"We're five duels down and we have another fucking failure!" Erick grunted under his breath as Amanda returned to the other duelists, Amanda's eyes narrowed when she heard that and she glared at him.
"Here's an idea jackass, actually duel against one of those kids before you chastise us for losing to them!" Amanda snapped at him and Francesca nodded in agreement. "Besides Andreas was another Battle City Semi-Finalist and yes, he did lose under unfortunate circumstances but if you ask me if he wasn't drawn against his brother he could've gone far."
"No one doubts Andreas's talent as a duelist." Dmitri agreed as he folded his arms. "But Adrienne's deck is something else; he's in for a fight."
"Since I'm a gentlemen Adrienne I'd like you to go first." Andreas offered but Adrienne took one look at her hand and shook her head.
"Actually I'll let you go first." Adrienne answered and Andreas raised an eyebrow before shrugging his shoulders and drawing his card.
"Suit yourself." Andreas said simply before looking at his hand. "Hmmm, not bad, I set two cards facedown and summon Gene-Warped Warwolf in attack mode!" Andreas played the cards and a large, muscular humanoid wolf appeared on the field with a howl (4/2000/100).
"Thank you." Adrienne said with a smirk and Andreas blinked as she played a card of her own and a small black bulb with arms and legs appeared on the field, it appeared to have flowers for hair and it got ready for battle (2/1000/700).
"What the…." Andreas trailed off as he stared at the strange monster. "First off are you trying to top the weirdness of Amanda's deck? And second it's still my turn."
"I'm well aware of that." Adrienne said with a smirk. "But I do suppose that an explanation is in order, the monster I just summoned is Naturia Cosmobeet, his effect states that when my opponent Normal Summons or sets a monster I can Special Summon him to the field."
"That explains why you turned down my offer to go first." Andreas realized with a frown. "No matter, that monster's attack points are much lower than my monster's, taking it out should be an easy task." Andreas thought before looking over his remaining cards. "I end my turn at that." Andreas announced and Adrienne drew her card.
"I play the Spell Card Terra Forming; with this I can add one Field Spell Card from my deck to my hand." Adrienne played the card before picking up and searching through her deck, once she found the card she was looking for she added it to her hand and shuffled her deck. "Well Andreas, you've met one of my Naturias, now allow me to take you to their homeland, I play the Field Spell Card Naturia Forrest!" Adrienne played the card and the scenery changed to a dense forest filled with strange plants.
"And I thought Chelsea's Wattcastle couldn't be topped in terms of weird Field Spells." Andreas commented ignoring the glare from Chelsea. "But what does this Field Spell do exactly?"
"Fret not Andreas, its effect is fairly simple, should I negate the effect of a card you control I can add a Level 3 or lower Naturia monster from my deck to my hand." Adrienne explained and Andreas frowned once it dawned on him.
"I see; that should be a nuisance." Andreas muttered under his breath and Adrienne grinned.
"You have no idea, I summon Naturia Spiderfang!" Adrienne played the card and a large, yellow spider with green spots appeared on the field, however it took one look at Gene-Warped Warwolf and cowered in fear (4/2100/400).
"A Level 4 monster that strong must have some kind of drawback." Andreas pointed out and Adrienne chuckled.
"This is coming from the guy with a Level 4 Normal Monster with 2000 attack points on his side of the field." Adrienne commented and Andreas frowned. "But yes, Spiderfang does have a drawback; it can only attack if you activate the effect of a Spell or Trap Card."
"Then why summon it? Unless…" Andreas trailed off as it hit him. "Naturia Cosmobeet is a Tuner Monster!"
"Exactly, and I'm tuning him and Spiderfang together!" Adrienne announced as her two monsters leapt into the air, Naturia Cosmobeet dissolved into two glowing green rings that quickly surrounded Naturia Spiderfang. "So I can summon one of my heavyweights, Naturia Barkion!" Adrienne played the card and a bright flash enveloped the field, when it faded Andreas looked up and saw a long, sleek dragon with a Chinese dragon's head (6/2500/1800).
