"Can you idiots do anything right?!" Erick growled as Adrienne returned to them, naturally the comment earned him a death glare from Adrienne. "Adrienne, you were in control for the majority of the match, even after he summoned that over-grown monkey, and you still lost."
"Yeah, I lost, I get it, and I also get the fact that most of us here have lost our duels." Adrienne answered back as her eyes narrowed. "But let's look at the facts, if it weren't for his copy of Imperial Iron Wall he would've lost."
"If I'm not mistaken his twin brother was expelled for his antics during the Battle City Semi-Finals, as far as I'm concerned the apple doesn't fall far from the tree as far as those two are concerned." Erick answered and Phil's eyes narrowed.
"Erick, you're so full of shit it's not even funny." Phil said as his eyes narrowed. "Yes, his twin brother was expelled but you want to know what his "antics" where? He trapped Andreas's soul in the Orichalcos, had the nerve to make fun of another student's unfortunate situation growing up, who I won't be naming out of respect for her…."
"Save it, I saw the Semi-Finals and I know who it is and I know I'll be facing her after Dmitri's match." Erick cut him off with a frown. "If she thinks she can use her sob story to get me to surrender out of pity she's sadly mistaken."
"She hasn't used her "sob story" as you put it like that before and I doubt she'll start now." Phil told him and Erick frowned. "But since you're such a perfect duelist and all maybe you can show us how it's done when you face her." Phil added his voice dripping with sarcasm.
"Sarcasm or not I'll gladly do just that!" Erick snapped at him before turning his attention to the duel.
"So, does anyone have any idea what deck that big guy runs?" Chelsea asked the others who merely shrugged.
"Your guess is as good as mine, the Russian Nationals where held during the early stages of the Battle City tournament and we didn't exactly have enough time to watch that tournament on TV." Brandon told her and Chelsea frowned. "But from what I heard the competition was tough, if he's the champion than Tyler's in trouble."
"Yeah well, we've all faced tough competition so far and we've managed to win, by the skin off our teeth mind you but we've still managed to win." Chloe pointed out and Brandon nodded in agreement. "If anyone can continue our winning streak it's Tyler."
"I'll go first if you don't mind." Tyler offered and Dmitri said nothing in response, instead he nodded and Tyler took that as his cue to go ahead before drawing his card. "Not bad, I may want to play it safe for now until I know what deck he runs though." Tyler thought before picking up three cards. "I set two cards facedown and a monster in defense mode." Tyler set the three cards and turned to Dmitri as the three cards appeared on the field. "That ends my turn." Tyler announced and Dmitri nodded before drawing his card.
"Playing it safe are we? I'm afraid that that's all you can do against my deck." Dmitri commented before looking at his drawn card. "I start with the Spell Card called Gold Sarcophagus; I remove one card from my deck….." Dmitri looked through the deck and once he found the card he was looking for he pocketed it. "And in two turns I shall get it back."
"It must be an important card if he wants it this early." Tyler thought as he watched the massive Russian make his move.
"Now I set a monster in defense mode and two cards facedown." Dmitri set the two cards and they appeared on the field. "That shall do it for my turn."
"He didn't go on the offensive? That's odd; didn't he say that all I could do against him was go on the defensive against his monsters?" Tyler thought before looking at his newly drawn card. "Well I guess it's time I went on the offensive, I summon Psychic Snail in attack mode!" Tyler played the card and a strange snail like creature appeared on the field (4/1900/1200). "Next I flip summon my facedown monster, the dreaded Power Injector!" Tyler flipped the card up and a cyborg resembling Frankenstein's monster appeared on the field, it was wearing a blue jumpsuit and had strange, red cannons attached to his arms (4/1300/1400).
"I fail to see how such a weak monster could be dreaded." Dmitri commented and Tyler smirked.
"Just watch, I activate both of my monsters effects, first Psychic Snail allows a monster to attack twice in the same turn for the small cost of 800 life-points…" Tyler said before wincing as his life-points dropped to 6400. "So I pay 1600 life-points to allow both of my monsters to attack twice, next I pay 600 life-points to activate Power Injector's effect which increases the attack points of each face-up Psychic Monster I control by 500 points for the rest of the turn." Tyler said as his life-points dropped to 5800 and Power Injector and Psychic Snail's attack points increased to 2400 and 1800 respectively.
