"Can anyone of you do your damn jobs right?!" Erick yelled out as Phil returned to the Pro-Duelists bench, Phil's eyes narrowed as he sat down near the empty space that Francesca was occupying before she was called to the Duel Field.
"What the hell do you mean by our jobs? Erick, last time I checked we volunteered to come to Duel Academy today." Phil said as his frown deepened. "Or are you just upset that the students are actually fighting for their spots in Duel Academy and their future careers as pro-duelists?"
"If they can't handle the rules at Duel Academy then they have no place in the Pro-Leagues." Erick said simply ignoring the glares that comment earned him. "Don't like it? Too bad, now let's see if Francesca can get things right unlike you!" Erick added as he and the other pro-duelists turned their attention to the duel.
"Okay Brandon, if you don't mind I'd like to go first." Francesca said and Brandon shrugged as if to say "go for it" and Francesca drew her first card. "Hmmm, this isn't a bad hand." Francesca thought before picking up three cards. "I set two cards facedown and I summon Blade Knight in attack mode!" Francesca played the cards and the knight in blue armor appeared on the field as did the two facedown cards (4/1600/1000). "That ends my turn." Francesca announced and Brandon drew his card.
"Why did she summon that card later? With fewer cards in her hand her monster would've gotten a power boost." Brandon thought before looking at his drawn card. "I'll match your Blade Knight with Dark Crusader in attack mode!" Brandon played the card and the Red Haired Skeleton Knight appeared on the field (4/1600/400). "And I activate his effect, I toss one card from my hand and in exchange his attack points get a boost of 400 points." Brandon explained before tossing one card and Dark Crusader's attack increased to 2000. "Dark Crusader, attack Blade Knight!" Brandon commanded and the knight charged towards Blade Knight….
"Thought you'd try that, I activate my Relieve Monster trap card!" Francesca activated the trap and Blade Knight disappeared from the field just before Dark Crusader's sword could make contact with the knight. "This trap can only be activated if one of my monsters is targeted for an attack, the targeted monster goes back to my hand and I get to Special Summon another in its place."
"Is that a fact? Then summon away." Brandon told her and Francesca smirked before playing another card.
"You'll regret those words Brandon; I summon Rare Metal Dragon using Relieve Monster's effect!" Francesca played the card and the large metallic wingless dragon appeared on the field (4/2400/1200). "So, do you plan on continuing your attack?"
"And damage my own life-points? I don't think so." Brandon said with a scoff as Dark Crusader returned to his side of the field. "I set two cards facedown and end my turn." Brandon set the two cards down and Francesca drew her card.
"I activate a Spell Card called Shard of Greed!" Francesca played the card and the first of shards of the infamous Spell Card Pot of Greed appeared before her. "We'll get to its effect in a bit but first, Rare Metal Dragon; send Dark Crusader back to the Dark Ages!" Francesca commanded and the dragon charged towards Dark Crusader…however its charge was stopped by the ghostly form of Necro Guardna (3/600/1300). "Let me guess, you discarded that card for Dark Crusader's effect?"
"You got it." Brandon nodded before pocketing the monster.
"Well in that case I'll call it a turn." Francesca told him and Brandon nodded before drawing his card. "Okay, I know from his Battle City duels that Dark Crusader's effect is continuous, if he discards two more cards I'll be in trouble, especially if he's using Dark Crusader to summon Dark Armed Dragon." Francesca thought as she waited for him to make his move.
"I activate a Spell Card called Allure of Darkness!" Brandon played the card and pocketed a monster in his hand before drawing twice. "Now I….."
"Now you'll discard the cards your just drew, I activate Null and Void!" Francesca activated the trap and Brandon's eyes widened before discarding the cards. "You were saying?"
"As I was about to say, I activate Dark Crusader's effect two more times." Brandon said as he discarded two monsters causing Dark Crusader's attack to jump to 2800. "As strong as your dragon is Francesca my Crusader's stronger, Dark Crusader, slay Rare Metal Dragon!" Brandon commanded and the crusader charged towards the dragon before cutting it in half reducing Francesca's life-points to 7600. "That ends my turn." Brandon announced and Francesca drew her card.
