Chelsea took a moment to catch her breath as she neared the Osiris Red Girls Dorm, she had lost Chloe after she had left the main building twenty minutes ago and had been searching all over the island, well everywhere she could, the volcano and the abandoned dorm where off limits and she doubted that Chloe would go anywhere near them.
"Seriously, who looks at an island with an active fucking volcano on it and decides "yeah, this is a perfect place to build an academy that holds up to 60 students" that's a lawsuit waiting to happen?" Chelsea thought as she took several deep breaths. "Man, I need to exercise more often!" Chelsea thought before looking up at her room which was on the second floor. "Okay, I'll stop for a rest on the top bunk and once I catch my breath I'll start searching off the beaten track, I found her near that lake earlier so I'll start there." Chelsea thought before sighing. "Chloe, I want to side with you but this? I wouldn't turn off my duel disk's safeties against my worst enemy." Chelsea thought before walking up the balcony and too the room the two girls shared, she tried opening it but it was locked. "Huh? We left it unlocked because the front door is locked, why is it lo…..oh…." Chelsea realized before reaching into her blazer pocket, producing her key and unlocking it, she opened it slowly unsure of what she'd find on the other side.
"Who….whose there….." Chloe's voice rang out and Chelsea hesitated, it was clear that she was crying as a result of what happened.
"Chloe, it's me, don't worry I'm alone." Chelsea called out as she opened the door fully, she saw Chloe sitting on the bottom bunk in a fetal position, her duel disk was by the bed and her deck was sprawled out in front of her, truth be told Chelsea was ready to yell at her at first because of what happened, but then she remembered why she acted that way, Chelsea bit her lip before sitting next to her. "Chloe, I'm sorry I should've kicked his ass for what he said."
"It's…..Chelsea, it's okay…." Chloe responded as she wiped away the tears, Chelsea sighed as she looked at her friend, technically they were the same age but Chloe was younger by a couple of months so Chelsea saw herself as an older sister type figure, the fact that Chelsea had a good couple of inches on Chloe definitely helped matters. "I…..I probably screwed up our chances at the tournament."
"Chloe, its fine, worse that can happen is that they give your stepparents a call…..okay that's probably not helping." Chelsea realized as she ran a hand through her hair. "Has anyone come by? Well, besides me that is?" Chelsea asked and Chloe shook her head.
"Some girls who saw me crying came by but I ignored them when they knocked on the door." Chloe said honestly as she looked towards her deck. "I…..I didn't know how to explain it to anyone who wasn't at the Duel Field."
"Chloe, you know Maria's going to be pissed about this right?" Chelsea asked and Chloe nodded. "As much as I'd like to buy you some time when she does come there's only so much bullshit I can spew before she threatens me with detention." Chelsea added and Chloe nodded in understanding. "You'll get another shot at that loudmouth, don't forget you still have Mask of…..Chloe where's Mask of Restrict?"
"Side deck, I moved it there because most of my Non-Synchro monsters require tributes." Chloe sighed before looking at the floor. "Chelsea, I honestly have no idea what happened back there, I lost control and was so focused on getting payback that I didn't think anyone would notice me turning off the safeties."
"You do realize that the chances of Maria accepting that are about the same as Kaiba admitting that Yugi is a better duelist right?" Chelsea pointed out and Chloe sighed.
"Yeah, I do but that's the only answer I can give." Chloe said as she moved her arms to her sides and swung her legs over. "If I had a better explanation then believe me I'd give it but as it stands? That's all I've got."
"The guilt's been eating up on you huh?" Chelsea asked as she gathered up Chloe's cards for her, Chloe looked up briefly and Chelsea could see that her eyes were red from all the crying. "I'll take that as a yes." Chelsea responded but before either of them could say anything there was a loud knock at the door.
"Chloe, I know you're in there!" A voice that neither girl was expecting rang out.
"Kimberly?" The two girls asked simultaneously, she sounded furious and Chelsea winced as she looked at her roommate.
"Stay put, I'll handle it." Chelsea told her and Chloe nodded before she watched her roommate answer the door, Chelsea opened the door and saw Kimberly, Lance, Marcus and Andreas standing there and they were far from happy. "Err, hi guys."
"Where's Chloe Chelsea?" Kimberly asked and Chelsea gulped.
"She's not in here, in fact I was about to go searching for her!" Chelsea lied and the four students didn't budge. "What?"
"Chelsea, several other students saw her run to her room, heard her lock both doors and confirmed that she hasn't emerged from her room since." Marcus said as he folded his arms, Chelsea tried to think of a cover but sighed. "We get that your trying to help her, we do, but what she did back there….."
"That wasn't her fault, hell you guys weren't at the duel field and your already casting judgment?" Chelsea asked as her eyes narrowed.
"We just want her side of the story, that's it." Lance sighed and Chelsea turned to him. "Most of the Obelisk Blue students are making it sound like she did it on purpose."
"Well, I can tell you first hand that what they're claiming is bullshit." Chelsea said bluntly before sighing. "Look before I make too much of an ass of myself tell me what you know."
"You mean about the incident?" Kimberly asked and Chelsea nodded. "All we heard is that Chloe turned off the safeties on her duel disk."
"And like Lance said we know there's got to be more to the story hence why we're here and not listening to the angry rants of a redhead in a stripper's version of the Obelisk Blue Girl's Uniform." Marcus added and Chelsea sighed.
"Yeah, that would be Jessica "out to screw every male in the school" Stevens, I'm not surprised that she's one of the words spreading that bullshit and to be blunt I'd take whatever she says about the incident with a grain of salt." Chelsea said as her eyes narrowed. "Chloe was dueling her boyfriend, had the little bastard beat….."
"Chelsea, no offense but I'd rather hear it from Chloe herself." Lance interrupted and Chelsea sighed. "Look we saw her stepdad enter Maria's office on our way up and trust me, he wasn't happy, either deal with us or him."
"Lance, you do realize that he'll probably be on his way up soon right? Either way she'll be dealing with him." Andreas pointed out and Lance sweat-dropped upon realizing that Andreas had a point, Chelsea sighed in resignation and let them past.
"Look, I only tried to stall you because Chloe's been taking what happened hard." Chelsea told them as they walked past. "I thought I'd be able to calm her down alone but I haven't had much success."
"Yeah I understand." Marcus nodded as he entered the room; Chloe looked at the floor as Kimberly approached her. "Chloe, what happened back there?"
"Its…..it's a long story." Chloe stammered as she glanced to the side, Kimberly frowned and sat down on a chair facing the bunk bed.
"You call turning off the safeties on your duel disk despite seeing me be hospitalized by Otto when he did the same thing at Battle City a long story?" Kimberly said as she looked at the younger duelist. "You had better have a good explanation….."
"He…..he insulted my mom." Chloe interrupted her and Kimberly stopped dead in her tracks. "My biological mom, I got so mad that I just wanted to make him pay."
"That son of a bitch, he couldn't handle losing so he resorted to that tactic?" Lance demanded and Chloe nodded. "Any idea what's being done about it?"
"Last I heard Cameron's in even bigger trouble because of it." Andreas chimed in and everyone turned to him. "I didn't know the details but I heard that Cameron was in big trouble from the guy I'm teaming up with at the tournament."
"I hope so; if I weren't so concerned for her I'd be introducing my fist to his face." Chelsea added as she glanced towards the door. "You mentioned her dad's here, what should we do when he arrives?"
"We'll think of something." Kimberly told her before glancing at Chloe. "I'm still mad that you even considered turning off the safeties but at the very least I can understand why you did it in the first place, if I bump into Cameron or his whore of a girlfriend I'll read them the riot act on your behalf." Kimberly sighed before looking at the time on her watch. "I have to get going; Nathan wants to plan for the tournament." Kimberly said before standing up and leaving the room. "If you get any bullshit from Obelisk Blue students give me a call, I'll get Martin on their asses just like that."
"We will do." Chloe nodded and Kimberly left, she turned to the other students and cast her eyes downward. "So….what's the worst punishment I can expect from this?" Chloe asked with a sigh.
