Lance moaned as he plopped down on his bed, it had been an hour since Chloe's duel with Theresa and due to them being late the Ra Yellow Headmaster had "volunteered" them to be the first to try the obstacle course as part of the gym class, luckily no one had noticed that Chloe had been crying recently and the Ra Yellow headmaster had brought the story about the duel running long.
"Even though certain Obelisk Blue students didn't believe it." Lance thought before resting his hands behind his head. "I'm even more surprised that no one noticed the scar on Chloe's arm since we were required to take off our blazers." Lance thought, his train of thought was interrupted by a knock at the door. "Come in!" Lance called out, the door opened and Marcus entered.
"Hey dude, how did the duel between Chloe and Theresa go?" Marcus asked.
"As one sided as you'd expect towards the end but she held her own at first." Lance said with a shrug. "I also saw Theresa's Armed Dragon cards as well."
"Did she bring out Level 10?" Marcus asked and Lance nodded. "Man, that's the only Armed Dragon card I don't have."
"It packs a punch, that's for sure." Lance nodded. "So did you come here to just talk about Chloe's duel with Theresa?"
"Actually no, Brandon asked me to bring you this." Marcus said handing over a Duel Request form, Lance blinked.
"Guess it was just a matter of time." Lance said taking the request form and reading through it thoroughly. "Good, no history revealing stipulations." Lance thought remembering the stipulations to Chloe's duel.
"Oh and the Ra Yellow headmaster wants to see you." Marcus said causing Lance to sit up from the surprise.
"WHY DIDN'T YOU MENTION THAT FACT SOONER?" Lance said a look of dread on his face.
"I forgot." Marcus shrugged and Lance facepalmed.
"Never mind, where's his office?" Lance asked.
"First floor, four doors down from the cafeteria." Marcus said stepping aside as Lance rushed out the door, Lance ran down the stairs narrowly avoiding the other Ra Yellow students and made his way to the Ra Yellow headmaster's office which was a fairly spacious one.
"I see you got my message." Jeff said putting some paperwork aside. "So, how are you finding Ra Yellow so far?"
"Err, pretty well." Lance said unsure. "You wanted to see me?"
"Yes I did." The Ra Yellow Headmaster said with a frown. "Lance you know you can share anything with the staff members right? Same goes for your friends."
"Yeah, why do you ask?" Lance asked more than a little unsure of what he meant.
"The reason I asked is because during gym class I noticed a large scar on Chloe's arm, and I wasn't the only one." The Ra Yellow Headmaster said and Lance gulped. "Several other students, including Marcus, Andreas and Rajin, spotted the scar during her obstacle course run."
"She got it from a fall during her duel with Theresa." Lance said thinking quickly.
"Lance, I'm no medical professional by any stretch of the imagination and even I could tell that the scar was very old and couldn't off been caused by a fall." Jeff said folding his arms. "I don't appreciate being lied too."
"It's...it's a long story." Lance said with a wince.
"You're not leaving this room until I hear it." Jeff said assertively. "And believe me that was my last class of the day so you'll be here all day."
"Fine, what do you want to know?" Lance sighed.
"I just want the truth." Jeff said standing up and closing the door. "Brandon, Theresa and Chloe are being asked about it by their respective headmasters as we speak so one way or another we'll find out."
"This info won't leave the room, right?" Lance asked leaning against the door.
"You have my word." The Ra Yellow headmaster said, Lance sighed.
"I'll give you the abridged version, Chloe was adopted by her current parents, who you know as your former rival and his wife, and prior to that she lived in New York where she...was abused by her biological dad." Lance said plainly.
"How long have you known about it?" Jeff asked unable to hide his disgust.
"Since I met her at a tournament, I know I lied about knowing her since childhood but..." Lance trailed off.
"I understand, both your reluctance to tell me outright and lying about how long you've known her." Jeff said with a frown. "I'll have to talk with my colleagues to see if..."
