"So who's going first exactly?" Marcus asked as he looked over his hand, his opening hand was good but he definitely had better hands before, he looked up and tried to read Magical Exemplar's facial expression but she had one hell of a poker face.
"I will, and for the purposes of convenience you may call me Emra." Magical Exemplar said simply before drawing her card. "I activate a Spell Card called Arcane Barrier, now every time a Spellcaster type monster I control is destroyed in battle this gets a counter…..
"And if you tribute the Spell Card alongside a Spellcaster type monster you can draw one card for each counter." Marcus finished for her with a frown. "I've seen that card in action a few times so I know what it does."
"So you do." Emra acknowledged before picking up two other cards. "I set a card facedown and a monster in defense mode; it's your move Marcus." Emra set the two cards down and Marcus drew his card, "I almost forgot, Silent Magician's protégé is a Spellcaster and Warrior user, it makes sense for her to have something like Arcane Barrier in her deck and since she and Marcus where at the Battle City Tournament he's bound to have seen a few of her cards in action." Emra thought as she waited for Marcus to make his move.
"I start by activating the Spell Card called Cards of Consonance, to activate it I have to discard a weak Dragon Type Tuner from my hand but once I do I'm allowed to draw two cards." Marcus played the card and discarded a card from his hand before drawing twice. "But that's not all, you see the monster I just discarded was White Stone of Legend (1/300/250) and when that monster is sent to the graveyard in any way I can add the Blue-Eyes White Dragon from my deck to my hand." Marcus added before picking up his deck and searching through it, he found the card he was looking for and added it to his hand.
"Ah yes, you've used that combo a few times since you won the Blue-Eyes White Dragon in Battle City." Emra acknowledged before activating her facedown card. "Too bad my Mask of Restrict Trap Card renders summoning it the conventional way impossible."
"What? You've gotta be kidding me?" Marcus shouted out and Emra remained silent. "This is just great, most of my best monsters require tribute summons." Marcus thought before picking up three cards. "Fine, if I can't summon him yet I'll do this instead! I set too cards facedown and summon Red-Eyes Wyvern in attack mode!" Marcus played the cards and the young version of the Red-Eyes Black Dragon appeared on the field (4/1800/1600). "Red-Eyes Wyvern, toast her facedown monster!" Marcus commanded and the dragon breathed fire at the face-down card; however Marcus and Chloe's eyes widened when they saw the monster in question.
"That's Old Vindictive Magician (2/450/600)!" The two duelists yelled simultaneously as the old mage appeared on the field, the magician was able to cast a spell at Red-Eyes Wyvern before he was incinerated the destroyed the dragon.
"Indeed it is." Emra said as she and Marcus sent their respective monsters to the graveyard. "Don't forget that since you destroyed my spellcaster my Barrier gains a counter." Emra said as her spell glowed briefly. "Are you done?"
"Yeah, I'm done." Marcus announced and Emra drew her card. "This is bad; Emra's Old Vindictive Magician has left me defenseless!" Marcus thought as Emra looked at her new card.
"I set a monster in defense mode and that will end my turn." Emra announced and Marcus blinked before drawing his card.
"Why didn't she attack? She had a perfect opportunity to do some major damage?" Chloe wondered and Tyler rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
"Maybe she's waiting until she can draw something with a bit more firepower." Tyler offered as an explanation. "Besides that I have no clue."
"Yeah, I'm just as confused as they are." Marcus thought as he looked at his newly drawn card. "I mean, why waste an opportunity to attack my life-points? Not that I'm complaining off course!" Marcus thought before playing the card he drew. "I summon Alexandrite Dragon in attack mode!" Marcus played the card and the crystalline dragon appeared on the field (4/2000/100). "Alexandrite Dragon, attack her defense." Marcus commanded and the dragon breathed fire at the facedown monster, revealed to be Apprentice Magician (2/400/800) which was incinerated. "I know what Apprentice Magician does so get it over with."
"As you wish but first my Barrier gains a new counter." Emra said as the spell card's hologram glowed again, she picked up her deck, searched through it and found the card she was looking for before setting it down on the field.
"I'll end my turn at that. "Marcus announced and Emra drew her card.
