42. Mental Test, Power of The Blue Eyes
Kyu left class without waiting for anyone, he knew what he wanted to do. "Seto Kaiba, you're in for it..." Kyu said to himself, marching up to the front office door.
He reached for the door knob when another hand fell on top of his. "Yah!" He screamed, pulling back his hand and looking at the person.
"Violet?" Kyu said.
"Kyu-Haru!" Violet said, embarrassed for touching his hand. "Why are you here?"
"I'm here to talk to Seto Kaiba about this Duel-Out Project." Kyu said.
"Well you aren't going to make much of a difference, already a load of students have tried to talk him out of it." Violet said.
"So why exactly are you here?" Kyu asked.
"Unlike you, I'm going to force it out of him." Violet said, holding a fist.
"Well let's go together." Kyu said.
"I would go personally, but you can come and watch." Violet said, opening the door and entering.
Kaiba sat at his desk, writing something on some papers. "Why haven't you talked to the secretary yet?" Kaiba said, looking up to see Violet. "Oh, another student, worthy enough to try and change my mind. This is getting old, get out now."
"Seto Kaiba, I despise people like you, rich boy, I should have a say in this. What you're doing is ridiculous. You're throwing out the weak just because they have problems." Violet said.
"What else is new?" Kaiba said, standing up. "You, Kyu-Haru, why are you here?"
"I'm here because I don't think is was right of you to just kick Doxx into Duelist Therapy, he's a well duelist, he can learn by self discipline." Kyu said.
"You two are foolish. What I'm doing may change how we play duel monsters, it's this frustration that goes on that stresses students out." Kaiba said. "What we need is students with a positive attitude."
"Oh like your showing much of it." Violet said, rolling her eyes.
Kaiba smiled. "Kyu, you already show a positive attitude, I don't see why you need any therapy. Violet, I've had my eye on you, you constantly rant about people you dislike..." He said.
"So, I'm just expressing my feelings, like duelist should normally do. If they are frustrated, it's a good idea to express it as a warning sign to the opponent. It's called a strategy." Violet said.
"And that strategy would be what?" Kaiba asked, crossing his arms.
"The opponent can notice they are frustrated and easily take advantage of it. Dueling is not only about playing a game, it's about the feelings expressed." Violet said.
"Kyu you've been quiet this whole time, you have anything to say?" Kaiba asked.
Kyu shook his head and Kaiba smiled. "How about one more test..." Kaiba said. "I'm more interested in how each of you duel. You two have proven yourself to be pretty much."
"What?" Kyu said.
"Kyu, you've been a winning duels non stop, even managed to defeat Quartz. And Violet you're a legend here. Combined together you two would be a heck of a duelist." Kaiba said. "So, I challenge the both of you to a duel. I will still go through the Duel-Out Project with you two, any high levels of stress then you'll be going to Duelist Therapy."
"And if we win, then you stop this project and let every duelist come back to Duelist Academy!" Violet said, raising her duel disk.
"We accept your challenge." Kyu said, holding his duel disk up.
Kaiba slipped his on and all three duelist slid their decks in, causing their duel disks to fold out, each player's life points rose to 4000.
"Duel!" All three duelist announced.
"I'll begin!" Kyu announced, drawing his first cards. "And I'll summon Seraphim Guardner in defense mode! (2000/1000). I'll then set a card face down and end my turn!"
"Draw!" Violet announced. "I know what Kaiba's cards are and I expect him to use the same tactic with the Blue Eyes..."
"Violet and Kyu are both good duelists, but they're just kids." Kaiba thought, waiting for Violet to move.
"Elemental Hero, Clayman in defense mode (2000/800)" Violet announced as a giant brute appeared on the field, crouched over and protecting itself with his arms. "Then two cards face down, my turn ends."
"You both are playing in defense, I guess you two know I'll be using my Blue Eyes White Dragons." Kaiba smirked, drawing his next card. "I'll activate this, Decent of White Dragon!"
"I've seen this similar tactic before..." Kyu thought. "Kaiba will summon his Knight of White Dragon, then sacrifice it for his Blue Eyes..."
"With this ritual magic card, I can sacrifice a monster from my hand to summon Knight of White Dragon! (1900/2000)" Kaiba announced as the knight riding dragon materialized to the field.
"Activate trap card!" Violet shouted, holding a fist. "Elemental Boundary!"
"What?" Kaiba said.
"When I have one of my heroes on the field, this trap automatically ends your turn as soon as I discard a card." Violet said, sending a card from her hand, to her graveyard slot. She smiled deviously as Kaiba's duel disk notified him that his turn was over.
"Draw!" Kyu announced, drawing his next card. "Now! I'll summon this, Seraphim Therapist in defense mode! (1000/1000)"
"Hmm a new monster..." Violet said, looking at the praying angel. Her wings expanded more than any other angel monster Kyu has played.
"This cards attack and defense increase by three hundred for each other angel-type monster on the field, and since my Seraphim Guardner is on the field, my Seraphim Therapist gains more power!" Kyu said as the angels attack points rose to 1300 and defense to 1300.
