"You have got to be kidding me! This is going to be a piece of cake!" Chelsea thought as she looked over her hand. "I mean, Witty Phantom? I know guys who run Normal Monster Decks that won't include that guy in them!" Chelsea thought before looking up at Greter. "So who's going first?"
"I am." Greter said before drawing his card. "I start with a Spell Card called Allure of Darkness, as long as I banish a Dark Type Monster from my hand afterwards this Spell will let me draw two cards from my deck." Greter played the card and after he banished one of his cards he drew twice.
"Yeah, no doubt about it, if this guy's not a Fiend Type user I'll eat my Duel Disk." Chelsea thought as Greter looked at his new cards.
"Perfect, if she still uses those Watt Monsters this will be over quickly!" Greter thought before playing the cards. "I set two cards facedown and set a card in defense mode, you're move Chelsea." Greter set the three cards and Chelsea frowned before drawing her card.
"He's playing defensive like Emra did against Marcus, but why?" Chelsea thought before looking up in time to see Greter activate his facedown card.
"I activate Book of Trayou, this forces my newly set monster into face up attack position, so allow me to introduce Nuvia the Wicked!" Greter flipped the card up and the other duelists did a double take when a hideous, green snake like fiend with a purple woman's head appeared on the field (4/2000/800). "Quite the looker isn't she?"
"You're kidding right? That's a face only a blind mother could love!" Chelsea pointed out and Greter chuckled. "Besides that why the hell would you summon that? It's one of the most useless fiend type monsters in the game!"
"Why indeed Ms. Cunningham, if that remaining facedown card is what I think it is she's in trouble." Armed Dragon thought as he observed the duel.
"Yes, Nuvia isn't the most popular fiend type is she?" Greter asked and Chelsea remained silent. "If I had normal summoned her she would've been destroyed instantly, not only that but she loses 200 attack points for each monster you control."
"Then why did you summon it in the first place?" Brandon asked and Greter smirked as he activated his other trap.
"So I can activate one of the most dreaded cards to ever be put towards a Watt Deck, go Deck Devastation Virus!" Greter activated the card and Chelsea's eyes widened as the fiend shattered and a virus spread to three of the cards in her hand. "Oh dear, it seems three of your cards are low attack point monsters!"
"I don't get it!" Chloe wondered and Brandon turned to her.
"You've heard of Crush Card Virus right?" Brandon asked and Chloe nodded. "Deck Devastation Virus works like that card but it works the other way around, it requires a Dark Type Monster with 2000 or more attack points like Nuvia to be tributed but once that card is tributed any monster cards with less than 1500 attack points that are in her hand or she draws over the next three turns are automatically destroyed."
"But…..but that's most of Chelsea's deck!" Chloe realized as it dawned on her. "How'd he get that in his hand anyway? Did he top deck?"
"Hey I don't cheat!" Greter yelled at Chloe who frowned at him.
"It could be dumb luck on his part but yes, and I'm beginning to think that Deck Devastation Virus being used on Chelsea and Mask of Restrict being used on Marcus is not a coincidence." Tyler agreed with a frown. "Those two cards are practically designed to work against their decks and if you think about it what reason would Emra have to keep Mask of Restrict in her deck when she uses an Exodia deck?"
"Control of the field maybe but I agree that this can't be a coincidence." Theresa said with a nod as Chelsea sent her three monsters to the graveyard. "Well, so much for Chelsea having an easy time in this duel."
"You're telling me!" Chelsea called out to her before looking over her hand. "Okay, it's cool, I got this! I just got to bide enough time for Deck Devastation Virus to wear off and I'll be in the driver's seat, sucks though, the three cards I could've summoned where some of my best cards!" Chelsea thought before picking up the remainder of her hand. "I set three cards facedown and end my turn." Chelsea sighed in annoyance as Greter drew his card.
"Hmmph, not what I was hoping for but this will do nicely!" Greter grunted before playing the card. "I summon Tardy Orc in attack mode!"
"Is this supposed to be a joke about me being late earlier?" Chloe wondered out loud as the new monster appeared on the field, it appeared to be a younger version of the monster Giant Orc (4/2200/0000) that was wearing a pink backpack, green and brown cargo pants and appeared to be crying (4/2200/0000).
"Chloe, I'm honestly more concerned about how much damage that thing will do to my life-points!" Chelsea responded before turning back to the ogre.
"Well then I have good news! Tardy Orc, as its name may imply, can't attack on the same turn that it's Normal Summoned, in fact the only reason I summoned this thing is because it's the best monster I have available at the moment." Greter explained earning a confused look from Chelsea. "What? You don't believe me? Tardy Orc attack her life-points!" Greter commanded and the ogre looked at its master confused seconds before a giant dunce hat appeared on its head. "You see?"
