The welcome parties for the new students in their respective dorms were about to begin, due to the size differences between the male and female dorms both welcome parties were being held in the Ra Yellow and Obelisk Blue Boy's Dorms but that didn't stop the female students who graduated all four of them from attending.
The gang was in the Ra Yellow Dorm alongside Theresa, Brandon, Tyler and Miranda for the Ra Yellow Welcome party but things were still being set up as the chef hadn't arrived yet and the DJ was getting set up at his booth, but at the same time several students were just hanging around the area waiting for it to start.
"So, you all made it." Brandon greeted them as he and Theresa walked up to Chloe, Chelsea, Beth, Lance, Marcus and Andreas who had a booth to themselves. "Congrats, you definitely earned out there."
"Thanks." Chelsea responded with a grin as the two Obelisk Blue students joined them. "That said, next time I face a Sylvan deck I'm bringing my IPod."
"Given how long Martin's turns were I don't blame you for that one bit." Theresa responded with a grin. "Just be careful girls you'll be held to a higher standard now that you're in Ra Yellow."
"That never stopped me so you should be fine." Lance chimed in and Theresa rolled her eyes.
"It will stop you in Obelisk Blue Lance, trust me on this, I'm speaking from experience." Theresa responded before turning to Chelsea. "I heard you managed to talk Sarah into letting you room with Chloe again."
"Chloe can take much of the credit for that." Chelsea responded as she motioned with her thumb towards her roommate. "That said I think they would've paired us up again even if she didn't ask."
"The rest of us don't even know if we'll get roommates yet." Lance added with a small grin. "Me? I don't mind either way as long as they don't complain about the noise."
"I'm pretty sure that every metalhead in the world has said that at some point Lance." Chelsea responded as she glanced at him. "Speaking of music, will the DJ be taking requests?"
"He should be, the DJs at the welcome parties usually take requests and aren't too picky about genres so you should be able to get the DJ to play any of the songs on the small pile of CDs that you and Lance have brought." Theresa responded as she pointed to two small stacks of CDs, one in front of Chelsea and the other in front of Lance. "Just give them to the DJ when he arrives and you'll be all set."
"Awesome! And I know just what I'm going to kick off with!" Lance said as he searched through his CD pile and produced the Steel Panther album "All You Can Eat".
"You actually like Steel Panther?!" Chelsea asked with a dumbfounded expression on her face. "Lance, my respect for your taste in metal just took a serious nosedive!"
"Oh come on! They are a funny band with a fun gimmick!" Lance protested and Chelsea rolled her eyes.
"Weird Al Yankovic is funny Evil Scarecrow is funny, feminine men singing about having ridiculous amounts of sex with various women in a sad attempt to parody glam metal ISN'T FUNNY!" Chelsea responded and Lance rolled his eyes.
"Wait, there's a band called Evil Scarecrow?" Brandon asked with a dumbfounded look on his face.
"Yeah and they take themselves as seriously as the name suggests." Lance responded with a small laugh as other students started to pour in. "Okay, as soon as the DJ arrives I'll go up with Chelsea and give him my CDs, once she's gone I'll throw in my dedication to Chloe, I have no idea what song I'll dedicate to her so I'll just ask him to dedicate whatever love song he has on his playlist and hope for the best."
"Anyway my point is there's much better comedy metal bands than Steel Panther!" Chelsea chimed in snapping Lance back to reality. "Okay, you have an Edguy album in there you've redeemed yourself a little bit." Chelsea added once she spotted the Edguy album Mandrake.
"Thanks, I think." Lance responded as more students started pouring in. "Theresa, will we have to worry about the three stooges of Obelisk Blue crashing this party?"
"You won't, they are at the Obelisk Blue Welcome Party." Theresa assured him and the other students sighed in relief.
"That's good to know." Lance sighed in relief as Jeff, Martin and two people he didn't recognize, a man and a woman stepped in, the man stepped behind the DJ booth whilst the woman stood alongside the teachers. "Martin's not supervising the Obelisk Blue Party?"
"They left that in the capable hands of Sarah and Tracy, if you ask me they lost a bet." Theresa responded before noticing the look of surprise on Chelsea's face. "Something wrong Chelsea?"
"Huh?" Chelsea said with a blink before shaking her head. "Nah, its nothing, I was just daydreaming." Chelsea responded and Theresa frowned before deciding to drop it. "Seriously, out of all the chefs in the world they brought her in?!"
"Welcome new students to the Ra Yellow dorm." Jeff started his speech and the crowd cheered. "Now I know that there are both male and female students present at the party but don't let that fool you, Ra Yellow isn't a unisex dorm." Jeff joked getting some laughs out of the crowd. "I and Martin will be supervising the party and we'll make sure that everything goes as planned, with that said let me introduce the DJ for tonight, DJ Steve!" Jeff said before pointing to the DJ and the crowd cheered.
"Hi students, glad to be back!" Steve greeted the students who cheered in response he was a tall scruffy looking man with messy blonde hair and blue eyes. "Me and Jeff go way back so when he asked me to DJ again I just had too, that said I'm open to any requests as long as it's not anything by Black Veil Brides, Asking Alexandria, Sleeping with Sirens, Falling In Reverse, Pierce the Veil or Bring me the Horizon!" Steve added and the crowd cheered in response.
"I've never heard of any of those bands." Brandon commented as he scratched his head.
"You're lucky." Chelsea and Lance responded simultaneously.
"Thank you DJ Steve!" Jeff said as he stepped in front of the mic again. "Now I see some students checking out a female student I know very well so I'm going to save her the trouble of disappointing you, sorry boys, Chelsea Cunningham may be very attractive but she's also taken and in a lesbian relationship with Beth McKenzie." Jeff added and several male voices could be heard groaning whilst one female voice, namely Chelsea, started laughing. "That said we have one last guest to introduce before the party gets underway, she's flown in from LA, California and boy, are her arms tired!" Jeff joked but there was no laughter this time, in fact if you listened closely you could hear crickets chirping. "And now you know why I never went into stand-up comedy." Jeff sighed actually getting a laugh this time. "Anyway, she's a professional chef who works in a Michelin Stared Restaurant so naturally she'll be in charge of catering tonight and I'll let her take over, please welcome Jamie Cunningham!"
"Jamie Cunningham?" Theresa echoed before turning to Chelsea. "Wasn't Jamie the name of your older sister?"
"Yep, that's her." Chelsea nodded in response as Jamie took the stage, she looked like she was in her late twenties/early thirties and like Chelsea she had black hair that was tied into a ponytail and blue eyes and she was wearing a professional chef's outfit. "And if you're wondering about the large age difference, she was eleven when mom was pregnant with me but besides that, I didn't answer sooner because I was surprised that they flew her in."
"Hello students, I'm happy to be here." Jamie started and the crowd cheered. "As Jeff said, I make some pretty awesome food for a living and you can expect the same tonight, and before anyone asks, yes Chelsea Cunningham is my younger sister and no, that doesn't mean you get a free sample just for knowing her." Jamie added and the crowd laughed. "Love to stay and chat but I have some prep work to do in the kitchen but I'm sure we'll bump into each other a couple of times because that's also were the alcohol's kept, see you around." Jamie added before stepping off the stage and heading into a back door which led to the kitchen.
"I see you also share her sense of humor." Brandon commented with a chuckle as Jeff finished his speech. "Seriously, I knew there were sparing no expense but a chef who works for a Michelin Starred Restaurant?"
"Wait hold on, I thought Michelin was the name of a car manufacturer?" Marcus asked and Brandon shook his head.
"Tire manufacturer actually but close enough." Brandon corrected him as he shook his head. "Basically Michelin has been publishing guide books for restaurants for the past hundred years or so and whilst there are some controversies surrounding there bias for French Cuisine any restaurant that gets at least one of those stars has to work it's ass off to keep it." Brandon said with a smirk. "Being rich enough to afford to eat there my family has been to a few of those restaurants and if the food that your sister produces for a living is up to that standard then we're in for a treat from this chef."
"She's not just any chef." Chelsea responded with a satisfied grin. "She's the Sous Chef, it basically means that she's the Executive Chef's second in command and it's a very high paying job."
"And she still found the time to fly out here." Lance commented with an impressed whistle. "Is she doing the catering for both parties?"
"No, they got a different chef for the Obelisk Blue Party I think they come from similar restaurants though." Brandon responded as he shook his head.