"Impressive but your dragon won't be staying around, I activate Bottomless Trap Hole to remove it from play!" Andreas activated the trap and a large pit opened up beneath Naturia Barkion, however rather than the expected result Adrienne instead pocketed the two monsters she used to summon it and the dragon flew over the pit long enough for it to close up again, now that it was safe to do so Naturia Barkion landed on the field. "What the….."
"There's a reason I chose to summon this monster Andreas, once per turn when you activate a trap I can remove two monsters in my graveyard from play to negate and destroy the trap card." Adrienne explained before grinning. "And that, in turn, activates the effect of my Field Spell!" Adrienne added before picking up and searching through her deck, she found the card she was looking for and added it to her hand.
"As much as I hate to admit it, that was a well-played move." Andreas complemented her as she finished reshuffling her deck.
"Did you think I became the French National Champion on looks alone? Don't answer that." Adrienne answered before pointing to her dragon. "Naturia Barkion, attack Gene-Warped Warwolf!" Adrienne commanded and the dragon breathed fire at the monster incinerating it and bringing Andreas's life-points down to 7500. "I believe that should sufficient for my turn." Adrienne announced and Andreas drew his card.
"She's not messing around, is she?" Chelsea commented with a frown as she and the others watched the duel. "Setting up a Synchro Summon so soon is one thing but doing it on her second turn?"
"That's the nature of the Naturias…no pun intended." Tyler commented and she turned to him. "It's an Archetype of Earth monsters with most of their effects relying on the opponent doing something like Cosmobeet and Spiderfang."
"And as long as that Field Spell's in play and as long as she has monsters in her graveyard she can keep replenishing her supplies of monsters and Andreas may as well be doing all the work for her." Theresa added with a frown. "If I where Andreas I'd be playing it safe for now."
"I set a monster in defense mode and end my turn." Andreas announced and Adrienne drew her card without hesitation.
"Hmmm, not very exciting, but this card should liven things up!" Adrienne said before playing a card. "I summon Naturia White Oak!" Adrienne announced and for a few seconds nothing happened, then one of the trees turned around revealing a light brown tree with numerous strange plants sticking out of its leaves (4/1800/1400). "Naturia Barkion, attack his defense monster!" Adrienne commanded and the monster breathed fire at the facedown card, revealed to be a small white wolf (3/1000/300) that was incinerated.
"Thank you, the monster you destroyed was Hyena." Andreas said as he held up the monster. "When it's sent to the graveyard by battle I can Special Summon two more in its place." Andreas explained as two more Hyenas appeared on the field.
"Fine, Naturia White Oak, attack the Hyena on the left!" Adrienne commanded and several vines shot out of the leaves and grabbed hold of the monster, the Hyena struggled for a few moments before shattering.
"In that case I activate my Animal Trial Trap Card; since Hyena was just destroyed I get to add another Beast Type monster from my deck to my hand." Andreas activated the trap and picked up his deck, once he found the card he was looking for he added it to his hand. "You're not the only one who can add cards from their deck to their hand."
"Obviously not, I'll end my turn with a facedown card for now." Adrienne announced and Andreas nodded before drawing his card.
"Excellent, sorry to say Adrienne but your Synchro Monster won't be around for much longer." Andreas said before activating his drawn Spell Card. "I activate Offerings to the Doomed and I use it to destroy Naturia Barkion at the cost of my next draw phase." Andreas announced as several bandages shot towards the Synchro Monster.
"I'm not willing to depart with my monster that easily Andreas, I activate my trap card Magic Jammer, I simply toss one card from my hand and your Spell Card is negated." Adrienne tossed the card and a purple mist blocked the bandages path. "And most importantly since I was just able to negate a card effect Naturia Forrest's own effect activates." Adrienne added before picking up her deck again and searching through it, once she found the card she was looking for she added it to her hand and reshuffled the deck.
"So…..how many times has she reshuffled her deck by this point?!" Chelsea whispered to Chloe who merely shrugged her shoulders.
"I lost count a couple of turns ago." Chloe answered honestly and Chelsea frowned.
"Like it or not it is a good strategy." Theresa chimed in with a frown. "As long as she has cards in her graveyard and Counter Traps like Magic Jammer she can keep adding monsters to her hand, the only downside is the high possibility of decking out but I can see from here that her deck's larger than normal."