"All right, Brandon's drawn first blood!" Marcus said with a fist pump. "Should be easy going from here on out!"
"Aren't you forgetting something Marcus?" Chloe asked as she turned to him. "I managed to get an early lead in my duel against her back in Battle City but she was still able to give me a hell of a fight."
"She's got a point there." Lance agreed before shaking his head. "But, no offense Chloe, Brandon's a much better duelist than you are, if anyone can keep his lead it's him."
"No offense taken." Chloe said as they watched the duel proceed. "I hope you're right though, so far we've won all our matches and I don't know about you but I don't want to see any of us get expelled."
"I couldn't agree more Chloe." Theresa nodded in agreement as she gave them a reassuring look. "But I wouldn't worry about Brandon, Francesca may have improved her deck since your match against her but the same can be said for Brandon."
"He's not doing too badly." Adrienne commented ignoring the fact that Erick was getting progressively angrier. "Then again he's an Obelisk Blue Student so I shouldn't be too surprised."
"I don't care if he's in Obelisk Blue or in Osiris Red! Francesca's a pro-league duelist; she should be mopping the duel field with his deck!" Erick growled and Phil glared at him. "I told you it was a mistake to bring her with you."
"Considering the Duelist you beat to win the Scottish Nationals couldn't attend due to a family emergency she was the best one we could get on short notice." Phil retorted and Erick scowled at that. "She may have lost her copy of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon back in Battle City but she has some new toys up her sleeve."
"I'm going to go ahead and assume you don't mean the kind of toys she saves for when the two of you are alone in your bedroom." Erick retorted and Phil sweat-dropped at that comment.
"You're just jealous that most women you meet don't want to talk to you, let alone sleep with you Erick!" Francesca shouted at the Scottish duelist who did his best to hide his embarrassment, Erick went to shout a few choice words at Francesca but was quickly shut up by a death glare from Phil, Brandon noticed the argument and raised an eyebrow.
"Are there tensions between your fellow Pro-Duelists Francesca?" Brandon asked and Francesca quickly realized that he had heard the conversation.
"No, just between one Pro-Duelist with an over inflated ego who tries to compensate for his tiny penis by being a jackass and the rest of us." Francesca replied whilst ignoring the glares that comment had earned her from Erick and Brandon frowned. "Trust me, when it's his turn to duel you'll see what I mean when it's his turn to duel, anyway since I've just drawn my first card since activating Shard of Greed the Spell Card gains a Shard counter." Francesca explained as the shard glowed and transformed, this time it closely resembled the infamous Spell Card but was missing a few pieces. "Better play it safe for now." Francesca decided before picking up two cards. "I set one card in defense mode and a card facedown that ends my turn." Francesca announced and Brandon drew his card.
"I just knew there had to be a jackass in that bunch." Chelsea grumbled and the other duelists turned to her. "It's like some unwritten rule of dueling, whenever a group of duelists get together for whatever reason there has to be that one guy who's a jerkass to everyone else."
"She has a point, and this Erick guy seems to be the one jackass among them." Marcus agreed with a nod before frowning. "You've got your laptop right? Maybe you could you do some research on him?"
"I would but there are three problems with that, Number 1: do you have any idea how many duelists named Erick there are in the world?" Chelsea asked and Marcus shook his head. "Without a surname you may as well tell me to start searching for a million needles in a million haystacks." Chelsea pointed out and Marcus frowned. "The other problems are this, my laptop is back at my dorm room and even if they let me out of the duel field to get it the Wi-Fi signal in the main building is shit!"
"That's probably not the way I would've put it but she has a point there." Theresa admitted before turning her attention back to the duel.
