7. Hide's Warrior Deck!

Hide walked down the halls, humming to himself. He had an early night sleep and woke up before most students. "It's a great day today!" He said to himself, arriving into the cafeteria where the early morning students sat around until breakfast arrived.

"Hide! Have you seen my hair dryer?!" A voice sprouted, interrupting Hide's moment of peacefulness.

Kyu stood at the top of the balcony, only wearing a towel. He was dripping wet from the shower. Hide began to droop his head and turned around. "You sent it to the wash, remember?" Hide said.

"Oh yeah!" Kyu said running off.

Hide felt embarrassed as all the other Obelisk Blue students looked at him weirdly. "Kyu..." Hide grumbled, walking off.

A while later, Kyu came back yawning loudly, feeling refreshed. "Alright! Bring on the grub!" Kyu announced, sliding down the railing of the stairs.

"Quiet drop out boy!" A boy hollered, trying to read his book.

"Sorry!" Kyu hollered back.

"Umm, Kyu..." Hide said, tapping his shoulder.

"What is it Hide? Isn't today just great! I feel like I could just do anything!" Kyu said, doing cartwheels around Hide.

"Never mind!" Hide said, chuckling.

"Come on! Let's get in line so we'll be first to get some food!" Kyu said.

"That's ok, I've prepared my own lunch today." Hide said. "If you can catch up, I'm going to eat outside."

"Alright, I'll meetcha there!" Kyu said.

Hide sat on top of a boulder, imbedded into the ground. Doxx hung around, leaning against it. "I just feel like he causes the most problems, and I get the end of it all." Hide said.

"Then why don't you just tell him?" Doxx asked.

"He's the only best friend I have, I can't just push him down." Hide said. "Maybe it's just me and I'm too insecure about my reputation here as an honor student."

"Hey are you going to eat that?" Doxx said, pointing at the last pockey in his pockey box.

"Huh oh no, here." Hide said, giving the pockey to Doxx.

"So have you been in any duels lately?" Doxx asked.

"Not yet." Hide said.

"What? Not yet?!" Doxx said, surprised.

"I just don't' have time. I need to study for exams!" Hide said.

"Exams are four months away! You have plenty of time to just fool around!" Doxx said. "It's what's being a student here is all about. For free time we duel."

"I'm just not cut for being in such a high duel rank." Hide said.

"You don't need to worry about that. You progress into being a high ranked duelist. I've sure lost many times, but not because I doubted myself, it's because I was just doing it for fun." Doxx said. "You just need to relax, that's all it takes."

"Just relax..." Hide said, looking into the sky. "I'm gonna go find Kyu!"

"Ok, see ya." Doxx said as Hide ran off back inside.

Kyu came walking out cheerfully with his tray when suddenly Hide ran into him. "Bwuaaah!" Kyu wailed as he fell backwards, dumping his food on the ground. "Ahh! My food!"

"Come on Kyu! Let's go find me a duelist to duel!" Hide said excited, dragging him.

Kyu and Hide looked around in the Obelisk Blue cafeteria. "Hmmm, err... They all look too strong!" Hide whined.

"Then why don't we try another Dormitory, like Osiris Red." Kyu suggested.

"Awesome idea!" Hide said.

In a matter of minutes, they arrived into the Osiris Red dormitory. it was a nice open area with old houses which was near the beach. "Wow, they have a better view than us." Kyu said, looking over the cliff into the ocean.

"Hey, Obelisk Blue Students. What do you think you're doing in our turf." A voice called out.

Hide whizzed around, seeing Asakawa, one of the higher ranked duelist in the Osiris Red Dormitory. "Ah ha!" Hide said.

"We're just looking for someone to duel." Kyu said.

"A duel?" Asakawa said. "Obelisk Blue students are more likely to be worried about exams than to duel."

"That's not true!" Kyu said.

Hide felt nervous, knowing himself that he was worried with exams already. "So whose our lucky victim?" Asakawa asked.

"I am!" Hide said, standing forward.

Suddenly Asakawa burst out laughing. "Aren't you Hide, the smarts of the Obelisk Blue?" Asakawa said. "Even a beginner Osiris Red can defeat you, due to your lack of Duel Ranking. I've read every single stat on ever student, even you Kyu-Haru"

"Just duel him already!" Kyu said.

