"There you are." Damien commented as Andreas came into view, he was outside the duel arena ready to enter one of the competitor's entrances and Andreas had just approached him. "We have a hell of a match to top don't we?"
"Yes and since we're going up against Chloe and Chelsea I'm confident that we can do just that, not to mention win and go through to the next round." Andreas responded with a confident grin. "Are you sure your Blood Pirates can stand against Chloe and Chelsea's decks?"
"Chelsea's Watt deck is strong but its main weakness is the same one as any other Watt deck, she doesn't have that much power in it, not even her Synchros." Damien responded with a confident grin. "Chloe's deck makes up for that but it's too reliant on Silent Magician Level Eight, my deck has power and it has several different monsters at its disposal, we can win this."
"Don't underestimate them." Andreas responded with a frown. "Everyone underestimated Chloe when she went with us to Battle City, even Chloe herself, and she ended up taking third place, Chelsea on the other hand beat Lance in a close duel, something you couldn't do."
"We both know I was using my old deck in that duel!" Damien responded with a growl. "But I guess you have a point there, any other advice?"
"Don't underestimate Chelsea's Watt monsters." Andreas responded as the two boys entered the arena. "Many duelists have done the same thing after all."
*elsewhere*
Whilst the two boys were discussing strategy with one another their opponents where doing the same thing on the other side of the arena, Chelsea was leaning against the wall with her arms crossed as Chloe was going through her deck.
"Okay, we know Andreas's deck focuses on two things, beast monsters and swarming the field with powerful monsters as quickly as possible to get a win." Chelsea said as she looked at her roommate and partner. "I know you have Mirror Force in your deck but do you have anything else that could help us stop that?"
"I have a couple of ideas." Chloe answered as she looked up. "First thing is my Diffusion Wave Motion/Silent Magician/Megamorph combo, since I got my hands on Diffusion Wave Motion it's helped me win a few of my matches."
"I think the only one it didn't win you was your expulsion duel and that was thanks to the fact that Erick had Enchanted Javelin on his side of the field." Chelsea responded with a frown. "Maybe it's just me but if I where Erick I would've used Nutrient Z instead."
"Chelsea, how about we just focus?" Chloe asked and Chelsea nodded. "You have any destruction cards in your deck?"
"Err, Judgment of Thunder, Mirror Force, I had Heavy Storm but, well we both know what happened there." Chelsea responded after thinking for a few minutes. "What about Damien's deck? Do we know anything about that?"
"Only that his card effects are weird and that they seem to focus on Synchro Summoning." Chloe responded as she thought back to the previous duels. "I thought you were going to look up info on that archetype anyway?"
"Unfortunately I didn't have time." Chelsea responded with a frown. "By the time I got back from Maria's class yesterday I was so spent that I just wanted to play Total War for the rest of the night, which I did." Chelsea added and Chloe frowned at that. "Yeah, I know, it's not good form for me, especially when I was the one trying to get you out of bed earlier so that you'd be ready but give me a break, we both know what Maria's classes are like."
"Yeah, I understand." Chloe responded before the two girls made their way up the staircase. "But if we're going to win we're going to have to give it our all, I know that pretty much goes without saying but still." Chloe added as the two girls made their way onto the arena.
"How about we just focus on kicking ass?" Chelsea responded and Chloe grinned at that. "I've always preferred doing things on the fly anyway!"
"That definitely explains the time you got sugar high and ran around the girl's dorm in just your bra and panties." Chloe said with a cheeky grin and Chelsea glared at her. "Hey, you used my dreams against me so it's only fair!"
"Yeah, but we agreed to never speak of that incident again, it is part of the reason Maria banned me from accessing the sweets in the kitchen." Chelsea responded with a frown as she folded her arms. "Besides I wasn't sugar high, that was just the cover story you told her to keep the fact that we had snuck alcohol into our room and I ended up drinking two whole bottles."
"And by us you mean you and Beth instead of me and you because Beth's room was being sprayed for bugs at the time." Chloe responded as she shook her head. "I thought you said you could handle your drink."
"I'm only going to say two things, that stuff was laced with something and we're here so let's shut up about it!" Chelsea pointed out and Chloe looked up seeing that they had reached the arena door, she nodded before opening the door and holding it open for Chelsea.
"Welcome back to day eight of the Tag Team Tournament and the start of Round Two!" Martin's voice rang out and the crowd cheered as the two teams stepped into view. "And what a way to kick the second round off, representing Osiris Red we have two of the best female students from that dorm, Chloe Richardson and Chelsea Cunningham!" Martin added as a spotlight shone upon the two girls. "They defied the odds in the last round but so did their opponents, Andreas Freshier of Ra Yellow and Damien Tarnow of Obelisk Blue!" Martin announced as the spotlight shone upon Andreas and Damien.
"Chelsea, the spotlight's hurting my eyes." Chloe groaned as they made their way onto the podium.
"Good, at least I'm not the only one." Chelsea responded as their opponents joined them on the podium. "What do you boys say to skipping the usual trash talk and getting down to business?"
"That sounds like a plan to me girls." Damien responded and the four duelists activated their duel disks. "So what's the order we're going in?" Damien asked as they drew their opening hands.
"Ahem," Martin's voice rang out just before Chloe was about to suggest an order and the four duelists stopped in their tracks. "In the first round we left the orders up to the competing duelists but that is something that will be changing in the second round as the order will be decided by the staff until the third round begins, also all tournament duels from now on will have a three minute time limit on each turn."
"It sounds like they got tired of letting the students run the asylum." Chelsea thought as the four duelists glanced towards Martin's podium, they couldn't see Kaiba but they could see Martin clear as day. "Also, three minutes? Is he serious? I can think of a dozen different combos that need more time than that." Chelsea thought with a frown before shaking her head. "Makes me wonder what the third round will be like." Chelsea thought with a frown as she waited for Martin's decision.
"The order will be as follows, Chelsea will go first followed by Damien, then Chloe and finally Andreas." Martin announced and the four duelists changed position to reflect it. "Do you have any questions?" Martin asked and the four duelists shook their heads. "Then let the duel begin!" Martin added and Chelsea drew her first card.
"This isn't a bad opening hand but I've had better." Chelsea thought as she glanced around the other duelists. "I hope Chloe's ready for this, facing those two is bad enough but she's still shook up from her Orichalcos Duel." Chelsea thought before playing a card. "I set a card facedown and I summon Wattcobra!" Chelsea played the cards and the electric colored snake appeared on the field (4/1000/500). "Do your worst!" Chelsea added and Damien took it as his cue to draw his card.
"You want my worst? Well you've got it! I activate Terra-Forming!" Damien played the card and started searching through his deck.
"That archetype has a field spell?" Chelsea asked as Damien added a card from his deck to his hand and shuffled his deck.
"Can you think of an Archetype that doesn't? Dragon Rulers don't count since they've adopted Dragon Ravine following the Baby Dragons' banning." Damien asked as he played the card. "In any case I'll activate my Field Spell Card Pirate Island!" Damien announced as the scenery changed to a large island with a rustic looking village in the center of it. "I'll get to its effect later but for now I'll set my own card facedown and a monster in defense mode to end my turn." Damien played the cards and Chloe quickly drew her card.
