It had been two days since the student's had eliminated the Orichalcos threat and things where back to normal for the group, after spending the night at a hotel due to a layover they were on the Duel Academy ship which was moments away from docking at the academy.
Chloe and Lance where standing at the front of the ship waiting for it to dock, since they were going back to school they were now wearing their school uniforms though Chloe was wearing the tanktop she wore during the Semi-Finals and beyond under her blazer which, as usual, was open, the majority of their stuff was already packed up and would be waiting for them when they returned to their respective dorms.
"Kind of weird isn't it? I mean I never thought I'd be so glad to see this place again." Lance commented with a grin which Chloe returned.
"Honestly Lance, I'll take a test from Martin over what we went through in the tournament any day of the week." Chloe said with a sheepish grin. "Just don't tell him I said that." Chloe requested and Lance would've complied if not for the fact that he noticed who was behind them.
"Err, too late." Lance said pointing behind her, Chloe gulped before turning around and seeing Martin there alongside Theresa.
"Oh, err, hi Martin." Chloe gulped with a smile whilst trying her best to hide her embarrassment. "You, err, didn't hear any of that, right?"
"I did Chloe, and don't worry, you'll get a test soon enough." Martin said with a face that was hard for the students to decipher before walking off; Theresa joined the two students and looked towards the academy.
"He…..he was kidding, right Theresa?" Chloe gulped knowing exactly how difficult Martin's tests were from experience.
"Wish I could tell you that Chloe but I can't." Theresa shrugged and Chloe groaned. "That man can be hard to read most of the time, even for the students he looks after." She added.
"Oh great, well if nothing else I'll be able to use the skills I picked up during the tournament." Chloe shrugged her shoulders before leaning forward on the balcony, Duel Academy Island was getting nearer and if Chloe had to guess she'd say that they'd be on the island within the hour. "And hopefully I can get to the Osiris Red girls' dorm without bumping into autograph seekers."
"Morning guys…..and girls, or whatever time it is." Tyler said with a yawn as he approached them and the three students turned around. "I was just getting used to the American time zone as well."
"Eh don't sweat it; at least we don't have to worry about the Orichalcos for now." Lance shrugged and the others nodded in agreement. "Has there been any news from your dad about the ship?"
"No, nor has there been any about Phillip." Tyler answered with an annoyed grunt. "Sorry but getting asked that constantly is pretty annoying."
"Speak for yourself; those bastards didn't come after you." Lance pointed out and Tyler frowned before nodding.
"Touché, anyway it looks like we'll be docking soon." Tyler admitted as he looked towards the shore…..and saw a site that caught him and the other students off guard. "Is that a welcoming party?"
"Yeah, and no offense Tyler but they seem more interested in welcoming us back." Theresa responded and Tyler smirked at that.
"Fine by me, I just want to get to my room as soon as possible." Tyler admitted as he looked out towards the dock where a small selection of students from the three dorms where gathered.
"Oh god, I just know the other Osiris Red students are going to be asking me for an autograph." Chloe groaned when she saw how many students from her dorm where on the dock.
"And that's a problem, how? You did almost beat Theresa at the tournament." Lance pointed out and Chloe groaned in response.
"That's just it, like Tyler I just want to get to my dorm room as quickly as possible without any hassle." Chloe sighed as she stood up straight. "At least I'll have an easier time doing that than Tyler, what with my dorm being closest to the dock."
"Err, yeah, with that many students on the pier? You'd be better of swimming to the island." Lance pointed out ignoring the mock glare from Chloe. "What? It's true."
"You just want to see me in wet clothing don't you?" Chloe teased him and Lance blushed.
"Err, maybe." Lance said with a nervous laugh, before Chloe could respond the ship docked and the students started swarming the ship. "Okay, I see your point, any ideas for sneaking of the ship before they corner us?"
"Well unless you have a gun you can fire into the air we're kind of out of luck." Chloe gulped before pointing behind them, the students where quickly approaching and Lance gulped. "Well so much for getting off this ship quickly."
"We could always try swimming." Chloe gulped as the students neared.
"Okay, back off, give the guys some room!" A familiar female voice, to Chloe's ears anyway, emerged from the crowd and a female Osiris Red student emerged from the crowd with Maria not far behind, she had shoulder length black hair with blue streaks in it, a nose piercing and blue eyes, her uniform identified her as a First Year student.
"Oh yeah and why should we listen to you?" A male Obelisk Blue student that Chloe couldn't see asked her. "All you are is an Osiris Red reject with a bad hairdo."
"Oh, I don't know, maybe the fact that Martin asked me for help." The student answered back and the students gulped before backing off, smiling she turned to the students. "Sorry about those guys, most of the students who didn't go on the trip were a little over eager to meet ya."
"Just a little over eager?" Lance echoed and the Osiris Red student sweat-dropped. "We appreciate the help anyway, but why did Martin ask you?"
