(OOC: I would like to take a moment to dedicate this chapter to the memory of Robin Williams, as the Genie in Aladdin he was a big part of my childhood and he'll be missed)
A short time had passed since Marcus had beaten Hamden and was promoted up to Obelisk Blue but by now he had already been fitted for his new blazer and had been given his new duel disk and was currently on his way back to the arena.
"I've fought long and hard to get where I am and, well, here I am wearing an Obelisk Blue Blazer." Marcus thought with a grin as he looked over his new blazer feeling proud of what he had accomplished just a few moments before. "I'm feeling so good right now that practically nothing can dampen my mood!"
"Ah, there you are Marcus." Thomas Newborne's voice rang out and Marcus frowned.
"Well, except for this asshole." Marcus thought before turning to Thomas. "What do you want Thomas? I want to head back to the arena and watch my friends duel!" Marcus said as he went to leave.
"That's precisely what I want to talk about." Thomas responded and Marcus stopped in his tracks before turning around. "Sure, you have your friends in the lower dorms but like I said they are beneath you and hardly worth your time."
"You want me to abandon my friends just because two of them won't be joining me in Obelisk Blue?!" Marcus snarled at him as his eyes narrowed. "I'm normally a lot more polite than this but you're not worth it, go fuck yourself Thomas!"
"Amusing, your acting like your German friend will be joining you and Alvers in Obelisk Blue!" Thomas responded and Marcus's eyes narrowed. "Come now Marcus, even an imbecile like you knows that Otto was the stronger duelist of the Freshier Twins."
"Otto was the stronger duelist? Give me a break! The guy ran Cyber Commander in his deck and he made it into Obelisk Blue because of connections." Marcus said before walking off. "Besides, he turned his back on the school the moment he started using the Seal of the Orichalcos, something Andreas has never done and he's about to earn his spot in Obelisk Blue unlike his brother." Marcus added before storming off.
"You're making a mistake Marcus!" Thomas called after him but the portly student ignored him and once he was out earshot Thomas shook his head. "That didn't work on Alvers and it didn't work on Reynolds, no point in trying it on Andreas I suppose."
"Still trying to recruit new Obelisk Blue Students huh?" Cameron's voice rang out and Thomas looked up seeing Cameron and Jessica standing behind him. "Don't bother all the new students in Obelisk Blue are still naïve enough to think that they can maintain friendships with the lower class."
"It's pathetic, really." Jessica scoffed in agreement. "Obelisk Blue is meant for the elites and the only other decent duelist who recognized that was unfairly expelled during Battle City!"
"Funny, I seem to remember Thomas losing to one of the "lower class" and Cameron almost having his winning streak ended by that same student." The three students froze in their place before they looked up seeing Tyler and Miranda standing behind them and it was Tyler who spoke up. "You idiots may not like it but the whole "Obelisk Blue is the only dorm that matters" mentality is a dying one."
"And besides, it's kind of hypocritical when Thomas is paired up with a Ra Yellow Student for the Tag Team Tournament, isn't it?" Miranda added with a smirk and Thomas grinned.
"I seem to remember that your team pretty much lost because your partner, an Osiris Red Reject, relied too much on your powerful strategies Miranda." Thomas responded with a scoff and Miranda's eyes narrowed at that. "Besides, we all know that bitch cheated….."
"Not another word." Tyler interrupted him in a dangerously low voice as he pushed past Cameron and Jessica and Thomas gulped. "Or did you forget that I attended that very same Duel Theory class? What you call cheating I call "handing your opponent a tuner monster on a silver platter despite knowing that she runs Colossal Fighter and that your deck has more than a few warriors in it and being surprised when she uses that Tuner Monster to summon her best Warrior monster."." Tyler responded and Thomas gulped. "There is no shame in losing to an Osiris Red Student even if she was promoted to Ra Yellow a half hour ago, the sooner that idiots like you realize it the better."