"Tyler just gave up a lot of life-points." Chloe gulped but Chelsea gave her a reassuring grin.
"Yeah but if this combo goes through then Dmitri will lose a lot more!" Chelsea said with a massive grin as they watched the duel.
"Psychic Snail, attack his defense monster now!" Tyler commanded and the monster slithered over to Dmitri's facedown monster…..only to be stopped by a large explosion. "What the….." Tyler said in between coughs.
"Don't worry, that wasn't a real explosion, you activated my Fake Explosion Trap Card." Dmitri announced as the face-down card flipped up. "And I'll chain it with Cyber Summon Blaster." Dmitri added as his second facedown card flipped up. "Fake Explosion can only be activated in response to an attack, now for the rest of the turn my monsters cannot be destroyed in battle but there's an added benefit on top of that."
"I get the feeling I won't like this benefit." Tyler commented and Dmitri smirked.
"You'd be right there, after Damage Calculation I am allowed to Special Summon a particular monster from my hand or graveyard, in this case I summon it from my hand." Dmitri played the card and a large green robot appeared on the field with propellers on its shoulders. "Say hello to Summon Reactor SK." (5/2000/1400).
"He uses Reactor monsters? I know Pro-League tournaments often offer rare cards as prizes but those things aren't even out yet." Tyler thought before wincing as his life-points dropped to 5500.
"Ah yes, I almost forgot about Cyber Summon Blaster, every time a Machine Type Monster is special summoned you take 300 points of damage." Dmitri added and Tyler grimaced.
"That may be true but by Special Summoning a monster you have allowed me to activate my Quick Play Spell Card Demise of the Land which lets me activate Brain Research Lab from my deck." Tyler activated the Spell Cards and the scenery changed to a weird looking lab, in the center of it was a large glass tube with a brain inside it. "As it stands I can't risk paying life-points for my Psychic Monster's effects so this field spell will help with that."
"This is quite an interesting field spell." Dmitri commented with a raised eyebrow as he glanced around. "But it hasn't raised the attacks off your monsters one point."
"True but this field spell is still invaluable to my Psychics and you'll soon see why." Tyler said before picking up a card. "One card facedown will end my turn." Tyler announced and once the attack points of Tyler's monsters returned to normal Dmitri drew his card.
"First I flip summon my facedown monster, Trap Reactor Y FI!" Dmitri flipped the card up and another robot appeared on the field. The robot's body resembled a deep sea diver's outfit and was green in color (4/800/1800).
"That monster would've been better off in defense mode!" Tyler pointed out and Dmitri grinned.
"Under normal circumstances that would be true." Dmitri admitted as he played a third monster. "But you'll see why I flipped him in a moment, next I Normal Summon Spell Reactor RE in attack mode!" Dmitri played the card and the final robot appeared on the field, this one didn't have a body unlike the others and had a dragon's head sticking out of it (3/1200/900). "And last but not least I activate the Spell Card Shield and Sword!"
"Oh no, that means that my life-points are yours for the taking!" Tyler realized as the five monsters on the field got their stats switched around.
"Off course, that's the point!" Dmitri answered before pointing to his three robots. "Trap Reactor, Summon Reactor and Spell Reactor, go on the attack!" Dmitri commanded and the three robots launched missiles at Tyler…
"I activate my Quick Play Spell Card Emergency Teleport, with this Spell Card I can Special summon one Level 3 or lower Psychic from my deck and I'm choosing Psychic Commander!" Tyler played the card and the small robot commander appeared on the field (3/1400/800).
"A poor choice, Krebons would've made more sense!" Dmitri pointed out before grinning. "But at the same time you activated Summon Reactor and Spell Reactor's effects, true Emergency Teleport will only be affected but since you just activated a Spell and Summoned a monster you get hit for 1600 points of damage!"
"I'm well aware of that." Tyler said before wincing as his life-points dropped to 3900. "And that is why I activate my other facedown card!"
