"Now this should be amusing." Thomas Newborne commented as he put his feet up, he was sitting in the audience with Cameron and Jessica but was across the stadium from where Chloe and Chelsea where. "Two lowly Osiris Red Rejects who I beat without breaking a sweat going up against two of the best students in Obelisk Blue? This will be over so quickly we'll have time for a third match!"
"I'm hoping they'll at least drag it out, I want to see what Deck Theresa will be using in the tournament." Cameron responded as he leaned back. "But still, this won't take long at all even if they drag it out."
"Didn't you say the female student uses insects?" Jessica asked and Thomas nodded. "Good, I hate insects and I enjoy watching them get squashed."
"You mean the students or the monsters?" Thomas asked and Jessica grinned.
"Both." Jessica answered simply, whilst that was going on the two teams where trying to decide the order.
"So….should we go in the order that the last two teams used?" Kyle asked as he scratched his head in confusion. "That seemed to work pretty well."
"Since Martin never specified what order the duels would go in I think we're free to decide." Theresa answered before nodding in agreement. "But yeah, that seems like the best idea, which means I'll go first, then Rachel, then Brandon and then Kyle."
"That's fine by me." Rachel shrugged as she looked over her hand. "And the sooner I can get my combo going the better." Rachel thought as Theresa drew her opening card.
"I activate the Continuous Spell Card called Shard of Greed!" Theresa played the card and the shattered remains of the Pot of Greed appeared on the field. "But that effect won't activate until my next turn, in the meantime I set two cards facedown and a card in defense mode, your move Rachel." Theresa set the cards and Rachel drew her card.
"Okay, here goes nothing." Rachel thought before playing a card. "I activate my Double Summon Spell Card; this lets me have two normal summons this turn."
"Seems she's using her old Swarming tactics, if she thinks that'll be enough to take her team to the finals then she's in for a rude awakening." Brandon thought as Rachel sent her Spell Card to the graveyard.
"And here comes my first normal summon, Petit Moth in attack mode!" Rachel announced causing several students to do double takes as the small green larvae appeared on the field (1/300/200). "And next I equip my moth with Cocoon of Evolution."
"…..Wait, what?!" Was all Brandon could say as a large pink cocoon wrapped it's self around petit moth. "Rachel, please don't tell me that your big strategy for this tournament is summoning one of the most ridiculously hard monsters to summon in the game?!"
"Well, I guess it is kind of obvious." Rachel admitted with a nervous laugh. "But yeah, I intend to summon Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth!"
"It was her idea, not mine." Kyle quickly pointed out with a dull look on his face. "She thought that she could use the tag format to speed things along…and then I pointed out that it said "6th of your turn"."
"Yeah, I admit, I probably should've read the text more carefully." Rachel admitted with a gulp. "But that won't stop me from pulling this off!"
"Rachel, you realize that you're testing this strategy against two of the best students in the school, right?" Theresa pointed out and Rachel nodded without hesitation. "Kyle, at least tell me you tried to talk her out of this?"
"From the moment she revealed her plan to me to the last day before this tournament." Kyle answered with a sigh. "And don't even get me started on the time that I got desperate enough to interrupt one of Maria's classes just to try to talk her out of it." Kyle added and Rachel blushed as she remembered that day. "She's so stubborn she makes Chelsea look complacent."
"He knows I can hear him right?" Chelsea grunted as she folded her arms. "But still, on one hand I have to give Rachel credit for using a strategy no-one could've predicted, on the other hand I have to call her an idiot for using one of the most impractical strategies in the game!"
"Yeah, I may be a rookie but even I can see at least ten flaws in her plan." Chloe commented as she folded her arms. "It's hard enough keeping one monster on the field for a turn or two nowadays, let alone six turns whilst using a monster with no attack points."
"But if she can pull it off she'll have an extremely powerful monster on the field in six turns." Tyler pointed out before frowning. "But even I have to admit that's a pretty big if!"