"Now remember everyone." Jeff said as he started to finish his speech. "Whilst what Jamie said about the alcohol is true please drink responsibly and anyone who we know is under the age of eighteen and is caught drinking alcohol will have to spend the rest of the night in their dorm room, no exceptions." Jeff added and the crowd booed. "Sorry, Martin insisted, also proctors will come around each table and give you menus with what Jamie will cook, with that said the party will begin!" Jeff added and the crowd cheered as "The Final Countdown" by Europe kicked off the set and Chelsea and Lance made their way to the DJ Booth.
"I'm getting requests already?" Steve asked with a laugh as Lance and Chelsea approached the booth. "And quite a few from what I can tell."
"We like being prepared." Chelsea responded as they handed over their CDs and made requests. "If he requests anything by Steel Panther, ignore him."
"Ha-ha, very funny." Lance responded as he rolled his eyes, Chelsea returned to the table once she made her final request and Lance leaned over. "Look, could you do me a favor? See the girl sitting next to Chelsea over there?"
"You mean the one with the long dark brown hair?" Steve asked and Lance nodded. "What about her?"
"I'll be honest, I've been trying to ask her out for weeks and my luck has been shitty throughout." Lance admitted getting a laugh out of Steve. "But if you could dedicate any love long to her on your playlist that'll be great."
"Any love song? You don't even know which one?" Steve asked with a raised eyebrow.
"It's not exactly my area of expertise." Lance admitted and Steve laughed.
"All right man, I'll help you out, what's your name and what's her name?" Steve asked and Lance grinned before telling him their names. "Good luck, she looks like she'll be quite a catch."
"Thanks!" Lance responded before running back to the table and sitting down.
"What was that about?" Chelsea asked once Lance sat down.
"Well I was making my requests and we just got caught up talking about music, that's all." Lance responded as he shook his head. "Have the menus arrived yet?"
"If they have they must be invisible menus because I can't see them." Chelsea responded as the song ended, before she could say anything else she face-palmed as she heard a familiar intro. "Gangnam Style? At least we'll get a laugh out of students failing to do the dance properly."
"Can we even call the Gangnam Style dance a real dance?" Chloe asked as she took a sip from her drink, already several students were making fools of themselves by trying to do the dance and she couldn't help but shake her head. "This song is so shitty."
"Trust me Chloe, as a metalhead I've heard….." Chelsea trailed off before she started laughing hysterically. "Oh my god…."
"What?" Chloe asked and Chelsea pointed to the makeshift dance floor and she quickly got the idea. "Is….is that Jeff and Martin doing the Gangnam Style Dance?!" Chloe asked as she tried her best not to burst out laughing.
"Oh my god, it is!" Lance said with a hearty laugh as Chelsea started recording it on her IPhone. "We should not let them live this down!"
"Why do you think I'm recording it for my YouTube account?" Chelsea asked with a grin as she, alongside several other students, recorded the two teachers dancing. "All though I will admit that they are pretty much the best dancers on the floor right now."
"You realize that's not saying much, right?" Brandon said with a chuckle as the song ended. "How much are you willing to bet that they both had a lot to drink before they hit the dance floor?"
"Well I saw them sneak into the kitchen area whilst I was making my requests so I don't doubt it." Chelsea responded with a grin as Steve positioned the mic in front of his mouth.
"All right guys, it's time for the first request and it's from Ra Yellow's Chelsea Cunningham!" Steve said getting some cheers from the crowd though Chelsea was the most vocal about it. "Anyone who knows her probably knows that she's a metalhead so her first request is a heavy one called Ocean Quake by the Black Metal band Chthonic!"
"Hell yes!" Chelsea yelled out as Jeff and Martin quickly left the dance-floor and the heavily distorted guitars started playing accompanied by traditional Taiwanese instruments and black metal vocals.
"This is one of the weirdest music combinations I've ever heard." Brandon commented as a large sweat-drop rolled down his head, most of the students that were on the dance floor had left except for the metalheads who were headbanging to the song. "How do they even do that without hurting their necks?"
"We don't, we just get used to the pain after a while." Chelsea responded with a broad grin as the song came to an end. "All though there are certain bands that I flat out refuse to headbang too because of how fast their guitar playing is."
"Like who?" Brandon asked but was cut off by DJ Steve again.
"Okay, we have another request and this one's from Lance." Steve said and Lance grinned when he said that. "This one's a romantic one…."
"He's playing my dedication already?!" Lance thought as he glanced towards the DJ Booth.
"Because there's nothing more romantic than shooting blood out of your cock, this is "I Cum Blood" by Cannibal Corpse." The DJ said and whilst Jeff nearly spat out his drink when he heard the song title Lance grinned.
"Thank god he didn't dedicate that song to Chloe!" Lance thought with a sigh of relief as the song started and Chelsea gave him a broad grin. "I'm guessing Cannibal Corpse is one of the bands that you don't headbang too?"
"Yeah, they are one of the bands but I do headbang to some of their songs." Chelsea responded before she stood up and went to join the headbanging metalheads on the dancefloor.
"So Andreas, why aren't you joining them?" Marcus asked as he turned to his German friend. "I thought you were a metalhead too?"
"I am but I listen to Folk Metal exclusively." Andreas responded and Marcus gave him a funny look, he sighed before continuing. "It's basically what happens when you fuse metal with folk music, lyrics typically tend to deal with history and mythology."
"Okay, since you didn't bring any CDs with you…." Marcus responded and Andreas nodded. "You should play me some once we move into Obelisk Blue because I have to know how that's supposed to work!"
"You have a deal my friend." Andreas responded before getting an idea. "Hey Marcus, do you have your deck with you?"
"Yeah but not my duel disk, I left that back in my old dorm room for the proctors to transport to my new dorm room." Marcus responded as he reached into his jacket pocket and produced his deck. "Why do you ask?" Marcus asked and Andreas did the same.
"What do you say to a friendly match? No duel disks obviously but a best of three rounds match between the two of us." Andreas responded and Marcus grinned obviously liking the idea. "Loser gets the winner a non-alcoholic drink from the kitchen."
"You sure Jamie will mind? My uncle's a chef as well and he often tells me that prep work is the key to any successful service." Marcus asked and Andreas shook his head.
"I've seen several students go to and from the kitchen since Jeff finished his speech, I don't think she'll mind." Andreas said as he pointed to the door were a female Ra Yellow student was currently entering as the song ended. "We just need someone to keep score."
"I can do that." Chelsea volunteered as she turned to the two boys. "I'll even go with the loser to make sure he gets the right drink."
"Sounds like a plan to me Chelsea." Andreas responded as he handed her a pen and paper. "Will you need a calculator?"
"Nah, it's not like Duel Monsters deals with anything more complicated than additions and subtractions when it comes to math anyway." Chelsea said as she wrote down Marcus and Andreas's names on the paper with eight thousand life-points underneath their names. "Besides, I haven't seen Jamie in ages so I want an excuse to say hi to her."
"Why don't you go do that now?" Brandon asked and Chelsea shook her head.
"She's probably still hard at work doing the prep and besides, she also shares my temper and I managed to incur her wrath the last time I entered a kitchen that she was cooking in." Chelsea responded with a wince as "Romulus" by Ex Deo, one of Chelsea's requests, began to play. "It's a long story."
"And how long ago was that?" Brandon asked and Chelsea paused.
"I think it was the year before I applied for Duel Academy, she was practicing a Scallop Dish that was used at a restaurant she had accepted a job offer at." Chelsea remembered as she shook her head. "That restaurant ended up closing before she could start there but it led to her working in the restaurant she currently works at so I guess it works out."
"Okay, so we have our score keeper over there." Marcus said as he nodded to Chelsea. "So how do we decide whose going first?"
"Just do what I do whenever I have an old school duel." Chelsea chimed in and they turned to her. "Have a quick game of rock paper scissors."
"That works for me." Marcus responded before they played a quick game of Rock Paper Scissors which was won by Andreas, whilst their duel was going on Lance emerged from the bathroom and saw the DJ giving him a thumbs up in the middle of the song.
"Okay, that probably means that he has my dedication to Chloe coming up." Lance thought as he glanced towards Chloe who was watching the duel between Marcus and Andreas. "I hope this works! My luck with Chloe has been shitty enough as it is!"