"There's gotta be a hole in her strategy somewhere!" Chelsea protested and Theresa frowned as she started thinking.
"Well, if there is one then I'm confident that Andreas can find it." Tyler commented with a reassuring smile. "I watched his progress during Battle City, he may have lost early but he definitely earned his Semi-Final spot."
"Well, since my initial strategy is out the window I'll make do with setting a monster in defense mode and ending my turn at that." Andreas set the monster down and Adrienne nodded before drawing her card.
"Now this is more like it, Adrienne's playing her opponent like a fiddle." Erick said with a chuckle. "And as long as she can keep this combo going Andreas can kiss his spot at Duel Academy good-bye!"
"Erick, I swear to god you're getting more annoying by the second." Amanda grumbled under her breath as she pinched the bridge of her nose in annoyance.
"I can say the same for you lot and your constant defense of the students." Erick said bluntly earning glares from the others.
"I set one monster in defense mode….." Adrienne announced as the facedown monster appeared on the field. "Now Naturia Barkion, attack the last Hyena!" Adrienne announced and the dragon breathed fire as the hyena incinerating it. "Naturia White Oak, attack his defense monster!" Adrienne commanded and once again the vines shout out of the leaves…..but this time they bounced off the monster. "What just happened?"
"You attacked my Super Nimble Mega Hamster!" Andreas announced as the small rodent appeared on the field (3/1100/1800). "And unfortunately for you….." Andreas started only to face-fault when he heard several students laughing hysterically; even Adrienne was trying not to laugh.
"…I2 actually named a monster that….." Chelsea said as a massive sweat-drop rolled down her head. "Anyone want to take bets on how high Pegasus was when he approved that name?"
"Well…Pegasus was always a bit of an eccentric….." Tyler said as he tried not to laugh himself. "Certainly explains how the Watt monsters got made."
"Did you suddenly forget your sitting next to a Watt Duelist with a short temper?" Chelsea asked and Tyler cleared his throat.
"As I was saying, since Super Nimble Mega Hamster was flipped up…..and now that I've said it out loud I have to question how high the staff at I2 where when they came up with it…." Andreas admitted before shaking his head. "I can activate its effect allowing me to Special Summon one Level 3 or lower Beast Monster from my deck in face-down defense position." Andreas set the monster down after searching for it and reshuffled his deck.
"Damn, if I had switched the order of my attacks around then I could've left him with nothing but a single defense position monster to defend with." Adrienne thought before looking at her drawn card. "I shall set this facedown and end my turn." Adrienne announced and Andreas drew his card.
"That's likely another Counter Trap so she can add more cards to her hand." Andreas thought before looking at his drawn card. "Ah good, I get to use one of my new cards if all goes to plan." Andreas thought before playing the card. "I activate Foolish Burial; with this Spell Card I can send one card from my deck to the graveyard." Andreas announced before picking up his deck and searching through it, once he found the card he was looking for he sent it to the graveyard. "That shall do it for my turn." Andreas announced and Adrienne frowned.
"That's it? All you did was lower number of cards in your deck a bit?" Adrienne asked and Andreas remained silent. "Suit yourself, don't come crying to me when you deck yourself out."
"This is coming from a woman who's spent most of the duel adding monsters from her deck to her hand?" Andreas pointed out and Adrienne frowned as she drew her card.
"Fair point, now back to business, Barkion, attack his Hamster!" Adrienne commanded and the dragon breathed fire at the monster destroying it.
"Thank you for that." Andreas said with a grin and Adrienne blinked, her confusion was heightened when Andreas's life-points dropped to 6500. "Since you destroyed a Beast Type monster in battle I can Special Summon the monster I sent to the graveyard with Foolish Burial, sure it costs me a thousand life-points but it is well worth it."
"Wait a minute; I know that effect….." Adrienne trailed off as her eyes widened. "Don't tell me you sent Green Baboon, Defender of the Forest to the graveyard!"
"That's exactly what I did!" Andreas announced as his monster appeared on the field, it was a massive green baboon, heavily armored and wielding a massive club (7/2600/1800).
"Well played, but you still have your facedown monster and I still have Naturia White Oak to attack it!" Adrienne announced as the monster sent its vines towards the facedown card. However it once again bounced off the monster. "Okay, now what?"
