Chapter 20, Advantage Alexis.
Inside the school sports hall Robin and Alexis was playing tennis against each other, Alexis was currently winning 4 games to 3 all she had to do was win one more game.
It was Robin's turn to serve and he hit the ball as hard as he could hoping that Alexis wouldn't be fast enough to stop it, Alexis had to dive in order to stop the ball and sent it back to Robin.
Though Robin could hit the ball faster and harder than Alexis could she was much more skilled and had both precision and technique on her side, the two continued to play and although they both had some close calls Alexis ultimately won when Robin missed what would have been an easy hit for her.
They was both breathing deeply as they sat down to regain their energy, "Good game, I had no idea you was this good" said Robin, Alexis grinned "I used to play all the time before coming to the academy, it's nice to have someone to play with" she said.
"So if you don't mind me asking, did you have to show that video of Jaden losing to the entire school" asked Alexis, "Actually I only showed that video to a couple of people, but you know how fast this kind of thing can spread, besides it was pretty funny" said Robin with a chuckle, Alexis couldn't help but laugh, she had to admit seeing Jaden who was usually so cocky get beat so easily was pretty funny.
The two decided to pack up their things and head to the showers, as Robin was about to pick up his bag he felt something hit him in the back of the head knocking him to the ground and almost knocking him out.
Alexis ran to Robin who was on the flour moaning in pain, the object that had hit Robin was a tennis ball that now lay next to him, Alexis looked in the direction that the ball had come from as she helped Robin to stand back up.
Robin was still dizzy and was very unsteady on his feet if Alexis wasn't helping him he was sure that he would fall back down, as his vision started to clear he looked in the same direction as Alexis to see who had hit him.
The two could see a boy standing on the other side of the tennis court looking directly at them, he had short brown hair and brown eyes, he was also wearing a tennis outfit and holding a racket in his hand, the boy looked to be about seventeen years old he was most likely a third year student.
"What are you doing, you could have hurt Robin" shouted Alexis, "He did" said Robin holding the back of his head where he got hit.
The boy began to walk over too them "I'm so sorry, but a beautiful girl like you shouldn't worry about him, there are other boys at this school who are far more rich, successful and handsome that you could be spending your time with" said the boy.
"I assume you're talking about yourself" said Alexis while clenching her fists, "Why how kind of you to notice" said the boy as he tried to take Alexis by the hand only for her to swat him away.
Alexis helped Robin over to a bench where he could sit down, "My dear, perhaps you don't know who I am, I am Harrington Rosewood, soul heir to the Rosewood sporting goods company" said the boy.
"So" said Alexis, Harrington was shocked "So, I have girls on their hands and knees begging me to date them" he said, "Well maybe you should go and find one of those girls" said Alexis.
Alexis checked the back of Robin's head and felt a large bruise forming, "Do you want to go and see Nurse Fontaine" she asked, Robin shook his head and said "No, I'll be fine".
Harrington was starting to become annoyed "Why do you care about him, what's he got that I don't" he said, Alexis turned to him looking annoyed as well "A likeable personality" she said.
Harrington was amazed, no girl had ever spoken to him like this before "Are you kidding, just look at me, I'm rich, I'm handsome, I'm the best tennis player in the whole school and I'm just as good of a duellist as Zane" he said.
"I doubt that" said Robin, "Your doubting me? Very well I'll prove it to you, I challenge you to a duel" said Harrington, Alexis placed her hand on Robin's shoulder to stop him from standing up "If you hadn't hit Robin with that tennis ball I'd be happy to watch him embarrass you in a duel, but after a hit like that I think he needs to rest" she said.
Robin felt like protesting but he had to admit that his head was still hurting were he got hit, "That sounds like a poor excuse" said Harrington, Alexis was starting to get angry "If you want to duel someone so badly, then you can duel me" she said, "That's fine by me" said Harrington with a smile.
Harrington walked to the other side of the tennis court and retrieved his duel disk from his bag, just as Alexis was pulling her duel disk from her bag she smiled at Robin "Don't worry I've got this one" she said, Robin smiled back to her "I know, truth be told I think this guy would have a better chance if he was duelling me" he said.