"I flip the Apprentice Magician I special summoned last turn into attack mode!" Emra announced as the young blonde magician appeared on the field. "And I use her effect to add another counter to Arcane Barrier." Emra announced as the magician pointed her staff towards the Spell Card's hologram and a beam of light stuck it. "Finally I activate Book of Moon to flip Apprentice Magician back into defense mode and end my turn." Emra played the card and Apprentice Magician disappeared from the field almost as quickly as she arrived, once Emra sent her spell to the graveyard Marcus drew his card.
"Do you think they've caught on to her strategy yet?" Silent Magician whispered to Armed Dragon who shook his head.
"Her strategy is one of the hardest to decipher that I've seen." Armed Dragon admitted as Marcus looked at his card. "If Marcus can figure it out on his own then he'll certainly be worthy of having a Duel Spirit Partner."
"Okay, I won't be able to damage her life-points yet but I can take out the last of her Apprentice Magicians." Marcus thought before playing a card. "Check this out; I summon Spear Dragon in attack mode!" Marcus played the card and the blue and orange long nosed dragon appeared on the field. "I'm sure I don't need to tell you this but Spear Dragon can inflict piercing damage, Spear Dragon attack her defense!" Marcus commanded and the dragon flew towards Apprentice Magician and skewered her through the chest as soon as she was flipped back up.
E: 6900
M: 8000
"Very well but Arcane Barrier gains its fourth and final counter and Spear Dragon's other effect forces it into defense mode." Emra pointed out as her spell card glowed and she searched through her deck again, she found the card she was looking for and set it facedown, at the same time Spear Dragon crouched down into defense mode and Marcus pointed to his other dragon.
"Yeah well that won't stop me from using Alexandrite Dragon to attack your defense!" Marcus announced and the dragon breathed fire at the monster, revealed to be her third and final Apprentice Magician, which was quickly incinerated. "Too bad Arcane Barrier already has all its counters!"
"True but I have more than enough to continue." Emra shrugged before picking up her deck again, searching through it and setting a monster in defense. "If you are done I would like to proceed with my move."
"Yeah, I'm done." Marcus announced and Emra drew her card. "What's her strategy exactly? All she's done so far is thin her deck and play defensively but why?" Marcus thought as his eyes narrowed.
"I flip my facedown monster into attack position; it's another Old Vindictive Magician!" Marcus's eyes widened when he heard that and the old mage reappeared on the field, he cast a spell at Spear Dragon which destroyed it. "Before you get any ideas about attacking my monster I shall sacrifice him for Arcane Barrier's effect!" Emra announced as the old mage and the spell card disappeared from the field, once they were gone Emra drew four cards from her deck. "I set two cards facedown and a monster in defense mode and that will end my turn." Emra announced and Marcus drew his card.
"Why didn't she use Vindictive Magician's effect to destroy the stronger dragon, attack Spear Dragon and then sacrifice it for Arcane Barrier's effect?" Chelsea wondered out loud and Theresa nodded in agreement with her.
"Yeah, that would've made more sense, as it stands Marcus can easily bring out another monster." Theresa responded as Marcus looked at his hand.
"I activate my facedown cards, Reckless Greed and Appropriate!" Emra announced as the two cards flipped up.
"Okay I know what Reckless Greed does; it allows you to draw two cards from your deck in exchange for skipping your next two draw phases." Marcus said and Emra nodded in acknowledgement. "But the other card's a new one on me."
"How Appropriate works is simple, it's a continuous trap card and as long as it's on the field every time you draw a card outside of your draw phase I can draw the same amount of cards." Emra explained and Marcus's eyes narrowed.
"I've seen that card in action before; it's often used by Exodia duelists in combination with….." Tyler thought before it dawned on him. "Off course, that's her strategy, let's see if Marcus can figure it out though." Tyler thought as Marcus played his card.
"Well in that case I'll avoid using any other copies of Cards of Consonance; in the meantime I summon Blizzard Dragon!" Marcus played the card and a blue and white dragon appeared on the field (4/1800/1000). "Blizzard Dragon, attack her defense!" Marcus commanded and the dragon let loose with a breath of ice, however the ice ended up bouncing back to Marcus who grimaced. "What the…." Marcus trailed off before he saw the card was Royal Magical Library (4/0/2000). "Should've known you would have a card like that."
"Yes, for the deck I use this is a valuable card." Emra acknowledged as Marcus's life-points dropped to 7800.