"Lance Alvers?" Lance looked up and saw a proctor approaching him. "The menu is ready can you take this to your table?" The proctor asked as he handed over the menu.
"Burgers, steak, lamb, some vegetarian dishes, did she design this menu with me in mind?" Lance thought with a small grin before nodding. "You got it!" Lance nodded and the proctor nodded before walking off, Lance sat back down at his table as the duel waged on. "How's the duel going?"
"Andreas is in the lead and has summoned Voltic Bicorn, however the score is pretty much neck and neck." Chelsea responded as she looked at the scores.
"He won't be in the lead for long!" Marcus said confidently as he drew a card. "Is that a menu in your hand Lance?"
"I was half-expecting you to follow that up with "or are you happy to see me."." Lance admitted with a laugh before putting the menu down. "But yeah, that's the menu, no idea how Chelsea's sister plans on cooking all this for about fifty, sixty students plus staff but she's probably used to those numbers from working in that restaurant."
"That and she probably brought a couple of line cooks with her to alleviate the stress on her." Chelsea responded as she wrote down the results of the latest battle. "Okay, Blue-Eyes White Dragon has destroyed Voltic Bicorn which means Voltic's effect kicks in."
"Not a problem for me." Marcus responded as the two boys milled seven cards, after checking the contents of his graveyard he grinned. "Besides, Voltic Bicorn's effect has just backfired big time for you Andreas because I now have enough dragons in my graveyard to summon the big guy with Dragon's Mirror!"
"Ohhhhh, nasty," Chelsea said with a laugh as Marcus banished five dragons from his graveyard and summoned Five-Headed Dragon. "Don't know how you're going to come back from this Andreas!"
"Why don't you worry about giving us recommendations on what to order from the menu and keeping score?" Andreas suggested as he drew his card. "After all, Jamie's your sister so you must have had her cooking at some point."
"It's been a couple of years but yeah, I have." Chelsea responded before looking at the menu. "Honestly I'd recommend anything on the menu as long as you're not allergic to it she didn't get to cook in a Michelin star restaurant for a living on looks alone!"
"I never said that, I was just hoping for your honest opinion." Andreas responded with a shrug as he set a monster and a facedown card. "It's your turn Marcus."
"Yeah well, my honest opinion is that it's been a while since I've had her cooking and at the time the only thing I would eat was burgers." Chelsea responded with a sheepish grin and Lance laughed.
"Honestly Chelsea, I'm guilty of the same thing." Lance admitted with a grin before noticing something. "Is it me or is there something written on the back?"
"It's a menu, she probably put desserts there." Chelsea responded as she rolled her eyes.
"No, they are a bit further down on the front." Lance responded and Chelsea scrolled down the menu before confirming it. "Besides, the text on the menu is printed, the text on the back is obviously hand written."
"Okay, you got me curious." Chelsea sighed in defeat before flipping the menu over. "Huh?"
"What does it say?" Chloe asked as she leaned in to read it.
"Chelsea, I know it's been a while and I'll be busy for most of the night but are you up for a catch-up chat?" Chelsea read it out before glancing towards the kitchen. "I didn't think she'd have the time."
"Chelsea, she's your sister and she hasn't seen you in how many years? If I were in her shoes I'd want to chat too." Lance pointed out and Chelsea grinned.
"Bear with me a moment guys." Chelsea told Marcus and Andreas before quickly writing a reply. "Sounds great Jamie, if I don't get caught up with my girlfriend in one of the dorm rooms I'll try to chat with you ASAP." Chelsea wrote down the reply before handing it back to Lance. "Once we've decided on what we're eating could you tell the proctor to give it back to Jamie?"
"If I can manage to make myself heard over the sounds of Kreator then yeah, I'll try." Lance responded as he turned to the others. "By the way Chelsea, you made a nice choice in which Kreator song." Lance added and Chelsea grinned at that, once he got the orders from the others he took it to the proctor with the instructions. "I would've thought Steve had played the song by now."
"All right guys and gals, are you having fun tonight?" Steve asked as "People of the Lie" by Kreator ended and the crowd cheered. "Okay, the next song is another request but off a different kind, Lance over here wanted me to dedicate a song to a girl he's got a crush on and I was willing to help."
"Yes!" Lance thought with a grin as he glanced towards the DJ. "Come on god give me a break with her for once!"
"But being a metalhead he had no idea what to dedicate so he just said any love song on my playlist." Steve added and the crowd laughed. "This goes out to Chloe!"
"Oh god, he dedicated a song to me." Chloe groaned as she face-palmed. "I hate it when boys do that!" Chloe added as she ran a hand down her face.
"Hey who knows? Maybe the DJ decided to be merciful and selected one of the few good love songs!" Chelsea suggested with a grin, however her grin quickly turned to a look of horror when she heard the intro. "Oh god no…."
"Oh whoa, oh whoa, oh whoa…."
"No…." Lance thought as a look of horror washed over his face.
"You know you love me, I know you care
Just shout whenever, and I'll be there
you are my love, you are my heart
and we will never ever, ever be apart."
"NO!" Lance yelled out mentally as he glanced frantically between Chloe and the DJ. "I can actually see my chances of dating her crumble! I would like to wake up now!"
"Lance, this isn't a dream." Thestalos's voice rang out and Lance face-palmed.
"YOU'RE NOT HELPING THESTALOS!" Lance yelled at his duel spirit as, unfortunately for him, the song continued.
"Baby, baby, baby oooh
Like baby, baby, baby nooo
Like baby, baby, baby oooh
I thought you'd always be mine (mine)
Baby, baby, baby oooh
Like baby, baby, baby nooo
Like baby, baby, baby oooh
I thought you'd always be mine (mine)."
"Seriously, what did I do to deserve such shitty luck?!" Lance thought as he quickly tried to sneak into the shadows and not be noticed by Chloe. "At least it can't get any worse."
"Lance, Chloe just stormed out of the party in tears, and Silent Magician says that she's angry at you." Thestalos responded and Lance groaned.
"Thestalos, I refer you to my previous comment about not helping!" Lance responded as he left the main hall. "Right now I just want to bash my head against the wall for the rest of the night for not thinking this through!"
*meanwhile*
"Chloe, please calm down." Silent Magician tried to reason with her as she ran out of the Ra Yellow Boy's dorm and towards the lake the separated the dorm from the Obelisk Blue and Ra Yellow Girl's Dorm. "He didn't mean any harm, even if the song the DJ chose for him left a lot to be desired."
"I know he didn't!" Chloe responded as she sat down beside the lake figuring that most of the students didn't see her storm out. "But dedicating a song to me? That's so cliché that I hate it, do you know how many boys have tried that on me since I hit puberty?"
"Yes, I do, I have access to your memories remember." Silent Magician reminded her not noticing Damien approaching them. "And I also know that you share his feelings for you."
"That's beside the point!" Chloe protested with a groan. "Why didn't he just ask me out? I would've said yes!"
"That's a huge improvement over the girl who wasn't sure if she was ready to take that leap." Silent Magician responded and Chloe sighed.
"What can I say? I had some time to think it over!" Chloe responded and Silent Magician went silent, excuse the pun, for a few moments. "Silent Magician, are you still there?"
"Chloe, we must leave, you are in grave danger." Silent Magician responded catching her protégé's attention, she looked up and saw Damien's duel disk and frowned.
"And let this bastard hurt someone else? I don't think so." Chloe responded as she stood up and glared at the duelist. "Don't you idiots know when to quit?"
"How charming, I take it by that you've noticed the elephant in the room?" Damien asked with a scoff as he held up his duel disk. "I am Damien and no, I'm not the idiot you faced in your first Battle City Match, but what I am is the last duelist you'll ever face."
"Why don't you go ahead and ask every other Orichalcos Duelist I've faced since Battle City started how that worked out for them?" Chloe asked mockingly as she activated her duel disk. "Then again that would be pretty hard since most of them are in jail or are trapped in the Orichalcos!" Chloe added and Damien chuckled as he activated his duel disk. "And that was before I got my hands on my Legendary Dragon!"
"I am not like the others you've faced Richardson." Damien responded and Chloe frowned as he removed his hood revealing shoulder length messy black hair and blue eyes. "I actually know what you're capable off."
"Then why bother battling me when you know that you're going to lose?" Chloe asked as Damien activated his duel disk. "Besides, thanks to Lance's little stunt I have a lot of frustration to take out on this idiot so it shouldn't take too long."