"I don't know; this is the first time something like this has happened during my time at Duel Academy." Marcus shrugged his shoulders as he looked at Chloe. "Closest I got before this was during Kimberly's duel with Otto back in New York."
"Yeah but that didn't happen on School Property and the technicians weren't on hand to disable the Duel Disks before anyone got hurt." Lance pointed out with a frown. "Look Chloe, if Maria decides to join us just tell her what you told us, it may cause her to lighten up a bit."
"Yeah, may." Chelsea echoed with a sigh. "I'm heading downstairs to get a drink, you guys want anything?" Chelsea asked and the three boys shook their heads as did Chloe, Chelsea exited the room….and froze in her tracks. "Err, guys, we have a problem."
"Define problem." Lance said and she turned to him.
"Would you consider Maria, Chloe's stepdad AND Martin heading our way a problem?" Chelsea asked and the collective faces in the room went from calm to "Oh Shit" in a matter of seconds. "Err; I'm open to suggestions for how we get Chloe out of this mess."
"If we had any suggestions we'd give them." Andreas responded before sighing. "How close are they?"
"They just came around the corner; they'll be here in a few moments." Chelsea gulped before turning to the others. "I could try to stall them but…."
"Don't." Chloe said catching the other students by surprise. "Guys, I appreciate you looking out for me but I still broke one of the Academy's rules, I have to face the music at some point."
"Chloe, its Martin we're talking about here, he's such a stickler for the rules that he makes my grandma look carefree!" Chelsea pointed out and Chloe nodded. "You still want to do it?" Chelsea asked and Chloe gulped before nodding. "Better you than me I guess."
"Chelsea, is your roommate in there?" Martin asked and Chelsea turned to the teacher before standing aside. "Boys, we need to talk with her in private, we'll call you in when we're done, same goes for you Chelsea." Martin told them and the students didn't need to be told twice, they left the room but stayed close by. "Chloe, we have a lot to talk about."
"I know." Chloe said as she looked up at the three adults. "Did Jeff and Hamden tell you what happened?" Chloe asked and Maria and Martin nodded. "What did they say?"
"That you lost control of your anger following a disgusting comment made by Cameron about your dead mother." Martin responded and Chloe cast her eyes downward. "And that you turned off the safeties on your duel disk as a result."
"Yeah, and I'm not proud of that fact." Chloe sighed as she looked up towards the three of them. "But I couldn't let him get away with what he said."
"Yes but was that really the way to go?" Scott asked and Chloe quickly shook her head.
"I filled out that request form in the first place to teach him a lesson, not hurt him." Chloe sighed as she glanced at her stepdad. "But after what he said…I just couldn't stand there and let him get away with it."
"He won't, he is being strictly punished for everything he said to you before and during the duel, same goes for your roommate." Martin reassured her before sighing. "Unfortunately you will also be punished for your actions."
"I understand." Chloe nodded as she rested her arms on her legs. "I'm ready for whatever it is you have in mind."
"Very well, I, Scott and Maria had a long discussion about it and we came to a compromise." Martin told her and she turned to him. "You'll get detention for the rest of the year."
"WHAT? HE STARTED IT NOT…!" Lance yelled out from the hallway but was quickly shut up by the other students.
"Under normal circumstances you'd get suspended by the school." Maria chimed in and Chloe turned to her. "In the most extreme circumstances you'd get expelled but there are two factors we're taking into account for this punishment."
"And they are?" Chloe asked and Maria looked at her in the eyes.
"She's obviously feeling guilty over what happened." Maria thought before leaning forward. "They are as follows; the fact that no one was hurt and the circumstances leading up to it."
"I understand." Chloe nodded and the two teachers left the room, Scott looked at his stepdaughter clearly disappointed. "Dad, I…."
"Chloe, just don't let something like this happen again, okay?" Scott asked and Chloe nodded. "You did extremely well in Battle City; I'd hate to see it go to waste because of one bully."
"I know." Chloe sighed as she glanced to the side. "I just wish I could go back and try to change what happened, if I hadn't turned off the safeties I would've won, not to mention the fact that I wouldn't be in trouble."
"We all make mistakes Chloe and you know as well as I do that you can't change the past." Scott told her and Chloe nodded.
"Err, can I come in?" Chelsea asked as she appeared in the doorway.
"Sure, your Chelsea right?" Scott asked and she nodded. "I heard a lot about you from Chloe."
"Yeah, she told me about you as well." Chelsea said before sighing. "Mr. Richardson, I was present at the duel, I should've intervened when things turned nasty."
"It's fine Chelsea and please, I prefer to be called Scott, Mr. Richardson makes me feel old." Scott told her and Chelsea grinned at that. "Well, I'd better get going, Chloe, try to stay out of trouble okay?" Scott said and Chloe nodded meekly before her stepdad left.
"How did it go?" Chelsea asked and it didn't take long for Chloe to realize what she meant by that.
"It went fine, considering the alternative I can live with detention until the end of the year." Chloe told her as she lay back on her bed. "Where are the others?"
"They went back to their dorms, they said they wanted to prepare for the tournament but I think it has less to do with that and more to do with not wanting to incur Martin's wrath after Lance's outburst." Chelsea admitted before shrugging. "Not that I blame them."
"True enough." Chloe admitted as she picked up her newly assembled deck, she looked through it before eventually coming upon Silent Magician Level 8 and she sighed as she thought back to the end of the duel against Cameron. "How could I be so stupid? I should've known that the guys in the tech department would catch on to what I was doing." Chloe said with her tone of voice being a mixture of anger and frustration, Chelsea bit her lip before going over to her laptop which was still on the coffee table.
"Honestly Chloe? I would've done the same thing in your shoes, consequences be damned." Chelsea admitted as she opened up the laptop lid. "I may have had my arguments with my folks but at the end of the day their still family and I wouldn't be here if it weren't for them."
"Chelsea, I get what you're saying but, no offense, our situations growing up where different." Chloe pointed out with a sigh.
"Yeah, I know, I'm just saying that, dead mother or not, most duelists wouldn't think twice about trying to hurt someone who insulted their moms in that manner." Chelsea pointed out and Chloe said nothing in response. "All the same, if I where you I'd try to avoid Obelisk Blue as much as possible, besides the guys your friends with at least, I'm pretty sure most of the students there will take Cameron's side just because of what dorm your in."
"That's easier said than done considering that the boy's dorm is right next door to the Main Building." Chloe pointed out and Chelsea shook her head. "But I'll try; if nothing else I have the support of some of the top students there in Brandon, Theresa and Tyler."
"Yeah, most of the students there respect them enough to back down if they realize that they are protecting an Osiris Red or Ra Yellow student." Chelsea agreed before checking her e-mail. "Ugh, one of these days I'm switching from the Academy's e-mail servers to G-Mail or something."
"More spam in your inbox?" Chloe asked and Chelsea nodded.
"Yeah, unless they suddenly invented Viagra for women or I suddenly have a penis…god I'm glad no one else was around to hear me say that." Chelsea said as she blushed furiously, she quickly moved both e-mails to the spam folder and deleted them. "I swear they should have their tech team dedicate more time to fixing the problems with their servers and less time to making sure that the duels go smoothly."
"Chelsea, if they did that Cameron would be in hospital and I'd be in even bigger trouble." Chloe pointed out and Chelsea winced.
"I didn't mean completely, just so that the ones who actually use the Academy's servers wouldn't gave to spend most of their time pulling out their hair in frustration." Chelsea responded with a grin. "Trust me; if you used the servers then your hair length would go from elbow length to a military style haircut in a matter of days."
"It's that bad huh?" Chloe asked and Chelsea nodded. "Yeah I think I'll restrict my interactions with technology to my Duel Disk and Cellphone if it's all the same to you."
"Don't blame you one bit." Chelsea responded and Chloe grinned, before either of them could say anything there was a knock at the door. "I'll get it."
"If it's anyone from Obelisk Blue I'm not here." Chloe said to her and Chelsea grinned before getting up and walking to the door, Chelsea opened the door and saw two male students, one from Osiris Red and another from Ra Yellow, the Ra Yellow student had long brown hair in a ponytail and blue eyes whilst the Osiris Red had short black hair and blue eyes.