"Okay, so that Erick guy's being a jackass for apparently no good reason, here's hoping he's not as bad as Otto." Brandon thought before looking at his drawn card. "Good, I drew Dark Armed Dragon, problem is that her Null and Void trap left me with too many cards in my graveyard to summon it." Brandon thought before adding his strongest monster to his hand and pointing to the facedown monster. "Dark Crusader, attack her defense monster!" Brandon commanded and the skeleton knight charged towards the facedown monster…
"Just what I was hoping for, I activate Dimensional Prison!" Brandon's eyes widened as the Crusader was sucked into a dark portal before it could even make it halfway across the field.
"Great, the only monster in my hand is Dark Armed Dragon and I can't summon it!" Brandon thought with an annoyed grunt before glancing at his two facedown cards. "At least they will soften the blow a bit." Brandon thought before he turned to Francesca. "I have no choice but to end my turn." Brandon conceded and Francesca grinned before drawing her card.
"Okay for starters my Shard of Greed gains another counter." Francesca explained as the partially constructed pot glowed as more parts where assembled, when it was finished it was the infamous Pot of Greed in full. "Now I sacrifice my Shard of Greed Spell Card so that I can draw two cards." Francesca added as the pot shattered and she drew two more cards. "Good, I drew one of my new cards." Francesca thought before playing it. "I activate Gold Sarcophagus." Francesca played the card and a golden box with the eye of Horus appeared on the field. "With this I can remove one card in my deck from play for two turns and during the second Standby Phase after it's activation I get to add it to my hand." Francesca explained before searching through her deck, she found the card she was looking for, pocketed it and sent the spell to the graveyard.
"Well, whatever that card is it's bound to be trouble when she gets it back." Brandon thought with a frown as he waited for her to continue her move. "I'd better be prepared for anything she throws at me."
"Now the real fun begins, you may remember this guy from a couple of turns ago." Francesca flipped up her facedown monster revealing it to be Blade Knight. "But he won't be attacking you alone, where would the fun in that be? I summon Blindly Loyal Goblin to the field in attack mode!" Francesca played the card and the bold, red goblin appeared on the field (4/1800/1500). "Blade Knight, Blindly Loyal Goblin, attack his life-points directly!" Francesca commanded and the two warriors charged towards Brandon before hitting him with their respective weapons bringing his life-points down to 4600. "That ends my turn."
"But not before I activate my Shock Draw trap card, since I just took over 2000 points of damage this Trap Card will let me draw two cards." Brandon activated the trap and quickly drew twice; he drew again as part of his draw phase once he sent his trap to the graveyard. "I can't beat her Goblin; her Knight on the other hand may as well have a huge bull's eye on his chest." Brandon thought before playing the card he had drawn. "I summon Maiden of Macabre!" Brandon played the card and the sinister geisha appeared on the field wielding her scythe (4/1700/0000). "Maiden, attack Blade Knight!" Brandon commanded and the geisha leapt high into the air before bringing her scythe down on Blade Knight splitting him in two and bringing Francesca's life-points down to 7500. "Sure, I have a long way to go before I'm able to narrow down the gap between our life-points but since she's just destroyed a monster in battle my Maiden's effect activates…"
"And her effect gives her a Spell Counter which gives her 200 extra attack points." Francesca added as Maiden's attack increased to 1900. "I saw you use that card during the Battle City Tournament so I know her effect."
"You may know her effect but that won't stop me from taking out your goblin next turn." Brandon added before picking up the two cards he drew with Shock Draw. "I set two cards facedown and end my turn." Brandon announced and Francesca drew her card.
"I activate Arkhasic Record, this lets me draw twice but if any of the cards I draw with it have already been used then I have no choice but to remove them from play." Francesca played the card and quickly drew twice. "And fortunately for me neither of these cards has been used in this duel yet."
"And judging from the look on your face those cards are bad news for me." Brandon noticed and Francesca grinned before sending her goblin to the graveyard.
"You got that right; first I sacrifice my Goblin to bring out one of my big guns, Des Volstgalph!" Francesca played the card and Blindly Loyal Goblin vanished from the field, in its place stood a large brown and black dragon that roared menacingly at Brandon (6/2200/1700). "I'm guessing you remember this guy from my match against Chloe?"
