SIGH Sorry for the late delay. I was busy with my college stuffs. Also, to snakeboy33, here's your OC duel! Also, to gNat2, your character will be up next in future chapter (not sure when yet). I will need a few words with you.
Also, I don't own Yugioh Zexal but Yugioh: Zexal Ninety Nine Percent.
Lastly to darkdoll25: About that Malaysian English we talked about, it'll be on the next chapter. "Can wait mah?"
Chapter 3: Compromise
"I'm home!" announced the lazy teen tiredly.
"We're back," added Clare as she took off her shoes. The two friends entered the house to greet the elders.
"Welcome back both of you," answered the Hyakuya heiress as she exit the kitchen with her signature smirk. "I see we have guests as well."
So you could see me. It's very rare to find beings like you that could see me these days. Said the spiritual being with his arms crossed while floating before the Hyakuya heiress. Astral was definitely not aware that the woman before him was a full duel spirit in human skin. Moreover, his curiosity got the better of him as he close in the distance between himself and the heiress. He gazed into her eyes. He then spoke in a straight monotone as he stared into her crimson eyes. Wait… you aren't like the others are you?
"I assume others meant human, yes?" she was answered with a slight nod. "Why yes, I'm not a human… whatever you are." She paused and suddenly, the atmosphere began to tense up, "Please do keep away, or else…" she warned in a slightly irritated tone.
The spiritual being looked away at once and replied to the warning stoically, I will keep that in mind. The spiritual being was definitely aware of the consequences, after all he have some experience with women like her…
"Good." The heiress turned to her offspring, "By the way young man, you have some explaining to do. Why are you late?"
Soma nodded sternly and reasoned with his mother. The teen told her about his near defeat if it wasn't for Astral. He thought of showing his mother the card he had retrieved. But that thought was shot down when déjà vu came thundering him. As the negotiations were done, his mother gave him a pat in the head. Soma loved this feeling, especially from his mother. Clare could have sworn that she heard a soft whine from him.
"Ya, you're back." Came another voice. The figure of a Soma look alike came to the corridor, "You had us worried you insolent child."
"Sorry dad," is all the Hyakuya teen coughed, "I have no excuse."
"You don't need to, after all, least you're back, Carbuncle." Teased the elderly Hyakuya.
SNAP
"D-D-D-D-Dad… s-s-sstop calling me tat!" stuttered the teen at the sound of his 'name'. After all, his name (Soma) meant Carbuncle.
"Okay then, what about Carb-Carb?" Subaru teased as he raised the level.
SNAP
"NOT EVEN THAT ONE!" bellowed the teen embarrassed. His logics told him that Stella, his classmate and adoptive sister, had something to do with it.
"Then what about-" Soma's father was about to teased him harder until he earned a slap in the stomach. "C'mon Yula… we won't get another chance like this in another year."
"Don't say that dad…" mumbled the Heterochromic narrowing his eyes, "It's not forever… and a year is not all that slow to pass."
"True true."
The half Japanese blonde, who was unaware of the situation, began to ask, "Um, Mr. Hyakuya, are you going somewhere?"
"Oh yes, I and my wife will be leaving the house to visit some old friends and families. Well, we will be off for about a year or so. This evening we depart."
That statement startled the blonde. She realized what they meant. The two elderly Hyakuyas will be leaving the house for about a year, leaving herself with Soma together in one same roof. In other words… she will be living with a man… ALONE. She snapped out of her light fantasies only to find out that her heart was racing. The Ayazama blonde then turned to her childhood friend, who ill showed any emotions. But as she looked at him, even glancing, her cheeks began to burn up with heat.
That did not go unnoticed. The Heterochromic teen was able to catch the sight of a certain tomato face friend in the nick of time. He too blushed at the blonde. His mind was wondering what the blonde was thinking. Despite this, he masked his blush coolly with his signature poker face. He felt a lump going down his throat.
Hm… Observation No. 112: Humans will blush when two of the opposite genders are living under one same roof for the first time. The spiritual being said with his arms crossed as he observed the two teens.
SNAP
"OBSERVATIONS OVERRULED!" Soma snapped as he turned to the spiritual being. A large tick mark appeared behind him comically despite showing no emotions.
Overrule denied, argued Astral coolly as he bore a glare at the teen.
"Screw your denials."
But where's the money?
"Not that you will use money."
Astral failed to come up a rebuttal for that statement. First of all, hardly anyone could see. Last but not least the spiritual being had not even seen 'money' before. He only knew the object by its name, so he could not even use it if he does not know what 'money' looked like. Good point. Is all he could say for his defeat.
"Hmph." The Heterochromic teen turned to his parents. "In any case dad, just don't leave too long."
"You know I won't," the silver eyed Hyakuya answered, "Oh and Saya just called. Said she loves you and won't be back again for another month."
Saya called, eh? Thought the Heterochromic. He was surprised to hear the person called but instantly his surprise was shot down by hate, Does she now? Tch… she always find excuse to avoid me does she? He mentally roared at this Saya person.
The blonde was disturbed when she heard the name of another person she does not recognize, which Soma does. Clare began to stare daggers at the Heterochromic as she smirk.
"Soma~" said a dangerous malefic tone coated in a sweet voice.
SNAP
Soma sensed the familiar malice in the air and instantly cried, "CLARE! SAYA'S MY SISTER! SHE'S MY SISTER!" The Heterochromic teen snapped and fell to the ground.
The Japanese teen gasped at the revelation. She had been a friend with Soma for twelve years and yet she had not learnt of his sister's existence. When the blonde was about to ask for more information, the sound of one clearing his throat echoed. She turned to find out that the two elderly Hyakuyas was about to leave.
"The two of you may continue this AFTER we're gone." Growled the elderly Hyakuya, who had swapped personalities. "We got a plane to catch so if you two please get out of the way."
"Urabus, don't be rude dear."
"Tch, wat ever!" the now-Urabus-Subaru shrugged and walked out. "Oh and one more!" the head of the Hyakuya added. His voice this time was the calm and collective Subaru. "Before I go, I'll hand you this. Urabus mentioned that it will help you in future." The Hyakuya elder brought out a card from his deck and handed it over to his son.
Soma took it and revealed the card. The card had the portrait of a bionic warrior. Soma was taken by surprised. This card was one of his father's ace monsters. He turned to his father and with a stoic face, he questioned, "Dad… are you…"
"He got a lot of it so take it or leave it!" Subaru's other personality had taken control again. He bellowed to his son in a demanding tone, gaining a silent nod from the Heterochromic.
"Soma, take care while we're away," Yula said as she petted her son's head. Soma gave a faint whine as a result. "And Clare, do watch my son." Clare nodded as she watched the Hyakuya heiress walked through the doors. But before she does, the Heterochromic remembered something urgent and voiced out to his mother.
"Mom, before you leave, I must ask you. Did you clean up your room?" asked the teen narrowing his eyes, gaining surprise looks from his childhood friend.
The duel spirit in human skin froze.
One awkward silent later, Soma narrowed his eyes further and commented, "I knew it. Can't you clean up your feathers once in a while?"