"I will go first, any objections? No? Good!" Damien announced and before Chloe could object Damien drew his card. "Well, it looks like I'll get the party started early! I activate Terra Forming!" Damien played the card and picked up his deck. "Considering how many of my allies have used this same combo in duels against you and your friends I shouldn't have to explain what this card does or what I'm about to do."
"Yeah, you're about to search for the Seal of the Orichalcos and play it once Terra Forming's effect has resolved." Chloe responded with a frown as Damien searched through his deck. "Silent Magician…."
"Message has already been sent to the other students with Duel Spirit Partners." Silent Magician responded and Chloe grinned at that.
"Well, since you know what's about to happen why should I waste any more time?" Damien asked rhetorically as he added the field spell card to his hand and shuffled his deck. "I activate the Seal of the Orichalcos!"
"Here we go again." Chloe thought as she braced herself for the Seal, the dreaded field spell quickly encircled both duelists and she glared at Damien. "You really think that the Seal scares me anymore? I know its effects, I know it's broken but I also know that it's a double edged sword for the user!"
"That may be true." Damien responded as the pentagram appeared on his forehead. "But I'm willing to bet that you have never faced a deck like mine."
*meanwhile*
"So do you think they are ever coming back?" Marcus wondered out loud as he ate his steak, Andreas had ended up winning the third tie breaker round but after what happened they didn't feel like getting a drink.
"I'm surprised you're complaining since you've eaten their meals for them." Chelsea responded with a grin as she finished her burger, she sighed in annoyance as she set her plate aside. "But seriously though, I'm worried about both of them, Chloe hasn't come back in since Lance's ill-fated grand declaration of love backfired before he could even get that far and I haven't seen Lance since the crowd left the dance floor to eat their meals."
"It is worrying, yes." Andreas agreed as he ate his food. "But they should be able to look after themselves, Chloe's eighteen and has grown a lot as a person since she joined and the same can be said for Lance."
"Andreas, encase you've forgotten Chloe's an eighteen year old that has been shown on multiple occasions to be emotionally fragile due to her rough upbringing." Theresa pointed out as she finished her drink. "I think one of us should go search for them once we're finished."
"Your meal will have to wait." Armed Dragon's voice rang out and Theresa blinked.
"Is there something wrong Armed Dragon?" Theresa asked and the dragon sighed.
"Lance has been slamming his head into the hallway wall for the past ten minutes and Chloe…." Armed Dragon trailed off and Theresa bit her lip. "She's in an Orichalcos Duel."
"WHAT?" Theresa yelled out only to get odd looks from the students at the other tables, she laughed nervously before sitting back down and the students returned to their meals. "I'm guessing you guys got the same message?"
"Loud and clear, Chloe's going to need our help." Chelsea responded with a nod before she turned to Marcus and Andreas. "Guys, where's the quickest route to the main hallway?"
"Take a right at the DJ booth and go through that door at the back." Marcus responded as he pointed to the door. "What's the plan?"
"I'm going to try to get Lance out of his rut and I'll meet you guys outside." Chelsea responded and the others nodded before they ran off in opposite directions, Chelsea left via the door Marcus had pointed out to her and looked around. "Great, Lance could be anywhere…."
"You'll find him in between rooms 104 and 105." Wattchimera told her and she grinned.
"What would I do without you Wattchimera?" Chelsea asked as she looked at the doors. "Okay, that's room one hundred, rooms one to ninety nine are on the left so….." Chelsea trailed off before walking to the right, at first she counted the doors to make sure that she didn't get lost but that quickly became unnecessary as she heard the sound of something banging against the wall accompanied by frequent cries of "stupid". "If that's not Lance then I'm giving up Duel Monsters to become a stripper."
"What would your parents think?" Wattchimera asked and Chelsea groaned.
"Does sarcasm not exist in the spirit world?" Chelsea asked as she shook her head, once she turned a corner she saw Lance slamming his head into the wall. "Lance, I thought you knew that the only headbanging us metalheads do is to a kickass song?"
"Not…..in…..the…..mood…..Chelsea….." Lance responded in between head-butts. "That DJ screwed up any chance I had of getting with Chloe."
"And you didn't think about asking her?" Chelsea asked and Lance paused.
"I have, plenty of times." Lance sighed as he turned to her there was now a sizeable bruise on his forehead from where he had been head-butting the wall. "When Theresa got her Legendary Dragon, when we went for the swim in the lake last week, but the damn Orichalcos kept getting in the way!"
"And you figured that asking her out after dedicating a song to her would be your best shot?" Chelsea asked and Lance nodded, Chelsea sighed as she shook her head. "Lance, I'm not exactly a power metal fan and I will be the first to admit that love songs aren't exactly my forte either but even I can think of a dozen Power Metal ballads that would've done the job well, by leaving it up to the DJ you were pretty much playing Russian Roulette with your dick."
"Did you have to use an analogy that involved a gun and my genitals?" Lance asked as a large sweat-drop rolled down his head. "What are you doing here anyway? I thought you'd still be enjoying the party?"
"Well, excuse me for wanting to help a friend!" Chelsea snapped at him and Lance winced. "Hell because of your stunt I haven't had a chance to chat with my sister because I was too busy getting Chloe to calm down and by the time she stormed out Jamie had already left so don't give me that "What are you doing here bullshit" when it was your dumb stunt that got her in this mess to begin with!"
"How the hell was I supposed to know that would the DJ chose "Baby" by Justin fucking Bieber?!" Lance demanded and Chelsea glared at him. "And what do you mean by "this mess"? Last I checked Chloe ran out of the dorm crying on her own accord!"
"Oh right, I forgot to tell you." Chelsea realized as she took a deep breath. ""Look, the party's dying down anyway and we have bigger problems then you being constantly cock-blocked, Chloe's in an Orichalcos Duel right now!"
"WHAT?" Lance yelled out as his eyes widened. "Thestalos, why didn't you tell me?"
"I tried but you kept telling me to shut up." Thestalos responded and Lance groaned.
"Do you know where she is?" Lance asked and Chelsea nodded.
"According to Wattchimera they are dueling near the lake." Chelsea responded and Lance blinked in confusion. "You know the one in between the dorms?"
"Oh you mean that lake, why didn't you say so in the first place?" Lance asked and Chelsea face-palmed. "I know a quick route from here to the lake, came in handy whenever I was late for class, follow me."
"Like I have a choice?" Chelsea asked before stopping him. "Before we go save Chloe, friends?" Chelsea asked as she extended her hand out for a handshake which Lance accepted before walking off, Chelsea took another deep breath before she followed him. "You realize that Chloe's not happy with you because of your stunt right?"
"She's still my friend, hopefully potential girlfriend." Lance responded as he led Chelsea down the hall. "We'll work it out."
"You know what she told me after we arrived at our old dorm room to get changed for the party?" Chelsea asked and Lance turned to her. "She said that after you two had that promotion duel she felt like she was finally ready to make the big leap and start a relationship with you."
"And I've fucked that up with my epic fail of a stunt." Lance sighed as he paused for a second. "It's still not the craziest thing I've done in the search for a girlfriend."
"Tell me later the details later, I'll need the laugh, but for now we need to get to Chloe." Chelsea responded and Lance nodded before the two teens walked off. "I'm almost tempted to say "thank god I'm gay" but then again I've often tried similar stunts in an attempt to get a girlfriend." Chelsea thought with a chuckle as she followed Lance.
*back at the duel*
"I set one monster in defense mode and two cards facedown." Damien continued as he set the two cards. "That ends my turn." Damien announced and Chloe drew her card.
"I don't have any monsters with decent attack points and I don't know what deck he runs." Chloe thought with a frown before picking up two cards. "I guess for now defense is the best offense." Chloe thought before setting the two cards. "I set two cards facedown." Chloe announced as the two set cards appeared. "And I summon Mathematician in attack mode!" Chloe played the card and the old wizard appeared on the field (3/1500/500).
"Do you really think that old man can stand up to my masters of sorcery?" Damien scoffed and Chloe's eyes narrowed.
"Well that's one mystery solved, he's running Spellcasters." Chloe thought before picking up her deck. "Since I summoned Mathematician I can activate his effect which allows me to send one Level Four or lower monster to my graveyard from my deck." Chloe announced before finding the card she was looking for and sending it to her graveyard. "And I attack your defense monster!" Chloe announced as the old man pointed his staff…..
