A few minutes had passed since Chelsea had been promoted to Ra Yellow and whilst the students in the audience where either getting a snack or going to the bathroom and the students were preparing for their own promotion duels were preparing for their own duels there was one girl on the island who couldn't be happier.
"I've finally made it into Ra Yellow, now I just have to convince Martin to let me represent Duel Academy at next year's Battle City Tournament." Chelsea thought as she tried on a Ra Yellow Blazer whilst Sarah and Chloe looked on. "So, I guess the big question is whether or not me and Chloe will still be roommates?"
"Yes, you will be." Sarah nodded in response and the two teenaged girls grinned at that. "I talked with Martin and the others about it on the way over and they feel that it would be for the best."
"Wait, for the best?" Chelsea asked as she glanced over her shoulder. "You're making it sound more like a punishment than something that we both want." Chelsea added and Chloe nodded in agreement.
"It's not, I assure you." Sarah responded as she shifted her weight. "Basically it's this, Chelsea, your temper is rather infamous and that showed during the course of your match against Martin, the other teachers were worried that any new Ra Yellow Students would be scared into dropping out of Duel Academy as a result, as for Chloe, she has her own problems stemming from her nasty childhood and since you know her better than any other female Ra Yellow student it would be best if you were there to help her if she had a nasty nightmare."
"You realize that I'm in the same room as you guys right?" Chloe asked with an annoyed look on her face and Chelsea sweat-dropped whilst Sarah cleared her throat.
"No offense was intended Chloe, I'm just paraphrasing what I was told by Martin." Sarah responded and Chloe nodded in understanding. "All though Chelsea, I'm surprised that you didn't request a room with your girlfriend instead."
"Yeah, that was my back-up plan incase Chloe either lost her duel or ended up being paired up with someone else." Chelsea responded as she turned to Sarah. "And even if Beth loses her duel, I know where her dorm room in Osiris Red is almost as well as I know where my old dorm room is so it's not like I can't get there if she invites me over for sex." Chelsea added before realizing something. "Oh yeah that reminds me, what's the plan regarding the stuff that's still in the room we originally shared?"
"You have two options, either you let the teachers handle it or you handle it yourself and anything that underwear would be handled by a female staff member." Sarah responded and Chelsea nodded. "Chloe has already opted to let the teachers handle it but if you handle it yourself you won't be able to attend the welcome party for newly promoted Ra Yellow students."
"I guess that settles it then, I'll leave it to the teachers." Chelsea decided with a nod as Sarah handed over Chelsea's new duel disk. "Just tell them to leave my laptop packed, I prefer handling that myself."
"Will do, I'll let you know where they put your laptop when I show you to your new room." Sarah responded with a nod as Chelsea took her deck out of her old duel disk and put it in her new one alongside her extra deck. "Though there will be a desktop for you to use each and it should be able to run the latest games."
"That's music to my ears!" Chelsea responded with a massive grin on her face. "My laptop's getting old so I can't really rely on it to run even the original Rome: Total War nowadays." Chelsea added as she turned to her. "Speaking of music, how strict are you when it comes to music volume because I usually have my metal on at full blast."
"Might want to reconsider that, the desktops will come with speakers and they are a lot more powerful than a laptop's speakers." Sarah responded as she shook her head. "But really, that'll depend on two things, how late or early it is and if any of your neighbors complain but since there's a few metalheads in the Ra Yellow Girl's Dorm I doubt it'll be a problem."
"Sounds like I have some friends to make when I move in." Chelsea responded with a grin before checking her watch. "Oh yeah, it's match time."
"We'd better get going then." Chloe responded with a nod as she stood up. "See you later Sarah." Chloe added and the headmistress nodded as the two girls ran off.
*meanwhile*
"Okay, so Chloe, Lance and Chelsea are now promoted." Marcus thought as he shuffled his deck, his match against Hamden was drawing near and he was going through his deck to see if there were any last minute changes that he needed to do before his match started. "Now it's up to me to follow in their footsteps!"