"Anyway, if I can get back on track….." Rachel said before playing a card. "I'll use my second Normal Summon to bring out Desert Protector in attack mode!" Rachel played the card and a small brown spider appeared on the field (4/800/1000). "I set two cards facedown which in turn activates Desert Protector's effect, basically he gains 300 attack and defense points for each Spell and Trap card I control." Rachel explained as Desert Protector's attack and defense increased to 1400 and 1600 respectively. "And I end my turn." Rachel announced and Brandon drew his card.
"Okay, Rachel, before I continue…..you realize how unlikely it is that this'll work, right?" Brandon asked and Rachel blinked. "Off the top of my head I can think of several cards that are capable of destroying Petit Moth before your second turn even begins and I have a lot of them in my deck."
"I don't care, I'll make this work!" Rachel said determinedly and Brandon shook his head.
"Kyle wasn't kidding about your stubborn streak." Brandon sighed before looking at his drawn card. "I activate Allure of Darkness, by banishing one Dark Type monster from my hand this Spell Card will allow me to draw twice." Brandon announced as he pocketed the monster and drew twice. "Don't say I didn't warn you, I summon Dark Crusader in attack mode!" Brandon played the card and the skeleton crusader appeared on the field pointing its sword and Rachel's monsters (4/1600/200). "Obviously I can't attack due to the rules of the tournament so I set two cards facedown and end my turn." Brandon set the two cards down and Kyle drew his card.
"Well, I'm stuck with her strategy for now, may as well wait it out." Kyle thought with a sigh when another monster on Brandon's side of the field caught his eye, it was a small orb shaped machine with lasers attached to it (2/800/1200). "Is that D.D. Scout Plane? I don't remember that being in your deck?"
"It's a recent addition, so recent that I brought it during the field trip yesterday." Brandon answered and Kyle nodded before looking it his drawn card.
"I set two cards facedown." Kyle announced as the two facedown cards appeared on the field. "And I summon Marauding Captain in attack mode!" Kyle played the card and the brown haired warrior appeared on the field (3/1200/400). "Now that I've summoned him his effect activates…."
"Kyle, Chloe uses that card in her deck." Brandon pointed out with a frown. "We know what it does."
"Right and I use his effect to summon Rare Metal Dragon!" Kyle played the card and the metallic wingless dragon appeared on the field (4/2400/1200). "I set one card facedown and end my turn." Kyle announced and Theresa drew her card.
"I still think Rachel's putting too much faith in an outdated and impractical strategy." Theresa thought as she glanced at the cocoon. "But on the other hand if she's smart then she has a stall card or two to help bide her time." Theresa thought before playing the card she had drawn. "First off my Shard of Greed gains its first counter." Theresa announced as the pot started to come together. "Next I summon Twin Sword Marauder in attack mode!" Theresa played the card and a masked swordsman in purple and gold armor appeared on the field, he was carrying several swords in one hand which he pointed towards Rachel's monsters (4/1600/1000).
"He doesn't look so tough." Rachel gulped as she stared down the swordsman.
"This guy's a lot tougher than he looks but don't take my word for it." Theresa said before pointing to Cocoon of Evolution. "Because even if he had a fraction of his current attack points he can still take down your cocoon and put an end to your strategy!" Theresa announced as the swordsman leapt towards the cocoon….only for desert protector to jump into the path of the sword getting skewered in the process.
"Sorry Theresa but there's a reason I used my second summon on Desert Protector." Rachel said as she sent her monster to the graveyard. "When an insect monster on my side of the field would be destroyed this little guy takes the hit instead."
"You still take damage." Theresa pointed out as Rachel's life-points dropped to 7800.
"It's a small price to pay to keep my strategy going." Rachel shrugged her shoulders and Theresa shook her head.
"Yeah well, sooner or later we'll get past that cocoon and when we do then I hope for your sake that you have a backup plan." Theresa responded before picking up a card. "I set this card facedown and end my turn." Theresa set the card down…..
"And I activate my trap DNA Surgery, and the type I'm declaring is insects!" Rachel activated the trap and Twin-Sword, Dark Crusader and Kyle's two monsters transformed into insect versions of themselves and once that was done Rachel drew her card.