Hide felt bad now, he didn't want to duel anymore, but Kyu expected him to duel anyway. Hide sighed. "Ok..." Hide said as his Duel Disk folded out.

Asakawa cooly loaded up his deck and folded out his Duel Disk. "Duel!" They announced.

"Draw!" Asakawa announced. "Now! I activate Cost Down! With this, I can discard a card from my hand to lower all monster levels in my hand by two levels!"

"Alreayd I'm in trouble!" Hide said in shock.

"Now! I summon Total Defense Shogun!" Asakawa announced as the warrior materialized onto the field. "it instantly moves itself into defense position. Also, I can attack while it's in defense position. Next I'll set a card face down and end my turn."

"Draw..." Hide announced, nervously. "I'll summon Light Bearings (1900/200)"

"Heh, weak monster. Do you play me as a fool?" Asakawa teased.

"Umm... no..." Hide said, looking away and poking his fingers together.

"Come on Hide! He doesn't stand a chance!" Kyu cheered.

"Turn end..." Hide announced.

"Hide has a full hand yet he's ending his turn now?" Kyu said in confusion.

"Draw!" Asakawa announced. "Now! I summon Captain of General Offense! (1800/1000)"

Suddenly a armored warrior appeared on the field, wielding a sword and shield. "Oh no!" Kyu said.

"Captain of General Offense increases all my Warrior type monster's by five hundred attacks points." Asakawa said with a smile as his Total Defense Shogun's attack power rose to 2050. "Now! Total Defense Shogun, attack and destroy his Light Bearings!"

The shogun whipped out it's gigantic sword, slashing it down on the white armored warrior and destroying it. Hide's eyes widened as his life points dropped to 3850. "Now! Captain of General Offense, attack his life points directly!"

The captain charged forward, slashing his sword down on Hide. Hide screamed, falling backwards as his life points reduced to 2050.

"Come on Hide! Get up! You cans till take a lead! Just focus!" Kyu cheered.

"Just focus..." Hide said to himself, getting up.

"My turn ends." Asakawa announced.

"Draw!" Hide announced, drawing his card. Hide was in shock, seeing he had great cards yet he never bothered to use them.

Hide's frown turned into a determined look, holding up a card. "Now! I summon Fiend Megacyber! (2200/1200)" Hide announced as the yellow armored warrior materialized to the field.

"What?! But that's a level five monster!" Asakawa said in shock.

"Yes, but it's special ability allows me to special summon it to the field when you have two or more monsters than I have!" Hide said, smiling with victory. "Now! Fiend Megacyber, attack and destroy his Captain of General Defense!"

The warrior charged at the captain, taking him down with one fist. Asakawa looked shocked as his life points reduced to 3600.

"I'll then set a card face down and end my turn!" Hide announced.

"Wow, he just sparked up with confidence!" Kyu thought, surprised.

"What happened to me?" Hide said to himself, looking at his hands. "Something came over me and caused me to do some damage!"

"You won't last for long!" Asakawa yelled, drawing his next card.

"I guess my view of Kyu was wrong..." Hide said, looking over to Kyu who gave him a thumbs up.

Asakawa smiled. "Now! I activate this, Devil's Axe which increases my Total Defense Shogun's attack power by one thousand! (2550/2500)" Asakawa announced. "Now! Destroy his Fiend Megacyber!"

The shogun stepped forward, slashing the warrior in half with his giant blade. The pieces of the warrior hit Hide. Hide blocked himself as his life points reduced to 1700.

"Finally! I'll activate this trap card, United Artillery!" Asakawa announced as his trap card flipped up. "This trap card reduces my Total Defense Shogun's attack power by one thousand, but it gives me the benefit of performing another Battle Phase!"

"No!" Hide said in shock.

"Total Defense Shogun! Attack his life points directly! (1550/2500)" Asakawa announced, pointing at him.

The shogun slashed out it's huge blade once again, slashing it across Hide's stomach. Hide gasped, grabbing his stomach and falling to his knees.

"Don't give in Hide! You know you're the better duelist! Just don't give up!" Kyu cheered.

Hide's life points reduced to 700. "Ugh... This is too hard..." Hide said. "I can't go on..."

"Don't doubt yourself!" Kyu said. "Just think... What would I do?"

"What would you do?" Hide said. "Just go crazy..."

"What?" Kyu asked.

