Chapter 2: Envoy of the Beginning Part 2.
David walked up to field #2. Waiting for him there was a female proctor with red hair tied in a bun and brown eyes, framed by wire-rimmed glasses. She wore a blue coat over a black skirt with matching pants and shoes. On her arm was an Academy Duel Disk.
"So, you are the new applicant. Goldberg, correct?" the duel proctor asked.
"Yeah, but everyone just calls me David," David said.
"I see and I am Doctor Carroll, vice department chair here at Duel Academy. You will need to defeat me in order to gain acceptance into this Academy."
"Right!" said David as he slid his deck into his duel disk. "Let's Duel!!!" Both cried out. (D-4000, (Dr. C-4000).
"Applicants are allowed to make the first move," Carroll explained.
"Cool," David said as he drew, "I'll start off with a monster in defense mode and I'll also place one card facedown to end my turn." "Hey look, my cards make a "T" on the field," David joked.
Carroll rolled her eyes, "Oh great, why do I always have to get the students who make the lame jokes." "It's my turn then," Carroll declared as she drew, "Pay attention applicant Duel Academy is a very prestigious school and you do not get in by making lame jokes. Dueling is a serious business."
"Sorry but I have to disagree with you, dueling is supposed to be fun," David said.
"If you think that then you surely will not pass this field test. I activate the continuous spell Summon Cloud. This allows me to…"
"Special summon one level four or lower Cloudian monster from your hand if you have no monsters on the field," David interrupted.
"Well, at least your card knowledge isn't too bad," Carroll said snootily, "I take it you are familiar with the Cloudian monsters?"
"Sure," David said, "But I never faced anyone who used that deck-type before."
"Then you first encounter will be your last then. I'll use Summon Cloud's effect to special summon my Cloudian-Poison Cloud to the field in defense mode."
A large, balloon-like red cloud appeared on the field in a defensive slouch, (Def-1000). "Next I activate the spell card Lucky Cloud, which allows me to draw two cards if I can summon two Cloudian monsters with the same name in one turn," Carroll explained.
"And since you already have one Poison Cloud out, I'm guessing you plan to summon another one of those," David guessed.
"Don't speak out of turn, applicant, unless you're sure of yourself. I summon Cloudian-Turbulence to the field in attack mode!" Carroll announced as a bluish tornado-like cloud appeared on the field, (Atk-800).
"Only 800 attack points?" David said.
"Oh please points aren't everything in this game, abilities are also very important. Take Turbulence for example, when it is normal summoned, it gains one fog counter for every Cloudian monster on the field and I count two, so that's two fog counters. I can then remove one fog counter and special summon one Cloudian Smoke Ball from my deck. So why not special-summon two?" Two pale blue clouds vanished from Turbulence and two small yellowish clouds, with big brown eyes, appeared on the field, (Def-600).
"I'll also place two cards facedown and end my turn. And since I summoned two Cloudian monsters with the same name I can now draw two cards. Your move," Carroll said.
"Nice you got four monsters on the field in one turn, let's see what I can do," David said as he drew, "I summon Luster Dragon in attack mode!" A tall snarling blue dragon rose to the field, (Atk-1900). "Attack her Cloudian-Turbulence, with Sapphire Slasher!" David called out. The dragon's wings glowed and fired crescent shaped energy blasts at the bluish cloud.
"Nice try," Carroll said, "but I'm activating the trap card, Spirit Barrier, which…"
"Prevents all battle damage as long as you have a monster on the field," David said, "And since Turbulence can't be destroyed in battle you've got a nice shield there."
"True now you can't get at my lifepoints," Carroll said.
"I end my turn," David said.
"Back to me then," Carroll said as she drew, "I activate Fog Control which allows me to tribute a Cloudian monster and place 3 Fog Counters on another Cloudian monster. So I'll sacrifice a Smoke Ball and give the counters to Turbulence." One of the Smoke Balls turned into mist and vanished. Three pale blue clouds surrounded Turbulence. "Now I'll remove two fog counters and special summon the third Smoke Ball from my deck as well as the one from my graveyard," Carroll said, as two more small yellow clouds appeared on the field.