"And why should I do that?" Thomas scoffed as he folded his arms. "Osiris Red, Ra Yellow, it doesn't matter, she's still beneath me!"
"For someone who's below you, based on what Tyler told me, you practically handed Chloe the win on a silver platter." Miranda responded and Thomas growled. "Besides, like I said you're also teamed up with a Ra Yellow Student in the tournament and I noticed that he was among the students up for promotion to Obelisk Blue, are you really willing to condescend him as well?"
"Well if he doesn't make it then off course! That will just confirm that they made a big mistake by giving me Rajin as my tag team partner!" Thomas responded with a scoff and Tyler's eyes narrowed.
"That wasn't what she asked." Tyler responded and Thomas scoffed.
"Who cares? We all know that the Obelisk Blue Dorm is the only dorm that matters." Thomas said as he shook his head. "You're wasting your time with those pathetic rejects if you two had been teamed with a fellow Obelisk Blue student then you'd be through to the third round!"
"That hasn't stopped you from advancing even with a Ra Yellow Student as your partner." Miranda pointed out with a frown. "And besides, Tyler's team was facing two of the best duelists in Obelisk Blue and my team were facing two duelists who were no slouches either, our matches could've gone either way and unlike you we actually worked with our partners in our matches rather than dictating the pace of them!"
"If Rajin was actually talented he'd be Obelisk Blue already!" Thomas scoffed before brushing past Tyler. "Now if you excuse me I have no time to waste with a pair of idiots who are basically living off of their dad's legacy!" Thomas added and Cameron and Jessica soon walked off after him, Tyler clenched his fist but Miranda put her hand on her step-brother's shoulder.
"Let him go, we both know how wrong he is anyway." Miranda told him and Tyler took a deep breath before calming down. "You almost pulled a Chelsea there."
"Miranda, you know how closely I work with students in Osiris Red and Ra Yellow for example I don't think anyone else in my dorm bar Theresa and Brandon would've taken her up on her challenge when Chloe challenged me in the lead-up to the expulsion duels." Tyler responded with a frown. "And we both know that there are two things I won't tolerate."
"Yeah, people belittling students in Osiris Red and Ra Yellow and people insinuating that we only made it as far as we did because we happen to be the offspring of Seto Kaiba." Miranda responded with a nod and a frown. "But the truth is people will think that of us even after we graduate and until this school really cracks down on the snobs in our dorm the students in the other two dorms will continue to get a bad rap from then."
"Those facts don't make the pill any less bitter to swallow." Tyler responded with a frown. "I need something to take my mind off this."
"Well, Andreas's promotion duel should be starting soon and I know you love a good duel as much as I do." Miranda responded after checking her watch and Tyler grinned.
"Let's go." Tyler responded before the siblings walked off.
*meanwhile*
"Okay, so, Lance and Chloe graduated, Chelsea graduated, Marcus graduated and now it's my turn." Andreas thought as he stepped onto the stage and waited for Maria to arrive. "I wish I knew more about Maria's deck but at the moment? I'll have to rely on instincts to defeat her."
"Don't let my age fool you Andreas." Maria's voice rang out and Andreas looked up to see the elderly teacher stepping onto the stage, she did so with some difficulty clearly showing her age but that didn't seem to slow her down. "I may be the oldest teacher here and I may have been around since before Duel Academy was a concept but that just means that I have the most experience."
"I had no intention of underestimating you because you're older." Andreas responded as they activated their duel disks and drew their opening hands once they shuffled their decks. "I've been watching the duels with the others and your colleagues have certainly showed that age has not affected their abilities as duelists."
"That is good to know, but you need to know one other thing." Maria responded and Andreas raised an eyebrow. "Like Martin I am not using my regular deck."
"I thought as much." Andreas thought as he looked over his hand. "Duelists with their experience would be dumb to not run more than one deck in fact I wouldn't be surprised if Hamden didn't use his true deck against Marcus either." Andreas thought before turning his attention to Maria. "In the past two duels the order has been decided by the teachers, is it the same case here?"