"Having last minute concerns Marcus?" Andreas asked with a small grin and Marcus turned to the German Student.
"No, what gave you that idea?" Marcus asked as he finished shuffling his deck and Andreas chuckled.
"Not much, just the fact that you've shuffled enough cards for a hundred duels since Chelsea's duel ended." Andreas pointed out and Marcus sighed.
"Okay, so I am." Marcus sighed in resignation as he shook his head. "I mean, Chloe, Chelsea and Lance have all been promoted to Ra Yellow and Obelisk Blue respectively and we have to make sure that we follow in their footsteps."
"Relax dude, if anyone's ready for Obelisk Blue it's you and Andreas." Lance responded with a grin as Chloe and Chelsea took their seats. "And speaking of well-deserved promotions, congrats on the promotion to Ra Yellow Chelsea, like I said you deserve it!"
"Thanks Lance." Chelsea responded with a massive grin on her face. "All though my head's still spinning from the effects of Martin's monsters."
"No love for me Lance?" Chloe asked with a grin and the others grinned. "What?"
"Chloe, we all know that there's plenty of love between the two of you!" Chelsea responded with a grin and Chloe blushed when she realized her slip-up.
"I meant in terms of how well-deserved my promotion to Ra Yellow is!" Chloe quickly asserted and her friends laughed.
"Sure you did Chloe." Chelsea responded as she regained her composure. "Seriously though, considering that your one of the most improved students at this school it was only a matter of time before you got promoted, rookie status or not!"
"Thanks! Now I just have to work towards Obelisk Blue!" Chloe responded with a grin before noticing that Hamden was on the arena. "Speaking of Obelisk Blue…." Chloe trailed off before motioning to the arena with her head whilst looking at Marcus and he looked up.
"Thanks Chloe! And I'm sure that I'll be promoted by days end as well!" Marcus responded with a grin as he hopped onto the arena. "Are you ready Hamden?"
"The real question is, are you ready for Obelisk Blue?" Hamden asked as he activated his duel disk and Marcus did likewise. "And we'll be answering that question in this duel!"
"Welcome to third Promotion Duel of the day!" Martin announced and the crowd cheered. "The next duel will be contested between the Headmaster of the Osiris Red Boy's Dorm Professor Thomas Hamden and Marcus Reynolds of Ra Yellow!"
"Anyone know what deck he runs?" Chloe asked the others and the others shook their heads.
"His Duel Spirit was Shinato, King of a Higher Plane, wasn't it?" Lance asked as the two duelists drew their opening hands and the others nodded. "Maybe it's some kind of Fairy Ritual Deck?"
"That would fit Shinato being his Duel Spirit. "Andreas agreed with a nod. "But there aren't that many ritual support cards."
"Err, yeah, there are." Chelsea chimed in with a shudder. "I dueled against a Ritual Deck when the Orichalcos Duelists returned, remember? As nasty as the Releaser of Rituals monsters were they were legit cards with the only exception being that damn Ritual of the Ancients Spell Card." Chelsea added with another shudder. "If I never hear the names of those monsters again I'll be happy!"
"Unfortunately for her I have those monsters in my deck." Hamden thought as he overheard Chelsea. "And they are a key part of my strategy!" Hamden thought before looking over his hand. "As Martin explained before his duel with Chelsea the order of turns will be decided by me that said I chose to go first."
"Not like I have a choice." Marcus shrugged as Hamden drew his card.
"I activate the Foolish Burial Spell Card!" Hamden played the card he drew and picked up his deck, once he found the monster he was looking for he sent it to the graveyard alongside Foolish Burial and shuffled his deck. "But there will be more on that later! Next I set one card facedown and I summon Senju of the Thousand Hands in attack mode!"
"I called it!" Lance called out from behind the duelists as the multi-armed fairy appeared on the field (4/1400/1000).