"Five bucks says the next card she plays is Insect Barrier or something similar." Chelsea commented and Chloe nodded in agreement.
"I'm not even going to take that bet because I know I'll lose it." Chloe responded as the two girls watched the duel.
"Great, I didn't draw the card I was hoping for." Rachel thought before playing a card. "I activate a Spell Card, go Swords of Revealing Light!" Rachel played the card and Theresa and Brandon shielded themselves as the swords pinned down their monsters. "Now you can't attack for three of your turns."
"Err, Rachel, did you suddenly forget that we are facing two opponents?" Kyle asked and Rachel blinked before it hit her. "You'll only be able to buy yourself one turn using that Spell."
"Crap….." Rachel gulped before maintaining her composure. "I'll end my turn but just remember I have five more turns before my moth hatches." Rachel announced and Brandon frowned before drawing his card.
"That's off course assuming that her cocoon will last long enough." Brandon thought before looking at his drawn card. "In fact I can put an end to it right now!" Brandon thought before playing the card. "I sacrifice D.D. Scout Plane so that I can summon Caius, The Shadow Monarch!" Brandon played the card and the small plane vanished, in its place stood the mighty dark monarch in all its glory even as it transformed into a more insect like creature (6/2400/1000).
"Oh crap! With that you can banish my cocoon!" Rachel gulped as the monarch prepared a ball of dark energy.
"Sorry Rachel but I'm about to show you just how bad an idea this was! Caius, I order you to target her cocoon and banish it!" Brandon commanded and Caius prepared to launch the ball…but was stopped by several fiendish looking chains. "What the….."
"I activated my trap Fiendish Chain!" Kyle announced as he pointed to his freshly activated trap card. "This trap card not only negates Caius's effect as long as it's on the field but Caius is also prevented from attacking."
"I thought you were opposed to Rachel using this strategy?" Brandon asked once his surprise wore off.
"I am but I also realize that it's our best shot at victory right now." Kyle answered and Rachel nodded in agreement.
"Fine, since I can't do anything with Caius I'll settle for this, I activate Dark – Spirit Art Greed, I tribute my monarch…" Brandon announced as the monarch vanished. "And I get to draw two more cards." Brandon announced as he drew twice. "Next I activate Dark Crusader's effect; by discarding one Dark Type Monster from my hand this will let me give him an attack boost of four hundred points." Brandon explained as Dark Crusader's attack rose to 2000.
"He's obviously setting up his graveyard for Dark Armed Dragon's summon requirements but if I can get rid of just one of those cards then I can stall his move." Kyle thought before looking at his hand. "May I take my move yet?" Kyle asked and Brandon looked over his hand.
"Go ahead." Brandon told him and once the first sword faded Kyle drew his card.
"I don't know how long I'll be able to keep this up, Rachel may have cards that protect her monsters from being destroyed in battle but otherwise I have to use cards that negate effects to keep her cocoon safe." Kyle thought before looking at his drawn card. "I activate Magic Planter; as long as I destroy Fiendish Chain this Spell Card will let me draw two cards." Kyle announced as the trap card shattered and he drew twice.
"If my guess is right Kyle has some more cards that negate effects to go along with Rachel's cards that negate attacks." Brandon thought with a frown. "I still think that trying to summon Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth is this day and age is insanely stupid but I'll give them credit for trying to make it work." Brandon thought as Kyle looked at the two new cards in his hand.
"I set two cards facedown, now Rare Metal Dragon, attack Twin-Sword Marauder!" Kyle commanded and the weird, dragon/insect hybrid rolled into a ball and rolled towards Twin-Sword Marauder….
"Nice try but not good enough, I activate my trap card Negate Attack!" Theresa activated the trap and the rolling ball of metallic dragon stopped in its tracks. "It's an old card but it still works."
"Fine, since I can't destroy your Marauder yet I'll switch my captain to defense mode and I'll end my turn." Kyle announced and once Marauding Captain crouched down Theresa nodded before drawing her card.
