Hello and welcome to the fifth chapter of my story. I know it's been a while since I last updated but I'm not planning on stopping for a while.
I do want to announce a change to the story as of now. I've decided to increase the amount of Life Points to 8000 instead of 4000. I feel that this way I can show more of the cards and increase the length of the duels.
I know that this will conflict with the first duel I wrote and I apologize for that.
As I said before I: I do apologize for the gap in months. I've been busy with work and real life things, but I'm back and I'll be doing my best to complete this story.
I want to thank Rakaia the Dragon Duelist for allowing me to use his characters and his support of my stories.
I want to thank and apologize to the people who took time out of their days to message me. I'm just now getting back to all of you and I didn't realize how long I was logged out. I'm very sorry and I appreciate you taking the time to contact me.
And I also want to thank everybody else for reading and reviewing the story, it means a lot and I appreciate it.
That said, I hope you enjoy this chapter and the rest to come.
Chapter 5: Cold Comfort 1; Three Kings Assembled
Yukito and Iris sat down beside Alexia on opposite sides in the stands, each of them looking forward to witnessing the Duel that was about to shortly take place.
"It's about time, I can't tell you how long I've been waiting for somebody to put that blonde brat in her place" Iris said with a smirk as she crossed her arms in front of her. "I'm just sorry its not going to be from the looks of it" she finished.
"I wonder what kind of cards we're going to see from those two?" Yukito asked, looking at Cassidy and Hugo.
A moment of silence passed before the Duelists on both sides shuffled their own decks and Drew their respective cards.
Rakaia/Luna
LP/8000
Cards in Hand/ 5 (each)
Cards on the Field/0
Cassidy/Hugo
Cards in Hand/5 (each)
Cards on the Field/0
"I'll start things off, here goes" Cassidy declared. She drew a single card from her deck added it to her hand. " First I'll summon my Blizzard Dragon to the field in Attack Mode!" she announced, placing her card down.
Blizzard Dragon
LV/4
Attribute/Water
Type/Dragon
ATK/1800
DEF/1000
Effect: Once per turn: You can target 1 monster your opponent controls; it cannot change its battle position or declare an attack until the opponent's next End Phase.
A small blue dragon appeared in front of Cassidy after a sudden flash of light. "And for my next move I'll place two cards facedown" she continued, inserting two cards into her Duel Disk. "That's it for this turn. Now, let's see what you've got" she finished, smirking at Rakaia.
Rakaia ignored her and quickly drew a card from his deck and took a glance at his hand. "I'll start by summoning my Red Eyes B. Chick in defense mode" Rakaia announced.
Red-Eyes B. Chick
LV/1
Attribute/Dark
Type/Dragon
ATK/800
DEF/500
Effect: You can send this face-up card to the Graveyard; Special Summon 1 "Red-Eyes B. Dragon" from your hand.
"Next, I'll use it's effect so I can bring out the Red-Eyes B. Dragon from my hand to the field" he continued, dropping the smirk from Cassidy's face. Rakaia's Red-Eyes Chick let out a screech before it was quickly replaced by the even larger and more ferocious Black Dragon. Rakaia's Red-Eyes roared as it took it's place in front of him.
Red-Eyes B. Dragon
LV/7
Attribute/Dark
Type/Dragon
ATK/2400
DEF/2000
Description: A ferocious dragon with a deadly attack
"Whoa... I had no idea Rakaia had a monster like that in his deck" Yukito said in awe. Alexia simply smiled, proud of her brother for not only summoning his favorite monster but also making the two freshmen beside her and their Obelisk opponents stare in surprise. "Rakaia's not playing around from the looks of it" she thought to herself.
Hugo quickly recovered himself and smirked at Rakaia's Dragon. "Hey twerp, nice Dragon but are you sure you know how to use it?" he asked mockingly. Rakaia smirked back at Hugo, unfazed by his comment.
"Don't worry, you're about to find soon. Since my Red-Eyes is front and center on my side of the field it's time to do some damage." He finished as Hugo's eyes widened.