"Since I normal summoned this monster his effect activates allowing me to search through my deck and add one Ritual Monster from my deck to my hand." Hamden continued before picking up and searching through his deck again, once he found the monster he wanted he added it to his hand and shuffled his deck. "Okay, I have everything set up accept for the Ritual Spell Card and I will fix that soon!" Hamden thought before looking at Marcus. "That ends my turn." Hamden announced and Marcus drew his card.
"Okay, now I know for sure what he's running." Marcus thought as he drew his card. "If that monster he just retrieved isn't Shinato, King of a Higher Plane then I'm eating my copies of Blue-Eyes White Dragon and Red-Eyes Black Dragon!" Marcus thought before looking at his drawn card. "Ancient Rules and nothing to use it on, that's just my luck! But it's not like that's the only move I can make!" Marcus thought before playing a card. "Come on out Alexandrite Dragon!" Marcus played the card and the beautiful dragon made of ruby appeared on the field with a roar (4/2000/100).
"Thanks Marcus, you've played right into my hand!" Hamden announced as his trap card flipped up. "I activate Bottomless Trap Hole!"
"Oh you have got to be kidding me?!" Marcus exclaimed as a large pit opened up beneath Alexandrite Dragon causing the dragon to fall in, once the dragon disappeared from view Marcus pocketed the monster.
"As I'm about to demonstrate to you Marcus, my deck doesn't have a complex strategy or the latest cards like Martin's deck." Hamden continued with a confident grin. "But you don't necessarily need those elements to win a match!"
"I set one card facedown and end my turn!" Marcus announced and Hamden drew his card. "I may be down one monster but Mirror Force will keep any monsters he summons at bay!"
"I activate Spellbook inside the Pot, I'm sure you know how this card works by now!" Hamden played the card and both he and Marcus drew three cards. "Perfect, now I have everything I need to secure my victory but first things first, I activate the Quick Play Spell Card Mystical Space Typhoon!"
"Oh come on!" Marcus exclaimed as a tornado ripped the hologram of mirror force to pieces.
"Next I activate another Spell Card, this time it's a Ritual Spell Card called Shinato's Ark!" Hamden played the card and picked up one card from his hand, retrieved another from the graveyard and picked up Senju. "In order to perform this ritual I tribute Senju from my field, Djinn, Releaser of Rituals from my graveyard and A/D Changer from my hand to summon my strongest monster, arise Shinato, King of a Higher Plane!" Hamden played the card and the three monsters where sucked into the ark before the massive multi-armed and winged fairy appeared on the field (8/3300/3000).
"He just had to use the same monster that nearly defeated me during my first Orichalcos Duel!" Marcus thought with a gulp as he stared down the monster. "I don't know what's worse, the fact that he used one of the Djinn monsters to summon it which pretty much means that his monster will have an extra effect on top of its normal effect or the fact that my field's wide open."
"Chelsea, you faced the Djinn monsters before haven't you?" Chloe asked and Chelsea frowned as she turned to her roommate.
"Thanks for reminding me of my first Orichalcos Duel." Chelsea responded sarcastically and Chloe winced. "But yeah, I have, basically Releaser of Rituals prevents the opponent from Special Summoning monsters as long as the Ritual Monster that it was used to summon is face-up on the field."
"Never mind, I now know which fact is worse thanks to Chelsea!" Marcus thought as he looked over his hand. "Now I can't use Ancient Rules full stop!"
"Seeing as how Chelsea has just explained the effect of Releaser of Rituals I don't need to." Hamden added before pointing to Shinato. "But what I will do is attack your life-points directly!" Hamden announced and the fairy put its hands together as it formed an energy ball that was subsequently thrown at Marcus bringing his life-points down to 4700. "If you want to make it to Obelisk Blue Marcus you will have to do better than that."
"Believe me, I will do better!" Marcus responded and Hamden looked over his hand.
"I end my turn." Hamden announced and Marcus drew his card.