"To see if she's too mentally scarred to stay at the school?" Lance asked. "That was the reason I didn't want to tell you."
"No, that's not what I meant at all; aside from her temper she hasn't shown any violent tendencies." Jeff shook his head. "Look Lance, I understand why you wanted to keep that a secret but someone was bound to notice that scar at some point."
"I know." Lance said running a hand through his hair. "You couldn't ignore it though?"
"Not a scar that big." Jeff shook his head. "You're free to go." Jeff said picking the paperwork back up, Lance left the room and went back up to his room where he saw Marcus.
"Hey man, how did the talk with Jeff go..." Marcus never finished as Lance pushed him against the wall and pinned him there. "Hey, what the hell is your problem?"
"You told him about the scar, that's what." Lance said angrily.
"Scar? What scar...oh THAT scar." Marcus said as realization hit him. "Look I wasn't the only one that told him about it."
"I know." Lance's eyes narrowed. "But I had to tell him where Chloe's scar came from, something I had zero intention of doing."
"I...I just assumed that she had gotten into a fight as a kid that's all." Marcus said, by this point Andreas had come out of his room to investigate the noise.
"Lance, Marcus, what is this about?" Andreas asked.
"That scar wasn't caused by a fight." Lance growled. "And believe me Andreas I'm just as pissed off at you for telling him."
"Lance, I didn't mean any harm I swear." Marcus pleaded. "Why the hell are you getting so worked about it up anyway, she's hardly the first kid to get injured growing up?"
"Because that scar was inflicted on her by her dad..." Lance covered his mouth when the words came out; needless to say Andreas and Marcus looked equally as shocked.
"Oh, oh crap." Marcus said as it dawned on him. "Look dude, if I had known..."
"Forget it." Lance said letting go of Marcus and storming into his room.
"Lance, please wait! Let's talk about this!" Andreas called after him but it was no use. "No one else needs to know about that, understand?"
"I understand perfectly." Marcus said straightening out his blazer. "Damn it, I show concern for one of my friends and her other friend flips out about it." Marcus said before getting an idea. "Lance, I know you are pissed off at me but I know a way to work out your frustrations that won't end with me and Andreas in the infirmary."
"How do you suggest I do that?" Lance called out.
"By accepting the duel request from Brandon...hey look here is now!" Marcus looked up to see Brandon approaching them.
"Lance, what happened to not telling anyone?" Brandon called through the door.
"The teacher forced me okay?" Lance called out. "I had no other choice...wait does..."
"Chloe knows and Theresa's hard at work trying to stop her crying over at the Osiris Red Girl's Dorm." Brandon said clearly angry. "Damn it man, what happened to the brother/sister relationship you had?"
"It's not like I told him right away, I tried to lie my way out of it but he had none of it." Lance said opening the door. "Look, arguing about it isn't getting us anywhere..." Lance was cut off by a punch to the jaw from Brandon sending him to the ground. "Okay, I deserved that." Lance admitted forcing himself up. "And if you want to punch anyone punch them, they were among the ones that reported the scar."
"Maybe, but they didn't betray a friend's trust." Brandon said folding his arms. "But your right, arguing won't work, what do you suggest instead?"
"You sent me a duel request form; consider this my way of telling you that the challenge is accepted." Lance said rubbing his sore jaw. "You win, I apologize to Chloe..."
"No, you'll apologize to her either way." Brandon said folding his arms. "I win, you carry her textbooks for a week to show how sorry you are, and no you can't stuff them in your backpack either, you win...I don't know but either way you'd better have a way to make it up to her." Brandon said turning to Marcus and Andreas. "Did he tell you?"
"Well blurted it out due to threatening to kick my ass would be more accurate." Marcus said shaking his head. "We're keeping our lips sealed about it."
"Good." Brandon said. "At least someone is, meet me on the Obelisk Blue duel field in five minutes, and don't forget your deck." Brandon added before walking off.