"Alright Red-Eyes wipe out her Blizzard Dragon with your Inferno Fire Blast!" Rakaia commanded. Red-Eyes opened it's mouth and quickly charged a crimson sphere of flames and launched it at Cassidy's Blizzard Dragon, creating an explosion on her side of the field.
The smoke cleared to reveal Cassidy's Blizzard Dragon completely unscathed from Rakaia's attack. She simply smirked as Yukito's jaw dropped in shock. "What's going on? Rakaia's attack should have sent her Dragon to the Graveyard?" Yukito asked.
"Do us a favor and use those eyes of yours will you?" Cassidy replied coldly. Yukito shot a glare at her and took a glance at Cassidy's Blizzard Dragon. It was covered in a glistening crystal like layer of ice and snow.
"Too bad for you, I activated my facedown card; Sub-Zero Scales" Cassidy explained. "It's a trap card that lets me save a Water and Dragon type Monster on my side of the field from being destroyed for two turns and I don't take any damage as long as I send a monster with a higher level from my hand to my Graveyard" she continued explaining.
"Sorry Slacker, you won't be getting any more attacks like that one" Hugo added. "Once it's my turn you'll be the first one to go down…After all I like to save the best for last" he finished, smirking at Luna.
"Wow, so you want a medal for avoiding one attack?" Rakaia replied as Luna glared at Hugo. "Talk about cocky, I'll throwdown two facedowns now let's see what you've got" Rakaia finished as he set his two cards facedown behind his Red-Eyes.
Hugo drew a card from his deck and added it to his hand. He took a single look at the card he was holding and grinned.
"Hey Alexia, wasn't Rakaia being hasty summoning that Dragon so soon?" Iris asked. "Sure it's a strong monster, but what if they have something that could easily wipe it out?" she asked the senior Obelisk.
"Don't worry, you guys don't know my brother like I do. He wouldn't have brought his Red-Eyes out just for show" Alexia answered. "Be careful Rakaia…" she thought to herself.
"It's too bad you brought that Dragon of yours out so soon, I would've loved to watch you squirm before I finally crushed it" Hugo taunted. "Oh well, l guess I'll just have to do it sooner than later"
"Are you gonna talk trash all day or do you want to Duel?" Rakaia replied.
"Well since you asked for it, I'll start my turn off by summoning my Gilasaurus from my hand" Hugo began.
Gilasaurus
LV/3
Attribute/Earth
Type/Dinosaur
ATK/1400
DEF/400
Effect: You can Special Summon this card (from your hand). When you do: Your opponent can target 1 monster in their Graveyard; your opponent Special Summons that target to their side of the field.
"Since I brought him from my hand to the field this way you can bring a monster back from your Graveyard" Hugo said.
"I'll bring back my Red-Eyes Black Chick in defense mode since it's the only monster I can summon" Rakaia said as the small chick appeared next to Red-Eyes.
"Doesn't matter what you summon twerp, I'll be sending it right back to your Graveyard, and here's the monster that'll help me do it. I'll sacrifice my Gilasaurus to summon my Frostosaurus!" Hugo continued.
LV/6
Attribute/Water
Type/Dinosaur
ATK/2600
DEF/1700
Description: This monster's metabolism enables it to endure long periods of cold, harnessing the power to become a creature of solid ice! Nothing else can withstand such temperatures, especially victims of its glacial rampage.
"Now say goodbye to your precious Red-Eyes. Frostosaurus attack it now!" Hugo commanded. The gigantic frost covered dinosaur opened it's mouth and exhaled a stream of icy wind at Rakaia's Red-Eyes, covering it in a layer of ice.
"Too bad for you, Red-Eyes isn't going anywhere. Time to spring my trap card: Metalmorph!" Rakaia announced, revealing his trap card.
Metalmorph
Trap Card
Type/Normal
Effect: Target 1 face-up monster on the field; equip this card to that target. It gains 300 ATK and DEF. If it attacks, it gains ATK equal to half the ATK of the attack target, during damage calculation only.