"Foolish girl, you have done exactly what I wanted you too." Damien said with a smirk as his trap card flipped up. "I activate Magician's Circle, this trap card…."
"You know what I'm capable off, yet you don't know that I have that trap card in my deck?" Chloe asked with a raised eyebrow.
"I did know that, I just got caught up in explaining the effect." Damien responded as both duelists picked up their decks and searched through them. "My summoned monster will be Gagaga Girl!" Damien played the card and a new monster appeared on the field, as her name suggested she was a young girl most likely in her early teens wearing a purple and gold sorcerer's hat with a matching outfit and a pink skirt (3/1000/800) and her attack increased to 1500 thanks to the seal.
"Gagaga, where have I heard that name before?" Chloe thought before she picked her monster. "Mathematician isn't able to destroy your monster without taking himself out but Gemini Elf will do the job just fine!" Chloe played the card and the twin elves appeared on the field (4/1900/900).
"I am so scared of a pair of lesbian elves and an old man." Damien scoffed and the elves glared at him.
"They may not scare you but I can." Chelsea's voice rang out and Chloe looked up seeing the gang arriving. "Sorry for the wait Chloe, I had to go find Mr. Blue Balls here."
"Never call me that again." Lance groaned as he blushed like a madman, once he saw the look Chloe was giving him he winced. "Look, Chloe I'm sorry I embarrassed you back there but…."
"Lance, why don't we just talk it over when I win this duel?" Chloe interrupted him with a sigh of annoyance and Lance nodded. "As for your apology, it's accepted."
"Unfortunately for you you'll never get to "talk it out"." Damien scoffed before turning to Chloe. "A new monster has appeared on the field which means…."
"That a replay must occur, I may have just graduated from Osiris Red but I'm not exactly a novice at this game!" Chloe cut him off before pointing to Mathematician. "And my Mathematician is going to continue where he left off!" Chloe announced as the spellcaster powered up his staff….
"He'll do no such thing, I activate Negate Attack." Damien announced as the beam from Mathematician's staff bounced off of the portal negating the attack.
"Well, so much for that." Chloe thought with a sigh before looking over her hand. "He must've protected his monsters for a good reason and right now the only one I can think of is either a Synchro or an XYZ Summon." Chloe thought before looking over her hand. "I end my turn." Chloe announced and Damien drew his card.
"You've met Gagaga Girl, now meet her male counterpart! I flip summon Gagaga Wizard!" Damien flipped the card over and another new monster appeared on the field, he was wearing the same garb as Gagaga Girl but clearly designed for males (4/1500/1000). "Now I activate my wizard's effect…"
"Hold on…." Chloe said as she put her hand up. "Am I the only one seeing a resemblance to Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl here?" Chloe asked and everyone else face-faulted.
"Chloe, this is hardly the time to accuse I2 of recycling monster designs!" Chelsea yelled from the sidelines as she got up. "And besides, Gagaga Wizard looks like Dark Magician? Maybe but Gagaga Girl looks like Dark Magician Girl? Please! She doesn't even have Dark Magician Girl's tits!"
"Are we seriously having this conversation?" Damien asked flabbergasted before shaking his head. "If the dyke over there could stop drooling over Gagaga Girl…."
"YOU'RE LUCKY YOU'RE HIDING BEHIND THAT WALL ASSHOLE!" Chelsea interrupted him and Damien growled.
"STOP INTERUPTING ME!" Damien yelled out be clearing his throat. "Where was I? Oh yes! Wizard's effect! With it I can declare any level between 1 and 8 and his level will increase to the number I declare, in this case six." Damien explained as Wizard's level increased to 6. "Now I activate Gagaga Girl's effect, with it I can target my wizard and increase her level to match his." Damien added as Gagaga Girl's level increased to 6. "She has another effect, as does Wizard, but that will come in the next stage of my plan, using my two monsters in a XYZ Summon!"
"Wait a minute, a Rank 6 XYZ Summon?!" Chloe yelled out as the two monsters were sucked into the overlay network. "Do any of you know any Rank 6s?"
"Not off the top of my head Chloe!" Chelsea responded as Damien retrieved a card from his extra deck.
"Then consider this an educational experience you won't forget, I XYZ Summon Magi-Magi Star Magician Girl!" Damien played the card and from the overlay network emerged a young woman who bore a striking resemblance to Dark Magician Girl, however her clothing was darker and she had a sinister gleam in her eye (Rank: 6/2400/2000) and her attack increased to 2900 thanks to the seal.
"Okay, now you can accuse I2 of recycling monster designs." Chelsea said as she stared at the monster. "But other than that she doesn't look so tough."
"Your friend will regret that statement once she sees what my monster can do! First there's Gagaga Girl's effect, since I used her in an XYZ Summon I can target one Special Summoned monster on your side of the field and reduce its attack to zero." Damien explained and Chloe's eyes widened as Gemini Elf's attacks dropped to zero.
"That's why you activated Magician's Circle; you wanted me to summon a strong monster with it!" Chloe realized and Damien grinned.
"Guilty as charged, now I activate Star Magician Girl's effect." Damien announced as he sent Gagaga Wizard to the graveyard. "Well I should say effects really as there are two of them but the one I'm activating will allow me to take control of Mathematician until the end phase!"
"Wait, what?" Chloe exclaimed before her old magician made his way over to Damien's side of the field, as soon as he appeared on his side of the field the pentagram appeared on Mathematician's head and his attack increased to 2000. "This is bad but at least I have something in my graveyard to protect me!"
"I could reveal the other effect but what fun what that be?" Damien asked rhetorically before he pointed to Gemini Elf. "Star Magician Girl attack Gemini Elf!" Damien commanded and the female spellcaster pointed her staff at the elves.
"I remove A/D Changer from my graveyard to force Gemini Elf into defense mode." Chloe announced as she pocketed the monster and the elves crouched down just in time for the attack to hit destroying them but protecting Chloe's life-points.
"You realize that you could've forced Star Magician Girl into defense mode, don't you?" Damien asked with a frown and Chloe shook her head.
"I have my reasons." Chloe responded and Damien smirked.
"Your reasons won't matter, Mathematician, attack your former mistress's life-points directly!" Damien commanded and the old magician pointed his staff at Chloe….
"I activate my Quick Play Spell Card Command Silencer!" Chloe activated the Spell and an ear piercing screech rang out causing Mathematician to back down. "Not only does this Spell Card prevent your attack but I get to draw a card to boot." Chloe added before drawing her card.
"Fine, I set one card facedown and end my turn which means your pathetic old Spellcaster returns to your side of the field." Damien announced and Chloe drew her card as Mathematician made his way back to her side of the field, the pentagram on Mathematician's head disappeared and he shook his head apparently feeling a migraine.
"I forgot that the monsters are as real as the duelists in the Orichalcos." Chloe thought with a frown as she turned to Mathematician. "Sorry, that won't happen again."
"You're acting like you have a choice in the matter." Damien scoffed as Chloe looked at her drawn card.
"Spellbook inside the Pot, normally I'd activate this in a heartbeat but I don't want to give him an advantage as well." Chloe thought with a frown before she noticed the monster that she had drawn with Command Silencer. "Hey wait a sec…."Chloe trailed off as an idea formed in her head. "It's a risky move, my facedown card isn't Pitch Black Power Stone and I'll need to have him draw four times for it to work."
"Are you going to make a move sometime this millennium?" Damien demanded breaking Chloe's line of thought as she glared at him.
"Fine, but you'll wish that you hadn't rushed me!" Chloe responded before playing the card. "I summon Silent Magician Level Four!"
"WHAT?" Her friends yelled out simultaneously as the younger version of Chloe's ace monster appeared on the field (4/1000/1000) whilst Damien laughed hysterically.
"Do you honestly think that I'm about to let you get that little bitch powerful enough to defeat my Spellcaster?" Damien asked as he slapped his knee whilst laughing not noticing the glare that Silent Magician Level Four was giving him for that comment. "Are you sure that you didn't graduate to Ra Yellow on a fluke?"
"Who said I was done?" Chloe asked and Damien stopped laughing. "In fact I'm about to speed up the process, I activate Spellbook inside the Pot!"
"So what you should know that Silent Magician doesn't gain counters per draw, just every time I draw." Damien pointed out as they drew three cards each and Silent Magician gained her first counter alongside five hundred attack points. "Besides, she has just helped me more than she knows." Damien thought with a smirk.
