Chapter Two:
Poisonous Bite
"Awesome." said Kazuha. "Blue's a cool colour!"
She was sitting in her room, wearing her Obelisk Blue uniform. Her duel disk was on her arm, and she was laying down on the blue bed. The room was a medium-sized one, with a window opposite the door. The bed was in the middle of the room, but pushed back against the wall.
"I wonder who else is in this hallway..." thought Kazuha out loud. There were three other doors, and she was the first one in her room.
She shrugged, and decided to wait until later to check out the rooms again.
One might simply come in to meet me, anyways. She thought.
As if by some strange coincidence, a knock came at the door.
"Come in." called Kazuha, without getting up.
The person who entered was a small girl, although not too small. She was vaguely familiar...
"Hey..." said Kazuha. "Aren't you Yuki Ryuuga?"
"Um, yes." said the girl. "That's me..."
Kazuha smiled. "Nice to meet you. I saw you with your Fuzzy Wuzzy cards! That was a pretty good combo, back there."
Yuki blushed, and looked down. "Um...so do you want to explore the school with me?"
She was confident when walking to Kudo. Thought Kazuha. Why is she so nervous around me right now?
Shrugging, she agreed that she would.
Yuki smiled, and waited for Kazuha to get up.
"Let's go!" she said, switching to an excited personality.
Kazuha stared for a second, and then followed.
I think I made a very strange friend.
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Walking around, they looked at the dueling fields. Some students were already playing a bit.
Student One: 1750
Student Two: 600
The first student had two snakes on the field (1200/1200 x2) and one face-down card. The second student had one monster face-down, as well as the Wall of Revealing Light (3000) face-up.
"Even your barrier cannot stop me!" exclaimed the first student, drawing a card. It was the only one in his hand. "I, Haku Doku, will crush you! I play the continuous spell card, Reptilian Cannon! Now I can sacrifice my two Poisonous Snake tokens in order to give you five hundred points of damage for each one!"
"Damn it..." swore the second student (SSLP: 0).
Haku Doku stood over the second student, who was a Ra Yellow.
"Foolish Ra!" he exclaimed. "You thought that you could defeat me, the master of the snakes? Me, and my power as an Obelisk!"
Kazuha frowned, as did Yuki.
"What a jerk." said Yuki.
Kazuha said, "Yeah. He's also a sexist bastard. I met him last week, during the exams."
"Is no one brave enough to challenge me?" exclaimed Haku.
"I am!" said Kazuha, and Yuki stared at her. Even thought she was an Obelisk, he was intimidating!
"Heh." said Haku. "I bet you can't duel for shit. That Blue uniform is probably just either a mistake or dyed."
Now Kazuha was angry.
"You...bastard..." said Kazuha. "I challenge your skinny ass to a duel! NOW!"
Now Kazuha was far more frightening than Haku, although the latter simply smirked.
"Fine, I'll duel you." said Haku. "But don't come crying to me when you lose badly..."
Kazuha walked up onto the ring, and they both set up their duel disks.
"Let's duel!" Kazuha cried.
Kazuha: 4000
Haku: 4000
"I start!" said Kazuha. "And I'm starting with Blackfire Boulderguard (500/2600) in defense mode! I end my turn!"
"Blackfire...in the form of a giant boulder..." said Haku.
"Impressed?" asked Kazuha.
"No." said Haku, drawing. "Just thinking how stupid that was. I set a monster in defense mode, and play the spell card Spreading Poison. Now whenever you destroy a monster with 'Poison' or 'Poisonous' in it's card name, you'll take three hundred damage. I end my turn."
Kazuha frowned. Something was wrong.
"I draw." she said. "And then I play the spell card, Impatient Speeder! I can pay five hundred Life Points in order to special summon from my deck...Blackfire Speeder (500/900)! Now I summon the monster, Blackfire Soldier (1800/1800)! Now, I believe that you're gonna be attacked!"
The soldier drew his Blackfire blade, and brought it down upon the head of the face-down monster, who was revealed to be a cobra, sitting in a jar.
"You have destroyed Cobra Jar (600/600)." said Haku. "Now I can special summon a Poisonous Snake Token (1200/1200) onto the field! Come forth, in defense mode!"
Another snake emerged from the fallen jar, and hissed at the Blackfire creatures of Kazuha's.
"Fine." said Kazuha. "I attack you directly, using my Blackfire Speeder's special ability!"
Kazuha: 3500
Haku: 3500
"She's managed to catch up with him..." said Yuki, amazed. "I can't believe it..."
"I end my turn with one face-down card." concluded Kazuha.
"My turn." said Haku. "And I play a spell card! Go, Egg Hatch! Now I can special summon two more Poisonous Snake Tokens (1200/1200 x2) to my side of field in either attack or defense mode! I choose attack mode! Now, my first snake, attack the Blackfire Speeder!"
Kazuha: 2800
"Damn it." swore Kazuha.
"Next up, I'll set a monster in defense mode!" said Haku. "And then I end my turn."
Drawing, Kazuha smirked as she saw her card. "Alright, time to play at a higher level! I play, Blackfire Volcano!"
