Chapter 17 – Pro Duelist

It's Monday morning, today Link was free to leave the Nurse's office, and start the new habit of not getting into duels. At 6:00AM, Link left the place and went back to his dorm (Ra) and got ready for class. Link spotted his roommate who was already up and dressed for the most part. He was putting on his jacket.

The two made eye contact and Link's roommate, Jarrod, seemed surprised he was alive.

"You're back? Where were you for the past few days?" Jarrod asked as he buttoned up the jacket.

"Nurse," Link simply replied. At that, Jarrod's eyes grew wide.

"You alright, mate?" he asked.

Oh great, another accented guy who thinks he can call you 'mate'…

Majora mocked. Link ignored him and totally shut him out of his mind. Or, tried to. Link decided he was just going to respond.

"Yeah, I'm okay." Link mumbled and grabbed his jacket.

Silence had befallen the two, until finally Jarrod broke it.

"You're not a very talkative mate, are you?" he asked.

Link hesitated to answer, "Not usually."

They didn't talk the rest of time, and Jarrod left for class early. Link was right behind him, finishing buttoning up his jacket. Before entering the building though, Link waited for his Obelisk sister. She never got to Link before the bell rang for class. He was late, and Zelda wasn't there.

He decided to go ahead and go, but everyone seemed to be going different way in the halls. They were headed towards the Duel Arena. When Link walked in there, he was greeted immediately by Syrus.

"Hey, it's about time you showed up. Zelda is dueling an Obelisk girl and whoever wins gets a change to duel pro." Syrus told him.

'That's why I couldn't find her.' Link thought.

"Zelda gets to go first," Syrus led him to everyone else.

"Hey, buddy! It's about time, huh?" Jaden waved and smiled at Link.

Link stood beside these new friends of his: Jaden, Syrus, Bastion, Zane, Atticus, and Alexis.

"Duel!" Zelda and a black haired Asian girl yelled on the arena.

"I summon a Goron in DEF mode, lay a facedown and end my turn." Zelda said quickly after she took the standby phase.

"Done? Already? Whatever…Draw!" The Asian girl yelled.

"Who's she?" Link pointed at her.

"Zelda's opponent, Lucy." Alexis told him, "She's a friend of mine."

Lucy also had a Japanese accent. She looked at her hand and shuffled her 6 cards around before finally making a move.

"I summon Polar Star Angle Mirir," (600), "and equip it with a spell 'Angel Bow'. Now when you have a DEF position monster, I get to attack directly!" she cheered and jumped.

"Now go, Mirir attack Zelda!"

Zelda looses 700 Life Points (LP) and Lucy put down one facedown. That's when Zelda got a better look at her. She was covered in sparkles. She must really like angels and fairies; why else would she be so cheery and sparkly?

"My go," Zelda took her standby phase, "I summon another Goron, but this time in ATK," (2000), "And now, attack: Goron Punch!" Zelda pointed to Lucy's fairy monster.

Lucy reveled her trap, and explained about it.

"It's called Fallen Angel Descent, and I must pay half my Life Points and I get to special summon two Fairy monsters from my deck as long as they have the same level as your ugly and totally dull rock thing." Lucy said.

"Kind of annoying isn't she?" Link asked rudely.

"Oh well, it's one of the many things that make her Lucy." Alexis said.

"And hot…" Atticus said and immediately blushed.

"Sorry, that slipped out. Ignore me," Atticus told them without making eye contact.

"So, I special summon Dark Valkyria and Darklord Ukoback in ATK modes!" (1800 and 700)

"Okay, but sorry, it's still my turn. Attack Dark Valkyria!" Zelda directed her Goron.

"Aw…it can attack twice?" Lucy complained. Zelda simply nodded.

"I agree with you Atticus." Bastion said.

"With what?" Alexis asked.

"Lucy," Bastion blushed.

Alexis rolled her eyes as well as Zane, and Lucy's monster was destroyed and she lost 200 Life Points.

"Lastly," Zelda started, "I play Fierceness of the Goron and equip it to my Goron in DEF, so it doubles." (4000)

Zelda ended her turn without playing a facedown, and Lucy drew a card from her deck.

"So, I have 1800 Life Points, and she has 3300…I can still win. Maybe I should play the card my mother gave to me: Angel Tear. Hmm…" Lucy mumbled so only she could hear herself.

"Wow, this isn't going anywhere any time soon." Jaden said vexed by Lucy's slowness.

"Zelda will win." Link pulled that one out of nowhere.

Oh, sure. How could you possibly know that?

Majora asked in a mocking tone.

'I just do.' Link thought so Majora could hear.

"You seem pretty sure…" Syrus murmured.

"I am." Link replied strongly.

"Alright then," Jaden said unsure of Link or Zelda.

"I agree with him," Zane said, which made Jaden and Syrus change their mind, "Zelda will win."

"I think so too." Atticus said.

"Of course you would." Alexis scoffed.