"These cards will buy me some time, I don't know if it'll be enough time though." Chloe thought with a frown before picking up one of the cards. "I set one card facedown and end my turn."
"I never thought I'd say this." Lance commented with a frown. "But I have to agree with the Orichalcos Duelist, can Chloe buy herself enough time to get Silent Magician powerful enough?"
"That's the million dollar question Lance, thing is that none of us know the answer, not even Chloe." Chelsea pointed out with a frown. "She's already used up A/D Changer and Command Silencer and I don't know if she can keep it up."
"I draw and your blasted magician gains her meagre power boost." Damien announced as he drew his card and Silent Magician's attack points increased to 2000. "But a two thousand attack beatstick is as good as any other so I detach Star Magician Girl's last overlay unit…."
"I don't think so!" Chloe interrupted him as she held up her copy of Effect Veiler. "By discarding Effect Veiler your magician's effect is negated which means you just wasted her last Overlay Unit!" Chloe added as she discarded the monster and Damien growled as his magician stopped her spell."
"Fine, if I can't have her than neither can you, Star Magician Girl, attack Silent Magician Level 4!" Damien commanded and the magician powered up her staff.
"This may cost me more life-points but it'll be worth it in the long run." Chloe announced as she activated her trap card. "I activate Shift which forces your magician to attack Mathematician instead!" Chloe added and Star Magician Girl changed her target to the old wizard who was subsequently destroyed in a ray of light bringing Chloe's life-points down to 6600. "And since Mathematician was just sent to the graveyard as a result of battle I get to draw an extra card." Chloe added as she drew a card.
"Why are you even bothering? Do you really think you can keep this up for two more turns?" Damien asked and Chloe frowned. "No one is that lucky."
"We'll see about that, in the mean time I activate my other facedown card Damage Gate!" Chloe activated the trap and retrieved a card from her graveyard. "The damage I just took may be too low for Gemini Elf and Mathematician but it isn't too low for Effect Veiler." Chloe added before playing the card and the green haired female Spellcaster appeared on the field (1/0/0).
"Effect Veiler is a Tuner Monster, there's only one reason she would summon something that weak from her graveyard and that's a Synchro Summon." Damien thought before looking at his drawn card. "Star Magician Girl may be out of Overlay Units for the moment but I have more than one trick up my sleeve." Damien thought before picking up and setting his drawn card. "I set one card facedown and end my turn."
"A duel is going on? Nice, at least I'll have something to do now that the party's over." Jamie's voice rang out and Chelsea looked up seeing her older sister who had gotten changed out of her chef's outfit and into a t-shirt and jeans.
"Jamie? I thought you had left already?" Chelsea asked and Jamie shook her head.
"My flight back to LA isn't until tomorrow and the ship needs refueling so me and Gordon, the chef in charge of the Obelisk Blue Party's catering, are stuck here on the island for the night." Jamie explained as she walked up to her sister. "Besides, I wasn't going to miss out on a chance to catch up with you!"
"Well you kinda picked a bad time." Chelsea said with a nervous laugh as she motioned towards the duel and Jamie looked up, once she saw the Field Spell in play she frowned.
"So this is the Seal of the Orichalcos that I heard so much about." Jamie commented with a frown. "What's the score so far?"
"Chloe's losing but she seems to have some kind of plan in place." Chelsea responded as she pointed to her roommate. "The guy's name is Damien and he was the one who played the seal."
"Wait, where did you hear about the Orichalcos?" Brandon asked and Jamie frowned.
"One of the line cooks at the restaurant I work at was following Battle City, I was too busy to follow it myself so I asked her to keep me updated since I heard that Duel Academy had sent some students to compete in it." Jamie responded as she turned to Brandon. "I was disappointed to hear that Chelsea wasn't among the students competing at first but after she told me about the Seal, or the "insane field spell" as she called it, I was glad that she was safe and hoped that you guys would make it out okay."
"Yeah, I've been in two duels were that field spell has been played." Chelsea responded with a wine. "Trust me sis, it's about as fun as a root canal."
"And she's being generous by saying that." Lance chimed in and Andreas frowned.
"Yes, especially when you are on the receiving end of a loss at the hands of the Orichalcos." Andreas responded with a shudder. "Something I know all too well from my one and only duel in the Battle City Finals."
"Yes, yes, we all know that the Orichalcos is dangerous and what not." Damien said as he pinched the bridge of his nose in annoyance. "But I will thank the older Ms. Cunningham for being here she's just given me an extra target by being here."
"Just try it asshole." Jamie said as her eyes narrowed before pulling up her sleeve revealing a duel disk of her own. "I may not have Chelsea's experience as a duelist but I'm pretty damn good in my own right." Jamie added and the others turned towards Chelsea.
"Don't look at me the last duel I haven't faced Jamie in a duel since just before she left for culinary school." Chelsea responded as she shook her head. "And that was back when I had my beatdown deck."
"And I still beat her." Jamie responded with a smile and Chelsea laughed nervously.
"ENOUGH! God, this sisterly bond bullshit makes me want to puke!" Damien yelled out in disgust as he turned to Chloe. "It was your turn last I checked." Damien added whilst ignoring the glares he was getting from the Cunningham sisters.
"Man, I think I think we know who taught Chelsea the art of the death stare." Chloe thought as she glanced towards the two sisters before drawing her card. "Anyway, if this works then I won't even have to wait for Silent Magician to get strong enough to beat Star Magician Girl." Chloe thought before playing her drawn card. "I summon Magical Exemplar!" Chloe played the card and the black haired sorceress in the green dress appeared on the field (4/1700/1400). "Next I activate Heaven's Lost Property!"
"I know what that Spell Card does, we both have to draw three cards and then discard two." Damien interrupted her and Chloe frowned before both duelists drew their cards and discarded two, Chloe made her decision fairly quickly whilst Damien hesitated before discarding his.
"As you should know by now that means Silent Magician gets her third counter." Chloe added as her young Spellcaster's attack increased to 2500. "And as an added bonus Exemplar gets counters as well, two for each Spell Card played." Chloe added as two floating orbs appeared around Magical Exemplar. "And finally by giving them both up I can Special Summon a Spellcaster type monster who's level matches the number of Counters Exemplar has so say hello to Magicat!" Chloe played the card and the cat in the magician's robe appeared on the field (2/600/500).
"Nice, Chloe used a variant of this combo during our last tag duel." Chelsea said with a grin as Jamie turned to her. "Only differences were that she used Foolish Burial and my Damage Gate but other than that she's about to do a Synchro Summon."
"I don't' use Synchros all that much but I recognize a Level Seven Synchro Set-Up when I see it." Jamie responded with a nod. "Then again this is basic math we're talking about."
"Will you two shut up?" Damien demanded earning glares from the two sisters. "God, you're almost as annoying as my bosses' secretary!"
"If you find them annoying then you're about to hate my move! I tune Effect Veiler with Magical Exemplar and Magicat!" Chloe announced as the three Spellcasters leapt into the air, Effect Veiler dissolved into a single Synchro Ring that quickly surrounded Magical Exemplar and Magicat. "Come on out Arcanite Magician!" Chloe called out as she played the card and once the bright flash faded the white robed Spellcaster appeared on the field (7/400/1800). "He may not look like much but then again neither do you."
"If that's your idea of trash talk then no wonder you started out in Osiris Red." Damien grunted in response and Chloe rolled her eyes.
"Whatever, I have some effects to resolve." Chloe responded before retrieving a Spell Card from her graveyard. "Since Magicat was sent to the graveyard to Synchro Summon a Spellcaster Monster her effect now activates allowing me to take one Spell Card in my graveyard and place it on top of my deck." Chloe continued as she placed the Spell Card on top of her deck. "Also since Arcanite Magician was Synchro Summoned he gains two Spell Counters and one thousand attack points for each one." Chloe added as two orbs appeared around Arcanite Magician bringing his attack points up to 2400.
"Yes, yes, and if you remove one of those Spell Counters you can target one card I control and destroy it." Damien responded and Chloe frowned. "As a Spellcaster user I value knowing the effects of all released Spellcaster monsters."