Red-Eyes B. Dragon.
ATK/2400-2700
DEF/2000-2300
The thin layer of ice surrounding Rakaia's Red-Eyes cracked and shattered, ice shards scattered in every direction revealing a silvery jet-black metallic Red-Eyes Black Dragon.
"Looks like Red-Eyes isn't going anywhere. Counterattack, Inferno Fire Blast!" Rakaia commanded. Red-Eyes quickly charged another sphere of flames and sent it hurtling at Hugo's Frostosaurus, destroying it.
Cassidy/Hugo
LP/8000-7900
"Is that all you got? It'll take more than some frozen fossil to get past Red-Eyes here" Rakaia said with a quick smirk at his embarrassed opponent.
"Big deal, so you destroyed one monster. Don't get ahead of yourself you little twerp" Hugo replied, clearly intent on making his opponent pay for even daring to mock him. "First, I'll use Blizzard Dragon's effect and freeze your precious Red-Eyes for a turn" he began.
Cassidy's Blizzard Dragon exhaled a stream of snow and ice that made it's way to Rakaia's Red-Eyes covering it in ice and stopping it's movement.
"I'll place a card facedown and I'll hand this turn over to your cute little girlfriend there" he finished, lecherously staring at Luna as she drew a card from her deck.
Cassidy sighed as she quickly ran a hand through her hair and placed it on her temple, her patience with her partner clearly beginning to reach it's end. "Ugh, you are such a disgrace would you get a grip already? We're down a monster and we lost Life Points because of your stupidity" she snapped at the muscular Obelisk beside her. "I thought Bryce was very clear about controlling yourself when it comes to these girls" she finished as she folded her arms in front of her, frowning at Hugo.
To the relief of Luna, Hugo took his eyes off of the Obelisk Princess and smirked at his own partner, grinning smugly at her. "You and your brother worry too much, I know exactly what I'm doing here" he said soothingly. "And what Bryce doesn't know, won't hurt him if you get what I'm saying" he finished with a grin that made Cassidy glare at him.
"Brother?" Rakaia and Luna said at the same time.
"This brother of yours, he wouldn't happen to be Bryce would he?" Yukito asked, standing up from his seat next to Alexia. Cassidy quickly replaced her irritated glare with a confident smirk as faced Yukito his green eyes meeting her blue ones.
"Heh... that's correct Slifer, Bryce is my older brother. I'm a freshman too like you" she answered. Rakaia, Luna, and Iris's eyes momentarily widened upon hearing this news. Alexia and Yukito however remained unfazed by it.
"He's her brother?" Rakaia asked. "Wow…it's no wonder she's so arrogant. I knew she reminded me of somebody" he finished.
"Hey look Cass, you finally got the twerp to quit with his barking" Hugo said, quickly nodding his head at Rakaia. Cassidy put a hand on her hip and smirked at Rakaia and Luna. "Enough about me and my family, it's your move and I suggest you make it sometime today 'Your Highness' she added sarcastically.
Luna quickly glanced at her hand, reviewing the cards she held in front of her. "It's time to put the two of you in your place and my Harpie Lady 1 will lend me a hand with that" Luna announced as she summoned her monster to the field.
Harpie Lady 1
LV/4
Attribute/Wind
Type/Winged-Beast
ATK/1300-1600
DEF/1400
Effect:(This card's name is always treated as "Harpie Lady".)All WIND monsters gain 300 ATK.
"Next up is my Spell Card: Elegant Egotist!" she added, showing her card to her opponents. "If I have a Harpie Lady on my side of the field this card lets me summon my Harpie Lady Sisters from my deck" she explained.
Elegant Egotist
Spell Card
Type/Normal
Effect: If "Harpie Lady" is on the field: Special Summon 1 "Harpie Lady" or "Harpie Lady Sisters" from your hand or Deck.
Harpie Lady Sisters
LV/6
Attribute/Wind
Type/Winged-Beast
ATK/1950-2250
DEF/2100
Effect: Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must first be Special Summoned with "Elegant Egotist".