"Why? Don't think I'm good enough just because I'm in Osiris Red?" The student asked as she folded her arms.
"Chelsea relax, he's the Ra Yellow student I told you about." Chloe said stepping forward, the student, now known as Chelsea grinned.
"Is that right? Well any friend of Chloe's is a friend of mine." Chelsea said before turning to the other student. "Name's Chelsea Cunningham, I'm Chloe's roommate in Osiris Red, and may I add that you guys kicked ass in the tournament."
"Yeah, we noticed Chelsea." Theresa grinned as she approached the younger student. "And thanks for the help; I think it would've been dinner time by the time we got to our dorms."
"No prob, I wanted to chat with Chloe anyway." Chelsea grinned before sighing. "Kind of disappointed that I couldn't come with you guys though, I was going to ask Martin to let me on the trip but my parents pulled me out of school after Nathan was hospitalized."
"Eh don't worry about it." Lance said with a grin. "You probably wouldn't have made it that far anyway."
"Err, Lance, you're going to regret saying that." Chloe said with a gulp as she started tugging on her blazer nervously.
"What's the worst that can…." Lance started only to be grabbed by the collar by a pissed off Chelsea.
"Are you insulting my dueling skills little man?" Chelsea demanded and Lance started sweating bullets, despite being much smaller than he was she had a hell of a death glare.
"Err, no." Lance gulped as he quickly shook his head quickly. "I've….I've just never seen your skills in action that's all." Lance added and Chelsea calmed down a bit before letting go.
"Fine, I'll show you my skills myself." Chelsea said as she activated her duel disk. "You, me, right here, I'll show you who would've been eliminated early!"
"Err, just one problem." Lance gulped as he held up his arm where he usually kept his duel disk to show that it was empty. "My duel disk, along with the rest of my stuff was taken to my dorm by speedboat earlier." Lance explained and Chelsea frowned before deactivating her duel disk.
"Fine, we'll take a rain check." Chelsea said before grinning. "Meet me in ten minutes outside the Osiris Red Girl's Dorm, sound fair?"
"Yeah, sounds fair." Lance agreed and Chelsea simply walked off, once she was out of earshot Lance turned to Chloe. "Why didn't you warn me you had a psycho for a roommate?"
"You never asked." Chloe said before frowning. "And she's not a psycho, Chelsea may have a temper that would make much larger men tremble in their boots but she's a good person once you get past that."
"I'll take your word for it." Lance said as he straightened his collar. "You're her roommate so you must have some idea what kind of deck she runs." Lance asked and Chloe shook her head.
"Sorry but I've never watched her duel before now, we were going to have a friendly duel before Nathan's soul was trapped but like she said, Chelsea's parents pulled her out of school for a few weeks after Nathan's soul was trapped." Chloe explained and Lance groaned in frustration. "What I do know is that she's good, she's helped me come up with a few strategies every now and again when I needed them."
"I take it they helped you then?" Lance asked and Chloe nodded. "Well better not waste any time then, I'm off to Ra Yellow to get my duel disk." Lance said before turning around…and bumping into Marcus. "Marcus, how can someone your size be so quiet on your feet."
"I've had plenty of practice, well that and the fact that there was a large crowd just on the ship." Marcus explained with a grin. "And before you ask I haven't dueled Chelsea either, I have heard of her temper though, there's a rumor floating around that it got her kicked out of three schools before she came here."
"Yeah, I just experienced her temper first hand." Lance said before brushing past Marcus and leaving the ship, whilst the boys and Theresa made their way to their respective dorms Chloe headed straight to her room and entered.
"Chelsea, are you in here?" Chloe called out as she looked around; just as the teachers had promised her luggage was waiting for her besides the bunk bed and Chloe's duel disk and deck where on one of the coffee tables.
"Up here Chloe." Chelsea called out from the top bunk, Chloe grinned before closing the door behind her and sitting on the bottom bunk. "And boy was it satisfying to see Otto get his ass kicked!"
"It was just as satisfying to be the ass kicker, believe me." Chloe grinned as she started unpacking. "Sorry about Lance, he has a habit of running his mouth."
"Don't sweat it; I shouldn't have gotten as mad as I did." Chelsea responded before hopping off the top bunk and to the floor. "So how was the tournament?"
"Great in some places, rough in others." Chloe sighed as she started hanging up her clothes. "You know the comments Otto made before his match with Andreas?"
"Yeah, I remember all right." Chelsea frowned as she leaned against the ladder to the top bunk. "I wanted to kick his ass so badly for saying that, so did some of his old friends." Chelsea added earning her a surprised look from Chloe. "Yeah, I was as surprised as you are but apparently even assholes have standards, the others just laughed, don't worry, me and the other girls gave them a piece of our minds."
"That's good to know." Chloe grinned before sighing. "Chelsea, what I'm about to tell you…..please tell you won't tell anyone else?"