"Okay, Chelsea has one of her staples on the field whilst Damien's defending, not to mention Damien has this Field Spell and a facedown card in play." Chloe thought before looking at her drawn card. "But not for long!" Chloe thought before playing the card. "I summon Breaker, The Magical Warrior!" Chloe played the card and the red armored magic swordsman appeared on the field (4/1600/1000) and his attack increased by 300 thanks to his effect. "I activate his effect! By removing one Spell Counter from him I can destroy one card on the field like Damien's facedown card!" Chloe announced and the swordsman charged towards the set card before cutting it in half. "I set one card facedown and end my turn." Chloe set the card and Andreas nodded before drawing his card.
"If that set card is what I think it is then Chloe may regret destroying it once Damien's turn begins." Andreas thought as he looked over his hand. "Excellent, I can go for a first turn Synchro Summon!" Andreas thought before picking up a card and pocketing it. "I remove one Spell Card in my hand from play so I can Special Summon Monoceros!" Andreas played the card and a large brown unicorn with a white Maine appeared on the field, its legs where armored with a light blue armor (3/1000/1000). "And for my normal summon I will bring out Mine Mole!" Andreas played the second card and the small brown mole appeared on the field (3/1000/1000). "And finally I activate One for One! I discard one card…." Andreas said as he sent another card to the graveyard. "And in return I can Special Summon a Level One monster from my deck."
"Does Andreas even have any Level One monsters in his deck? The closest I've seen is his Egotistical Ape monster and that monster is a Level Five one with Level Manipulation abilities." Chelsea thought as Andreas searched through his deck.
"The monster I Special Summon is the Tuner Monster Snyffus!" Andreas played the card and a brown squirrel with unusually large eyes appeared on the field (1/100/100). "Now I tune my three monsters together!" Andreas announced as the three beasts leapt into the air and Snyffus dissolved into a single Synchro Ring that quickly surrounded Monoceros and Mine Mole. "So I can Synchro Summon Voltic Bicorn!" Andreas played the card and once the flash faded a majestic black horse with two horns appeared on the field, its mane was light blue in color and it whinnied at the opponents (7/2500/2000). "First, since Mine Mole was used in a Synchro Summon I get to draw one card." Andreas added as he drew a card. "Next since Monoceros was used in a Synchro Summon I can take one Beast Type Tuner Monster from my graveyard and Special Summon it!" Andreas added as Snyffus returned to the field.
"Not bad, you've got a powerful monster and a monster to defend with on your first turn." Chelsea commented with a smirk which quickly turned to a look of confusion as Andreas's monsters leapt into the air again. "Wait, what are you doing?"
"What does it look like? I'm tuning Snyffus with Voltic Bicorn to Synchro Summon Lightning Tricorn!" Andreas played the card and the monster Chloe and Chelsea recognized from his duel with Otto appeared on the field once the flash faded (8/2800/2000). "Why did I go to all that trouble? You'll find out later, for now I set two cards facedown and end my turn." Andreas set the card down and Chelsea drew her card.
"That was a lot of effort just to Synchro Summon Lightning Tricorn." Lance commented as he scratched his head in confusion. "Wouldn't it have been easier just to use something like Uni-Horned Familiar instead of that freaky squirrel?"
"It may have but Andreas didn't make good use of Tricorn during his last duel." Tyler responded with a nod. "If anything this is the better move."
"I'll take your word for it." Lance responded with a shrug as Chelsea looked over her hand.
"Okay, Chloe has Breaker out, I have Wattcobra out, and if I knew what that facedown monster was I'd attack it without hesitation." Chelsea thought with a frown. "Screw it I mean it can't be that strong if he's defending with it!" Chelsea decided before turning to Chloe. "Can I borrow Breaker for a sec?"
"Knock yourself out." Chloe responded with a nod and Chelsea grinned as Breaker made its way over to her side of the field.
"Then let's get started! Breaker, attack Damien's defense monster!" Chelsea commanded and the warrior charged towards the facedown monster, revealed to be a young boy in a pirate's outfit, which was quickly destroyed.
"Thanks for that! You just destroyed Blood Pirate – Cabin Boy!" Damien announced as he held the monster up (2/800/700). "When he's destroyed in battle by a Level Four or lower monster I can remove him from play and Special Summon two other copies of the card in defense mode!" Damien explained before pocketing the monster and soon afterwards two other Cabin Boys appeared on the field crouching down. "And if they're summoned this way they can't be destroyed by battle until your next draw phase."
"Did you forget something?" Chelsea asked with a grin as she motioned towards Wattcobra. "My snake may not be big on offense but he can attack directly!" Chelsea commanded as the snake leapt towards Damien…..only to be blocked by one of the Cabin Boys' swords. "What the…."
"You can thank Chloe for that!" Damien responded as he held up the card Chloe had destroyed during her turn which depicted Ghost Ship getting repaired. "The card she destroyed was Defense Reinforcement, as long as this is in the graveyard and I have at least one face-up Blood Pirate on my side of the field you can't inflict battle damage!"
"Shit…." Chloe trailed off as it hit her. "Sorry Chelsea."
"No need to apologize, I should've attacked directly with Wattcobra to begin with." Chelsea responded with a frown. "And we still don't know what this Field Spell does." Chelsea thought as she glanced at the field. "I can't use my Cobra's effect since the attack failed so I'll end my turn." Chelsea announced and once Breaker was back on Chloe's side of the field Damien drew his card.
"Okay, I have my two Cabin Boys on the field and with the right Tuner Monster I can bring out the big guns!" Damien thought before looking at his drawn card. "Just what the doctor ordered!" Damien thought before playing the card. "I summon Blood Pirate – Support Crew!" Damien played the card and a small stocky man in a pirate's outfit appeared on the field (1/100/200). "Now I activate his effect, in a way it works like Rescue Rabbit but with one big difference." Damien explained as Support Crew disappeared from the field. "By removing him from play I can special summon up to two Blood Pirate monsters from my deck but I only need one."
"I think I know what that card is." Chelsea grunted as Damien picked up and searched through his deck, soon enough Blood Pirate - Buccaneer Bible appeared on the field (3/500/700). "I knew it! You're planning to Synchro Summon Quick Sword!"
"Guilty as charged, first since Buccaneer Bible was Special Summoned via the effect of a Blood Pirate monster his level increases by one." Damien announced as his monster's level increased. "And now I tune Buccaneer Bible with my two Cabin Boys to Synchro Summon Blood Pirate – Quick Sword!" Damien announced as the three monsters leapt into the air, once the Synchro Summon was complete the monster the girls recognized from Damien's duel against Chase and Daniel appeared on the field (8/2200/1800). "I activate Quick Sword's effect!"
"I don't think so!" Chloe interrupted him as she discarded a card. "Take a wild guess at just what the monster I just discarded was,"
"Don't tell me, Effect Veiler?" Damien asked and Chloe nodded as Quick Sword doubled over in pain. "You may have prevented Quick Sword's effect but not my Field Spell's, when I Synchro Summon a Blood Pirate monster whilst I have Pirate Island on the field I get to draw once for each non tuner used in the Synchro Summon." Damien added before drawing twice. "But unless I use them by turn's end I lose both."