"Yeah, I get it." Chelsea grunted as she stared at the ogre. "At least I'm getting a rough idea of what his deck's all about, it seems to focus on Fiend Type monsters with strong attack points and crappy effects like Nuvia last turn and Tardy Orc now." Chelsea thought as she turned to her hand. "That wouldn't be a problem if it weren't for that damn Trap Card!"
"I shall end my turn at that but tell me my dear, what hope could you possibly have with most of your deck crippled?" Greter asked and Chelsea said nothing in response before drawing her card, she winced when she saw it. "Oh don't tell me, a low level Thunder Type monster with low attack points that just so happens to belong to the Watt Archetype?"
"You ever get tired of being an obnoxious know it all?" Chelsea snapped at him before revealing the monster to be Wattgiraffe (4/1200/100) which she reluctantly sent to the graveyard. "Since I have no other moves I can make at this time I end my turn." Chelsea sighed and Greter drew his card.
"Excellent, the final piece to my Anti-Watt Strategy is in my hands!" Greter thought with a broad grin as he looked at the card. "My Deck Devastation Virus may have crippled her deck for three turns but this? As long as it's on the field it'll cripple her deck and benefit mine!" Greter thought before setting the card. "I set one card facedown, now Tardy Orc I command you to attack her life-points directly!" Greter commanded and the Orc charged towards Chelsea…..
"I activate Waboku to protect my life-points!" Chelsea announced as her trap flipped up and the three priestesses blocked the charge of the orc. "You may have crippled most of my deck but Deck Devastation Virus doesn't work on Spells and Traps!"
"She's far cleverer than I gave her credit for." Greter thought as the Orc returned to his side of the field. "Deck Devastation Virus has one turn left; if I want to win this I must activate my trap card as soon as possible!" Greter thought before motioning to Chelsea to take her turn, she drew her card and breathed a sigh of relief.
"I never thought I'd be so relieved to NOT draw a monster." Chelsea thought before playing the card. "I set a card facedown and end my turn." Chelsea announced and Greter drew his card. "At least I only have to put up with that damn Virus for another turn." Chelsea thought.
"She has to run out of Spells and Traps eventually, and when she does she'll run out of life-points soon afterwards." Greter thought before looking at his drawn card. "Before I summon my next monster allow me to reveal the other half of my Anti-Watt strategy, a trap card that will cripple your deck far worse than my Deck Devastation Virus."
"What can be worse than Deck Devastation Virus?" Chelsea wondered out loud before it hit her like a ton of bricks. "Oh don't tell me your facedown card is….."
"That's right, go Skill Drain!" Greter activated the trap and winced as his life-points dropped to 7000. "It may cost me a thousand life-points but you know what? It is a thousand life-points well spent! As long as this is on the field monster effects cannot be activated!" Greter said with a smirk and Chelsea glared at him. "Well okay, there is one other piece of my puzzle but she doesn't need to know that JUST yet!" Greter thought before pointing to his orc. "Tardy Orc, attack her life-points!" Greter commanded and the orc charged towards Chelsea before slamming into her chest.
C: 5800
G: 7000
"I shall end my turn at that." Greter announced as Chelsea got back to her feet and drew a card.
"As if things weren't bad enough when he had that damn Virus active but now? I can't use any effects!" Chelsea thought before looking at her hand, which consisted off her only non-synchro monster to have over 1500 attack points, namely Watttaildragon but she had no way of bringing it out…"SHIT! Why didn't I activate the trap I set before ending my turn! Ugh I'm so stupid!" Chelsea thought frustratingly.
"You're not stupid my child, you just made a mistake." A regal voice rang out from inside Chelsea's head and she blinked before looking around for the source.
"Where did that voice come from? Not even Brandon's voice is that snotty and he's a rich kid!" Chelsea thought before it hit her. "Wait, are you my Duel Spirit?"
"Indeed I am." The voice responded and Chelsea blinked. "I won't be able to reveal my true form for now but as I was saying; if you want to make up for that mistake do it now."
"You got it!" Chelsea responded before she activated her trap. "I activate Call of the Haunted to bring back Wattgiraffe!" Chelsea activated her trap and the electric yellow giraffe appeared on the field (4/1200/100).
"Hah! If you could do that why didn't you bring him back to protect your life-points during your turn?" Greter taunted her with a grin. "I'm beginning to see why you and Chloe over there are the only Osiris Red Students among us!"