"My lips are sealed Chloe, just like when I found out about…you know." Chelsea trailed off and Chloe nodded, Chelsea had learnt of Chloe's abuse shortly after Theresa and Brandon did as she saw Chloe's scar whilst she was getting changed for gym class.
"I….I bumped into my biological dad whilst I was in New York." Chloe said simply and Chelsea's eyes widened. "He was aligned with the Orichalcos duelists."
"Shit…." Chelsea trailed off as she sat next to her friend. "At….at least that bastard's gone right? How'd he break out anyway?" Chelsea asked and Chloe sighed.
"That's the thing, he was never in jail for killing my mom in the first place, or the abuse he inflicted on me." Chloe explained and Chelsea looked at her puzzled. "His conviction was overturned by the Court of Appeals; my stepdad lied about it for the past ten years."
"Oh….oh god….." Chelsea trailed off as it dawned on her. "Chloe, I'm so sorry."
"It's okay, I was able to put it behind me and forgive my dad." Chloe sighed and Chelsea smiled at that. "Are you having any second thoughts about Dueling Lance?"
"Are you kidding? I can't wait to see the look on his face when I mop the floor with his deck." Chelsea grinned as she held up her duel disk. "It's not like I don't expect a good challenge though, the guy did hold his own against the champ." Chelsea added and Chloe nodded in agreement. "Oh that reminds me!" Chelsea said before standing up and heading to the top bunk.
"You forget about your duel already?" Chloe asked and Chelsea shook her head as she felt around her bed.
"Nah, it's just that after we learned that Otto destroyed your old deck, including the rare cards you won, me and the girls pooled together our cash and…..well…." Chelsea handed over two cards and Chloe took them. "We brought you these." Chelsea said and Chloe's eyes widened in surprise when she saw them.
"Endymion the Master Magician and Magical Citadel of Endymion…." Chloe trailed off when she saw the two cards, they were among the cards that Theresa and the others were unable to buy following Otto's break-in. "Chelsea you shouldn't have!" Chloe said clearly overjoyed by this.
"Don't worry about it, what are friends for right?" Chelsea asked as she hopped off the ladder and pulled down her top which had rolled up and exposed the lower half of her stomach due to her stretching so much. "Oh and speaking of friends….." Chelsea trailed off when she saw the time, Chloe looked up and grinned. "This should be fun." Chelsea said and Chloe nodded in agreement, the two girls left their room and headed out to the balcony intending to exit through there, sure enough they saw Lance standing there tapping his foot impatiently and he wasn't alone, Theresa, Marcus and Andreas where standing there. "Sorry Lance, I got sidetracked."
"No problem." Lance said as she climbed down the stairs and walked up to him before stopping at the halfway point. "Err, sorry if I offended you back there, can we at least have a friendly match?"
"Depends on what you mean by "friendly match"." Chelsea answered as the two duelists activated their duel disks and drew their opening hands. "Because as anyone who's had the pleasure of facing my deck can tell you, I'm extremely competitive."
"I never would've guessed." Lance muttered under his breath as he looked over his hand. "Since I'm feeling generous I'll let you go first." Lance told Chelsea who grinned broadly before drawing her card. "At least this way I'll see what kind of deck she runs." Lance thought as he waited for Chelsea to make her move, whilst he did Chloe climbed down the stairs and sat on the grass.
"Good, I'll begin with the Field Spell Card Wattcastle!" Chelsea played the card and the scenery changed to that of a toy castle with lightning coming out of it.
"Well, at least it's not the Orichalcos." Lance commented with a sweat-drop. "Okay, what the hell does this castle do?"
"I'll get to that in a minute, for now I summon this little guy in attack mode!" Chelsea played the card and a red and blue cobra appeared on the field with lightning sticking out of it (4/1000/500).
"What the….." Lance trailed off as his eyes rested of the monster.
"This is Wattcobra; trust me he's a lot stronger than he looks." Chelsea commented before picking up another card. "I set one card facedown and end my turn." Chelsea set the card down and Lance shook off his confusion long enough to draw a card.
"Okay, I've only seen one monster from this deck and to be blunt it's one of the weirdest deck's I've seen." Lance muttered under his breath before looking at the card he had drawn. "So here's something to deal with it, I summon Darkfire Soldier number 1 in attack mode!" Lance played the card and the topless man with his lower half covered in fire appeared on the field (4/1700/1150).
"You know I have a hard time believing anyone uses that old card nowadays, let alone a Ra Yellow student." Chelsea taunted him and Lance growled. "That's right, attack; you'll be in for a nasty surprise when you do!"
"I'll show you, Darkfire Soldier, put that snake on the Barbie!" Lance commanded and the soldier launched its self towards Chelsea's snake. "Deep Fried Cobra, hold the….." Lance started but stopped on account of his jaw dropping when Darkfire Soldier's attack points dropped to 700, the cobra leapt towards Darkfire Soldier and bit him in the neck destroying him.