"Damn it." Lance cursed as he went into his room to retrieve his deck and duel disk. "This wouldn't have happened if you had kept your mouths shut guys."
"I know, we're sorry about it as well." Marcus said with a sigh. "Look, my dad's a social worker and he's dealt with cases like Chloe's before, maybe I can get him to put in a good word with the teachers."
"He's never even met Chloe." Andreas was quick to point out as Lance came out of his room. "You want us to come with you?"
"Yeah, there's a good chance that Theresa's just as pissed off at me as Brandon is." Lance said before pausing. "And for the sake of my ability to reproduce, don't mention that you know about the abuse Chloe suffered."
"Got it." Marcus nodded.
"Did you consider that Brandon might have told her?" Andreas asked as the three boys climbed down the stairs.
"Good point." Lance winced as they left the dorm and made their way to the centre of the island. "Maybe I can get there without Theresa noticing me." Lance thought as he approached the building.
"Lance." A familiar feminine voice rang out and Lance winced.
"Theresa's behind me isn't she?" Lance asked his eyes as wide as dinner plates.
"Yup, she is." Marcus answered.
"How angry is she?" Lance asked.
"Very angry indeed, in short you're screwed." Andreas said and Lance winced before slowly turning around.
"Oh hi there Theresa, how's Chloe?" Lance asked with a gulp at the angry looking Obelisk Blue student.
"I finally got her to stop crying, no thanks to you." Theresa said shaking her head, Lance gulped audibly.
"I can explain..." Lance started but Theresa shook his head.
"No need, Brandon sent me a text with a summary of your explanation." Theresa said with a frown. "Come on, they won't let you into the duel field without me being present." Theresa said leading the three students to the duel field. "Damn it Lance, I thought you said that you and Chloe where like siblings?"
"I did, but I...the Ra Yellow Headmaster wasn't going to let me go unless I told him and I tried lying to him." Lance said with a sigh. "If it helps I'm ready to apologize to her."
"At least you're willing to owe up to your mistake." Theresa said. "She's at the duel field; I left her there to get us a drink."
"Crap..." Lance winced as they entered the duel field; Brandon was waiting for them at the other end of the field. "Huh, there's no sign of Chloe, maybe this won't be so bad..." Lance thought.
"Lance." Chloe's voice rang out from above them; Lance looked up and saw his friend glaring at him.
"I really need to stop testing my luck." Lance thought. "Chloe, I can explain..."
"Save it." Chloe interrupted and Lance winced.
"Is everyone going to treat me like dirt?" Lance asked.
"We're not." Marcus and Andreas pointed out.
"I meant everyone who didn't mention the scar to the teacher." Lance amended his statement. "Fuck it; I have a duel to win." Lance said activating his duel disk and stepping onto the duel field.
"You don't get it, do you Lance?" Brandon said activating his own duel disk. "Three of the faculty members know about...well you know." Brandon said folding his arms. "Hell Chloe broke down in tears when her dorm's headmistress mentioned your name."
"I know I fucked up but my dorm's headmaster pretty much forced me to spill the beans." Lance said as he drew his opening hand.
"If you're going to keep blaming the teacher then I guess I'll have to beat some sense into you." Brandon said drawing his hand, whilst they were arguing Marcus, Theresa and Andreas took seats in the bleachers.
"Damn it, we should've kept our mouths shut." Marcus said frustrated.
"It doesn't matter." Theresa said sitting next to Chloe. "Maybe I should've leant her one of my long sleeve tops in preparation for gym class but that's behind us."
"I'll go first." Brandon said drawing his first card. "I set three cards facedown and I summon Dark Scorpion Menea the Thorn in attack mode!" Brandon played the card and a woman with waist length brown hair and brown eyes appeared on the field clad in a black and red bodysuit and carrying a whip appeared on the field (4/1000/1800).