"May I help you?" Chelsea asked and the Osiris Red student rubbed the back of his head nervously.
"Err, yeah we're looking for Chelsea Cunningham and Chloe Richardson's room." The student told her and Chelsea blinked.
"You're looking at it." Chelsea told him and the two students blushed. "Why are you asking?"
"Right, right, I'm Donny Cramer, he's Drake Derringer." The Ra Yellow student introduced the two of them and Chelsea raised an eyebrow, Chloe sat up once she recognized their names.
"Right, let me guess you're here to try to get a sneak peek at our decks or sabotage them?" Chelsea asked and the two students blinked in surprise. "We know you're our first round opponents in the tag tournament and if you are planning that…."
"We're not, honestly." Drake said and Donny nodded in agreement. "We're just here to wish you luck in the match that's all."
"You didn't put much thought into this did you?" Chelsea asked and the two teens blinked. "Do I have to spell it out for you? You are two male teenagers who entered one of the girl's dorms in search for me and Chloe, at best you look like a pair of perverts out to sniff our panties or jerk off to us getting dressed, do I even need to say what you guys look like at worst?"
"Yeah, you do have a point there." Donny realized as he rubbed the back of his head nervously. Drake however scowled.
"We came here to wish you luck in the match and this is how you repay us? Forget it, I'm out of here." Drake snapped at her before storming off, Chelsea watched him leave with a look of confusion on her face.
"Sorry about that, I don't know where that came from." Donny said honestly and Chelsea sighed.
"Forget it; you'd better go after him." Chelsea told him and Donny nodded in agreement before running off, Chelsea turned around and saw Chloe looking at her accusingly. "What did I say?"
"Oh, I don't know, you were just rude to our first round opponents who were just trying to be nice." Chloe pointed out and Chelsea sighed.
"Chloe, I'm open enough about my lesbian status that most of the school knows off it, do you have any idea how many times I've reported perverts lurking in the bushes hoping that they get to watch me make out with another girl?" Chelsea asked and Chloe shook her head. "Way to fucking often, pardon the pun, that's why I didn't reveal it to Lance and the others until after my duel with him."
"I know but I can think of at least ten better ways of telling them to leave without accusing them of being perverts." Chloe pointed out and Chelsea frowned. "At the very least apologize to them before the tournament."
"Your right, I should." Chelsea admitted before sitting down at her laptop. "Besides, they should be glad they didn't try that at the other girl dorms, the Ra Yellow headmistress would've had their heads displayed on a pike."
"I don't even want to know if you are kidding or not." Chloe sighed as she picked up her duel disk. "Great, the technicians haven't reactivated it yet." Chloe muttered as she looked to the duel disk.
"Give it an hour, if it's not reactivated by then ask Maria to give the technicians office a call." Chelsea told her as she typed away at her laptop. "Why? Are you in the mood for a duel?"
"Not right now, no." Chloe told her as she strapped on her duel disk. "But what if I get a duel request that I'll have to delay because of this?"
"Yeah, I see your point." Chelsea admitted before turning back to her laptop, when she saw what was on the screen she grinned. "Bingo!"
"What are you looking at?" Chloe asked and Chelsea turned to her.
"I managed to find some info on our opponents." Chelsea said and Chloe stood up and walked over to the laptop.
"Okay, Drake uses a Warrior deck that focuses on getting Synchro Monsters on the field as quickly as possible." Chloe read off the screen as she leaned in for a closer look. "Donny on the other hand uses a dragon deck like Marcus, other than that there isn't much info about it."
"Yeah, apparently Donny hasn't been doing much dueling since he came to the Academy." Chelsea commented with a shrug of her shoulders. "And here I thought we were a mismatched team, their decks have nothing in common."
"Yeah, there's only one monster I can think off the top of my head that fits in both decks and that's Buster Blader (8/2600/2100) and he only fits in Drake's deck by virtue of being a warrior." Chloe agreed before sighing. "Hell at least there's potential for synergy between their decks but ours?"
"We'll think of something, there's no way in hell we're being eliminated in the first round." Chelsea reassured her before frowning. "All though I can probably think off at least ten students in Osiris Red alone whose decks would've been better suited for either of our decks."
"Yeah but like you said we'll think of something, not like we can appeal who we're teaming up with." Chloe added before pausing. "Wait, can we do…."
"We can't, the e-mail said that all team decisions are final and can't be appealed." Chelsea responded and Chloe frowned. "It's as if the teachers anticipated someone trying to get out of a team with someone he/she didn't like."
"Ten bucks says it was in anticipation of guys in Obelisk Blue complaining about teaming with someone from Osiris Red." Chloe added and Chelsea grinned at that. "Sad part is I'm probably right about that."
"That wouldn't surprise me in the least." Chelsea agreed before shaking her head. "Let's not worry about that right now, how about we try brainstorming ideas instead?"
"Good idea." Chloe agreed as she rubbed her chin in thought. "All though knowing our luck the other teams are way ahead of us." Chloe thought as Chelsea retrieved her side deck from her blazer pocket.
*meanwhile*
Whilst Chloe and Chelsea where trying to come up with ideas for how to make their decks work the students who didn't even know who they were teaming with personally where trying to find their partners, as a result there were a lot of confused students from Obelisk Blue and Osiris Red hanging around Ra Yellow.
"Sorry dude, I'm not the guy you're looking for, his rooms on the floor above mine." Lance told the Osiris Red student who had stopped by his room. "For one thing the guy I'm teaming with is in Obelisk Blue."
"Wait, really? Man that must really suck." The student said with a good natured smile and Lance smiled.
"Not really, I was lucky enough to be paired with one of ten Obelisk Blue Students who aren't absolute pricks." Lance told him and the student laughed at that before walking off. "Man, if only I had a dollar for each guy who stopped by my dorm room ever since the teams where announced." Lance muttered under his breath as he glanced towards Marcus who was telling the same thing to a female Osiris Red student, as soon as she left in search for her partner he turned to Marcus. "We should put a sign on our doors that says "We're teaming with Obelisk Blues, look elsewhere.", at least then we'd avoid this confusion."
"Yeah, tell me about it." Marcus agreed with a grin. "Chloe got off easy though, her teammate's also her roommate."
"If you can call being teamed with someone who's deck is completely different from yours getting off easy." Lance agreed. "Then again I'm being teamed with a Spellcaster user so I can't really talk about that." Lance added before he noticed Evan looking around confused. "Speak of the devil, Evan, I'm over here." Lance called out to the Englishman who looked up and grinned.
"Thank god, I've been searching through this place for the past twenty minutes." Evan said as he approached Lance. "It's been so long since I lived in this dorm that I've forgotten the place's layout." Evan admitted and Lance grinned. "So how was Battle City?"
"Well getting eliminated by the champ wasn't fun; neither was dealing with the Seal of the Orichalcos." Lance admitted with a frown. "Other than that it was a blast."
"Indeed." Evan agreed before frowning. "I heard what happened at the Obelisk Blue Duel field between Chloe and Cameron, honestly I'd rather stay here and avoid the propaganda from Cameron, Jessica and their cronies."
"You're not the only Obelisk Blue student to say that to their partner upon arrival, I doubt you'll be the last." Lance responded before frowning. "Damien, it's just my luck that you're teaming with my neighbor." Lance grumbled upon seeing the scarred Obelisk Blue student.
"Yeah well, get used to it and for the record I may not like Chloe but I wanted to punch that idiot in the face after I heard why she turned off the safeties from Kimberly." Damien responded before knocking on Andreas's door.
"Sorry, teaming with an Obelisk Blue student, please look else….." Andreas started before he opened the door and saw Damien. "Damien Tarnow I'm assuming?"
"Yeah, I'm guessing you've been getting a lot of visits from confused Osiris Red students?" Damien asked and Andreas nodded before letting him in.
"At least Kimberly's been spreading the truth." Marcus shrugged as he looked around for Tyler but all he saw was Osiris Red and Obelisk Blue Students either meeting up with their partners for the tournament or being directed towards another dorm room. "You know; if the teachers had just included what rooms the duelists stayed in that would've saved us a lot of headaches."