"They are getting cocky but if they are anything like Chloe it'll get the better of them and they'll slip up eventually." Theresa thought before looking at her drawn card. "First off my Shard of Greed gets another counter!" Theresa announced as the pot shards started to form into the infamous pot.
"I think I can see where this is going." Kyle commented as Theresa picked up her Spell Card.
"That's right; I'm sending Shard of Greed to the graveyard so that I can draw two cards." Theresa confirmed before drawing two cards. "But since I can't attack I'll pass my turn." Theresa announced and once the second sword disappeared Rachel drew her card.
"Yes! This is just what I needed!" Rachel thought with a grin as she eyed the Spell Card she had just drawn, she wasted no time in playing it. "I activate Insect Barrier!" Rachel announced as a large yellow barrier appeared around hers and Kyle's monsters. "Now unless you can destroy DNA Surgery you can't get at my cocoon!"
"And by then it may be too late." Brandon commented with a frown.
"True but just to be safe….." Rachel said before switching her cocoon to defense mode. "Even if you get past my Insect Barrier/DNA Surgery combo you still have to get past a monster with 2000 defense points, in the meantime I'll end my turn." Rachel announced and Brandon drew his card.
"If she manages to keep that combo on the field for four more turns then she'll be able to summon Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth and, as impractical as it is, that would mean big trouble for me and Theresa." Brandon thought before looking at his drawn card. "I activate Spellbook inside the Pot!" Brandon announced and the four duelists drew three cards.
"Great! If I can keep my combo going until next turn then this combo will help speed things along!" Rachel thought as she looked at the three cards that she had drawn.
"Now I activate Dark Crusader's effect again." Brandon added before discarding one of the cards he drew and Dark Crusader's attack increased to 2400. "Unfortunately that's all I can do so I end my turn." Brandon announced and once the last sword disappeared Kyle drew his card.
"I set two cards facedown." Kyle announced as two more cards appeared in front of him before he switched Marauding Captain to attack mode. "Now let's try this again, Rare Metal Dragon, attack Twin Sword Marauder!" Kyle commanded and the dragon/insect hybrid rolled towards Theresa's monster, this time the attack went through crushing the swordsman and bringing Theresa's life-points down to 7200. "Marauding Captain, attack her life-points directly!" Kyle commanded and the warrior charged towards Theresa…..
"I don't think so; since you just declared a direct attack I can negate it and end the battle phase by Special Summoning Battle Fader from my hand!" Brandon played the card and the small fiend appeared on the field (1/0/0).
"Thanks Brandon." Theresa thanked him and Brandon smiled in response.
"We'll get through to your life-points eventually." Kyle said before turning to Theresa. "That ends my turn." Kyle announced and Theresa drew her card.
"Perfect, this card will blow Rachel's strategy out of the water." Theresa thought before turning to Brandon. "Can I borrow Dark Crusader for a few minutes?"
"Go for it." Brandon said in response and seconds later Dark Crusader walked over to Theresa's side of the field.
"Why would you do that? It's not like you can attack." Rachel pointed out and Theresa smirked before playing her drawn Spell Card. "Oh crap, that's Mystical Space Typhoon, isn't it?"
"That's right and I'm using it to destroy DNA Surgery!" Theresa announced as a tornado ripped through the field….
"I activate my Trap Card Imperial Custom!" Kyle announced as the trap flipped up. "As long as this is on the field all continuous trap cards on the field besides Imperial Custom can't be destroyed."
"Which renders my Spell useless." Theresa said with a frown as she sent her Spell Card to the graveyard. "I end my turn." Theresa announced and once Dark Crusader returned to Brandon's side of the field Rachel drew her card.
"Okay, here goes!" Rachel thought as she picked up two of her cards. "I set two cards facedown…" Rachel announced as the two facedown cards appeared on the field. "And I activate a Spell Card called Mischief of the Time Goddess!"
"Oh crap!" Brandon gulped as a giant clock appeared above Rachel's side of the field, the clocks hands moved until they reached midnight. "That means you're only two turns away from summoning your monster!"
"I think the better point to make is how you got your hands on that Spell?!" Theresa asked with a raised eyebrow. "It's one of the rarest Spell Cards in the game."