"Define "use them" exactly." Chloe said as she folded her arms. "Because if they are monster cards then you're going to lose them because you've used up your normal summon."
"I know that." Damien responded before looking at the cards. "I set two cards facedown." Damien added as he set the cards he had drawn. "Now Quick-Sword, attack Wattcobra!" Damien commanded and the pirate charged towards the cobra before cutting it in two and bringing Chelsea's life-points down to 6800.
"Thanks for that!" Chelsea responded with a grin as she sent her monster to the graveyard. "I activate my Trap Card Damage Gate! Since I just took 1200 points of damage I can Special Summon from my graveyard one monster with attack equal to or less than the damage I just took."
"What's the point? The only monster you've got in your graveyard is the one I just destroyed." Damien pointed out and Chloe grinned as Chelsea nodded to her.
"Who said she was targeting her graveyard?" Chloe asked as she retrieved Effect Veiler. "This is a tag team duel and last I checked under tag team rules card effects affect both players!" Chloe added before playing the card and the green haired Spellcaster appeared on the field (1/0/0). "As soon as my turn begins I'll be able to go for a Synchro of my own so thanks Damien!"
"Just make sure that the damage was worth it Chloe!" Chelsea responded with a nod before turning to Damien. "Anything else you can do?"
"No, I end my turn." Damien announced and Chloe drew her card.
"I hope this combo works, it's our best chance at clearing the field." Chloe thought before playing a card. "I summon Magical Exemplar!" Chloe played the card and the dark haired, green dress wearing spellcaster appeared on the field (4/1700/1400). "Now I activate the Spell Card Foolish Burial!" Chloe announced as she retrieved a monster from her deck and sent it to the graveyard, once she shuffled her deck two floating orbs appeared around Exemplar.
"Ah yes, that is Exemplar's effect." Andreas said with a raised eyebrow. "I think I know what's coming next!"
"I'll let the results speak for themselves! I remove two Spell Counters to Special Summon Magicat in defense mode!" Chloe announced as the two orbs vanished and the small white cat carrying a staff appeared on the field (2/600/500). "Okay Andreas, it's time I did my own Synchro Summon! I tune Effect Veiler, Magical Exemplar and Magicat together!" Chloe announced as the three Spellcasters leapt into the air, Effect Veiler dissolved into a single Synchro Ring which quickly surrounded the other Spellcasters.
"Wait, when did you get a Level Seven Synchro?" Chelsea asked as she turned to her roommate. "The last time you brought new cards was when the new banlist was revealed…..oh….."
"The new banlist may have forced me to get some replacement cards for my Main Deck but that didn't stop me from expanding my Extra Deck either!" Chloe responded as the bright flash enveloped the field. "And as for this monster, I've wanted to test this bad boy out for a while! I Synchro Summon Arcanite Magician!"
"Oh great, I recognize that card from Nathan's duel." Damien grunted as Chloe played the card and the white robed Spellcaster appeared on the field ready for battle (7/400/1800).
"Yeah, I that but just as a reminder, when Arcanite Magician is Synchro Summoned he gains two Spell Counters and one thousand attack points for each one!" Chloe added as Arcanite Magician's staff started glowing and its attack power increased to 2400. "Before I attack I have to resolve Magicat's effect, since I used her in a Synchro Summon I get to take one Spell Card from my graveyard and put it at the top of my deck." Chloe added before doing so. "Arcanite Magician, attack Quick Sword!" Chloe commanded and the magician pointed his staff at the pirate before firing a beam of light at him consuming the pirate and bringing Damien's life-points down to 6800. "Breaker, it's your turn! Attack directly!" Chloe commanded and the magical warrior charged towards Damien…..
"I activate my Quick Play Spell Card Hung at the Gallows." Damien activated the Spell Card which depicted several Blood Pirates being hung from the gallows. "This Spell Card can only be activated if a Blood Pirate monster is destroyed by battle, since that just happened I can Special Summon a Gallows Token." Damien added as a medieval style executioner appeared on the field. "Not only does it count as a Blood Pirate monster but when a Gallows Token is Special Summoned it gains the base attack of the weakest monster my opponent controls, namely Breaker!" Damien added as the token's attack increased to 1600. "It seems you're at a stalemate because you forgot about my facedown cards."
"Not exactly, I activate my Trap Card Pitch Black Power Stone!" Chloe activated the trap and Damien's eyes widened. "And I'll use its effect to transfer another Spell Counter to Breaker making him strong enough to destroy your token." Chloe added as Breaker's attack increased to 1900, he charged at the token before cutting him in half and bringing Damien's life-points down to 7500. "Now I move to my Second Main Phase and I'll use the secondary effects of both my monsters, first I'll have Breaker take out your remaining Facedown Card." Chloe announced as Breaker's attack went down to 1600 and he charged the trap card, revealed to be the Trap Version of Man Overboard, which was quickly destroyed. "Now I'll use Arcanite's effect to destroy Lightning Tricorn!" Chloe announced as Arcanite's attack dropped to 1400 and he cast a spell at the beast destroying him. "It seems your back to where you started."
"Don't count on it." Andreas responded and Chloe turned to him before noticing the grin on his face. "You wanted to know why I used Bicorn in Tricorn's Synchro Summon, didn't you. Well now you're about to find out." Andreas added as Voltic Bicorn returned to the field. "When Tricorn is destroyed by a card effect or battle I can Special Summon either of the other Unicorn Synchros in his place."
"So wait, you were counting on either me or Chelsea destroying your Tricorn?" Chloe asked with a look of confusion on her face which Chelsea shared.
"That's one way to look at it, yes." Andreas answered with a nod and Chloe frowned.
"I end my turn at that." Chloe announced and Andreas quickly activated his facedown card. "Is that Call of the Haunted? Don't tell me you're bringing back Tricorn?"
"That's exactly what I'm doing!" Andreas answered as Lightning Tricorn returned to the field and Andreas drew his card. "You may remember that I removed a card from play last turn."
"What, that Spell Card? What about it?" Chelsea asked as Andreas retrieved the Spell Card from his pocket.
"It's a Spell Card called Card from a Different Dimension!" Andreas answered as he added it to his hand. "If this is removed from play during my turn I get it back during the following turn's stand-by phase and we all get to draw two cards." Andreas explained before the four of them drew two cards. "I'll hold onto these for later." Andreas thought before pointing to Chloe's monsters. "Lightning Tricorn, attack Arcanite Magician, Voltic Bicorn, attack Breaker the Magical Warrior now!" Andreas commanded and the two unicorns whinnied before charging at Chloe's monsters before hitting their attacks bringing Chloe's life-points down to 5700. "Now I move to my Second Main Phase and I set two cards facedown to end my turn." Andreas set the two cards down and Chelsea drew her card.