"Yeah, it gains 200 attack points each time a spell card's played." Brandon said with a nod as he glared at the dragon. "And I'm guessing your about to play a Spell Card?"
"You'd be correct there, I activate Heavy Storm!" Brandon's eyes widened as a storm washed over the field…..
"In that case I'll chain it to one of my trap cards, go Reckless Greed!" Brandon activated the trap and quickly drew two cards before the two cards' holograms shattered.
"Well played but my dragon still gains 200 attack points!" Francesca pointed out as her dragon's attack increased to 2400. "Des Volstgalph, attack his Maiden!" Francesca commanded and the dragon breathed fire at Brandon's monster incinerating her and bringing Brandon's life-points down to 4100.
"That wasn't too bad." Brandon muttered only to wince as his life-points dropped to 3600. "What the…..."
"This is one effect I never got to use against Chloe, when Volstgalph destroys a monster in battle the owner takes 500 points of damage." Francesca explained and Brandon frowned. "I end my turn at that." Francesca announced and Brandon didn't draw a card due to Reckless Greed's effect.
"Man, this duel has been one step forward and two steps back for Brandon." Chelsea winced as she watched the duel. "As much as I'd hate to say it….."
"Don't say it, he'll pull through and win, I know it!" Theresa interrupted her and Chelsea turned to her. "I admit, things aren't looking great right now but Brandon's been in tougher situations before and has managed to win."
"I hope your right." Chelsea sighed as the two girls watched the duel.
"Reckless Greed's side effect may prevent me from drawing but there's ways around that." Brandon said before playing a card. "I activate The Beginning of the End; this Spell Card can only be activated if I have seven or more Dark Type monsters in my graveyard, as long as I remove five of them from play….." Brandon said before pocketing five off his cards. "I can draw three cards."
"Wait, I lost count, how many monster cards did you have in your graveyard?" Francesca asked and Brandon grinned.
"Eight cards." Brandon said before drawing his three cards. "But right now? I have three." Brandon added as Des Volstgalph's attack increased to 2400. "Your dragon may be stronger because I activated a Spell Card but my next card makes that a moot point."
"You don't mean….." Francesca trailed off as it hit her; Brandon played a card and smirked as Dark Armed Dragon appeared on the field above the arena (7/2800/1000). "That's not good!" Francesca gulped nervously as she stared down the monster.
"That's not good for you maybe, but for me? He works just fine!" Brandon said before retrieving Maiden of Macabre from his graveyard. "Now I activate my Dragon's effect, I remove one Dark Type Monster from play to destroy Des Volstalgaph!" Brandon pocketed the monster and Francesca shielded herself as Dark Armed Dragon slammed its tail into the much smaller dragon destroying it. "And off course, I get to attack to boot!"
"This is going to hurt!" Francesca groaned before bracing herself, the tail slammed into her bringing her life-points down to 4700. "Congrats, you've actually managed to reduce my life-points significantly but I'm still in the duel!"
"We'll see about that, for now I set three cards facedown and end my turn." Brandon set the three cards down and Francesca drew her card.
"Good, I activate a Spell Card called Raiding the Dragon's Cave, since my boyfriend used it last duel I'm sure I don't need to remind you." Francesca played the card and quickly drew twice. "I set one card facedown and a monster in defense." Francesca set the two cards and grinned as Brandon waited to begin his turn. "That ends my turn." Francesca announced and Brandon didn't draw due to Reckless Greed's side effect.
"I activate Dark Armed Dragon's effect…" Brandon started as he reached for his graveyard again…
"Not this time, go Imperial Iron Wall!" Francesca activated the trap and Brandon frowned. "As long as this trap's on the field you can't remove any cards from play."
"And with Dark Armed Dragon's effect that card may as well be Skill Drain without a cost." Brandon pointed out with a frown and Francesca grinned.
