Chapter 7: Warrior of Atlantis
"What an awesome morning," David exclaimed opening the curtains of the dorm.
"Aaaahhhh…bright," Eric mumbled, as sunlight poured into the previously dark-as-a-tomb room.
"Come on bro, get up today's a perfect day to go to the beach," David said.
"Yeah right," Eric said rolling over, "Nothing like taking a dip in a bone-chilling mountain lake, to kill you."
By then he was more awake, "On the other hand," Eric said thinking about Jessica,
"It would be nice to go to the beach and check out the chicks."
David grinned, "I was wondering how long it would take you to think of that, but what about Jessica?"
"What about her?" Eric asked slipping on a pair of trunks.
"Well last chapter you guys went on a walk, so what happened?" David asked slyly.
"To be perfectly honest, nothing really," Eric replied, "It seemed like there was something about us being alone that bothered her, but I didn't want to trespass into her private life, but I'm sure she'll tell me when she's ready. And anticipating your next question, no we're not boyfriend/girlfriend, just friends, so I feel no shame in going to the beach to check out the other ladies here at Duel Academy. My turn now, what about Ashley?"
"She and I are just old friends, so I'm free to look too," David replied, "Now let's go."
They grabbed their duel disks and headed out for some surf, fun and bikinis. The beach was only a short walk away from the dorms and they picked up some towels at the gate. Eric slipped on a pair of blue-tinted sunglasses for better viewing.
"Man this is great," he exclaimed, admiring the bikini-clad bottom of a Latina girl.
"You said it," David agreed. They found a great spot close to the water and set up their towels.
"Let's take a dip," David suggested, and they dove into the water. Eric was right, as it was cold, but eventually they grew accustomed to it and swam around admiring all the multi-colored beauties from the academy.
After their swim they retired to their towels for some rest. Suddenly David's PDA rang. The message was from Ashley and it told them to look over their shoulder. Doing so they discovered to their surprise about 20 feet behind them was not only Ashley but Jessica, smiling and waving. David quickly typed "Come on over." And the girls soon joined them.
"Hey boys, what's up?" Ashley clad only in a purple bikini said.
"Hello Ashley, Hello Jessica," Eric replied.
"Hi guys," Jessica said. She was only wearing a modest one-piece suit, with an enormous chest area.
"Hey look at that crowd over there," Ashley said, "There must be a duel going on. Let's go see."
"I call winner," David said slipping on his duel disk and rushing off towards the crowd.
"Not if I get there first," Eric replied slipping on his own duel disk and rushing after him.
Jessica and Ashley just grinned at each other and followed. The group reached the crowd just as the duel was ending.
"Man that was cool," a guy said walking away.
"Yeah, no wonder he's the top student in Ra," a girl agreed. The person being referred to was a tall muscular kid with curly-blond hair and wearing sunglasses. David and Eric reached him at the same time and in perfect unison declared; "I challenge you to a duel!"
"Hold on guys," he said, waving his hands, "One at a time."
"Go right ahead," Eric said.
"You sure?" David asked.
"Yeah it's cool," Eric replied as Jessica and Ashley caught up to them.
"I'm Brad," the guy said, holding out his hand.
"Nice to meet you Brad; I'm David, and these are my friends, Eric, Ashley, and Jessica." David said. "Hey guys, what's up?" Brad said.
"That was an awesome finish with Levia," Eric said, "It's been a while since I've seen anyone use a water deck."
"Well I love the ocean seeing as how I grew up in southern California, along the ocean front, I've been in the water since I could walk," Brad replied.
"That's cool," Ashley said.
"But anyway," Brad said turning back to David, "I accept your challenge."
"Great!" David said, as they both activated their duel disks.
"Let's duel!" they both shouted. (D-4000. B-4000.)
"I'm up first," David declared drawing, "I summon the Masked Dragon in attack mode, and place one card face-down to end."
"My go, and I'll jump in with Mystical Space Typhoon to blow away your face-down," Brad said as the small tornado shredded apart the Bottomless Trap Hole.
"Next I activate a field spell, A Legendary Ocean!" Brad shouted as the surrounding field changed to that of underwater. A vast undersea palace could be seen all around the combatants, and fish were even swimming around.
"This card…" Brad began, but David cut in, "…gives all water monsters 200 extra attack and defense points, and it downgrades all of the water monsters in your hand by one level."
"Hey, I'm supposed to say that," Brad muttered.
"Well since we both know what the card does, what's the point?" David countered.
"Whatever," said Brad, "I summon Hydrogeddon in attack mode!" A creature resembling a dinosaur made up of swirling brown gases appeared on the field, (Atk-1600-1800).