"Well that knowledge is about to cost you big time, I remove one of Arcanite Magician's Spell Counters to destroy Star Magician Girl!" Chloe announced as one of the orbs vanished and Arcanite Magician's attack dropped to 1400 before he pointed his staff at the female Spellcaster, a beam of light soon shot of it destroying her. "Shame that I can't use Arcanite Magician's effect more than once per turn because otherwise I'd use it to take care of his facedown card as well, still I'm not about to let this opportunity slip me by!" Chloe thought before pointing to Damien. "Silent Magician, attack his life-points directly!" Chloe commanded and the young magician pointed her staff at Damien….
"Oh, so close, yet so far, I activate my trap card XYZ Reborn!" Damien activated the trap and smirked devilishly. "Think of this Trap Card like Call of the Haunted except it specifically targets XYZ Monsters in the graveyard." Damien added as Star Magician Girl returned to his side of the field with her power boost intact. "There's an added bonus as well, you see this Trap Card also becomes a new Overlay Unit for my monster!"
"You're kidding, right?!" Chloe asked as her eyes widened but her fears were confirmed when the trap card was absorbed into Star Magician Girl's body. "Damn, I should've attacked first and then used Arcanite Magician's effect, worse yet is that I have nothing that can stop him from using his Spellcaster's effect again next turn." Chloe thought before sighing. "I end my turn."
"Good and for once I am happy to let your Spellcaster get another counter." Damien said as he drew his card and sure enough Silent Magician's attack rose to 3000. "In fact I'll cut to the chase, I detach Star Magician Girl's overlay unit to take control of the little runt!"
"You can't!" Chloe responded as her eyes widened and Damien smirked evilly as Silent Magician went over to his side of the field.
"I just did." Damien responded and Chloe growled as the pentagram appeared on the Silent Magician Level Four's head raising her attack points to 3500. "Star Magician Girl, destroy that joke of a Synchro Monster!" Damien commanded and the magician pointed her staff at the Synchro Monster and a beam of dark energy hit him in the chest bringing Chloe's life-points down to 4100. "Silent Magician Level Four, show your former mistress what real power is all about!" Damien commanded and Silent Magician hesitated before firing her attack at Chloe sending her flying against the Orichalcos wall.
"You bastard, you'll pay for that." Chloe grunted as she pulled herself up to her feet and watched as her life-points dropped to 600.
"How do you plan on making me pay with only six hundred life-points left? I end my turn with a facedown card." Damien announced as the pentagram on Silent Magician's head disappeared as she walked back to Chloe's side of the field, Chloe drew her card and realized that Silent Magician was looking at her and she looked like she was on the verge of tears.
"It's not your fault Silent Magician, we'll make him pay." Chloe reassured him and Silent Magician nodded before turning to Damien.
"Before you get any ideas, I activate Thunder of Ruler!" Damien announced as his trap card flipped up. "Now you can't attack this turn."
"Maybe not but I can still activate this." Chloe responded as she played the card and Spellbook inside the Pot appeared on the field again. "You can thank Magicat for the draws you are about to make."
"Depending on what I draw it may be the last Spell Card you ever play." Damien responded as they both drew three cards and Silent Magician's attack shot up to 3500. "Excellent, I drew XYZ Regen, as soon as my turn begins I'll use this to add another Overlay Unit to Star Magician Girl and take control of her precious monster, if Silent Magician thought nearly defeating her mistress was devastating enough just wait until she defeats her!"
"I know Heavy Storm is banned but it's not like these guys have been playing by the rules up to this point, this could backfire but it's my best shot." Chloe thought before setting two of the cards that she had drawn. "I set two cards facedown and end my turn."
"And I'm about to end this duel." Damien said with a smirk as he played the card. "I activate XYZ Regen! This spell card lets me target one XYZ Monster I control and it becomes a new overlay unit!"
"Oh shit, that means that he can take control of Silent Magician Level Four again!" Chelsea realized as her eyes widened and the Spell Card was absorbed into Star Magician Girl's body.
"Your friend is becoming quite observant isn't she? Too bad it won't help her when she faces me next!" Damien responded with a smirk as he sent the spell card to the graveyard. "Now I take control of your pathetic magician one last time…."
"I don't think so!" Chloe interrupted him as her trap card flipped up and Damien's eyes widened when he saw the Trap.
"NO! Not Fiendish Chain!" Damien yelled out as chains ensnared his magician bringing her down. "You'll pay for that you little bitch!"
"Funny, because next turn I'm going to make you pay for turning my own monster against me!" Chloe responded and Damien growled.
"I have nothing that I can use to break my Magician free of her trap or anything that can stop her from attacking next turn." Damien thought with a frown as he glanced towards Silent Magician. "She know has enough counters on her Magician to summon her strongest monster but I have more than enough life-points to survive the turn." Damien thought as he glared at Chloe. "Just take your damn turn already." Damien demanded and Chloe drew her card.
"This may be my only chance, I can't risk him drawing a card like Mystical Space Typhoon next turn if he manages to bring her back from the dead again." Chloe thought before looking at her drawn card and getting an idea. "First since my Magician has all five of her counters I can special summon her older version and my best monster, Silent Magician Level Eight!" Chloe played the card and Silent Magician started glowing and growing until she was older, wiser and more powerful (8/3500/1000). "Next I activate Emergency Provisions, I use it to destroy Fiendish Chain and gain back one thousand life-points!" Chloe announced as she played the card and Fiendish Chain dissolved bringing her life-points up to 1600.
"You may have padded out your life-points but I have more tricks up my sleeve than Star Magician Girl!" Damien responded and Chloe scoffed.
"Really, because all you've done in this duel is rely on Star Magician Girl and her monster stealing effect even bringing her back from the graveyard after I destroyed her." Chloe responded and Damien growled. "Do you even have any other monsters besides Gaggaga Magician, Gaggaga Girl and Star Magician Girl in your deck?"
"Off course I do, I just haven't drawn them"! Damien responded and Chloe scoffed. "Why don't we make things interesting then and add an ante to this duel?"
"Aren't ante duels banned in Duel Academy?" Chloe asked as she scratched her head.
"Only if they are between students Chloe, trust me, I asked." Theresa responded and Chloe grinned at that.
"Then we have a deal, I'll offer up the three monsters that I've played in this duel." Damien continued and Chloe nodded. "And you offer up your Silent Magician cards."
"I can't accept that!" Chloe insisted and Damien frowned.
"Don't be so hasty Chloe." Silent Magician communicated with her telepathically. "You may be behind on life-points but you can do this, take his offer."
"Wait, why aren't you speaking out loud?" Chloe asked and Silent Magician sighed.
"Do you want to try explaining Duel Spirits to Chelsea's older sister without sounding insane?" Silent Magician asked and Chloe sweat-dropped.
"Good point." Chloe admitted before looking up at Damien. "On second thought, you have a deal."
"Good, it's not like you'll need you whore magicians when I'm done with you." Damien responded with a smirk and Chloe growled.
"Stay calm Chloe, he's messing with your head." Silent Magician reassured her and Chloe took a deep breath.
"I'll try." Chloe thought before pointing to Star Magician Girl. "Silent Magician, take out his Spellcaster for good!" Chloe commanded and Silent Magician pointed her staff at Star Magician Girl before firing a beam of white light at the XYZ Monster destroying her and bringing Damien's life-points down to 7400. "Now I activate my facedown card Call of the Haunted!"
"Let me guess, your plan is to bring back Gemini Elf?" Damien asked as Chloe searched through her deck.
"Why go with her when I can summon something that can do more damage?" Chloe asked as she retrieved the card. "I summon Night's End Sorcerer!"
"Oh no, when that card is Special Summoned his effect automatically removes two cards from my graveyard from play!" Damien realized as his eyes widened and the sorcerer in raggy clothes appeared on the field (2/1300/400). "When did that card end up in your graveyard? I never destroyed it!"
"Remember Heaven's Lost Property? He was the card that I discarded alongside Magicat." Chloe responded with a grin. "As for the cards you're banishing, I chose Star Magician Girl and XYZ Reborn." Chloe added and Damien frowned before pocketing the two cards. "Oh and guess what? It's still my Battle Phase, Night's End Sorcerer attack his life-points directly!" Chloe commanded and the sorcerer launched his attack at Damien bringing his life-points down to 6100. "I end my turn." Chloe announced and Damien drew his card.
