to this card, my monster gains 500 attack points. (ATK: 4400-4900)
"4900?" Chumley exclaimed.
"Oh boy." Jaden said.
"You got him now Jenny." Jasmine cheered.
"Yeah, take him down." Mindy Cheered.
"I hope you're ready, cuz you're about to bite the dust." Jenny said confidently
Andrew stood there and gave her a brave look. "Bring it."
"Okay, you asked for it. Neo-Parshath, attack his Heat with Celestial Judgement blade." The super powered fairy raised its sword and swung it downward, sending out an arc of golden energy which destroyed the fiery armored hero.
Andrew: 3200-100
"Oh no! Andrew's life points are almost down to zero." Syrus cried out.
"And since those points got lower, Jenny's monsters gets even stronger." Jaden said
(ATK: 4900-8000 DEF: 4100-7200) (ATK: 2100-5200)
"It's about to get worse. Because Neo-Parshath has another ability; by causing battle damage, I get to draw a card from my deck." She explained as she drew a card.
Jenny: 5300-5800 (ATK: 8000-8500 DEF: 7200-7700) (ATK: 5200-5700)
"And there's more, thanks to Cestus Dagla's effect, I gain life points equal to the battle damage you just took."
Jenny: 5800-8900 (ATK: 8500-11600 DEF: 7700-10800) (ATK: 5700-8800)
"Whoa! Their attack strengths are insane." Chumley said.
"And she hasn't attacked with Mars yet. It's over." Syrus pointed out.
"Come on Andrew! Hang in there!" Jaden called out.
"Now Agent of Force, finish him." Jenny commanded as the red angel was about to attack.
But then, a wind barrier surrounded the monster, preventing it from going anywhere. Everyone watching this were shocked, but not nearly as shocked as Jenny.
"What?! What's going on?" She asked before turning towards Andrew, who were laughing a bit. She also noticed the green armored hero glowing.
"Sorry about that, but my Divine Wind used his ability to stop your monster. As long as he remains on the field, the opponent can only attack with one monster per turn."
"Sweet. That means Andrew can still win this."
"Awesome. Way to play Andrew!" Syrus cheered.
"Well, never thought it would be this hard to defeat him." Alexis said.
Jenny was really impressed by this. "Amazing! I can't believe you're hanging in there like this. You are incredible."
Andrew scratched at the back of his head while chuckling. "Thanks. You're really good yourself. Especially after I damaged your life points, only for you to regain them, and increase them even more." He then balled up one of his hands into a fist while smirking confidently. "But even so, I won't stand down until the last life points expires."
"Then let's continue this duel. I end my turn."
Andrew drew his next card and smiled at it. "Alright, now I activate the spell card Swords of Revealing Light." Swords of light appeared at Jenny's field, surrounding her monsters.
Jenny: 8900-9400 (ATK: 11600-12100 DEF: 10800-11300) (ATK: 8800-9300)
"From now on, you can't attack for three turns. But just in case, I switch Divine Wind to defense mode and end my turn." The said monster kneeled down.
"My move."
Jenny: 9400-9900 (ATK: 12100-12600 DEF: 11300-11800) (ATK: 9300-9800)
Jenny stared at the card she drew and nodded. "Now Mars, attack his Divine Wind."
"What? How can you attack when I have my revealing light card on the field?"
"I guess I forgot to mention Mars' second ability; He's immune to all spell cards."
Andrew widened his eyes and watched the red angel bypassing the swords.
"Which means your monster is not safe from my attack." The said monster flew forward and was about crush the armored warrior with the hammer. But then, to everyone's shock, the hero grabbed the hammer and pushed Mars away.
"Nice try, but my hero has one more ability; He can't be destroyed in battle."
Jaden and his friends were relieved by this. Alexis' friends on the other hand...
"What? Are you serious?" "Come on, can't this guy just lose already?" Alexis almost sighed at their comments.
"Okay, since I can't do anything about it, I end my turn with a face down."
"My turn. I place a face down card of my own and end my turn."
Jenny: 9900-10400 (ATK: 12600-13100 DEF: 11800-12300)(ATK: 9800-10300)
Jenny smirked, deciding to deliver the finishing blow. "I reveal my face down card, Light of Judgement. This trap card lets me discard a light attribute monster in order to send a card in your hand or field to the graveyard. So there goes for your swords." The light swords surrounding her monsters were absorbed by the palace. "And now Neo-Parshath, attack his Divine Wind."
Andrew was surprised by this. "But why? My Divine Wind is in defense mode and he can't be destroyed in battle. So what's the point."