"Be quiet! Watch the duel!" Bastion pointed.

"For my neck glorious move," Lucy started cheerily, "I summon Darklord Edeh Arae in ATK!" (2300)

"Attack her Goron, Edeh Arae. Show that ugly pile of lava rocks who's boss!" Lucy wafted to Zelda's Goron.

Zelda let the attack happen and she lost a mere 300 LP for it. No big deal… Zelda shrugged it all off, and had her next move planned out perfectly.

'Next round, I will win.' Zelda predicted.

"I play a facedown and end my glorious turn!" Lucy cheered.

"You last glorious turn!" Zelda yelled as she drew the next card.

She smiled, and that is when not only Zelda, but Link knew what card she drew.

"Here it comes…" Link mumbled.

"We've never seen your sister duel before," Syrus stated, "Is she as good as you?"

"No," Link replied, "She's better."

"Whoa…I don't think I would ever admit to a girl being better than me if there ever was one out there." Jaden said to Link.

"That's brave," Atticus laughed.

"First off, I tribute a card in my hand so I can summon Twilit Dragon Argorok," (2900) "so Argorok, attack Lucy's 'glorious' monster!" Zelda mocked.

"Not yet! I play my facedown!"

"NO! You wait, I play my facedown!"

"The one you had since the beginning of this entire duel?" Lucy asked.

"Yeah. It's called Death Sword, and it destroys all the cards on each side of the field!" Zelda smiled.

"What?" Link was confused. She was doing this differently! What was she thinking?

'Looks like it'll have to wait till next turn, little brother, just wait.'

"For the last part of my turn, I play the spell Spirit Keeper, so I take all the cards from my grave and put them all back shuffled into my deck! But the catch is you get to take anything you want from your grave and summon it to the field." Zelda explained.

"Fine. I summon Darklord Edeh Arae."

"I facedown two cards. Your go…" Zelda said. When she peeked up at her friends and brother, they all looked confused because of Link's sudden confusion.

"Why would she do that?" Syrus asked.

"Now Lucy has a chance to win." Atticus said.

"But only one chance, next turn, surely Zelda will win." Bastion said.

"I'm with Syrus on this one." Link said.

"No." Zane interrupted, "Zelda will win this, she will. And you will see."

"Yeah! You hear that Zel? We're rootin' for ya!" Jaden shouted.

Link smiled barely, and so did Zelda. She nodded at them and Lucy continued her turn.

"Edeh Arae, attack her directly!"

'Classic…' Zelda thought.

"I play my facedown, it's called Floor Master, so your Darklord gets sent to your graveyard. Sorry, try again." Zelda joked.

"Fine, I summon Darklord Desire by removing from play my other Darklords in my graveyard. Now, you Darklord Desire attack!"

"Access denied," Zelda joked some more, "I play my other facedown, Oath to Order, you can keep your monster, but it can't attack anymore. Nayru, you're so predictable!" Zelda rolled her eyes.

"Fine!" She shouted like a drama queen.

"I play a facedown!" the last part she mumbled so no one but herself could hear.

"Prepare for Angel Tear…"

"I get it. She was just having fun with her. She was toying with her." Link murmured.

"Mean!" Atticus scolded.

"Oh well. She gets that from me." Link smiled proudly.

"Draw!" Zelda yelled.

'Not like I need it, oh!' Zelda looked at her card, 'but it will do nicely to rid of that facedown.'

"I play Koume the Ice Witch and Kotake the Fire Witch and Fusion spell card to create Twinrova!" (3200)

Zelda smiled, "Attack Twinrova, Blistering Fire. And don't think about using that trap to help you, because I play the spell Four Sword, so your facedown is lock for the whole turn!"

"No!" Lucy complained.

"Yes," Twinrova attacked and Lucy's LP was reduced to 1600, "Now I play the spell Sonata of Awakening, so I pay 2000 points so I can special summon a Spirit Monster as long as I tribute summon. I place a card in my hand in the grave so I can summon back from my deck Argorok!"

"Can she do that?" Jaden asked.

"Of course," Link replied.

"It is a tricky deal, but Argorok was special summoned, so yes, she can." Zane told them.

"My head hurts." Syrus complained.

"Not mine, I'm right on." Bastion bragged.

"Now I can attack directly with Argorok!"

"Wait! I can play a quickplay spell card from my hand. Waboku!" Lucy tried.

"Nice try, but Argorok's special ability is that he can take any special ability in the grave and use it for himself. So, he can use my Goron's ability and attack twice!" Zelda explained.

"No!" Lucy complained.

"She has a Goron in her grave?" Alexis confused asked.

"She discarded it.' Link replied.

"That makes sense." Jaden thoughtfully said.

So as the final blow took place, Lucy's points went down, and Zelda won the duel finally.

Link jumped down from the stands and ran to Zelda to congratulate her.

"Good job, Zel. But really. Don't ever do that again…"