"Okay, first off I was meant to be in Ra Yellow but I got stuck in Osiris Red due to attitude problems!" Chelsea snapped at him before grinning. "There's a second reason why I activated that trap anyway, you may have rendered my Watt monsters useless but there's one Watt Monster that doesn't have any effects and has a high attack power of 2500.
"High attack power, what does her…? Oh, that." Greter grimaced as it dawned on him. "You have Wattaildragon in your hand don't you?"
"You got it! And I'm sacrificing Wattgiraffe to bring him out!" Chelsea played the card and Wattgiraffe vanished from the field, in its place stood the mighty blue dragon that Lance used against her (6/2500/1000).
"Oh great, you know it is times like these that I curse the day that I2 banned Crush Card Virus." Greter gulped as he stared down the dragon. "No matter, I have ways of keeping that overgrown lizard at bay!" Greter thought as he waited for Chelsea to continue her move. "It's not like it matters anyway! I'll have more than enough life-points by the time this duel's over." Greter added but was caught off guard when Chelsea started laughing. "Dare I ask, what's so funny?"
"Because I save my next card for when I have Wattaildragon on the field, that's why!" Chelsea told him as her facedown card flipped up. "Wattkey here lets me attack your life-points directly even with a Watt monster that normally lacks that effect!"
"Hey wait a minute…." Greter trailed off as it dawned on him.
"Wattaildragon, I think it's time we made him pay for crippling my deck, attacking my life-points and making me stay up late, don't you?" Chelsea asked her dragon with a grin who responded by launching a ball of electricity at the fiend who screamed in pain.
C: 5800
G: 4500
"Very clever but I'll get past that dragon eventually!" Greter grunted as he got back to his feet. "And once I do what are you left with? Nothing, I'd have beaten your best monster and rendered the rest of your deck useless! Unless you have something that can destroy Skill Drain this match is mine!"
"I do have something that can do that, problem is drawing it!" Chelsea thought as she glanced towards her deck. "I end my turn." Chelsea announced and Greter drew his card.
"Fortunately for you I have no way to get rid of your dragon, otherwise I'd be back in the driver's seat." Greter grunted before shifting Tardy Orc to defense mode and the orc sat down quietly almost as if it was in class and a facedown card appeared behind it. "Now that I have shifted my monster to defense mode I shall end my turn with a facedown card." Greter informed her and Chelsea drew her card.
"So…..err, are you Wattaildragon?" Chelsea asked the voice who groaned in response.
"If I was I would've announced that the moment it appeared on the field." The voice responded before pausing. "Besides Wattaildragon is not a monster you want as a duel spirit guide."
"Why? It's a strong monster and….." Chelsea trailed off but was cut off by the voice.
"And feral, incredibly difficult to control and has a nasty habit of injuring or even killing its protégés." The voice interrupted her and Chelsea grimaced. "Don't worry, the Duel Monster card it's self is perfectly safe to use but did you ever wonder why the Spell Card Ancient Rules is mentioned in its flavor text?"
"That actually makes a strange kind of sense." Chelsea admitted before looking at the trap card. "Great, a dead draw." Chelsea thought before adding the card to her hand.
"Maybe but that card may come in handy later, hold onto it for now." The voice instructed her and Chelsea nodded.
"Yeah, it's one of my favorite cards to use, pity it's useless when your only monster is already on the field." Chelsea pointed out to the spirit before pointing to Tardy Orc. "Wattaildragon, it's time to put Tardy Orc in detention!" Chelsea announced as her dragon charged up its ball of electricity…
"Since Tardy Orc is practically useless in Defense mode I activate Dark Spirit Art – Greed, which allows me to sacrifice my orc and draw two cards from my deck!" Greter activated the trap and Tardy Orc vanished from the field in a puff of smoke, seconds later Greter drew two cards from his deck.
"Fine by me, that just means you'll lose another 2500 life-points!" Chelsea said with a grin as the dragon prepared to launch its attack…..
"Did you ever wonder why I never summoned that second monster?" Greter asked as he played the card and Battle Fader (1/0/0) appeared on the field, the dragon stopped its attack immediately and Chelsea frowned. "Are you done?"
"Actually I want to ask you something." Chelsea said and Greter raised an eyebrow. "You called Tardy Orc practically useless in defense mode."
"So I did, I was only stating a simple fact." Greter shrugged his shoulders and Chelsea frowned. "Why do you care so much about my monster?"
"I don't, I'm merely wondering why a duelist would call his own monster useless when any duelist worth his salt knows that there's no such thing as a useless monster." Chelsea pointed out and Greter scoffed when he heard that. "What's so funny?"