"What I wouldn't give to have Heavy Storm right now." Chelsea thought with a sigh as she looked over the field. "Chloe may have cleared out Damien's side of the field but she unintentionally gave Andreas two powerful monsters in the process, at least with Andreas's Spell Card I drew some good cards." Chelsea thought before playing a card and another Wattcobra appeared on the field. "Wattcobra, attack Andreas's life-points directly!" Chelsea commanded and the snake leapt over the two unicorns before biting Andreas and bringing his life-points down to 7000. "Since Wattcobra inflicted damage to your life-points I get to search through my deck for another Watt Monster." Chelsea added as she searched through her deck and added the monster to her hand before shuffling her deck. "Next I set two cards facedown and I end my turn." Chelsea announced and once the two cards appeared on the field Damien drew his card.
"I may have lost Quick Sword but the sooner I can get another Blood Pirate Synchro on the field the sooner I can protect my life-points again." Damien thought as he looked over his three new cards. "I set two cards facedown and a monster in defense mode to end my turn." Damien set the cards and Chloe drew her card once the three cards where on the field.
"I need to get rid of those Unicorns and quick!" Chloe thought before looking at her hand. "Not my best but this combo could work!" Chloe thought as she played a Spell Card. "First I activate Arcane Barrier! Now every time one of my Spellcasters get destroyed this Spell Card gets a Spell Counter and by sacrificing it along with a monster I get to draw one card for each Spell Counter." Chloe explained before Pitch Black Power Stone started glowing. "But why wait? I use Power Stone's effect to transfer a Spell Counter to Arcane Barrier!" Chloe announced before picking up another card. "I set this in defense mode and end my turn." Chloe announced as the defense monster appeared on the field and Andreas drew his card.
"No use in wasting any time Voltic Bicorn, attack Wattcobra!" Andreas commanded and the beast charged towards Wattcobra….
"Hah, gotcha," Chelsea responded with a grin as she discarded a card. "The monster I just discarded was Honest and you know what that means!" Chelsea added as Wattcobra's attack went up to 3500, Wattcobra leapt towards Bicorn before biting it in the neck and bringing his life-points down to 6000.
"Bicorn may be gone but its effect will leave a lasting impression forcing us all to mill seven cards from our decks." Andreas responded as he and the others milled seven cards. "Tricorn, attack Chloe's defense monster!" Andreas commanded and the remaining unicorn charged towards the monster, revealed to be Apprentice Magician (2/400/800) which was quickly destroyed.
"Arcane Barrier gets another counter." Chloe started as her Spell Card glowed. "And I get to summon another magician in defense mode!" Chloe added as she set another monster.
"It's likely that that monster is Old Vindictive Magician, she's used that combo a few times now." Andreas thought as Chloe shuffled her deck before he activated one of his face-down cards. "I activate Miracle's Wake to bring back Bicorn!" Andreas announced as the monster returned to his side of the field. "It's still my Battle Phase and I'll have my Bicorn attack your newly set monster." Andreas announced as the horse charged towards the monster, revealed to be another Apprentice Magician, which was quickly destroyed.
"What's the matter? Expecting something else?" Chloe asked as she searched through her deck again and set another monster down. "Regardless my Arcane Barrier gets another counter!"
"So it does, but since my monsters destroyed yours this turn I'll activate Hunting Season!" Andreas activated the trap and the two girls frowned once they recognized that name. "As you know I get to draw two cards in exchange for skipping my next battle phase." Andreas added before drawing twice. "My turn is over." Andreas added and Chelsea drew her card.
"Why would he use Hunting Season? He clearly has the advantage over us." Chelsea thought with a frown as she stared at the two beasts. "I know he has stronger cards at his disposal so why is he relying on those cards?" Chelsea thought before looking at her drawn card…..and grinning. "Oh yeah, this is what I'm talking about!" Chelsea thought before playing a card. "I summon Wattbetta!" Chelsea played the card and the small red fish appeared on the field (2/100/0).
"That's one of your Tuner Monsters!" Andreas said as he recognized the monster. "So are you planning to Synchro for Wattchimera?"
"Maybe but I'm not doing that just yet! I activate my trap card Judgment of Thunder! Since I just summoned a Thunder Type Monster this trap lets me destroy one card on the field and I chose Damien's facedown monster!" Chelsea announced as thunder struck the monster destroying it. "Now I'll enter my Battle Phase, Wattcobra, attack Andreas's life-points directly!" Chelsea commanded and the snake once again leapt over the horses before biting Andreas bringing his life-points down to 5000. "Your turn Wattbetta, attack Damien's life-points!" Chelsea commanded and the fish leapt towards the Obelisk Blue student before head-butting him and bringing his life-points down to 7400.
"What was the point of that?" Damien asked and Chelsea grinned.
"The point was two-fold! First when Wattbetta successfully attacks directly you have to discard a card of my choice from your hands and if I remember correctly Martin said that effects like Wattbetta's effect affect both opponents!" Chelsea announced and the two boys held out their hands. "Okay, Damien you lose the card on the far right, Andreas you lose the card on the left." Chelsea decided and the two boys discarded their cards. "As for the other point, I'll let my remaining trap card explain it for me go Urgent Tuning!"
"Oh no….." Damien trailed off as Wattcobra and Wattbetta leapt into the air, Wattbetta dissolved into two Synchro Rings that quickly surrounded Wattcobra and once the bright flash faded Wattchimera appeared on the field (6/1400/1200). "I know he doesn't look like much when compared with other Level Six Synchros but when it comes to the Watt Monsters he's the cream of the crop!"
"Yeah, yeah, we all know Wattchimera can attack directly as well." Damien said with a tired yawn. "So get on with it already!"
"You'll regret rushing me! Wattchimera, attack Andreas's life-points directly!" Chelsea commanded and the mythical beast leapt towards Andreas before biting him bringing his life-points down to 3600. "And that's not all, since the attack was successful I get to take one card from your hands and place it on top of your decks!" Chelsea explained and the two boys put their cards on top of their decks. "I was expecting more of a fight but I'm not complaining! I set one card facedown and end my turn."
"You wanted more of a fight?" Andreas asked as his last trap card flipped up. "Well, how do you like Shock Draw? I just took two thousand points of damage which means I get to draw two cards!" Andreas added before drawing twice.
"And it's allowed me to activate my own Trap Card, Taking the Bullet!" Damien activated the trap which depicted a pirate jumping in front of a bullet meant for Quick Sword. "By my count me and Andreas just took about twenty-five hundred points of damage, with this I can special summon one Blood Pirate monster for each thousand points of damage we just took from my graveyard with their effects negated." Damien explained as Buccaneer Bible and an unknown female Blood Pirate monster in a skimpy outfit appeared on the field which Chloe and Chelsea assumed was one of the monsters milled when Voltic Bicorn was destroyed (4/1900/1000).
"I…I just fucked up big time, didn't I?" Chelsea asked as she face palmed and Damien drew his card.
"If by that you mean you attacked without taking into account the consequences then yeah, you did." Damien answered as he looked over his hand after he drew his card. "Because it's time I did another Synchro of my own! I tune Buccaneer Bible with Blood Pirate - Slippery Mary Grimm!" Damien announced as the two monsters leapt into the air, Buccaneer Bible dissolved into three Synchro Rings which quickly surrounded Slippery Mary Grimm and minutes later Blood Pirate – Baird the Black appeared on the field (7/2400/1900). "I know Honest is a Limited Card but I'm not going to risk you using it with Wattchimera!" Damien added as he drew two cards due to Pirate Island's effect. "And I don't have to attack to do just that!"