Alexis and Harrington took their places to begin the duel, "My dear, how's about we make this more interesting, if I win you have to go on a date with me" said Harrington, Alexis smiled "Ok, but when I win you have to leave both me and Robin alone until you graduate" she said, "That's a deal, now then I believe it's ladies first" said Harrington as the duel started.
Alexis drew her first hand and was disappointed to see that she hadn't drawn a single ritual monster, "I summon a monster in defence mode and play one card face down, now I end my turn" she said.
Harrington started his turn, "I summon Warrior dai grepher in attack mode and I also activate The A. force, this spell card will increase all my warrior monsters ATK by 200 for every warrior or spellcaster I control" he explained.
Warrior dai grepher ATK 1700 DEF 1600 LV 4 EARTH warrior.
Warrior dai grepher ATK 1700 + 200 = 1900.
"Now Grepher attack her monster" ordered Harrington, Grepher attacked Alexis's monster which was revealed to be D.D. warrior lady, "Nice try, but when you attack D.D. warrior I can use her effect and banish both of our monsters" said Alexis.
D.D. warrior lady ATK 1500 DEF 1600 LV 4 LIGHT warrior.
Both Warrior dai grepher and D.D. warrior lady was banished, Harrington looked very annoyed "I play a card face down and end my turn" he said.
Alexis drew her card "I activate Twin twisters, this lets me discard one card to destroy two of your spell or trap cards" said Alexis as she discarded Machine angel ritual to destroy both Harrington's The A. force and his face down card which was Sakuretsu armour.
"Next I summon Etoile cyber in attack mode and attack you directly, and when my Etoile cyber attacks directly she gains 500 more ATK for this battle" said Alexis as her monster attacked.
Etoile cyber ATK 1200 DEF 1600 LV 4 EARTH warrior.
Etoile cyber ATK 1200 + 500 = 1700.
Harrington LP 4000 – 1700 = 2300.
After the attack Etoile cyber's ATK returned to normal, "I end my turn" said Alexis.
Etoile cyber ATK 1700 – 500 = 1200.
"I won't lose to a first year" said Harrington as he drew his card, "I summon Dark grepher in attack mode, and I'll equip him with the spell card Fusion sword murasame blade, this card will increase my monsters ATK by 800".
Dark grepher ATK 1700 DEF 1600 LV 4 DARK warrior.
Dark grepher ATK 1700 + 800 = 2500.
"Now Dark grepher attack her monster" ordered Harrington, "Sorry but I activate my trap card Doble passe, this card changers your attack into a direct attack and then you take damage equal to my monsters ATK" explained Alexis.
Dark grepher attacked Alexis directly while at the same time Harrington took damage equal to Etoile cyber's ATK.
Alexis LP 4000 – 2500 = 1500.
Harrington LP 2300 – 1200 = 1100.
"That was a dumb move, you just lost over half of your LP" said Harrington with a grin, "And you've lost almost all of yours" said Alexis, Robin who was still sitting on the bench smiled "Harrington clearly doesn't know about Doble passe's second effect, Alexis can win this on her next turn" he thought.
Alexis's turn started "Now I can use the second effect of Doble passe, it allows my monster to attack you directly this turn" explained Alexis as Etoile cyber attacked Harrington directly.
Etoile cyber ATK 1200 + 500 = 1700.
Harrington LP 1100 – 1700 = 0.
After losing Harrington throw his duel disk across the room in rage, "I always hated duelling" he said as he stormed out of the room.
Alexis walked over to Robin and sat next to him "How's your head" she asked, "Still sore, but I'll be ok" said Robin, Alexis was glad to hear that Robin was ok, but she did feel bad that he got hurt just because some other boy wanted to date her.
"So, we've still got a week before the holidays end, is there anything else you want to do" asked Robin, "Maybe tomorrow we can play volleyball, I just hope no one hits you in the head again" said Alexis with a chuckle.