"The monster you attacked was Barrier Rat." Andreas explained as the monster flipped up (3/0/0). "You see, its attack may be non-existent but the ability to survive one attack per round makes up for it." Andreas explained and Adrienne frowned.
"In that case I'll call it a turn." Adrienne announced and Andreas drew his card.
"Under normal circumstances I would attack White Oak; after all it's the weaker of her two face-up monsters." Andreas thought before frowning. "But if it has an effect like her other monsters then I could end up doing what she wants me to do, besides with her Synchro Monster's effect I'd only end up giving her more fuel to negate my trap cards." Andreas thought before making a decision. "Green Baboon, attack Naturia Barkion!" Andreas commanded the baboon let out a howl before leaping into the air and slamming its club upon the dragon's head destroying it and bringing Adrienne's life-points down to 7900. "I shall end my turn with a facedown card."
"That's fine by me." Adrienne said as she drew her card. "He may have beaten Barkion but he's far from my only heavyweight." Adrienne thought before looking at her drawn card. "I set a monster in defense mode and flip up my facedown monster, Naturia Ragweed!" Adrienne flipped up the card and a weed sprouted up out of the ground, one of the buds stuck up however revealing a smiling face (3/1200/2000).
"That's unsettling." Andreas commented before noticing its stats. "Besides that you would've been better off leaving him in defense mode."
"That may be true but just look at the field! I have two monsters that are willing and able to attack Barrier Rat!" Amanda announced and Naturia Ragweed was the first to strike using its weeds to strangle Barrier Rat, whilst the monster survived the attack it didn't survive the subsequent attack from Naturia White Oak. "I believe that will be all for this turn." Adrienne announced and Andreas drew his card.
"If her facedown card is something like Mirror Force then I'd be in trouble." Andreas thought before frowning. "But if it is Mirror Force than why didn't she activate it when I attacked her dragon with Green Baboon?" Andreas thought before pointing at his Baboon. "Green Baboon, attack Naturia Ragweed!" Andreas commanded and the baboon leapt into the air…..
"I was hoping you'd do that, I activate Naturia Call!" Adrienne activated the trap revealing Swordstalker, Vorse Raider and Blade Knight charging into battle against Naturia Barkion and a set monster. "As long as this Trap's on the field you can't target any of my Naturias for Battle meaning your only choice is to attack my set monster."
"Fine, I'll do just that!" Andreas announced as the baboon changed its course and slammed its club into the set monster, however Andreas blinked when he saw it. "Morphing Jar (2/700/600)? That doesn't seem to fit in your deck."
"Under normal circumstances it doesn't." Adrienne agreed as both duelists discarded their hands and drew five new cards. "But when combined with Naturia Ragweed's effect it's very lethal, when you draw outside of your draw phase and Ragweed is on the field I can tribute Naturia Ragweed…" Adrienne explained as Ragweed vanished. "And in exchange I get to draw two cards." Adrienne added before drawing two additional cards.
"In that case I'll end my turn with a facedown card." Andreas announced with a frown and Adrienne drew her card.
"Great, she has eight new cards to play with!" Chelsea groaned as she shook her head. "As if she wasn't giving Andreas enough trouble already now she's pulled a move like that!"
"That may be true but that move also gave Andreas a hand full of new cards to play with." Theresa pointed out with a frown. "As long as she doesn't bring out any of the other Naturia Synchro Monsters Andreas should be safe."
"Yeah, I guess." Chelsea frowned before it hit her. "Wait, there's more Naturia Synchro Monsters?"
"Some of the Archetype's best monsters are Synchro Monsters." Tyler told her and Chelsea turned to him. "Naturia Barkion is just one of them."
"Yeash, I knew it wasn't going to be easy for us but they really went all out this time." Chelsea commented and Tyler nodded in agreement.
"Since I have no further use for Naturia Call I activate Magic Planter." Adrienne activated the Spell Card and her trap card shattered. "Now that I've destroyed the Spell Card I get to draw two more cards from my deck."
"Great, it's not like you haven't drawn enough cards already." Andreas grumbled under his breath and Adrienne smirked.
"Is there a rule that states I can only draw a certain number of cards outside of my draw phase? Yeah, didn't think so." Adrienne answered back as she drew two cards.