"Yes and I will go first." Maria added and Andreas nodded before she made her first draw. "And I activate a rather popular Spell Card, Foolish Burial!" Maria played the card and picked up her deck before searching through it and once she found the monster that she was looking for she sent it to the graveyard and shuffled her deck. "Now I set one card facedown and I summon Double Fin Shark!" Maria played the card and a large, ugly purple shark with two fins appeared on the field (4/1000/1200).
"What's she up too? That monster isn't very strong!" Andreas thought as Maria retrieved the monster from her graveyard.
"When Double Fin Shark is normal summoned his effect activates." Maria added as she held up the monster. "This effect allows me to target one Level Three or Level Four Water Fish Type Monster in my graveyard and special summon it with its effects negated so I summon another Double Fin Shark!" Maria played the card and another Double Fin Shark appeared on the field.
"So your plan is a Rank 4 XYZ Summon, this isn't good." Andreas commented and Maria nodded.
"Indeed, now Double Fin Shark's effect prevents me from Special Summoning other monsters except for Water Monsters for the rest of the turn." Maria added as the Overlay Network opened up and the two sharks where sucked in. "Fortunately for me the XYZ Monsters that I intend to summon fit the bill."
"Wait, monsters? You're summoning more than one?!" Andreas asked and Maria nodded as she retrieved the monster from her extra deck.
"That is indeed what I plan to do, but first I XYZ Summon Bahamut Shark to the field in attack mode!" Maria played the card and a new monster appeared on the field in the place of the first Double Fin Shark, it was a humanoid shark that was blue and white in color and very muscular (Rank: 4/2600/2100). "Now I activate Bahamut Shark's effect, by detaching one XYZ Material from him I can special summon one Rank 3 or lower XYZ Monster from my extra deck as long as it is a Water Monster free of charge." Maria added as she sent one of the sharks to the graveyard.
"I don't think I2 would create a card that powerful without some kind of drawback." Andreas thought as Maria played the card and another humanoid shark appeared on the field, however this one was purple and white and was carrying a trident.
"Meet Tri Edge Levia!" Maria announced as the monster growled (Rank: 3/1800/1500). "He comes with an effect of his own but I'll get to that later, for now all you need to know is two things, Bahamut Shark cannot attack the same turn he uses his effect and I end my turn." Maria announced and Andreas drew his card.
"She just summoned two XYZ Monsters in the same turn; I'd better play it safe." Andreas thought before looking over his hand. "Nimble Mogumba, Barrier Rat….I can set Mogumba use its effect to special summon two others and when Maria destroys one of them I'll use the remaining one with Barrier Rat to Synchro Summon one of my unicorns, it almost seems to easy so I had better play it safe." Andreas thought before picking up three cards. "I set two cards facedown and a monster in defense mode." Andreas announced as the two cards appeared on the field. "That ends my turn." Andreas announced and Maria drew her card.
"I will save this Spell Card for later." Maria decided as she added the card to her hand. "Tri Edge Levia, attack his defense monster!" Maria commanded and the trident wielding monster charged towards the defense monster, revealed to be Nimble Mogumba, which was quickly destroyed.
"I activate Nimble Mogumba's effect!" Andreas announced only to get an error message when he tried to send his monster to the graveyard. "Is my Duel Disk on the fritz?"
"No, you see any monster that's attacked by Tri Edge Levia is banished rather than sent to the graveyard." Maria explained and Andreas's eyes widened. "I am very familiar with your monster's effect and I know that the effect requires the monster to be sent to the graveyard." Maria added and Andreas frowned before pocketing the monster. "Bahamut Shark, attack his life-points directly!" Maria commanded and the shark leapt into battle.
