Yugioh - Unlimited Boundary
Chapter 2 - Prove Yourself to the World! Unleash, Synthetic Angels!
Arata and I spent all night playing with my deck. In combination with my extra cards, she was surprised at the amount of power a deck like mine could have. She explained to me several mechanics of the game that I had a hard time understanding, and she helped me put my deck together to make it a thousand times better. I couldn't wait to use it! I wanted to duel that very second, but it was much too late at night.
"You should probably go to bed, Enzeru. It's beyond late, and we have to be well rested for tomorrow," She said to me, quietly surfing through her cards and counting in her head.
"There's no way I'm going to be able to sleep tonight," I smiled, reaching my arms for the sky. "I'm too excited!"
Arata laughed. "Yeah, I had that reaction my first time too. It's great, you'll love it."
I yawned. Dammit. "...Maybe I should go to bed."
She laughed again, nodding her head at me. As I stood up from the bed, fixing my clothes in an attempt to straighten them, she called for my attention. "Hey, before you go... I have something for you."
"Something for me?" I asked, tilting my head. Arata opened a box on the corner of her desk, searching through several piles of extra cards. Only a moment later did she find what she was looking for.
"Here, I figured I'd find a reason to keep this card eventually. I want you to have it, to seal our friendship, you know?" She smiled at me, holding the card out in her hands carefully.
I almost felt like crying. I picked the card up and couldn't stop myself from staring... Voltanis the Adjudicator... That was so nice of her...
"I couldn't possibly accept this! I don't have anything to give to you!" I complained, holding the card back out to her. I expected her to get mad, but all she did was smile.
"I don't want anything in return, Enzeru. It's a gift, it's a powerful monster that goes with your powerful deck. You don't need to give me anything," She assured me, reaching for my deck case on my belt, taking the card from me, and sliding it in the pile. "Now the deal is sealed, we're friends."
I didn't know what to say. She's only known me for a day and she's been the nicest person I've ever met to me. I could hardly mutter the words "Thank you..."
"Now go on, they told me your room is across the hall from mine. I'll wake you up in the morning and we can hang out before the boat gets to the island, okay?" She asked, as if I would say no.
"I'd love to," I smiled again, having a hard time finding the words to say. "Good night, Arata... Sleep well," I gathered my bag on my back and my disk embraced against my chest.
"Night, Enzeru. See you later," She said to me as I walked out the door, running for my room and hiding behind the door. It was pitch-black in the hallways... The sooner I had light, the better. My room was identical to Arata's.
"This is going to be awesome..." I said to myself, dropping my bag to the floor and laying my disk on top of it. I removed my deck from its case and set it on the desk to my right. Then, after removing all of my outer clothes and folding them against the chair, I jumped into bed and struggled to get comfortable. In only a few hours, I'll be at the academy...
I found myself drifting into slumber much quicker than I thought I would. I must have been tired... I dreamed of the Pro League that night, how amazing it would be to have as much renown as Arata... I wanted to be the best, who didn't? On my road to this goal, the academy was my first trial. I will rise with the angels...
In what felt like minutes, morning had arrived, and the powerful horn of the boat brought all from their slumber. A voice erupted from an intercom located in the hallway, loud enough to echo through all of the rooms.
""All passengers to Dual Academy will disembark in ten minutes."
And we had arrived...
As excited as I was, I had to remain calm before I gave myself a heart attack. I slid back into my jeans and tank top, wrapping the belt around my waist and tightening it to fit. I debated with myself whether or not to wear heels again... Since I had no other shoes, I had no other choice. Finally, I placed my new deck in its case, put my disk back in my bag, swung it over my shoulder, and prepared to walk out of my room.
I was greeted by Arata the second I walked out of my room, waiting for me. We greeted each other and spoke very briefly before interrupted by the intercom once more.
"All passengers to Duel Academy will disembark in five minutes."
"Well, we better hurry up, Enzeru," Arata insisted.
"Right, let's go!" I smiled, having her lead the way to the upper deck. When we arrived, we were once again greeted by the large mass of people swarming to leave the boat. I didn't care... All I cared about was the sight in front of me. The massive land mass before my eyes could not have been a sweeter sight. Separated into three sections via large, color-coated buildings that seemed to kiss the sky, the island was beautiful. In the distance, I could see mountains, as tall as the buildings from where I stood, and lush forests along the ground below.