"Oh, nothing much, it's just your hypocrisy." Greter pointed out and Chelsea was clearly taken aback by this. "Didn't you call my Duel Monsters equivalent useless?"
"That's different; despite his crappy effect Tardy Orc has a ridiculously high attack power for a Level 4 monster." Chelsea pointed out and Greter growled. "But you on the other hand, where do I even start? You're only a slightly better Fiend version of the original Celtic Guardian (4/1400/1200) but at least that monster has a retrained version…."
"Ah yes, Obnoxious Celtic Guardian." Greter scoffed as he spat to the side. "A card that's only good for stalling, tribute or even Synchro Summons but I suppose that's an improvement over Witty Phantom who I2 never even bothered to release a retrained version of!" Greter said angrily as he spat to the side. "Speaking of Synchro Summons when the first Synchro Monsters where released a few months ago I was over the moon! I thought that people may start using me with cards like Natural Tune or Urgent Tuning but did that happen? No! Not even duelists who use throwback decks use me in them, hell they use Baron of the Fiend Sword in my place for crying out loud! I may be a fairly standard monster but at least I have a decent defense!"
"Err, Silent Magician, does this guy always go on long winded rants?" Chloe asked mentally and Silent Magician sighed in annoyance.
"His status in Duel Monsters has always been a sensitive area for him." Silent Magician responded with a chuckle. "Chelsea isn't the first to call him out on his hypocrisy and I doubt she'll be the last."
"Somehow I'm not surprised about that, I'm guessing he uses monsters like Tardy Orc and Nuvia to compensate for that?" Chloe asked and Silent Magician nodded.
"That's basically it, besides you don't need to communicate with me that way I'm in the same room as you." Silent Magician pointed out and Chloe blushed.
"Sorry, force of habit, I'm still getting used to you have a physical form." Chloe said sheepishly and Silent Magician smirked at that.
"She thinks she's having trouble? I'm still getting used to the concept of Duel Spirits!" Chelsea thought as she overheard what Chloe said, she shook her head and motioned for Greter to take his turn, Greter said nothing as he drew his card. "Maybe he's right, I mean if it weren't for their effects the Watt monsters would be called useless as well."
"I suppose you mean the weaker Watt Monsters?" The voice asked and Chelsea nodded. "Don't worry about not being used to me just yet; it typically takes a few days to a week for a new protégé to adjust to this change."
"That's comforting I guess." Chelsea responded uneasily. "Has anyone…not been able to adjust?" Chelsea asked after pausing to consider how to word her question.
"Only a handful, they currently reside in a mental institution." The voice responded and Chelsea grimaced at that idea. "Those where our earliest protégés however, back then we didn't feel the need to identify ourselves as Duel Spirits but after the fifth institutionalized protégé it was made mandatory to identify ourselves as Duel Spirits to new protégés, if it's any consolation we first gained this ability a little over 30 years ago."
"Right, so any crazy protégé is either dead or old enough to be one of my grandparents, got it." Chelsea nodded as she waited for Greter to make a move. "I'm guessing tests like these didn't start until after that?"
"Indeed, there will be other tests but we will inform you of when they happen." The voice responded and Chelsea turned her attention back to Greter.
"Inquisitive, isn't she?" Armed Dragon whispered to Silent Magician who nodded, the higher level Duel Spirits had the limited ability to read minds but it was limited to communications between Duel Spirits and their protégés.
"If anything it's a good sign, shows that she's curious about her new role." Silent Magician responded as she watched the duel. "I only hope the others share her curiosity."
"And I'm hoping that she uses her Duel Spirit Partner responsibly!" Armed Dragon growled and Silent Magician's eyes narrowed.
"How many times must I point out the circumstances surrounding that incident?" Silent Magician asked impatiently and Greter rolled his eyes.
"Good grief, they're like an old married couple!" Greter commented before looking at his newly drawn card.
"Err, should you really be saying that with them in earshot?" Chelsea asked noticing the glares from Silent Magician and Armed Dragon that Greter had earned.
"An excellent point, now then, back to my move!" Greter admitted before looking at his drawn card. "Perfect, now that Battle Fader's served its purpose I sacrifice him so I can summon a new monster! However I shall set this monster in defense mode!" Greter played the card and Battle Fader vanished, once Greter pocketed Battle Fader due to its effect a facedown monster appeared in its place. "I shall end my turn."
"A Monster that requires a sacrifice yet he summoned it in defense mode? Yeah good money's on that monster having a high defense stat," Chelsea thought as she drew her card. "Question is should I risk it?"
"Wish I could tell you but this is my first time seeing Greter's deck, let alone fighting it." The Spirit told her and Chelsea let out an annoyed sigh.