"It's a good thing that I set a back-up plan then! I activate my trap card Break Tune!" Andreas announced as his trap card flipped up. "Since you just declared an attack I can use this to not only summon a Tuner Monster like Barrier Rat from my hand….." Andreas added as the rat appeared on the field (3/0/0). "But it also negates the attack to boot!"
"Very well, I end my turn." Maria announced and Andreas drew his card.
"Okay, I have one of my best Tuners on the field and just need the means to summon something with it." Andreas thought before looking at his drawn card. "And I think I have it!" Andreas thought before playing the card. "I activate One for One; I discard one monster to summon one Level 1 Monster from my deck, I summon Moja!" Andreas played the card and a small black beast with a yellow face appeared on the field (1/100/100).
"So you're planning a Level Four Synchro Summon." Maria commented with a frown. "Nice try but not good enough."
"I'm not done! The monster I discarded for One for One's effect was Chain Dog and since I have two beast type monsters on my side of the field I can summon it now!" Andreas responded as he retrieved the monster from his graveyard, played it and the large dog wrapped in chains appeared on the field (4/1600/1100).
"So, he's planning on bringing out the big guns, fortunately I'm prepared." Maria thought as Andreas's three monsters leapt into the air ready to do a Synchro Summon.
"I tune Barrier Rat with Chain Dog and Moja to Synchro Summon Lightning Tricorm!" Andreas played the card and in the place of Chain Dog stood the mighty tri horned unicorn (8/2800/2000).
"A better move would've been something similar to what you did in your last tournament duel." Maria pointed out and Andreas frowned. "You know it and I know it."
"Regardless, as I have just performed a Level Eight Synchro Summon with Barrier Rat its effect activates letting me draw one card for each Synchro Material Monster I just used to summon it." Andreas explained before drawing two cards. "Unfortunately one of the cards I have just drawn is a monster so I must discard it." Andreas added before sending the monster to the graveyard. "Now it's decision time, Bahamut Shark's ability is certainly lethal but I don't know what tricks her Tri-Edge Levia has, I'd better play it safe and destroy Tri-Edge." Andreas decided before pointing to the weaker XYZ Monster. "Lightning Tricorn, attack Tri-Edge Levia!" Andreas commanded and the beast galloped towards Tri-Edge Levia…..
"I activate my Trap Card Staunch Defender! Now your monster is forced to attack Bahamut Shark instead!" Maria activated the trap and Andreas's eyes narrowed as Lightning Tricorn impaled Bahamut Shark on its horn instead destroying him and bringing Andreas's life-points down to 7800.
"She just threw away one of the best XYZ Monsters I've seen but why?" Andreas thought with a frown. "There has to be more to Tri-Edge Levia than his banishing effect, there's no other explanation for it." Andreas realized before picking up the other card he drew with Barrier Rat's effect. "I set one card facedown and end my turn." Andreas announced and Maria drew her card.
"Andreas has one of his best monsters on the field and two facedown cards, no matter, I have plenty of tricks up my sleeve." Maria thought before looking at her drawn card, adding it to her hand and playing another card. "I activate Salvage, with this Spell Card I can take two Water Monsters with 1500 or less attack in my graveyard and return them to my hand." Maria played the card and retrieved both monsters from her graveyard.
"Either one of those Sharks would've served her better in the graveyard, why would she return them to her hand?" Andreas thought as Maria sent her Spell Card to the graveyard.
"Now I activate Moray of Greed, with this Spell Card I shuffle the two Water Monsters that I just added to my hand back into my deck and draw three cards!" Maria explained before picking up her sharks, shuffling them into the deck and drawing her cards. "I set two cards facedown and I end my turn at that." Maria announced and Andreas drew his card.
"She didn't switch her XYZ monster to defense mode but why? It makes no sense." Andreas thought before looking at his drawn card. "Well, it's time I made an XYZ of my own!" Andreas thought with a small grin on his face. "I summon Rescue Rabbit!" Andreas played the card and the small bunny rabbit in the worker's helmet appeared on the field (4/300/100). "And I activate his effect, banishing him so that I can summon two Mad Dogs of Darkness!" Andreas announced as the rabbit disappeared from the field and two rabid looking yellow dogs appeared on the field (4/1900/1400).