"This is bad, unless I can draw something that can destroy Shinato my life-points will run out in no time!" Marcus thought before looking at his drawn card. "Not the best but I'll make do." Marcus thought before setting the monster. "I set one monster in defense mode and two cards facedown to end my turn." Marcus set the three cards and Hamden nodded before drawing a card.
"I'll save this in case he finds a way to destroy Shinato." Hamden thought before adding the card to his hand. "You faced off against Shinato in Battle City surely you know that even defending against him is pointless."
"I know that." Marcus said with a confident grin. "But how do you know that my facedown cards aren't another copy of Mirror Force?"
"For one thing Mirror Force is Semi-Limited in the TCG, the rule set that the school uses, so only one of your facedown cards can be another Mirror Force." Hamden responded and Marcus sweat-dropped.
"Good point." Marcus conceded as Hamden pointed to his monster.
"Fortunately for you under that same rule set Heavy Storm is banned but that won't stop me from attacking your defense monster!" Hamden announced as the fairy fired its attack at the defense monster, revealed to be Golem Dragon (4/200/2000) which was quickly destroyed bringing Marcus's life-points down to 4500. "Setting a weak monster as a counter for Shinato's effect, that's not bad."
"Yeah, well, I have a lot more where that came from!" Marcus responded and Hamden looked over his hand.
"I end my turn." Hamden announced and Marcus drew his card.
"This is bad, no matter what position I place my cards in I can't win!" Marcus thought before looking at his drawn card and setting it. "I set a monster in defense mode and end my turn."
"I was expecting more of a fight from Marcus." Chelsea admitted as she rubbed the back of her head in confusion. "But all he's been doing is defending."
"Considering that the only monster in his deck that comes close to Shinato's power in terms of strength is the Blue-Eyes White Dragon that's to be expected." Andreas responded with a frown. "And thanks to Releaser of Rituals he has to summon it the old fashioned way."
"And that's if he can get two monsters on the field." Chloe added and Andreas nodded in agreement. "Still, Shinato is one monster that I'm glad I never faced in Battle City due to his effect." Chloe added as Hamden drew his card.
"Ritual Raven, this could come in handy later." Hamden thought before adding the monster to his hand and pointing to Marcus's facedown monster. "Shinato, attack his defense monster!" Hamden commanded and the fairy fired his attack at the monster however when Hamden saw the dragon that emerged his eyes widened. "Is that Exploder Dragon?!" Hamden asked as a large explosion consumed both monsters taking them both out.
"That's right!" Marcus responded with a grin before wincing as his life-points dropped to 3700. "I may lose a thousand life-points but it's worth it to take out your monster."
"You may have taken out one of my Shinatos but I have two others waiting in the wings." Hamden responded before looking over his hand. "I end my turn." Hamden announced and Marcus drew his card.
"Oh yeah, that's the ticket!" Marcus thought with a grin before playing the card. "I activate the Spell Card Ancient Rules! I couldn't use this earlier because of Releaser of Ritual's effect but since Shinato is destroyed I can go ahead and use this to bring out the big guns!" Marcus played the card and with a mighty roar the Blue-Eyes White Dragon appeared on the field (8/3000/2500). "I don't have that Synchro Monster that Miranda has but I still have this powerhouse and that's good enough for me!" Marcus thought before pointing to his dragon. "Blue-Eyes White Dragon, attack his life-points directly with White Lightning!" Marcus commanded and the dragon opened his maws to prepare his legendary attack…..
"I activate the effect of A/D Changer from my graveyard!" Hamden announced as the small ogre appeared on the field, it raised its red flag forcing the dragon into defense mode. "I knew that monster would come in handy."
"Well, at least it's a one use card." Marcus thought with a frown before checking his facedown cards. "I end my turn." Marcus announced and Hamden drew his card.