Jenny giggled. "Oh sorry. But I guess I forgot to mention this, my Paladin can cause battle damage, even if he attacks a monster in defense mode."
The fairy was about to raise its sword, but was stopped by chains that suddenly appeared and wrapped themselves around it.
"No way! Where did those chains come from?"
"I activated the trap card Fiendish Chain. This lets me choose an effect monster on the field, like your Paladin. This trap prevents it from attacking, and its abilities are negated." (ATK: 13100-2800 DEF: 11800-2000)
"Sweet. Now the only monster that can attack is Agent of Force. But Andrew's monster can't be destroyed. Way to go Andrew."
"I end my turn."
"Alright, here goes." Andrew stared at the card he draw. It was a monster card with the picture of a skeleton figure wearing a crimson red cape and a white mask with yellow eyes. It also wielded a staff made of bones with a purple orb attached to it.
"Hm." A voice hummed. Andrew was confused by hearing it. Jenny raised her eyebrow when she noticed the look in his face.
"Is something wrong?"
Andrew snapped out of his confusion and shook his head. "N-no, its nothing. I was just thinking. Anyway, I summon Phantom Magician in defense mode." The skeleton creature stood next to Divine Wind. (ATK: 600 DEF: 700 LV: 3) "And now it's your turn."
"Okay then…"
Jenny: 10400-10900 (ATK: 10300-10800)
"Agent of Force, attack his magician." The angel raised its hammer and smashed the skeleton to pieces.
"Thank you. By destroying Phantom Magician, you activated his special ability. Now I can summon a HERO monster with up to 1000 attack points from my deck to the field in defense mode. So say hello to Elemental HERO Shadow Mist." A dark portal appeared, and out of it came the dark armored heroine. (ATK: 1000 DEF: 1500 LV:4) "And since she was special summoned, I can take a 'Change' quick play spell card from my deck and add it to my hand."
'Sounds like he's planning to summon another Masked HERO.' Jenny thought. "Okay, I end my turn."
"Then it's time for me to turn this tide. I play the spell card Form Change. This spell card lets me send a HERO fusion monster I control back to my fusion deck and summon a Masked HERO with the same level but a different name." As Andrew finished his explanation, a pillar of light surrounded Divine Wind. "Now I summon Masked HERO Acid." The light faded and revealed a warrior clad in dark blue armor, with a red center that had a golden star over it. In his right hand, he carried a silver gun. (ATK: 2600 DEF: 2100 LV: 8)
Jenny: 10900-11400 (ATK: 10800-11300)
"Wow, this hero is cool." Jaden beamed.
"But he doesn't have enough attack points to destroy my fairies." Jenny replied.
"Oh but that won't be the case. Not after he used his ability. As soon as he's summoned to the field, all your spell and trap cards are destroyed."
She gasped as the hero aim his gun at her field and fired a stream of purple liquid that dissolved her cards, including the field spell.
"Lishus. Now with the field spell gone, her monsters will lose all their extra points again." (ATK: 2800-2300) (ATK: 11300-0)
"But that's not all." Andrew spoke up. "Since Acid destroyed the spell cards with his first effect, his second effect kicks in. Now all monsters you currently have on the field loses 300 attack points." Jenny turned towards her Paladin and noticed it had been hit by the stream of acid. It fell to its knees and groaned in pain. (ATK: 2300-2000)
"And now I play the spell Mask Charge. Now I can take a HERO monster along with a Change card from my graveyard and add them to my hand. I choose Woodsman and Mask Change. And I think I'll use the spell card to change Shadow Mist into a new hero." The heroine was enveloped in a pillar of dark energy. "Say hello to Masked HERO Anki." A new warrior came out of the pillar, wearing a jet black armor. (ATK: 2800 DEF: 1200 LV: 8)
"And since Shadow Mist was sent to the graveyard, I can take a HERO monster from my deck and add it to my hand. And since I haven't normal summoned this turn yet, I play my hero right now. Go, Elemental HERO Blazeman." The monster he summoned was a red armored warrior with flames upon his head. (ATK: 1200 DEF: 1800 LV: 4) "When this monster is normal or special summoned, I can add a Polymerization from my deck to hand. And I'll use it right away to fuse my Blazeman and Woodsman to form Elemental HERO Nova Master." The two heroes merged to form the red and orange armored warrior. (ATK: 2600 DEF: 2100 LV: 8)
"Wow, Andrew summoned 3 monsters with 2600 and 2800 attack points in one turn. Wicked."
"Awesome. Now he can take down those fairies."