"Next I'll sacrifice all five monsters so I can summon Cloudian-Nimbusman in attack mode!" Carroll said as the five monsters merged to form a small bluish-white cloud. This one was slightly humanoid; with arms, legs, and purple eyes, (Atk-1000).
"You sacrificed five monsters for that?" David asked incredulously, "I'm almost afraid to ask what its ability is."
"When tribute summoned, Nimbusman gains a fog counter for every water monster I tributed. And for each fog counter Nimbusman gains 500 extra attack points.
"No way that raises its attack to 3500!" David exclaimed, as electricity surged through Nimbusman.
"That's right now it has the power to destroy your little lizard," Carroll said.
"Dragon," David corrected.
"Whatever, Nimbusman attack with Wind Gust!" Nimbusman blew out a gust of wind at the blue dragon.
"I activate the trap card Sakuretsu Armor to destroy that bag of wind," David shouted.
"Not so fast, I have a trap to play as well go Trap Jammer!" Carroll declared.
"Nuts!" David said as his trap shattered, "Now I'm wide open." The gust shredded Luster Dragon. "Eeerrgggg!" David grunted as he lost 1600 lifepoints.
"That's enough punishment for now so I end my turn," Carroll said. (D-2400 Dr. C-4000).
"Then I draw," David said, "and place one card facedown and end my turn."
"That's all tsk, how disappointing," Carroll declared as she drew, "I summon Cloudian-Acid Cloud in attack mode!" A bright green humanoid cloud appeared on the field, (Atk-500). "And just like the other Cloudians, Acid Cloud gains one fog counter for every Cloudian I have out which equals two," Carroll said as two pale blue clouds encircled Acid Cloud, "Now thanks to Acid Clouds effect, I can remove two fog counters to destroy that facedown card of yours." A green mist surrounded the trap card, and the card shattered. "Now Nimbusman attack that defense!" Carroll ordered.
The attack revealed a small green dragon, wearing samurai-like armor, and carrying a small sword and a shield in a defensive crouch, (Def-900). The dragon was shredded, but another one appeared in defense mode. "Hey!" Carroll exclaimed.
"That was my Troop Dragon," David explained, "Whenever its destroyed I can special-summon another one from my deck to the field."
"How annoying, I end my turn," Carroll said.
"Time to go on the offensive," David declared as he drew, "Luckily for me I have a monster that allows me to do both. I sacrifice my Troop Dragon so I can summon Prime Material Dragon in attack mode!"
A gold dragon appeared on the field. It had six gold wings, a pointed snout, and its body seemed to be made of pure gold, (Atk-2400).
"So now you have a big, shiny lizard so what? My lifepoints will still remain untouched," Carroll said.
"You'll just have to wait and see, but for now I place two cards facedown and end my turn," David said.
"That turn accomplished nothing," Carroll stated as she drew, "Here at Duel Academy we don't mess around, we show no mercy. Nimbusman, get rid of that pathetic lizard!"
"Dragon," David corrected, "and he's not going anywhere. I activate the quick-play spell Book of Moon which automatically flips your monster to facedown defense position. Which not only blocks your attack, it also removes all of fog counters, and extra attack points."
"No!" Carroll declared, "I have to admit that was a clever move, but this exam is far from over. Now I place a monster in defense mode, and one card facedown. That ends my turn."
"I draw!" David exclaimed, "I'll start by summoning Twin-Headed Behemoth in attack mode!" A purple, two-headed dragon appeared on the field, (Atk-1500). "I know your Nimbusman only has 1000 defense points so, Behemoth attack with Twin Blaze!" David said. Both heads fired a blast of fire at the Nimbusman. Nimbusman survived, but since it was in defense mode, it was automatically destroyed. "Now Prime Material Dragon, attack her other defense with Golden Flare Flash!" David said.
With a roar, the gold dragon fired a golden flare at the facedown monster which turned out to look and resemble a pale blue ghost, (Def-0). Six pale blue clouds appeared and encircled the dragon.
"That was my Cloudian-Ghost Fog, you just destroyed," Carroll explained.
"And when it destroyed my dragon received six fog counters because it's a level six monster," David cut in.
"Stop interrupting, I'm a teacher show some respect!" Carroll snapped.
"Hey, I'm just trying to save you the trouble of explaining cards I already now," David replied defensively.