"It can't be help! I need to spread my wings once in a while!" Yula rebutted.
"Sure… whatever, I'll clean it," Soma groaned, "I'll miss you mom."
The Hyakuya heiress ceased to a halt. She then gave a sad smile and eventually pecked her son on the cheek. "I'll miss you too. I'll see you next year." With those words, she turned around and vanished with her husband. Clare watched the Hyakuya couple departed and then to Soma. To her surprise, she heard faint sniffling.
"Soma?" Clare called out. Her tone was filled with slight sympathy. She reached out for her childhood friend… but stopped when she realized one thing. Right now… she herself and her childhood friend were the only ones in the house…
Soma too got this feeling.
When Soma shut the door, the house fell into an awkward silence. Neither one moved nor do they spoke. Not even Astral spoke for he was merely observing and studying. He wanted to wait and see what was bound to happen. Finally, Soma broke the piercing silence, "Are you hungry?" he asked.
"Oh, ye-y-yes! V-V-Very hungry." The blonde replied in a monotone, obviously lying. She too wanted to break the awkward silence.
"Alright, change your clothes, finish your assignments and pack up for tomorrow first while I prepare something." The Heterochromic declared as he head straight into the kitchen.
The blonde was surprised again when she heard that statement. Never in her life would she expect the emo yet unfriendly friend of her to be capable of such things. Her mind began to have images of him doing the house works and cooking while she is taking care of-
PO!
The blonde blushed furiously and quickly snapped out of wonderland. She simply shrugged and did as she was advised.
Meanwhile, in the kitchen…
Observation No. 113: Soma is afraid of Clare. Astral reviewed his observations aloud.
SNAP
THAT statement sent Soma slipping as he stepped on a 'mysteriously appeared' puddle of water.
As soon as Clare finishes her short routines, the blonde returned and caught the smell of fresh appetizing food. She raced to the kitchen to find a bowl of noodles waiting in front of her. The bowl contains rich vegetable soup covering string of noodles, spring onions scattered on the soup. Moreover, the bowl lets out a vegetarian aroma, which Clare recognized it as potato.
Other than the noodles, the blonde could another one of her favorite homeland snack – two sticks of Goma Dangos. The treat was made in rice flour and was covered in sesames. They were pierced in one stick, each holding three.
Clare was utterly amazed at how fast Soma prepared all these in less than two hours. The blonde simply shook her head and enjoyed her meal.
As soon as she finished her meal, she was wrong. Soma's cooking was not good. It was marvelous.
She savior every bite of it and enjoyed the taste of Soma's homemade Japanese food. She wondered how was he so good with Japanese food and asked. Her answer was simply surprising. Apparently, Soma had three part time jobs and one of it involves being a chef of a Japanese restaurant. Not only that, he was also labeled 'Employee of the Year'.
Happy with her servings, the Ayazama then volunteered to wash the dishes and was insistent. Soma sighed and allowed her to do so. He entered his room and focused on a disturbing topic.
"Alright… I now have 2 Numbers…" he reviewed as he picked out the two specific cards. "Astral," he called for his spiritual companion, "Do you know anything about these Numbers?"
Not much, Soma, the spiritual being began, I do know that there are about 100 of them.
"Everyone knows that already," growled the Heterochromic teen. "Tell me something I don't know."
If that is the case, how about this piece of information; the higher their ranks are, the stronger they are.
"Any rookie could tell that you man in blue."
All right then, do you know that card effects cannot destroy Numbers?
Soma was starting to have a growing interest about this new information. "Numbers are immune to card effects?" he repeated in a puzzled tone despite not showing it. He quickly snatched one of the two black-framed cards and began to read the descriptions. True to Astral's words, the Numbers do have immunity to card effects that destroy them. He even confirmed them as he compared both his and his newly obtained Numbers thrice. Several new logics began to flood his mind.
If card effects cannot destroy them, then that means I must carry out a battle and destroy them… overpowering the weak I see. Soma paused for a moment to reconsider a few more things. He still had his suspicion about this.
"Astral, if these Numbers cannot be destroyed by card effects, that would mean that they can only be destroyed in battle, yes?"
True one may be able to defeat a Number if they have better attack points. But remember Soma, this is Numbers we are talking about. Numbers are vassals for Malice. If they are made for that reason, then do you think ordinary cards can defeat them? Asked the spiritual being floating to Soma's bed.
The Heterochromic teen was struck with disbelief when he heard that statement. "Ordinary cards cannot defeat them you say." He repeated. His mind was now filled with new information and logics. If card effects cannot destroy them, then that would only mean one thing – Numbers need to be overpowered by battle. However, in this case, logics were defied. It seems that Numbers are completely invincible, Soma assumed. They cannot be destroyed by battle too… but wait. The Heterochromic teen began to wander into the past memories. He then searched for the memories of how he obtained his second Numbers. I'm sure that I destroyed the Numbers… could it be possible? He thought for a moment before turning to ask his companion.
"Astral, if ordinary cards cannot destroy them, then the only method left to defeat them is…"
Yes, by using another Numbers to defeat the other. This is why you are entrusted with one.
"I see," that answered one question. But he have one more disturbing thought, "One more thing." He continued, "Do you have any idea why am I… slightly immune to Malice?"
Astral turned to stare his human companion and closed his eyes. He was in deep thoughts. He reopened them and answered, Sadly Soma, I have no clue to it. However, I've heard that some people are immune to them.
"Some are immune… so I am one of them, eh?"
I am not sure of the details… but I do have a theory of mine.
"Let's hear it."
Alright. Astral paused for a moment and began stoically, you see Soma, these cards of Malice were originally blank. They have no characteristics.
"No characteristics… you mean they were originally nothing until someone touches them?"
Astral nodded sternly. The cards are given characteristics based on the first contact they received. For example, this weird face guy you dueled earlier today, –
Meanwhile…
The weird faced guy – Sanjyu sneezed as he polished his mask. "Crap, I think I need to clean the interior too." The teen sniffed as he checked his mask for dusts.
Back with Soma and Astral…
- he has the desires to destroy things. With this desire, the card of Malice becomes what his desires were.
Soma was slightly confused with the explanation and began to form a summary of it. Let's review it… Sanjyu… touched the card… while he had the desire to destroy something… then the card he was touching… transform into his desires… destruction. The Heterochromic teen summarized. He then recalled how he obtained his card. Come to think of it… when I received my Numbers, I only had the desire to protect Clare from being corrupted… that means… The teen brought out his Numbers – No. 39 Aspiring Emperor Hope. Hope has the effect of negating an attack… moreover… its name is similar to mine… Hyakuya Soma… in other words… Carbuncle of the Hundred Nights… in other words, Soma's name meant the light of hope, in the endless darkness.
Back then… Sanjyu was not controlled by his own greed… but his desires to destroy. Thought Soma as he checked the Numbers that was once belonged to the masked teen. He noticed the sheer stats (ATK/ 3000, DEF/ 3000), cost of summon (2 Level 3 monsters) and effects. All of them lead to one thing – overpowering all others without caring about his safety. It was like a kamikaze style, which kills the attacker along with his enemies.