A giant volcano appeared on the field. Blackfire Lava erupted from it's mouth, and the powers of Kazuha's monsters increased (900/3000 and 2200/2200).
"Next I summon Blackfire Pixie (500 + 400/900 + 400)! Now...Soldier, attack the first snake token!"
The token was destroyed, and Haku smiled. Kazuha suddenly felt pain in her body.
Haku: 2500
Kazuha: 2000
"Damn it..." she said. "I forgot about the effect of the Poisonous Snake Tokens..."
"That's right." said Haku. "You lose five hundred Life Points each time one of them is destroyed! And, added on with the effect of my spell card, you lost an extra three hundred!"
"Screw you..." said Kazuha. "I now play my spell card, Hand of Blackfire...I can draw a card for each Blackfire card I have face-up on the field. With my three monsters and one spell card, that's four cards. Now my hand is a total of...six cards. Next up, I'll play my spell card, Blackfire Revival! This'll bring back a Blackfire monster form my graveyard! I choose my Blackfire Speeder (500 + 400/900 + 400)! Next is Blackfire Relight! I can now pay five hundred Life Points in order to conduct a second battle phase! Now, feel the wrath of my monsters!
"Speeder, attack him directly!"
Haku: 1600
"Next up, my Soldier will attack your second token!"
Haku: 600
Kazuha: 1200
I'm ahead! Thought Kazuha.
Aloud, she said, "I now attack your face-down monster with my Pixie!"
Smiling, Haku revealed it to be...another Cobra Jar (600/600).
"Oh, damn it." said Kazuha, as another Poisonous Snake Token appeared on the field.
"Well, what next?" asked Haku. "I don't think you have any more copies of Blackfire Relight in your hand, do you?"
"I end my turn." said Kazuha. "I have nothing more to play."
"Good." said Haku. "I now play my spell card, Snake's Inner Power! My Snake token is now granted seven hundred attack points (1900) until the end of my turn! Now, he'll go in for a suicide attack against that Blackfire Soldier!"
Kazuha: 400
Haku: 300
"Damn it..." said Kazuha.
"That's right." said Haku. "I now play my face-down trap card, The Past Repeats Itself! I can now use the effects of my last card played, and if it involves an attack or defense point boost, any monsters getting boosts will get an extra three hundred points! Now my Snake Token (2200) will go out in a suicide attack against your monster!"
Kazuha grinned. "Geez, you're so predictable! I knew you'd try something like that, in the end!"
"Wha-" said Haku.
"That's right!" said Kazuha. "I planned a few steps ahead! Meet my face-down card, Negate Attack!"
"Oh, damn..." said Haku. "A card...like that..."
"Yeah." said Kazuha. "A low-level card like this has saved me from loss!"
"I...end my turn..." said Haku.
"Draw!" said Kazuha. "And now it's time to end this duel! I attack your Life Points directly with my Blackfire Speeder!"
Haku: 0
"Damn it..." said Haku. "How the hell...could a girl defeat me..."
"You stupid sexist bastard." said Kazuha. "All duelists are equal. Gender has nothing to do with skill."
And with that, she and Yuki walked away to look at the rest of the school.
A grinning figure approached Haku, and helped him too his feet.
"So you lost." said the person. It was a male, and a first year. He was very good-looking, and held his head up high. His eyes were shining, and they were green. His hair was crimson.
"Yeah, Seiji." said Haku. Upon hearing more approaching footsteps, he turned to see a boy with white hair and the same kind of green eyes.
"Yamahara..." said Haku. "You're here as well."
"Yeah." said Seiji. "I wonder where Akira is..."
As if by cue, a black-haired individual walked up to the three. His eyes were also the same shade of green.
"Hey, all." said Akira. "Haku...I see that you've lost against Kazuha Ogata?"
"...yeah." responded Haku. "I didn't expect that she'd use such a simple card."
"Don't worry." said Seiji, smiling. "We, the Harashima triplets, will avenge you!"
"Eventually." corrected Yamahara. "We still need to learn of the girl's deck, and the full secrets that it contains."
"It's just the Blackfire cards." spat Seiji. "They're old and nearly worthless!"
"Not exactly." said Akira, speaking up again. "Remember that, when they were released, it was said that there is a secret power that can only be discovered by the true master of the Blackfire."
Haku frowned. "Enough of that crap. But perhaps..."
He took a list out of his pocket, and examined the first few names.
"...I can supply a few challenges for Ms. Ogata..."
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Next Time:
Magic and Fire! VS Aka!
Bribed by Haku Doku, a duelist known as Aka Murasaki steps up to challenge Kazuha Ogata to a duel! His skills in magic are strong, but can they stand up to Kazuha's Blackfire?
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Author's Note: Hooray! I've finally gotten up the second chapter!
While over at Legendary Shadows, I'm on chapter eighty-nine...
Anyways, Haku's deck has almost nothing new if you've read Legendary Shadows, and Kazuha's deck only reveals a new card or two. And in the next chapter, Aka Murasaki makes his first appearance! Yay!
Well, please R&R!
-Salazare