Face the Duelists

Chapter Three: The Frog Swamp, Part Two

"You won't win this duel Darren so you might as well give up," Tyler said, laughing. So far Tyler was winning with 6700 life points and Darren was at 600. He had three monsters all ready on the field, his D.3.S Frog (3200/1200) was the strongest. Then came his Beelze Frog (2300/1000) and then his Mother Grizzly (1600/1000). The whole arena was filled with water from Tyler's A Legendary Ocean card.

"I'm stuck. I don't think I can win this duel," Darren thought to himself. He looked at the six cards in his hand. People in the crowd were whispering and were wondering if Darren was going to give up or not. He slowly got to his feet after being hit by all three of Tyler's monster. It was no surprise that Tyler was an Obelisk Blue student. It was now Darren's turn and he prayed that he would draw something good.

Darren drew the card and smiled when he looked at it. "Looks like I get a break and so do your monsters. I play the spell card Swords of Revealing Light!" Darren said. Giant swords made of light fell from the sky and surrounded Tyler's monsters. "This card makes it so you can't attack me for three turns. That should be long enough to get the cards I need to beat you. I'll end my turn by playing a face down."

Tyler nodded and drew a card, which gave him a total of one. He looked at it and looked back at Darren and said, "I end my turn." Darren grunted, wishing he wouldn't waste moves like that. He drew a card and smiled when he saw that it was one he needed. He ended his turn, but Tyler did the same as before and ended his turn right after drawing. So far two turns had passed and after the next one, Tyler's monsters would be free and be aloud to attack Darren.

Darren drew another card. It wasn't one he needed, but it could help. He had to play something or he might have to discard a card. "I'll play a face down," Darren said, ending his turn. Tyler did the same as before. Once he ended his turn, the swords disappeared and his monster began to move again.

This card needed to be one of the cards Darren needed. He closed his eyes and drew. He held the card up to his face and opened his eyes, a smile appeared on his face. "I have a feeling that you won't be winning this duel Tyler, because I just drew the card that will help me finish you off," Darren said. More whispers came from the large crowd and Tyler grunted.

"First I'm going to use my face down card, Lightning Vortex! All I have to do is discard one card from my and all of your monsters are gone," Darren said. "I guess I will discard my Sangan." Like before, lightning came down and struck all three of Tyler's monsters. He gasped as every one of his monsters was destroyed.

"How could you? I worked hard to get all of my monsters out and you just destroy them. You'll pay for that," Tyler said. He went to draw but Darren stopped him.

"I'm not done yet," Darren said. "Next I'll get rid of your ocean with Heavy Storm which destroys all magic and trap cards on the field." A large tornado came over the field and destroyed the building behind Tyler and sucked up all the water. "Now I will play another spell card known as Power Bond!" Tyler's face went blank.

"What do you have that can be summoned with Power Bond," Tyler said. Darren smiled as he pulled two cards out from his hand.

"I plan on fusing my two Cyber Dragons to summon the Cyber Twin Dragon!" Darren shouted. The two Cyber Dragons appeared on the field but didn't stay long. A bright white light flashed and instead of two dragons, one was on the field and this dragon had two heads. "Say hello to the Cyber Twin Dragon (2800/2100). Since I used Power Bond, my dragon gets his attack points doubled, which means it has a total of 5600. They may not be enough to beat you, but my dragons special effect allows it to attack twice."

"This is not fair! You cheated!" Tyler yelled. "You don't deserve to win. I'm an Obelisk and you're nothing but a Ra. It should be me winning!" The dragon let out a roar, which made Tyler stop yelling and jumping up and down.

"Lets go ahead and finish this duel. Cyber Twin Dragon, attack Tyler directly!" The head on the right charged up a blast in its mouth and hit Tyler, making him fall backwards and dropping his life points down to 1100. "Now attack again and finish him!" Now the one of the left charged up another blast and hit the fallen Tyler. Tyler's life points dropped down to 0 as Darren's dragon disappeared. (Darren: 600;Tyler: 0)

The crowd clapped and cheered as the duel ended. Darren could hear others say, "I want to duel him next…How did a Ra beat an Obelisk Blue…He cheated, he obviously rigged his deck or Why did he smile so much during the duel." Darren stepped off the platform and two kids stepped on it help Tyler off. A man dressed in dark gray overalls with the Duel Academy logo on his chest came down the stairs and all the students got quiet as he raised his hand.

"All students are to exit the boat now. We have arrived at Duel Academy and we need to give you all your dorm room numbers and give you a chance to unpack before the welcome feast," the man said and he turned to the steps. He paused and then turned back to the students and said, "Oh yeah, welcome to Duel Academy. Good luck." He walked up the staircase and a few students followed him.

It took an hour before Darren could find out where his dorm was. A woman out in the field in front of the pier told Darren that he was placed in the Ra Dorm number 56. He nodded and looked at the Academy. There were tree roofs; one was blue, the next one yellow and the last one red. The red one wasn't so big because it was above the entrance.