"For the deck she uses? What's she talking….off course! Why didn't I think of that sooner?" Marcus thought before looking at Emra. "You have Exodia in your deck don't you?" Marcus asked and Emra was clearly taken aback by this. "It makes sense, all the deck thinning, all the drawing; you've been doing it to make drawing the five pieces easier."
"Congratulations, in the past my opponents haven't been able to figure out my strategy until it was too late." Emra congratulated him before smirking. "Unfortunately for you I have two of the Exodia pieces in my hand as we speak."
"I'm not worried; I'll beat you before you can draw the final Exodia piece!" Marcus said confidently and Emra's smirk grew wider.
"Maybe that would've been possible if you could summon your best dragon." Emra said dismissively before pointing to Mask of Restrict. "But as it stands? There's only one Level 4 Dragon Type monster that's strong enough to defeat my library and that's Rare Metal Dragon (4/2400/1200) and that monster cannot be Special Summoned, you may as well face it Marcus, it's hopeless, you can't beat me!"
"As much as I hate to admit it she's right! I've only got one Synchro Monster and that's Trident Dragion, unfortunately I don't have any Tuner Monsters in my hand." Marcus thought before turning to Emra. "I end my turn." Marcus announced and Emra looked at the cards she drew with Reckless Greed.
"Hmm, no sign of the third Exodia piece but this will help me a bit." Emra thought before playing the Spell Card. "I activate the spell card Spell Power Grasp, not only does this add a counter to my Library by virtue of being a spell card but it also allows me to add another counter too it and add another copy of that card from my deck to my hand." Emra announced as two of the orbs on Royal Magical Library glowed and Emra searched through her deck before finding the card she was looking for and adding it to her hand. "However this Spell Card comes with a price as I can only activate one copy of it per turn so I end my turn at that." Emra announced once she shuffled her deck and Marcus drew his card.
"Well, he was able to figure out her strategy." Chelsea commented as she folded her arms. "Question is; does Marcus have any cards that can force his opponent to discard their hands?"
"I didn't see any when I met with him to discuss strategy for the upcoming Tournament." Tyler told her and Chelsea frowned at that. "He could've gotten some since then but if not then Marcus had better end this quickly."
"That's easier said than done with Mask of Restrict on the field." Theresa pointed out with a frown. "Unless he can draw something that destroys Spells and Traps he's in trouble."
"A Wingbeat of Giant Dragon would be his best bet if he can get something strong enough on the field and we all know that there's more than one way to get a strong enough Dragon on the field." Brandon commented as he folded his arms. "Whether or not he can draw one of those methods is another story entirely."
"You guys know I can hear you right?" Marcus asked with an annoyed tone and the four teens sweat-dropped. "Don't sweat it, I've got this."
"Your friends are right to doubt you Marcus." Emra said simply and Marcus remained silent. "Have I ever told you that no one, duel spirit or human, has been able to beat my deck?"
"Well, I guess there's a first time for everything." Marcus said before looking at his hand. "But whether or not I can draw something that can beat her before she draws the last Exodia piece is another question entirely." Marcus thought as he looked over his hand.
"Don't give up Marcus, you can still win this!" A new voice, seemingly from out of nowhere, rang out and Marcus blinked before looking around the chamber.
"Err, did you guys hear something?" Marcus asked the other students who shook their heads.
"They can't hear me Marcus but hear me out, I am your duel spirit guide and I have just gathered enough energy to start communicating with you." The voice added and Marcus blinked in surprise. "I can help you win this but you must trust me."
"Err, okay, I'm open to ideas." Marcus responded before looking over his hand. "You're up to speed right?"
"I've been watching the duel since the beginning so yes I am up to speed." The duel spirit answered before pausing. "I cannot reveal my true form just yet however."
"Got it, so any ideas?" Marcus asked mentally.
"It seems that the first of the new Duel Spirit Guides have made themselves known." Armed Dragon whispered to Silent Magician who nodded.
"Indeed, it's just a matter of time before he summons it." Silent Magician agreed as she watched the duel.
"Play it safe for now, your facedown cards should help you." The Duel Spirit answered and Marcus blinked before looking at the facedown cards.
"Oh yeah, I almost forgot about them." Marcus remembered as he looked towards the cards. "I don't know how much good they'll be right now, but I'll play it safe." Marcus thought before picking up a card. "I set this in defense mode and switch Spear Dragon back to attack mode." Marcus announced as the long nosed dragon stood up after the facedown monster appeared on the field, Emra didn't bother trying to draw a card as the side effect of Reckless Greed was still in effect.