"What do you mean?" Chelsea asked only to be caught off guard as Wattchimera shattered. "What the hell just happened?"
"Slippery Mary Grimm's effect happened! When she is used in a Synchro Summon of a high level Blood Pirate Synchro Monster like Baird I can destroy one face-up Special Summoned monster on the opponent's side of the field!" Damien explained before grinning. "Oh and encase you're wondering, yes, I can still attack the same turn I use Slippery Mary Grimm's effect! In fact I'll do it right now!" Damien announced and Chelsea braced herself as the pirate charged towards her and slashed her with his sword bringing her life-points down to 4400. "I end my turn at that!" Damien announced and Chloe gulped before drawing her card.
"Err, Chelsea, before I make my move," Chloe said as she turned to her. "How's your temper right now?"
"Slowly losing it….." Chelsea trailed off as she took a deep breath. "But we still have the lead so as long as we don't lose that I won't lose it."
"Yeah, that's going to be easier said than done, isn't it?" Chloe asked and Chelsea nodded reluctantly. "Anyway….I flip summon my facedown monster, Old Vindictive Magician!" Chloe flipped the monster up and the old, bearded magician appeared on the field (2/450/600). "And since I flipped him up I get to destroy one card on the field….." Chloe added before trailing off. "Err, Silent Magician, need a little help here…."
"You want to know which monster to target, don't you?" Silent Magician asked as her transparent appeared alongside Chloe but didn't wait for Chloe to respond. "Bair the Black, if you target Voltic you'll lose seven more cards and he can just bring back him once Tricorn is destroyed…."
"Err, why don't I just target Tricorn?" Chloe asked and Silent Magician turned to her. "I mean really, all he's summoned so far is two non-tuner monsters and the same tuner monster twice and last I checked One for One didn't affect the extra deck with its discard effect."
"You do have a good point." Silent Magician answered with a sigh of resignation. "Also, don't interrupt me."
"CHLOE, TIME LIMIT!" Chelsea yelled at her and she blinked before remembering it.
"Shit, how long do I have?" Chloe asked with a gulp.
"Relax, you were staring into space for about a minute, your teammate was just getting impatient." Damien reassured her and Chloe sighed in relief. "Now, what monster are you targeting for your Magician's effect?"
"Right, right, my target is Lightning Tricorn!" Chloe announced and the magician pointed its staff at the unicorn before firing a beam of light at it destroying it. "Next I use Pitch Black Power Stone's effect one last time to transfer another Spell Counter to Arcane Barrier!" Chloe added as the trap card shattered. "Now I'll use Arcane Barrier's effect and the monster I'm sacrificing for it is Old Vindictive Magician!" Chloe added as both her Spell Card and her monster shattered before drawing four times.
"I hope she knows what she's doing." Chelsea thought as Chloe looked over her newly filled up hand. "She's freed up space in her Spell/Trap Card zones but I can only think of a few monsters in her deck that can destroys theirs, including her best monsters! Not to mention the fact that I am this close to being eliminated."
"I set two cards facedown and a monster in defense mode!" Chloe announced as the three cards appeared on the field. "And I end my turn." Chloe announced and Andreas drew his card. "I hope this works, if not then Chelsea will be eliminated and I'll be fighting an uphill battle!"
"Damien, I need to use Baird the Black and I think you know why." Andreas told him and Damien nodded as the pirate made his way to Andreas's side of the field. "Sorry Chelsea but for you this duel is over! Lightning Tricorn, Baird the Black, finish her!" Andreas commanded and Tricorn charged in first….
"I activate my trap card Hot Tag!" Chloe announced as the facedown card flipped up depicting a wrestler making a tag. "This is a tag team duel only card, mostly because Hot Tags on happen in tag team matches in wrestling, because it requires my partner to not have any monsters to defend with and I do and much like in wrestling I'm coming in to make the save!"
"Err, Chloe, how do you know so much about wrestling?" Chelsea asked and Chloe blushed furiously before sighing.
"I'm a wrestling fan all right? It's kind of a guilty pleasure of mine!" Chloe responded before shaking her head. "In game terms, with this I redirect the attack to my facedown monster!" Chloe announced as Lightning Tricorn changed course….
"Nice try Chloe but you just revealed your guilty pleasure for nothing because that's not good enough, I activate Cursed Treasure!" Damien announced as the facedown card flipped up.
"Shit, that'll negate Hot Tag!" Chelsea said as her eyes widened.
"Not on my watch! I chain Cursed Treasure with my own trap card Trap Jammer!" Chloe announced as her second trap card flipped up negating Cursed Treasure and Tricorn destroyed Chloe's facedown Necro Guardna (3/600/1300).
"A valiant effort but don't forget! I still have Baird the Black!" Andreas announced as the pirate charged forward…..only to be stopped by the ghostly form of Necro Gardna. "Huh?"
"I didn't set that monster for no reason Andreas! It was Necro Gardna and by removing him from play I can negate one attack per turn." Chloe said as she pocketed the monster.
"Thanks for the save Chloe, I told you that getting that trap card would be worth it!" Chelsea responded with a grin and Chloe grinned. "Yes, even if I'm going to be teasing you over your wrestling fandom."
"Just don't go saying wrestling's fake and we'll be on good terms." Chloe responded and Chelsea nodded in response. "Is there anything else Andreas?"
"I set three cards facedown and end my turn." Andreas announced as the two cards appeared on the field and once Baird the Black was back on Damien's side of the field Chelsea drew her card.
"Huh, I have to admit, Chloe's the last person I'd expect to be a wrestling fan." Theresa commented as she watched the duel. "I'd expect Lance to be one before her!"
"Okay, first off, I am a wrestling fan and I have been since I was a kid." Lance responded with a proud grin. "Second, being a wrestling fan's nothing to be ashamed off, just look at me!"
"Yeah and it gives you and Chloe another thing in common even if she's embarrassed by it." Brandon pointed out as he shifted his weight. "Seriously, what's stopping you at this point from asking her?"
"Well, beside the fact that things keep getting in my way, like my cold, the Orichalcos Duelists and just general bad luck…." Lance trailed off before shaking his head. "You know what? Fuck it, I'll ask her this weekend after the promotion duels."
"Good plan, that way they'll be no distractions." Theresa responded with a nod. "But if you want my advice, try to get her alone in one of the clearings." Theresa added and Lance stared at her for a few minutes as a large sweat-drop rolled down his head.
"Theresa, I'm not going to try to screw her if she says yes, well, not straight away anyway." Lance responded and Theresa sweat-dropped. "Besides wouldn't my bedroom be better for that? Less chance of being caught, less chance of bugs getting into undesirable areas….."
"Lance, shut up before you give me nightmares!" Theresa cut him off as she shuddered before standing up and turning to her with an agitated look on her face and Lance winced. "And I wasn't talking about sex either! I mean, if you want to screw her on your first date with her then that's your own business!" Theresa said before taking a deep breath. "Sorry, didn't mean to yell, I was just not comfortable with the direction the conversation was heading."
"Believe me Theresa, you're not the only one." Marcus responded as he pointed out that the students who had been sitting behind Lance and where close enough to overhear him had moved to an entirely different section far away from Lance.