Darren's brother had told him that the Slifer students slept in dorms separate from the Ra and Obelisk dorms. His brother said that they lived in a motel looking building next to a cliff. Darren looked around the field and saw people dressed in red and white heading toward the cliff. The Slifer students were the ones who weren't very good at dueling and were the lowest ranking duelists in the academy.

The Ra students were the second best duelers, but Darren knew nothing about their dorms. His brother was always in Obelisk, so he knew that they had the best of everything and the biggest dorm rooms. The Obelisk also were the best duelists in the academy and some of them the richest. Darren soon left the field and entered through the doors at the entrance.

After walking up two staircases and walking down a long hallway, he finally found a wooden door with the number 34 on it. He opened the door and found a very large room. In front of him is what looked like his bedroom. In the far right hand corner was his bed and to the left was an advanced looking computer sitting on a large desk. He walked into the bedroom and saw his suitcase was on the bed. He set his cards down and took his duel disk off.

When he looked up a small kitchen was placed beside the bedroom. It had a small refrigerator with small cupboards above it and a counter that had a microwave on it. There was a very small table with a chair a little ways from the refrigerator. Beside the table was a door. On the floor was a TV with a note on top of it. Darren walked over to the TV and picked the note up and quickly read it.

Dear Mr. Long,

We have given every Ra student at the school their own basic television set. In the closet beside your bed is a table with wheels. If you wheel it out you can place this television set on it. There is also a cable box on the table; all you have to do is hook it up to the television.

Also, there is an alarm clock next to the computer. If you would please set it to 8:30 AM that would help you out a lot. That gives you enough time to take a shower in your private shower which is through the door in the kitchen, then have breakfast and get to your class. Your refrigerator will be updated every three days with milk, cheese, orange juice, eggs, sandwich fixings and two things you wish to have. The cupboards above your refrigerator will be refilled with popcorn, cereal, bread, and tree things you wish to have.

Your computer is to be used as a cards checklist and Internet has been provided so that you may order cards off of the island. A schedule is also on the computer of your classes, which you can print, using the printer under your desk. We hope that you will take note of the time that you need to be in your dorm before the campus patrol goes searching, which is 9:30 PM.

The campus has many things to offer you, mostly classrooms where you will study. A Ra arena is on the first floor; here you can request matches and Ra dueling tests will be held here. Also on the first floor is the card shop where you can buy new cards to make or edit your deck. You will get Academy Dollars, which allow you to buy cards by doing well in class or helping out around the Academy. Under your pillow is an envelope with 700 Academy Dollars. A single card at the card shop cost 3 Academy Dollars; a pack cost 8 Academy Dollars; and a box cost 15 Academy Dollars.

We hope you enjoy your stay here and learn new information. We hope to see you in the pro leagues soon. Have a nice first year and have fun.

Signed,

Duel Academy Staff

Darren finished the letter and looked down at his watch. The welcome dinner was going to start soon so he had to unpack and set everything up. He walked over to the closet and pulled out a table on wheels. He put the table beside the computer table and walked back into the kitchen. He picked up the TV and walked over to the table and put the TV under the cable box, not wanting to break the box on his first day.

Darren then walked over to his pillow and pulled the envelope from under it. He pulled out the money and saw that the Duel Academy Logo was in the center. He had three kinds of bills: one dollars, five dollars, and twenty dollars. He put a few in his wallet and put the rest up in the cupboard in the kitchen. After that he put all of his clothes in the closet, which didn't take long.

After the closet he logged onto the computer. He used 'Long556' as his username and 'duelinglong' as his password. When he logged on, three screens popped up. One was a checklist with what looked like it had every card in the game on it. The other was the Internet, which was linked to a card site. Then there was his schedule with a message that asked him if he wanted to print or no. He clicked yes and the printer at his feet soon printed it. He took the paper out and looked at his class list.

Long, Darren Schedule

Dueling 101 -- Mr. Finer – Room 231

Monster Card Information – Mr. Keith – Room 234

Card Strategy – Mr. Lope – Room 232

Ancient Dueling – Mr. Undure – Room 235

Deck Building – Mr. Havlaugh – Room 233

Darren studied the list then folded it and put it in his wallet. A bell rung in his room and a man's voice was heard. "Darren, Darren? If you are in there please speak," the man said.

"I'm here!" Darren shouted. Darren guessed that this man was going to tell him to go down to the feast because it was starting soon.

"Are you unpacked and situated?" he asked. Darren answered yes. "Good, the feast is about to begin so please leave your doom now and head for the Ra Dinning Room. That is all." Another bell rung and the room went silent. Darren stood up and exited the dorm, heading towards the feast.

Yes I know, another week ending. The duel didn't last long either but I wanted to get the dorm in this chapter and I had to cut the duel short to do so. Next chapter will be here soon. Please review also.