"Nice! Luna can do some real damage with those Harpies thanks to that Spell Card of hers" Iris said with a smirk at Cassidy.
"Now I'll have my Harpie Lady Sisters attack your Blizzard Dragon!" Luna commanded. The three Harpie Ladies quickly flew towards Cassidy's Blizzard Dragon, their claws fully prepared to pierce it.
"I don't think so, I reveal my facedown card; Negate Attack!" Cassidy announced, her card flipping over to reveal itself.
Negate Attack
Trap Card
Type: Counter
Effect: When an opponent's monster declares an attack: Target the attacking monster; negate the attack, then end the Battle Phase.
Luna's Harpie sisters were swiftly stopped in their tracks and forced back to her side of the field before their attacks could connect with Cassidy's dragon.
"Hmph, better luck next time…If you get a next time that is" she added.
"Oh believe me, there will be a next time little girl" Luna replied. "I'll place two cards facedown and I'll end my turn" she finished.
Cassidy drew a card from her deck and smirked at Rakaia and Luna after taking a quick glance at it. "I was just thinking it was time for me to take things up a level, and this is just the card I wanted. I hope you haven't gotten too attached to your precious dragon" she added to much to Rakaia's annoyance.
"I play my Field Spell; Snow Castle!" she announced as she played her card. A thick white mist appeared at the feet of every Duelist, rising until it reached the bottom of their knees, causing Rakaia and Luna to look around in confusion. Snow slowly fell from the cloudy sky above, spikes and pillars of ice erupted from the mist beneath them, suddenly forming a large castle gate behind Cassidy and Hugo.
"Allow me to explain what this card does since you're obviously confused" Cassidy said, pretentiously smirking at the puzzled expressions of both duelists on the opposite side of the field. "While this field spell is in play, I get to place an Ice Counter on any monster on the field once per turn. And in addition to that, all Water Monsters on my side of the field gain 100 Attack Points for every Ice Counter on the field" Cassidy explained.
"Uh oh…With that card on the field her monsters will get stronger with every turn" Yukito said, shocked.
"Way to state the obvious, twerp. Your buddy and his little girlfriend don't have a snowball's chance at beating us now that Cass has her castle on our field" Hugo said with a smirk.
"Wow... That's one big castle. But is it big enough for both of your egos though?" Iris taunted.
"Here's a better question for you, why don't you quiet and stay on the sidelines you pathetic loser" Cassidy replied, glaring daggers at Iris. The smirk on Iris's face was replaced with an angry glare as she opened her mouth to respond.
"You're the one that's pathetic" Yukito angrily cut in before Iris could get a word out. She stared at the Slifer freshman, surprised to hear him speak so fiercely. "She's not the one who's hiding behind her brother and his gorilla friend, last time I checked that was you" he finished.
Cassidy turned her attention to Yukito, her face wore the expression that a fly had flew past her face. "Ugh, you again? Back off and mind your own business" she replied coldly, her blue eyes staring Yukito down.
"Well well, so the little dog can bark after all" Hugo chimed in. "You and the twerp just don't seem to get it do you?" he asked. "There's a reason we do what her brother says. Unlike you Slifer rejects he actually has talent and he can back up what he says." he finished, grinning menacingly at Yukito.
There was an awkward pause as Yukito and Hugo locked eyes, Yukito glaring at the large muscular Obelisk.
"Don't push your luck with me kid, these arms aren't just for show" Hugo said, breaking the silence as he flexed his right arm, showing off his muscle.
Yukito simply stared right back at the larger Obelisk and began to step forward, until he was stopped by Alexia to the shock of everybody except himself and Hugo.
"Easy Yukito, there's a duel going on here. Sit back and watch, they're going to be eating their words when this is all over" Alexia assured him standing up and motioning to his seat. Yukito paused for a moment and placed both his hands into the pockets of his jacket. "Ugh…Alright Alexia, but that guy makes it easy to want to hit him" he said, complying with her advice.
He was so annoyed he had failed to notice he had sat in Alexia's seat which was next to Iris who was watching him as he sat down and let out a breath.