"And my Seraphim Guardner's defense points increase." Kyu said as his defending monsters defense rose to 2300.
"Also, my Seraphim Therapist has another effect, it allows me to summon another monster to the field, but it won't be able to attack during my battle phase, so, I'll summon this, Y Dragon Head! In defense mode! (1600/1500) That ends my turn!"
"My turn, draw!" Violet announced, drawing her card. "Now! I'll reveal my face down card, Clay Burst!"
"Hmm, while Kyu seems to be going on the defensive move, Violet's going in on the attacking." Kaiba said. "Good routine, but still, it has its weaknesses."
"By discarding a card from my hand, I can activate it, switching my Clayman's attack and defense points!" Violet said as its defense decreased to 800 and its attack rose to 2000. "I'll then switch my Elemental Hero, Clayman into attack position (2000/800). Destroy his Knight of White Dragon!"
The giant brute jumped into the air, body slamming the knight and its dragon. Kaiba shielded himself from the explosion of the monster as his life points reduced to 3900.
"I'll set one more card face down and end my turn." Violet announced. "That eliminates the effect of my Clay Burst."
Suddenly Clayman's attack points decreased back to 800, while its defense rose to 2000.
"Draw!" Kaiba announced, drawing his next card. "Now, I activate this, Raise Dead!"
"Already, he plans to summon his Knight so he can sacrifice it for his Blue Eyes..." Kyu said. "This move seems wasteful."
"Trust me, Kyu-Haru, this move is not so wasteful." Kaiba smiled. "When I used my Descent of White Dragon, I needed to sacrifice a monster, any monster with a level of four or higher, but I decided to go my limit."
"No!" Violet gasped, figuring it out.
"Yes! I've sacrificed my Blue Eyes White Dragon, and I bring it to the field! My Blue Eyes White Dragon! (3000/2500)" Kaiba announced as the shining blue dragon rose up from the ground, roaring at the two duelist. "Now! Destroy his Seraphim Therapist!"
The dragon opened its mouth, blasting a lightning blast at the angel woman, destroying her instantly. Kyu covered himself from the blast.
"Why didn't he attack my monster?" Violet gasped.
"You play by the oldest trick in the books." Kaiba smiled. "Obviously you wouldn't have just left your monster out in attack mode."
"Heh..." Violet said.
"This ends my turn." Kaiba announced.
"Draw..." Kyu announced, drawing his card. "Now! I sacrifice my Seraphim Guardner to summon this, KC Dragon Nails! (0/0)"
"Hmm..." Kaiba smiled as the set of mechanical wings appeared on the field.
"And I'll have them equipped to my Y Dragon Head!" Kyu announced as the two wings flew up, attaching themselves to the dragons wings. "Increasing my Y Dragon Heads attack power by five hundred! (2000/1600)"
"Y Dragon Head, attack his Blue Eyes White Dragon!" Kyu called out, pointing.
"Kyu, what are you doing?" Violet said as the dragon flew forward, its powerful jets emitting a powerful fire blast which accelerated itself forward. Suddenly the KC Dragon Nails folded out, revealing six sharp blades.
"Don't worry, Violet, I have this, activate trap card! Machinery Advent!" Kyu announced.
"What?" Kaiba gasped as the trap flipped up. The blue eyes automatically launched forward, beginning its counter attack on the machine.
"By discarding a card from my hand, Machinery Advent will double the attack of my Y Dragon Head!" Kyu said, taking a card from his hand and sending it to his graveyard holster. Suddenly Y Dragon Head's attack strength rose to 4000.
The mechanical dragon's wings sliced the Blue Eyes into pieces, causing the dragon to be destroyed. Kaiba watched as his life points dropped to 2900.
"And when Y Dragon Head deals damage to your life points, KC Dragon Nails will deal five hundred more points of damage!" Kyu said as Kaiba's life points dropped to 2400.
Kaiba smiled. "You've done good so far." He said.
"We just barely got him down to half of his life points, what is he smiling at?" Violet thought.
"Also, I've sent my own card to my graveyard, which was my Volstead, and since it was sent to the graveyard, I'm allowed to take a magic card from one of our graveyards." Kyu smiled as the card's hologram appeared to his side.
"I think it's time that I took the offensive side." Kaiba said. "With that hologram, he couldn't have taken his own magic card, it must have been my Raise Dead magic card..."
"My turn ends..." Kyu announced silently. "And the effect of my Machinery Advent wears off."
"Draw!" Violet announced, drawing her next card. Violet frowned at her hand. "I'll shift Elemental Hero, Clayman to defense mode (2000/800). Then end my turn."
"Draw..." Kaiba announced, drawing his next card and smiling. "Looks like we're in for a nice little treat."
"What's he talking about?" Kyu thought.
"Now! I activate this, Change of Heart!" Kaiba announced. "With this, I'll take control of your Elemental Hero, Clayman!"
"Why, Kyu's monster would be suited better for this..." Violet thought as her monster floated to Kaiba's side of the field.