Moreover, the card has two more set backs, the first, the inability to attack and the restriction of mass summoning. The Heterochromic assumed that Sanjyu wanted to go all out with his opponents as well as doing it alone, rather than doing it in a group, which explained most of his solidarity in class. He had reached a conclusion to his overviews on Sanjyu. With the newly obtained informations, he had a general idea about him.
"That's plenty of information to take in," commented Soma as he leaned on his chair and stared the blank ceiling.
Now that you have some information for this task, what will you do?
"… Nothing for now." The teen replied as he started to dig his bag for his homeroom assignments. "I'll decide again tomorrow."
The spiritual being turned away with his arms crossed and recalled his own memories.
The next day, both teens completed their rituals like every ordinary days before going to school. As they arrived school, gangsters from yesterday greeted the two. This time, their 'aniki' were with them.
"Aniki! It's him! That guy who made a fool of us!"
The so-called aniki walked forward and meet Soma and Clare. The person before them was an Asian. He like most Asians had slit eyes, which revealed only a small portion of his jet black eyes. He had center split, all back shoulder length ebony black hair. His school uniform was completely unbuttoned, revealing his black undershirt. The man standing before the Heterochromic and the half Japanese was none other than the school's No. 1 delinquent – Ray Cyanvilles.
"… I thought who was it… so it's you eh, Hyakuya Soma." The delinquent barked.
"So what if it is me, tin can?" insulted the Heterochromic. "As far as I can tell, it's your lackeys who made a fool of themselves."
"Says the guy who outsmart the entire school and makes a fool of others all the time," countered Ray arms crossed, "Enough of that! Let's settle this!" the delinquent commanded and gave the order of his lackeys to bet the Heterochromic up.
Somas simply stared the coming mob stoically and proceeded to use his suicide escape.
"Clare… you have a flat chest." The teen insulted knowing that he was actually digging his own grave… but on second thought, being beaten by Clare was no so bad after all, is what his hormones told him.
"What?" Clare resent to that comment. She turned to her childhood friend and released the familiar Malice of Death. "Soma…" she said as a devilish purple aura began to envelop her. Soma turned away and began to sweat bullets.
The gangsters, who have never experience this intensity before, began to feel spikes of cold wave showering them. They shivered unconsciously. Then, Ray yelped as he fell to the ground and pointed at Clare. "M-M-Monster…" he yelped.
THAT was a bad move.
The blonde directed her attentions to the new person who insulted her. For some reasons, Soma also directed his attentions to him. Both childhood friends then unleashed a devastating aura at the gangsters. They gulped aloud and began to scatter away. Ray, who was thunderstruck, remained his ground. His legs failed him as if an invisible force crippled them. The delinquent then faced Soma and Clare's wrath. He blacked out.
Soma then turned to the blonde and felt her anger receding. He anticipated what was next – a slap in his face. He was right. Clare did as he anticipated.
"Don't comment anything about my body again," she warned.
"You know you like it," the Heterochromic teen replied with a straight face before huffing along.
What does that supposed to mean? Thought the blonde bewildered.
The two proceeded to their classes. Soma took his seat next to his opponent from yesterday – Sanjyu. The masked teen, like all other days, was extremely quiet. But something was off about him. The masked teen was no longer in long hair. His hair was neatly trimmed and tidy. His mask remained intact, but it was a different one compared to the one he saw from yesterday. The mask was also made of wood and contained four round and green lenses with steel rim. The mouth of his mask was altered in a fashion that it looked almost like a marionette's mouth. Japanese kanji for Three and Zero were written on each cheek on his mask.
"I see you've changed Sanjyu…" the Hyakuya began.
"Keke.. people changes in due time don't they?" the masked teen replied, "At least you changed me."
"I don't recall changing you in any forms."
"The duel changes me Soma," the masked teen corrected, "If you have not shown me your resolution, I would have walked the path of destruction."
Soma considered everything he was told and summarizes his reply. Normally, anyone would ask what Sanjyu meant by those words. Since Soma was considered abnormal, he asked differently, "Do you have the desire to destroy something?" he asked.
The masked teen only crackled his mask softly at that question. He answered with a nod.
"For what reason?"
"Kekrak… I'm not sure… but I somehow felt like doing it… maybe it is because of my family."the masked teen paused for a moment and catch a breath before continuing, "Sanjyu is merely an alias… my family… something happened to them… not sure what."
"What happened to your family?" he pressed out of curiosity.
"Krak… krak… they suddenly vanished."
Soma, at this point, the spiritual companion, who had been absent suddenly appeared and called out to Soma, let's hear him out. This might be related to the Numbers. Astral advised.
Agreeing with the logic, the teen began, "Suddenly vanished?" as a dumb folded Soma. "What… no how do they disappeared?"
"Krak… krak… they just disappeared… they were right in front of me one second… then krak… they were gone." The masked teen crackled as he lowered his head, reminiscing the unpleasant dawn of loneliness. "I have made several reports before. I'd even tried consulting with the authorities… and d'you know what they answered?"
Soma used his logics to this matter. If he would be that authority, which Sanjyu described, he would view him as some kind of child trying to pull a prank, therefore if that would be the case, the only logical answer he would give him would be: "You want something to eat?" he repeated after his logics.
"Kekekek… yes… 'You want some gum', he asked," Sanjyu said sadistically. "He thought I was pulling a prank… up until now… no one trusts me…"
"So you've developed the desire to destroy, yes?" asked Soma as he stared his classmate.
The masked teen paused for a moment and nodded as he looked at Soma. "Yes… I hated them… so much that I wanted to wipe them all out of existence… leaving no trace, just like how my parents disappeared."
Soma suddenly had déjà vu. Sanjyu wanted people to believe him. On the other hand, he also missed his parents. Soma emphasized his feelings. He knew how lonely it was when their family was not with them. He even felt luckier because his parent were only away annually.
"I see… I understand how it felt when your parents are not with you… but I want to ask something," the Heterochromic turned to his classmate and began to speak in a serious manner, "What would your parents think? If you hurt others just for one petty excuse?"
"KRAK!" the crackle snapped loudly throughout the class, causing some confused glances from the students.
Soma ignored this and continued to press the masked teen, "Take your time and think nice and carefully… otherwise…" the Heterochromic teen halted from speaking his threats further. He was tempted, but he merely suppressed his urges.
Soma, the spiritual being called out to him, what do you think?
"I think I got a clear picture on how the Numbers affect people, I'll explain later," he said earning a nod from Astral.
Class went on without a hitch…
As soon as the school ended, the Heterochromic teen along with the blonde began to make their way back home. The two were relieved when no incidents happened while they reached for the bike. As the teens placed on their helmets, a figure came up in front of them. The two friends turned to meet a tanned buzz cut haired teen. The teen seemed to be roughly three years younger than he is. Judging by his natural appearance, the Heterochromic teen made an assumption that the teenager was an Egyptian. Clare was slightly absorbed into thoughts when she saw the Egyptian teenager before her. In any case, she placed her helmet on.
"Yo," he called out with a wave. Soma simply revert his glance from him and placed his helmet on. "You got time for a duel?"