"Well you could be more polite," Carroll snapped.
"Fine, I end my turn," David said.
"During your end-phase I activate the trap card Natural Disaster, which will inflict 500 damage to you every time I destroy one of your cards," Carroll announced, "Now I draw and activate the spell card Diamond-Dust Cyclone!" A large, glittery blue tornado appeared on the field. "Now I can destroy a monster with four or more fog counters on it," Carroll said, "Like your gold lizard!"
"Dragon. If I have to be polite then you have to start calling them dragons," David said.
"I don't bargain with students," Carroll snapped.
"Fine then let me interrupt your move by activating my dragon's special effect. By discarding one card I can negate the effects of your spell card," David said. The tornado fizzled out.
"That's not fair, I place a monster in defense mode and end my turn," Carroll said.
"I draw…and activate Mystical Space Typhoon to blow away that Spirit Barrier!" David announced.
"Oh no, now my lifepoints are wide open," Carroll moaned as the barrier was shattered.
"Oh yeah, Prime Material Dragon and Twin-Headed Behemoth attack that Acid Cloud!" David shouted.
"Aaaahhhhh!" Carroll yelled as both attacks drained her lifepoints.
"I end my turn," David said. (D-2400, Dr. C-1100).
"How dare this stupid boy show me up, but I'll make sure he loses this duel," Carroll thought. "You'll pay for that," Carroll said angrily as she drew, "I sacrifice both of my monsters in order to summon my strongest monster, my Cloudian-Eye of the Typhoon!"
A massive purple cloud appeared on the field. It formed into a hulking giant, with a single, large red eye, (Atk-3000).
"Damn, that's huge!" David said, "Fortunately for me, whenever windy attacks, my monsters switch battle modes so I don't lose any life-points this turn."
Carroll smirked, "See I told you we show no mercy, I activate the equip-spell Big Bang Shot!"
David's face paled, "Oh great now it doesn't matter what mode my monsters are in I'll still lose points, plus your monster gains an extra 400 attack points." "Precisely, Eye of the Typhoon attack that gold lizard with Hurricane Gale!" Carroll commanded. A large blast of wind forced both monsters to defense mode (Prime Def-2000).
Then the winds shredded the golden dragon as well as 1400 of David's lifepoints. "Errrgg!" David grunted as the winds struck him.
"Ha, you should reconsider your career choice," Carroll smirked as she polished her glasses on her shirt, "I end my turn."
"This duel's not done yet," David declared as he drew, "Perfect, I summon Exploder Dragon in attack mode!" as a small black dragon appeared on the field, clutching a wicked looking cannonball, (Atk-1000).
"And what does this lizard do?" Carroll sniffed.
"Why spoil the surprise?" David countered. "Exploder Dragon attack that typhoon with Cannonball Clash!" The dragon tossed its cannonball at the swirling purple thunderhead, which responded by sending a blast of wind at the little dragon.
The cannonball exploded on impact causing the entire mass to explode and vanish! Carroll's jaw dropped open, "How did you…what happened to my…huh?"
"Let me explain," David said grinning, "Whatever monster destroys Exploder Dragon is also automatically destroyed, plus I don't lose any lifepoints either."
"But…that's…" Carroll spluttered.
"Twin-Headed Behemoth finish this duel with Twin Blaze!" David shouted. With a snarl the dragon unleashed a stream of flames from both mouths at Carroll depleting the rest of her lifepoints. "Looks like I win," David said.
"But that's not fair. I had this duel won," Carroll was shocked.
A voice announced, "Congratulations applicant David and welcome to Duel Academy!" "All right!" David exclaimed as he walked passed Carroll "Now to see if I can find Eric."
***
"…and then I went to come and find you," David finished. (He was recounting his tale for Eric).
"You know when I asked how your duel went, I didn't mean for you to tell me everything," Eric muttered.
"Really," David said feigning shock, "I had no idea, anyway come on let's go home and pack, the plane leaves tomorrow and we have to be ready."
Eric grinned and said, "We made the Academy bro, good times are ahead!"
"That's what you think punk," Harkins though as he heard this, "for breaking my win streak and humiliating me like that, I'm going to make you and your friend's stay at Duel Academy hell."
To Be Continued…….