Author's Note:
I almost forgot; all of the Crystal Beasts as well as the various support cards will be given their correct name Gem. Example: Gem Beast Sapphire Pegasus. Why they decided to rename them with the word crystal, I'll never know. I mean they are all gems (except Amber and Cobalt). Crystals are completely different. Maybe Gem is a swear word or something like Hades, or demon, or angel.
Chapter 3: A Rival Appears!
It was about 10:30 at night. Eric had almost finished packing what he was going to take with to Duel Academy, and was now going through his deck and card collection.
"There, that should do it," Eric thought, as he finished reorganizing one of the several binders full of cards that he was going to take with.
Since one of Eric's goals is to obtain at least one of every card, he had to be prepared with stuff to trade, who knows someone just might have a Kanan the Swordmistress or some other World Championship card that they'd like to trade, then maybe his collection would be as complete as his Dad's is. Stifling a yawn, Eric packed the remaining binders, zipped the case up and went to bed.
Next morning, at 11:00 the plane to Duel Academy took off from the airport, with David and Eric both present.
"Here we go," David exclaimed as the plane took off.
The plane was a very big 747, complete with a second floor and a few dueling arenas of course, for anyone who felt like having a friendly duel. By 11:45 the plane had landed at Duel Academy, and Eric and David were heading for the main campus. Once inside, there were several aides who directed everybody into different rooms to get their school uniforms. David and Eric were both told to go to the same room. Once inside a man handed both of them a red blazer, as well as a pair of red and black sneakers. They were also given an academy red duel disk, as well as given directions on how to find their dormitory.
"Aw man, we're both Slifer Red students," David complained, "but we passed both exams there must be a mistake."
"I'll bet that Harkins guy I crushed was responsible for this," Eric muttered, "Oh well, we'll just have to prove him wrong."
They were outside the main entrance to the Academy just chilling.
"According to this guide book, our dorm is located by the water and it and the yellow dorm are exactly the same," David said, reading from the guide book.
"What about the blue dorm," Eric asked.
"Whoa, it's like a freaking palace!" David said, pointing to a photo. "Man we've got to get in there," Eric said.
"Ah, there you are," said a voice from behind me.
Eric turned and saw the girl who he was talking to at his duel yesterday walking towards them.
She was a little bit shorter than Eric with shoulder-length blonde hair and blue eyes. She was also wearing a girl's Obelisk Blue uniform. But what really caught Eric's eye were her breasts. This girl's boobs were so big that she couldn't even button up her blazer over them. So she made do with wearing a very stretchy blue t-shirt under the blazer to compensate.
"Hey, what's up?" Eric exclaimed extending his hand, "I'm Eric Wilson, Harkins crusher what's your name?"
She laughed and replied, "I'm Jessica Lange, that was a great duel yesterday, but why are you in Slifer?"
"Cuz he's a loser, just like all of the other Slifer Red students," A voice sneered.
The trio turned to see a tall guy walking towards them. He had spike-up black hair, black eyes, and he wore an Obelisk jacket over his black shirt and pants. He also wore a spike bracelet on his right arm.
"What do you mean loser?" David said.
"I mean you're a pathetic duelist and you don't belong in Duel Academy like the rest of us," the guy replied laughing. He then turned to Jessica and said gallantly, "Hey, Jessica how about you tell me how your summer was and we can get away from these Slifer slackers?"
"I don't think so, Matt," Jessica replied. "
Aw come on, it'll be fun," Matt said.
Eric stepped between them, "The lady said no."
"Out of my way punk, who asked you anyway?" Matt replied shoving me.
"Cut it out Matt," Jessica said.
"Tell you what," Eric replied, getting up, "Since there's a lady present, I won't kick your ass with my fists, so let's duel"
"Duel? Fine but not now. How about tonight next to the lake in the forest at midnight; where no one can see us?" Matt said.
"I accept," Eric said.
"Ha, that's got to be a record, losing your first duel at the Academy before classes even begin," Matt laughed, "see u later slacker, later Jess." He walked off, with the trio staring after him.
"Good riddance," Jessica muttered after he walked off, "Sorry you had to meet him on your first day, he's an obnoxious punk, but he's a really good duelist."
"How do you know him?" Eric asked.
"We went to the Duel Prep School together," Jessica replied.
"There's a prep school?" David asked.
"Sure, and if you pass there you're guaranteed to be an Obelisk Blue student upon your entrance at Duel Academy," Jessica said, "and unfortunately, Matt was the top-ranked male student at the Prep School."