"I activate Reload which lets me return my current hand to my deck and draw a new one." Emra played the card and returned her hand to her deck, shuffled it, and started drawing a new one.
"Why would she do that? She had two of the Exodia pieces already?" Chelsea wondered and Tyler frowned. "If she wanted another counter on her library wouldn't that Spell Power Grasp she used last turn work better?"
"Why else? She's hoping to draw the other Exodia pieces." Tyler pointed out and Chelsea frowned once it dawned on her. "As for Spell Power Grasp its effect requires that there be a card that can take another Spell Counter on the field, Royal Magical Library can only take three."
"Right and it would've gained a counter thanks to Spell Power Grasp being activated." Chelsea realized as Emra drew her new hand.
"Be thankful, my new hand lacks any Exodia pieces." Emra said as the three orbs on her library stopped glowing. "So I give up my three Spell Counters so that I can draw again." Emra announced as she drew a new card. "I end my turn by playing a Spell Card called setting a card in defense mode." Emra set the monster down and Marcus drew his card "I activate the effect of Effect Veilor (1/0/0) from my hand, by discarding her I can render Spear Dragon's effect useless for the rest of the turn."
"Great, that's just great." Marcus muttered under his breath before looking at his Spear Dragon. "What do you think? Should I risk it? It's not like my dragon will be forced to go into defense after I attack." Marcus asked his Duel Spirit Guide who said nothing for a few moments.
"Maybe but set the card you just drew first, just to be safe." The spirit guide instructed him and Marcus looked at the card.
"Huh? I can't remember this trap to my deck….." Marcus thought before it hit him. "Duh, Tyler gave it to me yesterday, said it might come in handy in the tournament!" Marcus remembered before setting it down. "I set one card facedown, now Spear Dragon, attack her defense!" Marcus commanded and the dragon took flight before flying towards the facedown monster, however what emerged looked nothing like a Spellcaster like Marcus was expecting, instead it was a hideous orange fiend with eyes all over its upper body including one giant eye on its forehead and eye for a mouth which was wearing green cargo pants (4/1200/1000).
"How the hell does that thing eat or breathe?" Chloe wondered out loud as Spear Dragon speared the fiend through the chest destroying it.
"Honestly I stopped trying to figure out the logistics of certain duel monsters when I2 released cards like that." Brandon admitted as Emra sent her monster to the graveyard, once he recognized the monster however Brandon's eyes narrowed. "But that's not the problem, the problem is that that monster's bad news in an Exodia deck."
"Your friend's right, the monster you destroyed may not be a Spellcaster like my other monsters but when Big Eye is flipped face up onto the field I can view the next five cards in my deck and arrange them in any order I wish." Emra said as she picked up the five cards from her deck.
"You're kidding me? You mean to tell me that you can now dictate when you're going to draw the cards you need?" Marcus blurted out and Emra nodded.
"I can for the next five terms but yes." Emra corrected him before looking at her next five cards, she placed the bottom card first followed by the top card and then the others, Spear Dragon returned to Marcus's side of the field and remained standing. "I end my turn." Marcus announced and for the first time in two turns Emra drew her card.
"DO IT NOW MARCUS!" The Spirit Guide yelled at him making Marcus jump. "Sorry didn't mean to startle you."
"I was going to do that anyway." Marcus responded before activating his trap card. "I hope for your sakes that that card you placed on top of your deck isn't an Exodia piece because I activate my Trap Card Conscription."
"NO! NOT THAT!" Emra shouted for the first time in the duel and Marcus grinned as did Tyler when he saw the look on Emra's face.
"Well, well, it seems giving him my trap paid off earlier than I expected." Tyler thought as Emra reluctantly revealed the top card to be Exodia the Forbidden One (3/1000/1000).
"Ha, ha, I knew it! I knew it had to be an Exodia Piece!" Marcus said with a massive grin as Emra cast a spell on her card that caused it to disappear from her hand and reappear in his. "Okay, that was pretty cool." Marcus admitted before playing the card and the head of the forbidden one appeared on his side of the field.