"Not the best that I can hope for but it should do me well." Hamden thought before playing the card. "I activate the Continuous Spell Card Alter of Mist, this Spell Card will remain on the field for three turns and at the end of those three turns I can add one Ritual Monster or Ritual Spell Card to my hand." Hamden explained and Marcus grinned.
"Fine then, I'll just destroy it before the three turns are up!" Marcus said with a grin and Hamden shook his head.
"You can try but it won't help you." Hamden responded and Marcus blinked. "This face-up Spell Card cannot be destroyed by card effects!"
"You're kidding?!" Marcus asked and Hamden shook his head again.
"I'm serious." Hamden said before setting a card. "For now I set one card facedown and end my turn." Hamden set the card and Marcus drew his card.
"It's cool, all he's got is one measly facedown card and a Continuous Spell Card, if I can pull this off I'll make the comeback of the Century!" Marcus thought before turning the Blue-Eyes White Dragon back to attack mode and his mighty dragon stood up. "I'm sending my dragon into battle alone this time!" Marcus said as he went to pick up a card but was cut off by a loud roar.
"You won't be sending any monsters into battle full stop thanks to my Threatening Roar Trap Card." Hamden responded as he sent his trap card to the graveyard.
"In that case I'll save this for next turn." Marcus decided before putting the monster he almost summoned back into his hand and picking up and setting a different monster. "I set a monster in defense mode and end my turn." Marcus announced and Hamden drew his card.
"So Hamden's deck is a Ritual/Stall deck?" Lance commented as he scratched his chin. "I've heard of weirder combos than that, that's for sure."
"I'm going to guess that my Warrior/Spellcaster deck is among those combos." Chloe commented and Lance nodded in response.
"Well you did say that your dad told you that you were taking a risk when you decided on your deck." Lance reminded her and Chloe laughed nervously as she remembered that conversation. "Especially considering how basic your deck was at first."
"Can we get back on track here?" Chelsea asked and the others nodded. "Okay, Hamden has two monsters removed from play, Releaser of Rituals and A/D Changer if he's smart he has a copy of Burial from a Different Dimension in his deck."
"Considering that he's the headmaster of the Osiris Red Boy's Dorm I don't doubt that for a second." Lance nodded in agreement as Marcus looked over his hand and waited for Hamden to make his move. "Even so he has to run out of ways to stall at some point, let's just hope for Marcus's sake that he hasn't brought out another Shinato by then."
"For the record, one turn has passed since Altar of Mist was activated." Hamden commented before looking at the card he had drawn. "Next I activate Preparation of Rights with this Spell Card I add one Level Seven or Lower Ritual Monster from my deck to my hand." Hamden explained before picking up and searching through his deck, once he found the card he was looking for he added it to his hand and shuffled his deck. "Just need one more piece of my puzzle and in two more turns Altar of Mist will provide that puzzle piece, still it'd be good to prepare a back-up plan." Hamden decided before picking up another card. "To end my turn I set one monster in defense mode!" Hamden announced and once the face-down monster appeared on the field Marcus drew his card.
"He's setting up for another Ritual Summon but if I can beat him before he can summon another monster I'll be good to go." Marcus thought before looking at his drawn card. "A Wingbeat of Giant Dragon, normally I'd use this in a heartbeat but even if Altar of Mist could be destroyed using it on one Spell Card would be a waste and I have no way to bring back my dragon." Marcus thought before adding the Spell Card to his hand. "Blue-Eyes White Dragon, attack his defense monster with White Lightning!" Marcus commanded and the dragon opened his maws before letting lose with the attack vaporizing the monster however Marcus caught a glimpse of the monster and frowned. "That was Magician of Faith!"
"Indeed, she has been quite popular since she came off the banlist, both with students and teachers." Hamden responded with a nod before retrieving a spell card from his graveyard and sending Magician of Faith to the graveyard. "Her effect may be slow by today's standards but she has her uses."
"Yeah, I noticed." Marcus responded before looking over his hand. "I end my turn." Marcus announced and Hamden drew his card.