We were greeted by several men in suits identical to the man on the boat before, doing their best to keep order amongst the students. The line to get off the boat was much faster than the line to get on, and within only a few minutes were my feet kissing the soil, and Arata stood at my side. Returning students were greeted by students who stayed for the summer rather than went home, and Arata was no exception. As quickly as we left the boat, two girls dressed in identical uniforms ran up to her. I kept quiet, hiding behind Arata if anything. I didn't know these people...
"Arata! Welcome back!" One of the girls squealed, a brunette with pretty, blue eyes.
"Yeah, we missed you! The academy isn't the same at all when you leave," Another girl complained, a blue eyed blonde.
"I've missed you guys too," Arata smiled. All three of them hugged, and I just kinda stepped back and let them have their moment. It was cute.
"Um... Arata, who's this girl?" The first woman asked, pointing in my direction. My heart froze, and I quickly hid behind Arata.
"Hm? Oh! Girls, this is my new friend! I met her on the boat here, we dueled and she did outstanding! Enzeru," She called me, stepping aside and holding me by the shoulders from behind. "Introduce yourselves."
"U-Um... Good... Good morning..." I stuttered. They just stared at me. "I'm... My name is Enzeru Adokenai... I'm sixteen, and this is my first year here."
"Hm..." The first girl hummed.
"Come on guys, be nice. She's really nervous to be here," Arata defended me.
They sighed.
"Alright, I'm Akeru and this is Eniya," The blonde said, pointing to her brunette friend.
"Nice to meet you," Eniya said.
"N-Nice to... meet both of you..." I nodded my head. Not a very good impression on my part... They already seemed to hate me. I didn't want to carry on this conversation any more, I might put myself in more trouble.
"Your attention please, all new students to Duel Academy!" Another man in a suit gathered the crowd's attention. This one bugged me, his mustache drove me crazy... His black hair didn't match the shade of black his mustache had... He was either old or just cocky.
Instantly, the crowd stopped talking.
"Now, I would like all students to show their promotional passes," He asked of us.
"Promotional passes...?" I asked, tilting my head to Arata.
"It's the pamphlet they gave you when you passed entrance exams, didn't you get one, Enzeru?" She tilted her head back at me.
"Oh!" I quickly smiled, digging through my bag for the pass. I found it under my disk, a little folded and bent, but easily legible. Arata took a quick glance at my pass, and twisted her face into a glare.
"There's gotta be a mistake!" She yelled, taking the pass from me to stare at it.
"What are you talking about...?" I quietly asked her, not sure what was going on. She traced her index finger over the S stamped at the top of my pass.
"Now, I would like all students with the letter O stamped to their passes to move towards the gentlemen on the left. All of those with an R stamp move towards me, and all with an S stamp, to the gentlemen on the right."
And so, we divided. As I was told, Arata, her friends, and I walked to the right. All three of them were second years, so they did not have passes to apply to. "There's just no way, Enzeru..."
I slowly took my pass back from her as a crowd built around one of the gentlemen from the boat. To every student he encountered, he typed their name into his hand-held, and handed them a red blazer from a box at his side. We stood in line, and the longer we waited, the more Arata spazzed. "I am taking this up with the Chancellor!" She yelled.
When I finally stepped up to the man, Arata was the first to speak.
"What is the meaning of this?!" She yelled again, throwing my pass at the man.
He already seemed irritated. "What's the problem?"
"Why is Enzeru a Slifer?!" She demanded to know. I'm a Slifer...?
"Name?" He asked me, without responding to Arata.
"Enzeru Adokenai, sir..."
A quick second later, he looked back at Arata. "Your friend here failed the written portion of the entrance exam by over seventy percent. She's here because she defeated one of our staff members," He then looked back at me. "And I find something odd about that. Apparently our staff member couldn't even touch her Life Points..."
"What are you trying to say?" Arata growled.
"Hm..." He growled back. "Nothing. Take your uniform and keep the line moving," He demanded of me. He held out the crimson blazer and I accepted it happily, hugging it tighter than I did my bag. I started to walk back towards the docks, Arata following, her friends laughing at me. I didn't care. At least I got admitted.
"Did you really defeat a staff member so easily, Enzeru?" Arata blinked, poking at my shoulder from behind.
"I guess so... Why, is that bad?"
The two girls continued to laugh.
"No it isn't bad! That's amazing for someone like you!" Arata tried to get me to feel good about it, but I didn't see what the big deal was.
"I think she cheated, we have the best staff in the business at this academy!" Enziya complained.