"Not at all," he answered by starting the engine of his bike.
"Huh?" the Egyptian's cool face did a full one hundred and eighty. He had expected an aggressive reply like "YEAH, BRING IT ON!" or a cool one like, "Sure…". But instead, he got a simple rejection. His mind snapped back to reality as he head the motors kicking. Soma, along with Clare, passed the Egyptian without sparing a second glance. "H-Ey! VAIT!" He gave chase.
"I'm not a duelist buddy, so pick on someone else," the Heterochromic lied as he suggested.
"Oi! Vait up, Soma!"
THAT got his attention. The teen pulled the brakes and did a handbrake 90 degrees turn. "How did you know me?" he asked. Clare too was rather curious.
"I kno' you cause I kno' your father! 'iz name iz Hyakuya Subaru, yes?" asked the Egyptian catching small breaths.
Soma's eyes narrowed at the sound of his father's name. Another one of dad's fans eh… he thought bitterly. "What do you want, don't waste my time." He commanded.
"I just want a duel."
"I'm too busy for a duel," the teen rejected, "So even if you challenge me to a duel… I'll surrender at once."
"But, ve can only surrender after ze tenth tur', no?"
"Even so, I have no duel disk with me," stated the teen as he crossed his arms. Clare was obviously not buying it. Under the helmet, her cheeks puffed into a blowfish. She knew Soma was lying about him not owning a Duel Disk; in fact, he is sitting on his duel disk.
"Ah, ah," the Egyptian shook his fingers, "Yer father told me about yer Duel Disk…" he said, eyeing Soma's motorbike.
Tch… you sure have a very big mouth Pops, cursed the Heterochromic inwardly.
In Domino Airport…
"Kccch"
The said pops sneezed with his nose pinched. He sniffed, "Ugh… I just kept forgetting how cold the airport could be."
"Well, it's an airport dear… well… it is supposed to be c-c-cold…" the Hyakuya heiress shivered with her arms hugging her hibernating frame. "Geez… I just wish I have feathers like Blizzard." She added as she wondered how her cousin (Blizzard the Far North) was capable of living in cold regions.
Subaru sighed and threw a part of his jacket over his wife, "But for now, you'll have 'feathers' like mine." Said the head of the Hyakuya family gently. He then brought out his DPhone and started playing Furious Bird: Blackwing Style (Imagine Angry Bird but the birds are replaced by Blackwing monsters) while waiting for their flight.
"Yes… I guess so…" replied Yula as she watched her husband playing the game using her avatar.
Back with Soma and Clare…
Soma snapped out of his ironic lies and returned his gaze at the Egyptian. He gave a sigh and turned to his friend, "Clare, you mind we go back late again?" he asked.
"No, not at all."
"Alright, get off." He barked. The blonde reverted into a blowfish again. She hopped away from the bike. "Now then," the Heterochromic said readjusting his bike to face his opponent, "If you want one then finish it at once!"
"I planned to do so! And by the way, I'm Lester." The Egyptian announced as he brought out a D-Pad. Soma recognized the duel disk. It was the advanced model used by most duelists these days. Compared to the Academy Disk his mother used, the duel disk was slim and mobile. It was black, with several Egyptian runes and Hieroglyphic characters written one the frame. "Does tat do?" questioned the Egyptian.
"Whatever's fine by me, just so long if you don't waste my time," warned Soma as he changed his bike to Duel Mode. As soon as the setup was completed, Soma inserted his deck as requested and allowed it to auto-shuffle his deck. He then turned to his opponent. "We'll let my bike's AI to determine our turn. Coin toss, dice roll or Paper-Scissors-Rock?"
"… Coin toss."
Soma said no more and tapped his bike's screen for a coin toss. "Call," he demanded. The coin automatically flipped itself in a swift of blurriness.
"TAILS"
"I'll go heads…" the coin ceased at once, revealing the side that contained the carvings of a flat nonagon pattern carving. Soma hit the display button to show his opponent the results. "Tails… you pick."
"In tat case, I go first!" Lester voiced as he pulled five cards from his deck.
"Acceptable."
"DUEL!" the two announced.
Lester – 8000
Soma – 8000
"Alrite, I go wit my first draw." Lester commenced his draw. "First I begin with two face downs." Two cards appeared before the Egyptian in face down position, "Then I continue with summoning The Creator Incarnate (Level 4/Light/Warrior/Effect/1600/1500)" An Egyptian warrior with a blood red cloak and sickle like sword appeared to the field.
So he play an Egyptian deck… Egyptians names… Pharaoh… Horus… Sphinx… let's see what is he good at first…
"Next, I play Creator Incarnate's effect. By releasing tis card, I can special summon 1 The Creator (Level 8/Light/Thunder/Effect/2300/3000) from my hands in defense mod!" The warrior on Lester's side drew his sword and ripped a dark rift. He hopped into the rift. Several static activities later, a massive thunder struck the ground before Lester. "Rise, The Creator!" Lester commanded as orangey red arm shot itself out of the ground. The arm then slammed the ground and began to pull its body out. A gigantic humanoid rose to ground level. It was tall enough to touch the sky.
"Hm… he's big…"
"He's big alright, but I'm no finished." Said Lester, "I continue with The Creator's effect, by sending a card from my hands to the graveyard, I can bring back one monster from ma graveyard and special summon it back to my field. Wit tis, I bring back The Creator Incarnate (Level 4/Light/Warrior/Effect/1600/1500)!" The very same warrior reappeared to the field. "Wit tis I end my turn."
Soma had a slight mental dilemma with his opponent. On the contrary, he was slightly held back when he realized that his first hand turned out to be a slight fraud. But in any case, he had predicted his defeat. He planned on surrendering… but on other hand, why should he? In fact, Clare was also present. He sighed mentally and proceeded.
"My turn," he declared as he pulled his next card. At this point, an unwanted company appeared.
Soma, summon that monster now! Advised Astral.
The Heterochromic was slightly annoyed at the sudden appearance of the spiritual being. He improvised. Since the teen has no interest in this duel, yet his spirit companion was determined to duel, why not play it his way? He thought.
"I summon Goblin Attack Force (Level 4/Dark/Warrior/Effect/2300/0)!" Soma declared, heeding every word his companion told him. With the card placed on one of the zones, a group of three goblins appeared. Each was holding a spiked metal club in one hand.
"Oh tat's a start!" said the Egyptian startled at the first summon.
Soma, use that spell! Then send Wulf through its effect.
"Sure… carry on with Spell Card, Foolish Burial. With Foolish Burial, I can send one monster from my deck to my graveyard." The teen declared. "With this effect, I send Wulf, Lightsworn Beast (Level 4/Light/Beast-Warrior/Effect/2100/300)!" As Soma sent the card into his graveyard slot, a bright portal mysteriously appeared. The portal dissolved into revealing a muscular beast with a gold pole.
"Wat! How can it be summoned lik tat?" Lester inquired. He was slightly taken aback at the sight of two power hounds.
