It had been a long weekend for Duel Academy for a number of reasons.
The teachers were hard at work trying to get the new students settled into their respective dorms whilst keeping the students who had been with the school longer under control, not easy with students like Thomas Newborne, Cameron Matthews or Jessica Stevens in Obelisk Blue or students with Chelsea Cunningham's temper but they managed.
The fact that three student's souls had been claimed by the Orichalcos wasn't helping matters.
"Yes, yes, I know Mrs. Prince; we are doing everything we can for your daughter." Martin said with a sigh into the phone receiver. "No, I assure you that pulling her out of Duel Academy and moving her to a different dueling school would just be a rash move and I'm sure that your daughter would agree with me once she gets better." Martin added and the only thing he heard for several seconds was the hung up noise, Martin sighed before putting the phone down. "If these Orichalcos attacks keep up I'll have to consider early retirement, I've heard Florida is lovely this time of year." Martin thought as he ran a hand down his face.
"Err, sir." Martin's new secretary, a young woman with long red hair in a ponytail and blue eyes dressed in casual wear, said into the phone receiver. "I know you're busy but there's a phone call for you from the Technician's Office."
"Thank you Misty, patch them through." Martin thanked her and the secretary did so. "Either there's been a duel disk malfunction or they've made some progress with that laptop Chloe Richardson found after that tag duel on Tuesday." Martin thought before answering it. "What is it?"
"Sir, this isn't anything to worry about but we've found an anomaly with one of the new student's duel disks." The technician answered and Martin nodded. "It seems that Chakra Silvers has configured her duel disk to the OCG Banlist so that she can run Ultimate Offering in her deck."
"I see." Martin responded with a frown. "Has she fought anyone yet?"
"Yes, she fought Osiris Red's Jason Hutchins in a duel which she ultimately won." The technician answered and Martin nodded. "She's about to duel another Osiris Red Student, Chloe Richardson, it's too late for us to intervene."
"Very well, I'll send Tracy to the duel field in twenty minutes that should be more than enough time for the two girls to finish their duel." Martin answered before hanging up. "I know the emergency banlist hit a lot of decks at this school, mine included, but I made it clear in the rules that whenever I2 releases different banlists for the TCG and OCG the school will always stick to the TCG banlist." Martin thought as he retrieved his deck from a drawer in his desk. "I'll advise Tracy to not punish Chakra too severely as it is her first weekend with the academy but a firm warning should dissuade her from trying this again."
*meanwhile at the Obelisk Blue Duel Field*
"Err, are we sure Chloe can hold her own against Chakra?" Marcus asked as he scratched his head. "She's good, don't get me wrong but she wiped the floor with Jason!"
"You realize I'm sitting right next to you, right Marcus?" Jason asked as he folded his arms. "Off course Chloe will win, she came in third at Battle City and whilst that was a few months ago you gotta think that she's improved her deck since then."
"She has, more than a few times actually." Theresa answered with a nod. "One of her biggest problems early on was that whilst she was a good duelist her deck building skills left some things to be desired, with my help she's improved a lot in that area."
"And my help as well, off course." Lance said with a grin. "Oh come on, with the amount of times Chloe's visited my room…get your heads out of the gutter now before I remove them with a crowbar…." Lance warned them and the other students started whistling innocently well besides Brandon and Theresa who instead gave Lance a knowing look. "I've seen her deck more than a few times and I've helped her improve it."
"Yes, and I'm sure that's not all you did whilst she was in your room." Andreas commented with a smirk and Lance glared at him.
"Andreas, do you really want me to start talking about your relationship with Nicola?" Lance asked and Andreas quickly shut up. "I thought so."
"Do they always bicker like old people?" Chakra asked Chloe who was watching her bickering friends whilst a progressively larger sweat-drop rolled down her head.
"Usually when it comes to whether or not I'm dating Lance, which I'm not." Chloe answered as the two duelists drew their opening hands. "Okay, since the whole "Ladies First" thing would be kind off redundant at the moment how are we going to decide who goes first?" Chloe asked and Chakra thought for a moment.
"For the sake of continuity I'll go first." Chakra answered as she drew her first card. "Excellent, I have Silver Dungeon and Silver Pot of Chains in my hand; this should go as easily as my duel against Jason!" Chakra thought before playing a card. "I activate the Field Spell Card Silver Dungeon and I'll chain it to Silver Pot of Chains!"