L: 7700
C: 8000
"What the hell just happened, how did my monster lose attack points?" Lance demanded before it hit him and he looked towards the castle. "This is Wattcastle's effect isn't it?"
"You got it, any time an opponent's monster attacks a Watt monster whilst this Field Spell's on the field that monster loses a thousand attack points during Damage Calculation." Chelsea explained with a grin. "You see, the main weakness of my Watt monsters is the fact that most of them have low or non-existent attack points, this field spell and the effects of the Watt monsters themselves make up for it."
"This is going to be tricky in other words." Lance muttered as he picked up a card. "Well I'll match your weak monster with a weak monster of my own; I remove Darkfire Soldier from play to Special Summon Inferno in defense mode." Lance pocketed the monster and the small flame with a threatening face appeared on the field (4/1100/1900). "I set two cards facedown and end my turn." Lance announced and Chelsea drew her card. "Good luck getting past Inferno, his defense is way too tough for Wattcobra to crack so if you want too…."
"Wattcobra shut him up by attacking his life-points directly!" Chelsea interrupted and the cobra leapt towards Lance.
"Excuse me, what?" Lance demanded only to be bitten by the snake.
L: 6700
C: 8000
"Yeah, that's another thing I forgot to mention." Chelsea said with a grin as her cobra returned to her side of the field. "Like I said the Watt monsters make up for their low attack points by having some cool effects, in Wattcobra's case he has two, he can attack your life-points directly and when he inflicts damage in that matter I can add another Watt monster from my deck to my hand." Chelsea explained before picking up her deck, searching through it and adding a monster to her hand.
"Okay, now your deck's been upgraded to pain in the ass!" Lance grunted and Chelsea said nothing before picking up the card she drew.
"I get that a lot, anyway I think now's a good time to activate my trap card Wattcannon!" Chelsea said as she activated the trap; soon afterwards what could only be described as a lightning colored cannon that appeared to be straight out of a cartoon appeared alongside her. "But you don't have to worry about that just yet, but to keep you guessing I'm setting a monster in defense and another card facedown, your move." Chelsea announced and Lance drew his card.
"If it's anything like your other cards I won't like its effect." Lance muttered before looking at his card. "This is more like it; I sacrifice Inferno to summon my old buddy Thestalos, the Firestorm Monarch!" Lance played the card and the flame disappeared from the field, in its place stood the mighty monarch of fire (6/2400/1000).
"Before you ask, yes I know his effect." Chelsea said before holding out her hand. "Chose carefully Lance, who knows what's in there."
"I know what I'm doing." Lance said before making his choice. "Say goodbye to the card on the far right." Thestalos threw his fireball at the card and Chelsea winced.
"Good choice, that monster was a Level 6." Chelsea complemented him before sending it to the graveyard.
L: 6700
C: 7400
"I thought you said most Watt Monsters where weak?" Lance asked and Chelsea shook her head.
"I said most, not all; this archetype has some strong normal type monsters in it." Chelsea explained before folding her hands. "So, are you going to attack?"
"You didn't need to ask, Thestalos, attack Wattcobra." Lance commanded and, once its attack dropped to 1400, Thestalos launched a fireball at the monster incinerating it.
C: 7200
L: 6400
"All right, Lance is starting to make some headway!" Marcus said as he pumped his fists, Andreas however remained concerned.
"Then why is it that Chelsea doesn't seem to be worried?" Andreas asked as Chelsea calmly sent her monster to the graveyard. "She had every opportunity to protect it with her facedown card but didn't."
"Your right, that is strange." Marcus commented as he scratched his head. "I mean, Wattcobra has a pretty neat effect, why let it be destroyed?"
"They'll find out soon enough, just got to get a good amount of monsters on the field for this to work." Chelsea thought before turning her attention to Lance. "My turn yet?" Chelsea asked and Lance looked over his hand.
"Well I'll think I'll activate my own trap, Backfire!" Lance activated the trap and grinned. "Any time you destroy a Fire-Type monster from now on you take 500 points of damage."
"Meh, I can live with that." Chelsea shrugged her shoulders and Lance raised an eyebrow.
"What is she planning?" Lance thought before motioning for her to take her turn, Chelsea drew her card and grinned.
"Just what I was hoping for, no pun intended, first I activate my Wattkeeper trap card!" Chelsea activated the trap and Wattcobra returned to the field. "This lets me Special Summon a low level Watt monster from my graveyard, in exchange though it's destroyed during the end phase." Chelsea said before grinning. "Oh yeah, and now Wattcannon's effect activates." Chelsea added and before Lance could say anything the cannon launched a ball of electricity at him.
C: 7200
L: 5800
"Basically any time a Low Level Thunder Type Monster is Special or Normal summoned this thing inflicts 600 points of damage to your life-points making it ideal for a Watt deck." Chelsea explained with a grin before flip summoning her facedown card. "Next I flip summon Wattfox in attack mode!" Chelsea flipped the card over and a small yellow fox appeared on the field (2/800/100).