"She's the best you've got?" Lance blinked.
"Maybe not but this spell card will help, it's called Burden of the Mighty." Brandon said playing the card. "Now for each level it has your monster will lose a hundred attack points."
"WHAT?" Lance yelled. "No matter, the monsters in my hand are still strong enough to beat her."
"Maybe, maybe not, for now I'll end my turn." Brandon said and Lance drew his card.
"I summon Solar Flare Dragon in attack mode." Lance played the card and a red dragon seemingly made from flames appeared on the field (4/1500/1000) and true to Brandon's word the Dragon's attack dropped to 1100. "And to counteract your cards effect I activate the field spell card Molten Destruction." Lance said playing the card.
"I don't think so; I activate Magic Drain, now as long as you don't have a spell card in your hand the effect of Molten Destruction is negated." Lance frowned and sent Molten Destruction to the graveyard.
"So what? I have two more copies in my deck." Lance said folding his arms. "And even without it Solar Flare Dragon's still strong enough to destroy Menea, attack!" Lance's dragon breathed fire at the female monster...
"Sorry Lance but my Negate Attack trap card says otherwise." Brandon said activating his trap and the flames bounced off an invisible forcefield. "Now I activate my other trap, Ultimate Offering, as long as this is on the field I can pay 500 lifepoints to special summon a monster from my hand and I think I'll do just that and summon Don Zaloog in attack mode." Brandon activated his other trap and a silver haired man wearing a similar outfit to Menae appeared alongside her, he was holding a pair of daggers (4/1400/1500).
"So you have a slightly more powerful monster on your side of the field, why should I worry?" Lance asked and Brandon shook his head.
"Lance, most of your deck consists of effect monsters, I thought you'd understand." Brandon said.
"So they have an effect, should I worry?" Lance asked before picking up two cards. "I set two cards facedown and call it a turn, and when I do Solar Flare Dragon takes off five hundred points of damage from your lifepoints." Brandon winced as the Dragon breathed fire at him.
B: 7000
L: 8000
"Well played, and now we have reached the fun part of my duels." Brandon said drawing a card. "I activate Mustering of the Dark Scorpions which allows me to summon Don and Menae's partners in crime as long as they are in my hand so say hello to Gorg The Strong, Chick The Yellow and Cliff the Trap Remover."
"NO WAY! YOU'RE SUMMONING THREE MONSTERS IN THE SAME TURN?" Lance asked his eyes wide.
"That's pretty much it." Brandon said playing the cards, alongside Don appeared a tall muscular bald man wielding a hammer (5/1800/1500), a scrawny looking man with blonde spiked up hair (3/1000/1000) and a fairly muscular man wearing glasses who had short brown hair (3/1200/1000), all clad in the same outfit as Don and Menae and all looking at Lance with hatred which confused him to no end. "And just for the icing on the cake I'll think I'll activate Lightning Vortex destroying, at the cost of the only card in my hand, a second Burdon of the Mighty, Solar Flare Dragon." Brandon discarded the card and lightning struck Solar Flare Dragon causing the hologram to shatter.
"This is going to suck." Lance gulped as he sent Solar Flare Dragon to the graveyard.
"You have no idea; go my Dark Scorpions attack Lance's lifepoints directly!" All five Dark Scorpions charged at him and attacked Lance at once, once they stopped attack Lance dropped to his knees and watched his lifepoints plummet.
B: 7000
L: 600
"Holy shit that was brutal!" Marcus muttered as Lance slowly got up.