"Anyway, what I was talking about was that if you take her to a clearing and ask her you'll be able to do it with some privacy." Theresa said with a sigh as she sat back down. "Sure, doing it, as in talking to her, in your bedroom may be easier but if I where you I wouldn't want to risk having someone listen in on the conversation. Especially if you two are promoted!"
"Actually I just realized something about that." Brandon chimed in with a frown. "Ra Yellow and Obelisk Blue hold welcome parties for the newly promoted students, DJs and all and they don't do that for Osiris Red because, well, it's the lowest dorm."
"That's right, I never thought about that." Theresa realized with a nod. "And before you ask Lance, those parties can and usually do last long into the night which probably explains why they've always held the promotion duels at weekends." Theresa added and Lance frowned.
"Wait, would I be able to sneak out of the Obelisk Blue party and go to Ra Yellow one?" Lance asked and Theresa nodded.
"Newly promoted former Ra Yellow students do that all the time as it gives them a convenient way to get to their bags in the morning." Theresa responded and Lance grinned. "You're going to ask her at the party?"
"Once I can get her alone, yeah…..and that just makes it sound like I'm going to fuck her at the party." Lance realized as a massive sweat-drop rolled down his head. "Boy! Am I glad she's competing right now or what?"
"Oh right! I forgot about the duel!" Theresa remembered before turning her attention back to the duel.
*meanwhile*
Whilst that was going on Chelsea was looking over the field and the cards in her hand.
"Okay, Chloe's combo pulled my ass out of the fire but unless I drew something good I'm in trouble!" Chelsea thought before looking at her drawn card and the cards in her hand. "Wait, this combo could work!" Chelsea thought before picking up two cards. "I set one card facedown and a monster in defense mode." Chelsea announced as the two set cards appeared on the field. "And that ends my turn." Chelsea announced and Damien drew his card. "If there was ever a more perfect time to practice my poker face I've never heard of it!"
"If I had any of my MSTs I could destroy her facedown card and lay the groundwork down for eliminating Chelsea." Damien thought with a frown as he looked at Chelsea's facedown card. "But I don't and I think she used up her only copy of Judgment of Thunder earlier in the duel so, unless that's Mirror Force I should be safe!" Damien decided before turning to Andreas. "I need to use Voltic Bicorn and I think you know why!"
"Say no more." Andreas said with a nod and Damien grinned as Voltic Bicorn made its way to his side of the field.
"Then I won't waste any time, Baird the Black, attack Chelsea's defense monster!" Damien commanded and the pirate charged towards the monster….and he frowned as it was revealed to be Wattdragonfly (2/900/100) which was effortlessly destroyed. "I should've known! That monster is pretty much the only one you set in defense mode."
"I'd say that I'm sorry to disappoint you but considering how pretty fucking obvious it was that you were hoping to attack directly with Bicorn, well, I'm not." Chelsea responded with a grin as she picked up and searched through her deck, she grinned when she saw the card she was looking for and played it. "In any case I special summon Wattpheasant!" Chelsea played the card and the electric colored pheasant appeared on the field (4/1000/800).
"You should've summoned Wattaildragon! We both know that without Honest that bird won't stand a chance against Voltic Bicorn!" Damien responded with a grin….which quickly faded when he saw Chelsea's facedown card flip up. "Oh no, don't tell me that's another Judgment of Thunder!"
"I could but I'd be lying!" Chelsea responded with a grin as lightning struck Voltic Bicorn destroying it, once the four duelists had milled their seven cards Chelsea turned to Damien. "Your deck's running a bit low by the way." Chelsea pointed out and Damien looked.
"Crap! She's right!" Damien thought with a frown as he did a quick count of the cards in his deck. "Andreas, don't summon Bicorn again, I've only got seven cards left in my deck."
"I understand, don't worry though, I have other tricks up my sleeve!" Andreas said before wincing as his life-points dropped to 2600.
"Oh shit, don't tell me….." Chelsea trailed off as Green Baboon Defender of the Forrest appeared on Andreas's side of the field (7/2600/1800). "How long have you had that thing in your hand?"
"He was one of the cards I drew with Shock Draw last turn." Andreas responded with a nod. "Call it my back-up plan. Just encase you got past Tricorn and Bicorn."
"Aren't you forgetting something?" Chloe asked with a grin. "One Magic Cylinder and you'll be eliminated from the duel."
"Yes, that is a problem." Andreas sighed to himself before shaking his head. "I believe it's still Damien's turn."
"Yeah, it is and I've already ended my battle phase so go ahead and call yourself lucky." Damien responded before looking over his hand. "I'll end my turn at that." Damien announced and Chloe drew her card.
"My deck's running low as well. I'd better hope I can turn this around for the better." Chloe thought as she looked over her hand. "Level Modulation, Megamorph and Diffusion Wave Motion, if I had a way of summoning Silent Magician Level Eight I could use this combo to inflict some major….wait a minute…." Chloe realized as she glanced towards her graveyard. "Anyone mind if I check my graveyard quickly?"
"Go for it." Andreas responded and Damien nodded in agreement, Chloe started looking through her graveyard as Chelsea looked on.
"Okay, Rose Warrior of Revenge, Level Warrior, Doppelwarrior, Salvage Warrior, huh, I was wondering what had happened to my warriors." Chloe thought with a small grin which grew wider when she saw the card she was looking for. "I knew it! Silent Magician Level Eight was one of the monsters I milled for Voltic Bicorn's effect just now!" Chloe thought before returning the cards to her graveyard. "I activate my Spell Card Level Modulation!"
"Great, as if my deck wasn't running low already!" Damien grunted as he and Andreas drew two cards and seconds later Chloe's ace monster appeared on the field (8/3500/1000). "At least she can't attack!"
"Trust me boys, you have bigger problems! I activate Diffusion Wave Motion!" Chloe announced before wincing as her life-points dropped to seven thousand. "Say goodbye to your monsters boys!" Chloe announced as Silent Magician held out her staff….
"I won't be defeated that easily! I chain Emergency Provisions, sending my other facedown card to the graveyard to gain back the life-points I paid for Green Baboon's effect!" Andreas cut her off as the trap card shattered and his life-points increased to 3600 just before the beams of light hit the monsters bringing his life-points down to 2500 and Damien's life-points down to 6300.
"Since Silent Magician is the only monster that can attack because of Diffusion Wave Motion I'll end my turn with a facedown card." Chloe announced as the facedown card appeared on the field and Andreas drew his card.
"They may have defeated my Unicorns and Green Baboon but my deck wouldn't be as good as it is if it didn't have a few more tricks at its disposal." Andreas thought picking up a card. "I summon Lock Cat!" Andreas played the card and a large white cat appeared on the field with a huge golden lock as its collar (3/1200/1000). "When Lock Cat is Normal Summoned her effect activates which allows me to Special Summon one Level One Beast Type monster from my graveyard such as Key Mouse!"
"Wait, why are you using its effect on that and not Snyffus?" Chloe asked as the monster appeared on the field, it was a small white mouse which, like the cat, had a lock around its neck and a key attached to its tail (1/100/100).