"Maybe so but I have ways of getting it back to my hand." Emra said calmly before playing the card she had just drawn. "I set this facedown and end my turn." Emra set the card down and Marcus drew his card. "If he somehow gets rid of Mask of Restrict and uses my Exodia piece as a tribute for his Dragon my newly set trap card will return it to my hand." Emra thought before looking at her deck. "And with my four other Exodia Pieces waiting for me this will be a snap." Emra thought before turning her attention to Marcus.
"Trade-In, didn't Chloe use this in combination with her best monster?" Marcus thought as he thought back to the rumors surrounding Chloe's duel with Cameron yesterday. "That's right, she discarded it using Trade-In and then used Level Modulation to bring it back, and maybe I can do something similar." Marcus thought before playing the card, "I activate Trade-In, and in exchange for discarding my Level 8 Blue-Eyes White Dragon this will let me draw two cards."
"And thanks to Appropriate I can do the same thing!" Emra pointed out as her trap card glowed and the two duelists drew twice once Marcus discarded his card. "I hope it was worth it."
"Oh it was!" Marcus said with a grin before playing a card. "You may have prevented me from Tribute Summoning my dragon but Mask of Restrict says nothing about Special Summoning!"
"What off it?" Emra demanded before it dawned on her. "Oh no, you have a way to bring it back don't you?"
"That's right, I activate my Trap Card Dragon's Rebirth, in exchange for banishing my Blizzard Dragon I can Special Summon a Dragon Type monster from my hand or graveyard and I chose to bring back this little guy from the graveyard!" Marcus played the card and after pocketing Blizzard Dragon the dragon vanished, in its place stood the mighty dragon ready for battle (8/3000/2500).
"Wait, if he had a way to bring it out all this time then why wait until it was in his graveyard?" Chelsea wondered as she scratched her head in confusion.
"If he has what I think he has in his hand then we'll know for sure." Brandon responded as Marcus played a card.
"Brandon's got it right because my next two cards are gonna blow you away, go Burst Stream of Destruction!" Marcus played the card and the dragon opened its mighty mouth and started charging up its famous attack.
"That's not its attack name!" Emra pointed out and Marcus grinned.
"In certain dueling circles it is but that's not important, why? Because it's the name of a Spell Card I just played!" Marcus said with a grin. "A Spell Card that's gonna wipe out every monster card on your side of the field!"
"WHAT? NO!" Emra yelled out before shielding herself from the blast, Royal Magical Library had just enough time to get a new Spell Counter before crumbling to dust. "That Spell Card must have a weakness!"
"It does, my Dragon can't attack the same turn I use this card but I'm making the most of it!" Marcus said as he played another card. "Thanks to my Spell Card A Wingbeat of Giant Dragon!" Emra's eyes widened when she heard the card name and the dragon took flight, it flapped its wings once and Emra shielded herself as Mask of Restrict, Appropriate and her facedown card, revealed to be the Backup Soldier trap card, shattered alongside Marcus's facedown card.
"That card came at the cost of your own facedown card!" Emra growled and Marcus grinned as he held it up. "You set Dark Coffin!"
"That's right, normally you'd get a choice of discarding a card from your hand at random or destroying a monster on your side of the field but since you don't have any cards on your side of the field…" Marcus trailed off as a ghostly hand grabbed one of the cards she had drawn and dragged it to the graveyard, her eyes widened when she realized what had been discarded.
"No! Not another Exodia piece!" Emra gasped as it dawned on her; however she quickly regained her composure and grinned. "I hope you realize that there's more than one way to add a monster or two to my hand."
"Yeah, I know." Marcus said before holding up the two remaining cards on his field. "But maybe you should be concerned with this! I sacrifice Spear Dragon and Exodia the Forbidden One to bring back the Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" Marcus played the card and the two monsters vanished, in Spear Dragon's place stood the mighty dragon ready for battle.
"Blast, I haven't drawn Pot of Avarice yet!" Emra thought as she sent her monster to the graveyard before grinning. "You seem to be forgetting something Marcus; you can't attack because of the effect of your own Spell Card!"
"I noticed so I end my turn at that." Marcus admitted and Emra drew her card.
"She seems mighty calm for someone who's staring down the Blue-Eyes White Dragon." Chelsea commented and Tyler turned to her.
"It's because she's right, all she needs to draw is something like Pot of Avarice and the two Exodia pieces are back in her hand." Tyler pointed out and Chelsea frowned at that. "And we still don't know what will happen when the duel's over."
"Or if we'll get caught by nosey security guards before then." Chloe said with a gulp and Tyler shook his head.