I'm a Slifer... I just wanted to cheer with happiness, but I didn't want to look stupid. Nothing could be more exciting!
Time went on and all new students were given their colored uniforms. Obelisks were given blue uniforms, between blazers like mine or uniforms like Arata's, and Ra students were given golden uniforms. When everyone had been dressed and situated, we followed the three men up a long, straight pathway through the forests, all the while hiding behind Arata. According to the instructor, all of the new students were to be at the main stadium, located at the end of this pathway.
"What's all of this for, Arata?"
"We're going to that stadium up ahead to watch a duel between the top students of the academy. It's a tradition every time we get new students, they use it as a way to open the school year," She explained.
"Do you know who will be dueling?" I quickly jumped to ask.
She giggled. "I know, but it's a surprise. Especially for you, Enzeru."
The curiosity was enough to make me shake, hugging both my bag and folded blazer as tightly as I could. Everything was happening at once here, it was so hard to keep up with, let alone take in and enjoy. I could hardly notice how beautiful the forest around me was, or how huge the stadium was we were being led in to. Everything was just so awesome!
As I entered the large building, my eyes were flooded with silver. In the center of the room lied the field, evenly distributed for one person on each side to duel against each other, a line down the center to separate two fields. All around the field were rows and rows of bleachers, connected to each higher level as stairs, with rails to guard the front row. As the students began to fill up these seats and exits in all four directions. I was pulled aside by Arata, whose smile told me something was took several minutes for all of the students, both new and old, to fill in the seats.
"Arata... what's going on?" I stared up at her, very confused.
"You'll see, just hang tight."
"Students of Duel Academy! Welcome to the school-wide, beginning of the year duel!" An excited, male voice announced over a microphone. The more I looked around the stadium, the more I noticed, such as the duel screens on opposite ends of the room... The second I noticed them, they clicked on, the academy's insignia floating across the screen. The crowd began to cheer.
"Today, we have a special treat for all of you! An explosive duel between Arata Muteki and Alek Daigomi, our highest ranking students in the entire school!" The announcer continued his arm extended to the sky to encourage the students to clap. I instantly smiled to Arata.
"You're dueling?!" I almost jumped.
"Well, not quite," Her smile refused to go away.
From the opposite end of the room, a tall man walked on to the field, his long, brown hair dancing behind him as he took his place, staring at both Arata and I with his emerald gaze. He dressed in a blue blazer buttoned up the front properly, with black jeans to accommodate it.
...Cute...
Over his wrist, he wore an academy regulation duel disk, white with a flat field extending from the Life Point counter, rather than mine, red and blue color schemed bent at the third monster zone. He was followed by a second man, dressed in a white and black, vertically striped shirt, black dress pants, and matching trucker hat with the academy insignia on the face.
"And here he is now, ladies and gentlemen, Alek Daigomi! Tied in ranking with his opponent, seen on the opposite side of the field, Alek is a second year, Obelisk Blue student, with an untouchable record at this school! His opponent, Arata Muteki, also an Obelisk Blue student, is one victory away from tying her rival. Will today be her day, or will Alek put on an even stronger fight?"
I could see why the crowd was so riled up, even I wanted to scream and cheer. What confused me, however, was Arata... She started to walk towards the field, but she didn't seem to have her duel disk with her. She walked right across, smiling at her opponent for a brief moment. She signaled me to stay still, her arm wrapped around the shoulder of the judge, pulling him away to whisper into his ear.
"There seems to be an issue, ladies and gentlemen... What could be Arata's problem?" The announcer asked, just as curious as I was apparently. The crowd started getting restless.
"Oh! What's this?! The Chancellor has agreed to a pair change?" The announcer soon said, Arata's opponent prepping his disk with the hoist of his arm. Five slots soon opened in front of him, the disk resting at his chest.
Arata came running back, mumbled something under her breath, and started to push me towards the field. "Get your disk on, hurry up, Enzeru!"
"It has been confirmed by the Chancellor himself! Arata will no longer be dueling today, but in her place, she has recommended a new student duel for her!"
Oh god please no...
"The duel will now commence as follows: Alek Daigomi duels against... Enzeru Adokenai!"
"WHAT?!" Alek, I, Arata's friends, and several older students in the crowd screamed in unison.
I was frozen in place. I think I was on the field... I don't know anymore...
"You all heard right, Arata has requested that this first year, Slifer student duel in her place! Has she gone mad? She promises us a show, but by the looks of how nervous this student is, I think all we will witness is a slaughter."