"Maybe, maybe not Marcus, but at least they announced the partners ahead of time." Tyler said as he approached the Ra Yellow student. "It must be pretty intimidating for you, teaming up with Seto Kaiba's stepson and all."
"Are you kidding? Your dad's Blue-Eyes White Dragons where the reason I got into this game in the first place." Marcus said with a grin and Tyler chuckled. "Come to think of it I've never seen you duel."
"Most people are too intimidated by me to even think of challenging me, either because of my father or the fact that I'm considered the best duelist in the school." Tyler shrugged his shoulders in response. "Don't know if you heard but they gave Chloe her punishment."
"Not only did we hear but we were there for it." Lance said with a frown. "Still can't believe there punishing her for something Cameron started."
"Like it or not she did break the rules, there would've been outrage among the students if she had gone unpunished." Tyler pointed out with a frown. "I don't like it either, you met my father during Battle City so you know what my home situation was like and hers makes mine seem pleasant by comparison, but rules are rules and if it's any compensation Cameron and Jessica are receiving their punishments for heckling Chloe and Chelsea as we speak."
"Heckling my ass, they were blatantly trying to get her in trouble." Chelsea said as she approached them. "But at least they're getting punished."
"Hey Chelsea, I thought you were teaming up with Chloe?" Lance asked and the Osiris Red Student blinked in confusion.
"Oh, that's not why I'm here." Chelsea said as she shook her head. "I and Chloe's first round opponents dropped by unannounced earlier to wish us luck in the match and I pretty pointed out how much it made them look like perverts, the guy from Osiris Red didn't take it well and I'm trying to find him so I can apologize." Chelsea explained.
"I'm guessing you've already tried the boy's dorm?" Marcus asked and Chelsea nodded. "You guys are facing Donny Cramer and Drake Dillinger right? I haven't seen them."
"I don't even know those guys, sorry." Lance apologized and Chelsea sighed in annoyance. "Try asking around, I'm sure someone will point you in the right direction."
"Thanks, I will." Chelsea answered but before she could say anything a male voice cleared his throat, she turned her head and saw Donny standing there.
"Looking for someone?" Donny asked and Chelsea turned around.
"Err, yeah, I'm looking for Drake, I want to apologize for what I said earlier." Chelsea told him as she looked around. "Have you seen him?"
"Not since I left the Osiris Red Girls Dorm…..god I'm glad no one else from that dorm was around to hear that." Donny said as soon as he heard what he had said. "You were right about what you said, even if your wording could've been a bit better."
"Yeah, Chloe called me out of that after you left." Chelsea admitted as she rubbed the back of her head nervously. "Look if you see Drake tell him…"
"Ah there you are." A familiar voice rang out from behind Chelsea; she turned around and saw Drake standing there with his duel disk strapped to his hand. "Your roommate told me you were looking for me, something about an apology."
"Yeah, I admit, the way I behaved before was uncalled for." Chelsea admitted as she turned her body around to face him. "But I get the feeling that you want more than that."
"That's right, I want to see how good a duelist you are for myself and there's one way to find out for sure." Drake said with a nod as he strapped on his duel disk. "So what do you say to a friendly duel outside? Might help us both prepare for the tournament." Drake suggested and Chelsea grinned when she heard the challenge.
"I say you've got yourself a match, just don't come crying to me when you lose." Chelsea responded and Drake grinned at that.
"Trust me; if anyone's losing it's you!" Drake told her before leaving the dorm; Chelsea looked through her deck briefly before putting it back in her deck slot and looking through her side deck.
"Looking for something that'll help you against him?" Evan asked and Chelsea grinned.
"You could say that." Chelsea responded as she searched through her side deck. "Come on, I know you're in here somewhere!" Chelsea thought as she searched through her side deck. "Finally, now I just have to decide what to swap it out for." Chelsea thought before swapping out one of her cards for the card in question. "Well boys, if you excuse me I have some ass to kick." Chelsea said before leaving the dorm, it didn't take her long to locate Drake as he was waiting for her near the lake that separated the Ra Yellow Boy's Dorm and the Obelisk Blue Girl's Dorm. "I hope for your sakes that you don't plan on winning this match."
"Please, I've seen your deck in action before so I know what to expect." Drake said as the two duelists activated their duel disks and drew their opening hands. "If you think that I'm going to let any of your monsters take a bite out of my life-points your wrong."
"If only I had a dollar for each time I've heard that sentence come out of an opponent's mouth." Chelsea muttered under her breath before looking at her opening hand. "Not bad, but I've definitely had better opening hands." Chelsea thought before looking up at Drake. "Who's going first?" Chelsea asked as she waited for Drake to look over his hand.
"I was raised to be a gentlemen so ladies first." Drake announced and Chelsea said nothing before drawing her card.
"Okay, this will definitely help." Chelsea thought before noticing that a small crowd had gathered around the duel mostly comprised of students from Ra Yellow and Obelisk Blue but she did notice some students from her dorm. "I start by activating the Spell Card Terra Forming; with this I can add a Field Spell Card from my deck to my hand."
"And knowing your deck there's a strong possibility of it being Wattcastle." Drake commented dryly and Chelsea said nothing as she retrieved the Field Spell from her deck and added it to her hand.
"We'll see just how correct your prediction is, for now I set three cards facedown and summon Wattgirafe in attack mode!" Chelsea played the cards and a giraffe with spikes going down its neck appeared on the field, it surged with electricity as it got ready for battle (4/1200/100). "And I end my turn by activating the Field Spell I added to my hand with Terra Forming, Wattcastle!" Chelsea played the card and the scenery changed to the cartoonish castle from her duel with Lance.
"That's the best you can do? No wonder you're in Osiris Red." A familiar voice rang out and the two students cringed when they heard it.
"There's only one student in the school with a voice that annoying." Drake grimaced and Chelsea nodded in agreement before they turned their heads.
"Jessica Stevens, I see you decided to take a break from screwing every male Obelisk Blue Student." Chelsea grumbled upon seeing the red haired student who subsequently glared at Chelsea for her remark. "What the hell are you doing here? Shouldn't you be spreading blatant lies about my roommate?"
"I should ask you two rejects the same thing, last I checked your dorms where on the other side of the island." Jessica scoffed as she glared at Chelsea. "And at least I'm good looking enough that guys want to screw me you dy….."
"Finish that sentence and I'll throw you into the lake, duel disk and all." Chelsea interrupted her and Jessica grits her teeth before reluctantly shutting up. "As I was about to say, it's your move Drake."
"Right, if we can ignore the annoying redhead." Drake agreed as he ignored the glare from Jessica, he drew his card and looked over his hand. "I activate Reinforcement of the Army; this lets me add a Warrior type monster from my deck to my hand." Drake played the card and picked up his deck, after searching through it for a few minutes he found the card he was looking for and added it to his hand before shuffling his deck and sending the Spell Card to the graveyard.
"Okay, nothing out of the ordinary for a Warrior deck so far." Chelsea thought as she watched him make his move. "Then again it's his first move so I have no idea what he has in store." Chelsea thought as Drake looked over his hand.
"Here's something I put in my deck to counter yours." Drake said as he picked up a card, Chelsea blinked as Drake played it. "It's called Power Filter; this Continuous Spell Card prevents either of us from Special Summoning any monsters with an attack power of one thousand or less." Drake explained and Chelsea's eyes widened when it dawned on her.
"At least my two Synchro Monsters are a lot stronger than that." Chelsea thought with a frown as she glanced towards her facedown cards. "Well in that case I'll chain Power Filter with my own Continuous Card, Wattcannon!" Chelsea activated the trap and the cartoonish cannon appeared alongside her.
"Another staple of your deck, you ever consider changing it up?" Drake asked and Chelsea grinned as she heard that.
"Why fix what isn't broken?" Chelsea pointed out and Drake nodded.
"Good point, though I'm sure there are a few students here who would agree with that statement." Drake agreed as he glanced towards the snickering Obelisk Blue Students. "Now I set a card facedown and a monster in defense, your move." Drake announced and Chelsea drew her card.