"Is that Urgent Tuning!?" Dmitri realized as the card flipped up. "You realize that by activating that trap you triggered Trap Reactor's effect as well right?" Dmitri asked as another missile hit Tyler bringing his life-points down to 3100.
"Yes but with the monster I'm about to summon I'll be able to gain back those life-points and more!" Tyler announced as Psychic Commander and Psychic Snail leapt into the air, the Synchro Ring quickly surrounded Psychic Snail and once the bright flash faded Psychic Lifetrancer appeared on the field (7/2400/2000).
"Impressive move but you still take damage, from Summon Reactor's effect and Power Injector's destruction!" Dmitri pointed out and Tyler winced as his life-points dropped to 2300 from Summon Reactor's effect, soon afterworlds Power Injector was blown up by Trap Reactor's missiles bringing his life-points down to 1900. "I would be foolish to attack Lifetrancer so I end my turn." Dmitri announced and Tyler drew his card once the stats of Dmitri's monsters returned to normal.
"Man, Tyler's down to just under 2000 life-points and it's only his third turn!" Chelsea winced as she watched the duel. "What's up with these Reactor cards anyway? I've never heard of them before."
"They're not even supposed to be out yet, they'll be in that booster pack that has the reprints of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon in it." Theresa answered with a frown. "My guess is that Dmitri won them at the Russian Nationals."
"That does make sense, from what I've heard Dmitri used a similar deck to mine to win the tournament." Brandon chimed in with a frown. "As you can see the Reactors specialize in field control whilst keeping the opponent's life-points low, Tyler will be able to recover some life-points with Lifetrancer but a smart duelist would have a few revival cards handy in a Reactor deck."
"Now this is more like it!" Erick said as he rested his hands behind his head. "I swear they should've just sent Dmitri to face these students, they would've been sent home packing hours ago!"
"You seem to forget two things Erick." Mark said as he turned to him. "Number 1, any good duelist knows that dueling several times in a row is not good for you, even for someone with Dmitri's stamina, Number 2, you'd be missing out on a big payday if they did do that!"
"Humph, I admit, you've got me there." Erick grumbled as he folded his arms.
"All right, first I remove Psychic Commander from play so that I can activate Psychic Lifetrancer's effect which gives my life-points a much needed boost." Tyler pocketed the turner monster and sighed as Lifetrancer's magic raised his life-points to 3100. "Now I summon Genetic Woman to the field in attack mode!" Tyler played the card and the woman with seemingly mismatched DNA appeared on the field (4/1700/1200).
"Fine by me, by doing that you just cost yourself some of the life-points you so desperately need." Dmitri pointed out and Tyler winced as his life-points dropped down to 2300.
"True but Summon Reactor won't be staying around, next I activate Genetic Woman's effect, normally this would require me to pay a thousand life-points but as long as Brain Research Lab is active I can place a counter on it instead." Tyler explained as one of the machines in the lab sprung to life. "And what a powerful effect it is, with it I can add one Removed from Play Psychic Monster to my hand."
"I see; that makes for a lethal combination with Psychic Lifetrancer's effect." Dmitri commented as Tyler retrieved Psychic Commander from the graveyard.
"Indeed it does." Tyler said as he shuffled his hand. "Now to attack….."
"Tyler, are you there?" A strange female voice rang out and Tyler blinked before glancing around.
"Is something wrong Tyler?" Dmitri asked as he raised an eyebrow at his confused opponent, Tyler turned to him and frowned.
"You didn't hear her?" Tyler asked earning a confused look from Dmitri. "Forget it; I thought I heard someone call my name."
"Well, if you say so." Dmitri shrugged his shoulders and Tyler frowned.
"Are you my duel spirit? And if you are I can think of at least ten better times to establish contact with me." Tyler responded to the voice who sighed.
"Yes, I am your duel spirit and I apologize for the inconvenience, we have no control over when that happens." His duel spirit answered. "Now I believe you were going to attack?"
"I was before you interrupted." Tyler answered before pointing to his monsters. "Psychic Lifetrancer, Genetic Woman, attack Summon and Trap Reactor!" Tyler commanded and the two monsters launched their attacks, Psychic Lifetrancer's spell hit first causing Summon Reactor to blow up and the same thing happened to Trap Reactor when Genetic Woman fired an energy ball from her gun bringing Dmitri's life-points down to 6700.