"That's the idea." Francesca said with a nod and Brandon's frown depended.
"Out of all the traps that I drew last turn Dust Tornado wasn't among them." Brandon thought before glancing up at his dragon. "My dragon may not be able to use its effect but it can attack, Dark Armed Dragon, attack her defense monster!" Brandon commanded and the dragon raised its tail and brought it down upon the facedown monster, however when he saw the monster in question he grimaced. "Giant Germ, just what I need!" Brandon grumbled before wincing as his life-points dropped to 3100 and two more Giant Germs appeared on Francesca's side of the field.
"And I have more tricks where that came from." Francesca added as she finished shuffling her deck, Brandon frowned before motioning for her to take her turn and she did so quickly. "Hmmm, he didn't activate his traps, must be setting up a combo like the one Lance used during his duel against Mark." Francesca thought before looking at her drawn card. "I set one card facedown and switch my germs to defense mode, go ahead and take your turn." Francesca set the card down and Brandon nodded before he drew his card.
"Excellent, with this Spell I can take out her Iron Wall and use Dark Armed Dragon's effect again!" Brandon thought before playing the card. "I activate Mystical Space Typhoon and I use it to destroy Imperial Iron Wall!" Brandon announced as a storm washed over the field…..
"I don't think so, go Imperial Custom!" Francesca activated the Trap and to Brandon's surprise the storm died down before her trap card could be destroyed. "As long as this trap is on the field you can't destroy any continuous trap cards except Imperial Custom, however it has a drawback, namely I can only have one copy of the trap card in play."
"Well so much for that!" Brandon grumbled as he sent his Spell to the grave. "On the other hand though I still have a dragon that can attack even if it'll hurt me more than it'll hurt you, Dark Armed Dragon, attack the Giant Germ on the right!" Brandon commanded and the dragon raised its tail again before bringing it down upon the germ squashing it and bringing Brandon's life-points down to 2600. "That's all I can do this turn."
"And as long as my traps are on my side of the field that's all you can do!" Francesca said with a grin before drawing her card. "I play Pot of Avarice!" Francesca played the card and retrieved Rare Metal Dragon, Blade Knight, Blindly Loyal Goblin and her two Giant Germs before drawing two cards. "I set one card facedown and end my turn at that." Francesca set the card down and Brandon drew his card.
"Great, she's going to be able to summon her germs back to the field and I'll be back at square one." Brandon thought before looking at his drawn card. "I play a Spell Card called Lair of the Shadow Monarch!" Brandon played the card which depicted a dark castle seemingly straight out of an old horror movie with Caius the Shadow Monarch looming over it. "Despite what its name may imply it has nothing to do with Caius the Shadow Monarch but with its effect it may as well have everything to do with it, since I have a Level 6 or higher Dark-Type monster on my side of the field I can draw two cards, however I have to discard one card at the end of my turn otherwise I skip my next draw phase."
"That's pretty harsh." Francesca commented as Brandon drew twice, Brandon merely shrugged his shoulders before adding the cards to his hand.
"The same can be said for my dragon's summoning conditions but that's beside the point." Brandon pointed out before pointing to his dragon. "Speaking off which, Dark Armed Dragon, attack her germ now!" Brandon commanded and the dragon raised its tail…..
"I don't think so, go Sekeretsu Armor!" Brandon's eyes widened as the hideous armor attached itself to the dragon before exploding taking the dragon with it. "Seems your best monster isn't as mighty as you thought he was."
"Dark Armed Dragon may be my best monster but he's far from my only monster." Brandon pointed out before looking at his drawn cards. "I set two more cards facedown and end my turn." Brandon set the cards down and Francesca drew her card.
"Five facedown cards? What is he planning?" Francesca thought before looking at her drawn card. "I activate Magic Planter, by destroying Imperial Custom I get to draw two cards." Francesca announced as her trap card shattered and she drew twice. "Perfect." Francesca thought as she eyed one of the cards she had just drawn.