"Simple, Wulf can be special summoned when this card is sent from my deck to my graveyard. However, this card cannot be normal summoned or set." Explained the heterochromic teen coolly. "Now I proceed with my combat."
Goblin Attack Force attack The Creator! Commanded Astral.
Soma repeated the command in human language. The group of goblins charged forward recklessly and threw several swings at the gigantic idol. The idol planned to redirect the attack with a thunder of its own. The result of the battle ended with a tie; therefore both the monsters on both sides were destroyed. "Wulf, carry on!" the white beast-warrior spun its cane and struck the crescent bladed warrior (1600).
Lester – 7500
Soma – 8000
Set two cards!
"With two face downs, I end my turn." The teen complied as he set the only cards that were capable of setting.
"Alt! During my opponent's End Phase, I activate my first face down!" Lester bellowed. One of the two facedown cards flipped over, "Ma first face down – Continuous Trap Card, The First Sarcophagus!" With the card activated, a rectangular cube like coffin appeared.Durin each o' my opponent's End Phase, I can place one card my deck to the field in tis order. Since tis is now the End Phase, the first order comes out, The Second Sarcophagus!" As the card was placed onto one of the spell and trap zones, the rectangular sarcophagus opened up. Steams of cold air began to ooze out of the dark chamber. As the lid was fully opened, a coffin floated out of it. It was gold and smaller. The coffin had an ornamental carving of a pharaoh.
"The second sarcophagus?" Soma bewildered at the sight of the golden sarcophagus. "A pharaoh?"
"Tat's rite! When the third is out on the field, the pharaoh will be out to the field!"
"Well thanks for telling the obvious," said Soma in a bored tone as he rested his back to his bike.
"Glad I could be a help, now it's my turn!" the Egyptian teen pulled his next card, "I now flip forth my face down, The Pyramid of Light!" The other face down trap card revealed itself. At that revelation, the field around the two duelists and Clare began to white out. Soma stared the light dome that was imprisoning them.
"If you use this on someone with claustrophobia, you'd win for sure…" spat the heterochromic sarcastically.
"Claustrophobia?" Asked the Egyptian opponent listening to the advanced phrase. Soma's spiritual companion too wondered what was the meaning of the foreign word.
"Fear of imprisonment or narrow space."
"Now that you 'ad mentioned it, well too bad ya aren't one, wish you are though, cause you'd surrender" said the Egyptian sarcastically.
"Are you cursing me with your Egyptian mojos?" spat Soma, slightly annoyed
"Oh no, not at all. I'm just joking. In any case, with Pyramid of Light in play, I am now capable of bringing out a few more of my own monsters!" Lester picked out the last two cards from his hands and began his assault, "I begin with Andro Sphinx's (Level 10/Light/Beast/Effect/3000/2500) effect!" Lester flipped the first card over. "With Andro Sphinx's effect, I can special summon tis card from my hand by paying 500 Life Points-"
Lester – 7000
Soma – 8000
"-while The Pyramid of Light is in play. Rise, Andro Sphinx!" As the card was played, the pyramid of light shone fiercely, blinding, Soma, Clare and Astral. Clare was starting to get goose bumps about all these Egyptian mumbo jumbos. The Japanese then looked at the dimming field. To her horror, a gigantic muscular beast in bright bluish azure amour stared at her like a piece of hungry meat. The beast was like a lion as it had blonde mane…
3000 attack points! Astral gasped. He just summoned a Level 10 monster just like that!
That coming from a Spiritual Duelist who turned out to be a professional level duelist… growled Soma as he eyed his companion. The irony… he added.
"Halt, I'm not done yet!" said Lester, much to Soma's anticipations. "I pay another 500 Life Points-"
Lester – 6500
Soma – 8000
"To bring out my second Sphinx, Arise Sphinx Teleia (Level 10/Light/Beast/Effect/2500/3000)!" Another wave of blinding light covered their sights. This time, Soma was well prepared. He set his visors to sunglasses mode, which darkened the lights tenfold.
SNAP
"Got me once, shame on me. Try to get me twice, shame on you," The heterochromic teen blurted ignorantly.
On the other hand, as the lights dimmed again, another monster appeared on Lester's field. The monster resembled a tanned brown furred griffon. Instead of a lion's head, the griffon's head was that of a woman with violet red hair… that looked like a mane. For some reasons, Soma could not help but to stare at the chained collar.
He SNAPED again.
An image of Clare on all BEEP, looked at Soma with BEEP eyes. Moreover, she was BEEP and the only BEEP she had on her was a BEEP with BEEP. The BEEP was attached just like the BEEP.
PO
Soma's face turned as red as his right crimson eye at once at the outrageous thought. He shook his head frantically as he wiped the thoughts away. Tch, hormones… he groaned mentally suppressing the pressure that was bound to detonate him.
"Well fortunate for you, I am not allowed to attack using em the turn I summon em, so I end my turn like tis." Lester declared showing his empty hands.
"Whatever suits you," said the Heterochromic teen as he pulled his next card. Astral looked at the card and carried on their turn.
Soma! We could only defend! The spiritual being bellowed after reviewing the cards in Soma's hand. Set all of them in defense mode.
Sure… he thought. "I set Wulf to defense mode." Soma declared as he swapped the beast warrior's position. The creature squatted down and readied itself for any threats.
We'll set Big Shield Guardna (Level 4/Earth/Warrior/Effect/100/2800) as well.
"I proceed with one more face down monster. With this I end my turn." Soma placed on monster in face down defense position as he ended his turn.
"Hm… tis isn' fun anymore…" groaned the Egyptian. "I was hoping that you bring out more stronger wans… but seems like it turn out disappointing."
"Well excu~se me Prince of Egypt, so~rry for disappointing you." Mocked the teen as he stared his spiritual companion.
Don't put words in my mouth Soma! Argued Astral coolly.
"You're excu~sed," the Egyptian replied sarcastically before he continued, "Now then, before I begin my turn, let's recap the effect of The First Sarcophagus. Every time my opponent hit the End Phase button, I get to search my deck and place to the field The Second or The Third Sarcophagus. Since I already have the second out, I will bring out the Third Sarcophagus!" Lester's D-Pad ejected the card he declared. When the card was played, the Second Sarcophagus opened up to reveal the Third Sarcophagus. It was placed beside the first.
Soma be careful! Warned Astral as he advanced to Soma's side.
Not that I care… yet. He thought as he began to have some interest in the duel.
"All rite, it's my turn, DRAW!" Lester began his turn with a praying gesture. He then pulled the card. To his relief, the draw was a success. "Yes!" he then proceeded with what looked like a prayer of gratitude. "Now, I activate the effect of The First Sarcophagus! I send this card along with The Second Sarcophagus and The Third Sarcophagus to the graveyard. With it, I can now bring forth Spirit of the Pharaoh (Level 6/Light/Zombie/Effect/2500/2000)!"
The third coffin opened up to reveal a hand reaching out to the air. The hand grabbed the lid of the sarcophagus and immediately dragged the body out. The body belonged to a pharaoh in gold like armor. The pharaoh eyes Soma with his shining crimson eyes. With his royal cane it assumed a stance signaling his preparation.