"One more turn until my Altar of Mist Spell Card's effect lets me retrieve the Spell Card I need, for now I need something to defend myself with." Hamden thought before looking at his drawn card and playing it. "I activate the Spell Card Burial from a Different Dimension! And I use this to return one monster I banished a few turns ago to my graveyard."
"He's only returning one?" Marcus thought with a confused look on his face as Hamden took the monster and returned it to the graveyard. "He removed Releaser of Rituals and A/D Changer from play two turns ago, my guess is that he's returned Releaser which means I can inflict some major damage!"
"And I end my turn at that!" Hamden announced and Marcus drew his card.
"Okay, I don't think he returned A/D Changer but if he did then I can force him to use up his effect right now." Marcus thought before looking at his drawn card. "Raiding the Dragon's Cave, yet another card I can't use, man this duel has been full of dead draws!" Marcus thought before adding the Spell Card to his hand and pointing to his dragon. "Blue-Eyes White Dragon, attack his life-points directly with White Lightning!" Marcus commanded and the dragon opened up his maws to unleash his legendary attack….
"By removing A/D Changer from play I can negate your dragon's attack by forcing it into defense mode!" Hamden played the card and the dragon crouched down before it could unleash the attack. "Nice try Marcus."
"At least I forced him to use up his monster's effect!" Marcus thought before looking over his hand. "I end my turn." Marcus announced and Hamden drew his card.
"Then it's time!" Hamden announced before picking up his deck. "First I use Altar of Mist's effect to add one Ritual Spell Card to my hand." Hamden announced as the Spell Card vanished from the field and he added the Spell Card to his hand. "Next, I activate the Spell Card I just drew, Shield Crush!" Hamden played the card and Marcus shielded himself as the facedown monster shattered. "And now the stage is set! I activate Ritual of Destruction!"
"That doesn't sound good!" Marcus said with a wince as Hamden picked up a monster from his hand.
"For you it isn't! Under normal circumstances I need monsters whose combined levels equal seven or more." Hamden said as he turned around Ritual Ravel. "But with the effect of Ritual Raven (1/300/300) I can count it as the whole tribute as I am using it to summon a Dark Type Monster." Hamden added as he sent the monster to the graveyard. "I summon Garlandolf, King of Destruction!" Hamden played the card and a new monster appeared on the field, it was a tall fiend with purple armor, goat like horns and red piercing eyes (7/2500/1400).
"I was worried for a moment there!" Marcus commented with a smirk. "But he can't even beat my dragon in defense mode!"
"What dragon?" Hamden asked simply and Marcus blinked before realizing that the Blue-Eyes White Dragon was gone replaced with a smoldering ash stain. "When Garlandolf is Ritual Summoned any face-up monster who's defense is less than or equal to the defense of Garlandolf is automatically destroyed!"
"At least it can't get any worse!" Marcus commented with a nervous gulp as Hamden shook his head.
"Actually it does! Garlandolf also gains one thousand attack points for each monster destroyed by that effect!" Hamden explained and Marcus's jaw dropped as Garlandolf's attack shot up to 3500. "Be thankful that I didn't have anything that could flip up your face-down monster as well because otherwise I could end this duel right now!"
"That's what he thinks!" Marcus thought as Hamden pointed to his monster.
"Garlandolf, attack Marcus's life-points directly!" Hamden commanded and the fiend put his hands together before firing up a dark energy ball that was launched at Marcus…..but the attack never hit as a translucent image of a dragon appeared just in time to block the attack. "I see you've added Phantom Dragon (1/0/0) to your deck."
"That's right! When you destroyed him by a card effect you gave me the chance to use his effect to remove him from play and end the battle phase." Marcus responded with a grin as he pocketed the monster. "You're not the only one with a few tricks up his sleeve!"
"Yes but how long will these tricks last against my deck?" Hamden asked before looking over the remaining cards in his hand. "I end my turn."
