Twenty-nine and zero was the record so far. Clovis had yet to meet his match within the school, though he had yet to face anyone that was in the Obelisk branch. The Obelisk were so high and mighty that they wouldn't even face anyone a rank lower than themselfs. The record he had going was starting to catch the eye of a few higher ups though. A female by the name of Alexis had been watching a few of his matches, though she didn't say much to Clovis, she was friends with Jaden. Jaden and Clovis hung out every now and then, but had yet to face.
Clovis' soaked in the sunlight on a rock that sat of the beach. The ocean waves soothed him and made him forget about his anger with the denies from the Obelisk Blue members he had challenged. He sat up and took off his yellow sleeveless jacket and just laid there in his white t-shirt. Hearing foot steps he turned his head to see who it was. It was one of the female Obelisks.
Brown hair and eyes. About a head shorter than Clovis, she was a beauty, physically. Clovis sat up just in time and she kicked sand at where his face was at a moment ago. He looked at her face and seen that she was angered about something. He had no clue to why that was.
"I have heard that you've been around the girls dorm!" she yelled and without waiting for a reply she continued. "At night at that! I should report you to the principle!"
"What are you talking about?" Clovis asked, "Yes I've been around there looking to see if an Obelisk woman would at least duel me, but not at night. You have the wrong person. If it was that bad, why didn't you just go right to the principle?"
She didn't know how to answer. "Well. I had to see if it really was you. A male has been sighted on a few occasions at night, looking for something. For the past few days you had been sighted walking around there, so we put two and two together. I apologize" It didn't make much sense to why they thought it was him, but the reason was good enough for him.
"Apologize accepted." He said laying back down, "Does this mean that I can duel you now?"
"You want to duel? How about another time, when you have earned it blonde." she said walking away. It was rude of her to not even say her name, Obelisk Blue or not.
He wasn't sure how long he had laid there before Jaden came, but Clovis had already forgotten the fifth denial from an Obelisk Blue student. Jaden and Syrus ran out into the water and started to splash around. About and hour before night time Clovis sat up grabbing his jacket and started his way back to the Ra dorms.
Jaden, drying himself off, followed. As they came to the Slifer dorm a person stepped up to Clovis. Long brown hair that hung over his eyes making them unable to be seem, he wore a red jacket. He pointed at the Ra duelist.
"Clovis! Your reign ends today!" he spoke in a high pitched voice, sounding like whistle. "Now with these people to watch they will see that I belong in your spot and you in mine. My talent is far better than yours yet you managed to get into Ra your first try. I'll show the higher up where they went wrong now!"
It wasn't until after Clovis was about to ask what 'people to watch' he was talking about that he noticed that a number of class mates surrounded them. Jaden seemed a bit shocked as well. Most of the people around had on red or yellow, but there were two that had on blue. Alexis and s tall guy with blue hair and more of a white outfit. The man with blue hair had his arms crossed on his chest.
"Well why not, you'll be victim thirty." he said as he reached to his right side and stopped himself like always. He had yet to even look at the deck since he had found out that it was illegal, still he reached for it. "In front of all of these witnesses I'll show my worth." Perhaps then I'll be able to face an Obelisk.
Placing his left deck in the proper slot on the glove, Clovis turned it on. Jaden gave him a thumbs up, knowing each others skills as they watched each others matches. The person with long hair drew six cards, he was going first. He placed four cards in the magic zone and a creature in defense position. He gave a nod signifying that his turn was over.
"My turn." Clovis said as he drew his card. A Sangan, a Solemn Wishes, a Fairy Meteor Crush, a Gemini Elf, and a Axe of Despair were now in his hand. "I'll play Gemini Elf in attack position! I'll equip Axe of Despair and Fairy Meteor Crush onto Gemini elf and attack!"