"Yes, unless you deck yourself out." Andreas pointed out and Adrienne frowned.
"Good point." Adrienne admitted before looking over her hand. "I summon Naturia Cherries in attack mode!" Adrienne played the card and a small red cherry with a face on it appeared on the field (1/300/200).
"That's unsettling." Andreas muttered under his breath as he eyed the monster in question. "But still very weak."
"Andreas, its strength isn't what I'm interested in." Adrienne said as her grin widened. "It's the fact that Naturia Cherries is a Tuner Monster."
"Oh no, this isn't good." Andreas gulped as Naturia Cherries and Naturia White Oak leapt into the air, Naturia Cherries dissolved into a single Synchro Ring that surrounded Naturia White Oak.
"You don't hear me complaining." Adrienne said confidently as she played a card. "I tune Naturia Cherries with Naturia White Oak to Synchro Summon Naturia Beast!" Adrienne played the card and a bright flash enveloped the field, when it faded a monster that resembled a green tiger appeared on the field wearing armor that looked like it came from a tree (5/2200/1700).
"To think I was worried for a moment there." Andreas commented with a smirk. "Sorry to burst your bubble Adrienne but my Baboon is stronger."
"I'm well aware of that." Adrienne said before playing another card. "I activate the Spell Card Dark Hole!"
"What? Why?" Andreas asked as the dark portal opened up above the field, however to Andreas's surprise Adrienne milled the top two cards from her deck to the graveyard and the portal closed up. "Naturia Beast has an effect similar to Naturia Barkion, doesn't it?"
"Yes, as long as I send the top two cards from my deck to the graveyard I can negate the activation of a Spell Card during either of our turns." Adrienne said before smirking. "But most importantly I can use Naturia Forrest's effect again." Adrienne announced before picking up her deck and searching through it, once she found the card she was looking for Adrienne added it to her hand and reshuffled her deck. "And now Andreas, prepare to meet my best monster."
"But you've already summoned a monster." Andreas pointed out and Adrienne smirked.
"Just watch, I activate a Spell Card called Miracle Synchro Fusion!" Adrienne announced before pocketing Naturia Beast and Naturia Barkion. "With this I can remove the two Synchro Monsters that I've used in this duel from play to fusion summon the monster that won me the French National Championships." Adrienne announced as Naturia Barkion returned to the field only to be sucked into a portal alongside Naturia Beast. "Naturia Exterio!" Adrienne played the card and out of the portal emerged a large, dinosaur like beast made out of wood and leaves that was walking on four legs (10/2800/2400).
"That's impressive." Andreas commented and Adrienne smirked.
"You have no idea; next I activate Monster Reborn to bring back Naturia White Oak." Adrienne played the card and the tree like monster returned to the field. "Now Naturia Exterio, attack Green Baboon, Defender of the Forrest!" Adrienne commanded and the monster pounced on the baboon before mauling it to death bringing Andreas's life-points down to 6300. "Naturia White Oak, attack his life-points directly." Adrienne commanded and the tree fired its vines at Andreas…..
"I activate my trap card Battle Instinct, since you just declared a direct attack…." Andreas never got a chance to finish as Naturia Exterio pounced on the activated trap card and ripped it to shreds. "What the…."
"Naturia Exterio is not just a fusion monster with high attack points Andreas." Adrienne said as she held up two of her cards. "When a Spell or Trap Card is activated I can banish one monster in my graveyard and send the top card from my deck to the graveyard I can negate and destroy it which means my White Oak's attack goes through." Adrienne said with a grin as the vines made contact with Andreas bringing his life-points down to 4300. "And since I just negated another card effect Naturia Forrest's effect activates." Adrienne said before picking up her deck yet again and searching through it.
"Are your duels always this routine?" Andreas asked as she found the card she was looking for and added it to her hand.
"Nah, I just got a few good draws, that's all." Adrienne answered before picking up four cards. "I set four cards facedown and end my turn, and yes, I realize that my hand's now over the hand size limit." Adrienne said and once she discarded a card Andreas drew his.
"Man, Andreas can't seem to catch a break in this duel." Chelsea commented and Tyler frowned. "She can't have that many cards left in her deck though."
