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Chapter 10: Ancient Detention
Finally, today is the day Ki will be going for his detention duel. He was confident in this duel and he had to win, otherwise he will be expelled and his cards will be confiscated; so do a card he had to protect-Silent Magician.
Liner, Tyrule, Vaan and Lapis had come for a visit. They were talking about how much of a jerk Crowler can be. Crowler uses an Ancient Gear deck which negates the activation of Spell or Trap cards during battle. Ki was glad to know such information and he thanked them. Then, he saw a familiar figure with straight long white hair-Ruin, Queen of Oblivion. At once, Ki could tell that Lapis had a duel spirit attached to her.
"Hey Lapis," he called, "D'you believe in spirits?"
Tyrule and Vaan bewilders when Ki suddenly asked a weird question, Liner and Lapis on the other hand, does not find them weird and knew at once what Ki is trying to say –"I can see duel spirits too!" or "I have one too!" Then by that moment, both Liner and Lapis saw another whose almost entirely, except for some of their clothing was blue-Silent Magician. The magician was glaring at him coldly, perhaps she wanted to say, "I am not your duel spirit!" but she rather stay quiet.
"Hm… well, we'd be going now," said Liner, leaving.
"Yeah, best of luck out there mate!" Tyrule and Vaan followed.
"Do be careful!" Lapis said, concerned.
Ruin, Lapis' duel spirit too followed but after a slight glance at Ki. Ki stood there, bewildering, "Could she be… no, I must've thought too much!" thought Ki. He turns to his companion spirit.
"C'mon, I didn't said anything like you're my spirit or anything!" It appears that Ki knows what she's thinking. "First of all, you plead for my help ever since when I was about five, then for the first time I meet you, you show a soft side of yours and now, here you are, glaring coldly at me."
She continued glaring.
Ki sighed, "Perhaps it's hard to understand women!" Ki turned to her again, "Don't worry, whatever happens, believe in me and I'll believe in you guys, especially you Silent Magician," he said in a promising tone to her with a trustable smile.
The Silent Magician hesitated for a moment and she nodded, believing him. Her glares were lessening into a cold stare which Ki is relief for. He patted her on her left shoulder. Ki slide his deck into the holster on his belt. He exits after he placed his Duel Disk onto his back.
Ki sprinted all the way north to the academy where the Official Duel Arena is. He proceeds into the main hall, passing by a young lady who looked like a few years older than he is. As he climbs the stairs, trying to proceed into the Duel Arena, he heard a thud of boxes toppling to the floor. He turned to find that the young lady dropped a box full of card booster packs.
Ki could not turn a blind eye on her, so he helped out. He picked up the pack of cards one by one and placed them into the box, the carry them back onto the handcart.
"Thank you!" she said in a polite tune.
"It's cool, I wasn't in a hurry at all," he lied. Ki is actually finding a way to be late for his duel, "So there's always time to help out!"
The person had long brownish hair tied into a braid. She had a pair of brown eyes, wearing a cap with only a peak and the Duel Academy logo embroidered on it. She wore a tan uniform with a knee cut skirt. Her name tag-Sadie was embroidered above her left breast pocket.
"Well, let me help out with the rest!" he offered as he operates the handcart. Again, Sadie thanked. After he pushes the handcart next to a certain area, Sadie stopped him and said that it's enough. "If you insisted," he said. Ki took his leaves as he continued into the Duel Arena.
"Here I am!" he said as he arrived. This was the second time he stepped into the arena but this time, the seats were occupied with students who were about to witness and watch Ki's duel. At once, Ki could find where Liner, Tyrule, Vaan and Lapis sat. Lucas too had joined them. Isaac and his fellow Obelisk sat directly opposite them. Crowler stood on the opposite side of the field; he was growing increasingly impatient until Ki arrives. He was carrying a duel disk attached to his robe. By the looks of it, it was like carrying an electric guitar.
"You're late, slacker!" he growled.
"You're early, ugly-git!" blurted Ki.
Some of the audients were sniggering.
"…" Crowler ignores it and continues, "Fine then, this duel shall be a detention duel, win and you're cleared, lose and you'll hand over your deck and be expelled! Understood?"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah," spat Ki, lazily.
"Then are you ready?" Crowler asked, confirming.
Ki had his disk attached to his left wrist, peered into his deck and slots it in to the deck slot, "Go time!"
"Good, then let us begin!" Crowler activates the Duel Disk which was attached to his coat and Ki too activated his, "DUEL!"They announced. Their Life Points were shown 4000.
"I shall begin first," said Crowler proudly. He caught the card as his duel coat ejects it and adds it to his hand. Ki's mind was swimming with the silly fact about how embarrassing it will be if a proud ugly-git like Crowler would miss the card during the ejection. "I summon Ancient Gear Knight (1800/500) in attack mode!" A machine looking old robot holding a lance and a gear shaped shield appeared onto the field, ready to strike. "Ow, that's all! Pretty simple, don't you think?"
"Yeah it's simple alright. I go!" he drew his card and adds it to his hands, "A bad start! I only got one monster; furthermore, it's not enough for a descent defense…" Ki considered this for a while and he had decided, "Mei Kou, Master of Barriers (1700/600) in attack position," a magician wearing a Japanese cult tunic with large long sleeved and holding a beaded armlet which most monks used for chanting appeared. "I'll throw in a face down and that's all!"