2500 attack points! Astral gasped.
Why am I not surprised? Soma sighed mentally as he kept a poker face.
Clare on the other hand was intrigued. She once read about Egyptian histories and the likes. On the other hand, this is the first time she witness a monster that has similar relations to Egyptian histories. Taking this opportunity, she began to study the monsters. She also wished to see an Anubis.
"Oh and one more," reminded the Egyptian, "When Spirit of the Pharaoh is Special Summoned, I am allowed to special summon up to 4 Level 2 or lower Zombie-Type Normal Monsters from my graveyard."
Wait! He doesn't have any of those, as far as memory served. Soma's companion voiced.
Soma on the other hand begged to differ. His slight photographic memory told him that his opponent had one unknown card in his graveyard. His logics and memories served him well.
"Lemme guess, you think I have non Level 2 Normal Zombie monster in my graveyard do you?" asked the Egyptian.
"No not at all…" he whispered, loud enough for his companion to listen.
Are you mocking me? Astral growled.
"If you think so, then you are wrong!" Lester said as he reached for his graveyard zone, "From my graveyard, I special summon Pharaoh's Servant (Level 2/Dark/Zombie/Normal/900/0)!" As on cue, a zombie like spearman with some slight bandage appeared to the field. "I know what you are thinking-" the Egyptian continued.
"No you don't," remarked Soma in a lazy tone.
"Vy do I special summon tis weak monster, yes?"
"Don't care…"
"I'm glad yu asked."
I did not. Soma growled mentally at the Egyptian's antics.
"You see, I have one reason to bring out a Pharaoh's Servant. After all, wat good would a servant do, I ask?" asked the Egyptian with a confusing accent.
Soma, understanding the accent answered, "Tribute." He answered in a simple monotone.
"True, I sacrifice the Pharaoh's Servant," with those words, the servant like mummy was pulled into the ground. Lester continued, "to bring forth The End of Anubis (Level 6/Dark/Fiend/Effect/2500/0)"
As the Egyptian played the card, a mist took over the field. Indignantly, a lavish tomb like room took over the scene. The torches were lit with flames, illuminating the chamber. The torches were lit until the end of the room. Soma and Clare watched the being behind Lester and his monsters. The creature had notable obsidian violet flesh. It's demonic features and built towered Lester's monsters by twice.
The fiend rested on its throne with his head rested on one hand. It stared down at its summoner and then fixed its gaze on Soma. With a grunt, it left its throne and advanced to the field. The Anubis then gave a battle cry. The throne room vanished and the glaring glints of light returned.
"When The End of Anubis comes forth, The End of a duel it will be!" Lester added as he assumed a victorious pose. "Tis iz the end!"
Clare was completely shell shocked. Right before her stood 4 strong monsters, three having 2500 attack points while one having 3000. If she would be the Egyptian's opponent, she would have yielded. Somehow, Clare found this strategy familiar… Still, her chain of thoughts was cut short when she turned to her childhood friend. To her surprise, the Heterochromic was giving a rare smirk.
"Not quite," he declared bluntly, "I still haven't play my trump card, after all, it's time I take this seriously." He then resumed his blank expression.
"You weren't serious at all? Ever since the beginning?" asked the Egyptian dumbstruck. He was answered with a nod, "You're kidding?"
"Do I look like the type who kids?" the Heterochromic growled throwing a pair of dark eyes.
"Uh… I guess not; but anyway!" Lester cleared his throat loudly, "If that's the case, let's see your trump then! But before tat, I will commence attack!" Lester declared.
Soma! Activate our face down trap!
I know. "Activating face down trap card! Half or Nothing!" Soma flipped one of the two face down cards on his field. The card had the portrait of a duelist facing massive 'lake fairy'. The being had an axe each in both hands. On his right hand was a valuable gold double-sided axe, while the other was a blunt and simple iron axe, "ever heard of this fairy tails? One day you were walking, and then you dropped your blunt and old axe into a lake. Suddenly, a fairy appeared from the lake before you asking which one did you drop?"
As Soma told the Egyptian a story, a very large man appeared. He was holding a golden axe with one hand and an iron axe in another.
"Oh, I heard of that story." Replied the Egyptian, "Mother used to read it to me." He then looked at the big 'fairy' before him. "I dropped my iron axe. May I 'ave it bac?" he asked with two hands clapped together.
YOU HAVE ANSWERED TRUTHFULLY! AS A REWARD, YOU ARE GIVEN BACK YOUR AXE AS WELL AS MY MOST PRIZED AXE!
"Oh I humbly accept!" the Egyptian sarcastically replied as he received his reward.
"Guess again! Reality is always cruel. For being honest, you are capable of attacking, BUT with half attack points." Soma stated coldly, much to the chagrin of the Egyptian. But either way, Lester improvised and declared his attack.
"Now go forth! Andro Sphinx (1500), attack Wulf!" with the command given, the feral lion like sphinx charged forward and threw several volleys of barbaric right and left hooks. Soma's monster fell as it shattered into pieces like glass. "Andro Sphinx's effect activates! When this battles a defense position monster, I can inflict damage to my opponent's Life Points equal to 'alf the Attack Points of the destroyed monster. Since Wulf have 2100 attack points…"
"I take 2100 attack points, yes?" Soma finished the line for his opponent. Great… I should have pay attention when Astral was shouting out command. He thought, turning a nasty glance at his spiritual companion.
Lester – 6500
Soma – 5900
"Good, now Sphinx Teleia (1250)! Continue with the attack!" The human headed gryphon lunged forward to the face down monster on Soma's field. The facedown card flipped, revealing a man kneeling behind a gigantic shield (100/2800). The shield deflected the gryphon claws. The Egyptian took the rebound damage. He winced.
Lester – 4950
Soma – 5900
"Big Shield Guardna's effect activates! When this card was attacked while in Defense position, it's battle position is changed." With that said, the gigantic shield warrior stood up (100).
"Good, now Spirit of the Pharaoh (1250) shall attack!" the pharaoh pointed its cane at the warrior. With it, a tomb like field replaced the field of light. As it did, the warrior with a shield suddenly found himself ambushed by loyal servants, tomb defenders and soldiers. All of them were mummified and each were carrying weapons. They charged at the warrior, striking him. The warrior shattered.
Lester – 4950
Soma – 4750
Soma, you alright? Astral voiced out his concern.
"Yeah, a million bucks of gangbang!" Soma replied coolly.
"There's more, End of Anubis (1250)! Moshaq men Aruchin! (AN: I'm not sure how to write this in English, but search in Google Arabic Translation for Spell of the Accursed)" the Anubis formed a glyph before itself. The beast then fired a violet flame out of the glyph. The flame suddenly grew eyes and claws. It then darted straight at the Heterochromic.
Soma!
"No not yet!" Soma rebutted with confidently. He took the full blow of the flame.
Lester – 4950
Soma – 3500
"I end tis turn! Of course, during my End Phase, all monsters on my field return to their own stats" Lester commented.