"I activate the Spell Card called Card of Variation!" Damien announced as he quickly played the card. "Now I draw two cards but unless I discard one during my end phase I take three thousand points of damage." Damien added before drawing his cards. "When I said that I hadn't drawn my other monsters I meant it, I summon Breaker, the Magical Warrior!" Damien played the card and the monster that Chloe was all too familiar with appeared on the field (4/1600/1000) and his attack increased to 2400, three hundred from his effect and five hundred from the seal.
"Damn it, I should've resolved my effects first and then used Emergency Provisions instead, my life-points would be at the same level but I wouldn't have lost any life-points this turn." Chloe thought with a frown as she glared at her opponent.
"That's true Chloe but as long as I'm on the field you're safe." Silent Magician responded and Chloe nodded in response.
"Breaker, destroy that Tuner Monster now!" Damien commanded and the Spellcaster charged towards Night's End Sorcerer before cutting him in half with his sword bringing Chloe's life-points down to 500. "You're lucky you drew Emergency Provisions last turn otherwise this duel would've ended, I end my turn but before I do I discard a card to keep my life-points safe from Card of Variation's effect." Damien announced as he discarded a card and Chloe drew her card.
"At this point I can't risk him drawing something like Compulsory Evacuation Device and winning the duel, I have to win this now." Chloe thought before looking at her drawn card. "This may help." Chloe thought before playing the card. "I activate Arkhasic Record, with this Spell Card I get to draw two cards but if I've used any of them they get removed from play." Chloe announced before drawing her cards. "Okay, Message in a Bottle and….." Chloe's thoughts trailed off when she saw the other card. "It's risky but where would the fun be in Duel Monsters if there wasn't any risks involved?"
"I hope you don't mean the Orichalcos Chloe." Silent Magician said as she glanced towards her.
"Silent Magician I said risky, not almost suicidal!" Chloe responded as she sent her spell card to the graveyard. "I haven't used either of these cards so I get to keep them both."
"It won't matter if they were dead draws." Damien pointed out with a smirk and Chloe shook her head.
"They weren't dead draws, far from it!" Chloe responded before she activated a card. "I activate another Spell Card and this one's called Message in a Bottle, with it I can target three monsters with different levels in my graveyard and Special Summon them all with their attacks reduced to zero and their effects negated so I summon, in order of level going up, Effect Veiler, Mathematician and Gemini Elf!" Chloe played the cards and all three Spellcasters appeared on the field again.
"Are you insane? If you don't do an XYZ Summon with those three monsters you'll lose the duel and their levels are completely different!" Damien asked with a laugh and Chloe glared at him.
"I'm being called insane by the one who played the Seal of the Orichalcos if that's not a case of Pot calling the Kettle Black I don't know what is." Chloe responded and the others sweat-dropped. "What?"
"Chloe, you just called yourself insane." Jamie pointed out and Chloe sweat-dropped as a look of panic washed over her face. "What do you think "pot calling the kettle black" means?"
"How about we just pretend that I never said and move on?" Chloe asked with a nervous laugh and the others nodded in response. "Anyway I wouldn't have used Message in a Bottle if I didn't have a plan and here it is I activate another Spell Card called Star Light, Star Bright!" Chloe played the card and Gemini Elf started glowing.
"What are you doing?!" Damien demanded and Chloe smirked.
"Setting up my own XYZ Summon, that's what! With this Spell Card I can target one monster I control, in this case Gemini Elf and each monster whose attack points match hers gain a level until their levels match hers." Chloe explained as Mathematician's and Effect Veiler's levels increased to four. "And that means the stage is set! I use Gemini Elf, Mathematician and Effect Veiler to construct the overlay network!"
"A three monster Rank 4 XYZ, this could be trouble." Damien thought as the three monsters were sucked into the network.
"I've been waiting for a chance to debut this monster and now I have it!" Chloe continued before she retrieved the monster from her extra deck and played it. "I summon Alchemic Magician in attack mode!" Chloe played the card and a new monster appeared from the Overlay Network, she was a teenaged girl likely a couple of years younger than Chloe long green hair who was wearing a blue and green outfit and a crystal ball was floating around her (Rank: 4/1500/1500).
"Hah! That's your big play?!" Damien scoffed and Chloe's eyes narrowed. "She's not even strong enough to defeat Breaker!"
"Look again." Chloe told him and Damien did so, to his surprise Alchemic Magician's attack points had shot up to 2700.
"Where did all those attack points come from?!" Damien demanded and Chloe smirked.
"They came from all the Spell Cards I've activated since the duel began." Chloe responded as she held up her graveyard. "Spellbook Inside The Pot, Heaven's Lost Property, Emergency Provisions, Arkhasic Record, Message in a Bottle and Star Light, Star Bright, that's six in total and Alchemic Magician gains two hundred attack points for each one."
"Wait a minute let's not be too hasty here." Damien said with a gulp as Chloe pointed to Breaker.
"Alchemic Magician, attack Breaker!" Chloe commanded and the XYZ monster casted a spell at Breaker destroying him and bringing Damien's life-points down to 5800. "Silent Magician, it's your turn!"
"And I'll attack him with pleasure Chloe!" Silent Magician responded telepathically before launching her attack at Damien bringing his life-points down to 2300. "Face it Damien, you've lost! You may as well give up!"
"Give up to one of you brats? NEVER! I'm still in this duel" Damien said defiantly as he got back to his feet. "Are you done?"
"Not yet, Alchemic Magician has another effect and unlike you I'm going to reveal it." Chloe responded as she detached Effect Veiler. "I end my turn which lets me activate my Magician's effect! During my end phase I can detach one overlay unit and discard a card from my hand…." Chloe trailed off as she discarded a card and picked up her deck. "And with it I can pick one Spell Card from my deck and set it facedown." Chloe added before setting the card and shuffling her deck. "It's your move." Chloe told Damien and he growled before drawing his card.
"I set one card facedown and a card in defense mode." Damien announced as the facedown cards appeared on the field. "And I end my turn." Damien added and Chloe drew her card. "This is perfect, my facedown Mirror Force will wipe out her magicians and any other monsters she summons allowing my facedown Night's End Sorcerer to finish the job!"
"I activate my facedown card Mystical Space Typhoon and I use it to destroy the facedown card you just set." Chloe announced and Damien's eyes widened as the storm blew away his Mirror Force. "And since another Spell Card was just sent to my graveyard…."Chloe trailed off as Alchemic Magician's attack rose to 2900.
"Wait a minute, let's talk about this!" Damien pleaded as he started sweating bullets.
"The time for talk is over and I'll be taking your three monsters as we agreed! Alchemic Magician, attack his last line of defense!" Chloe commanded and the magician casted her spell at Damien's Night's End Sorcerer destroying him. "Silent Magician, finish him!"
"NO! NO!" Damien yelled out as the beam of light from Silent Magician's staff hit him bringing his life-points down to zero, Chloe breathed a sigh of relief as the seal closed in around Damien claiming his soul as the rest of the holograms disappeared.
"Nice going Chloe." Chelsea complemented her as Chloe waited for the seal to vanish before going over to claim her prizes. "Are we sure those cards are legal? I've never heard of them."
"Their legal, you can trust me on that." Jamie chimed in as she walked up to Chloe. "That line cook I mentioned earlier? She's a duelist as well and she runs a similar deck to his with Star Magician Girl as her main card, if they work on her duel disk then they should work on yours."
"We should probably tell the staff that an Orichalcos Duelist snuck onto the island, they'd want to know." Chelsea pointed out but before Chloe could respond they heard footsteps approaching.
"No need, I witnessed most of the duel." Sarah responded as she walked towards the group. "The guards reported that you girls never arrived at your new dorm rooms and missed your dorm check, I had a feeling something was wrong so I came out here to investigate."
"And that's when you saw me dueling him?" Chloe asked and Sarah nodded. "Wait, dorm checks? What time is it exactly?" Chloe asked and Sarah checked the time on her watch.
"Twenty past midnight, an hour and twenty minutes past curfew." Sarah responded and the two girls winced when they heard that. "However under the circumstances I'll let this slide but don't make a habit of it girls." Sarah responded and the two girls nodded. "The rest of you had better had back to your dorms I'll talk to your headmasters in the morning and explain the situation."
"Thanks Sarah." Lance responded with a nod before turning to Chloe. "So, about what happened at the party?"
"Let's leave that until tomorrow Lance, I think a good night's sleep will help me clear my head on that matter anyway." Chloe responded and Lance nodded before the group departed.