"I have my ways." Rachel said as she sent her spell to the graveyard.
"Err, Chloe, didn't you lend Rachel your copy of that Spell?" Chelsea asked and Chloe gulped.
"Yeah, she didn't say why, she just said that she'd give it back after the tournament." Chloe answered as she glanced down at her deck. "I have an extra copy in my side deck so I figured why not?"
"Well, here's hoping Rachel can keep her mouth shut about it." Chelsea commented as she folded her arms.
"But that's not all I'm doing, you see since it's technically been a turn since I set my traps I can activate them both!" Rachel announced as the two traps flipped up. "Pyro Clock of Destiny and with two copies of it active I can skip two more turns." Rachel said before her grin widened. "But that's not the important part." Rachel added as the cocoon started to hatch.
"I can't believe she actually pulled it off." Theresa gulped as the cocoon finished hatching and the massive green moth appeared on the field with a shriek (8/3500/3000).
"That's right, and this guy's got 3500 points off attack power directed at you Brandon." Rachel said as she pointed to Battle Fader. "Because it looks like you left Battle Fader in attack mode!"
"Shit, she's right!" Brandon realized as his eyes widened. "I left it in attack mode because I thought I'd have at least a few more turns before she summoned her moth!"
"Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth…okay that name's too much of a mouthful for me." Rachel admitted as a large sweat drop rolled down her head. "Ultimate Great Moth, attack Battle Fader!" Rachel commanded and the massive moth flapped its wings at the much smaller fiend causing a massive gust of wind that destroyed it and brought Brandon's life-points down to 4500. "I'll set a card facedown and end my turn." Rachel announced and Brandon drew his card.
"Dark Armed Dragon, off all the times to draw this card I had to do it whilst I have too many monsters in my graveyard." Brandon thought before adding the monster to his hand. "I switch Dark Crusader to defense mode and set a card facedown." Brandon announced as the monster crouched down. "That ends my turn." Brandon announced and Kyle drew his card.
"I activate my second Magic Planter, by destroying Imperial Custom I get to draw two cards." Kyle announced as his trap's hologram shattered and he quickly drew two cards.
"But…but that leaves my combo wide open!" Rachel protested and Kyle shook his head.
"Rachel, that combo was only on the field so that you could summon your Moth in the first place, besides it's not like they're going to destroy it anytime soon." Kyle pointed out and Rachel frowned.
"He has no idea how inaccurate that statement is." Brandon thought with a sigh as he glanced towards Dark Armed Dragon.
"Heh, Brandon, you're about to wish that you left your crusader in attack mode!" Kyle commented and Brandon blinked in confusion. "I equip Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth….Rachel's right that is a mouthful….with Big Bang Shot!"
"That's going to be a problem." Brandon commented with a gulp as Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth's attack points shot up to 3900.
"You have no idea! Rachel, can I borrow Ultimate Great Moth?" Kyle asked and Rachel nodded without hesitation and the giant moth flew over to Kyle's side of the field. "Great Moth, attack Dark Crusader now!" Kyle commanded and the massive moth flapped its wings causing a massive gust of wind that blew away the knight. "Well, that's…" Kyle started upon realizing something. "Wait a sec; weren't you supposed to take battle damage?"
"Normally I would but Defense Draw saved me from taking any damage." Brandon announced as he drew another card. "And as the name implies I get a new card to boot!"
"Big deal, I have Rare Metal Dragon and Marauding Captain to make up for that!" Kyle pointed out as the two monsters charged towards Brandon…
"I activate my trap card Fortress of Dark Illusion!" Theresa announced as her trap flipped up revealing a well-fortified fortress that had a lightning storm flashing overhead. "Since you destroyed a dark type monster this turn all I need to do is remove one card from my graveyard to end the battle phase, and since we're sharing graveyards I think I'll remove D.D. Scout Plane from Brandon's graveyard."
"Nice save." Brandon complemented her before pocketing the monster.