"So what?" Eric replied, "I'll still beat him."
Jessica said, "If you still plan on going through with this, I'll meet you guys outside of your dorm tonight and we can go together, ok?"
"You bet," David replied, "see you tonight." David and Eric turned and headed for The Slifer Red Dorm. Their room turned out to be the corner room on the first floor giving them a nice view of the lake.
"This room is going to be great," David exclaimed, as they un-packed.
At 11:50 pm Eric and David snuck out the window and ran into the forest, where they were joined by Jessica, who led them to the spot where Eric was to meet Matt for the duel. Eric walked over and stood across from Matt.
"Well, well slacker looks like you have some guts after all," Matt sneered.
"Enough talk, let's duel," Eric said activating my duel disk. "Time to prove this chucklehead wrong," Eric thought as he drew, "Pretty good opening hand." "I summon Gem Beast Sapphire Pegasus in attack mode!" Eric called out, "and thanks to his special ability, I get to place a Gem Beast from my deck, face-up in my s/t zone as a continuous spell, and I choose my Cobalt Eagle!" A large, light-blue gem appeared in his s/t zone.
"Uh, oh," David said.
"What's wrong?" Jessica asked.
"Eric always crystallizes his Ruby Carbuncle the first chance he gets, since it's the weakest Gem Beast stat wise, it's more useful crystallized," David replied, "but since he didn't that means it must be in his hand."
"Oh, I get it," Jessica replied, "by placing it from his hand to the field, he would have been out a card, but by choosing a different Gem Beast from his deck, he still has some advantage."
"Next, I'll place two cards face-down and end my turn," Eric said.
"What a lame start," Matt exclaimed drawing, "Of course I expected nothing more from a slacker. But moving on, I activate the spell card, Dark World Dealings. So now…"
"We each draw a card and then discard a card," Eric cut in, drawing and then discarding his Ruby Carbuncle.
"Well, well the slacker knows what a good card does," Matt said drawing, "But did you know that when I discard this card, it comes back to my side of the field? Rise, Silvva, Warlord of Dark World!" A big silver-colored demon appeared on the field, (Atk-2300).
"Next, I'll activate another Dark World Dealings," Matt announced, "By discarding it to the graveyard, I get to special summon, Goldd, Wu-Lord of Dark World!" A big demon clad in gold armor appeared on the field, wielding a big axe, (Atk-2300).
"I haven't normal summoned yet so go, Beige, Vanguard of Dark World!" Matt said. A gray-colored demon carrying a spear appeared on the field, (Atk-1600).
"Looks like I win in only one turn, go Silvva crush his pony with Blades of Dark World!" Matt commanded.
Two curved blades extended from Silvva's wrists, and then it lunged toward Sapphire Pegasus, and slashed it with the blades.
"I activate the trap card, Gem Set!" Eric called out, as Sapphire Pegasus disappeared, "This card lets me crystallize a Gem Beast from my deck, like my Amethyst Cat." A round Amethyst appeared in Eric's s/t zone.
"Big deal," Matt jeered, "I still win, Goldd attack with Dark World Axe, and Beiige finish him off with Dark World Spear!" The two demons charged straight at Eric. Suddenly, a transparent Sapphire Pegasus and a transparent Topaz Tiger materialized and blocked the two attacks.
"Hey, what's going on?" Matt yelled.
"Gem Set has another effect, after it's activated, I take no battle damage this turn," Eric said.
"What?" Matt yelled.
"Are you deaf?" Eric asked, "As well as pig-headed?"
"Watch your mouth, slacker," Matt growled, "So you blocked my attacks, big deal. I'll place one card face-down and end my turn."
"Then I'll step in," Eric said, "I sacrifice my crystallized Cobalt Eagle to activate Gem Raigeki, which lets me destroy any card on your side of the field, like your set card." Matt just glared at Eric as the card was destroyed.
"Nice move," David called.
"Now I draw," Eric said, "And I summon another Gem Beast Sapphire Pegasus in attack mode!" "He has two?" Jessica asked surprised.
"Three actually," David replied.
"Then I can use my Pegasus' special ability and crystallize my Gem Beast Amber Mammoth from my deck," Eric announced as a round oval-shaped amber appeared in my s/t zone.