"His strategy couldn't be more obvious, he's summoning Diamond Dire Wolf." Maria thought before chuckling. "If he had summoned one of the weaker Unicorn Synchros first he could've used Lightning Tricorn's effect in combination with that monster but he didn't and that will cost him."
"I now construct the Overlay Network with my Mad Dogs!" Andreas announced as the two dogs turned into white orbs of light and Overlay Network opened up, Andreas retrieved an XYZ Monster from his graveyard and played it. "Come forth Silver Fang, Protector of the Forrest!" Andreas played the card and from the overlay network emerged a large silver wolf that resembled the old monster Silver Fang, however this one was clearly older than the original and it let out a howl as it got ready for battle (Rank: 4/2200/1800).
"Well, that's certainly new." Maria commented with a raised eyebrow as she stared down the new monster. "But so far all I see is a retrained version of Silver Fang."
"True, I could've gone with my old standby and summon Diamond Dire Wolf instead but I realized yesterday that I'd need some new tactics if I was going to win this match." Andreas responded as he folded his arms. "After all, you watched my progress through the Battle City Tournament alongside the other teachers."
"Your deck was already much different than it was during that tournament before you added that monster." Maria responded with a frown. "But if you summoned it instead of a useful monster such as Diamond Dire Wolf then it must have a powerful effect."
"I assure you that he does." Andreas responded with a grin. "But I'll get to that later, for now I attack Tri Edge Levia with Lightning Tricorn!" Andreas announced as the beast charged into battle.
"You'll do no such thing! I activate my trap card Water Barrier!" Maria activated the trap and a stream of water shot up from out of nowhere preventing Lightning Tricorn from getting any closer. "This trap card will protect Tri Edge Levia from one attack by my opponent's monster."
"Yes but encase you didn't notice I have two monsters and they are both stronger than Tri Edge Levia, Silver Fang, attack Tri Edge Levia!" Andreas commanded and the wolf charged towards Tri Edge Levia….
"There's a reason I always teach my students to never end your turn if there's a backup plan available and here it is, my Trap Card Zeus's Breath!" Maria announced as her second facedown card flipped up. "This trap card not only negates the attack but since I control a Water Type Monster it'll also deal you eight hundred points of damage!" Maria added and Andreas grunted as his life-points dropped to 7200.
"Okay, she's drawn first blood through a card effect I'm not doing as badly as Marcus did at first though so there's that!" Andreas thought before picking up a card. "I set one card facedown and end my turn."
"Any ideas about what Maria's planning?" Chelsea wondered as the Osiris Red Headmistress drew her card. "Or what Andreas's new XYZ monster does?"
"No to all of the above." Lance responded with a frown. "I heard about the new Silver Fang monster a couple of months back, would've read the effect but the only website with any news about it was in German."
"And as we all know, German is Andreas's first language." Marcus responded with a nod. "I'm guessing you shot him an e-mail about it?"
"Yeah, even if I could read German, or speak it for that matter, it didn't seem like it would fit in my deck since it was Earth Attribute and clearly a Beast Monster." Lance responded with a frown. "He asked if I wanted him to translate it for me in a reply but I was already running late for Duel Theory at the time so I said no and never got around to asking him afterwards."
"Well he obviously ordered the card since it's now in his extra deck so he must've found it useful." Chloe responded with a nod as she and the others watched the duel.
"Like Lance I had learned of the Silver Fang monster before but I was too busy to look into it." Maria thought before looking at her drawn card. "As you control two monsters I can summon Panther Shark from my hand without sacrificing Tri-Edge Levia!" Maria played the card and a new sea creature appeared on the field, it was an ugly yellow and purple shark with long fangs (5/1100/2000). "But I am not done since I now control Panther Shark I special summon his companion, Eagle Shark!" Maria played another card and another ugly sea creature appeared on the field this one resembling a shark with an eagle's head (5/1100/1800).