"No real reason, they are both Tuner Monsters, I'm merely choosing to use this one, as for when it was sent to my graveyard, my best bet is either of the times that Voltic Bicorn was destroyed." Andreas said before retrieving another monster from the graveyard. "But this monster is one I put there myself with One for One."
"Let me guess, Chain Dog right?" Chelsea asked as she remembered the monster from Andreas's duel against Otto, Andreas nodded as he played the card and the small white dog appeared on the field (4/1600/1100). "Don't tell me you have two Lightning Tricorns in your Extra Deck." Chelsea gulped and Andreas shook his head.
"Too impractical, one copy of each Unicorn Synchro, Master of Oz, my other Synchro Monsters and the new XYZ monsters I have, well they took up enough space as it was." Andreas answered with a grin. "But what I have instead is just as deadly and I'm not talking about Red Baboon either!"
"If he's not talking about that Red Baboon monster then what is he talking about?" Chloe thought to herself as they got ready for whatever the monster was.
"First I activate a Spell Card called Resonance Device! Since Lock Cat and Chain Dog are both Earth Type Beast Monsters I can increase Lock Cat's Level to four!" Andreas played the card and the two beasts glowed as Lock Cat's Level increased. "Now I tune them with Key Mouse!" Andreas added as the three monsters leapt into the air.
"A Level Nine Synchro Summon?!" Chelsea asked as the Synchro Ring surrounded the two beast monsters. "Chloe, can you think of any monsters that fit that bill?"
"Only a handful and none of them are Beast Monsters!" Chloe answered with a gulp as the bright flash enveloped the field. "Just what are you summoning Andreas?"
"I'm glad you asked as it's a recent but very powerful addition to my deck!" Andreas responded as he retrieved the monster from his extra deck and played it, it took a second for Chloe and Chelsea's eyes to readjust but when they did they had to do a double take when they saw the monster.
"What…..the…..fuck…" Chelsea trailed off as she stared at the monster and whilst Chloe didn't say anything it was clear that she shared Chelsea's sentiments, it was a massive black lion-like beast with a golden mane and red piercing eyes, its claws where razor sharp and it growled fiercely at the two girls (9/2500/2200). "Andreas, is that Leogun?!"
"Yes and no, this monster is a retrained version of that creature." Andreas responded as he pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose. "Let me get the basics out of the way first, this monster is known as Leogun, Lord of the Jungle and it can only be Synchro Summoned using three beast type monsters that are at least Level Four or lower, and once it leaves the field it can't come back full stop, not even if a monster's effect allows that to happen!"
"Summoning conditions like that can only mean one thing." Chelsea thought with a nervous gulp. "It has a very powerful effect."
"And whilst those are some of the strictest summoning conditions I've seen for a Synchro Monster its effect makes up for." Andreas elaborated as he retrieved a monster from his graveyard. "By removing one Beast Type monster from play I can destroy one monster whose defense is weaker than its attack power."
"Wait, what?" Chelsea asked with a gulp.
"And before you say that, it's not broken as I must forfeit my Battle Phase the turn I use this attack, so I may as well use it on the strongest monster on the field!" Andreas added as Leogun leapt towards Silent Magician Level Eight….
"I activate my Trap Card Fiendish Chain!" Chloe activated the trap and Andreas's eyes widened as chains ensnared his beast. "Now he can't attack or use his effect full stop!"
"Oh yeah, there's one other thing." Chelsea chimed in with a massive grin on her face. "Didn't you say that your monster will be gone for good once it leaves the field?"
"I did but I guess I'll have to improvise." Andreas responded before playing a card. "First I activate Burial from a Different Dimension to return the banished Chain Dog to my graveyard!" Andreas played the card and returned the monster from his pocket to the graveyard. "Next I activate De-Synchro to split Leogun into its individual parts." Andreas played the card and Leogun vanished from the field, in its place stood the three monsters use in its Synchro Summon crouching down in defense mode.
"Let me guess, Red Baboon?" Chloe asked and Andreas shook his head.
"No, instead I plan to summon the third member of the Unicorn Family!" Andreas said before playing a third spell card. "But first I activate Level Thunder, with this I can take the combined levels of all monsters on the field and inflict battle damage equal to that number too you."
"That's two thousand points!" Chelsea realized before the two girls winced as their life-points dropped to 2400 and 5000.
"That's right and now that that's done I'll use Chain Dog and Key Mouse Synchro Summon my monster!" Andreas announced as the two beasts leapt into the air, Key Mouse quickly dissolved into a single Synchro Ring which surrounded Chain Dog. "I Synchro Summon Thunder Unicorn!"
"Finally, you've summoned a monster with a normal name." Chelsea grunted under her breath as the monster appeared on the field, it was a dark blue unicorn with lightning stripes on its body, an orange mane and a lightning like horn (5/2200/1800). "All though with those stats you would've been better off summoning Red Baboon."
"Maybe, maybe not but Thunder Unicorn has a very potent effect, once per turn I can target one monster my opponent controls such as Silent Magician and that monster will lose 500 attack points for each monster I control." Andreas explained and the two girls blinked in confusion.
"Err, Andreas, you realize that, even weakened Silent Magician can still destroy that monster right?" Chloe pointed out as her monster's attack strength dropped to 2500.
"I'm well aware of that." Andreas responded with a nod. "But I have one last Spell Card to play this turn, I was originally going to use this with Leogun but I guess I'll make do! I activate Wild Nature's Release and for its effect I target Thunder Unicorn!" Andreas played the card and Thunder Unicorn's attack shot up to four-thousand. "Now for this turn only my unicorn will get its defense score added to its defense score.
"Crap, he could eliminate me! Even worse is the fact that I have no way to get back Honest!" Chelsea thought as she looked over her hand. "I only have one chance, better hope that that monster was milled." Chelsea thought before holding her hand up. "You guys mind if I check my graveyard quickly?"
"Make it quick." Andreas responded and Chelsea nodded before checking her graveyard.
"Okay, where are the monsters that Voltic Bicorn made me mill?" Chelsea thought before grinning. "Perfect! Let's see, no, no, could've used that earlier, hell no, perfect!" Chelsea thought before returning the cards to the graveyard. "I'm good."
"We'll see about that." Andreas responded as he looked over the field. "Now I could eliminate you as you have no doubt realized but I have other plans, Thunder Unicorn, attack Silent Magician!" Andreas commanded and the unicorn charged towards Chloe's monster….
"Not exactly what I was expecting but I'll take it." Chelsea responded as she retrieved the monster from her graveyard and suddenly a chubby blue ogre with wild orange hair appeared on the field, it was wearing purple plants, a black hat and trench coat and most importantly it was carrying two flags, one red and one blue (1/100/100). "Meet A/D Changer!"
"What's this, a monster that isn't a Watt Monster in your deck?" Andreas asked and Chelsea sweat-dropped.
"Andreas, I run Thunder Seahorse and Honest in this damn thing, off course I do." Chelsea responded with an annoyed look on her face. "My basic rule when it comes to Non-Watt monsters in my deck is this, if it can help my deck in some way it's going in."