"Okay, that's strangely cute but what's his effect exactly?" Lance asked and Chelsea grinned.
"You don't have to worry about that since Wattfox's effect kicks in after he's destroyed by battle or a card effect." Chelsea said as her grin grew larger. "What you do have to worry about is the fact that Wattfox is a Tuner Monster."
"WHAT? OH GREAT!" Lance yelled out as the two thunder monsters leapt into the air.
"That's right, and now I tune Wattcobra with Wattfox in order to Synchro Summon Wattchimera!" Chelsea announced as Wattfox dissolved into two green rings that surrounded Wattcobra, a bright flash enveloped the field, when the flash faded a monster that resembled the Chimera from Greek Mythology appeared on the field, however it was more mechanical in nature and it growled at Lance (6/1400/2100).
"A Synchro Monster with 1400 attack points, that's not exactly a site you see every day." Lance commented dryly. "And if it's anything like your other monsters then he's stronger than he lets on."
"You got that right, but first I have a spell card to play." Chelsea played the card and a Continuous Spell Card appeared on the field. "Wattcine, how this works is simple, when a Thunder Type monster like Wattchimera inflicts Battle Damage to my opponent I'll gain life-points equal to the damage inflicted and guess what? Wattchimera can attack your life-points directly."
"Off course it can." Lance grumbled under his breath.
"Wattchimera, attack his life-points directly!" Chelsea commanded and Wattchimera charged towards Lance…..
"Go Defense Draw!" Lance activated his trap and the Chimera's claws connected with his chest, Lance winced but no damage was taken and he drew a card. "I take no damage and get to draw a card as an added bonus."
"Okay, that was a nice save, I'll give you that." Chelsea admitted as Wattchimera returned to her side of the field. "I set a card facedown and end my turn." Chelsea set the card down and Lance drew another card.
"Okay, as much as I want to be rid of that Wattchimera before it does any serious damage Wattcastle will basically mean that any attacks I commit against her monster will be a tie, either I get rid of her field spell or I power up Thestalos somehow." Lance thought before looking at his drawn card. "Or how about Option three, a combination of both my previous options!" Lance thought before playing the card. "You're not the only one with a Tuner Monster."
"Yeah, I'm well aware of that." Chelsea said nonchalantly before it dawned on her. "Oh crap, what do you have in mind?"
"This, I summon the Tuner Monster Flamvell Baby!" Lance played the card and a small fire in the shape of a baby complete with a face appeared on the field (1/800/200). "Flamvell Baby, give my monarch a tune up!" Lance commanded and the two monsters leapt into the air, Flamvell Baby dissolved into a single green ring that surrounded Thestalos. "I tune my two monsters together to Synchro Summon Laval Stennon!" Lance announced as a bright flash enveloped the field, when it faded the massive warrior from Lance's duel against Felix appeared on the field (7/2700/1800).
"Not bad, but I've seen better monsters in a starter deck." Chelsea said nonchalantly and Lance growled when he heard that.
"Yeah, well, before I attack I have to send a card from my hand to the graveyard due to Stennon's effect." Lance explained before picking up and discarding a card. "But that's not all; you see I also happen to have another copy of Flamvell Baby in my hand thanks to Defense Draw."
"And you're telling me the contents of your hand, why?" Chelsea asked and Lance grinned.
"I'm telling you that because by discarding Flamvell Baby from my hand I can increase Stennon's attack points by 400!" Lance explained as Stennon's attack points increased to 3100.
"Okay, this is going to hurt a lot more than I originally planned." Chelsea thought with a gulp as she glanced towards her facedown card. "At least Wattcine will help soften the blow a bit."
"Go Stennon; take out that overgrown pussycat now!" Lance commanded and Stennon charged towards Wattchimera…
"Not this round!" Chelsea interrupted as her trap card flipped up. "I activate Double Passé which means I take the hit for Chimera…"
"And Chimera gets to take a bite out of my life-points in exchange." Lance finished for her earning himself a confused look. "I have a copy of that card myself." Lance explained and Chelsea would've nodded in understanding if not for Stennon's attack sending her to the ground, she sat up and pointed to her Synchro monster.
"Wattchimera, show him your counter attack!" Chelsea commanded and the chimera leapt over Stennon as the massive monster was returning to Lance's side of the field and took a bite out of him. "And thanks to Wattcine, I get some of the life-points I just lost back!" Chelsea added as her spell card glowed.
C: 4100
L: 5800
"You okay Chelsea?" Lance asked as she got to her feet, Chelsea just grinned as she heard that.
"I appreciate the concern but trust me; I'm a lot tougher than I look." Chelsea responded as she gathered up her cards. "But that's not all my combo did, you see when Wattchimera successfully damages your life-points his effect kicks in forcing you to send one card in your hand to the top of your deck." Chelsea explained and Lance frowned before picking up a card in his hand and placing it on the top of his deck.