"She's using this combo again? At least I know what to expect from those Spell Cards thanks to Jason's duel against her." Chloe thought as Chakra drew two cards and the scenery changed to the silver dungeon.
"Now to continue my move I'll set two cards facedown and a monster in defense mode!" Chakra announced as the three set cards appeared on the field. "And I end my turn at that."
"How naïve does she think I am?" Chloe thought as she drew her card. "I saw her duel against Jason and the only monster she set during that whole duel was Emperor Sem, if she thinks I'm falling for the same trick he did then I'm going to have to disappoint her." Chloe thought with a grin. "Sorry Chakra but I may be coming up to my first year anniversary as a duelist but I know a predictable move when I see it! I set my own monster in defense mode and end my turn." Chloe set the monster down and Chakra frowned before drawing her card.
"You think Chloe made the right move by calling her bluff?" Jason asked the others who simply shrugged their shoulders in response.
"Who knows? If she's right then she just saved herself some life-point damage." Lance responded as he watched the duel. "If she's wrong and that facedown monster was something else entirely then she might be in trouble."
"Chloe, I'm going to be honest with you." Chakra said as she added the card she had drawn to her hand. "You really should've attacked."
"Huh? But your facedown monster…." Chloe trailed off and Chakra grinned.
"You were expecting Emperor Sem? Sorry but I don't even have that monster in my hand!" Chakra said as she flipped her monster up revealing it to be Combo Fighter (4/1600/400). "And whilst my Silver Dungeon won't work on your face down card that won't stop me from doing some chains! I activate my trap card Generation Shift! We this I destroy Combo Fighter and add another Combo Fighter to my hand, but not before I chain it to my other trap card Ultimate Offering…." Chakra said before wincing as her life-points dropped to 7500. "I'll pay 500 life-points to summon another Combo Fighter!" Chakra explained before another Combo Fighter appeared on the field and the second one vanished, Chakra then picked up and searched through her deck before adding the monster she was looking for and adding it to her hand before shuffling her deck.
"What was the point of that? All you did was use your cards to destroy one Combo Fighter and summon another!" Chloe pointed out and Chakra grinned.
"Maybe but why not, it did its job did it not? It caused a chain didn't it?" Chakra asked and Chloe's eyes narrowed. "But more importantly my Combo Fighter can now attack twice during the Battle Phase that's starting now! Combo Fighter, attack her facedown monster!" Chakra commanded and the monster charged towards Chloe's monster which was revealed to be Apprentice Magician (2/400/800) which was quickly destroyed.
"I use Apprentice Magician's effect to Special Summon another magician from my deck!" Chloe announced before picking up and searching through her deck, once she found the card she was looking for she set it down on the field and shuffled her deck.
"Using Apprentice Magician's effect to get around the fact that Combo Fighter can attack twice? Not bad, Combo Fighter, attack the second Magician!" Chakra commanded and the fighter charged towards Chloe's monster…..which ended up being Old Vindictive Magician (2/450/600). "You said you summoned another Apprentice Magician!"
"Actually I said I was using her to summon another Magician, never said anything about it being another Apprentice Magician!" Chloe pointed out as Old Vindictive Magician cast a spell at Combo Fighter as he kicked the old man in the chest destroying them both. "You're not the only one who can bluff Chakra and my bluff just cost you one of your best monsters!"
"My deck doesn't just rely on one monster like yours does!" Chakra countered before picking up and playing a card. "But just to be on the safe side I'll bring out my third Combo Fighter!" Chakra played the card and the red haired warrior returned to the field. "I set one card facedown and end my turn."
"My deck doesn't just rely on one monster Chakra." Chloe said as she drew her card. "True, my best monster is Silent Magician Level 8 but encase you've forgotten my deck is half Spellcaster, half Warrior and my warriors have a powerhouse backing them up too!"
"Let me guess, Colossal Fighter?" Chakra asked and Chloe's eyes narrowed. "You may not have gotten the chance to use him during the Semi-Finals but that monster's a staple of any Synchro Deck that has warriors in it!"
"Yeah, I run that card and if you want to face off against both of my strongest monsters I'd be happy to oblige!" Chloe answered before looking at her hand. "Oh man, Arcane Barrier? This would've been so useful last turn!" Chloe thought with a frown. "Well, no time like the present I guess!" Chloe thought before playing it. "I activate my Continuous Spell Card Arcane Barrier!"