The two shattered the multi-eyed creature that the person had played. The boy smiled. "The effect of Big Eye is that, when flipped I can look at the top five cards on my deck and arrange them in any order I wish, your attack forced him to flip. I thank you." he took a minute and looked and moved a few of the five cards then put them back. "Now I'll play a face down trap card, Magical Thorn! Five hundred life point damage is done to my opponent per card discarded to the graveyard but the effect of a spell, trap, or effect monster." Clovis knew that there was more to what he was going to do and he was right. "I'll also play Michizure, when a monster is sent to the graveyard from my side of the field, like Big Eye, I get to destroy one of your monsters."
Clovis' turn had been a waist, he fell right into the trap. Not only did his opponent get to know the next five cards, he gotten rid of a strong creature while he was at it. Nothing went right that turn and my opponent still have two cards face down, I wonder what they are. There was one move that Clovis could still make. He placed a card face down on the magic zone.
"I end my turn."
"I'll draw." he said and then pulled out his card from the deck area. "I'll play another card face down and end my turn."
No creatures was the first thing noted by everyone. Something it not right about this. "Before you end your turn I'll play my face down Solemn Wishes. Now its my turn." Clovis said drawing his card. 4500. "I'll play Maha Vailo. Attack Maha for fifteen thousand fifty damage!"
"I play Enchanted Javelin, one of the cards I played a few turns ago. When my opponent monster attacks I get to increase my life points by the attacking monsters attack points." his life points lifted up to 5550 just before Maha Vailo's attack struck him making it drop back down to 4000.
"My turn is ended."
"Good. I draw!" he smiled at the card. "I'll play a creature in face down defense position and end my turn."
Clovis drew his card and his life points went up to 5000. "I'll play Mataza the Zapper in attack position and have Maha Vailo attack your face down creature." his opponent flipped the card to show a Mask of Darkness before sending it to the graveyard. "Mask of Darkness, when flipped you get a trap card back from the graveyard. Too bad it's four hundred defense isn't enough to hold against Maha's attack. Now that the creature is out of the way, Mataza two attacks to my opponents life points!"
"Just a moment." The long haired challenger yelled out, "I'll play my one of my face downs, Michizure! You remember, a creature is destroyed. There will be no direct attack for Mataza the Zapper."
"Then my turn is ended." Clovis said again.
"Do you see yet why I should be in Ra and not you? Mr. twenty nine and zero well today you'll be known as twenty nine and one." He drew his card. "I'll put another card face down and end my turn."
Clovis drew his card. 5500. "I'll pay Graceful Charity. Letting me draw three cards to my hand, but have to discard two from my hand. Because of this I gain more life points from Solemn Wishes. Five hundred as you know." 6000.
"Oh, but did you forget my continuous trap card I played earlier? Magical Thorn! Five hundred life point damage is done to my opponent per card discarded to the graveyard but the effect of a spell, trap, or effect monster. Well Graceful Charity makes you discard two cards, so you loose one thousand life points." 5000.
"It seems I did forget, that wont happen again. Now I'll play another Axe of Despair and equip it to Maha Vailo, bringing his attack power to three thousand fifty, attack directly!"
"Once again I'm ahead of you, Clovis. I'll play the face down I just placed last turn, Negate Attack."
"My turn is ended." Clovis said yet again.
Clovis' opponent drew and pulled out the other card in his hand not caring about what he drew. "I'll play Eternal Rest, it destroys all monsters with equip cards equipped to them. This means I'm free to play Seven Colored Fish. And eighteen hundred attack power creature. Attack!"
Clovis crossed his arms as if to block an attack. 3200. What's going on here? He's a step ahead of my every move! How is he able to do this? Clovis was worried, this battle was tougher than he thought it would be.
"Hey Sy', this is the hardest I've ever seen Clovis struggle." Jaden said placing his towel over his shoulders. "His opponent is really good."
"You said it. I would have thought that by now Clovis would have at least dropped his opponent below four thousand. I wonder why Clovis' opponent is in Slifer and not Ra."
"Me too, buddy."
Clovis drew his card as his life points lifted back to 3700. "I'll play a monster in face down defensive mode. I'll also put the last card in my hand face down in the magic zone. Go."