"If he thinks defending will help him he's wrong, Wattgiraffe's one of the Watt Monsters that can attack directly even if the opponent has a monster on the field." Chelsea thought before looking at her drawn card. "Pride of the Weak, Wattgiraffe's too strong for this to work with him and he's the only monster I have at the moment, I'll save this for later." Chelsea thought before adding the spell card to her hand. "Wattgiraffe, bypass his defense and attack directly!" Chelsea commanded and the giraffe charged towards Drake…
"I don't think so; I activate Waboku to protect my life-points!" Drake announced as the three priestesses appeared in Wattgirafe's path, the giraffe reluctantly returned to Chelsea's side of the field and he grinned. "Anything else you want to do?"
"No, I'm good." Chelsea shrugged and Drake drew his card. "If he's prepared for my deck as well as I think he has then he probably has more ways to counter my direct attacks." Chelsea thought with a frown as she waited for him to make her move, the two students did their best to ignore a deliberately loud yawn from Jessica as Drake picked up a card.
"Great, I'd be able to use this to set up a Synchro Summon if not for Power Filter." Drake thought frustratingly as he added the card to his hand. "I set another monster in defense mode….." Drake set the monster and once it appeared on the field he played another card. "And I summon Backup Warrior!" Drake played the card and before Chelsea could utter a word of protest a third monster appeared alongside Drake's two defense monsters, it was a soldier in an army uniform carrying a ridiculous amount of weapons (5/2100/0).
"Wait, what? You've already summoned this turn!" Chelsea protested and several other students nodded in agreement. "Hell you summoned that guy seconds after you're first summon."
"Yeah I noticed but this is Backup Warrior's effect at work." Drake explained with a grin and Chelsea's eyes narrowed. "Basically there's only one way to summon him and that's if I have two monsters in defense mode on the field, only downside is that I can't do a Synchro Summon during the same turn I summon him." Drake explained and Chelsea frowned. "It's pointless to attack; her field spell will just cut Backup Warrior's attack points." Drake thought before setting a card and motioning to her to take her turn, Chelsea wasted no time in drawing her card and looked at it.
"Okay, that guy's going to be a problem, hell the only reason he didn't attack was because of my field spell." Chelsea thought as she glanced towards the much stronger warrior. "Nothing in my deck, not even Watthydra, can defeat that, but then again my deck's never been about destroying monsters anyway." Chelsea thought before looking at her drawn card and then towards one of her traps, this was going to be a risky move. "I summon Wattdragonfly!" Chelsea played the card and the small dragonfly appeared on the field (2/900/100) and Chelsea growled in annoyance when she heard Jessica laugh at the site of the monster.
"Why the hell would you summon that pathetic thing in attack mode!" Jessica scoffed as she clenched her sides.
"I can't believe I'm thinking this but I've found something more annoying than Jessica's voice, her laughter!" Chelsea thought before activating her card. "Ignoring the annoying bitch in blue I have my reasons for summoning this little guy, for starters since I summoned a weak thunder type monster Wattcannon will now take off 600 of Drake's life-points." Chelsea explained and Drake grimaced as the cannon fired an electrical charge at him bringing his life-points down to 7400. "You want to know my other reason for summoning a weak monster? That will depend on what I draw next, I activate my trap card called Card of Sacrifice."
"Card of Sacrifice, I've never heard of that card." Drake said as he scratched his head in confusion "What does that card do?" Drake wondered.
"Well if you were good enough to get in Obelisk Blue you'd know that." Jessica said with a scoff ignoring the glares from the two duelists. "What it does is…."
"Thanks but I can explain the effect of my own card!" Chelsea interrupted her and Jessica quickly shut up. "As she was saying, first I have to draw an additional two cards." Chelsea explained as she drew two cards. "Now if the combined attack of my two monsters on the field was less than the attack of the weakest monster on your side of the field, namely Backup Warrior, I wouldn't be able to do any additional summons or change my monsters battle positions."
"And that's not a problem for you in other words." Drake finished for her and Chelsea nodded.
"You got it." Chelsea confirmed before looking at her two drawn cards once she sent her trap to the grave. "Perfect, I drew the trap I added to my deck for this duel." Chelsea thought before picking up two cards. "I set a card facedown and I activate Pride of the Weak!"
"Another staple of your deck, nice try but unless you're planning on targeting either of my facedown monsters with Wattdragonfly that card's pretty much useless." Drake scoffed before noticing something. "That card's useless anyway; she still has one card remaining." Drake thought as he waited for Chelsea to make her move.
"Wattdragonfly, attack Backup Warrior!" Chelsea commanded and, whilst ignoring the laughter from Jessica who obviously thought it was a bad move, the dragonfly charged towards Backup Warrior…
"You want to destroy your own monster? That's fine by me, Backup Warrior, counterattack!" Drake commanded and the soldier launched several missiles at the dragonfly. "Looks like your dragonfly's toast…..wait why are you smiling?" Drake asked when he saw Chelsea's massive grin.
"Simple, my dragonfly is going to destroy Backup Warrior." Chelsea said ignoring the laughter from the Obelisk Blue students. "And by discarding Honest (4/1100/1900) I can give my dragonfly the boost he needs to do just that!" Chelsea added pretty much causing the older student's laughter to stop and Drake's eyes to widen as Wattdragonfly's attack increased to 3000, the dragonfly evaded the missiles with surprising agility and wacked Backup Warrior with its tail.
C: 8000
D: 6100
"That…..was actually a good move." One of the Obelisk Blue students commented as Drake sent his monster to the graveyard and Chelsea drew two cards thanks to the effect of Pride of the Weak.
"Don't swell her ego too much." Jessica scoffed and Chelsea nearly did so herself when she heard Jessica talking about ego as if she didn't have one. "I could've done that move in my sleep."
"Is that with or without several cocks up your ass?" Chelsea called out to her and Jessica growled in response.
"You're lucky that there are no teachers here your Osiris Red Dy…." Jessica started but was stopped when a familiar voice cleared her throat from behind. "Please tell me that's not Theresa."
"It is, and I seem to recall that being confined to your dorm room outside of lesson time being among your punishments for what you and your boyfriend put Chloe through." Theresa said bluntly and the other female student gulped before turning around. "Do you have any idea how easy it would be for me to reach Martin by phone right now?" Theresa added and that was all Jessica needed to persuade her to run off to her dorm. "Sorry about that, some security guards where posted outside her dorm room but they were busy pointing students from other dorms in the direction of where to find their partners."
"Don't worry; it's fine, besides her laugh was getting on my nerves." Chelsea said in response before sweat-dropping. "You're not going to tell Martin what I just said to Jessica right?"
"Nah, besides I needed that laugh." Theresa said honestly and Chelsea grinned at that.
"Anyway as I was saying, Wattgiraffe attack his life-points directly!" Chelsea commanded and once again the giraffe charged towards Drake…..
"Once again you'll have to try harder; I activate my trap card Attack Invulnerability!" Drake activated the trap and grimaced as the attack hit. "With this I can activate one of two effects, either one monster I target can survive an attack this turn or I reduce any Battle Damage I take to zero, as you can see I'm going with the option that reduces battle damage."
"I'll get to your life-points eventually." Chelsea said defiantly as she looked over her two new cards. "But for now I'll end my turn." Chelsea announced and Drake drew his card.
"This is better, first I activate Emergency Provisions which I use to send Power Filter to the graveyard and give my life-points a boost." Drake played the card and Power Filter's Hologram disappeared from the field, once it did Drake's life-points increased to 7500.
"That spell must've been doing him more harm than good if he is that quick to get rid of it." Chelsea thought as Drake sent his two Spell Cards to the graveyard. "At least I'll be able to use Wattdragonfly's effect now." Chelsea thought as she watched Drake make his next move.