"What was I thinking? That guy really is half giant, he'd probably rip me in half" Yukito thought to himself.
"Hey are you going to make your move sometime today?" Rakaia spoke up.
Rakaia/Luna
Life Points/8000
Cards in Hand/ 2 (each)
Monsters on the Field/ Red-Eyes B. Dragon, Harpie Lady 1, Harpie Lady Sisters.
Cassidy/Hugo
Life Points/7900
Cards in Hand/3 (Cassidy) 4 (Hugo)
Monsters on the Field/ Blizzard Dragon.
"Fine, since you're so eager to lose I'll activate my spell card; Blizzard Barrier!" Cassidy announced. "Blizzard Barrier stops all monsters on the field with ice counters from attacking" she explained. "But since none of your monsters seem to have any yet, I'll have to fix that with my facedown card; Freezing Rain!" she said as her card revealed itself.
The sky above the duelists and their monsters let loose a strong gale and showered all monsters on the field with a barrage of snow and hail, covered them all from head to toe before the storm quickly disappeared.
"Now every monster on the field has an Ice Counter on them, and thanks to my field spell my monsters will become even more powerful" she continued.
Blizzard Dragon
ATK/1800-2200 (1 Ice Counter)
Harpie Lady 1 (1 Ice Counter)
Harpie Lady Sisters (1 Ice Counter)
Red-Eyes B. Dragon (1 Ice Counter)
"And that's not all. I can draw a card from my deck equal to the number of Ice Counters I just created with my Freezing Rain Spell and I count four" Cassidy added. She drew four cards from her deck and added them to her hand.
"Next I'll activate my Spell Card; Cold Snap" Cassidy added. "I'll explain how this card works for some of our slow Slifer opponent. Until next turn you can't activate any facedown cards" she explained. A thick layer of ice covered both Rakaia and Luna's facedown cards.
"Heh…It's time to say goodbye to your little Dragon" Cassidy said, looking directly at the Red-Eyes Black Dragon on her opponent's side of the field. "Now I'll bring out my Snowman Creator in Defense Mode" she continued.
Snowman Creator
LV/4
Attribute/Water
Type/Machine
ATK/1600-2000
DEF/1000
Effect: When this card is Summoned: You can create a number of Ice Counters equal to the number of WATER monsters you control, place them on a face-up monster(s) your opponent controls, then, if you placed 3 or more Ice Counters by this effect, you can destroy 1 card your opponent controls.
"I'll use it's effect and place two Ice Counters on your precious dragon" Cassidy continued.
Red-Eyes B. Dragon (Ice Counters x3)
Blizzard Dragon
ATK/2200-2400
Snowman Creator
ATK/2000-2200
"It's going to take more than this to get rid of my Red-Eyes" Rakaia said.
"Good, because lucky for you, you're definitely about to see more" Cassidy replied. She revealed one of the cards she was holding in her hand to Rakaia and Luna. "I'll activate the effect of my Snowdust Dragon from my hand. By removing four Ice Counters from the field I can summon my Snowdust Dragon from my hand" she announced, as a massive snow tornado spun and swirled in between her two monsters. Rakaia and Luna both covered their faces as the created snow and ice danced across the field.
The whirlwind quickly disappeared, revealing a large blue serpentine dragon made completely of frost.
Snowdust Dragon
LV/8
Attribute/Water
Type/Dragon
ATK/2800-3000
DEF/2800
Effect: You can Special Summon this card (from your hand) by removing 4 Ice Counters from anywhere on the field. Other monsters with Ice Counters cannot attack or change their battle positions.
Red-Eyes B. Dragon (Ice Counters x3-0)
Blizzard Dragon (Ice Counter x1-0)
ATK/2400-2000
"Now it's time to sweep away some of the trash on the field, starting with that Dragon of yours" Cassidy declared. "Now Snowdust Dragon, attack his Red-Eyes!" she commanded. The ice dragon exhaled a massive blast of ice cold winds from it's mouth onto Rakaia's Red-Eyes, freezing it solid and shattering it into pieces.