"This is not good! She has everything she needs to make a Rank Five XYZ monster and those things are powerful." Andreas thought with a frown as the overlay network opened up again and the two new sharks were sucked in.
"I use Panther Shark and Eagle Shark to construct the overlay network and summon Shark Fortress!" Maria played the card from her extra deck and a new monster emerged from the overlay network, as its name implied it was a heavily armored shark with what looked like green and white armor with propellers (Rank: 5/2400/1800).
"What is she thinking? My Lightning Tricorn can easily defeat that monster in battle and she's clearly left it in attack mode!" Andreas thought as he stared down the monster. "No, Maria didn't get to be a teacher at this academy by being a poor duelist, she has something up her sleeve for Tricorn but for now I should be more concerned about Silver Fang really since her monster is stronger than him, luckily my facedown card will buy me some time."
"Before I go on the attack…." Maria trailed off before picking up and setting a third card face down on the field. "You can worry about that facedown card later and Shark Fortress now! Shark Fortress, attack Silver Fang!" Maria commanded and the monster prepared his weapons….
"Sorry but I will have to worry about Shark Fortress later! I activate my Trap Card Half or Nothing!" Andreas activated the trap and the large imposing figure of the monster known as Judge Man appeared on the field. "With this trap card you get two choices, you can either continue your battle phase with the attacks of your monsters cut in half or end the battle phase immediately."
"That is an easy choice to make I chose to end my battle phase." Maria responded as the weapons powered down and Judge Man vanished from the field. "Before I end my turn there is one thing you should know."
"And what's that exactly?" Andreas asked with a curious look on his face.
"If you plan to attack Tri-Edge Levia first, don't, as long as Shark Fortress is on the field it is the only monster that you can target." Maria responded and Andreas frowned when he heard that. "That said I end my turn at that." Maria announced and Andreas drew his card.
"If Maria was smart she would've waited until my battle phase before revealing that." Andreas thought before he looked at his drawn card. "This card will come in handy later but in the meantime I can attack Shark Fortress with Lightning Tricorn and finally finish off Tri-Edge Levia with Silver Fang!" Andreas thought before adding the card to his hand. "Lightning Tricorn, attack Shark Fortress!" Andreas commanded and the unicorn charged into battle…..
"You've triggered my trap card and at the same time you have destroyed your own monster." Maria responded as her facedown card flipped up. "And that trap card is Covering Fire! Since you targeted Shark Fortress for an attack I can take Tri-Edge Levia's attack and add it to Shark Fortress's attack."
"Oh no….." Andreas trailed off as the revelation hit him and both of Maria's monsters glowed for a few seconds before Shark Fortress's attack shot up to 4200 and it fired its weapons at Lightning Tricorn destroying it and bringing Andreas's life-points down to 5800. "I set one card facedown to end my turn."
"That last move hit Andreas hard." Lance said with a wince as Maria drew his card. "Think he'll be joining me and Marcus in Obelisk Blue?"
"Dude, if anyone can pull it off its Andreas." Marcus responded with a confident grin. "Besides I won my duel against Hamden despite having the odds stacked against me for most of it, he'll be fine."
"Does Andreas have a monster as powerful as Five Headed Dragon in his deck?" Chelsea pointed out and Marcus went to say something in response. "Master of Oz may be nearly as powerful as Five Headed Dragon but he still doesn't count since there's no prize for second place and all that."
"He's been in tough spots before and besides, one of the main strengths of Andreas's deck is the ability to quickly swarm the field." Marcus pointed out as he turned to her. "Just watch and learn."
"I activate the effect of Shark Fortress." Maria announced as she sent Eagle Shark to the graveyard. "With this effect I can target one monster I control and for the rest of the turn it can attack twice at the cost of one of its overlay units so I'll target Shark Fortress itself."