"Why did I get rid of that card? So I can play this, the Spell Card One for One!" Drake played the card and picked up a card in his hand before sending it to the graveyard. "To activate it I first have to discard one monster in my hand but in exchange I can special summon a Level 1 monster from my deck so…" Drake picked up his deck and searched through it, he found the card he was looking for and played it after shuffling his deck. "I use it to Special Summon the Tuner Monster Attack Gainer!" Drake played the card and the armored boy appeared on the field (1/0/0). "Now I flip summon my other two monsters, Necro Guardna and Doppelwarrior!" Drake flipped the two monsters up and the two monsters appeared on the field, the first one was the warrior from Chloe's duel against Cameron (2/800/800) and the other was the fiendish warrior used on numerous occasions by Kimberly (3/600/1300).
"It seems like you have a nice little Synchro Summon set up." Chelsea said before grinning broadly. "Too bad you won't be able to do any Synchro Summons."
"I'd like to see you try and stop me!" Drake challenged her before pointing to his three Warriors. "I tune Attack Gainer with Doppelwarrior and Necro Guardna….."
"I activate my Trap Card Discord!" Chelsea interrupted him and Drake's eyes widened when he heard that trap's name. "In a way this trap works like Swords of Revealing Light but rather than prevent attacks for three turns it instead prevents Synchro Summons for three turns."
"Fine, I'll end my turn." Drake grumbled and Chelsea drew her card.
"All right, I drew one of my own Tuner Monsters, now all I need to do is summon him and….." Chelsea thought right before it dawned on her. "Crap, Discord works on both players! Man I should've thought of that!" Chelsea thought before adding the card to her hand. "It doesn't matter, Drake still has three weak monsters on the field and whilst my two monsters aren't exactly the strongest around I can still take them out." Chelsea thought before she pointed at Necro Guardna. "Wattgiraffe, attack Necro Guardna!" Chelsea commanded and the giraffe charged towards the warrior before crushing its head beneath its hooves bringing Drake's life-points down to 6900. "Wattdragonfly, attack his tuner monster!" Chelsea commanded and the dragonfly flew towards Attack Gainer.
"Sorry but Attack Gainer's here to stay!" Drake interrupted as he pocketed Necro Guardna and the ghostly image of Necro Guardna blocked Wattdragonfly's path. "By removing Necro Guardna from play once he's in the graveyard I can negate the attack of one monster." Drake explained and Chelsea frowned as her monster returned to her side of the field.
"Well so much for preventing him from doing a Synchro Summon once Discord wears off." Chelsea thought frustratingly before looking at the two cards she had drawn with Pride of the Weak the previous turn. "Neither of these cards can help me right now, better pass." Chelsea thought before looking up at Drake. "I end my turn." Chelsea announced and Drake drew his card.
"I can't do much right now, until Discord's effect wears off Attack Gainer's pretty much useless." Drake thought before setting a card and switching his two remaining monsters to defense mode. "That ends my turn." Drake announced as his two warriors knelt down and Chelsea drew her card. "Go Thunder of Ruler!"
"Well, so much for attacking this turn." Chelsea muttered under her breath before looking at her drawn card. "But I can do this; I activate the Continuous Spell Card Wattcine!" Chelsea played the card and the spell card's hologram appeared on the field. "Now whenever one of my Thunder type monsters deals damage to you the same amount of damage is added to my life-points."
"You seem to be forgetting one crucial fact, you can't attack this turn and I have plenty of ways to protect my life-points." Drake pointed out and Chelsea frowned.
"I didn't forget that and as for your ways of protecting your life-points, well it's like I said, I'll get through to your life-points eventually." Chelsea pointed out before looking over her hand. "I'll end my turn at that." Chelsea announced and Drake drew his card. "One turn left before Discord wears off, here's hoping I can take out Attack Gainer by then." Chelsea thought.
"You may have prevented me from doing a Synchro Summon but with the card I just drew I can ensure that Attack Gainer will remain on the field long enough for me to set up another one!" Drake bragged earning himself a confused look from Chelsea. "I equip Attack Gainer with the Spell Card Mist Body!"
"Oh crap." Chelsea muttered as Attack Gainer became shrouded in mist. "As long as that thing's on the field Attack Gainer can't be destroyed."
"You got it, off course the drawback is that damage calculation is still applied but with Attack Gainer in defense mode that's hardly an issue." Drake added with a grin. "I end my turn at that." Drake announced and Chelsea drew her card.
"I can't destroy Attack Gainer but I can prevent him from using Doppelwarrior in the Synchro Summon on his turn, only downside is that I have too many cards in my hand to use Pride of the Weak's effect." Chelsea thought before looking at her drawn card. "I set a card facedown, now Wattdragonfly attack Doppelwarrior!" Chelsea commanded and the dragonfly flew towards the warrior before destroying it. "Your turn Wattgiraffe, bypass his monster and attack his life-points directly!" Chelsea commanded and the giraffe charged towards Drake…
"Sorry but by discarding Swift Scarecrow (1/0/0) from my hand I can negate the direct attack and end your battle phase." Drake discarded the card and a scarecrow popped out of the ground in front of Wattgiraffe blocking its attack, Chelsea yet out a scream of frustration as her monster returned to her side of the field. "Nice try though." Drake added as Chelsea ran a hand down her face.
"Calm down Chelse, you'll get to his life-points eventually; his deck can't be made up entirely off stall cards." Chelsea thought though her frustration was getting evident. "I end my turn." Chelsea said through gritted teeth and Drake drew his card once Discord's hologram shattered and Chelsea sent her trap to the graveyard.
"Heh, looks like my Anti-Watt Strategy is working." Drake thought as he observed how frustrated Chelsea was getting. "Soon as I draw that trap card I'll be all set." Drake thought before looking at his drawn card. "I activate Card of Sanctity, off course your hand's full so it'll only benefit me." Drake said with a grin as he drew his six cards.
"Yeah, I noticed." Chelsea growled as she waited for him to draw his cards. "Knowing my luck so far he has more stall cards in his hand AND a monster that he can use with Attack Gainer in a Synchro Summon." Chelsea thought with a frown on her face. "Damn it, this is my test duel all over again! No matter what I do he has a counter for it and that fact's pissing me off." Chelsea realized as her eyes narrowed.
"I set a card facedown and I activate Monster Reborn." Drake played the cards and Backup Warrior returned to the field. "Don't get too attached to him though, because I'm picking up where I left off three turns ago!" Drake announced as his two warriors leapt into the air, Attack Gainer dissolved into a single green ring which surrounded Backup Warrior. "And I do so by tuning Attack Gainer and Backup Warrior together so I can Synchro Summon Scarred Warrior!" Drake announced and the futuristic samurai appeared in Backup Warrior's place (6/2100/1000).
"Too think I was worried for a minute." Chelsea said with a grin whilst trying to hide her frustration. "But thanks to my field spell you'll only be able to take out one of my monsters." Chelsea pointed out as her grin grew wider. "As soon as he does I'll use Wattdragonfly's effect to Special Summon one of my Tuner Monsters, once my turn begins I'll tune it with Wattgiraffe to bring out one of my Synchro Monsters." Chelsea thought as Drake picked up a card.
"I'm not done yet; first I activate the Spell Card Battle Waltz, to activate it I first have to target a Synchro Monster on my side of the field, namely Scarred Warrior, now that I have I can Special Summon a Waltz Token with the same stats as Scarred Warrior." Drake explained as a copy of Scarred Warrior appeared next to him. "And don't forget about Attack Gainer's effect."
"What effect?" Chelsea asked before it dawned on her, the fact that Wattgiraffe's attack dropped to 200 helped.
"That effect, when Attack Gainer's used in a Synchro Summon one of your monsters loses a thousand attack points." Drake explained with a grin. "Don't worry though, during the turn that Battle Waltz is used neither of us take any damage from an attack, doesn't mean I can devastate your forces though!" Drake added just before his warriors charged towards Chelsea's monsters, despite the fact that they lost a thousand attack points due to the effect of Wattcastle they were still too much for the two Watt monsters that were quickly destroyed.
"I may not take any damage from that fight but by destroying Wattdragonfly you've activated its effect which allows me to Special Summon another Watt monster from my deck." Chelsea explained before she picked up her deck and searched through it, she found the card she was looking for and played it. "You know what? I think Wattcobra will do just nicely!" Chelsea announced as the blue and orange cobra appeared on the field (4/1000/500)
"Pity he's too strong for your Cannon's effect." Drake pointed out and Chelsea frowned.