"That effect's going to be troublesome for Lance." Andreas commented as Lance looked at the rest of his hand. "On its own that's a pretty good effect but combined with Wattchimera's ability to bypass Lance's monsters….."
"And that's not even taking into account her other cards." Marcus commented with a frown. "I just hope that Lance can destroy one, if not all of her cards, I mean Wattchimera would've been destroyed a couple of turns ago by Thestalos if not for her field spell."
"Yeah and that's making me wonder." Theresa chimed in with a frown. "That combo's too good for an Osiris Red student and I'm usually the one to jump to their defense, I'd sooner expect that combo from a Ra Yellow student at most."
"Oh if only she knew." Chelsea thought with a sigh before looking at Lance. "Is it my move yet?" Chelsea asked and Lance looked at the only card in his hand.
"I set a card facedown and end my turn." Lance shrugged and Chelsea drew her card. "Before you get any ideas I activate Thunder of Ruler."
"And that prevents me from conducting my Battle Phase, that's fine by me because I have other ways of dealing damage." Chelsea commented as she looked at her drawn card. "Like this little guy, I summon Wattdragonfly in attack mode!" Chelsea played the card and a red and green dragonfly with a yellow and black striped tail appeared on the field (2/900/200). "I'll get to his effect in a minute but first Wattcannon will do its stuff!" Chelsea said as the cannon fired another electrical charge at Lance.
C: 4100
L: 5200
"Normally I'd kamikaze Wattdragonfly against Lance's monster by now but his Trap prevents that." Chelsea thought before looking at Lance. "Since I can't attack I'll end my turn with a facedown card." Chelsea announced and Lance drew his card. "On the plus side that's pretty much guaranteed to be a dead draw since I forced him to return that card to the top of his deck with Wattchimera's effect."
"Let me guess, you think the card I just drew is a dead draw right?" Lance asked and Chelsea blinked in surprise. "Well I hate to tell you this Chelsea but your wrong."
"What are you talking about? You didn't play that card last turn!" Chelsea protested and Lance grinned before turning it around. "Is that Royal Firestorm Guards?"
"That's right, and I'm summoning this bad boy in attack mode!" Lance played the card and the red demon from his duel against Eddie appeared on the field (4/1700/1200). "Now I couldn't summon him last turn for two reasons, I didn't have enough Pyro monsters in my graveyard to use his effect and I had already used up my Normal Summon on Flamvell Baby." Lance explained before grinning. "But now that I have enough Pyro type monsters I can use his effect, in exchange for returning four of those cards to my deck I can draw two new cards."
"Yeah, I know, the whole school saw your duel against Eddie." Chelsea responded as Lance returned the four monsters to his deck, shuffled it and drew twice. "Not that it matters, you used up your normal summon this turn just to bring him out."
"Not a problem, I activate the Spell Card Monster Reborn." Lance played the card and Chelsea looked at him confused.
"Why would you play that? Any monsters you had in your graveyard are back in….." Chelsea started before it dawned on her. "You want to summon something from my graveyard!"
"That's right, and I seem to remember you sending a Level 6 monster to the graveyard because of Thestalos's effect!" Lance responded and Chelsea frowned before retrieving the card and tossing it at Lance who caught it skillfully. "Ohh, good card, I summon Watttaildragon!" Lance played the card and a large blue and yellow dragon appeared on the field (6/2500/1000).
"Well, if this isn't a good time to activate my trap I don't know what is!" Chelsea said as her trap card flipped up and a loud roar was heard causing Lance's monsters to cower in fear. "Threatening Roar, an old card but it goes well with this deck." Chelsea explained with a sigh of relief. "Especially since I would've probably lost the duel if I didn't activate it, at least my trap brought me some time." Chelsea thought.
"Nice save, I'll end my turn at that." Lance announced and Chelsea drew her card. "She may have brought herself a little time with her trap but I'll get to her life-points eventually!" Lance thought as he waited for Chelsea to make her move.
"Well, well, I was wondering when I was going to take this card for a test drive." Chelsea said with a grin before playing the card. "I activate a Spell Card called Pride of the Weak."
"Pride of the Weak, I've never heard of that card." Lance said with a raised eyebrow, Chelsea grinned before pointing to Stennon
"Allow me to demonstrate its effect then, Wattdragonfly, attack Stennon!" Chelsea commanded to the surprise of everyone else and the dragonfly flew towards the much larger dragon. "Why? Two reasons, Wattdragonfly is one of the Watt monsters that can't attack my opponents life-points directly, the other reason? So that I can discard Honest from my hand and use its effect!"
"Oh crap!" Lance gulped as Chelsea discarded her card and Wattdragonfly's attack skyrocketed to 3600, Watttaildragon tried swatting away the dragonfly but it was no use and the monster was destroyed. "Yeah but don't forget about Backfire." Lance pointed out as his life-points dropped down to 4300 and Chelsea's life-points dropped to 3600 on to rise again to 4500 thanks to Wattcine's effect.