"Big deal, you may get to summon that monster at the end of the turn but since our moth has been equipped with Big Bang Shot it's not much use to you." Kyle pointed out before setting the other card he had drawn with Magic Planter and another card. "I set these cards facedown and end my turn." Kyle announced and once D.D. Scout Plane was back on the field Theresa drew her card.
"I activate Arkhasic Record, I get to draw two cards but if I've used either of them in the duel already then I have to remove them from play." Theresa announced before drawing her cards.
"I'm guessing you haven't used them?" Kyle asked and Theresa nodded before picking up one of the cards that she had drawn.
"Sorry guys but I'm about to swat that moth!" Theresa said as she played the card she had drawn. "I activate Heavy Storm and I use it to clear the field and most importantly destroy Big Bang Shot!" Theresa announced and Rachel's eyes widened as a storm washed over the field…..
"Guess again, I chain my trap card Magic Jammer!" Kyle announced as his trap card flipped up and he discarded a card from his hand. "Now unless you have something like Seven Tools of the Bandit your Spell Card is negated." Kyle announced as the storm subsided. "Nice try."
"Fine, I set a card facedown and end my turn." Theresa set the card and Rachel breathed a sigh of relief before drawing her card.
"It's my own Magic Planter, with this I can destroy DNA Surgery and get to draw two more cards, only thing is that I will lose my combo and Insect Barrier will just take up a spot in my Spell/Trap Card zone." Rachel thought before frowning. "On the other hand with a monster as strong as Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth on the field how can we lose?"
"Err, Rachel, are you going to make a move sometime today?" Brandon asked and Rachel nodded before playing her card.
"Yeah I am, and my move starts with my own copy of Magic Planter!" Rachel played the card and her copy of DNA Surgery shattered and once the monsters who were transformed by the trap card returned to normal Rachel drew twice.
"I guess what Kyle said about not needing their combo any more got to her." Theresa thought as Rachel looked over her cards.
"Ultimate Great Moth, attack D.D…" Rachel never finished her sentence as her commands where cut off by a loud roar. "What the….."
"I activated Threatening Roar, that what!" Theresa said as he sent her trap to the graveyard. "And unless you have another copy of Mischief of the Time Goddess you can't attack until your next turn."
"Yeah but what I can do is set two cards facedown." Rachel announced as her two traps appeared behind her moth. "And end my turn at that." Rachel announced and Brandon drew his card.
"I sacrifice D.D. Scout Plane to summon Beast of Talwar!" Brandon played the card and the small plane vanished, in its place stood the green, winged, twin scythe wielding demon (6/2400/2150).
"So? That monster may be stronger than D.D. Scout plane but it's still weaker than our moth!" Kyle pointed out before realizing something. "Wait, that thing's in attack mode?!"
"Your right but before I do anything else I activate this!" Brandon announced as he played the card. "I activate Pot of Avarice!" Brandon played the card and picked up Caius, Dark Crusader and the three cards he discarded for Dark Crusader's effect before shuffling them into his deck and drawing two cards.
"Don't get used to those cards!" Rachel said as her trap card flipped up. "I activate Null and Void, and since this trap seems to be a favorite of yours I doubt I have to explain what it does to you."
"You're right, you don't." Brandon said as he sent his cards to the graveyard. "But I have to thank you for that." Brandon added before retrieving the two cards revealing them to be Maiden of Macabre and Don Zaaloog. "Not only are these cards dead draws since I've already used up my normal summon this turn but you just gave me enough monsters to summon Dark Armed Dragon!
"Shit!" Kyle gulped as Brandon played the card and the massive dragon appeared on the field with a growl (7/2800/2100).
"It gets better, for us at least!" Brandon announced as he retrieved D.D. Scout Plane from the graveyard. "By banishing one Dark-Type monster from my graveyard I can destroy one monster on the field and I think it's pretty obvious which one I'm targeting." Brandon said as the massive dragon rose its tail up…..
"I activate my trap Breakthrough Skill!" Kyle announced as the trap flipped up. "With this I can negate the effect of one monster on your side of the field and negate its effect for the rest of the turn." Kyle announced as he sent the trap to the graveyard.