"I'll draw a card." He said and smiled at it.
"Now I'll play my face down card, another Solemn Wishes." Clovis announced before his opponent could play a card.
"That's fine, now I'll end my turn." his face was bright with joy.
"He's not going to attack." Clovis whispered to himself. Something is wrong. Clovis lifted his voice after he drew his card and gain life points from both solemn wishes. 4700. "I'll play another Gemini Elf! Now my nineteen hundred attack power creature, kill the seven colored fish!" like what happened to all other monsters when they get destroyed the fish shattered. His opponent was now at 3900 life points. "I end my turn."
"I'll draw my card and then play a creature." he said and threw it across the field. Clovis wasn't the only one confused by his actions, the crowed was too. Clovis caught the card and looked at it. "It's called Lava Golem this creature is different from the others, he's summoned onto my opponents side of the field, but offering two monsters on my opponents side of the field as a tribute. Every turn, during your stand by phase, one thousand damage is inflicted to your life points. Lava Golem attack power is three thousand, but I'm not worried about that. I end my turn."
"I'll draw and gain my thousand from the two Solemn Wishes and now I lose one thousand because of Lava Golem. Seeing how Lava Golem is on my side if the field I control him. Lava Golem attack directly!" Clovis commanded.
"I'll play the last of the first for face downs I played at the beginning of the game, Nightmare Wheel! I select one monster on the field, as long as that card is face up the selected monster cannot attack or change battle position except my the effect of a spell, trap, or effect monster card. This card also inflicts five hundred points of direct damage to my opponent's life points on my standby phase. That creature will be Lava Golem. This is why I'm supposed to be Ra, not you! This is my talent!"
"Seeing how Lava Golem can't attack, I'll play a creature in face down defense mode. I end my turn."
The boy drew his card. "You loose five hundred then, I'll end my turn." 4200
"I'm sorry about this Zane, this isn't what I thought would happen." Alexis said watching Clovis as he was losing even though he had higher life points than his opponent. "This Clovis has had over twenty wins without losing, I thought you would have liked to see him in action. I guess we picked the wrong match to come to. I know his opponent invited us to come see Clovis' defeat, but I thought Clovis was going to win. Looks like I'm wrong, he has been on the defensive since his opponents second turn."
"You're right Alexis, He has been on the defensive since the second turn of his opponent. Why do you think that is? I don't think it's because Clovis' opponent is a good duelist. I think he knows his opponent too well to lose. If you noticed, all of his moves have been at Clovis' weaknesses. Very odd for that to happen, unless the deck was made just to do that." Zane gave a slight pause. "Clovis has an equipment deck, which he hasn't been given enough of a chance to use them to there full potential, that's because he wasn't ever meant to. Let us hope Clovis has a few things his opponent doesn't know about."
Clovis' life points lifted right before they dropped down as if never gaining any. Clovis did manage to draw what he needed. "I'll play a creature face down in defense position and end my turn." With the five hundred from the Nightmare Wheel I'm slowly losing, unless I can get my third Solemn Wishes.
The cards he drew was the one he placed face down after Clovis took five hundred life points. 3700. "Your turn, now."
Clovis drew his card. "This will work." he said aloud. "I'll flip the face down creature that I played last turn, Man Eater Bug. When flipped I get to destroy a creature on the field."
"Fine, my face down is destroyed." He said as his hand grabbed the one he had on his side of the field.
"No." Clovis said. The crowed gave a sound of confusion. "I'm destroying Lava Golem. Then I'll flip my other face down creature face up, Maha Vailo! I'll equip him with the card I just drew, my third Axe of Despair. Maha Vailo attack!"
A metal creature was flipped but with 400 defense was destroyed. "That was a Slate Warrior, whatever creature destroys it loses five hundred attack and defense."
"That's no problem, Man Eater Bug attack directly!" 3450. "I end my turn."