"Attack his Masked Dragon," Brad ordered, "Hydro Gust!" The monster fired a gust of gas at the dragon destroying it. "And whenever Hydrogeddon destroys a monster as a result of battle I can special summon another one from my deck to the field," Brad said as another Hydrogeddon appeared beside the first.
"Your monster's not the only one with an ability, whenever Masked Dragon's destroyed as a result of battle, I'm allowed to special summon another dragon to field as long as it has 1500 or less attack points, so I choose another Masked Dragon, and I'll summon it in defense mode to protect my life points," David said.
"Well here we go again, Hydrogeddon number 2 attack Masked dragon," Brad ordered. The Masked Dragon was destroyed only to be replaced by another one, which was in turn destroyed by the third Hydrogeddon, and replaced by Twin-Headed Behemoth in defense mode, (Def-1200).
"I'll continue my turn by placing one card face-down and activating the continuous spell card, Level-limit Area B!" A large tunnel appeared between both combatant's sides of the field. A small metal door blocked each entrance.
"Now only monsters of level three or lower may attack, while all others are shifted into defense mode," Brad said.
"Hey," Ashley asked, "His Hydrogeddons are level 4 monsters how come they aren't in defense mode?"
"A Legendary Ocean downgrades all water monsters by one level so now all three Hydrogeddons are level three monsters," Eric replied.
"Oh yeah," Ashley replied, "I forgot."
"Brad's smart," Jessica said, "He's making full use of the field's power."
"Your move David, although I'll bet that there's not much you can do," Brad taunted. (D-3800. B-4000)
"We'll see about that," David countered drawing, "All right, Giant Trunade, this card can definitely help, but it'll be more effective if he doesn't have those Hydrogeddons out, so I'll wait till next turn." David thought. "For my turn I place one card face-down and summon Axe Dragonute to the field!" A tall black dragon wielding a large double-sided battle-axe appeared on the field in a defensive crouch, (Atk-2000, Def-1200).
"Now then," Brad said drawing, "You've set an obvious trap for me, but what I don't know, so I'll eliminate some possibilities by having Hydrogeddon attack your dragon."
"And I'll counter that attack with Mirror Force!" David shouted as the glowing mirror appeared before his dragon. The attack shattered the mirror and the shards from the mirror struck all of Brad's monsters.
"I thought so; now allow me to activate my trap card, Spiritual Water Art Aoi!" A clear circle appeared on Brad's side of the field.
"Oh crap!" David exclaimed
"What does that card do?" Jessica asked.
"To activate it I must sacrifice one water monster like one of my Hydrogeddons," Brad explained, as the ring encircled one of the Hydrogeddon, the creature vanished and the ring glowed a fierce blue color. Suddenly Eria the Water Charmer appeared in the center of the ring and her wand glowed a bright blue color.
"Now you must show me your entire hand so I can force you to discard a card," Brad said. David's hand flipped around to reveal all of his cards to Brad.
"Not bad, but I think I'll have you discard that Giant Trunade," Brad declared. "Fine," David muttered slipping the card into his graveyard.
"Man that card's good," Ashley commented.
"I know," Eric agreed nodding, "And Brad picked the best time to activate it since his monsters were going to be destroyed anyway, the attack still paid off."
"Hey whose side are you guys on?" David demanded.
"Yours but when a good move is made, we need to talk about it just like in other Yu-Gi-Oh related stories," Ashley replied.
"I'll conclude my turn by summoning Abyss Soldier, in attack mode!" A tall, blue, whale-like soldier carrying a golden trident stood before him on the field, (Atk-1800+200=2000). "Your turn," Brad said.
"All right my move," David said drawing. "Kaiser Glider! He has enough power to take out that soldier but as long as that spell is around I can't attack so I have to wait." David thought.
"I'll leave my Behemoth in defense mode and end my turn," David said.
"Back to me then," Brad declared drawing, "Lucky for you, it's not a water monster, so I can't activate my soldier's ability. Instead I'll just set this card face-down and attack your dragon with Atlantis trident!" Abyss Soldier darted forward and jabbed its trident into Axe Dragonute, destroying it.
"And with that, I'll end my turn." Brad said, grinning.
"Come on deck, give me a winner," David thought as he drew. "All right now we're talking," David said as he glanced at his new card, "I activate Heavy Storm to blow away all spell and trap cards on the field!" A massive tornado appeared and swept away the ocean, the Area-B and Brad's face down card. "Nuts," Brad said. (Abyss Soldier: 2000-1800.)
"Next, I sacrifice my Behemoth to summon Kaiser Glider to the field in attack mode!" David announced as the large bronze dragon appeared on the field with a roar. "Fry that fish with Lightning Flash!" David said.