"That's a rather mistimed draw isn't it?" Chakra asked as the Spell Card appeared on the field. "If you had drawn that card last turn it would have two counters already!"
"Trust me, I know." Chloe responded with an annoyed look on her face. "Now I summon Magician's Valkyria!" Chloe played the card and the brunette spellcaster appeared on the field (4/1600/1800). "And I…." Chloe went to end her turn but stopped. "Ultimate Offering can be used by both players but will it even work on my disk?"
"Are you asking because of the banlist?" Silent Magician asked and Chloe nodded. "Hard to say, officially the banlist won't come into effect until tomorrow morning US Time."
"Well, I'd better take a chance." Chloe thought before wincing as her life-points dropped to 7500. "I use your Ultimate Offering's effect to Normal Summon another Spellcaster, Night's End Sorcerer in attack mode!" Chloe played the card and the young magician appeared on the field (2/1300/400). "Okay, her only monster is that fighter and as it stands Valkyria is the only monster on my side of the field that can defeat him; on the other hand I don't want to risk a Synchro Summon because of that facedown card." Chloe thought as she made up her mind. "I end my turn."
"Did she really just use Ultimate Offering's effect?" Chelsea wondered out loud as she face palmed. "Does Chloe really want to get in trouble again?!"
"I couldn't tell you for sure, if I could read minds I'd be the Battle City Champ by now." Theresa answered with a frown. "Still if she wanted to do a Synchro Summon she's missed her chance unless she has Urgent Tuning facedown."
"Well if she wanted to set up a Synchro Summon why stop at one monster?" Andreas asked with a shrug. "Ultimate Offering's effect can be used more than once and five-hundred life-points? That's nothing this early in the game."
"You do have a point there." Theresa admitted with a nod. "Then again Chloe does have Level Six Synchros in her extra deck, she just rarely gets a chance to use them."
"You really should've attacked or performed a Synchro Summon and then attacked when you had the chance." Chakra said as she drew her card. "But you missed out on an opportunity that you'll never get back! Combo Fighter, attack….." Chakra's command was cut off by an ear piercing screech that caused Combo Fighter to clutch his ears in pain. "What the…."
"Command Silencer, since you just declared an attack this card negates it and I get to draw a new card out of the deal." Chloe explained as she drew a card. "And even if you had attacked Magician's Valkyria would've taken the hit for Night's End Sorcerer thanks to her effect."
"Ah yes, I had almost forgotten about that since it's a rather old card." Chakra commented before shaking her head. "No matter, I'll simply enter my second Main Phase and activate my facedown cards, Chain Heal and Chain Detonation, whilst chaining Silver Pot of Chains from my hand!" Chakra played the cards and sighed as her life-points increased to 8500 whilst Chloe winced as her life-points dropped to 6800, once that was done Chakra drew three cards. "And now the effect of my Field Spell activates! I believe I'll use it to weaken your Valkyria!" Chakra announced as several chains sprung up from the ground beneath Magician's Valkyria ensnaring her and bringing her attack and defense points down to 13000 and 1500 respectively.
"Why didn't you just do that to begin with?" Chloe asked with a frown as she drew her card. "That is unless you wanted to lure out one of my facedowns!"
"You got it on your first try, that's not bad for someone who only got an average score on the written test when she applied here." Chakra commented and Chloe's eyes narrowed.
"How do you even know about that? I took that test a few months ago and I'm pretty confident that if I took it again I'd do a lot better on it now." Chloe pointed out and Chakra shook her head.
"I have no doubt about that but if you must know I originally applied at the same time as you, Chelsea, Lance, Rajin and all the other students did." Chakra explained as her eyes narrowed. "I did well on the written exam but I failed the test duel, I never drew Silver Dungeon, not even once!" Chakra said as her eyes narrowed. "They said try again in a few months so I did and….well you can see the results for yourself." Chakra added and Chloe frowned before smirking.
"Well, it seems your deck DOES have a weakness." Chloe said as her grin grew wider. "And I know about it all thanks to you!"
"What do you mean?" Chakra asked and Chloe grinned.
"Your Field Spell, you just said that you failed your first test duel because you never drew it once and judging by that it's pretty clear to me that without it your deck's up the creek without a paddle." Chloe said with a huge grin. "So, am I right or am I wrong?" Chloe asked and Chakra hesitated before sighing in resignation.
