Chapter 4: Snow of miracles! Rise! Trishula!
The turbo duel had begun! It was Lily against me.
Lily: 8000 vs. Dylan: 8000
Lily's turn
"I'll go first! My turn draw! I normal summon Gemini Soldier! Now since he has been successfully normal summoned, he gains his effects and is hence treated as an effect monster! I set two cards, and I'll end my turn!" Lily said coldly.
Dylan's turn
"Ok then! It's my turn! Firstly, since you control a monster, I can then special summon Cyber dragon in attack position! Cyber dragon! Evolution burst!" I declared. The attack burst towards Gemini Soldier. Lily yelled in despair! Then she smirked, "Foolish. Since Gemini soldier was Gemini summoned, its effect allows it to not be destroyed by battle! Aside from that its second effect activates, allowing me to special summon a level 4 or lower Gemini monster from my deck! Say hello, to 'Evocator Chevailer!' "I gasped, as I had just help her to summon such a powerful monster. After the battle phase ended, I continued on in Main phase 2. "I set a monster, and 2 cards, and I'll end my turn!" I announced.
Lily: 6400 vs. Dylan: 8000
Lily's turn
"You are so finished! My turn, I draw! I normal summon Tuned Magician! Since it was successfully normal summoned, it gains the effect of being a tuner monster!" Lily smirked. "Oh no!" I gasped. Lily was going to synchro summon! "It's time to synchro!" Lily declared. Her D-Wheel speeded ahead quickly. "I tune my level 4, Evocator Chevailer with my level 4 Tuned Magician, to synchro summon… Black Brutdrago!" Lily roared as she placed the card on her duel disk. The holographic image of the great beast, burst to life, causing the ground to shiver. "Great move, but not good enough!" I remarked. "I activate my trap card, 'Reinforce truth'! This card allows me to special summon a level 2 or lower 'warrior' monster from my deck, and I choose 'Speed warrior'! Towards the future! Speed Warrior!" I called as speed warrior dashed out of my deck. "How is that wimp going to help? You are a noob you know that!" Lily taunted. "Chill! This is far from over my fair lady!" I joked. "I now, activate my reverse card! Quick play magic, 'Super Polymerization'! By discarding a card, I can fuse monsters on the field. Cards also cannot be activated in response to this card's activation! I choose your dragon and my speed warrior!" I declared. "What! That's impossible!" Lily yelled. "When two great powers fuse together, they will bring along a new force. Come on! Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste!" I roared as the Dragon Knight descended onto my field. "That's impossible! How could I have made such a mistake? Anyways, no big deal! I activate my reverse card! Torrential Tribute! This destroys all monsters on the field!" Lily stunned. "OH no! My efforts are wasted." I gasped, as Dragon knight and all other monsters vanished to the grave. "Tsk! Rubbish causing me so much trouble! I activate my other reverse card, 'Foolish Burial! Sending a monster to my grave. I activate double summon! Allowing me to normal summon once more this turn. I normal summon Goggle golem and I set a card face down. With the Gemini effect going off, Goggle's attack is at 2100. I attack you directly!" Lily commanded with that cold voice once again. Goggle golem punched me real hard and my bike slowed down starting to lose balance. "What petty rubbish. I set a card and I end my turn." Lily said cunningly.
Lily: 6400 vs. Dylan: 5900
Dylan's turn
"Gah! What skill! I really have a lot to catch up! My turn! Draw! I set a monster and I end my turn!" I said with much less confidence then I had before. "I set a monster and end." I said.
Lily's turn
"What a loser! I draw. Tsk! I attack your face-down monster with goggle golem!" Lily yelled. The monster destroyed was a… RYKO! "Ryko's effect activates! Destroying Goggle golem!" I yelled with glee! "With this effect activated, I have to mill 3 cards from my deck." I explained. The first card was 'Elemental hero Stratos' follower by, 'Elemental hero Ice edge', when I was about to mill the last card, I suddenly had a vision that I was once again within the tower and all I saw was a glowing flower growing out of the ground. I returned to reality and milled the last card. It was glow-up bulb… "Do whatever, you want! I activate my reverse card! 'Soul Rope'! Special summoning Evocater Chevailer from my deck at the cost of 1000 life points! Now, evocater! Attack him directly!" Lily ordered. Evocater Chevailer's blade pierced through me, the pain was unbearable. "Now in my main phase 2, I activate supervise to Chevailer, allowing it to gain its effect! I end my turn." Lily said with a smug.