"You can't be serious, Ref!" Alek complained, yelling to the judge to change the rules.
"What are you complaining about, Alek?! Can't beat a lowly first-year?" Arata teased him as she walked towards the stands.
"I don't want to embarrass the poor girl!" Alek defended himself, almost in the midst of laughter,
I then realized I was supposed to be dueling...!!! Quickly, I threw my bag to the floor, slid the blazer over my tank top, letting it hang open stylishly. I tore open my bag, rummaging through it in an attempt to pull my disk out, fitting it to my wrist as soon as I could. I then threw my bag, as hard as I could, to Arata as she climbed up the stairs, onto the first row of bleachers. She caught it with ease, gave me a thumbs up, and ran for her seat in between Akeru and Eniya, who gave her looks as if she was crazy.
"Beat his ass, Enzeru!" She cheered.
"What the hell is wrong with you, Arata?!" Akeru asked.
"She is going to get killed and embarrassed in front of the entire student body!" Eniya warned, loud enough for me to hear. As if I wasn't stressed out enough.
"I know what I'm doing, shut up and watch the duel, you two!" She yelled at both of them.
"You sure you want to do this?" Alek asked from across the field, trying not to laugh as I took my position, rising my disk to my chest.
I felt as if something came over me at that moment... I felt like the words of everyone around me turned into silent air... Not a word mattered to me, and not a moment did I waste in preparing myself. I felt this impossible, increasing drive in my heart... A voice in my head, telling me to win this duel. As I tore open the case to my new deck, I kissed the top card, and slid it into the appropriate slot. That was my answer, and he got the hint very quickly.
"Alright then... No crying when I beat you, Slifer Novice!" Alek commanded. Our disks stared to shuffle the decks, and on command of the announcer, we'd start.
"Well, it appears that both of the duelists are ready, ladies and gentlemen! Let's get this duel started!"
"Duel!" We yelled at each other. Our counters rose to 4000, and on the screens above, our names appeared. Alek - 4000, with mine under his, Enzeru - 4000.
The two of us picked up our top five cards, and instantly I smiled at mine. The Agent of Wisdom - Mercury, Negate Attack, Cestus of Dagla, Synthetic Seraphim, and Majestic Mech - Ohka...
"The challenger, Enzeru, will take the first turn!" The announcer explained. All of the Slifer Red students began to cheer.
"Go Enzeru!" Arata yelled, rising her arms in the air.
"Show me what you got, Novice," Alek demanded.
"You got it!" I yelled at him, picking up the top card. The Agent of Creation - Venus...
"I'll start of by setting two cards face-down!" I exclaimed, sliding Negate attack and Synthetic Seraphim into the closest slots. "And follow up with The Agent of Wisdom - Mercury(0/1700, Light/Fairy/Effect, Level 4) in defense mode!"
My first creature rose quick to its stance, a tall, green angel, its wings folding over its crossed arms to defend itself. My angel knelt to the ground, taking a better position.
"Ah, already?" Arata smiled.
"What do you mean?" Akeru asked.
"One of the Agent angels... Enzeru and I worked on her deck last night, and I have to say, it's extremely powerful... You'll see for yourself, soon enough," She explained, excited.
"I end my turn with that, Alek," My voice cracked as I said his name. Dammit...
"My turn, I draw!" He yelled, pulling his top card. "And I activate Reinforcements of the Army!"
"That's strange..." Arata sighed. "I don't remember there being warriors in Alek's deck..."
"With this, I can bring one warrior-type monster from my deck to my hand, and I'm using it on my Destiny Hero - Malicious!" He explained, pulling the extended card and added it to his hand.
Destiny Heros...? I thought only Aster Phoenix could run them...
"But he won't be staying for too long," He continued. "Not after I activate my Destiny Draw spell card. By sending one Destiny Hero to the graveyard from my hand, I can draw two cards," As quickly as he came, Malicious was sent to the graveyard, where his effect was the most violent... "I follow up with Emergency Teleport, allowing me to Special Summon a level three or lower Psychic monster from my deck, and I choose Krebons(1200/1400, Dark/Psychic/Tuner, Level 2), in attack mode!"
Upon placement, the creature sprung forth from the card. A clown-like creature, its limbs hovering about its body, stood before me, laughing.
"What the hell... Destiny Heros and Psychic monsters?" Arata asked herself, trying to think of what Alek was doing.
I remained silent.