"It's true, without the Field Spell my deck loses a lot of its power." Chakra answered with a frown. "The real question is can you destroy it?"
"It's a field spell, a powerful one don't get me wrong but still just a Field Spell, and I don't remember you mentioning any effects that prevent destruction during your duel with Jason." Chloe pointed out and Chakra said nothing. "Destroying it should be a piece of cake!"
"Yes but I never got a chance to use all of its effects during that duel." Chakra thought to herself as she looked over her field. "By the time she draws something like Mystical Space Typhoon I'll be ready." Chakra thought before picking up two cards. "I set two cards facedown and end my turn."
"And since she drew three cards during that move her Pot of Chain's side effect will kick in next turn." Chloe thought as she drew her card. "It's likely that those facedown cards are more chain cards, likely something to destroy my facedowns." Chloe thought before making her move. "I move Night's End Sorcerer and Magician's Valkyria to defense mode." Chloe announced as her two Spellcasters crouched down, Valkyria had some difficulty due to the chains but she managed it. "And I set another monster in defense mode to end my turn."
"Playing it safe hmmm, we'll see how long that helps you!" Chakra said as she drew her card. "First off the side effect of Silver Pot of Chains activates, I currently have six cards in my hand forcing me to mill six cards from my deck." Chakra said before grinning. "But first I'll chain another card to its effect, my facedown card Pharaoh's Treasure!"
"And that will now be shuffled into your deck face-up." Chloe commented and Chakra nodded.
"But not before I add another link to the chain, Chain Summoning!" Chakra announced as she played the card from her hand. "This Spell Card can only be activated at Chain Link 3 or higher and it allows me to have up to three Normal Summons this turn."
"You're kidding, right?" Chloe asked with a gulp and Chakra grinned.
"No but you'll wish I was! Now that the chain has resolved my Field Spell's effect activates." Chakra said as she milled six cards and shuffled her trap card into her deck. "And I'll target Night's End Sorcerer." Chakra added as chains ensnared the young sorcerer bringing his attack and defense scores down to one thousand and one hundred respectively. "Now for my first two summons I bring out two Emperor Sems." Chakra announced as the two smoke like fiends appeared on the field (4/1300/2200). "But I don't intend to use their effects this time around, instead I'm using them as tribute fodder for my third summon!"
"That doesn't sound good!" Chloe gulped and Chakra grinned as the two fiends vanished from the field.
"Just be glad that you had the foresight to move your monsters into defense mode." Chakra said as she played the card. "I summon Lightning Punisher!" Chakra played the card and a new monster appeared on the field, it was a tall slender but toned man with tanned skin and lightning blue spiked up hair, he was wearing a skin tight black and white outfit with a purple gemstone in the center (7/2600/1600). "Now I would explain its effect but I can't, not just yet anyway, but since there was a chain link of two or higher during my main phase my Combo Fighter can attack twice."
"Yeah, that part I know." Chloe said with a gulp as her monsters braced themselves.
"Good luck doing anything about it! Combo Fighter, attack Magician's Valkyria!" Chakra commanded and the monster charged towards Valkyria before kicking her in the chest destroying her. "Now that Valkyria has been destroyed you must mill three cards."
"I know that." Chloe said as she quickly milled three cards, one of them caught her attention and she frowned. "Silent Magician Level Eight, better hope that my copy of Level Modulation doesn't get milled when she destroys Night's End Sorcerer." Chloe thought as Combo Fighter turned his attention to Night's End Sorcerer.
"Combo Fighter, attack Night's End Sorcerer!" Chakra commanded and the monster charged towards the young sorcerer before kicking him in the chest and destroying him. "You know what to do." Chakra commented as Chloe milled the cards. "Your turn Lightning Punisher, attack her facedown monster!" Chakra commanded and the monster charged towards Chloe's facedown monster…..and Chloe grinned.
"You would've been better off using Combo Fighter to attack my facedown monster!" Chloe said as the monster appeared on the field revealing it to be a tall warrior carrying a large axe and dressed in Barbarian Garb.
"That looks like Axe Raider!" Chakra commented as the monster held off the attack from Lightning Punisher sending him stumbling back to Chakra's side of the field.
"That's because he is Axe Raider, well actually he's Expert Axe Raider (4/1700/1150), a retrained version of Axe Raider that can survive attacks from monsters with more than two thousand attack points." Chloe explained with a grin. "As for why I didn't try to destroy Combo Fighter with him, well I didn't trust your facedown cards and I still don't!"