Lily: 6400 vs. Dylan: 4000
"I draw! I normal summon, Blade knight!" I roared as my avatar burst to the field. "Let's defeat her together!" Blade knight remarked. I nodded readily. "Since I only have one card in my hand, Blade knight's effect is boosted to 2000! Now Blade Knight, attack Chevailer!" I announced with confidence once again. Blade knight dashed towards Chevailer quickly, Chevailer tried to block the attack with his sword, but Blade knight's blade cut right though him! "Foolish! Since Chevailer was destroyed, supervise is destroyed as well, allowing me to special summon a normal monster from my grave! And since Gemini monster which are not appropriately normal summoned are treated as normal monsters, I can now special summon the great beast that I had sent to the grave through foolish burial! Rise my ultimate avatar! DARKSTORM DRAGON!" Lily roared coldly. I gasped as the great beast was summoned to the field. It held a staggering 2700 points of attack, which was topped up by a great effect yet to be revealed. "I end…my turn…" I shivered.
Lily: 6300 vs. Dylan: 4000
Lily's turn
"My turn! I draw and activate from my hand, 'Supervise'! to Darkstorm dragon! And now I activate Darkstorm dragon's effect! By sending 'Supervise' to the grave, I can destroy all spell and trap cards on the field. This effect would not destroy anything as there are no other spell or trap cards but Supervise's effect allows me to special summon, Evocater Chevailer! Now! Darkstorm dragon! Attack! DARK WHIRLWIND! Darkstorm dragon burst into the sky in a tornado and let flow a stream of dark energy towards Blade knight! "No!" I yelled as Blade knight perished. "Evocater attack directly!" Lily yelled. "Gah! " I gasped as I was slashed once again. "Tsk, you are still not dead. But defeat is set to be mine. To prove this fact! If you can defeat me, I will give you this deck of mine!" Lily announced arrogantly.
Lily: 6300 vs. Dylan: 1400
"Until the last minute, I will never give up! Only when a person draws does the individual become a true duelist! I will not lose! I… DRAW!" I yelled. The card I drew was… 'Pot of Avarice'! "I am going to activate 'Pot of Avarice'! Returning, my two rykos, Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste, speed warrior and cyber dragon to the deck, I can shuffle it and draw 2 cards." I announced. "Do whatever you want. You are going to lose anyway." Lily smirked as she continued to increase the speed of her D-wheel. I laughed at her statement. "What's so funny? Your defeat? Hah! What a loser!" Lily taunted. "What foolishness." Lily shook her head. Just then, my extra deck emitted a bright light. Somehow, I knew exactly what to do. I set the pedals back down on my bike and began pedaling at full speed. "I normal summon Breaker, the magical warrior! After that I activate the Magic card, 'Monster Reborn, to bring back Blade knight." I announced as I summoned my avatar back to the field once again. "What are you trying to do?" Lily asked. "I'm trying to win this! Now, I activate Glow-up bulb's effect in my grave to special summon itself to the field." I cried. "Now is the time, Dylan! Unlock the great beast." Blade knight turned and said. "YES! Let's go! With the single bloom of a flower, and the hearts of two great warriors, will create a new path! I sync my level 4, Breaker and my level 4 Blade knight with my level 1 Glow-up bulb to synchro summon…" I announced. "No way! Could it be the legendary beast…" Lily gasped. "TRISHULA! DRAGON OF THE ICE BARRIER SUMMONED!" I roared as the tower appeared behind me. The tower shattered, and the great dragon flew into the sky and roared loudly. "Oh my god…" Lily murmured. "Now I activate Trishula's ability to remove from play one card on the field, your grave and your hand. I choose the second last card towards your right in your hand, goggle golem in your grave and last but not least, DARKSTORM DRAGON!" I ordered. Trishula glowed and soon and great storm of snow began to blow. Darkstorm was gone. "No way!" Lily shouted. "You sure bet it is. When one believes in ones cards, a new power will emerge! Now I activate from my hand, miracle fusion! Allowing me to remove from play fusion monsters of an Elemental hero monster to fusion summon it. I'm removing Elemental hero heat and ice edge to fusion summon… Elemental