He drew his card and his face brightened again. "Perfect timing. I play, once again, Lava Golem! And I'll place two card face down in the spell zone. I end my turn" he said throwing his Lava Golem to Clovis.
"I draw." Clovis said bluntly. The Lava Golem was getting to him. Every time he would set himself up. "Now–!"
"I play another Nightmare Wheel! On Lava Golem, like the last time." His smile was from ear to ear. "Continue."
"I'll play Dian keto the Cure Master. I gain one thousand Life points" 4700. "I end my turn.
"You wont win." He said drawing his card, and watching Clovis' life points drop to 4200. "I've seen you play twenty nine games! You've never played a creature over level four, you wont be able to use Lava Golem as a tribute. Give up!" Clovis didn't say anything. "Fine I play Bazoo the Soul Eater and end my turn."
Bazoo a sixteen hundred attack power creature with an effect. For every monster you remove from your graveyard out of play his power increases by three hundred until the opponents turn. Only three monsters can be removed as a max. Clovis remembered the effect from back home.
Clovis drew his card and smirked. "You're wrong. I have two monsters over the level of four in my deck. I just never need to play them in my other matches, or didn't draw them. Now I will use one of them. I'll tribute Lava Golem for, Jinzo!"
A gasp shot out in the crowed. The Lava Golem was destroyed, that's what mattered to Clovis right now. Everyone knew the effect of Jinzo, he was a very powerful card. As long as Jinzo remained face up, all trap cards cannot be activated. While the effects of all face-up trap cards are negated.
"Jinzo, attack Bazoo!" with an electronic ball the baboon monster shattered. Clovis' opponent was now at 2650. "Your turn."
"I draw. Yes very nice, I'll play monster reborn to bring back Bazoo, then I'll tribute him for Kaiser Glider, a twenty four hundred attack power creature. He'll attack your Jinzo!" the two monsters collided when the smoke passed Kaiser Glider was still there.
"What!" Clovis yelled out in shock. "Both creatures should be dead they had equal attack power!"
"Kaiser Glider's effect says different. He can't be destroyed by a creature with the same attack power as himself. Yours can though. I end my turn."
"Alright, I draw." 5200. "I got the right card to end this. I'll play, Cyber-Stein." a Frankenstein looking creature came up from the hologram.
"A seven hundred attack power creature? That creature is going to end this duel?" He person question.
"Yes, for the cost of five thousand life points, I can bring a fusion monster I own to the field. I'll being The Last Warrior From Another Planet. All creatures on my side of the field are destroyed, but neither of us can summon a creature to the field. Your turn." 200
He drew a card. "I end my turn."
Clovis drew 1200. "I'll attack and end my turn." His opponent's life points dropped to 300.
He drew again. "I lost." he said. "I can't win."
The holograms turned off. Clovis placed his deck back into his box. His opponent fell to his knees and pounded the ground. There was nothing that could be done. Thirty and O. As he started to walk away Alexis yelled out for Clovis.
"Clovis where are you going?" she called out walking toward him.
"I'm going back to my dorm." He said stopped and turned to talk to her.
"Aren't you going to help him out?" she asked, when Clovis just looked at the person she changed the question. "Clovis I think I have someone here who wants to meet you. His name is Zane."
Clovis looked up to the face of the blue haired duelist. The person didn't smile, neither did. He reached out his hand though. Clovis looked at it for a moment then shook it.
"Zane. I know that name." then it clicked. "You're the schools top duelist! What are you doing here?"
"I was watching your match, you are impressive. Perhaps one day we'll face." Zane said as he walked away. Clovis then remembered to lift his jaw.
"Nice job, man!" Jaden said slapping Clovis on the back. "I thought you were going to lose for a little while."
"Hey Clovis." Alexis said looking back at the person on there knees. "I'm going to talk to the principle and see if we can get you tested into Obelisk. In the mean time, I'm sure you'll be able to get some Obelisks as fights now. Thirty is a good record for someone who just joined the school." I've never seen Zane shake anyone's hands before, he must have been really impressed.