"Thanks anyway." Chelsea told him before looking at her newly drawn card. "Wait, Spiritual Light Art – Hijiri? Why did I add this to my deck exactly? I don't have any cards that remove monsters from play?" Chelsea thought as she stared at the card.
"Set it anyway, just to be safe." The Spirit instructed her and Chelsea frowned.
"Hey! No backseat dueling!" Chelsea snapped at her duel spirit before shaking her head. "I've come this far on my own and I'm not going to stop now!"
"Do you want to win this match?" The Spirit asked her and Chelsea hesitated. "It's true that you have considerable dueling talent but we both know that your defensive personality is what landed you in Osiris Red."
"I know." Chelsea sighed before setting the card. "I hope you know what you're doing!"
"I have years of dueling experience, of course I do!" The Spirit reassured her but Chelsea remained unconvinced. "Now end your turn….."
"Fuck that!" Chelsea interrupted him before pointing to her dragon. "Watttaildragon, toast his defense monster!" Chelsea commanded and Greter grinned broadly as the dragon launched its attack.
"Chelsea, wait! Call off your attack!" The Spirit called out but knew it was far too late, to Chelsea's surprise a large golden wall appeared above the card's hologram and blocked the attack before it rebounded at Chelsea.
C; 5300
G: 4500
"Was that Labyrinth Wall (5/0/3000)? Seriously, who uses that nowadays?" Chelsea asked as she got to her feet, Greter chuckled as he folded his arms.
"I do, that's who!" Greter said as he looked towards Labyrinth Wall. "Whilst it's true that I2 rendered the effect it had during the Duelist Kingdom Tournament unofficial shortly before the start of the Battle City Tournament it still has its uses as an impenetrable wall for my defenses, face it its hopeless! Skill Drain renders the majority of your monsters absolutely useless by virtue of its effect and I can't think of a single Watt Monster with the strength to penetrate my wall, better luck next time!"
"Guess I should've listened huh?" Chelsea commented to her spirit who shook his head. "I mean, how was I supposed to know the monster he set has the defense power equivalent to the Blue-Eyes White Dragon?"
"You weren't but Chelsea, for this partnership to work we need to cooperate." The Spirit told her and Chelsea lowered her head in shame. "Don't fret; the first duel with a Duel Spirit Partner is always rocky for the protégé."
"That's comforting to know." Chelsea thought with a sigh before looking at her dragon. "That's all for me." Chelsea announced and Greter drew his card.
"Well then, I start by activating Card of Sanctity." Greter activated the card and Chelsea, relieved to finally have some cards in her hand, drew until she had six cards in her hand and Greter did likewise, when they saw the contents of their hands both duelists grinned broadly.
"Hey Duel Spirit, are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Chelsea asked the duel spirit as she looked over her hand.
"Indeed, let's see if we survive the turn though." The Spirit responded and Chelsea turned to Greter.
"I set two cards facedown and end my turn at that." Greter set the two cards and Chelsea drew her card.
"I'll do likewise; I set two cards facedown and end my turn." Chelsea set the two cards and Greter grinned broadly before drawing his card. "I don't like the look on his face."
"Indeed, he's planning something." The Duel Spirit agreed with her as Greter activated his trap.
"Well it's been fun but it's time to bring this duel to a close!" Greter said as the trap card flipped up. "And it starts with this! My trap card D2 Shield! For the remainder of my wall's time on the field this trap card shall double the defense of my Labyrinth Wall all the way up to 6000!" Greter announced as Labyrinth Wall's Defense skyrocketed to 6000.
"Why even bother? It's not like I was going to attack that thing anyway." Chelsea pointed out and Greter grinned before, to the shock of everyone, shifting Labyrinth Wall to attack mode.
"Oh you'll see why soon enough my dear, as you can see I have shifted my wall into attack mode." Greter said though the wall didn't make any movements, due to being a wall and all. "Why you ask? It's simple, I have two more cards to play, first up is the Spell Card Shield and Sword."
"Oh boy, this is trouble." Chelsea winced as the Wall's attack stat skyrocketed to 6000 whilst his defense stat plummeted to zero. "How is that thing going to attack me anyway? It's a wall!"
"Honestly I don't know this is my first time trying this combo." Greter admitted and the other duelists and duel spirits face faulted. "Besides there's one final piece of the puzzle and it's the Spell Card Dark Core! By discarding one card from my hand I can remove Watttaildragon from play!" Greter played the card and Chelsea's eyes widened.