"You may have damaged my life-points but you still have a long way to go Tyler." Dmitri told him and Tyler frowned.
"I'll end my turn with a facedown card for now." Tyler said simply and Dmitri drew his card. "I'm guessing you're not either Genetic Woman or Psychic Lifetrancer."
"When you summon me you'll know." The voice responded as Tyler waited for Dmitri to make his move.
"I activate the Spell Card Allure of Darkness; I banish one card from my hand….." Dmitri pocketed the card. "And I get to draw two more cards." Dmitri added as he drew two cards, he glanced over both of them and smirked. "If you think you've seen the last of my Reactors your wrong, but for now I shall shift Spell Reactor to defense mode and set a monster in defense mode." Dmitri made his move and the remaining robot crouched down whilst a facedown monster appeared next to it. "That shall end my turn." Dmitri announced and Tyler drew his card.
"Perfect, with this three card combo I can bring out another one of my heavyweights." Tyler thought before retrieving a monster from his graveyard. "To start things off I will remove Power Injector from play to activate Psychic Lifetrancer's effect." Tyler said before pocketing the monster and Lifetrancer casted a spell at him increasing his life-points to 3500. "Next I use Genetic Woman's effect to return Power Injector to my hand." Tyler added as another one of the machines sprung to life and he added the monster to his hand.
"So in other words you're doing a retread of your last move." Dmitri pointed out and Tyler smirked.
"If it isn't broke don't fix it." Tyler said simply before playing a card. "I summon Psychic Commander back to the field in attack mode!" Tyler played the card and the small robotic commander returned to the field. "And finally I equip Genetic Woman with Synchro Boost; this may cost me 800 life-points." Tyler said before wincing as his life-points dropped to 2700. "But with the ability to increase Genetic Woman's attack by 500 and her level by one it's well worth it." Tyler added as Genetic Woman's attack increased to 2200 and her Level increased to 5."Hmmm, I could do the Synchro Summon first but I have no idea what the facedown monster is."
"Are you going to make your next move before the end of the day?" Dmitri asked politely and Tyler frowned.
"As you wish, Psychic Commander, attack Spell Reactor!" Tyler commanded and the commander fired its cannon at the robot causing it to explode. "Psychic Lifetrancer, attack his facedown monster!" Tyler commanded and the psychic monster launched its attack at the monster, however Tyler was surprised when he saw a huge tomato with a sinister looking face on it (4/1400/1100) seconds before it was destroyed. "That was Mystic Tomato? Why do you have that card in your deck?"
"Why not include it comrade? The two weaker Reactors fit the requirements for its effect." Dmitri shrugged before picking up his deck and searching through it. "That said I am not stupid enough summon one of them straight away with Genetic Woman on the field so instead I summon another Mystic Tomato!" Dmitri played the card and another copy of the sinister looking tomato appeared on the field.
"Fine by me, he'll just share the first's fate!" Tyler said before pointing to Genetic Woman. "Genetic Woman, attack the second Mystic Tomato!" Tyler commanded and Genetic Woman fired its cannon at the sinister tomato destroying it and bringing Dmitri's life-points down to 5900.
"I use my second Mystic Tomato's effect to Special Summon my second Trap Reactor in defense mode!" Dmitri announced as he played the card and the robot reappeared on the field (4/800/1800). "And that triggers my Cyber Summon Blaster's effect!" Dmitri added as Tyler was struck in the chest with an energy beam bringing his life-points down to 2400.
"All right, let's see how Trap Reactor reacts to this! I tune Psychic Commander with Genetic Woman to bring out one of my best monsters!" Tyler announced as the two monsters leapt into the air, Psychic Commander dissolved into three Synchro Rings that quickly surrounded Genetic Woman, once the bright flash faded the two duelists looked up and Tyler smirked. "Please welcome to the field Thought Ruler Archfiend!"
"I would if I could see the monster!" Dmitri commented before looking up, the monster was a strange skeletal demon that had wings and was brown and green in color (8/2700/2300). "That's certainly a mighty beast."
