Chapter 9: Impenetrable Formation.
"Come on David, crush this idiot," Eric shouted, as both David and Dan cut and shuffled their decks.
"I gonna crush you," Dan said cracking his knuckles.
"I think you mean I'm going to crush you," David said.
"Is what I said," Dan snapped, "You copy."
"Let's Duel," David shouted activating his duel disk.
"How this work again?" Dan muttered scratching his head.
"Boy is he dumb," Ashley remarked.
"How does he even know how to duel if he can't even activate his own duel disk?" Jessica wondered.
"One of the great mysteries of the world," Eric replied.
"Yeah well David has no idea what he's up against. You at least knew exactly what you were facing, due to your other match against Matt," Jessica said, "Because well you know…"
Winking at her Eric replied, "I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about."
"I start by placing one card face-down and summon a monster in defense mode. Then I ending my turn with Card Trader," Dan said.
"Ok I draw," David said, "Let's see here, since you have a monster and I don't I special summon my Cyber Dragon in attack mode!" A long silver, metal snake-like dragon appeared on David's side of the field (Atk-2100).
"Now I normal-summon Spear Dragon in attack mode," David continued, as the long-nosed yellow, and blue dragon appeared on the field.
"Hey you cheat!" Dan shouted, "You play two monsters in same turn. I thought you could only play one!"
"I special-summoned Cyber Dragon though," David said patiently, "Plus our duel is being monitored and since no one has said anything I obviously haven't cheated."
"Huh? Moni-what?" Dan asked scratching his head.
"Moving on," David said, "Spear Dragon attack that defense with Sonic Spear!" Like a rocket, Spear Dragon took off and struck the defense monster revealing it to be a hulking gray demon with big orange hands, (Def-2100).
"Aw man, 2100 defense points? That sucks," David moaned as he lost 200 life-points.
"That's Renge, Gatekeeper of Dark World, right?" Ashley asked.
"Yeah, wonder who gave that to him," Eric muttered.
"Since neither of my monsters is strong enough to destroy Renge, I'll just end my turn," David said.
"Before you end I activate my trap, Jar of Greed," Dan said, "Now I can..."
"Draw one card," David said. "Um…right…what you said," Dan said as he drew one card. "Now my turn, draw," Dan said, "I use Card Trader's effect to…"
"Shuffle a card from your hand into your deck then draw another card," David supplied.
"Um right," Dan said as he did what David just said, "I play Upstart Goblin which lets me draw a card."
"And gives me 1000 extra life-points," David added.
"Hey let me finish," Dan said shaking his fist at David.
"Oh I'm sorry I didn't think you knew the rules," David said sarcastically.
"Now I play field spell Chorus of Sanctuary!" The field turned to that of a white cloud, and a little cherub flitted around showering all the monsters with fairy dust raising all of the monster's defense by 500 points.
"Oh great, all of your monsters probably have 2000 or more defense points so now there's no way Cyber Dragon can cut through them," David complained.
"Now I place another monster in defense mode and one card face-down to end my turn," Dan said. (D-4800).
"I don't get it," Ashley said, "All he's done is draw cards and play defense."
"It's obvious what his strategy is," Jessica said.
Eric nodded in agreement, "Not surprising really, probably the only one he could comprehend, wonder who taught it to him?"
"What?" Ashley demanded.
"He's playing a really old school Exodia deck," Jessica said.
"Oh no," Ashley said, "I hope David can figure that out in time."
"Man I hope I can figure this guy's strategy soon," David thought, "But first I have to get through his defenses," David thought as he drew, "Oh yeah this will definitely help, but first I sacrifice my Spear Dragon so I can summon my Kaiser Glider in attack mode!" Spear Dragon vanished to be replaced by the large bronze-colored dragon, (Atk-2400).
"That monster is way too weak to stop me," Dan laughed.
"We'll see, Kaiser Glider, blast that gatekeeper," David said.
"Ha you forget Chorus of Sanctuary increases defense by 500," Dan laughed.
"True, but that doesn't really matter if I activate the quick-play spell Enemy Controller," David said, "Now to switch your monsters, battle mode. Left, right, B, C." The controller's cable attached itself to Renge and zapped it with a charge of energy, which switched the monster into attack mode, (Atk-100).
"And with only 100 attack points your monster is a sitting duck, go Kaiser Glider, Lightning Flash!" Lightning coursed through the dragon's body as it slammed into Renge, destroying it.
"Uuuuggg!" Dan groaned as his life-points were drained by 2300.
"Way to go, David," Ashley said.
"Yeah another hit like that and you'll win, bro," Eric added.
"I play a card face-down and end my turn," David said. (D-4800. Dan-1700).
"I draw and use Card Trader again," Dan said, "Now I place two cards facedown and end."
"Man this guy only draws cards and plays defense," David thought. "Wait a minute you're using an Exodia deck aren't you?"
"How'd you know?" Dan asked, looking surprised.
"Oh I don't know, all you've done is draw and stall so it's pretty obvious." David replied.
"All right he figured it out," Eric said, "Now he can find a way to beat it."
"Well even if you did figure out my plan you won't stop me in time I already have two pieces," Dan said, "No wait, I shouldn't have told you that, I mean I already have four pieces so give it up."
"Really? How do you have four pieces when you only have three cards in your hand?" David asked.
"Ummm…" Dan muttered.
"Man this guy really is dumb," Jessica said, shaking her head.
"My turn, I summon Exploder Dragon in attack mode!" David announced as the cannon-ball wielding black dragon appeared, (Atk-1000). "Now attack that mystery monster," David said.
The little dragon tossed its cannon-ball at the defensive monster which turned out to be a big bronze and silver armor-plated robot, (Def-2200).