"Err; yeah let's try not to think about that." Tyler said as Emra passed her turn and Marcus drew his card.
"This is risky, I may end up giving her what she needs to bring out Exodia and leave me with nothing!" Marcus thought as he eyed the Spell Card suspiciously. "Ah too hell with it, what do I have to lose!" Marcus thought before playing the Spell Card which was revealed to be Card of Sanctity.
"You do realize that using that against an Exodia duelist is just asking for trouble right?" Emra pointed out as the two duelists drew until they had six cards in their hands, when Marcus saw what he had drawn he grinned broadly.
"It doesn't matter now! Because I have all the firepower I need to win this duel!" Marcus said with a broad grin as he looked over his hand. "Now what to play first…"
"Play Lord of Dragons, trust me!" The Duel Spirit Guide instructed him and Marcus blinked.
"Well if you insist." Marcus grumbled before playing the card. "And it starts by me summoning Lord of Dragons!" Marcus played the card and Silent Magician and Armed Dragon shared a look as the tanned dragon spellcaster appeared on the field (4/1200/1100).
"Ah excellent, it's about time I was summoned!" The monster exclaimed earning himself a confused look from Marcus.
"Well, well, it seems that Lord of Dragons is you Spirit Guide Marcus." Emra commented and Marcus grinned as it dawned on him. "But it matters not, I have more than enough life-points to survive this turn and you have already used up your normal summon."
"It's like I said earlier Emra, there's more than one way to summon a monster!" Marcus said as he played another Spell Card. "Like this! As long as Lord of Dragons remains on my side of the field I can activate the Flute of Summoning Dragon!" Marcus played the card and Lord of Dragons grinned before grabbing the dragon shaped flute and playing it. "I use this to Special Summon Rare Metal Dragon (4/2400/1200) and Luster Dragon number 1 (4/1900/1600) both in attack mode!" Marcus played the cards and the two dragons appeared on the field, Rare Metal Dragon appeared next too Blue-Eyes White Dragon and Luster Dragon appeared next too Lord of Dragons. "Face it Emra, it's over, Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Rare Metal Dragon and Luster Dragon, attack her life-points with…err…Rare Metal Luster White Lightning!" Marcus commanded ignoring the fact that the other duelists had face-faulted at his statement. "What?" Marcus asked as the three attacks made their mark.
M: 7800
E: 0000
"All right I won!" Marcus said as he leaped into the air with a grin, Emra nodded gracefully as they deactivated their duel disks.
"Indeed you did, and you have won a great gift, the undying loyalty of a Duel Spirit, use it well." Emra said before stepping through the portal back to the Spirit World.
"Rare Metal Luster White Lightning, was that the best you could come up with?" Chelsea teased him and Marcus grinned sheepishly. "Well, I guess we know what happens when we win a duel, question is who's next?"
"We will find out momentarily Ms. Cunningham." Armed Dragon told her as another figure stepped through the portal, this time it was an orange fiend with shoulder length blonde hair, pointy ears and green eyes who was wearing a hideously purple suit.
"And I thought the suit my dad wore to his wedding was loud." Chloe muttered under her breath as the fiend took a bow as tipped his hat to the students.
"Yes it is I, the one, the only Greter, the Witty Phantom (4/1400/1300)!" The fiend, now known as Greter, greeted the students. "Your friend may have succeeded against Emra but I ensure you that her skills are no match for mine." Witty Phantom said with a grin as he put his hat back on…..and subsequently face-faulted when the students started laughing.
"Witty Phantom, seriously Witty Phantom? Good grief I don't think anyone used that card when it was new!" Chelsea laughed as she rubbed her eye. "How tough can he be anyway?"
"Kids these days don't respect the classics." Greter muttered under his breath as he got to his feet and held up his arm and a black duel disk appeared on it. "You'll find out shortly my dear as you, Chelsea Cunningham, has been selected as my opponent."
"Oh really, your my opponent? Oh god this is priceless!" Chelsea laughed as she stepped forward. "Don't go to the bathroom or anything guys! This match might be over by the time you get back!"
"Wait a minute; I thought this was supposed to be a tag team match between Chelsea and Chloe and two duel spirits?" Silent Magician protested and Witty Phantom sweat-dropped.