"Good…" Soma replied as he proceeded with his draw phase. He pulled his top most card from his deck and revealed it. "I activate Solar Recharge! With this card, I am to discard 1 Lightsworn monster." Soma sent one card into his graveyard slot, "I send Jain, Lightsworn Paladin to my graveyard and draw 2 cards." Somas pulled 2 cards and added them to his hand. "Once this is done, I mill two cards from my deck to my graveyard." Soma sent 2 more cards to his graveyard. He then noticed the particular cards that were sent to his graveyard via this effect: Lyla, Lightsworn Sorceress and Garoth, Lightsworn Warrior. Soma then realized the three cards in his hand Lumina, Lightsworn Summoner, Celestia, Lightsworn Angel and Double Summon.This is it, Soma thought.
"I play the effect of Double Summon. With this card, I am now granted to conduct 2 Normal Summons." Soma declared and continued, "Now I proceed with Lumina, Lightsworn Summoner (Level 3/Light/Spellcaster/Effect/1000/1000)!" With the card played, the pyramid shot out a light sphere. It then descended to Soma's field. The light disappeared, revealing a slightly tanned blonde woman in white robes. "She won't stay forever, because by the effect of Double Summon, I now tribute Lumina to bring forth Celestia, Lightsworn Angel (Level 5/Light/Fairy/Effect/2300/200)!" The summoner vanished. This time, another woman came to the field. She had a pair of snow-white wings, platinum armor and azure straight hair. In her hand was a staff.
Soma stopped at the sight of the angel.
SNAP
The Heterochromic teen's eyes widen at the celestial view. His heart began to race rapidly at the sight of the winged beauty.
Clare witnessed this. To her surprise and chagrin, she saw Soma blushed at his monster. It was very rare display, yet she was slightly jealous. But in any case, she made a mental note: Note to self: Clip his wings when this duel is over.
Soma shook his head rapidly and return to assume his stoic face, "In any case," he snarled grabbing the attentions of his opponent and his companion, "Celestia's effect activate. When this card is successfully tribute summoned, I can use her effect! By sending the top 4 cards from my deck to my graveyard-" Soma milled 4 more cards from his deck to the graveyard. "- I am allowed to destroy up to two cards my opponent control!"
Lester narrowed his eyes.
"True, I use this effect to destroy Andro Sphinx and Spirit of the Pharoah!" Soma declared. Celestia raised her staff. With it, a barrage of ray began to rain on Lester's field. The targeted cards – Spirit of the Pharaoh and Andro Sphinx were destroyed as a ray fell on them. "Now commencing combat, Celestia, forward and attack The End of Anubis!" Soma declared after weighing which monster could get in his way.
"Wait! Why did you use Celestia (2300) to attack End of Anubis (2500)?" Clare voiced her confusion.
"Because my trap card Skill Successor back her attack points up by 400!" The angel flew forward with her given abilities (2700). Her staff shone brightly as she slammed it at the Anubis.
Lester – 4750
Soma – 3500
"Combat resolved, End Phase." Soma declared as he eyed the angel returning to his field.
"Ugh, not bad. But I am still in the lead here!" Lester replied as he proceeded with his draw phase.
"Doesn't matter," said Soma coolly gaining glares from his companions.
"Ah well, if tat's the case, then I will continue." Lester began his turn, "And I will now show you my trump card." Lester said with a grin, "Now I play my spell card Lament of Anubis!" A green card was played. It contained the portrait of a jackal warrior howling as steams of black fog were released from his body. The jackal had an emerald ankh in his hand. "Wit this card, I sacrifice 1 Level 7 or higher monster with an attack points of 2500 or more. With this effect, I can special summon up to 2 Anubis monsters from my deck, hand or graveyard! However, the combined level of the monsters special summoned by this effect must have less the one I have released for this effect. Since Sphinx Teleia's Level is 10, the level limit I can special summon is 9."
Ugh, worst case scenario. Soma sighed.
"I sacrifice Sphinx Teleia, to bring back The End of Anubis (Level 6/Dark/Fiend/Effect/2500/0)" The very same jackal headed behemoth returned to the field. "Also, with this effect, I special summon The Beginning of Anubis (Level 3/Light/Beast/Tuner/1600/1000)" A miniature like version of the behemoth jackal appeared to the field. It had on golden jewelries as well as a notable golden ankh hanging like a pendant. He had a golden staff in one hand and a small stone tablet in another.
"Ugh, tuner monster, that sucks," Soma grunted.
"Indeed, now with all conditions set, I commence Synchro Summoning!" Lester began to chant out an Egyptian hymn. As he did, the miniature jackal tapped his staff to the ground and raised it to the air. Three sparks were formed and surround the behemoth jackal. In a bright flash, the behemoth was replaced by an even larger behemoth.
"Arise, lord of the dead! Anubis, Lord of the Dead (Level 9/Dark/Beast-Warrior/Synchro/Effect/2800/2000)!" Lester announced as he gained a view to the massive behemoth before him.
The behemoth appeared humanoid. Most part of his body was that of a jackal. His head was that of a jackal. The jackal headed greater behemoth had a muscular physic that put most muscle head to shame. He had a golden staff like it's tuner's, jewelries both its previous summons as well as a very piercing glare.
"It's big…" commented Soma coolly.
Very big… Astral commented with his arms cross, but remained cool.
"Very very big!" Clare commented with slight shocks.
"It gets bigger," Lester added sarcastically, "When Anubis, Lord of the Dead is successfully synchro summoned, I can special summon one Level 4 or lower from my graveyard. Return, The Beginning of Anubis (Level 3/Light/Beast/Tuner/1600/1000)!" The very similar jackal appeared. "Now all is complete! Beginning of Anubis, go forth!" The jackal warrior charged towards Celestia, whom had her staff readied.
To everyone's expectation, the jackal was defeated.
Lester – 4750
Soma – 3500
"What are you doing?" Soma asked. He was anticipating something out of it. Something like… the return of a thorn to his side. "Oh, I see now…"
"YES! When Beginning of Anubis is destroyed in battle, I am allowed to special summon The End of Anubis (Level 6/Dark/Fiend/Effect/2500/0) from my deck. Since I have 2 copies of it in my deck, I can bring it out without a sweat." Once more, the very same jackal headed behemoth returned to the field.
"Halt! I chain the summoning by activating the effect of Necro Gardna in my graveyard! When this card is in my graveyard, I can remove it from play and negate one attack! I negate the attack of Anubis, Lord of the Dead!"
"But tat won't stop my other Anubis from attacking!" reminded Lester.
"Ugh… sorry Celestia…" he murmured.
The attack carried on with both jackals commencing their attacks. The behemoth attacked. With the angel shattered, Soma's Life points decreased by 200.
Lester – 4750
Soma – 3300
"Since I cannot attack using Anubis, Lord of the Dead, I will have to end my turn!" Lester declared.
Soma gave a mental sigh of relief.
Soma… our next draw determines our victor.
"I know, Astral, I know." Soma said as he pulled his next card. He revealed it. Astral was shocked when he saw the card Soma pulled. A great reversal! "Good, all are ready!" Soma said as he turned to his opponent, "Lester Seti, yes?"
The Egyptian raised an eyebrow at the sudden call.