"Then explain Wattaildragon." Damien pointed out and Chelsea turned to him. "Yeah, he has Watt in his name but he's pretty much a Watt Monster in name only, he isn't even a Thunder Type Monster!"
"True but I added that thing to give my deck a chance against Skill Drain decks, at least until I discovered Judgment of Thunder but even then I kept it in since it combos well with Wattdragonfly." Chelsea responded before shaking her head. "Sorry, went way off topic there! When A/D Changer is in my graveyard I can remove him from play to change the battle position of one monster on the field, I chose Thunder Unicorn!"
"What?" Andreas asked as Thunder Unicorn stopped in its tracks and suddenly crouched down.
"And yes, I know about Wild Nature Release's side effect, soon as you end your turn Thunder Unicorn is history!" Chelsea added with a grin on her face.
"Thanks for the save Chelsea, I don't think I would've been able to come back from losing Silent Magician!" Chloe thanked her and Chelsea grinned.
"Yeah, well, you've saved my ass enough times in this duel; I figured it was about time I returned the favor." Chelsea responded before turning her attention back to Andreas. "So are you ending your turn?"
"Not quite, I activate my facedown card Forbidden Chalice!" Andreas activated the Spell and Thunder Unicorn's attack plummeted to 1400. "Yes, it loses all the attack he just gained and then some but it makes it immune to the side effect of Wild Nature's Release, and since I used up the contents of my hand in that move I end my turn." Andreas announced and once Thunder Unicorn's attack was back to normal Chelsea drew her card.
"He obviously banked everything on that move well I hope I can turn this around because I can't risk him activating another Level Thunder!" Chelsea thought as she looked at her drawn card. "Monster Reincarnation, with this I can get back Honest and have it raring to go but they will probably expect it, in the meantime Wattphesant's attack would banish Thunder Unicorn but he can just bring it back, I know Chloe can finish it off with her magician but I don't….hold on a sec, what was one of the other cards I saw in my graveyard?" Chelsea thought before looking through it again. "It's risky but I'll take it!" Chelsea decided before playing a card. "I activate Monster Reincarnation! With this I recover one monster from my graveyard and return it to my hand at the cost of another card in my hand!" Chelsea played the card before discarding another monster and recovering the monster, without another word she the monster and pointed at Andreas. "You know what to do Wattpheasant!" Chelsea commanded and the bird flew over Andreas's monsters before pecking it him bringing his life-points down to 1600. "Thunder Unicorn gets banished for the rest of the turn." Chelsea added as the monster vanished. "And I end my turn." Chelsea announced and once Thunder Unicorn was back on the field Damien drew his card.
"Who does she think she's fooling? It couldn't have been more obvious that the monster she retrieved was Honest and she set another monster to throw us off!" Damien thought with a smirk. "I'm not fooling for that Chelsea, I pass my turn!" Damien announced and Chloe drew her card.
"Was that really a bluff? I know she's beefed up her deck since our last tournament duel but still!" Chloe thought with a frown as she looked at the card she drew. "I summon Gemini Elf!" Chloe played the card and the twin elves appeared on the field (4/1900/900). "Gemini Elf, attack Lock Cat!" Chloe commanded and the elves fired their twin magic at Lock Cat destroying the monster and bringing Andreas's life-points down to 1300. "Sorry Andreas but for you this duel's over! Silent Magician, attack Thunder Unicorn!" Chloe commanded and the magician fired her beam of light at Andreas's last monster bringing his life-points down to zero. "That just leaves you Damien and you passed your turn so you have nothing to protect you, go ahead Chelsea!"
"Got it Chloe, now let's win this duel" Chelsea responded with a grin as she drew her card. "Any chance I could borrow your Magician and your elves?" Chelsea asked and Chloe nodded as the two monsters made their way over to her side of the field. "Oh and there's one more thing, Damien? You seriously thought I was bluffing?"
"You weren't?" Damien asked with a gulp. "But the only monster you would retrieve is with Reincarnation is Honest!"
"That's what I wanted you to think!" Chelsea responded as her monster flipped up revealing a small turtle with a silver shell and the words S and N in bold, red letters underneath its head (4/0/1800). "Electromagnetic Turtle, in a way it works like A/D Changer except it can only work the turn it's sent to the graveyard and it sends the battle phase."
"So, you where bluffing?" Damien asked and Chelsea shrugged.
"Yeah, just not in the way you initially thought, either way I have a combined attack power of 6400 attack points here, more than enough to send us through to the next round! Get him guys!" Chelsea commanded and the monsters launched their attacks bringing Damien's life-points down to zero.
"Here are the winners of the match, Chloe Richardson and Chelsea Cunningham!" Martin's voice rang out and the crowd cheered whilst the two girls exchanged a celebratory fist bump. "And if you think that match was something just wait until tomorrow! Theresa Daniels and Brandon Thomas team up to face fellow Obelisk Blue Student Tyler Kaiba and one of the top Ra Yellow Students Marcus Reynolds!"
"Oh boy, that's going to be a tough match to call!" Chelsea said with an impressed whistle and Chloe nodded in agreement. "I don't even know who to route for in that one!"
"Join the club." Chloe nodded in agreement and whilst that was going on the two teams where talking amongst themselves.
"So, you guys are going from facing a team with an outdated strategy to us!" Marcus said with a confident grin. "May the best team win guys because I know it's gonna be a good one!"
"If you perform as well as you did in our duel in the Battle City Semi-Finals Marcus I don't doubt that for a second!" Brandon responded with a grin and Theresa nodded in agreement. "As for you Tyler, I've wanted to face you for a while."
"Just don't get angry when my Psychic monsters run rampant over your Chaos deck." Tyler responded and Brandon grinned. "At least that's what he thinks! I'm bringing out my second deck for this duel and I mean it!" Tyler thought as the two teams on the podium exchanged handshakes.
"Following that duel the controversial team of Cameron Matthews and Jessica Stevens will team up to take on a team who pulled out an upset victory last round in Keri Harmon and Lacey Morse!" Martin added and the cheers quickly turned to boos.
"Err, yeah, anyone up for watching the duels on the stream tomorrow?" Chloe asked and the other students nodded in agreement. "Obviously Tyler, Marcus, Theresa and Brandon will have to be here but still!"
"How about we meet up at my dorm room then?" Andreas offered and they turned to him. "Unless Tyler is willing to let us use his room I don't think there are any other choices there."
"I say we ask him first." Chloe said before getting her schedule out. "Anyway I have class with Hamden starting soon so I'd better get going." Chloe said as she left the podium.
"And I don't so I'm off to my dorm room." Chelsea added as she gathered up her cards. "See you guys later." Chelsea added before following Chloe out of the arena.
*meanwhile*
"Victor, are you sure about this?" Jack asked as the two agents got off the boat. "Another team duel so soon after the last one?"
"The agent insisted." Victor responded and Jack sighed. "But the target stays the same, Hu Wukong, you have his profile on you and anyone he's with at the time is to be targeted as well." Victor added and the two agents nodded.
"Got it boss, and don't worry you have two souls on the way!" The female agent responded before leaving with the male one.
"Yeah, but in more ways than one," Jack thought before the driver powered up the speed-boat. "Win or lose, doesn't matter, we'll have two more souls for our collection!"