"I know that but now that a Level 2 monster has destroyed something on your side of the field Pride of the Weak's effect activates, since I discarded the last card in my hand for Honest's effect I can now draw two cards." Chelsea explained before drawing two cards. "And speaking of attacks, Wattchimera bypass his monsters and attack directly!" Chelsea commanded and the mythological creature bypassed Lance's remaining monsters and slashed him across the chest.
C: 4500
L: 2900
"And since Wattchimera just damaged your life-points the other card you drew with Royal Firestorm Guard's effect goes back to your hand." Chelsea added with a grin as Lance complied with the effect and Wattcine's effect kicked in bringing Chelsea's life-points up to 5900.
"I really wish I had my copy of Bad Reaction to Simochi right now, that'll blow her combo right out of the water." Lance thought before looking up at Chelsea. "Is there anything else?"
"Nah, I'm done for now!" Chelsea shrugged and Lance drew his card.
"Okay, I didn't play this last turn because it would've helped you, but since I'm behind on life-points and your card relies on your hand being nonexistent I'll make an exception!" Lance played the card and Card of Sanctity's hologram appeared on the field, Chelsea frowned but drew until she had six cards in her hand and Lance did likewise. "Sorry Chelsea, but I'm putting a stop to your combo."
"Are you really? And how do you expect to do that?" Chelsea asked and Lance grinned before playing the card, all color drained from Chelsea's face when she saw it. "You drew Heavy Storm?"
"That's right, so say goodbye to all the cards you have back there!" Lance said with a grin as a storm washed over the field, Chelsea's three cards where the first to go followed quickly by her Castle and Lance's Backfire trap. "I know what you're thinking; at least your monsters will protect you, right?" Lance asked with a sly grin.
"Okay, first off unless you're psychic there's no way you can read my mind." Chelsea pointed out as she sent her cards to the graveyard. "Second, unless you also happened to….your next card's Lightning Vortex isn't it?"
"Right again, go Lightning Vortex!" Lance played the card and, after discarding a card from his hand, lightning struck Chelsea's two monsters destroying them both.
"Heh, sorry Lance but the joke's on you because when Wattdragonfly is destroyed by battle or a card effect I can Special Summon another Watt monster in his place!" Chelsea interrupted as she sent her monsters to the graveyard, once that was done she searched through her deck and she quickly found the card she was looking for before she played it. "So say hello to Wattlemur in attack mode!" Chelsea played the card and a small, yellow and black lemur with a long tail appeared on the field (2/800/100). "He may not look like much but when he's destroyed in battle or by a card effect and sent to the grave his effect kicks in meaning that you won't be able to attack on your next turn."
"I can live with that." Lance shrugged as he looked over his hand; he picked up a Spell Card and played it. "Next up is the Spell Card Double Summon which lets me have not one but two summons this turn, so first I sacrifice Royal Firestorm Guards to bring back Thestalos!" Lance played the card and the demon disappeared from the field, in its place stood the monarch of fire (6/2400/1000). "You know the drill by now."
"Yeah, I do." Chelsea nodded before holding out her hand, Thestalos threw a fireball at one of the cards and Chelsea breathed a sigh of relief. "Sorry Lance but this time you targeted my second copy off Wattcannon." Chelsea explained before sending the Trap to the graveyard. "And your second Normal Summon is?"
"This guy, I summon Element Dragon!" Lance played the card and a small red dragon appeared on the field (4/1500/1000). "All right guys, get her!" Lance commanded and the three monsters attacked, Element Dragon incinerated her monster whilst the two stronger monsters attacked her directly sending her to the ground.
C: 300
L: 2900
"You okay Chelsea?" Lance asked as she got to her feet, she gathered up her cards before grinning at Lance.
"Like I said, I'm tougher than I look!" Chelsea said plainly before looking around to make sure that she hadn't forgotten any cards, once she confirmed that she had all her cards she turned to Lance. "Besides you can't conduct your next battle phase so I have some time to figure out a way out of this mess." Chelsea added and Lance grinned.
"I like to see you try, for now I end my turn." Lance announced and Chelsea drew her card.
"Okay, my combo may be out the window but I'm not out of this yet, as long as I play it safe I shouldn't have any problems." Chelsea thought before looking at the card she had drawn, she grinned and wasted no time in playing it. "I activate my own Double Summon, and I use my summons to bring out Wattberyx and another Wattcobra!" Chelsea played the cards and the two monsters appeared on the field, first the cobra from earlier in the duel appeared on the field alongside a small orange fish (3/300/0).
"And why should I worry about them?" Lance asked and Chelsea grinned.
"You shouldn't, you see Wattchimera isn't the only Synchro monster in the Watt archetype, there's one more and since Wattberyx is a tuner…..well you do the math!" Lance's eyes widened as the two monsters leapt into the air. "I tune my monsters together to Synchro Summon Watthyrdra!" Chelsea played the card and a bright flash enveloped the field, when it faded an electric blue, multi-headed serpent like monster appeared on the field (7/1500/1500).