"Fine, I'll just correct that mistake next turn!" Chakra said before looking over her field and her hand. "I end my turn at that." Chakra announced and Chloe drew her card.
"Not Level Modulation but with this I can put a major dent in her strategy!" Chloe thought before playing the card. "I activate Mystical Space Typhoon and I use it to destroy Silver Dungeon!" Chloe announced and Chakra's eyes widened as a storm washed over the field sending her dungeon crumbling into ruins. "And that means no more milling for me!"
"We'll see how long that lasts." Chakra said with a frown and Chloe grinned.
"And I'm not done! I summon Knight Hunger Monger in attack mode!" Chloe said as a new monster appeared on the field, it was a knight with long blonde hair in a ponytail that seems to have two stomachs and tiny legs (4/1000/1600).
"You know there are monster designs that make you wonder just what the designers at I2 where smoking when they created the card, that card's one of them!" Chelsea commented with a large sweat-drop rolling down her head.
"I'll admit it looks silly but that's not important." Chloe admitted before gulping. "I use my two monsters to construct an overlay network."
"Wait, since when did she have XYZ Monsters?" Theresa asked as she turned to Chelsea.
"She's had them since this morning when we found out about the banlist." Chelsea answered as the two warriors transformed into white orbs of light. "She's apparently been looking for an excuse to buy some and the banlist gave her that excuse!"
"She realizes that she could've just called her dad, right?" Tyler asked and Chelsea shook her head.
"It was pretty much a last minute decision anyway." Chelsea responded as Chloe retrieved a card from her extra deck.
"I use my two monsters to XYZ Summon Comics Hero King Arthur!" Chloe played the card and a new monster appeared on the field, it was another knight but he was muscular and had gold and silver armor (Rank: 4/2400/1200). "I'll get to his effect later but first I have a pain in the ass monster to destroy, Arthur, attack Combo Fighter!" Chloe commanded and the monster charged towards Combo Fighter before cutting him in half with his sword bringing Chakra's life-points down to 7300.
"You may have destroyed Combo Fighter but he was hardly my best monster." Chakra responded as she sent her monster to the graveyard. "And that was a wasted effort in any case, your knight may be strong but Lightning Punisher is stronger!"
"We'll see about that." Chloe said before looking over her hand. "I end my turn at that." Chloe announced and Chakra drew her card. "At least with Silver Dungeon destroyed I won't have to worry about my monster being weakened."
"That card I just drew is Pharaoh's Treasure so I send it to the graveyard and I draw another card, but not before chaining Silver Pot of Chains from my hand and my facedown card Mystical Wind Typhoon!" Chakra explained as a storm washed over the field destroying Chloe's facedown and she drew four cards. "And now Lightning Punisher's effect activates, since I just performed a three link chain I can destroy one card on the opponent's side of the field and I only see one!" Chakra explained as the monster charged forward…..
"Nice try but I chain its effect with Effect Veiler!" Chloe announced as she discarded the card. "And now your monster's effects are negated." Chloe added…..only to be taken aback as Chakra started laughing.
"That's just what I was hoping for! I chain Effect Veiler's effect with a Spell Card that you should be familiar with." Chakra said as she played a card that she had drawn. "The Field Spell Card known as Silver Dungeon!"
"Wait, what?!" Chloe yelled out as the scenery changed to the silver dungeon again. "I think your duel disk is on the fritz because there's no way that should've worked!"
"You know it's funny, the test proctor said the exact same thing when I used this effect against him." Chakra responded with a grin. "Silver Dungeon has a one of a kind effect when it comes to Field Spells, it can be activated at Spell Speed 2!"
"That's a joke, right?" Chloe said with a gulp. "A card can't be that broken, right?"
"Look around you and see for yourself." Chakra responded with a grin as Lightning Punisher doubled over in pain. "You may have negated Lightning Punisher's effect but you've allowed me to bring back my dungeon in the process and whilst I can't use the Dungeon's effect since the chain involved the card Lightning Punisher is still stronger than your XYZ Monster!" Chakra responded as Lightning Punisher charged towards Arthur…..