"Yup, that's exactly what I would do."
"Masked HERO Anki, destroy her Agent of Force." Anki melted into the ground and disappeared with incredible speed. Jenny looked around, wondering where he is. But was startled when he suddenly emerged from the ground just as quickly, appearing right in front of the red angel and slashing it into pieces."
Jenny: 11400-8600
"And now Anki's ability activates. Since he destroyed a monster in battle, I'm allowed to add another Change card from my deck to my hand."
Jaden and the others were excited by this. Alexis was also impressed. But then, there is Jasmine and Mindy.
"What? Another quick play spell card?"
"That is so damn annoying."
Jenny wasn't so much pleased either.
"No way. So you can summon another hero?"
"Yes, but before that, I'm going to have Nova Master attack your Neo-Parshath." The fiery hero formed a fire ball and threw it at the weakened fairy.
Jenny: 8600-8000
"And since he destroyed a monster in battle, I draw a card." Andrew glanced at the card he drew, and smiled. "And now I attack you directly with Masked HERO Acid. Go, Acid Blast!" Jenny used her arms to shield herself as Acid let loose another shot that caused her to wince in pain.
Jenny: 8000-5400
"And now I play my second Form Change so my Acid can transform into Masked HERO Dian." Acid's body shined brightly and was then replaced by the silver armored warrior. (ATK: 2800 DEF: 3000 LV: 8)
"Now Dian, attack her directly!" Dian dashed towards Jenny and stabbed her with her sword.
Jenny: 5400-2600
Jenny rubbed her belly while groaning in pain. "That was impressive. But I'm still standing."
"Then it's a good thing that my Nova Master made me draw the card I needed to end this." Andrew replied, causing his opponent to widen her eyes.
"What? What did you drew?"
"A spell card known as…" He paused dramatically before revealing the card he held. "Flash Fusion."
Everyone were shocked, but Jenny was the most shocked person of them all.
"I can't believe it."
"But it's true. And now I can instantly summon a fusion monster by fusing the monsters I have on the field. Nova Master! Anki! Fuse together!" The two monsters jumped into the air and were sucked into a fusion vortex. "Now come forth, Elemental HERO Escuridao!" The dark armored Elemental hero came out of the vortex and landed right in front of Andrew. (ATK: 2500 DEF: 2000 LV: 8)
"And thanks to her special ability, Escuridao gains 100 attack points for every Elemental HERO in my graveyard." The spirits of Stratos, Heat, Lady Heat, Woodsman, Shadow Mist, Blazeman and Nova Master appeared before being absorbed into Escuridao's body, making her stronger. (ATK: 2500-3200)
"This duel is over. Escuridao, attack her directly with Night Claw Slash!" The warrior flew forward and slashed Jenny with her claw, forcing her down to her knees.
Jenny: 2600-0000
The holograms disappeared and Andrew was approached by his friends.
"That duel was so sweet Andrew." Jaden complimented.
"Yeah, I actually thought you were done for there." Syrus said.
"Thanks guys. To be honest, I was actually a little worried there as well. I mean, Jenny's cards were so incredibly strong."
The slifers turned towards the obelisk girls and saw Alexis and the others helping Jenny getting up. Once she was on her feet, she walked towards Andrew. When she was close enough, she stared him with a serious look for a moment, before giving a bright smile and extended her hand.
"That was a great duel. You certainly showed me what you were capable of."
Andrew accepted the handshake and smiled as well. "Thanks. You were really good yourself. I actually thought you had me there a few times." He commented, earning a giggle from Jenny.
"Well, I must say that you are more skilled than I thought." Alexis said
"Hmph, if you ask me, I think he was just lucky with the draw." Jasmine scowled.
Andrew shrugged. "Maybe I was. But there's one thing I learned ever since I started with duel monsters when I was a kid. As a duelist, you need both luck and skills. What cards you get from your deck is luck. How you use them is skill."
"You said it." Jaden replied.
"Anyway, thanks for dueling me. That made good practice for the promotion exam."
"No problem. Just let me know if you need me for something else."
"Yeah, thank you."
From a distance, an obelisk blue boy was hiding behind the bushes and watched the whole thing. He was growling because of the fact that Jenny was talking to a slifer red student.
"How dare that lowlife scum talk to my beloved Jenny. I'll make sure to get him away from her."
Phew. I'm finally done with my second chapter. And I'm actually ashamed that it took me 5 weeks to write this chapter. not to mention that this one is longer than the first. However, next chapter starts on the day of promotion exam, so writing that chapter will hopefully be easier than this one.