"Fine, you brought yourself some time for now." Brandon conceded before turning to Kyle. "But I can still do some damage, Beast of Talwar, attack Rare Metal Dragon!" Brandon commanded and the two monsters charged at each other, Rare Metal Dragon impaled Beast of Talwar on its horn before Beast of Talwar slashed him across the chest destroying both monsters.
"I still have my captain!" Kyle said nervously and Brandon smirked.
"Not for long, Dark Armed Dragon attack Marauding Captain!" Brandon commanded and the dragon rose its tail up before crushing the warrior bringing Kyle's life-points down to 6400. "That ends my turn." Brandon announced and once D.D. Scout Plane was back on the field Kyle drew his card.
"I'd better get rid of his dragon fast!" Kyle thought before turning to Rachel. "Can I borrow Ultimate Great Moth?"
"Go for it." Rachel responded with a nod as the giant moth once again flew over to Kyle's side of the field.
"Thanks, now Ultimate Great Moth, attack Dark Armed Dragon!" Kyle commanded and the moth took flight again….only for the subsequent gust of wind to be blocked by a strange small fiend that was white in color and had a big grin on its face (1/0/0). "What the….."
"This is another card I picked up yesterday, Damage Collector, when I level 7 or higher Dark Type monster would be destroyed in battle I can negate the attack by Special Summoning him and if damage would've been applied then it gets a Collection Counter." Brandon explained as a small white orb appeared above the small white fiend.
"Fine, I'll end my turn at that!" Kyle announced and Brandon drew his card. "If you're getting any ideas about using Dark Armed Dragon's effect then don't, I discard the Tuner Monster Effect Veilor from my hand to negate Dark Armed Dragon's effect!" Kyle announced as he sent the monster to the graveyard.
"That's fine by me because I wasn't planning on using it anyway." Brandon announced earning confused looks from the other duelists. "I sacrifice Damage Collector to summon an old friend, Caius, The Shadow Monarch!"
"Oh shit!" Kyle gulped as the small fiend vanished and in its place stood the mighty shadow monarch (62400/1000). "Well, at least we didn't learn what that counter does." Kyle said with a nervous laugh.
"You're wrong there but first I think it's about time we swatted that overgrown fly!" Brandon announced as Caius launched a ball of dark energy at the moth destroying it. "Now where was I? Oh yeah, you see if Damage Collector has a Collection token on him when he's removed from the field by methods other than being destroyed in battle than the opponent takes the card that attacked in the first place's attack as damage."
"Wait, what?!" Kyle protested before he and Rachel winced as their life-points dropped to 3900 and 4300 respectively. "That effect's too powerful!"
"Actually it's not, in exchange for using that effect we have to skip our next draw phases." Brandon said before sighing. "It's been a good duel guys but you relied on that moth too much."
"This coming from the guy who's deck revolves around summoning Dark Armed Dragon?" Rachel asked and Brandon sweat-dropped.
"Good point, now Caius, Dark Armed Dragon, attack Rachel's life-points directly!" Brandon announced and Rachel braced herself as the two monsters prepared their attacks, the attacks hit in the order Brandon commanded them bringing Rachel's life-points down to zero. "I end my turn and I'll leave it too Theresa to finish the job." Brandon announced and Theresa nodded.
"Brandon, can I borrow your monsters?" Theresa asked and Brandon nodded. "Kyle, if it helps I take no pleasure in eliminating you and Rachel this early."
"Thanks but the fact that we were able to hold our own against two of the best students in the school is enough for me." Kyle said honestly and Theresa nodded.
"Caius, Dark Armed Dragon, finish it!" Theresa commanded and the two monsters launched their attacks at Kyle bringing his life-points down to zero.
"Here are the winners of the match, Theresa Daniels and Brandon Thomas!" Martin announced and the crowd cheered. "That's all the duels for today but the tournament will continue tomorrow where we'll see Kimberly and Nathan Troy take on Beth McKenzie and Tommy Marlow and Lance Alvers and Evan Grant take on Jason York and Nikki Tryon."