"You know, suddenly facing Martin's complicated deck isn't sounding so bad." Chelsea commented with a wince as she stared at the monster. "That thing would wreak havoc on my deck."
"I'll just say the same thing about facing Lance." Chloe nodded in agreement as she watched the duel. "What cards does Marcus have that could beat that?"
"Err, Five Headed Dragon?" Lance chimed in with a frown. "But his best method of summoning that thing, Future Fusion, got banned before the Expulsion Duels and shows no signs of coming back any time soon."
"People said the same thing about Magician of Faith and Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning, just saying." Chloe pointed out and Lance frowned in response. "Besides, he still has Dragon's Mirror."
"And how many dragons does he have in his graveyard?" Chelsea asked and Chloe paused.
"Err, Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Exploder Dragon and Golem Dragon." Chloe responded after thinking for a moment. "So he needs two more monsters, does he run Burial from a Different Dimension by any chance?"
"No but now that she mentions it I should look into that." Marcus thought before looking at the card he had drawn and grinning. "Sweet, I drew Masked Dragon! With this I can search out other dragons in my deck and hopefully summon Five Headed Dragon if I do draw Dragon's Mirror!" Marcus thought before setting the monster. "That ends my turn."
"Very well, I draw!" Hamden responded as he drew the card. "From my graveyard I activate the effect of Ritual of Destruction!"
"That thing has another effect?" Marcus asked and Hamden nodded as he pocketed the card.
"Yes and I'll explain it momentarily, Garlandolf, attack his defense monster!" Hamden commanded and the fiend launched its attack at the set monster, revealed to be Masked Dragon, which was quickly destroyed.
"Hah! Thanks Hamden, since you just sent Masked Dragon to the graveyard….." Marcus trailed off as he sent the monster to the graveyard, or at least tried to as the monster ejected back out within seconds. "What the, is my duel disk busted?"
"No, this is the effect of Ritual of Destruction." Hamden responded with a smirk. "To put it simply, during the Main Phase I can remove it from play and from that moment onwards any monster that is destroyed by the attack of a Ritual Monster gets sent to the top of the owner's deck for the rest of the turn."
"You gotta be kidding me!?" Marcus blurted out and Hamden shook his head.
"I had a feeling it was a deck searcher when I saw the grin on your face." Hamden responded as he added the card he had drawn to his hand. "Honestly, sometimes you are worse than Chloe at poker faces."
"Gee, thanks." Marcus and Chloe said simultaneously as large sweat-drops rolled down their heads.
"I end my turn." Hamden ignored them and Marcus drew his card. "We both know that that card is Masked Dragon!"
"Yeah but he's not the only card in my hand, in fact he's about to get some company! I activate the Spell Card Raiding the Dragon's Cave!" Marcus played the card and Hamden frowned. "Since I have my Blue-Eyes White Dragon in the graveyard this trap card will let me draw two cards." Marcus added before making his draws. "At least he's used up his Spell Card's effect but if he can summon Shinato this duel's over." Marcus thought before picking up Masked Dragon and the other two cards he had drawn this turn. "I set two cards facedown and a monster in defense mode to end my turn." Marcus announced and Hamden drew his card.
"I may not be able to use the effect of Ritual of Destruction but I have him on the run." Hamden thought before looking at his drawn card. "Another copy of Releaser of Rituals, I think I have an idea." Hamden thought before playing a card. "I activate Heaven's Lost Property." Hamden played the card and both duelists drew three cards and discarded two.
"Really could've used another dragon in that draw but I have another in the graveyard and that's all that matters." Marcus thought as Hamden sent his Spell Card to the graveyard.
"Next I set one card facedown." Hamden announced as the set card appeared on the field. "Now Garlandolf, attack his defense monster!" Hamden commanded and the fiend launched his attack at the set monster, revealed to be Masked Dragon, which was once again destroyed. "Now you get to use Masked Dragon's effect."