"Just wait until you see its effect." Tyler told him with a smirk. "I end my turn at that." Tyler announced and Dmitri drew his card.
"Ah, excellent, if all goes to plan then we'll be back to square one the moment he attacks with either of his Synchro Monsters!" Dmitri thought before playing his drawn card. "I set a card facedown and end my turn at that." Dmitri announced and Tyler frowned before drawing his card.
"Hmmm, this Spell could help if that facedown card's what I think it is." Tyler thought before adding it to his hand. "First I remove Genetic Woman from play so that I can activate Lifetrancer's effect." Tyler pocketed the monster before sighing as his life-points increased to 3600. "Now I summon Power Injector back to the field in attack mode!" Tyler played the card and the strange cyborg returned to the field (4/1300/1400). "Now I activate Power Injector's effect giving my monsters a power boost!" Tyler announced as another piece of machinery sprung to life and Power Injector, Lifetrancer and Thought Ruler Archfiend's attacks increased to 1800, 2900 and 3200 respectively. "Psychic Lifetrancer, attack Trap Reactor!" Tyler commanded as the Synchro Monster prepared her attack…
"You fell for the same trap but it's like you said, if it isn't broke don't fix it!" Dmitri announced as his second copy of Fake Explosion flipped up and the spell was interrupted by a large explosion, once the smoke cleared Summon Reactor was back on the field and Cyber Summon Blaster had fired its beam at Tyler bringing his life-points down to 3300. "You'd think you would've learned by now!" Dmitri chuckled….before he noticed the grin on Tyler's face. "What are you so happy about?"
"Oh, I don't know, maybe the fact that I anticipated this possibility!" Tyler said before picking up his drawn card. "I move into my second main phase and activate Mischief of the Time Goddess!"
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?!" Dmitri yelled out as the three psychic monsters got ready for battle again, apparently his shock was shared by the students in the audience judging by the shocked gasps. "That's one of the rarest cards in Duel Monsters, how did a student, much less an Obelisk Blue Student, get his hands on it?"
"I've been wondering the same thing about how you got your hands on cards that haven't even been released yet." Tyler countered and Dmitri frowned.
"They were the prize for winning the Russian Nationals, now answer my question!" Dmitri demanded and Tyler smirked.
"What can I say? Being Seto Kaiba's stepson has its perks." Tyler said with a mere shrug of his shoulders. "With this Spell Card I can skip the rest of my turn and yours and go straight into my next Battle Phase, and since Fake Explosion's effect has technically worn off your monsters are sitting ducks."
"Yes but as a consequence your monsters lost the power boost they gained from Power Injector." Dmitri pointed out and Tyler frowned upon realizing that he was right.
"Then that's a sacrifice that I'm willing to make, Lifetrancer, attack Trap Reactor!" Tyler commanded and the Psychic monster launched her attack at the robot causing it to explode. "Your turn Thought Ruler, attack Summon Reactor!" Tyler commanded and the archfiend charged towards the larger of the two robots before cutting it in half bringing Dmitri's life-points down to 5200. "And since I've destroyed a monster in battle I can now activate Thought Ruler's effect which adds Summon Reactor's attack points to my life-points!" Tyler added as his life-points shot up to 5300. "Now Power Injector, solidify my lead and attack his life-points directly!" Tyler commanded and the small cyborg charged towards Dmitri before punching him in the stomach bringing his life-points down to 3900.
"YES! Tyler's turning this around!" Chelsea said with a fist pump and Chloe smirked as she nodded in agreement.
"I wouldn't celebrate too soon." Brandon told them and Chelsea and Chloe blinked as they turned to him. "There's a fourth Reactor Monster, the most powerful of them all, and if Dmitri can get it out then Tyler's in big trouble."
"Yeah, if being the operative word!" Chelsea said with a grin as she watched the duel. "Come on Brandon, lighten up! With those two Psychic Synchros on the field Tyler can destroy Dmitri's reactors long before he can summon the big bad of the lot; it's only a matter of time before he joins us here in the winner's circle!"