"This isn't good, Silver Fang's effect won't save it from being attacked and my only facedown card is Shock Draw." Andreas thought as Maria played another card.
"Next I play the spell card Tribute to the Doomed, this may be an old card but like me it still has a kick to it!" Maria played the card and discarded a card from her hand before a mummified hand reached out of the ground to grab Silver Fang…..
"I activate the effect of Silver Fang, Defender of the Forrest!" Andreas announced as he took the two Mad Dogs and sent them to the graveyard. "Do you want to know why he's called Defender of the Forrest? It's because of his effect, once per duel and at the cost of both of its overlay units Silver Fang will protect one Beast Monster I control from destruction via a card effect." Andreas added as Silver Fang cut down the mummified hand. "Furthermore if my opponent has more monsters than me at the time of the effect's activation I can draw one card for each monster you control." Andreas added before drawing two cards.
"Well, if you think that will help you then by all means, especially since your hand is running low." Maria responded as Andreas drew his card. "But as you just said Silver Fang's effect doesn't protect it from attacks, Shark Fortress, attack Silver Fang and then attack Andreas's life-points!" Maria commanded and the fortress fired two missile volleys, one vaporized Silver Fang in an instant and the second hit Andreas bringing his life-points down to 3200. "You are fortunate that Silver Fang's effect prevented me from finishing you off now, Tri-Edge Levia, attack his life-points directly!" Maria commanded and the monster stabbed Andreas with its trident bringing his life-points down to 1400. "Unless you drew something good out of those two cards you'll have to wait until next time to move up to Obelisk Blue, I end my turn."
"I didn't draw anything useful with Silver Fang's effect." Andreas responded as he got up and activated his trap. "But maybe this will change that! I activate the trap card Shock Draw!" Andreas announced before drawing his four cards. "If I play my cards right this may win the duel for me!" Andreas thought as he drew a fifth card. "Looks like I'll get to take some more new cards for a spin."
"More new cards you say? I don't see how that can help you right now." Maria responded as Andreas played a card.
"Let me be the judge of that! First I activate Obedience Schooled!" Andreas played the card and picked up his deck. "With this Spell Card I can Special Summon three Level Two or lower Beast Type Monsters with different names as long as I have no monsters, so I summon Nimble Mogumba, Blade Rabbit and the Tuner Monster Elephun!" Andreas played the cards and the three monsters appeared on the field (2/1000/100) (2/400/300) (2/500/300). "Now this does come with a drawback, these monsters have their effects negated and they will be destroyed once my turn ends, but they won't be around for that long."
"Yes, you did mention that one of the monsters was a Tuner Monster." Maria responded with a nod. "But I am aware of that Spell Card's effect and I know that you can only Special Summon Beast Type Monsters once you use it."
"That's exactly what I plan to do! Next I banish one Spell Card from my hand to Special Summon Monoceros!" Andreas played the card and once he pocketed the spell card the large brown unicorn from his tag team duel against Chloe and Chelsea appeared on the field (3/1000/1000). "Now I tune Elephun with Blade Rabbit, Nimble Mogumba and Monoceros!"
"You're doing a Level 9 Synchro Summon?!" Maria exclaimed as the four monsters leapt into the air for the Synchro Summon.
"Yes and this is a monster that didn't exactly get a good showing the last time I used him." Andreas responded as the two Synchro Rings from Elephun surrounded the other three monsters in the Synchro Summon. "I summon Leogun, Lord of the Jungle!" Andreas played the card and once the bright flash faded the mighty lion like beast appeared on the field (9/2500/2000). "Before I continue I shall use Monoceros's effect to Special Summon Elephun in defense mode." Andreas added as the Tuner Monster returned to the field. "But he won't be around for long I activate Sacrifice to the Jungle Gods." Andreas announced as the Spell Card, depicting an ominous looking jungle, appeared on the field.