"Don't forget about my monster's effects." Brandon said pointing to Don. "First Don Zaloog can force you to either discard a card from your hand or I can force you to discard two cards from your deck, I think I'll choose your hand." Lance winced and discarded the card. "Next up is Menae's effect, she lets me search for another Dark Scorpion card and I'll choose a second Gorg The Strong." Brandon said adding it to his hand. "Now for Chick The Yellow's effect, I can look at one card from the top of your deck and send it to either the top or the bottom of your deck." Lance reluctantly tossed the card at Brandon who caught it. "Lightning Vortex? You can put this at the bottom." He said tossing it back at Lance and he did so. "And guess what? Gorg has the same effect as Don does for decks except I can only remove one." Lance sent the top card from his deck to the graveyard. "Last but not least Cliff let's me send two more cards from the top of your deck to the graveyard." Lance winced but did so.
"Are you done?" Lance asked.
"Yeah, just thought I'd show you how it felt." Lance went to draw his card but hesitated.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Lance demanded.
"To be attacked by your friend." Brandon said and Lance growled clenching his fist.
"How dare you? I'd never lay a finger on Chloe!" Lance said drawing his card.
"I know but I didn't mean physically, I meant emotionally." Brandon said folding his arms. "We get it, your teacher pressured you into telling him the truth but the truth hurts, especially when it's about someone with her past." Brandon said and Lance's eyes widened.
"Shit, what...what have I done?" Lance said as his eyes started to water. "I didn't mean to make her upset."
"I know Lance." Brandon nodded. "But the fact remains that you owe her an apology."
"Chloe, I know you're pissed off at me and quite frankly I can't blame you but I know that no amount of pleading can take back what I said but...can you forgive me?" Lance called out to her, she hesitated before nodding.
"Apology accepted." Chloe shouted back. "Just kick his ass and we'll call it even."
"I'll try." Lance said looking at his newly drawn card. "Mind if I look at my graveyard?"
"Knock yourself out." Brandon nodded and looked at it, he grinned when he saw one card.
"Oh you're going to regret sending this card to the graveyard." Lance grinned. "I activate Call of the Haunted to bring back a monster you sent to the graveyard via Gorg's effect, Thestalos The Firestrom Monarch!" Lance played the card and Thestalos climbed out of the ground (6/2400/1000) and due to Burden of the Mighty's effect its attack dropped to 1800.
"Good move but Burden of the Mighty means it can go toe to toe with Gorg and his other effect lets me send cards back to my opponent's hand." Brandon grinned.
"I'm not concerned with that card, not with my newly drawn Mystical Space Typhoon!" Lance played the card and a tornado ripped through the hologram of Burden of the Mighty. "Thanks for letting me draw that card so soon Brandon." Lance taunted as Brandon discarded the card and Thestalos' attack returned to normal. "Next I remove my Solar Flare Dragon from my graveyard to summon Inferno in attack mode!" Lance removed the dragon and a small flame with blue eyes and a mouth appeared on the field (4/1100/1900).
"That's supposed to worry me?" Brandon asked raising an eyebrow.
"It will in a minute." Lance said. "Thestalos attack Gorg, Inferno attack Menae." The two monsters charged, Thestalos with a fire encased fist which slammed into Gorg and Inferno incinerated Menae.
"Not bad." Brandon said before looking at his lifepoints.
B: 4800
L: 600
"Hey what gives? Inferno's attack isn't 2600!" Brandon demanded.
"True, but Inferno has an effect of its own and it's a nasty one." Lance grinned. "When it destroys a monster as a result of battle it deals 1500 points of damage to your lifepoints on top of the damage you already received."
"I don't believe it; Lance might make the comeback of the century!" Marcus said folding his arms. "Guess that attack by the Dark Scorpions knocked some sense into him!"
"If that happens I'll eat Marcus' porn stash." Andreas added.
"How...how did..." Marcus stammered.
"I didn't." Andreas smirked.
"As for the rest of my move, I'll set a monster in defence and a card facedown and end my turn." Lance played the cards and Brandon drew his card.
"I sacrifice Chick the Yellow to bring out my second Gorg The Strong." Brandon said as Chick The Yellow disappeared from the field and in its place stood a second Gorg. "Gorg, finish Lance off, ATTACK INFERNO!" Gorg charged at Inferno.