"Next, I play Gem Promise too special summon my Gem Beast Amber Mammoth from my s/t zone to the field!" Eric called as a large grey elephant with four curved tusks and a round amber stone on its head appeared on the field, (Atk-1700).
"Then I activate the spell card, Lightning Vortex, which lets me destroy all the monsters on your side of the field after discarding a card," Eric said.
"No!" Matt exclaimed as a blast of lightning vaporized all of his monsters
. "Now go, Sapphire Pegasus and Amber Mammoth attack his life points directly!" Eric commanded.
"Arrrgggghhhh!" Matt groaned as his life points plunged from 4000 to 500.
"That was an amazing move!" Jessica beamed.
"Yeah," David exclaimed, "not only did he destroy all of Matt's monsters, he now has control of the field as well."
"So who's the slacker now?" Eric taunted.
"You still are, obviously," Matt grunted.
"Right," Eric countered, "I'm not the one who just got his butt royally kicked last turn."
"Anybody could make a turn like that, but it takes real skill to turn things around like this," Matt exclaimed drawing, "I activate a familiar spell card, Lightning Vortex, kiss your pathetic monsters good-bye!"
"Rats!" Eric exclaimed as both monster were crystallized into his s/t zone.
"Next, I remove three fiends from my graveyard to summon my Dark Necrofear!" A blue demon rose to the field. It wore various pieces of dark armor and clutched a broken doll in its hands, (Atk-2200).
"Attack this slacker's life points directly, with Necro Rays!" Matt yelled. Twin black beams shot out from Dark Necrofear's eyes and struck Eric.
"Errrgg!" Eric groaned as his life points dropped by 2200, (E-1800, M-500).
"Ha ha ha, take that slacker," Matt laughed
. "My move," Eric said, "I throw a monster in defense mode and end my turn."
"That's right slacker, that's all you can do, my onslaught continues," Matt said drawing, "Excellent, I summon Broww, Huntsman of Dark World in attack mode!" A medium-sized demon rose to the field. Its right arm was a demonic claw, and it held a bow and had a quiver of arrows slung to its right side, (Atk-1400).
"Now, Dark Necrofear, crush his pitiful defense!" Matt commanded. Again, Dark Necrofear's eyes fired twin black beams, this time at the defense monster, which was Gem Beast Emerald Turtle.
"Now that you're once again defenseless, Broww attack him with Arrow of Dark World!" Matt commanded. Broww knocked an arrow onto his bow and fired it at Eric.
"Aurgh!" Eric groaned as the arrow struck decreasing his life points a further 1400. (E-400, M-500).
"You're done slacker," Matt growled, "There's no way to save yourself so just forfeit this duel now!"
"I refuse to quit," Eric said drawing his next card.
"Hey, you guys hear that? It sounds like hurried footsteps," David asked. "Oh crap, Campus Security," Jessica said, "If they find us here we'll all be in big trouble." "Well, well slacker, I guess this duel took longer than I thought. I had hoped to win before my anonymous tip about two slackers hanging around the lake went through. Looks like you get a reprieve until next time we meet, lucky you," Matt said as they both deactivated their duel disks.
Matt then ran down a path away from the guards.
"Come on guys, this way," Jessica said leading Eric and David down a different path.
"This sucks," Eric said as they ran.
"Why?" David asked, "You probably would have lost back there, no offense."
"No way," Eric replied, flipping the card in his hand, "Not after I played this." The card in Eric's hand was Gem Beast Topaz Tiger. "Whoa," exclaimed David, "You would have won for sure, man."
"How?" Jessica asked, "I mean it only has 1600 attack, and by attacking his Broww he would have only lost 200 life points leaving him with 300."
"Simple, Jess," Eric replied, "Whenever my Topaz Tiger attacks a monster it gains 400 attack points, so with 2000 attack that would have been enough to win."
"You would have won for sure then," Jessica said, beaming, "It would have been great if you could have put him in his place."
"Oh, well," Eric replied, "I'm sure I'll get another chance."
A few seconds later they arrived outside the Slifer Red Dorm.
"Are you guys going to be ok getting back in?" Jessica asked.
"Yeah, we left the window open," David replied, "Thanks for showing us the way back."
"No problem, "Jessica replied, "See you guys tomorrow."
"Yeah, good-night," Eric said as she turned to go.
"Good-night," she replied.
As he watched her disappear into the night, Eric couldn't help grin.
David smiled and said, "Come on, bro, let's go inside before we get caught, and get some rest for tomorrow's classes."
To Be Continued……..