"I know that, hell it's my own card so I should know how it's damn effect works!" Chelsea snapped at him as her eyes narrowed. "Damn it, I was almost in Ra Yellow for fuck's sake! Why the fuck am I having so much trouble beating a guy who happens to be Osiris Red student?" Chelsea thoughtbefore looking up at Drake. "Is it my move yet?"
"It is but I want to ask you something first." Drake said and Chelsea blinked in confusion. "Why are you getting so angry?" Drake asked and Chelsea blinked before answering.
"Why? Maybe because my temper got me demoted from Ra Yellow to Osiris Red and this match is pretty much history repeating itself?" Chelsea answered as her eyes narrowed. "My test proctor pretty much countered every move I threw at him, I snapped at him out of frustration and they decided that that was grounds enough to stick me in Osiris Red when I did eventually win." Chelsea added and Drake said nothing. "Why do you care anyway?"
"I have a couple of reasons, the first being that I was taught to respect my opponents and show concern for them when they are getting upset as you clearly are." Drake explained and Chelsea's eyes narrowed. "You want to know my other reason? It's because you aren't the only one who was stuck in Osiris Red despite showing enough promise to be considered for Ra Yellow."
"What the hell are you talking about?" Chelsea asked after it set in.
"I was in the same vote as you, I did well enough in my test duel that they wanted me in Ra Yellow, however like you I was stuck in Osiris Red because I let my temper get the best of me, needless to say that wasn't one of my finer moments and I'm sure you can say the same for when you snapped at your proctor." Drake added and Chelsea's eyes narrowed though his confession had helped her calm down a bit.
"Yeah, I get it, you screwed up and I screwed up and as a result we're both in Osiris Red, what's your point?" Chelsea asked impatiently and Drake frowned,
"You know what? I'll tell you after the match, make your move Chelsea." Drake told her and Chelsea frowned before drawing her card.
"Was he trying to calm me down with that "We're Not So Different" bullshit?" Chelsea thought as she drew her card. "Well as much as I hate to admit it it's working, I just have to hope whatever I draw in the coming turns helps me win this." Chelsea thought before looking at her drawn card. "Well, since I can't use Pride of the Weak anymore I'll activate my own Emergency Provisions sending it to the graveyard so that I can restore a thousand of my life-points." Chelsea announced before sending her spell card to the graveyard and her life-points increased to 9000. "With those two monsters on the field I'll need all the life-points I can get." Chelsea thought before her eyes rested on the tuner monster she drew earlier. "I couldn't use this earlier because of my Discord Trap Card but now? I can't think of a better time to use it!" Chelsea thought before playing the card. "You think you're the only one who can do a Synchro Summon? You're wrong; I summon the tuner monster Wattbetta!" Chelsea played the card and a goldfish discharging electricity appeared on the field (2/100/0). "I know, I know, he doesn't look like much, but he makes up for it with the ability to attack you directly and so can my Cobra!"
"That didn't work the first dozen times, what makes you think it'll work now?" Drake asked and Chelsea grinned.
"What can I say? I'm persistent." Chelsea responded before pointing to her two monsters. "But before I forget Wattcannon's effect now activates!" Chelsea added as the cannon fired at Drake bringing his life-points down to 5500. "Wattbetta, Wattcobra, attack his life-points directly!" Chelsea commanded and the two monsters charged towards Drake…..
"Sorry but my trap card is about to render the majority of your deck useless! I activate Spirit Force!" Drake activated his trap and Chelsea's eyes widened when she heard that name. "Basically this means that….."
"As long as you have monsters on your side of the field I can't damage your life-points." Chelsea growled as she activated her trap. "But in that case I'll save face by activating my trap card Urgent Tuning which means I can do a Synchro Summon right now!" Chelsea said as her two monsters changed direction and leaped into the air, Wattbetta dissolved into two green rings that quickly surrounded Wattcobra and a bright flash enveloped the field, when it faded it revealed Wattchimera crouching down in defense mode (6/1400/1200).
"Smart move, with him in defense mode you won't have to worry about losing life-points." Drake complemented her but Chelsea wasn't listening due to being lost in her own thoughts.
"Great, my initial plan was to use Wattbetta and Wattcobra to attack directly and deal some damage, after their effects would've resolved I would've activated Urgent Tuning and used it to bring out Wattchimera for even more damage." Chelsea thought with a frown as she glanced towards Drake's trap card. "But that damn trap card got in the way, damn it I can't lose this match! Not after telling Chloe that there was no way we were going out in the first round!" Chelsea thought before sighing. "I end my turn!" Chelsea announced and Drake drew his card.
"She's getting frustrated again, she keeps this up and it'll be an easy match for me and Donny when the tournament starts." Drake thought before looking at his drawn card. "I activate the Spell Card Cup of Ace."
"Did you say Cup of Ace? What the hell is that doing in a Warrior deck?" Chelsea asked clearly confused by this as was several other students.
"What can I say? Joey Wheeler was one of my inspirations for becoming a duelist." Drake admitted sheepishly as he dug around his pockets for a few minutes. "Err…..anyone have a quarter?" Drake asked sheepishly causing everyone else to face fault, Theresa got to her feet first and tossed Drake a coin which he caught. "Thanks, I'm sure you know the routine by now, if this coin comes up as heads I draw two cards….."
"Tails I draw two cards." Chelsea finished for him with a frown. "Even with that in mind Cup of Ace is a rather odd choice for a Warrior Deck, hell I still remember the story Beth told me about how Martin failed her on a test because she included that card in an otherwise fine warrior deck." Chelsea thoughtas Drake made the flip. "Tails, tails, tails!"
"Give me head, give me head, give me…err let's pretend I didn't say that and move on." Drake said as he realized what he was saying, to say that he was blushing furiously was an understatement as was several older students.
"Consider it done." Chelsea said with a facepalm as Drake caught the coin and placed it on the palm of his hand. "So who's drawing?" Chelsea asked as Drake looked at the coin.
"That would be me." Drake informed her as he revealed the result to be heads; he tossed the coin back at Theresa before drawing twice. "Well, well, looks like you'll get to meet another one of my Synchro Monsters."
"You're bringing out another one!" Chelsea echoed as she tried to keep her composure. "Relax Chelsea, you can still do this."
"That's right but first I activate the Spell Card De-Synchro, with this I can return Scarred Warrior to my extra deck and if the individual parts are still in my graveyard I can Special Summon them both!" Drake played the card and Scarred Warrior vanished, in its place stood Backup Warrior and alongside him stood Attack Gainer. "Now then, I tune Attack Gainer with my Waltz Token so I can Synchro Summon a new monster!" Drake announced as the two monsters leapt into the air, Attack Gainer faded into a single green ring that surrounded the Waltz token and a bright flash enveloped the field, when it faded Chelsea looked up and blinked.
"What the hell is that?" Chelsea asked as the monster landed on the field, it was a tall warrior in futuristic looking gold armor carrying twin swords (7/2300/1800).
"That is Seven Swords Warrior, but I'm not done yet, first Attack Gainer reduces Wattchimera's attack by 1000 due to its effect. "Drake responded as Chelsea's monster's attack dropped to 400. "But there's more where that came from, I summon the Tuner Monster Torapart!" Drake played the card and the odd, spellcaster like warrior from Chloe's duels appeared on the field (2/600/600).
"Another Synchro Summon?" Chelsea yelled out once it hit her.
"That's right, and I'm using Backup Warrior with Torapart to make it happen!" Drake explained with a grin as his two warriors leapt into the air, Torapart faded into two green rings that quickly surrounded Backup Warrior and a bright flash quickly followed, when it faded a second copy of Seven Swords Warrior appeared on the field. "Pretty impressive move huh?"
"Yeah, except for one thing." Chelsea said as she folded her arms. "You only have enough monsters to destroy my one monster and damage my life-points, if your intention was to cause some major damage to my life-points you've failed."