"Thanks Brandon, you've triggered my trap card Shift which lets me chose your target." Lance flipped up the card and Gorg stopped in its tracks.
"So you're choosing Thestalos?" Brandon asked and Lance shook his head.
"What did Hamden say about thinking outside the box? Your new target is my facedown card!" Lance said as Gorg charged at Lance's facedown.
"But that doesn't make any sense!" Brandon pointed out as Gorg slammed his hammer into the facedown monster revealing a strange turtle/UFO hybrid (4/1400/1200). "Lance, what the hell was that?"
"That was UFO Turtle." Lance said holding up the card. "When it's destroyed in battle it lets me summon one fire monster with 1500 attack or less." Lance sent the card to the graveyard and picked up another card.
"I still don't see how that's supposed to..." Brandon said before it dawned on him. "Unless you card's Ultimate Baseball Kid!"
"Bingo!" Lance said playing the card as the young kid in baseball gear appeared on the field. (3/500/1000) and just like that the kid's attack jumped to 2500.
"Big deal, I have two other cards that can destroy Inferno and bring Ultimate Baseball Kid's attack down to 1500, GO DON ZALOOG!" Don charged at Inferno and Lance smirked.
"Not with my other card, go Waboku!" Lance said activating the card and Don was stopped by three priestesses.
"Why didn't you activate it earlier when my Dark Scorions did a number on your lifepoints?" Brandon asked.
"Honestly? I don't know." Lance shrugged as Don returned to Brandon's side of the field.
"Whatever the case I'll end my turn." Brandon said as Lance drew a card and smiled.
"Now things get interesting, I activate the Spell Card Soul of Fire." Lance said playing the card. "Here's how it works, first you get to draw an extra card." Brandon shrugged and drew his card.
"And you're being so helpful, why?" Brandon asked.
"Because in exchange I can select one fire type monster in my deck and send it to the graveyard in exchange for dealing half of that monster's attack to your lifepoints, and I think my Lava Golem (8/3000/2500) will do nicely." Lance sent the card to the graveyard and Brandon winced.
B: 3300
L: 600
"Fortunately for you I can't attack on the same turn that I use Soul of Fire so instead I'll summon Great Angus to the field and sacrifice him for Baseball Kids other effect." Lance said as the beast appeared on the field on to be turned into a baseball and Baseball Kid launched it and Brandon.
B: 2800
L: 600
"That ends my turn." Lance said as Brandon drew his new card.
"You really should've attacked dude because now I can finish you off!" Brandon said picking up his card. "My next card can only be summoned if I have three Dark type monsters in my graveyard and I have just that: my first Gorg, Menae and Chick the Yellow." Brandon played the card. "Say hello to Dark Armed Dragon!" Brandon played the card and a massive, snake like dragon appeared in the air above the field completely covered in armour (7/2800/1000).
"Okay, that's pretty impressive." Lance gulped.
"Not only that Lance, but he has an effect as well, by removing a dark type monster from my graveyard I can destroy one monster and I chose Thestalos!" Brandon said removing Chick The Yellow from the graveyard and Dark Armed Dragon slammed its tail into Thestalos destroying it, Lance gulped as Ultimate Baseball Kid's attack dropped to 1500. "Dark Armed Dragon attack Ultimate Baseball Kid!" Dark Armed Dragon raised its tail again and slammed it into Baseball Kid finishing the duel.
B: 2800
L: 0000
As the holograms disappeared Brandon approached a disappointed Lance. "Look man, we both said and did things we regret during that duel and even before it but...friends?" Brandon said offering his hand; Lance smirked and shook it firmly.
"Yeah, we're good." Lance smirked.
"That was a great duel guys!" Marcus said approaching them.