Rakaia gritted his teeth in frustration as he covered his face from the explosion of dust and ice shards coming from where his monster stood before him.
Rakaia/Luna
LP/8000-7900
"Now Blizzard Dragon, Attack her Majesty's Harpie Lady 1!" Cassidy added. Blizzard Dragon launched a barrage of icicles in the shape of daggers from it's own mouth at Luna's Harpie Lady, piercing it from multiple angles and destroying it.
Rakaia/Luna
LP/7900-7500
"This isn't looking good, Rakaia and I only have one monster left on our side of the field and thanks to her Spell Cards, not only can we not attack but her monsters will get more power every turn" Luna thought to herself.
"Hehe…This will all be over in just a few more turns since I'm ending mine here. You two losers are finished after that" Cassidy laughed, placing a hand on her hip.
Meanwhile at the Obelisk Blue Dorm
Bryce and another Obelisk boy were sitting in the center of the room, surrounded by a group of four other Obelisk Blue male students. The boy sitting across from Bryce was slightly taller than he was, he had short black hair and brown eyes, he was wearing the white and blue version of the Obelisk Blue uniform with a black undershirt and wore a silver pendant shaped like a key around his neck.
He wore an emotionless expression and a slight scowl on his face as he placed his hand under his chin and leaned on it, completely uninterested in what Bryce was saying to the group of students in front of him.
"…So you understand that I want this taken care of quickly don't you?" Bryce asked the apparent leader of the group that stood before him. The boy standing in front of Bryce had short red hair and brown eyes and had a build similar to Hugo, he was tall and muscular.
"Sure thing Bryce, it'll be a pleasure. Just give me a time and place and we'll definitely make that happen for you" the red headed boy said with a smirk.
"Good, I'll tell you when and where to meet tomorrow. Just be completely sure that none of this can be traced back to me, do you understand?" Bryce asked. "I think I need to tell you how bad it'll make us all look if that happens" he finished.
"Don't worry, leave it to us" the boy reassured Bryce. Bryce nodded and waved the boy and his friends off, he and his band exited them Dorm room, leaving Bryce and the other boy alone. After a moment of silence between the two of them, the boy decided to speak.
"Is all of that truly necessary for dueling one Slifer boy?" he asked, breaking the silence and capturing Bryce's attention. "You seem to always need an Entourage every time I see you" he finished. Bryce simply smiled at the boy before giving his answer.
"No, what I've requested is simply more for my amusement" he answered. "Tell me, if you have a problem with my target for entertainment, maybe I should turn my attention to that pretty brunette that I always seem to find in your company" he replied, smirking arrogantly at the boy.
"Is that a threat?" he asked, his tone slightly rising, narrowing his eyes at the blond Obelisk. "I don't think you really mean that, do you?" he finished, coldly staring into Bryce's blue eyes.
"No…Of course not. I would never do anything to disrupt the balance between one of the Three Kings like myself" Bryce answered, chuckling as the boy began to calm down. He took his eyes off Bryce and gazed at the door, a third boy walked through it and closed it behind him.
He was Bryce's height and had short silvery colored hair and blue eyes. He also wore the standard white and blue Obelisk uniform.
"Hmph, I should have known you two were the ones that called me here. Class is over with and everybody else is still outside" the silver haired boy said, glaring at the other two students. He stepped forward and took a seat beside the black haired boy.
He quickly glanced at both students and chuckled to himself. "Heh So I guess just me, you and Duel Academy's Black Flame here" he asked.
"That's correct" Bryce answered. "Now that the Three Kings are assembled, let's discuss our first order of business"
So all Three Kings are finally together, what does this mean for Yukito and his friends?
Will Rakaia and Luna be able to defeat Cassidy and Hugo?
Find out in the next chapter.
Rakaia Meiyo, Alexia, Meiyo and Luna Kazahaya are characters created by Rakaia the Dragon Duelist whose permission I have to use.
Yukito Hokori and Iris Setsuna are my own Original Characters.