"Your attitude toward this school, it bothers me and I just wish for one day, you'd be serious about this instead of joking all around." Hide said.

"Awww how sweet, a little friend problem. Shut up and get this duel going!" Asakawa demanded.

"Hide, why didn't you tell me. If you wanted me to just lower my feelings just say so." Kyu smiled. "I'll calm down. It's just that I'm so pumped full of energy."

"Or maybe it's me, being the depressing one." Hide said, standing up.

"Don't say that!" Kyu yelled. "Right now you're in a predicament, I would do nothing to joke around when my best friend is dueling!"

"You're right..." Hide said, thinking about the other day when Quartz and Kyu was dueling. Kyu had faith in winning and never gave up.

Hide then put back his determined look and drew his next card. "Ah! One of my best cards!" Hide said happily.

"That's it Hide! Show him how not nerdy you are!" Kyu said.

"Now! I summon this, Iron Knight, Gearfried! (1800/1600)" Hide announced as the warrior appeared on the field.

"Heh, what's that going to do?" Asakawa teased.

Hide smiled. "You don't know anything about this warrior huh? And you think you're an expert on warrior type monsters!" Hide said. "This warrior contains a secret, just look beneath the armor!"

"Huh?" Asakawa said.

"Now! I activate this, Remove Restraints!" Hide announced, placing the magic card in play.

"What is that?" Kyu said in shock as Iron Knight, Gearfried began to glow.

"This magic card transform Gearfried into his hidden form, removing his armor!" Hide said as the armor dissolved, revealing a human. "Sword Master, Naked Gearfried (2600/2300)"

"Ha! You'll never win with that monster, you've barely touched my life points so far." Asakawa laughed.

"let me show you my face down card!" Hide announced as his trap card flipped up. "Collected Power! This trap card moves all equip magic cards to my Naked Gearfried!"

Suddenly the devil's axe which Total Defense Shogun was holding magically appeared in Naked Gearfried's hands, increasing his attack points to 3600. "Hmm, So you still won't touch my life points, plus, I've got more cards which to take down that thing."

"Ha!" Hide laughed. "You're a fool! Now! Sword Master Naked Gearfried's special ability it activated! Once it gets equipped with a magic card, it allows me to destroy one monster on the field!"

Suddenly Total Defense Shogun disappeared. "No!" Asakawa said in shock, knowing on hit from that swordsman would cause him to lose the duel.

"Wow! Good strategizing, Hide!" Kyu said.

"Now! Naked Gearfried, attack his life points directly!" Hide announced, pointing at Asakawa. The warrior slashed the devil's axe across Asakawa's chest, causing him to fall over, reducing his life points to 0.

"Yeah I won!" Hide cheered.

Hide turned around, facing Kyu and gave him a high five. "My first duel here and I won!" Hide cheered.

"Great duel!" Kyu said. "Let's go now, I'm starving!"

"Ok!" Hide nodded, still excited about the duel.

The two duelist headed back to there dormitory. Quartz and Kyu passed each other, eyes meeting. "Hi." Kyu said as he passed him. Quartz turned the corner and growled, clenching his fist.

"The time will come... Soon he will be expelled and I'll be the head leading duelist here." Quartz growled.

Winning the duel against Quartz lead Kyu in a high rank in only one day. Kyu was starting to get admired by students of his dormitory and even from Osiris Red.

"Heh, all this fame is boring." Kyu said.

"How can you say it's boring? Doesn't everyone usually want to be famous?" Hide asked.

"I guess, but I just don't see any fun in it." Kyu replied. "Heh heh! But I guess it does attract a lot of girls!"

Suddenly an intercom began to ring. "Ryou Hide please report to Seto Kaiba's office." The voice said.

"Ryou Hide? Isn't that you?" Kyu said.

Suddenly Hide tensed up and nodded nervously. "I wonder what Master Kaiba wants..." Hide said, turning.

"Let's see!" Kyu said, turning around.

"But they called for me..." Hide said.

"What's the harm of me joining? Maybe Seto Kaiba will give us rare cards!" Kyu laughed as they marched toward Kaiba's office.

Two security guards were guarding the front door to Kaiba's office. Hide came up with Kyu behind him. "Master Kaiba has been expecting you." The guard said, letting him in.

Kyu followed Hide but then another Security guard stopped him. "No one said anything about you." He said, grabbing his shoulder.