"Maybe not but with those two powerhouses on her side of the field she'll likely defeat Andreas before she decks herself out, but that's only if he doesn't do something soon." Tyler answered with a frown. "Lance would probably use Inferno Tempest to get around that problem."
"Yeah but last I checked Andreas doesn't have that card." Lance pointed out with a frown. "Does he have anything like Imperial Iron Wall?"
"Possibly, if he does then all Adrienne will be left with is a glorified beatstick." Tyler answered before frowning. "Whether or not he can draw it is another matter."
"I activate the Spell Card called Spellbook inside the Pot; since this benefits you as much as it benefits me I doubt you'll be willing to negate it." Andreas played the card and Adrienne nodded before both duelists drew three cards.
"Hmmm, I'm running a bit low on my deck; I'd better play it safe." Adrienne noticed as Andreas sent his Spell to the graveyard.
"I set two cards facedown and end my turn." Andres set the two cards down and Adrienne smirked before drawing her card.
"Finally given up huh? Don't feel too bad, most of my opponents back at the French Nationals gave up at this point as well." Adrienne reassured him before looking at her drawn card. "Naturia Bamboo Shoot, with this I can render his traps useless…nah, they're likely bluffs and even if they're not bluffs I can just negate them with Exterio's effect." Adrienne thought before adding it to her hand. "Naturia Exterio, attack his life-points directly!" Adrienne commanded and the massive beast charged towards Andreas…..
"I activate my Mirror Force Trap Card!" Andreas activated the trap and he could've sworn he had heard Chelsea facepalming in the background when he activated it.
"Do you ever learn? I chain Mirror Force with Exterio's effect…." Adrienne started just as she retrieved a monster from her graveyard…..
"And I chain his effect with Imperial Iron Wall!" Adrienne's eyes widened as her monster's pounce was stopped mid-air. "With this you can't remove any cards from play which means you can't use Exterio's effect….."
"And that means my monsters are history!" Adrienne realized as Exterio's attack was rebounded by a force-field, Exterio was the first to go followed by Wild Oak. "Fine, since I can't do anything else I'll end my turn." Adrienne announced and Andreas drew his card. "Or so he thinks, one of my facedown cards is the always reliable Call of the Haunted, when he attacks I'll use it to bring back my Exterio, his effects may be negated but he still has 2800 attack points!"
"I activate Heaven's Lost Property." Andreas activated the Spell and both players drew three cards and discarded two.
"And I activate my Trap Card Disgraceful Charity, since we just discarded our cards we can get them back." Adrienne activated the trap and both plays retrieved their cards.
"If you're hoping that your remaining facedown cards can save you then you're wrong, I activate Heavy Storm to clear the field!" Adrienne's eyes widened as a storm washed over the field destroying her three remaining facedown cards, Naturia Forrest and Andreas's Imperial Iron Wall. "And now I'm in a position to win this."
"Oh? Last I checked I have almost all of my life-points whilst yours are at 4300, how do you intend to win this match?" Adrienne asked and Andreas grinned.
"Why don't I show you, first I activate Instant Fusion, at the cost of a thousand life-points…." Andreas said before wincing as his life-points dropped to 3300. "I can Special Summon one Fusion Monster from my extra deck."
"I have that card myself and I also know that it has to be a Level 5 or Lower Monster and the monster in question is destroyed during the end phase." Adrienne pointed out and Andreas grinned.
"That's not a problem; the monster I summon is Flower Wolf!" Andreas played the card and a black wolf with flowers around its neck appeared on the field (5/1800/1400).
"I'd criticize your choice but if you're planning what I think you're planning than Flower Wolf won't be around for much longer." Adrienne pointed out and Andreas nodded as he pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose.
"You got that right; I summon the tuner monster Elephun in attack mode!" Andreas played the card and a small blue Elephant's head with wings appeared on the field (2/500/300).
"And you called my monsters weird?" Adrienne asked as a massive sweat-drop rolled down her head. "Well you said that that thing's a tuner monster so what are you bringing out?"