"In that case I activate my monster's effect!" Chloe said as she sent Knight Hunger Monger to the graveyard. "If my monster would be destroyed in battle I can detach one material from him instead, and as an added bonus he also gains five hundred attack points whilst you lose five hundred life-points!" Chloe explained as the knight fought off Lightning Punisher and sent it back to Chakra's side of the field, as it did his attack increased to 2900 and Chakra's life-points dropped to 6800. "But that's not all, when Knight Hunger Monger is sent to the graveyard to be used for an XYZ Monster's effect his effect activates letting me Special Summon a Level 3 or lower monster from my hand."
"And what good would that do you? You only have two cards in your hand." Chakra pointed out as Chloe played the card.
"That maybe the case but I'm using my Knight's effect to special summon Dash Warrior in defense mode!" Chloe played the card and a large red robot appeared on the field (3/600/1200). "Is it my move yet?" Chloe asked and Chakra nodded before drawing her card. "Great, she has Silver Dungeon back on the field and that was my only copy of MST." Chloe thought as she looked at her drawn card. "This could be more trouble than it's worth with that Dungeon's effect but with the low amount of cards in my hand I can use the boost!" Chloe thought before playing the card.
"Spellbook inside the Pot, I had heard that many duelists had started using that thing after I2 banned Card of Sanctity following Battle City." Chakra commented as she and Chloe drew three cards. "You realize that that move helped me as well?"
"Maybe but it was worth it." Chloe said as she retrieved Spellbook inside the Pot from her graveyard. "I remove Spellbook inside the Pot from play so I can Special Summon Spell Striker!" Chloe played the card and the small cartoonish warrior appeared on the field (3/600/200). "And for my normal summon I bring out the tuner monster Torapart!" Chloe played the card and the strange Spellcaster like warrior appeared on the field (2/600/600).
"Two warriors and a machine monster, what on earth are you trying to summon exactly?" Chakra asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Well for starters, despite all appearances Dash Warrior is a Warrior type monster." Chloe answered as the three warriors leapt into the air and Torapart dissolved into two green Synchro Rings that surrounded the other warriors. "And as for what I plan to summon, why don't I show you? I tune Torapart, Dash Warrior and Spell Striker together to Synchro Summon Colossal Fighter!" Chloe played the card and once the bright flash faded the best warrior monster in her deck appeared on the field (8/2800/1000). "Now let's do the math, I have nine warriors in my graveyard, the three monsters I used in Colossal Fighter's summoning, Knight Hunger Monger and the monsters you made me mill with your Field Spell, and I could tell from here that Combo Fighter is a warrior type as well and you have three of them in your graveyard."
"You are correct." Chakra conceded as Colossal Fighter's attack points increased to 4100.
"And your graveyard's about to have one more warrior in it, Arthur, attack Lightning Punisher!" Chloe commanded and the knight charged towards Lightning Punisher before cutting it in half bringing Chakra's life-points down to 7100. "Wait, why hasn't my Colossal Fighter's attack increased, Lightning Punisher's a warrior isn't it?"
"Actually it's not, it's a Thunder Type." Chakra answered as she braced herself.
"Not like it matters, Colossal Fighter, attack her life-points directly!" Chloe commanded and the fighter charged towards Chakra before punching her in the stomach and bringing her life-points down to 3000. "Looks like that the tide's turned in my favor but I have one more card to play." Chloe said as she played it. "And it's called Level Modulation!"
"When did you send Level Monsters to the graveyard exactly?" Chakra asked before it hit her. "When I forced you to mill cards a Level Monster must've been among them!"
"And this card in question happens to be my best Spellcaster!" Chloe added as she played the card. "Come on out Silent Magician Level 8!" Chloe played the card and her ace monster appeared on the field (8/3500/1000). "Since my Spell Card's effect prevents her from attacking your safe for another turn but I pretty much have the match won, don't I?"
"There won't be a next turn." Tracy's voice rang out as the holograms shut down and the two students looked up and saw Tracy standing there with Maria behind her. "Chakra, you know Ultimate Offering is banned on the TCG list."
"Oh yes, the same list that crippled nearly every deck at this school and forced the students to buy new cards to replace the banned ones because the school prefers that list for no stated reason." Chakra said as she rolled her eyes. "Ultimate Offering is one of the best cards in my deck and you expect me to take it out?"