"And finally... I Normal Summon, Sangan(1000/600, Dark/Fiend/Effect, Level 3) in attack mode," He finished his combo with a snap of his fingers. Krebons became transparent, splitting into two orbs of light... Sangan flew into the air, a series of rings surrounding the small creature. As the familiar stream of light engulfed the small creature, Alek's smooth voice soon erupted.
"Synchro Summon," He laughed, "Magical Android!(2400/1700, Light/Psychic/Synchro/Effect, Level 5)" And Alek's monster had appeared, a tall, humanoid woman, her crimson hair dancing behind her as the summon had become complete. In one hand, she armed herself with a very peculiar shaped shield, and opposing that, was a substantially large sword, stabbed into the ground for stability.
Such high points for a first turn monster...
"Reveal face-down! Synthetic Seraphim!" I quickly called, rising the card face-up. "Now, whenever a Counter Trap is activated, I gain a Seraphim Token(300/300, Light/Fairy, Level 1) in defense mode!"
"No matter. Go, Magical Android! Attack The Agent of Wisdom - Mercury!" Alek demanded, and his creature loyally obeyed, but before it could even reach its sword, I countered.
"Reveal second face-down, my Negate Attack Counter Trap! This card negates your monster's assault and automatically ends the battle phase. And because I activated a Counter Trap, I Special Summon a token!" Upon revealing my trap, a small, mechanical creature appeared, its tiny, metal wings flapping behind it, flexing its arms and legs as it took its defense position.
Alek growled. "I set two cards face-down and end my turn!"
"Good start, Enzeru!" Arata cheered.
"Because of my monster's effect, I gain 600 Life Points," He completed.
Alek - 4600
Enzeru - 4000
"Now it's my turn, I draw!" I called, pulling the next card.
Sanctuary in the Sky... Just what I needed...
"I play, the field card, Sanctuary in the Sky!" I yelled, sliding the card into an open compartment on the side of my disk. Before everyone's eyes, the stadium began to fade. Every solid surface, save from the bleachers and the screens, turned into white, heavenly clouds. The arena was surrounded in a beautiful sky, high into the heavens. My sanctuary...
"Another powerful draw..." Arata commented.
Alek remained silent, his arms crossed over his chest, watching every move I made. It almost made me nervous...
"Now, I release my Seraphim token to advance summon my Majestic Mech - Ohka(2400/1400, Light/Fairy/Effect, Level 6)!" My tiny creature disappeared as easily as he came, to make way for another pillar of intense light, rising from the ground into the heavens. A powerful roar tore open the sky as my creature took its place, a beautiful lion, its mane of steel an wings of same flexing from its body, expanding from its crimson, steel body to prove its readiness.
"She's not doing too bad..." Akeru was forced to admit. She looked to Eniya, who nodded her head to agree.
"Next, I equip my Cestus of Dagla spell card to my Majestic Mech - Ohka, increasing his attack power by 500 points!" The creature roared once again, its talons soon replaced by a series of blades, wrapped around the knuckle. Ohka's power raised from 2400 to 2900, more than strong enough to take down his monster.
"Go, Majestic Mech - Ohka! Attack his Magical Android!" I commanded. My creature spread its wings, preparing a violet blast from its maw. With nothing to stop it from proceeding, my creature launched its attack, enveloping Alek's Android in its the attack had ceased, the creature was no more, and his Life Points dropped by 500."
Alek - 4100
Enzeru - 4500
"My Cestus of Dagla now activates! Any battle damage my creature deals to my opponent is added on to my Life Points, placing my points at 4500!"
Still, Alek said nothing, He just smiled...
I only had one card in my hand, and it wasn't going to help me right now. "I end my turn," I sighed, happy that my attacks had gone through. His face-downs worry me... but his smile worried me more.
"My turn, I draw!" He called, adding the next card to his hand. I felt my heart sink...
"You will regret ever accepting this challenge, Slifer Novice..." He laughed, pulling the card up to his disk. "I am going to show you what real fear feels like... And this monster is going to help me do it!"
The Slifers continued to cheer for me, but I knew something was coming. I could feel it in my heart... A strong, powerful darkness...
"With Krebons, Sangan, and Destiny Hero - Malicious... Three Dark monsters in my Graveyard... I am allowed to summon my strongest beast..." Alek brought the card above his head. "This card will be my victory!"
Arata's eyes quickly widened. "No..."
"Go! DARK ARMED DRAGON!"