"Who said I was done? I activate the Spell Card United We Stand which I equip to the Seven Swords Warrior I summoned first." Drake played the card and first Seven Swords Warrior glowed as its attack points increased to 3900. "But that's not all, because now that I've activated an Equip Spell and equipped it to my Seven Swords Warrior I can activate its effects, for starters every time it's equipped with a Spell Card you take 800 life-points of damage!" Drake explained and Chelsea grimaced as her life-points dropped to 8200.
"I still have plenty of life-points left!" Chelsea said defiantly as she glared at the two warriors. "Wait, you said effects?"
"Just noticed huh? Yes Seven Swords Warrior has a second effect, once per turn I can send one equip spell equipped to Seven Swords Warrior to the graveyard and in exchange for that I can destroy one card on the field, in short say goodbye to Wattchimera!" Drake explained as Seven Swords Warrior slammed its swords into the ground sending a sock wave towards Wattchimera splitting it in two. "Oh and guess what? Unlike most cards with similar effects Seven Swords Warrior doesn't lose its ability to attack during the turn that it uses its effects."
"Oh this is going to suck." Chelsea groaned as she braced herself for the attack.
"Go my warriors; attack her life-points directly!" Drake commanded and the two warriors charged towards Chelsea, Chelsea yelled out in pain as the four swords connected with her torso sending her to the ground.
D: 5500
C: 3600
"Are you okay Chelsea?" Drake asked and she got too her feet, by the time she was on her feet Drake's warriors where back on his side of the field.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Chelsea said through gritted teeth as she gathered up her cards. "Is it my move yet?" Chelsea asked and Drake nodded, she wasted no time in drawing her card.
"Yeah but as much as I hate to admit it things are looking rather bleak for you." Drake pointed out as he folded his arms. "You could always surrender….."
"Don't even think about finishing that sentence." Chelsea interrupted him as her eyes narrowed. "Besides I beat my proctor with only 50 life-points left, this is nothing!" Chelsea added before looking at her drawn card. "And I start my turn by activating the Spell Card Pot of Avarice!" Chelsea played the card and returned the five monsters in her graveyard to her deck or in Wattchimera's case the extra deck and drew two cards…and her eyes widened. "Oh crap."
"You didn't get anything good?" Drake asked and Chelsea said nothing.
"No matter what I do this turn I'll lose, especially if he draws another equip spell." Chelsea thought with a frown as she looked at her two cards. "But there's no way in hell I'm surrendering, if I'm going down I'm going down swinging!" Chelsea thought before playing her Spell Card. "I activate Heavy Storm!"
"What? But you have more Spells and Traps than me!" Drake pointed out but Chelsea didn't listen, a storm soon swooped over the field destroying Chelsea's Spells and Traps first before the castle crumbled to dust followed swiftly by Spirit Force.
"Maybe but with Spirit Force gone I can finally do some damage!" Chelsea said as she played the monster she had drawn and Wattgiraffe reappeared on the field (4/1200/100). "I hope you still remember this little guy's effect."
"Yeah, he can attack my life-points directly even if I have monsters on the field." Drake nodded as his eyes narrowed. "But that's not nearly enough to beat me…unless that's all you can do." Drake realized and Chelsea said nothing. "I get it; these past two moves don't have any purpose behind them beyond not going down without a fight."
"You got it." Chelsea confirmed before pointing to her monster. "Wattgiraffe, attack his life-points directly!" Chelsea commanded and the giraffe leapt over Drake's warriors and kicked him in the chest before returning to Chelsea's side of the field.
D: 4300
C: 3600
"Not that it matters but Wattgiraffe's effect kicks in after he damages my opponent's life-points my giraffe's effect kicks in." Chelsea added once her monster was back on her side of the field. "To make a long story short until I end my turn you won't be able to activate the effects of Spells, Traps or Monsters." Chelsea added before sighing. "And I'm ending my turn now." Chelsea added and Drake drew his card. "If he draws another equip spell I'm finished, at least this way I can say that I didn't go down without a fight."
"Sorry Chelsea but this is over." Drake said as he played the spell card he drew. "I activate the Spell Card Sword of Deep Seated and equip it to my Seven Swords Warrior, I'm sure you know what's coming next." Drake said as he sent the spell card to the graveyard, the warrior raised up his swords and carved Wattgiraffe in two. "It's not too late to surrender Chelsea."
"I'll surrender the same day that the majority of Obelisk Blue stop being pricks." Chelsea said only to sweat-drop when she heard several Obelisk Blue Students clearing their throats. "I said the majority! Not all of you!"
"Err, Chelsea, you might want to turn around." One of the Obelisk Blue students commented and Chelsea turned around just in time for the four sets of swords to make contact with her chest knocking her onto her backside.
D: 4300
C: 0000
"There should be a rule against declaring an attack when your opponent's back is turned!" Chelsea grumbled as she got to her feet, the crowd began to disperse once Chelsea was on her feet and she deactivated her duel disk as did Drake. "There's one thing I don't get though, your profile on Duel Academy's website said nothing about having cards that protected your life-points."
"True but to be honest I've been meaning to ask Hamden to get that thing updated." Drake admitted as he rubbed the back of his head nervously. "Still it was a good duel."
"Yeah, I guess." Chelsea admitted as she returned her cards to her deck. "Damn it, I told Chloe that we weren't going to be eliminated in the first round but I end up losing to one of our opponents?" Chelsea growled in frustration as she looked down at her deck. "Some partner I'll turn out to be."
"I don't know about that, you're a pretty damn good partner from where I stand." A feminine voice rang out and Chelsea turned around, the woman was a third Osiris Red Student who was tall for a girl with short blonde hair and blue eyes. Standing alongside her was Chloe who was clearly concerned "We saw the whole thing babe, you okay?"
"I'll be fine, my ego on the other hand I'm not too sure about." Chelsea admitted as she dusted herself off. "Beth it's like I said, I told Chloe that there was no way in hell that we were going to be eliminated in the first round and what do I do? I blow it in a match against one of our opponents."
"Yeah, because you got not one but two dead draws right when you needed them the least." Beth said as she shook her head. "Besides you'll get him back during the tournament."
"I hope so, no offense Chelsea but I was expecting more of a challenge." Drake said as he approached the two women.
"Maybe I would've given you more of a challenge if you hadn't loaded your deck with traps, spells and monsters that protect your life-points I would've given you a challenge." Chelsea grumbled under her breath before smirking. "But when my team takes on you and Donny the result will be different."
"We'll see about that." Drake answered as Theresa approached them. "I would've thought you'd be back at the girl's dorm by now Theresa." Drake said upon noticing her.
"Nah, besides my room's a few doors down from Jessica's and the least time I spend with her the better." Theresa told her and Chelsea grinned at that, she turned to the taller Osiris Red Student and blinked. "I don't think we've met."
"We haven't, the name's Beth McKenzie, I'm dating Chelsea at the moment." Beth told her before turning to Chelsea. "When she isn't getting her ass kicked in duels."
"Yeah, yeah, laugh it up." Chelsea grumbled under her breath before turning to Chloe. "Chloe, about what I said earlier….."
"Relax Chelsea; we'll think of something even if it means me adding Royal Decree to my deck." Chloe reassured her and Chelsea smiled at that. "Come on; let's head back to our dorm room."
"Good idea." Chelsea agreed before she and Beth followed the shorter girl to the west side of the island, Drake rubbed the back of his head nervously as Donny walked up to him.
"So what do you think?" Donny asked as he watched the three girls leave. "Do we have a chance against them?"
"Hard to say, Chelsea did put up a hell of a fight and by all reports Chloe held her own against Cameron before she turned off the safeties on her duel disk." Drake told him with a frown. "Don't we have Duel Theory with Chloe tomorrow morning?"
"You mean Martin's excuse to evaluate our dueling skills?" Donny asked with a playful smirk before shaking his head. "I'll see if I can get a match with her tomorrow, otherwise I'll watch whatever match Martin sticks her in closely, either way we'll get a clearer picture of our chances then."
"I hope so, this tournament maybe our tickets up to the dorms we were supposed to be in." Drake told him and Donny nodded in agreement before leaving.