"That's right and I use it to summon Totem Dragon!" Marcus played the card and the strange green dragon appeared on the field (2/400/200). "I hope this works."
"I end my turn." Hamden announced and Marcus drew his card.
"I activate my Trap Card Dragon's Rebirth! I banish Totem Dragon…" Marcus trailed off as the small dragon vanished. "To bring back the big guy, come on out the Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" Marcus played the card and the legendary dragon returned to the field with a roar.
"I'd be worried if your dragon could defeat Garlandolf but the sad truth is he can't!" Hamden responded with a smirk.
"He won't need too because I'm taking a page from your book! I activate my trap card Burst Breath!" Marcus activated the trap and the Dragon Roared before firing up his legendary attack. "By sacrificing my Blue-Eyes White Dragon I can destroy all monsters on the field who's defense is less than or equal to the dragon's attack and I can see that Garlandolf fits the bill so your king's about to be dethroned!" Marcus added and Hamden's eyes widened as the two monsters launched their attacks destroying each other in the process.
"It doesn't matter, I know Marcus hasn't made his normal summon yet and my facedown card is Mirror Force, crude but it still works!" Hamden thought with a confident grin on his face.
"But if you think that my dragon is out for the count think again! I activate Swing of Memories to bring him back from the graveyard!" Marcus played the card and the dragon returned to the field with a roar. "But I have to say my good-byes to him again! I activate A Wingbeat of Giant Dragon!"
"Well, so much for Mirror Force." Hamden thought as he braced himself and the dragon took flight, the dragon beat his wings once as he disappeared into the sky destroying Hamden's facedown card. "You'll run out of ways to bring out your dragon eventually Marcus."
"Who said I planned to bring him back?" Marcus asked and Hamden blinked in confusion. "First I activate the card I drew, Heaven's Lost Property!" Marcus played the card and both players drew three cards before discarding two. "And now the stage is set for my big play, I activate Dragon's Mirror!"
"Oh no, he's planning to bring THAT out." Hamden realized as his eyes widened and Golem Dragon, Exploder Dragon, Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Masked Dragon and the monster he discarded for Heaven's Lost Property, Axe Dragonite, briefly appeared on the field before they were all sucked into a portal from which Five Headed Dragon emerged (12/5000/5000). "Very impressive but it won't finish me off."
"No, but the two remaining cards in my hand will, I activate D.D.R. – Different Dimension Reincarnation!" Marcus played the card and discarded the last card in his hand before retrieving another and without another word the Blue-Eyes White Dragon returned to the field for the third time. "Thanks for the duel Hamden but this match is over."
"The feeling is mutual Marcus, congratulations on your promotion to Obelisk Blue." Hamden nodded as he braced himself.
"Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Five Headed Dragon, finish this duel now!" Marcus commanded and the two dragons launched their attacks at Hamden sending his life-points plummeting down to zero.
"Here is your winner and the newest student to graduate to the Obelisk Blue Boy's Dorm Marcus Reynolds!" Martin announced and the crowd cheered and Marcus grinned broadly. "In just a few moments we will determine if another Battle City contestant will get to join him as Andreas Freshier from the Ra Yellow Boy's Dorm takes on Maria Davis the Osiris Red Girl's Dorm Headmistress."
"Oh yeah, Obelisk Blue here I come!" Marcus said with a grin as he hopped off the arena and walked up to the others.
"Congrats Marcus, you just reduced the weight of the Ra Yellow Boy's Dorm by a lot!" Chelsea teased him and Marcus laughed.
"Very funny Chelsea, so err, any chance of a celebratory kiss?" Marcus teased her and Chelsea grinned in response.
"Maybe I would if Beth wasn't here…..and if I was straight." Chelsea responded with a grin and Marcus grinned in response. "You'd better go get fitted for an Obelisk Blue Blazer."
"That's my next stop." Marcus responded with a nod as he started to walk off. "And hopefully they'll have blazers in my size!" Marcus added before walking off.