"If the look on her face is any indication then I'm in trouble." Brandon thought as Francesca played the card she had drawn.
"I summon Lord of Dragons!" Francesca played the card and the tanned protector of dragons appeared on the field ready for battle (4/1200/1000).
"I figured you'd have a copy of that, some of your best monsters are dragons." Brandon pointed out and Francesca grinned at that.
"Oh, did you really? Then maybe you'll see this Spell Card coming, I activate Flute of Summoning Dragon to bring out Rare Metal Dragon and Axe Dragonute!" Francesca played the cards and the two dragons appeared on the field ready for battle (4/2400/1200) and (4/2000/1200). "Sorry Brandon but your time at Duel Academy is over and I'm ending it with Rare Metal Dragon, attack his life-points directly!" Francesca commanded and the dragon charged towards Brandon…..
"I activate my trap card, go Enchanted Javelin! This trap adds Rare Metal Dragon's attack points to my life-points before damage calculation!" Brandon activated the trap and the javelin went straight through Rare Metal Dragon before bathing Brandon in a golden light increasing his life-points to 5000.
"A wasted effort, you should've saved that for Axe Dragonute's attack!" Francesca pointed out as Rare Metal Dragon made contact with Brandon's body bringing his life-points back down to 2600. "But all you've done is ensured that I get to attack with each of my monsters, Axe Dragonute, attack his life-points directly!" Brandon braced himself for the attack as the axe wielding dragon flew towards him and slashed him with his axe bringing his life-points down to 600.
"Or maybe I wanted you to attack my life-points twice." Brandon announced and Francesca blinked in confusion as he played a card. "Since you attacked my life-points twice in a row I can Special Summon Ogre of the Scarlett Sorrow in attack mode!" Brandon played the card and the large blue club wielding ogre appeared on the field (4/0/0). "And here's the cherry on top, his attack and defense becomes equal to the attack of the first attack I took." Brandon added as his Ogre's attack and defense increased to 2400 and 1200 respectively.
"Okay, that was clever, I'll admit that." Francesca admitted as Axe Dragonute crouched down in defense mode. "I end my turn at that." Francesca announced and Brandon drew his card.
"That was too close for comfort." Chelsea sighed in relief and Theresa nodded in agreement. "At least he still has a fighting chance as long as that ogre's on the field."
"He still hasn't activated the other traps though." Tyler pointed out with a thoughtful look on his face. "Either he's setting up for a big finish or they're there to distract from his real strategy."
"I activate my trap cards, Next To Be Lost and Dark Spirit Art - Greed!" Brandon activated the traps and Francesca frowned. ""Next To Be Lost's effect lets me send another copy of Ogre to my graveyard, now I'm sure you know about Dark Spirit Art's effect and judging from the look on your face you can't negate the effect." Brandon commented and Francesca nodded before his Ogre shattered and he drew two cards.
"Why waste a good card like that?" Francesca asked and Brandon grinned.
"So I can activate my own Pot of Avarice!" Brandon played the card and retrieved the five monsters in his graveyard, returned them to his deck, shuffled it and drew twice again. "And you know what that means."
"You have Dark Armed Dragon back in your deck." Francesca said with a frown as Brandon looked over his hand. "That doesn't matter; you have no monsters in your graveyard to summon it with."
"Truth is I don't need it; ever wonder what my remaining facedown cards where?" Brandon asked and Francesca blinked before Brandon activated one of his traps. "You can thank Lance for this idea; I activate Return from a Different Dimension!" Brandon announced before wincing as his life-points dropped to 300. "I may have to cut my life-points in half but it's worth it because now I can special summon five of the cards I removed from play, my monsters of choice are Dark Crusader, Maiden of Macabre, Shadowpriestess of Ohm, Beast of Talwar and Don Zaaloog! "Brandon played the cards and his five monsters appeared on the field ready for battle.