"Err, funny story actually! No one wanted to team up with me." Witty Phantom sighed in annoyance as Silent Magician growled. "Don't worry, they were willing to compromise, the two Osiris Red students will now be competing separately."
"This was supposed to build up their confidence as a tag team!" Silent Magician protested and Witty Phantom sighed.
"Do I look like a Spellcaster? I don't have the ability to change people's minds let alone Duel Spirits!" Witty Phantom protested before sighing and turning to Chelsea. "So it's like I said, Ms. Cunningham here will face me alone, Chloe has been moved to the last spot."
"We would appreciate being told in advance." Armed Dragon roared and Witty Phantom gulped.
"Poor guy, I'm starting to feel sorry for him! Wow, I did not expect to feel sorry for a duel monster today." Chelsea thought before activating her duel disk. "You know what? It's fine! I can take this guy on my own!"
"Well, if you insist Chelsea." Silent Magician said and Armed Dragon nodded in approval.
"Oh thank you! Do you have any idea how hard it is for a Level 4 Duel Spirit to stand up to a Level 8 and a Level 10 Duel Spirit? It must've been like when you came out of the closet in front of your parents!" Witty Phantom thanked Chelsea grinned…..before sweat-dropping.
"Wait, how did you know that exactly?" Chelsea protested and Witty Phantom gulped.
"We may have told your opponents personal information about their opponents." Silent Magician said nervously and Chelsea glared at her. "We probably should've left certain details out."
"You think?" Chelsea snapped at her before sighing. "Fine, let's get this over with."
"Wait, she's gay?" Tyler whispered to Brandon who gulped.
"Trust me; I was just as surprised as you are." Brandon responded as the two duelists drew their opening hands.
*meanwhile at the Ra Yellow Boys Dorm*
"Ugh, the sooner the night staff for this dorm, Obelisk Blue Boy's, Obelisk Blue Girl's and Osiris Red Girl's dorms come off sick the better." Jeff groaned as he took another sip of his coffee, the third one he's had tonight, the students weren't the only ones to fall ill prior to Battle City as the night staff had also fallen ill. Unfortunately for Jeff they were taking longer to get better. "I may be 35 but I'm already getting too old for this!" Jeff sighed just before there was a knock at the door. "Door's open, if it's a student that's lost his key be in and out of my office in five minutes!" Jeff called out and the door opened revealing a security guard.
"Sir, I know you're tired but we've got a situation." The guard said before handing over security camera footage. "About an hour ago Lance Alvers, Andreas Freshier and Marcus Reynolds didn't answer their nightly dorm check, a half hour later we retrieved security footage of them breaking curfew."
"Looks like their heading towards the North Side of the Island." Jeff commented with a frown. "See if you can locate them before they get hurt and if you can send them straight to their dorm rooms, quite frankly I'm too tired to put up with them right….." Jeff started but was cut off by two video calls, one from the Osiris Red Girl's dorm and the other from the Obelisk Blue Boy's Dorm. "Martin doesn't call unless it's an emergency." Jeff thought before dismissing the guard and answering the call. "I hope I'm not interrupting your beauty sleeps."
"Jeffery this is no time for jokes." Maria said with a concerned tone in her voice. "About an hour ago Chloe Richardson and her roommate Chelsea Cunningham failed to answer their dorm checks; Chelsea's laptop was still on so we thought she had snuck off to her girlfriend's dorm….."
"And instead you retrieved security footage of the two girls running towards the North Side of the island with their duel disks in front of them?" Jeff asked and Maria nodded. "I can say the same for Lance Alvers, Andreas Freshier and Marcus Reynolds except I don't think any of them have girlfriends, if they did I'd be the first to hear about it from Sarah." Jeff added referring to the head of the Ra Yellow Girls Dorm.
"This is where things get weird…weirder even." Martin added with a frown. "Three of my top students, Brandon Thomas, Theresa Daniels and Tyler Kaiba, did the same thing only I suspect that they heard the previously mentioned students and went to investigate."
"That is weird." Jeff agreed as he finished his coffee. "Martin, I'm coming over to the Obelisk Blue Boy's Dorm, we can continue this discussion there."
"I'll meet you there Jeffery." Maria agreed before hanging up.
"Good, I'll start brewing extra pots of coffee." Martin agreed before hanging up, Jeff sighed as he stepped out of his office and instructed the guard to take over for the rest of the night.
"What are the students doing over there?" Jeff thought as he walked down the hall.