"That's exactly what I expect." Tracy said with a frown. "Come with me, you're going to have your duel disk reconfigured unless you want to be the first student in Duel Academy history who gets an expulsion duel on her first weekend at the academy." Tracy added and Chakra bit her lip before sighing in resignation and following Tracy out of the duel field. "As for you Chloe, I'll let Maria handle you." Tracy said before walking off, Chloe sighed in annoyance as she sat down on the edge of the duel field.
"I use that card's effect once and it gets the duel cancelled?!" Chloe asked with an annoyed grunt as Maria turned to her. "I wasn't even sure if it was going to work or not!"
"You still used it." Maria said as she sat down next to her. "Considering it was a minor offense I'll let you off but don't make a habit of it."
"You know what? I agree with Chakra." Lance said as he approached them. "Why the hell does this school insists on using the TCG List when it damages so many decks at this school?!"
"It's not just this school young man, all duel monsters training centers are required by I2 to adhere to the TCG list." Maria answered before turning her attention back to Chloe. "Like I said I'll let you off with a warning this time but don't let it happen again." Maria said before standing up and leaving the students alone.
"So, err, how you feeling after that?" Lance asked as he approached Chloe.
"How do you think?" Chloe asked as she turned to him. "That would've been my first victory against an Obelisk Blue student since my match against Thomas Newborne a couple of months ago, why couldn't she just let me finish the duel?"
"If I had known that they were there." Lance said with an annoyed sigh. "I would've tried to persuade them to give you a chance to finish the duel."
"Chakra's not stupid it's likely that she was on the verge of surrendering when Tracy stopped the duel." Theresa commented as she approached the two of them. "But the fact that you used Ultimate Offering's effect is pretty bad."
"Ugh, she was the one who activated it and I only used its effect once, all of my other summons were either Special Summons or normal summons." Chloe grunted in annoyance as she hopped off the duel field. "I need something to take my mind off this, and not a duel either I'd rather do something else for a change."
"Well, I've got the perfect thing then." Chelsea said with a grin as she approached them. "Some of the girls invited me to the hotspring on the east side of the island for a relax and a swim in the lake nearby, maybe you can join me?"
"I don't know it's been ages since I've swam and I don't even know where my swim suits are." Chloe commented and Theresa grinned.
"That's easily rectified; you just have to search for them." Theresa answered with a reassuring grin. "Besides you need something to take your mind off of this whole situation and this seems perfect." Theresa said before frowning. "Or are you worried that someone will see the scar on your arm?"
"Yeah, that's also part of it." Chloe responded with a frown. "Since my match against Otto the only thing the other students at Duel Academy know about my childhood is that it was troubled, I'd rather not have the details be widely known."
"They won't be." Chelsea reassured her with a grin. "We'll figure out a way to keep the scar on your arm from being to visible and it'll be easy to hide whilst your swimming provided you remember how to swim."
"Err, yeah, I had some swimming lessons whilst I was in foster care, shouldn't be too hard to remember." Chloe responded before grinning. "Ah screw it what do I have to lose? Let's do it!"
"That's more like it!" Chelsea said before dragging her roommate off, once the two girls left Lance sighed in annoyance.
"Great, I was this close to asking her but something got in the way again." Lance sighed in annoyance. "Am I ever going to get a chance?"
"You'll get one and hopefully it'll be soon." Theresa responded before getting an idea. "Maybe I can talk them into letting you be on the lookout for any perverts?"
"Wouldn't the other girls think that I'm a pervert?" Lance asked and Theresa shook her head.
"They likely know that your Chloe's friend, and potential boyfriend, so it should be good enough as an explanation." Theresa responded and Lance grinned.
"Okay, guess I'll have to go dig out my swimming trunks." Lance said as he started to leave the duel field. "Thanks Theresa."
"You think it'll work?" Brandon asked as he walked up to Theresa.
"I'm hoping it does, like I said before I've always thought that they'd make a cute couple." Theresa responded as she turned to her boyfriend. "Don't forget, you were in Lance's spot before we upgraded our relationship."
"Yeah, except for the fact that I had no one to go to get advice for such a thing." Brandon responded with a frown. "To this day I'm still not sure how I managed to muster up the courage to ask you."
"Well you did and it worked out great for both of us." Theresa said before noticing that the others had already left. "So what's the plan? We stick around here, play some practice duels or…."
"Some practice duels sound good to me." Brandon responded as he activated his duel disk. "And no I don't have the Yubel cards, they are back in my duel vault and I have no intention of using those things again."
"Good, now shut up and duel me!" Theresa responded before activating her duel disk.