"I'll show you, Elephun, it's time to give Flower Wolf a tune up!" Andreas announced and the two monsters leapt into the air, Elephun dissolved into two Synchro Rings that surrounded Flower Wolf, once the flash faded Voltic Bicorn appeared on the field with a whinny (7/2500/2000). "Now I play Monster Reborn to bring back an old friend!"
"You don't mean….." Adrienne trailed off as Green Baboon Defender of the Forrest retuned to the field with a howl (7/2600/1800). "That's still not strong enough to defeat me Andreas!"
"Maybe not but I have one last card to summon and it's my best monster, I activate Polymerization to fuse Des Kangaroo and Big Koala together to fusion summon Master of Oz!" Andreas played the card and the two monsters fused together, when the monster appeared on the field Adrienne did a double take at the site of the massive green koala (9/4200/3700). "The combined total of these three monsters is 9300, more than enough to finish you off and win me this duel."
"So it is." Adrienne said with a respectful nod. "This is the first time someone's beaten me after I summoned Naturia Exterio, congratulations Andreas."
"Much appreciated, go my monsters end this duel now!" Andreas commanded and the three monsters charged towards Adrienne before hitting her with their respective attacks bringing her life-points down to zero.
"The winner of the match is Ra Yellow's Andreas Freshier, as a result he won't be expelled and his record is wiped." Martin announced and the crowd cheered, Andreas sighed in relief before gathering up his cards.
"There's only two duelists left on both sides and that means that either Tyler or Chloe are up next." Andreas thought as he gathered up his cards. "And that also means that Erick fellow will be dueling soon, I would've liked to shut his big mouth but this duel was good enough." Andreas thought with a frown, once he was finished gathering up his cards he looked up and saw Adrienne approaching him having gathered up her cards herself. "This is the part where we shake hands and congratulate each other on a great duel, is it not?" Andreas asked as the French duelist approached him.
"You'd be correct there." Adrienne said as they shook hands. "You know there's a companion card for Green Baboon right?"
"You mean Yellow Baboon, Archer of the Forest?" Andreas asked before digging the card out of his deck (7/2600/1800). "I have it as you can see but I never got a chance to summon it." Andreas added before returning the card to his deck. "Anyway we'd better get to our benches before Martin announces the next match." Andreas pointed out and Adrienne nodded in agreement before they hopped off the duel arena and joined their friends.
"Only two more duels to go." Chloe thought as she turned to Tyler. "And if Chelsea's right then its Tyler's turn next."
"The sooner we can get this shit over and done with the better." Chelsea said out loud catching Chloe's attention. "I don't know about you guys but the next time I want to meet a pro-league duelist is when I hit the pro-leagues."
"Now that's something I can agree on." Andreas agreed with a nod. "Well there are only two duelists left on both sides, Tyler and Chloe, and according to the schedule Tyler's up next."
"Yes and if my opponent thinks he's in for an easy time he's sadly mistaken." Tyler agreed with a nod just before Martin's voice rang out.
"The next duel will be contested between Tyler Kaiba and the Russian National Champion Dmitri Romanoff." Martin announced electing more shocked gasps from the duelists in the audience from when it was announced that Theresa was facing Phil, Tyler stood up and walked over to the duel field where Dmitri soon joined him.
"Man that guy's big." Chelsea gulped when she saw the size of him. "Bet Tyler's thankful that this isn't a straight up fight."
"He is a martial artist but I can't remember what fighting style he uses or what belt he's on." Theresa told her before nodding. "Even so I can't help but agree there."
"I must say Tyler; I am a big fan of your father's duels." Dmitri commented as he shuffled his deck, Tyler did likewise but the comment caught his attention. "But I am surprised that the son of Seto Kaiba would get caught up in this."
"It's a long story." Tyler told him as he finished shuffling his deck. "If you're expecting a carbon copy of my dad's deck then you're in for a surprise."
"I wasn't actually; any self-respecting duelist should construct they're own deck rather than imitate another's." Dmitri answered and Tyler nodded in agreement. "Now, what is it you Americans say? Get your game on?"
"Err, yeah, no-one's said that since Jaden Yuki graduated, not even Jaden himself." Tyler answered as a sweat-drop rolled down his head. "I prefer the phrases "let's duel" or "it's time to duel" personally."
"Well in that case it's time to duel!" Dmitri said as they drew their opening hands.