"I'm guessing Don Zaaloog was the monster you removed from play for Allure of Darkness?" Francesca asked and Brandon nodded. "Nice try but you still can't win, your best monster can match mine point for point and the only monster you can destroy whilst causing me damage is Lord of Dragons, not only that but thanks to your trap card's side effect it'll be suicide to even consider attacking Giant Germ!" Francesca pointed out and Brandon grinned.
"I don't need to destroy them via attacks; in fact I don't need to destroy any of your monsters to win this duel because like Lance I only need one monster to win this duel." Brandon explained before pointing to Shadowpriestess of Ohm. "And I'm doing it with Shadowpriestess of Ohm's effect."
"That monster has an effect?" Francesca asked with a raised eyebrow.
"A very powerful one, by sacrificing one Dark Type monster on my side of the field I can inflict 800 points of damage to you! So I sacrifice my Beast, Maiden and Dark Crusader!" Brandon announced as the three monsters where transformed into dark orbs of light which Shadowpriestess of Ohm launched at Francesca bringing her life-points down to 2300.
"Nice try but you've only got enough monsters to use that effect two more times." Francesca pointed out and Brandon grinned before flipping his facedown card up. "Is that Fires of Doomsday?" Francesca asked as the two Doomsday tokens appeared on the field.
"That's right and I'm using the tokens and Don Zaaloog to finish you off and secure my place at Duel Academy!" Brandon announced as the three monsters turned into dark orbs of light which Shadowpriestess once again launched at Francesca striking her in the chest and bringing her life-points down to 0.
"The winner of the match is Obelisk Blue's Brandon Thomas, as a result he won't be expelled and his record will be wiped." Martin announced over the PA system and Brandon sighed in relief as he returned his cards to his deck, once that was done he deactivated his duel disk.
"That was way to close; if I hadn't drawn Ogre of the Scarlet Sorrow when I did I would've lost the duel." Brandon thought as he finished shuffling his deck, once he was done Francesca approached him and offered a handshake. "You had me on the ropes there Francesca but thanks for the great duel none the less." Brandon said as he accepted the handshake.
"Likewise, and I'll be looking for a rematch when you do hit the pro-leagues, same goes with Chloe." Francesca told him and Brandon nodded before hopping off the duel arena and sitting next to Theresa whilst Francesca sat next to Phil.
"Nice dueling out there man." Lance complemented him and Brandon grinned. "Only four more duels to go and we can put this behind us."
"At least I know that I'll be dueling soon enough." Marcus commented with a grin which quickly disappeared. "Come to think of it, am I the only one who finds it weird that none of our opponents so far have been that torn up about losing? Not counting Erick since he hasn't dueled yet."
"I noticed that as well, hell they seemed to regret having to beat us when it seemed that they were going to win." Chelsea realized with a confused look on her face. "I'd understand if it was just Philip and Francesca since you guys know them from Battle City but the others?"
"You're right, it is odd." Tyler agreed as his eyes narrowed, before any of them could comment any further Martin's voice rang out over the PA system.
"This next match will be contested between Ra Yellow's Marcus Reynolds and the Canadian National Champion Amanda Cotreau." Martin announced and Marcus grinned before standing up and walking over to the duel arena, once he stepped on it he saw that his opponent, a tall girl with elbow length red hair and blue eyes who was wearing a black, stomach exposing tanktop, blue jeans and tennis shoes, had beaten him to it.
"So you're Canadian huh? Does that mean your super polite?" Marcus asked once he hopped on the duel arena, Amanda rolled her eyes before activating her duel disk.
"If I had a dollar for each time I heard that." Amanda chuckled as the two duelists drew their opening hands. "Marcus, your friends may have beaten off the others but from here? Things only get harder for all off you." Amanda added as she looked over her hand…and quickly realized how wrong her sentence sounded. "That did not sound nearly as dirty in my head." Amanda admitted whilst she was blushing like a madwoman,
"I'm surprised you didn't catch on sooner." Marcus commented as he drew his opening hand. "Anyway, enough talk, let's duel!" Marcus called out to her and Amanda grinned at that.