"First off I can't help but appreciate the irony of the girl who's infamous for her vicious temper telling me to lighten up." Brandon pointed out and Chelsea laughed nervously as a large sweatdrop rolled down her head. "Second, you off all people should know that the tide of a duel can turn in the blink of an eye, just look at your match against Ricardo."
"Good point." Chelsea admitted before grinning. "But ya gotta admit Brandon, it is looking good for Tyler right now."
"That's not what concerns me; it's how long Tyler can keep it up against Dmitri's deck strategy." Brandon said with a frown.
"I'll end my turn at that." Tyler announced and Dmitri drew his card. "So…..you're not Thought Ruler or either of my other psychics, what are you exactly?" Tyler asked his duel spirit who sighed in annoyance.
"You'll find out when you summon me." The duel spirit told him as Dmitri looked over his hand.
"I play the Spell Card called Spellbook inside the Pot." Dmitri played the card and both duelists drew three times, when Tyler saw one of his monsters that he had drawn he couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.
"Hmmm, now there's an idea." Tyler thought as he looked over his hand.
"Now I summon Black Salvo in attack mode!" Dmitri played the card and a small black bomb with a sinister looking face on it appeared on the field (3/100/1100).
"Wait, that's a tuner monster!" Tyler realized as his eyes lay on the monster.
"Correct but I'm not summoning him to be used in a Synchro Summon, first I activate his effect which lets me Special Summon one Level 4 or lower Dark Machine Type Monster from my graveyard, I believe Trap Reactor will do nicely." Dmitri said as the robot returned to the field. "Off course its effects are negated but the same can't be said for Cyber Summon Blaster." Dmitri said as the blaster fired its beam at Tyler bringing his life-points down to 5000.
"You still have a long way to go if you intend to retake your lead." Tyler pointed out and Dmitri grinned before playing a card, Tyler raised an eyebrow as the image showed an artillery strike against several soldiers. "Artillery Strike, what the….."
"I'm not surprised that you haven't heard of it, it's a card that will be released in a few months, it was another gift I received from winning the tournament." Dmitri said as he grinned. "It requires me to have at least two Machine Type Monsters on my side of the field and at least 2000 less life-points than you, as for what it does…" Dmitri said as his grin widened. "It destroys every card on your side of the field."
"Oh no….." Tyler trailed off as several missiles rained down on his side of the field, Lifetrancer and Thought Ruler Archfiend where the first to go followed by Power Injector and Brain Research Lab, seconds later Tyler screamed in pain as his life-points plummeted to 2000. "When Brain Research Lab is destroyed I take a thousand points of damage for each counter I put on it."
"I see, however Artillery Strike requires me to skip my Battle Phase if I use its effect so your life-points remain safe, for now." Dmitri said and Tyler sighed in relief. "Next I activate Monster Reborn to bring back Summon Reactor!" Dmitri played the card and Summon Reactor returned to the field, seconds later Cyber Summon Blaster's effect activated bringing Tyler's life-points down to 1700. "Now I'll take a page out of Amanda's book by activating DDR – Different Dimension Reincarnation and I use it to bring back the monster I banished for Allure of Darkness."
"Don't tell me, Spell Reactor?" Tyler asked and sure enough the second weakest of the robotic trio appeared on the field and once again Tyler's life-points where blasted by Cyber Summon Blaster bringing his life-points down to 1400. "So you have the three reactors back on the field, what do you plan to do? Chip away at what's left of my life-points?"
"Actually, no, that's not what I had in mind." Dmitri said as he gathered up his Reactors. "Summon Reactor has another effect, by sending him and the other two Reactors to the graveyard I can Special Summon my strongest monster!" Dmitri played the card and the three machines vanished and a huge shadow loomed over the field, Tyler looked up and his jaw dropped when he saw a massive machine seemingly out of a Transformers cartoon (8/3000/2500). "Tyler, please welcome the mighty Flying Fortress SKY FIRE!"
"Holy shit, that's huge!" Chelsea yelled out with an audible gulp. "I'm guessing that big guy's the strongest reactor monster like you said?" Chelsea asked as she turned to Brandon.
"Yes and it's by far the most deadly." Brandon said as he glared up at the card.