"I didn't think the first day off dueling would finish so quickly." Chelsea admitted as she picked up her laptop and followed Chloe out of the main duel arena. "Before you know it we'll be dueling next."
"Yeah, well, hopefully we'll have better luck than Rachel and Kyle." Chloe said as the two girls left the stadium. "Still can't believe they managed to pull that off."
"Yeah, same here, if someone had told me last week that someone from our dorm would summon Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth I would've been laughing for the rest of the day." Chelsea said honestly as she put her hands in her pockets. "So what will we do now?"
"I don't know; chill out in the dorm room I guess?" Chloe shrugged as she turned to her roommate. "It's not like Duel Academy does classes at night anyway."
"True but then again classes where off for today because of the tournament." Chelsea said before glancing towards Theresa and Brandon who were discussing their duel whilst shuffling their decks. "If we beat Donny and Drake on Wednesday then I'm not looking forward to facing them."
"Yeah, not to mention the fact that we didn't see much of Theresa's deck." Chloe agreed as they headed to the backstage area, they saw Damien and Andreas discussing their match whilst walking towards the two girls. "That was a great duel guys." Chloe complemented them and the two boys looked up.
"Thank you, good luck in your match." Andreas said with a nod before walking off. "I'd love to stay and chat but I need to prepare my deck for the next round."
"I'll catch up with you Andreas." Damien called after him and Andreas nodded before walking off. "Chloe, you got a minute?"
"Sure." Chloe shrugged before turning to Chelsea. "See you back at the dorm Chelsea."
"Likewise." Chelsea nodded before turning around and walking off, Chloe turned to Damien and frowned.
"So, what's up?" Chloe asked as she folded her arms. "The last time I saw you you where one of Otto's buddies."
"Yeah well, Otto lost a lot of friends with the stunts he pulled during the Battle City Semi-Finals, even some of his most stubborn friends turned on him after they heard that he had destroyed your deck." Damien answered before sighing. "I know our first meeting back at the boat didn't exactly leave a good impression off me on you so I want to apologize for that."
"Wait, really?" Chloe asked as she looked at Damien skeptically. "Are you sure?"
"I'm sure, besides that you're not the only one who was abused as a kid." Damien said before pointing to his scar. "That's how I got this." Damien added and Chloe bit her lip as she thought back to their first meeting on the boat.
"Apology accepted, but that doesn't mean I won't go easy on you if we meet in the next round." Chloe answered eventually and Damien smirked.
"I was hoping you wouldn't." Damien said before walking off. "See you around Chloe."
"Yeah, see you." Chloe called after him before leaving the main building. "After my recent Orichalcos duel I welcome a friendly match any day of the week." Chloe thought as she made her way to the Osiris Red Girl's Dorm.
*elsewhere*
The students and the teachers weren't the only duelists watching the opening round of the Tag Team Tournament as Victor Santiago was watching the match from his office via the video cameras had set up.
"And the award for most predictable duel goes to….." Jack trailed off as Theresa finished off Kyle with Caius and Dark Armed Dragon. "We should make another move against them before the tournament ends, those rare cards are bound to strengthen any deck off our targets."
"In due time Jack, in due time." Victor answered before his phone went off and he answered it. "Juliana, I said that I didn't want to be disturbed."
"Sorry sir but it's an urgent call from Dr. Schwartz down in R&D, he says it's something that you'll want to hear as soon as possible." Juliana answered and Victor frowned.
"Put him through." Victor answered before waiting a few minutes.
"Victor, I know you said that you didn't want to be disturbed but this is a breakthrough in harnessing the power of the Orichalcos." An old German accent rang out and Victor frowned. "You may remember that several souls where destroyed during Battle City."
"What about it?" Victor asked as he listened to Dr. Schwartz's explanation, his frowned turned into an evil grin as he thought of the possibilities. "How soon can you get it done?"
"This evening but the target will have to be asleep first." Dr. Schwartz answered before pausing. "Do you have any soul in mind for this experiment?"
"Just the one, make sure that he's using a particular deck as well." Victor answered as his grin grew wider. "As for the target….." Victor trailed off as he started to laugh evily.