"I already gather my trump card." Soma said giving a smirk, "From my hands, I special summon Judgment Dragon (Level 8/Light/Dragon/Effect/3000/2500)!" Soma declared playing the card. With the card played, a shine fell indignantly from the sky. The ray vanishes to reveal a feathered dragon with whiskers.
"Judgment Dragon!" Lester gasped at the sight of the dragon.
"Yes, I can special summon this card from my hands when I have 4 or more Lightsworn monsters in my graveyard. Since I have a total of five, I can bring him out. That's not all; I can also pay 1000 Life Points to activate this effect. Destroy all cards on the field other than this!" Soma declared. The dragon then roared to the sky. The heavens have answered the call as barrage of light began to shower the field destroying everything it touches.
With the bright pyramid background gone, the scene reverted to the area around his school.
Lester – 4750
Soma - 2300
"Hmph, not bad." commented the Egyptian.
"I still have more. I activate the effects of Skill Successor! While this card is in my graveyard, I can remove them from play and increase the attack points of a monster by 800! That's not all, I have three copies of them in my graveyard, so-"
"- Judgment Dragon's attack points is increased by 2400!" Clare gasped at the power surge.
The dragon roared aloud as it gained power from the trap cards (5400). At the sight of the dragon, the Egyptian lowered his D-Pad accepting his defeat.
"Go on attack! Divine Judgment!" The dragon focused a breath of holy light and fired it at the Egyptian. The attack alone instantly depletes his Life Points.
Lester – 0 LOSE
Soma – 2300 WIN
"That was close, you almost got me, if it weren't for Celestia's milling effect." Soma commented. "When Celetia's effect activates, the four cards that were milled were Necro Gardna, Mischief of Youkai and two Two Skill Successors."
"I see," blurted the Egyptian, "I guess I'm stil far from being pro."
"Don't see me as the son of an ex-champion." Commented the Heterochromic, "My status had nothing to do with this."
"I don't see people thru their title. I see people thru their duels." Rebutted the Egyptian. "It was fun duelin you."
"Sure, if we're done, I'll be off! I still have housework you know."
"Alrite, drop by in tis… uh… Eiwamura place… um, not sure how to pronounce it, but it was run by Katie."
"There eh…" Soma murmured when he heard the name of his parent's friend. "A words of advise, Lester. DON'T make her angry." The Heterochromic shivered as he warned the Egyptian as he recalled an unpleasant memory of her scaring him to near death when he once annoyed and made the landlord angry.
"Noted…" the Egyptian groaned at the advice for he too suffered her wrath before.
"Clare, let's go." Soma raised a hand to his housemate. She nodded and took his hand. The two friends rode back home.
"Vell, tat was a duel! No vonder Jaffar told me to come 'ere." The Egyptian commented before leaving to the inn.
Soma and his childhood friend returned home by the evening. As they disembark from the bike, Clare remembered her to do list. She then pinned Soma down by grabbing his collar and emitted her aura of malice.
SNAP
The heterochromic began to sweat bullets. He was pinned to the ground by the blonde soon after and got a rather good view on his childhood friend. His eyes bulged from its sockets at the 'eye candy'.
"Soma," she began sweetly. Behind her was a demonic face in purple murderous aura. "I want you to answer truthfully."
Soma nodded rapidly.
"Explain to me, why are you blushing when you summoned that Celestia." She asked remembering the time when the Heterochromic summoned the angel. In fact, she was a bit jealous when her friend was doing that.
Soma gulped and did as he was told – answer truthfully. "Clare… you know my mother's identity do you?" he began. Clare was slightly confused. "Y'see, she's a duel spirit."
"What does she has to do with what we're talking now?" asked the blonde.
"My mom's a winged beast, Clare," the heterochromic stated, "Since my mom's a heterochromic, I gain some of a winged-beast's traits."
"And…"
"Because I gained some winged beast's traits, I can communicate with birds, sync with the nature as well as gaining a liking on anything that has to do with feathers!"
Clare paused at the confession. She then narrowed her eyes and said stoically, "So you basically like women with wings… like harpies…"
"And angels, yes!" the teen added. "As long as they are bird like!" He blurted.
The blonde then got off him and tore through the corridor and into her room. She blushed furiously at the statements made by her childhood friend. In her mind, she began to imagine herself cosplaying as harpies or fairies as she pleased the Hyakuya. "Oh no! Why am I thinking like this!" she gasped.
Back with the heterochromic, the teen let out a sigh of relief as well as a look of worry. He was relieved when Clare let him go without any serious 'injuries'. However, he was worried when his childhood friend tore away like that without a single word. In his mind only these words repeated themselves, Oh no! Is she angry with me?
End Chapter 3
Original Card Review
Lament of Anubis
Spell Card
Effect: Activate by releasing one monster on your side of the field. Special summon up to 2 monsters with 'Anubis' in its name from your deck, hand or graveyard. The combined level of the monsters special summoned by this effect must be less than the monster released by this effect. During the End Phase, the monsters that were special summoned by this effect are destroyed.
Portrait: A jackal warrior howling as steams of black fog were released from his body. The jackal had an emerald ankh in his hand. The background is a tomb.
Remarks: Ahem, I hope you don't mind I create this card for you Lester. Also I created this card.
The following contains Original Cards that are not owned by me.
The Beginning of Anubis
Level 3
Light
Beast
Tuner
ATK: 1600
DEF: 1000
Effect: This monster cannot be special summoned from the Graveyard, except if End of Anubis is on the field (ignoring its effect). When this monster is destroyed in battle, you can summon one End of Anubis from your deck.
Portrait: A miniature like version of the behemoth jackal appeared to the field. It had on golden jewelries as well as a notable golden ankh hanging like a pendant. He had a golden staff with several gold rings in one hand and a small stone tablet in another.
Remarks: Hope you don't mind the extra portrait.
Anubis, Lord of the Dead
Level 9
Dark
Beast-Warrior
Synchro
Effect
ATK: 2800
DEF: 2000
The Beginning of Anubis + 1 or more non Tuner monster
When Anubis, this card is successfully synchro summoned, you can special summon one Level 4 or lower monster from my graveyard. The monster special summoned by this effect cannot be destroyed by Spell, Trap or monster effects.
Portrait: A humanoid behemoth. His head was that of a jackal with red eyes. It is muscular and wore a thin clothing of religious Egyptian. He had a golden staff like it's tuner's, jewelries both its previous summons as well as a very piercing glare. The background was similar to the End of Anubis's.
Remark: Hope you don't mind the extra effect snakeboy33.
END ORIGINAL CARD REVIEW
Yes, I plan on teasing the chapter a lot.
To those of you who are confused about what Soma like about women: Soma's mother is a winged-beast duel monster in human skin – BF - Gale the Zephyr. Because of it, he developed a liking for opposite genders that has characteristics of a winged beast like harpies. Angels… well since their wings have wings (a characteristic of a bird) so yes. But remember, only fairies with feathered wings.
Yes, Soma can speak to birds too.
TO snakeboy33: IS THIS OK WITH YOUR OC AND THE DUEL?