"A wise choice, my draw!" like his previous draw, the card ejects from the deck slot. Ki now hoped that Crowler made a mistake. Crowler looks at his next card and he grins, "Hey slacker, ready to taste defeat?" he sneered.
"Bring em on, ugly-git!" Ki sneered back.
The crowd sniggered again.
Crowler was annoyed but he tolerates it for a while, "I play Ancient Gear Castle!" announced as he inserts the spell card into a secret slot. Then a giant fortress came rising behind Crowler. "Here's how it's done, for every monsters we summoned, I can add one counter to it!" Ki doesn't find anything interesting about it at all, "Now where was I? Ah yes, I sacrifice Ancient Gear Knight to bring out Ancient Gear Engineer (1500/1500)!" The knight was replaced with another similar looking machine, but this time, it's right arm is a drill.
"Man, why would Crowler do that?" Liner asked.
"The Field Spell Line, Ancient Gear Castle increase 300 points of attack to every Ancient Gear monsters and since Ancient Gear Engineer is summoned, it gains a counter too." Tyrule explained. The robot's attack points were boosted (1500+300/1500) and it's attack points just exceeds Ki's Master of Barrier's.
"Time for an attack, Ancient Gear Engineer, attack with Mechanized Drill!" The drill on that robot's hand accelerates as it spins, then it dives straight for Mei Kou who had set up a barrier, protecting himself. But the drill went right through it and straight to him. Ki losses 100 Life Points for that.
"Ancient Gear Engineer's effect activates!" Crowler continue spouting, "By the end of Damage Calculation, I could destroy a spell or trap card on your field, it's none other than," Ki only face down shattered, "I'll call it a turn then."
As Ki recovers from his flinches, he draws. "I summon Gemini Elf (1900/1200) in attack pose!" A female elf with long blonde hair and another with long auburn hair appeared. "Fight!" he commended. The twin charges forward and land several punches on the android and surprisingly, shattering it.
Some of the audiences were impressed with how Ki could pull things out, even Silent Magician. Isaac and his gang of Obelisks were there criticizing how bad Ki is performing.
"Don't get so carried away just because you defeated one of Crowler's monster, just wait until you see that legendary rare card of his, loser!" Isaac murmured under his breath.
Liner became hyperactive and was cheering, "YEAH! YOU CAN GO IT, KI," like a maniac. It was more a yell than a cheer.
"Don't get too happy so quickly Line," Lucas spat.
"HEY C'MON! KI JUST PULLED IT OUT!"
"You flattered me…" thought Ki, feeling embarrassed.
"Listen Line, I know Crowler more than you do, especially his deck!" he said.
"Indeed, since Ki just summoned a monster, that Ancient Gear Castle Field Spell gains a counter, plus the Ancient Gear Engineer Crowler summoned earlier, making it two," explained Tyrule.
"Yes, I hope Ki has the right card to pull it out, otherwise he will have to deal with Crowler's legendary rare card." Lapis continued Tyrule's line.
Liner doesn't understand what their seriousness means, so do Vaan. They watched on. Ki had already ended his turn with a face down.
"Yes, not bad!" Crowler draws. As he reveals his next card, his grin is visibly wide and he was eying straight at Ki. "Now Ki, shall I continue the lesson?" he asked, "With a much better education degree that is!"
Ki boringly said, "Try me!"
"Yes and I will!" said Crowler. The giant ancient fortress shattered. "Ancient Gear Castle's effect activates! I can sacrifice this card for a tribute, if the number of counters is equal to or greater than the number of required tributes of an 'Ancient Gear' monster." Crowler brings out Ancient Gear Golem (3000/3000) in attack mode!" A larger android appeared to the field. The golem was about thirty feets high and this explains why it has been called as a golem.
Most of the audience was amaze to see the golem standing behind Crowler. Some doesn't know what does this mean, even Liner and Vaan.
"How was he able to summon that big thingy with only a field spell!" Liner asked.
"Simple Line, remember that the castle had two counters on it, and those two counters are treated as two monsters, so that's why that castle is used as a tribute!" Tyrule explained.
"On the other hand, that golem is going to be a pain in the neck Line," Lucas began, "When he attacks a monster in defense mode, the difference between them are delt towards the opponent Life Points, talk about armour piercers!"
"Yeah, not to mention that Ki cannot stop it from attacking with spells, traps or monster effects during Damage Calculation!" Lapis added.
"That's so not cool!" Vaan grunted.
"Now then Ki, I hope you're ready for a full time lesson and here goes! Ancient Gear Golem, pulverize that elves with Mechanized Melee!" The golem threw a strong straight punch at the elf twins. It hit them and destroyed them in a 'BANG'.
Ki covers himself from the beating wind with his arm as he resisted and flinches. His Life Points were decreased to 2800.
"Boohoo, did I make you cry?" he sneered.
Ki recovered from his flinches and as he do, he eyed him in a serious glare and suddenly, refreshed with a glee of great interest and desire. Crowler bewilders as he see Ki's reaction. "Pu-lease, you need more than that to make me cry. I've been wanted to pick a fight with someone like you!"
Crowler bit his teeth furiously as he heard such a reaction.
End Chapter 10
Here's chapter 10. Then, here's next chapter: Clash of the Gears.