hero Absolute zero! Last but not least, I activate the last card in my hand, parallel world fusion, allowing me to return to my deck removed from play fusion materials of a Elemental hero fusion monster to fusion summon the monster! I'm returning Heat and Ice edge to fusion summon…Elemental hero Nova master!" I announced as my comrades stood befall me. Lily gasped… I pedaled quicker and soon a stream of glowing particles began to glow around me. I jumped on my bike and took to the sky. The particles began to glow even brighter, now having a cyan blue shade to it. "Elemental hero Nova master attack Evocater Chevailer!" I ordered as I hovered in the air. Nova Master fired a powerful burst of flame and destroyed Chevailer. "With Nova Master's effect, I am now allowed to draw a card. Now Abolsute zero, attack Lily directly. " I commanded as I landed smoothly next to Lily. "Gah!" Lily cried in agony. "Now let's finish this Lily! Trishula, Dragon of the Ice barrier! Frost beam of eternity!" I ordered as Trishula fired an extremely bright beam from its mouth. Once the bright beam had cleared, steam emerged from Lily's D-wheel as her duel runner went on emergency brake mode. I overtook her for the first time in the duel, claiming victory.
Lily: 0 vs. Dylan: 1400
-DUEL END-
After overtaking Lily, I stopped my bike by the side and ran over to her asking if she was ok. "Gah…I lost. I am sorry I was so mean to you. Here take my deck." She said as she crawled out of her Duel runner. I pushed her hand away, "No I can't take this deck. This is your deck right? You should appreciate it." I reasoned. Lily smiled and said, "You sure are one interesting guy. But seriously, I had promised. Also since you are the first person ever to defeat me, I'll tell you something. This is not my deck. In reality, I have no deck at all. So since I was defeated, it's time I find my own deck. When that day comes, we'll duel again!" I continued to refuse but she pleaded with me so vigorously that I soon gave up and hence received her deck with two hands. Soon walked over with a mysterious man whom looked oddly familiar. "All students! Please listen up… Standing here is Mr. Yusei Fudo, the dueling legend. He had in matter of fact organized which duelist would duel which opponent after the first round of ground dueling. For this, we must indeed give Fudo a round of applause. please." bowed as he past the mike. "What a great duel, I have just seen. Honestly speaking, I have cited really great talent in many of you today with the two most outstanding students being just right next to me. Can we please give a round of applause to Dylan Yuki and Lily Loussier? Thank you! Also I have had a meeting with the board of directors of Duel Academy during the interval between the trials. We have decided that, the winner of this duel will receive a new duel runner, the Delta X as well as my favorite card, Stardust Dragon." spoke with such a persuasive voice, which was one that could inspire and bond people, I thought as I came to the awkward realization that I was the winner that spoke of! I jumped for joy! "Also Lily Loussiner will be receiving Kaizer Z and a duelist structure kit for her astounding display. Both of these duelist are great duelist in the making, now may we give another round of applause as we present the duelists with the prizes. My jaw nearly dropped off when, I was presented the Delta X! It was generally white with glow linings over it as well as some beautiful blue and red attachments. But the most astounding was when Mr. Fudo passed me his 'Stardust Dragon'. I was totally awestruck. I thanked him very much. Lily was also very happy with what she got. I smiled as I walked towards her. "Gotcha! That was a really fun duel!" I chuckled. Lily offered to shake my hand as said, "Thank you for the great duel. Let's duel some other time." She said with a less cold voice with a slice of sincerity. After the impromptu prize presentation ceremony, I returned to the dorm and thanked Joseph for his trust in me. He just waved it away. I returned the bike and went to my dorm room to write an email to my Dad who was working as a Pro-duelist and my mum as her agent in the United States. I chuckled as I looked at my cards. I continued to time as Trishula led off a twinkle of blue light.
To be continued…