"I concur." The teens blinked and looked up seeing the Obelisk Blue Headmaster who was applauding them. "That was one of the finest inter dorm duels I've seen." The Obelisk Blue Headmaster looked around and spotted Chloe. "Let me guess, the duel had something to do with Mr. Alvers revealing Ms. Richardson's' past?"
"Well I sent him the request before that happened but the duel ended up being about that in the end." Brandon said and the Obelisk Blue headmaster nodded.
"I'm sorry if the decision to share the information between the headmasters caused issues between you two, honestly it was out of concern for her mental state than anything else." The headmaster said but Lance shook his head.
"No it's my fault; I should've kept my mouth shut." Lance said deactivating his duel disk.
"No we should've kept our mouths shut." Andreas said approaching them.
"Are they going to argue about everything?" Chloe asked and Theresa sighed.
"Chloe, you have no idea how the male mind operates." Theresa said shaking her head.
"It doesn't matter, what does matter is that, well, you'll see a bit later in the week." The Obelisk Blue Headmaster said leaving before anyone could ask what he meant; when he left Chloe left the bleachers and approached the two male duellists.
"Lance...I..." Chloe trailed off.
"Hey relax." Lance said sitting on the edge of the duel field. "I already apologized so if you want to be mad at anyone be mad at the teachers...or Andreas and Marcus."
"Gee thanks." Marcus muttered.
"I know but..." Chloe trailed off. "I should be the one apologizing for not letting you explain."
"Forget it, if we keep playing the blame game we'll be here all day." Brandon said pinching the bridge of his nose. "Yes, even if Lance was kind of a dumbass for not coming up with a cover story."
"Oh ha, ha, ha, very funny, I think I might break a rib from laughing so hard." Lance rolled his eyes. "Besides you punched me."
"You earned it." Brandon said before checking his watch. "Well, I don't have classes for the rest of the day so what about you guys?"
"My schedules free for the day, why do you ask?" Lance asked.
"Well you still have to carry my textbooks as per the deal." Chloe said getting her textbooks from her backpack.
"I was hoping you had forgotten." Lance sweatdropped as Chloe dropped the books into his lap.
"Yeah, nice try but not nearly good enough." Chloe grinned. "But since you apologized I'll only make you carry them for the rest of the week."
Whilst they were chatting the Obelisk Blue Headmaster observed them from a doorway that connected the duel field to the rest of the main building, with him where the headmasters for Osiris Red and Ra Yellow.
"So, you think they're ready for this?" Jeff asked as he watched them. "I know Brandon and Theresa are good students and excellent duellists but it's Chloe and Lance that have me concerned, they've only been in the school for a few days."
"Chloe's shown a natural talent for duelling; it's just a little rough around the edges." The Obelisk Blue Headmaster said folding his arms. "Lance? Well he did hold his own against Brandon but his pride maybe an issue, he didn't want to admit that he had forgotten about his trap card when Brandon decimated his lifepoints."
"Yeah about that, I'm not exactly happy with you guys telling his friends." Jeff said folding his arms. "Or did you not notice the massive ass kicking he got on his second turn?"
"We noticed but that doesn't matter now." Maria said shaking her head. "What about Marcus and Andreas? I have no doubt that Marcus is ready but we have already selected Otto."
"So what? A bit of sibling rivalry will make things interesting." Professor Hamden shrugged. "Who knows? Maybe we'll get a rematch between Brandon and Lance during the event."
"Hmmm, that's an excellent point." The Obelisk Blue Headmaster nodded. "All right, who's teaching them next?"
"That would be me." Hamden nodded. "That's not until tomorrow so I'll let them know then."
"Good, not a word to them until then, understand?" The Obelisk Blue Headmaster said and the other teachers nodded.
"Are you sure? They could use the time to prep their decks." Jeff pointed out.
"True, they will be dealing with tournament level duellists and for all her natural talent Chloe's still a rookie." Hamden agreed.
"We'll see." The Obelisk Blue headmaster said as he watched the students leave. "If only they knew what we had in store for them."