"Wait; don't tell me, he makes up for his low attack points by being able to attack my life-points directly?" Lance asked and Chelsea nodded. "Well, at least I'll survive this round."
"That's where you're wrong Lance; I equip Watthydra with the Spell Card Wattcube!" Chelsea played the card and grinned. "This gives my guy 100 extra attack points for each Thunder type monster in my grave and since Watt's an archetype of Thunder monsters that's all of them, there's five in my graveyard at the moment bringing my total up to 2000!" Chelsea said proudly as her monster's attack points increased to 2000.
"Sorry but I'll still have 900 life-points by the end of my turn." Lance said cockily and Chelsea grinned. "Unless you have something else in mind I'll survive this round….." Lance trailed off as he remembered something. "That's right, because of Wattlemur I won't be able to attack next round."
"That's right, but you won't be around long enough for that, I play the Spell Card Hidden Armory, this lets me search my deck for an Equip Spell and add it to my hand like so!" Chelsea played the card and searched through her deck, she found the card she was looking for and added it to her hand, however it wasn't in her hand for long as she played it immediately afterwards. "And what do you know? It's another Wattcube." Chelsea played the card and her monster's attack increased to 2500.
"Sorry, but that's still not enough, unless you have another Hidden Armory I'm still surviving this turn." Lance pointed out and Chelsea grinned.
"I don't need another Hidden Armory Lance, Wattcube has another effect." Chelsea said as she sent her second copy of the equip spell to the graveyard. "By sending Wattcube to the graveyard I can increase Watthydra's attack points by one thousand!" Lance's eyes widened as the dragon's attack increased to 3000. "Watthydra, bypass his monsters and finish it!" Chelsea commanded and the serpent reared back its heads before letting lose with several electrical charges each one hitting Lance, the last one sending him to the ground.
C: 300
L: 0000
"Nice duel Lance, better luck next time." Chelsea complemented him and Lance got to his feet, the holograms disappeared and the two duelists deactivated their duel disks, once they did that Lance approached her and offered a handshake. "Good to know there's still some gentlemen left." Chelsea commented before accepting the handshake.
"Yeah well, I know when I'm beat." Lance shrugged his shoulders as he let go off the handshake. "And heck, if you're not doing anything later maybe we can hang out….." Lance started and Chelsea blinked before it hit her.
"Are you asking me out?" Chelsea asked and Chloe winced knowing where this was going.
"Do you want me to tell him Chelsea or can you handle it?" Chloe asked and Chelsea shook her head.
"Chloe, its fine, I can handle it." Chelsea told her and Chloe nodded in understanding.
"Tell him what?" Theresa asked raising an eyebrow at the younger duelist.
"Sorry Lance, but you're not my type…." Chelsea trailed off and Lance blinked in surprise. "I guess what I'm saying is that, well, when it comes to dating I stick to my own locker room." Chelsea said and it took Lance and the others a second to figure it out.
"You're gay?" Lance asked and Chelsea nodded. "Well, err, this is just plain awkward, how many other people know?"
"Chloe knows for one, I tried hitting on her when she moved into my room." Chelsea explained and Chloe blushed a bit. "Besides her, most of the girls in Osiris Red know about it and my parents know as well, they were the first people I told when I decided to come out a couple of years ago." Chelsea added before wincing. "You don't have a problem with that, do you Theresa? I know your religious and all….."
"Relax, I may be a Christian but I don't have a problem when it comes to gay people." Theresa reassured her as she approached the younger student. "There's just one thing that's been bugging me, and no offense to Chloe or the other girls here, but your deck and skills are surprisingly good for an Osiris Red Student."
"Oh, that." Chelsea said as she frowned. "They originally considered me good enough for Ra Yellow but I got stuck here because I let my temper get the better of me during my test duel, I snapped at my proctor after he countered several of my moves and despite winning using the same combo I used against Lance a few moments ago they stuck me here." Chelsea sighed as she looked down at her deck. "That's why I wanted to join you guys in New York; I was hoping to impress the teachers enough so that they'd consider me for the graduation duels next month."
"With how well you would've done right?" Theresa asked and Chelsea nodded. "I could put in a good word for you with Martin in you want, he considers me one of his best students so he's bound to listen."
"You'd do that?" Chelsea asked genuinely surprised by this, Theresa shrugged her shoulders.
"Sure, just gotta watch that temper of yours." Theresa added and Chelsea grinned, before anyone could say anything else Theresa spotted Jeff approaching them. "Hey Jeff, what's up?"
"Martin's called an assembly over at the main building, we looked for you guys at your dorms but when you weren't there…." Jeff explained and Chelsea grinned sheepishly.
"Sorry, I challenged Lance to a duel and I guess they got curious." Chelsea explained and Jeff nodded in understanding before motioning for the students to follow him which they did.