Lightning coursed through the dragon's body as it slammed into the soldier, destroying it.
"Rrrrrr!" Brad growled.
"Man that must suck, Brad had good field control now he's got nothing," Eric said.
"Yeah way to go David," Ashley cheered.
"Thanks guys," David said as the dragon returned to his side of the field, "But for now, I'll end my turn." (D-3800. B-3400).
"Fine," Brad said drawing, "Rats no monster, oh well I place one card face-down and activate Swords of Revealing light."
"Aw man," David groaned as golden swords appeared on his side of the field. "Let's see," David said drawing, "I pass."
"Good to hear," Brad said drawing, "That sucks, so do I."
Grinning, David drew, "Let's see, I place one card face-down and a monster in defense mode to end my turn."
"During your end phase I activate Scapegoat," Brad declared as four colored sheep tokens appeared on the field.
"Now I draw, that's more like it, go Pot of Greed," Brad said drawing two extra cards, "Next I send my Warrior of Atlantis to the graveyard to add A Legendary Ocean from my deck to my hand."
"That ability seems familiar," Eric said glancing at Jessica.
"Yeah it does," she agreed with a small smile.
"Next I'll activate Enemy Controller," Brad said as a video game controller appeared on the field.
"First I'll sacrifice a goat and take control of your dragon," Brad said as the yellow goat disappeared, "Now I have to enter in the command sequence, go up, down, left, right, hold A and press start"
The controller's cable flew over and attached itself to David's Kaiser Glider, and pulled it over to Brad's side of the field.
"Hey!" David exclaimed.
"Now for another dive underwater, I play my second A Legendary Ocean field!" Brad said as the field turned back to the underwater sea palace.
"Next I'll sacrifice your dragon for one of my own, arise mighty Levia-Dragon Daedalus!" A massive, blue, serpent-like dragon rose to the field. Its head and neck were covered with thick scales, and it had a thick, snake-like body, (Atk-2600+200=2800). "Whoa, that thing's huge!" Ashley exclaimed. "No joke," Jessica agreed.
"Uh that's actually a sea serpent not a dragon," David said.
"Nitpicker, dragon sounds cooler the Sea Serpent, but for now I'll activate his special ability, by simply sending my field spell to the graveyard, Levia destroys every other card on the field!" Brad said, as David winced.
"What that's nuts," Ashley shouted, as the sea vanished along with all of David's cards.
"Go Levia; blast him, with Hydro Pump! (J/k it's really Hydro Force)!" Brad commanded. The dragon roared and let loose a large blast of water David.
"Gaaaaaallluuubbb!" David yelled as the blast of water hit him. Dropping his life points down to 1200. "Looks like this duel is just about over. So make your final move," Brad gloated.
"Come on deck," David thought as he drew. "Looks like you were right Brad this duel is over." David sighed.
"Yes!" Brad shouted, "I won."
"Over for you that is," David replied.
"Huh?" Brad interjected.
"First by paying 800 life points, I activate the spell card Brain Control!" David announced as the mutant brain appeared on the field. "Now I gain control of Levia," David said as the two fiend-like arms wrapped themselves around the serpent pulling it over to David's side of the field.
"Next I'll sacrifice your monster for an even stronger one, known as the White-Horned Dragon!" David announced as the blue dragon disappeared to be replaced by a tall lean red dragon with a large white horn on its head, (Atk-2200.)
"Stronger?" Brad asked, "Looks weaker to me."
"Yeah, what gives," Ashley asked.
"Just watch," Eric replied grinning.
"I activate my dragon's effect," David said, "Which allows me to remove from play up to five spells from my opponent's graveyard, and I choose both field spells, Level-Limit Area B, Enemy Controller and Pot of Greed."
"So what?" Brad asked as he removed the cards from his graveyard, "He's still weaker than my dragon was."
"I'm not finished explaining," David, said, "For each spell card removed by this effect, White Horned dragon receives 300 extra attack points for a grand total of 3700!"
"No way!" Jessica exclaimed.
"Oh yeah, go White Horned Dragon, end this duel with Sacred Horn Blast!" The horn started to glow as it gathered energy then fired a large white blast at Brad.
"Arrrgghh!" Brad groaned as his life points plummeted to 0.
"Yeah, way to go David," Ashley shouted running up and hugging him.
"Nice duel bro," Eric added.
"Cool finish too," Jessica said.
"Yeah it was a good duel," Brad agreed walking up and offering his hand, "duel again sometime?"
"You bet," David replied shaking his hand.
"Come on guys let's just relax and enjoy the rest of the day," Jessica said, "Race you to the water." The five friends raced to the lake and dove in.
To Be Continued…