*later on*
It was now getting late and whilst it took some searching but Chloe was able to find a modest bikini that she could wear whilst swimming and in the hotsprings and she, alongside Chelsea, Beth, and several other Osiris Red girls….and Lance.
The girls were currently enjoying a swim in the lake next to the hotsprings whilst Lance was chilling by the pool, even though he doubted that he'd need it he had brought his duel disk along just in case. "You girls okay in there?" Lance asked as he rested his arms behind his head.
"Yeah, the water's great." Chloe called out to him as she swam through the water. "You should join us."
"Nah, I'm okay with just admiring the view…why did I say that out loud?!" Lance asked once realization hit him.
"Oh, enjoying the view are we?" One of the other girls asked with a massive grin on her face. "What do you say girls? Should we pull him in?"
"No, no, I'm fine, really!" Lance asserted with a nervous grin on his face. "At the moment I really don't want to be pulled into a pool full of smoking hot, swimsuit and bikini clad girls, two of whom are a lesbian couple and why am I against this again?"
"You heard him girls!" Chelsea said with a grin as they each grabbed a hold of his legs and dragged him in; Lance quickly emerged from under the water and gave the girls a mock death glare.
"Huh, you weren't kidding, the water is great!" Lance realized as he rested his hands above his head. "And the company isn't bad either." Lance added as he glanced at Chloe. "I didn't realize you were such a strong swimmer."
"Eh, I'm a little rusty; my last swimming lesson was when I was eight years old for crying out loud." Chloe responded with a grin. "So, Lance, what were you going to ask me yesterday?" Chloe asked and Lance blinked before it hit him.
"Oh that." Lance responded with a nod, he looked around to check to see if the other girls were close enough to overhear them and once he saw that they weren't he turned to Chloe. "Well, Chloe, we've known each other for about a year and…."
"PERVERT!" One of the girls yelled out and Lance blinked.
"Oh come on! I'm just talking to Chloe!" Lance protested and Chelsea turned to him.
"It's not you Lance, there's someone lurking in the bushes." Chelsea responded and Lance sighed before getting out of the pool.
"I'll go take care of it, be back in a sec!" Lance responded as he dried himself off and grabbed his duel disk and his cell phone. "Just encase." Lance thought as he ran into the bushes. "Hey, is there anyone there? You realize that the majority of those girls are underage right!" Lance called out to the bushes.
"Lance, first off you've probably scared him off." Chelsea responded as she glanced up from the pool. "Second this is a school so it's likely that he's underage as well and third what do you plan to do with them?"
"Duel whoever's there." Lance shrugged his shoulders. "What can I say? It may be good practice." Lance added before frowning. "Chelsea, on the off chance that the pervert's an Orichalcos Duelist I'll text you, when I do get the others to safety, grab Chloe and come find me, feel free to get dressed first if it makes you feel any better."
"I never thought I'd hear that sentence coming from a straight male's mouth being directed towards a good looking woman like me." Chelsea muttered under her breath before nodding. "Got it, I'll pass the message on to Chloe." Chelsea added and Lance nodded before going into the bushes.
"Walking through the bushes in nothing but my swimming trunks, oh yeah, this is a great idea! I swear if this is a prank by the girls because of my comment earlier…." Lance's train of thought was interrupted when he heard a twig snap. "Who's there?"
"Oh crap, I should've known the girls would have a guy with them." An unfamiliar voice rang out and Lance blinked as a robed figure emerged from the shadows; however Lance's eyes narrowed when he saw the Orichalcos duel disk on his arm.
"You bastards don't know when to quit, do you?" Lance asked as his eyes narrowed. "I beat your leader back at Battle City, why are you guys still floundering about?"
"Phillip Alvers wasn't our true leader he was just the head of the Domino City Branch of our organization and by extension the man behind the failed Battle City operation." The robed figure explained and Lance frowned before grabbing his cell-phone.
"Chelsea, I was right, it's an Orichalcos Duelist, get the others to go to the hotsprings and meet me in the bushes." Lance sent the text before quickly sending another. "And no I won't be naked." Lance put the phone down before turning to the figure. "You have a name?"
"The name's Stanley." The figure said before removing his hood, he was an ugly man with short black hair and blue eyes who had a scar running down his cheek. "And I'm the last duelist you'll ever meet!"
"We'll see about that!" Lance answered back as he activated his duel disk.