"Hey! Let go!" Kyu yelled.

"let him in, Isona." Kaiba said.

Kyu snatched his shoulder from Isona's grasped and entered, shutting the door behind him. Suddenly Hide began to shake. "I'm sorry Master Kaiba! We didn't mean to go into Osiris Red territory and bother the students!" Hide screamed.

"Don't worry about that." Kaiba said. "I want to notify you that a new student will be joining Obelisk Blue."

"Huh? Then why are you telling us this?" Kyu asked in shock.

"Is this a friend?" Kaiba asked.

"This is Kyu-Haru, he's my roommate." Hide said nervously.

"Good. I meant to call both of you but I couldn't locate your name." Kaiba said. "Well, this new student will be rooming with you two, treat this new student with respect."

"No problem sir!" Kyu said, excitedly. "Wow this is amazing! I wonder if he has a lot of rare cards! He's probably an awesome duelist. Where is he from?"

"She's from America." Kaiba said.

"She?!" Hide and Kyu said in shock.

"Are you sure moving a girl into our room is an ok idea? I mean they don't usually pair up guys with girls in a room!" Hide said in shock.

"I know, but I have a quick schedule on my hands and I have no time for more room sorting." Kaiba said. "So I've chosen you two to make her feel welcomed."

"What's her name?" Kyu asked.

"Her name is Yukie Ishikawa" Kaiba said. "There's already an extra bed in your room. You two are excused."

Kyu and Hide left the office and headed back to their room. "I wonder what she's like." Kyu said. "I hope she's not too into her make up, it's just sad to see so many Obelisk Blue girls overwhelm their faces with these products"

Hide laughed. "I hope she's smart!" Hide said.

"Well she's gotta be if she's moving here into Obelisk Blue." Kyu said. "I want to see what kind of deck she carries. Once she get's here, I'm going to challenge her to a duel!"

"Isn't that too much for her? I mean if she loses, she'll have a bad perspective here and she'll hate us!" Hide said.

"Just to test her personality. But even if she does end up hating us, we'll still treat her with care." Kyu said, as they headed into their room for the night.

CARDS PLAYED

Cost Down: MAGIC / Desc: Discard 1 card from your hand to reduce all monsters in your hand by 2 Levels for the rest of the turn.

Total Defense Shogun: Level 6 / 1550/2500/ Light / Warrior / Desc: When this card is successfully Normal Summoned or Flip Summoned, change it to Defense Position. This card can attack while it is in defense Position. (Damage Calculation is Applied Normally)

Light Bearings: Level 4 / 1900/200/ Light / Warrior / Desc: This card's ATK is reduced by 100 for each Dark-Type monster face up on the field.

Captain of General Offense: Level 4 / 1800/1000/ Light / Warrior / Desc: As long as this card remains face up on the field, increase all face up Warrior type monsters on your side of the field by 500 ATK except for this card.

Fiend Megacyber: Level 5 / 2200/1200/ Dark / Warrior / Desc: If your opponent has 2 or more monsters than you do on the field, you can Special Summon this card to the field.

Devil's Axe: EQUIP MAGIC / Desc: The monster equipped with this card gains 1000 ATK. If the equipped monster is destroyed, you may Sacrifice 1 monster on your side of the field to put this card on top of your deck.

United Artillery: TRAP / Desc: Decrease all face up monsters on your side of the field by 1000 ATK for the remainder of the turn. You may perform another Battle Phase.

Iron Knight, Gearfried: Level 4 / 1800/1600/ Earth / Warrior / Desc: Any Equip Card this card is equipped with is automatically destroyed.

Remove Restraints: MAGIC / Desc: Sacrifice 1 face up "Iron Knight, Gearfried" to Special Summon 1 "Naked Gearfried" from your deck, to the field.

Sword Master, Naked Gearfried: Level 8 / 2600/2300/ Light / Warrior / Desc: This card can't be Normal Summoned. This card can only be Special Summoned by the effect of "Remove Restraints". Whenever an Equipment card is Equipped on this card, destroy 1 Monster on your opponent's Field.

Collected Power: TRAP / Desc: Select 1 face-up monster on the field. Equip this monster with all face-up Equip Magic Cards on the field. If the target of the Equip Magic Cards is not correct, destroy the Equip Magic Card.