"Your friend is correct; Sky Fire is quite a force to be reckoned with." Dmitri said as he folded his arms. "Not only does its strength match that of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon but once per turn I can use either of these effects, first whenever you summon a monster it's automatically destroyed and you take 800 points of damage, and whenever you set a card you take the same amount of damage and the card is destroyed." Dmitri said before grinning. "Oh yes, he was a Special Summon so….."
"Not again." Tyler groaned as Cyber Summon Blaster fired its beam at Tyler bringing his life-points down to 1100. "Don't forget, due to the constraints of your spell card you have to wait before finishing me off."
"I know but they'll be time enough to end this duel and, unfortunately, your tenure here at Duel Academy next turn." Dmitri conceded before looking over his hand. "I shall end my turn for now." Dmitri announced and Tyler drew his card.
"All right, it all comes down to this!" Tyler thought before playing the card he drew. "I activate Arkhasic Record, I get to draw two more cards but if either of them has been played already they are both removed from play."
"That's a big risk for this late in the match." Dmitri pointed out as Tyler drew twice. "So, are you going to remove them play or not?"
"The answer is not!" Tyler told him before sending his Spell Card to the graveyard. "Now I summon Serene Psychic Witch in attack mode!" Tyler played the card and a young woman with long pink hair wearing matching armor appeared on the field (4/1400/1200).
"Hah, even if she was strong enough to defeat my monster she'll get destroyed by Skyfire's effect!" Dmitri pointed out as the massive machine fired a missile volley at Tyler's monster destroying her and bringing his life-points down to 300.
"That's what I was hoping for." Tyler told him and Dmitri blinked. "Serene Psychic Witch's effect activates after she's been destroyed, either by battle or by card effect, with it I can remove from play one Psychic Monster with 2000 or less attack points from my graveyard from play, during my next standby phase I'll get that card back."
"Hah, have you seen your score? You won't last that long Tyler!" Dmitri pointed out and Tyler nodded.
"Indeed I have, next I activate Supremacy Berry!" Tyler played the card and sighed as his life-points increased to 2300. "Since my life-points are lower than yours I can increase my life-points by 2000 points."
"That's still not enough!" Dmitri pointed out and Tyler smirked.
"On the surface it may not be enough." Tyler said before picking up three cards. "So I set three cards face down…" Tyler said before shielding himself as a missile hit the first card bringing his life-points down to 1500. "And end my turn." Tyler said and once he sent the first card to the graveyard Dmitri drew his card.
"Err; Tyler knows what he's doing, right?" Chelsea gulped as she watched the duel. "Because as it stands Dmitri can finish him off in one hit and I'd hate for one of us to be expelled after such a good run."
"I wouldn't worry about him Chelsea, if anyone can win this it's him." Theresa reassured her and Chelsea frowned as she turned to her. "I know it doesn't look good….."
"That's the biggest understatement of the day." Chelsea pointed out and Theresa shook her head.
"Okay, yes that's true, but Tyler's been in tough spots before, he'll pull through." Theresa added and Chelsea shook her head.
"It seems your friends are as blind to the truth as you are." Dmitri said before looking at his drawn card. "Summon Reactor, I can sacrifice Black Salvo to summon it to bring this duel to a close…..no, Skyfire's power is more than enough." Dmitri thought before adding it to his hand. "Flying Fortress SKY FIRE, attack his life-points directly and end this duel!" Dmitri commanded and the massive robot fired its missiles at Tyler…..
"I activate my trap card Dimension Wall!" Tyler announced and Dmitri's eyes widened as the missiles neared an invisible wall.
"NO! CEASE THE ATTACK!" Dmitri yelled out but knew it was too late, the missiles where rebounded back at Dmitri, the missiles made contact sending his life-points down to 2200. "You may have narrowed down the gap but I not only have the lead but I have the most powerful monster on the field."
"We'll see how long that lasts." Tyler told him as he sent his trap card to the graveyard. "And if things go to plan it won't last long." Tyler thought before turning to Dmitri.
"I'll end my turn." Dmitri announced and Tyler drew his card. "It's your standby phase which means the monster you removed from play will now be summoned."