"I've heard of that card, it's supposed to be rare and expensive, how did you afford it?" Maria asked as she folded her arms.
"Months of saving up and a lot of patience on E-Bay." Andreas responded with a smirk. "Anyway to activate this I have to destroy one Beast Type monster with 1000 attack points or less." Andreas added as Elephun vanished. "And in exchange Leogun gets to attack twice, but that's not all." Andreas added as his life-points dropped to 400.
"Oh no…." Maria trailed off as Green Baboon Defender of the Forrest appeared on the field (7/2600/1800). "That's a lot of luck from Shock Draw."
"Well it was equal parts Shock Draw, Silver Fang and my regular draw to be honest." Andreas admitted with a smirk. "Next I banish Monoceros from my graveyard to activate Leogun's effect!" Andreas announced as he pocketed the monster and Leogun leapt towards Shark Trooper and cut the monster in half with his claws.
"You do realize that by doing that you forfeit your battle phase, correct?" Maria pointed out and Andreas nodded.
"Yes, as I said during my duel against Chloe's team I have to forfeit my ability to conduct a battle phase in exchange for this effect, never said anything about doing it twice!" Andreas added before pocketing another monster and Leogun destroyed Tri-Edge Levia. "Just out of curiosity, what was that card's full effect?"
"If I had drawn a card that would've added an overlay unit to Levia I could've reduced one of your monster's attack points by eight hundred and negate its effect." Maria responded and Andreas nodded.
"Then I am glad that you never drew that whilst Silver Fang was on the field." Andreas said before picking up another two cards. "I have two last cards to play, first Mischief of the Time Goddess to allow me to skip to my next turn's Battle Phase." Andreas played the card and time moved forward one turn allowing him to attack. "And last but not least, the card that I will win the duel with and like Tribute to the Doomed it is an old card with a kick to it, Rush Recklessly! And I target Green Baboon!" Andreas played the card and Green Baboon's attack shot up to 3300.
"You have won Andreas." Maria conceded with a nod. "You will do well in Obelisk Blue."
"I know I will, Green Baboon, Leogun, finish it!" Andreas commanded and the two monsters charged into battle, Leogun struck twice with its claws bringing Maria's life-points down to 3000 allowing Green Baboon to strike her with his club finishing the duel.
"Here is your winner and the newest student to graduate to the Obelisk Blue Boy's Dorm, Andreas Freshier!" Martin's voice rang out and Andreas smirked as the holograms disappeared. "In just a few moments his former headmaster Jeff Trenton will take on Beth McKenzie of the Osiris Red Girl's Dorm!"
"It's been a long road but I can safely say that it's been worth it." Andreas thought as he gathered up his cards and shuffled them into the appropriate decks and hopped off the arena. "I just have to do a better job of representing the Boy's Dorm than my accursed twin brother did."
"Congrats on being promoted Andreas, after all the shit you've been through you deserve it!" Marcus greeted him happily as Andreas approached them. "Well, its official, all our friends have been promoted."
"Not all of them." Chelsea pointed out as she pointed to Beth who was shuffling her deck. "Or did you forget that my girlfriend's up for promotion too?"
"Don't hurt me but I kind off did." Marcus responded with a nervous laugh and Chelsea frowned. "If you want to see how she does against Jeff then be my guest."
"You won't exactly get far on the island." Lance chimed in with a frown. "I wanted to leave to get a drink before Chelsea's duel but they are keeping us in here until they sort out the rooms for the promoted students."
"I guess we're staying put then." Marcus sighed as he sat down. "Andreas, I think they're calling you over to get you fitted for your new blazer." Marcus added and Andreas looked up seeing Tracy calling him over.
"Don't worry I'll be back in time for Beth's duel." Andreas responded before walking off. "And hopefully my stay in Obelisk Blue won't cause me to change into a slightly younger version of my brother." Andreas thought as he walked off.