"I hope my plan works!" Chelsea thought as she glanced towards her traps, she bit her lip before bracing herself. "This is gonna hurt!"
"Labyrinth Wall, attack her life-points directly!" Greter commanded and they got the answer to the question of how a wall attacks, by collapsing on the attackee, confident that the victory was at hand Greter turned to the portal. "Well my dear it's been fun but I must return to the Spirit World, I have a hot dinner date with Dumnass Dark Witch that I don't want to miss! Don't cry though, you'll get another chance at bonding with your duel spirit, just not to…"
"Hey asshole, you may want to check the scores again!" Chelsea called out to him as she slowly got to her feet, Greter turned around ready to chastise her but to his shock saw that the holograms where still active and that Chelsea was staring at him with a cocky smirk on her face.
"What….but the attack had more than enough attack power to finish you off?" Greter protested before looking at the scores.
G: 4500
C: 3300
"What's going on here? I thought I had this match won!" Greter protested before finally paying attention to Chelsea's side of the field. "Why off course! Only Nutrient Z could save you from an attack like that!"
"You got it! Since I just took a lot more than 2000 life-points Nutrient Z here adds 4000 life-points to my score before damage calculation." Chelsea explained with a grin. "It seems the big bad duel spirit couldn't finish off a messily Osiris Red Student." Chelsea mocked him and Greter growled at that.
"Don't you dare mock me you petulant child! Do you have any idea…..who….I…it has just dawned on me that Labyrinth Wall will lose all its attack points as soon as I end my turn." Greter realized as his eyes widened. "Oh shit."
"Honestly I'd be yelling a lot more swear words than that in his shoes." Lance whispered to Brandon who nodded in agreement.
"I have too much pride to surrender; besides the bond won't be complete until you bring out the monster your duel spirit represents." Greter admitted before sighing. "I end my turn, do your worst." Greter said and once Labyrinth Wall's attack plummeted back to zero Chelsea drew his card. "Or so she thinks, the other facedown card I set last turn is a little thing called Zero Gravity and with this trap card I can shift the attack positions of all monsters on the field, Labyrinth Wall will be back in the position it belongs in and with a nigh impenetrable defense that only an Egyptian God Card could hope to crack and I'm sure whatever she summons next will have a low defense so my victory is assured!"
"I pretty much save this for emergencies due to its side effect." Chelsea thought as she looked at her card. "On the other hand I'd definitely call this an emergency." Chelsea thought before playing the card. "I activate Into the Void, since I have three or more cards in my hand this will let me draw another one as long as I toss them at the end of the turn."
"A big risk in other words." Greter commented as Chelsea drew her card. "I hope for your sake that it was worth the risk."
"Oh it was!" Chelsea said before playing another Spell. "I activate Spellbook Inside the Pot which lets me draw three more cards!" Chelsea played the card and drew until she once again had six cards in her hand.
"If you want to deck yourself so be it, I won't stop you." Greter mocked her and Chelsea paid no attention to him.
"Chelsea knows a good time to bring out Wattchimera." The Spirit told her and Chelsea blinked before looking over her hand.
"Pretty specific request but I'll go with it, but first I have an old friend to bring back." Chelsea answered before playing her drawn card. "I activate Monster Reborn and I use it to bring back one of the monsters you made me toss at the beginning of the duel, Wattdragonfly!" Chelsea played the card and the small electric dragonfly appeared on the field (3/900/100).
"Perfect, that monster's defense points are practically non-existent!" Greter thought but did a double take when he saw Chelsea activate a trap. "Err, what are you doing?"
"Activating a trap I drew earlier, go Judgment of Thunder!" Chelsea activated the trap and lightning started striking Greter's side of the field.
"What…..what's going on?" Greter stammered as the lightning got closer to his cards; eventually it struck Skill Drain destroying it. "What did you just do?"
"What? Did you really think I wouldn't pack a few precautions into my deck in case my opponent has something like Skill Drain?" Chelsea asked as she placed a hand on her hip. "Judgment of Thunder doesn't really get used much because it supports the Thunder type."
"And they have been under supported for years." Greter nodded as his eyes narrowed. "What exactly does it do?"
"What it does it simple, it can only be activated if I summon a Thunder type monster like Wattdragonfly, when I do I can destroy one card of my choice on my opponent's side of the field." Chelsea explained and Greter's eyes widened.
"No! That means that her monsters are free to use their effects!" Greter thought before smirking. "No matter, she only has one trap card left and I doubt that it's another Judgment of Thunder, all I'll need to do after I use Zero Gravity is draw another Shield and Sword and something like Lightning Vortex! Nutrient Z may have saved her the first time but lightning never strikes twice!"