"And then, I'll activate Cost Down, decreasing all levels of monsters in my hand by two, and I think you two already know what's coming! I sacrifice Clayman to summon my Blue Eyes White Dragon! (3000/2500)"
"Again..." Kyu said as the dragon materialized to the field.
"Blue Eyes White Dragon! Attack his Y Dragon Head now!" Kaiba announced, pointing forward. The dragon snapped at the air, then fired a lightning blast, destroying the machines added wings.
Kyu watched as his life points reduced to 3000. "KC Dragon Nails effect is activated, sacrificing itself for my Y Dragon Head..." Kyu said as the red mechanical dragon floated down.
"I'll then activate my face down card, Dragons Territorial Battle!" Kaiba announced. "This engages both our dragon monsters into battle!"
"But my Y Dragon Head is a machine-type monster so it has no affect!" Kyu said.
"It doesn't matter, your card has dragon in its name so it automatically brings it to battle!" Kaiba said as the two dragons charged.
"No!" Kyu gasped as the Blue Eyes shredded the metal dragon easily, reducing Kyu's life points down to 1500.
"Kyu..." Violet gasped.
Kaiba laughed. "You kids, you make me happy to be the type of person I am." Kaiba said. "You put up such a hard fight yet, you seem to look so astonished even when you've seen me duel tons of times."
"Err..." Violet growled, getting enough of his boasting.
CARDS PLAYED
Seraphim Guardner: Level 4 / 1000/2000/ Light / Angel / Desc: The DEF of this monster increases by 300 for each Angel-Type monster on the field.
Elemental Hero: Clayman: Level 4 / 800/2000/ Earth / Warrior
Elemental Boundary: TRAP / Desc: This card can only be activated if you have a face-up monster on the field with "Hero" in its name. When your opponent Special Summons a monster, discard 1 card from your hand, to your graveyard to end their turn automatically.
Descent of White Dragon: RITUAL MAGIC / Desc: This card is used to Ritual Summon "Knight of White Dragon". You must also offer monsters whose total level equal 4 or more a sa Sacrifice from the field or your hand.
Knight of White Dragon: Level 4 / 1900/2000/ Light / Dragon / Ritual / Desc: This monster can only be Special Summoned by the Magic Card, "Decent of White Dragon". You must also offer monsters whose total level equal 4 or more as a Sacrifice from the field or your hand. When this monster attacks a face-down defense position monster, destroy the face-down monster immediately with this card's effect without flipping it face-up or damage calculation. You can Special Summon 1 "Blue Eyes White Dragon" from your hand or deck by offering this card as a Sacrifice during your Main Phase. ("Blue Eyes White Dragon" cannot attack in this turn.)
Seraphim Therapist: Level 4 / 1000/1000/ Light / Angel / Desc: The ATK and DEF of this monster increases by 300 for each Angel-Type monster on the field. During each of your Standby Phases you may Special Summon 1 Level 4 Monster Card from your hand, to the field. The summoned monster cannot attack during your Battle Phase.
Y Dragon Head: Level 4 / 1500/1600/ Light / Machine / Union / Desc: Once per turn during your Main Phase, you may change this card to an Equip Magic Card, and Equip it on 1 of your "X Head Cannon", or remove it from being an Equip Magic Card, and place it in Face-Up Attack Position. While this card is an Equip Magic Card, increase the Equipped Monster's ATK and DEF by 400. (A monster can only have one Union Monster Equipped to it. If the Equipped Monster would be destroyed by battle, destroy this card instead.)
Clay Burst: MAGIC / Desc: Discard 1 card from your hand, to your graveyard to activate this card's effect. For the remainder of the turn, switch the DEF and ATK of any face-up "Element Hero: Clayman" on the field. When any "Element Hero: Clayman" destroys a Defense Positioned monster, deal damage to your opponent's Life Points equal to the difference of this card's ATK and the opponent's monster's DEF.
Raise Dead: MAGIC / Desc: Special summon 1 Monster Card from either you or your opponent's Graveyard onto the field in face up Defense or Attack Position.
Blue Eyes White Dragon: Level 8 / 3000/2500/ Light / Dragon.
KC Dragon Nails: Level 6 / 0/0/ Light / Machine / Union / Desc: This card can only be equipped to "Y Dragon Head". Increase the equipped monster's ATK by 500. Each time the equipped monster deals Battle Damage, inflict 500 worth of damage to your opponent's life points. When the equipped monster is destroyed due to battle, send this monster to the graveyard instead.
Machinery Advent: TRAP / Desc: When one of your face-up Level 4 or lower Machine-type monsters on the field engages with a Level 6 or higher monster, you can discard 1 card from your hand to double the selected monsters ATK.
Change of Heart: MAGIC / Desc: Take control of 1 monster on your opponents side of the field for the remainder of the turn.
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.
Dragons Territorial Battle: MAGIC / Desc: Engage two monsters with "Dragon" in it's name in battle (This effect does not put your in your Battle Phase).