"And you'll destroy it with Skyfire's effect right?" Tyler asked and Dmitri nodded. "Not today, I chain Serene Psychic Witch's effect with Forbidden Chalice!" Tyler activated the Spell and the massive robot doubled over as its attack increased to 3400. "In exchange for that power boost your monster loses its effects and that leaves me free to Special Summon Power Injector back to the field!" Tyler played the card and the small cyborg returned to the field (4/1300/1400).
"That's your big play? All it could damage is my Black Salvo!" Dmitri pointed out and Tyler grinned. "What do you have in mind?" Dmitri asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Why don't I show you? I'm taking a page out of Adrienne's playbook with this move!" Tyler said before playing the card. "I activate Miracle Synchro Fusion and I use it to fuse Psychic Lifetrancer and Power Injector together so I can bring out a monster that I added to this deck recently!" Tyler played the card and the two monsters fused together, out of the portal stepped a monster similar in build to Thought Ruler Archfiend but it had a tail and was much bigger. "Say hello to Ultimate Axion Kicker!" Tyler announced as the monster growled (10/2900/1700).
"What is this? The duel when both duelists summon scary ass monsters?!" Chelsea gulped as she looked at the monster.
"Do I look like I'm worried? That monster's impressive but SKY FIRE is much stronger!" Dmitri said confidently and Tyler grinned.
"Who said anything about targeting SKY FIRE?" Tyler asked as he grinned. "In fact I don't need to destroy SKY FIRE to win the duel."
"What are you talking about?!" Dmitri demanded before it hit him. "Oh no, I left Black Salvo in attack mode!"
"And have practically surrendered to me." Tyler added before pointing to Ultimate Axion Kicker. "Ultimate Axion Kicker, end this duel by attacking Black Salvo!" Tyler commanded the massive monster reached forward with its claws before cutting the small bomb in half bringing Dmitri's life-points plummeting to zero.
"The winner of the match is Obelisk Blue's Tyler Kaiba, as a result he won't be expelled and his record will be wiped." Martin announced over the PA system and Tyler sighed in relief knowing that the ordeal would be over soon.
"You never told who you were." Tyler told his Duel Spirit.
"I am Serene Psychic Witch, however I wasn't on the field long enough to announce my presence." His Duel Spirit told him and Tyler nodded before noticing Dmitri looming over him with his arms folded.
"Congratulations, most of the students competing this afternoon have managed to avoid expulsion." Dmitri said before extending his hand out for a handshake. "I just hope the girl that's dueling Erick knows what she's getting into."
"She faced me in a duel to prepare for these duels; she's ready for anything he throws at her." Tyler told him before spotting Erick storming up to the duel arena. "Speak of the devil….."
"You're useless! All of you are useless!" Erick snapped at the other pro duelists who glared at him. "You had him beat Dmitri but you still didn't win!"
"Okay that's enough." Tyler said before walking up to Erick. "You have been badmouthing our opponents and my fellow students, why?"
"I accepted this job to kick out the useless students in this duel!" Erick snapped at him before hopping onto the duel field. "If I had my way I'd face all of you in a marathon match."
"So instead you'll have to make do with dueling me!" Chloe said as she stepped onto the duel field with her duel disk at the ready. "Like Tyler I'm getting sick of you running your mouth so why don't we see if you can back it up on the duel field!"
"Heh, I heard you had a backbone Richardson but challenging the guy who came in second in the Scottish National Championships? Either your incredibly stupid or incredibly brave, at the moment I'm leaning towards the former." Erick said as he activated his duel disk, Tyler and Dmitri quickly hopped off the duel field as Chloe activated her duel disk.
"I'll show you who's incredibly stupid!" Chloe snapped at him as she shuffled her deck. "Wait, that's not what I meant!"
"Sure it's not!" Erick chuckled as he drew his opening hand. "This'll be quick, who knows? Maybe I'll get home in time for dinner." Erick added and Chloe smirked.
"Do you always finish things quickly around women?" Chloe taunted him and Erick blushed.
"That's my joke Chloe!" Chelsea yelled and Chloe grinned sheepishly.
"Enough talk! Let's do this!" Erick snapped at her and Chloe grinned before she drew her opening her hand.