"Next I activate my last trap card, Light Spiritual Art – Hijiri!" Chelsea activated the trap and Wattdragonfly vanished. "Now you CAN negate this but only if you have a trap card in your hand that you're willing to show me.
"Blast! I only have one Trap Card left and that's on the field." Greter thought before sighing. "You may continue."
"Good, to activate its effect I have to say goodbye to Wattdragonfly first so…." Chelsea said as Wattdragonfly vanished from the field. "And in exchange for that I can special summon a Light-Type monster that was removed from play."
"Wait….oh no, he's back isn't he?" Greter gulped and his suspicions where soon confirmed when Wattaildragon returned to the field. "So we're back to where we started."
"Not quite, I still have five more cards to play." Chelsea said as she activated her spell card. "And I'm starting with Mystical Space Typhoon."
"No! No! No! No! No! NO!" Greter yelled out as a storm washed over the field, a tornado struck Greter's facedown Zero Gravity which was quickly destroyed. "No matter, even after you destroy my wall I'll have life-points left."
"Do you always jump to conclusions? Next up is the Spell Card Double Summon which allows me to summon two additional monsters so say hello too Wattcobra and the Tuner Monster Wattfox!" Chelsea played the cards and the two weak monsters appeared on the field (4/1000/500) and (2/800/100). "Wattfox, let's bring this duel to a close by giving Wattcobra a tune up!" Chelsea commanded and the two monsters leapt into the air, was the bright flash faded Wattchimera appeared on the field with a growl (6/1400/1600).
"At last, I can use my true form!" Wattchimera said before turning to Chelsea and, to her surprise, bowing respectfully. "I am ready to serve my lady."
"Wait, Wattchimera's my Duel Spirit Partner?" Chelsea asked and the monster nodded. "Good, you were always my favorite monster anyway."
"Well done! You have successfully bonded with your Spirit Partner." Greter congratulated her before smirking. "It matters not though, by the end of this I'll have more than enough life-points left to continue."
"That's where you're wrong, in case you haven't noticed I said I've got five cards to play and I've only played four, unless you count Wattchimera as the fifth one but you get the idea." Chelsea said before playing the card. "But with this Spell Card I'll win the Duel, go Wattcube."
"Oh no, that increases a monster's attack points by the number of Thunder type monsters in your graveyard times a hundred!" Greter gulped as Wattchimera's attack increased to 2000. "Well then, it seems my foolish attempt at a one turn kill has instead resulted in my defeat, congratulations you've earned it."
"At least he's being a good sport about it." Chelsea thought before pointing to her monsters. "Wattaildragon, it's time you finished what you started a few turns back, break down that wall!" Chelsea commanded and the dragon fired an electrical charge at the wall, it crumbled soon afterwards and Greter's life-points dropped to 2000. "Wattchimera, finish it!" Chelsea commanded and the monster nodded almost as if to say "gladly" before leaping at Greter and slashing him with his claws.
G: 0000
C: 3300
Chelsea took a deep breath as the holograms faded and the two duelists deactivated their duel disks, the long duel had taken quite a bit out of them but Chelsea was just glad to have ended the match with a win. "That was close."
"Indeed." Greter agreed before turning towards the portal. "Use your gift wisely Chelsea. You'd be foolish to underestimate the sheer power us Duel Spirits have." Greter warned her before stepping back through the portal; Chelsea took a moment to consider his words before returning to the others.
"Exactly zero life-points; it's been a while since I've seen a duel end that way." Tyler commented with a grin. "Nice going Chelsea, you earned that."
"Thanks, coming from the top student in the school that means a lot." Chelsea said with a grin before turning her attention back to the portal. "So, who's up next?"
"Well we know it won't be Chloe since she was bumped up to last." Lance commented as he scratched his head. "And you and Marcus have already dueled so that narrows it down a bit."
"Narrows it down to two duelists you mean." Chloe pointed out as another figure stepped through the portal, this time the figure that emerged was a brown haired man in silver armor and a red cape that was carrying a large shield. "Okay…this is a new one."
"I am the Duel Spirit known as Distant Sea Knight (4/1400/1200)." The figure introduced himself as his shield disappeared and a silver Duel Disk appeared in its place. "If you prefer you may call me Retor."
"Okay Retor." Lance said as he folded his arms. "Who gets to be the lucky one who gets to face you?"
"It's funny you should ask that Lance, you have been selected as my opponent." Retor said and Lance grinned before stepping forward.
"Good, watching Marcus and Chelsea duel has wetted my appetite for dueling!" Lance said as the two of them activated their duel disks.
"Distant Sea Knight, I thought he looked familiar." Tyler said as he scratched his chin. "His duel monster's counterpart hasn't been released over here yet, it's being released in an upcoming booster pack."
"That explains why we've never heard of it." Chloe said with a nod. "Does it support any archetypes?"
"No, it's a Support Card for the WATER Attribute." Tyler told her with a frown. "It's a safe bet that his deck focuses on Water Monsters."
"Whatever, I've faced WATER duelists before and this will be a piece of cake!" Lance said confidently as the two duelists activated their duel disks.
*meanwhile at the Obelisk Blue Boy's Dorm*
Jeff, Maria and Martin sat in the office waiting for the arrival of the Obelisk Blue Girl's Dorm headmistress, they had been there for an hour and she hadn't turned up yet.
"I still can't wrap my head around why the students would go there at all, let alone past curfew." Jeff sighed as he took a sip of his coffee. "We told them why the area's off limits and not even the students who go to the off the beaten path areas of the island for sex will go there."
"I can't understand it myself Jeffery, especially when you consider who the duelists are." Martin agreed as he took a sip. "Theresa, Brandon and Tyler are all excellent students who will make excellent pro duelists once they graduate, Lance, Marcus and Andreas are three of Ra Yellows best students and the girls? Chelsea and Chloe may be troublemakers but they are pretty much ready for Ra Yellow as far as dueling's concerned."
"If you ask me Chelsea has been ready for graduation for some time now but that's beside the point." Maria added as she took a sip. "Chloe has been improving every day since she got here and Chelsea's always had the raw talent, it's just her attitude that needs work."
"Yeah, not every day that you see a 5ft 6, 120ibs girl intimidate men almost twice her size but that's just her fierce temper at work." Jeff agreed with a chuckle. "When security does find them how should we deal with them?"
"That will depend on the circumstances off course." Martin added before the door opened and a woman in an Obelisk Blue uniform stepped in, she had shoulder length black hair and blue eyes that seemed to have a perpetual scowl on her face.
"I got your message Martin." The woman said sternly as she sat down on a chair. "Are you sure your cameras saw Theresa breaking curfew?"
"If I wasn't sure I wouldn't have called you Tracy." Martin greeted the Obelisk Blue Headmistress with a nod. "But she wasn't alone."
"Andreas Freshier, Marcus Reynolds and Lance Alvers from Ra Yellow where also spotted breaking curfew all at around the same time, as where Chloe Richardson and Chelsea Cunningham of Osiris Red and Brandon Thomas and Tyler Kaiba of Obelisk Blue, at this time we don't know why they've broken curfew." Jeff added and Tracy turned to him. "What we do know is that they were heading towards the North Side of the island."
"You realize that Kaiba will have our heads if his kid gets hurt right?" Tracy asked and the other teachers nodded. "Do you have any idea where they were going exactly?"
"None yet, security is searching for them however." Martin told her and Tracy nodded, before anyone could say anything else the door opened and a guard stepped in.
"Sir, we've found them." The guard said simply and the teachers turned to him. "This is where things get complicated however."
"Complicated?" Jeff asked before it dawned on him. "Oh no, don't tell me….."
"We retrieved security camera footage of the students entering the Abandoned Dorm." The guard told them and the teachers expressions darkened. "This is far more than a simple violation of curfew."
"We'll deal with them in the morning; none of them have classes tomorrow morning anyway." Martin decided and the other teachers nodded. "If they show up to their dorms send in the Disciplinary Action Squad."
"I will do sir." The guard nodded before leaving.
"The D.A.S., I realize that they've broken a major rule but is sending in that goon squad really necessary?" Tracy asked and Martin frowned.
"I realize that your fond of the students in question Tracy, I seem to remember you being the only one to vote Chloe for Ra Yellow back when she won her test duel." Martin said with a sigh as he turned to them. "That said we can't show leniency when they've broken a rule like this, what does it say to the other students if we do?"
"As much as I hate to admit it, he's right." Jeff agreed with a sigh. "When they're caught the students will be facing possible expulsion at worse, and that's if no one gets hurt."
"I realize that." Tracy said with a sigh. "We should at the very least give them a chance to explain why they were there, the Ra Yellow and Obelisk Blue students are excellent students in their own rights, the Osiris Red Girls, if you ask me anyway, should've been in Ra Yellow to begin with attitude and inexperience aside." Trace added before pausing. "That said I hope we don't have to expel them, if we do their pro league careers will be over before they even start."
"I agree Tracy, and it's never been easy to expel good students who made a simple mistake." Martin agreed before turning towards the window. "But if it does cone to that we will expel them."