"Gear Golem the Moving Fortress," Jessica said.
"Hey! You didn't lose lifepoints, why?" Dan asked.
David sighed, "My dragon's special ability negates any battle damage I would normally take, I end my turn."
"I draw and use my Card Trader. Next I activate both of my trap cards called Reckless Greed which let me draw two cards each." Dan said, "Now I play Yellow Luster Shield."
"Now all of your monster gain another 300 defense points," David said, sighing, "Why don't you attack me, coward?"
"Shut up pipsqueak, I'm not stupid," Dan growled.
"Could've fooled me," David muttered.
"Right, now I place another monster in defense mode and play Lightning Vortex," Dan said as a blast of lightning struck David's monsters destroying them all.
"Whenever Kaiser Glider's destroyed I can return a monster to your hand, like the one you just played," David said.
"No fair!" Dan exclaimed, "I end my turn."
"Oh great, now David doesn't have any monsters," Ashley said.
David drew, "Thanks to you I have to start over again so I'll place a monster in defense mode and end my turn."
"My turn," Dan stated.
"Don't forget you can't draw for your next two turns due to Reckless Greed," David reminded.
"I know, I know," Dan grumbled, "But I can still play Pot of Greed to draw two cards."
David cringed, "Aww man."
Dan drew, "Darn I end my turn."
"Guess he doesn't have all five pieces yet," Jessica remarked.
"Plus he forgot to play a monster," Eric snickered.
"I draw," David declared, "And I play Soul Exchange which lets me sacrifice your monster and mine so I can summon my Dragonic Knight in attack mode!" The sword-wielding armored dragon appeared on David's field, (Atk-2800).
"Hey I remember that one, David beat me with it," Ashley muttered.
"Since I played Soul Exchange I can't attack this turn so I end," David said, "Remember you still can't draw."
"I KNOW!" Dan shrieked "DO YOU THINK I'M AN IDIOT OR SOMETHING?"
"YES!" David shouted.
"You are so dead when I win," Dan snarled, "I place a monster in defense mode and a card facedown your turn."
"All right," David said as he drew, "Dragonic Knight attack that defense with Dragonic Saber!" The attacked revealed a blocky warrior holding a massive purple shield, (Def-2600+800=3400). "Big Shield Guardna!" David said in surprise, as he lost 600 more lifepoints.
"Whoa, that's a ton of defense," Ashley exclaimed.
"It has a price though, whenever that monster is attacked it must then switch to attack mode," Jessica said.
"I end my turn," David said.
"Now I can draw again," Dan said as he drew, "Now I play Good Goblin Housekeeping to draw one card and place one card from my hand to the bottom of my deck. Then I place a card facedown and another monster in defense mode and end my turn by switching Big Shield Guardna back to defense mode."
"I wonder if that new monster has a lot of defense." David muttered as he drew, "Let's find out Dragonic Knight attack!"
The knight-dragon slashed through the defensive card with its great sword. The monster turned out to be Emissary of the Afterlife (Def-600+800=1400).
"Oh great," David said sarcastically, "Now you can add an Exodia piece straight to your hand."
"That's right wimp," Dan said as he added the Right Arm of the Forbidden One to his hand.
"Rrrr I place a monster in defense mode and one card facedown and end my turn," David said.
"I can draw now," Dan stated as he drew.
"No kidding," David muttered.
"I use Card Trader," Dan said, "Next I play second Good Goblin Housekeeping now I can draw two cards and then put one on the bottom of my deck," Dan said. Dan drew, "Crap I still don't have it."
He then placed a card under his deck and said, "I place a monster in defense mode and play Imp-Impen-This card."
"You mean Impenetrable Formations?" David asked when he saw the card.
"Yes now I give Big Shield Guardna 700 defense points more," Dan said.
"Like it needs anymore defense?" Ashley said, as the monsters defense points rose to 4100.
"That's not too bad of a move, because David will lose even more lifepoints if he attacks it," Jessica said.
"Still that card sucks, you have to have two monsters on the field for it to work," Eric said.
"You can't win now," Dan laughed.
"We'll see," David said as he drew, "I already have a way of getting rid of the Exodia pieces in your hand."
"What?" Dan asked in surprise.
"I flip-summon Morphing Jar!" David announced as the large grey pot appeared on the field. A one-eyed black ghost appeared on top of the pot, (Atk-700). "So now we both must discard the cards we're now holding and draw five new cards," David explained slowly.
"Hey that means no more Exodia," Dan exclaimed.
"Good job," David said as he drew five cards, "Now I place three cards facedown and sacrifice Morphing Jar and Dragonic Knight so I can summon Gandora the Dragon of Destruction!" A large black dragon with large wings appeared on the field. Hundreds of small red orbs adorned its body, (Atk-0).
"Hah it got no attack," Dan said.
David smirked, "I pay half of my lifepoints to activate Gandora's effect." Red beams of light shot out from the orbs and struck every card on the field destroying all of them.
Dan's jaw dropped, "How…wah." Was all he could say.
"Gandora destroys every other card on the field then it gains 300 attack points for every card, and since it destroyed ten cards it has 3000 attack points," David explained.
"Damn that's powerful," Ashley said.
"Gandora end this duel with Destruction Blaze!" David shouted. With a roar, Gandora let loose a blast of dark fire at Dan wiping out his remaining lifepoints.
"How in the…I mean the Slifer wins," Harkins said in disbelief. The audience cheered wildly.
"Good job dude!" Eric said, as he and the girls ran up to David.
"Oh yeah!" David said, "Party, Slifer dorm now!"
"Definitely!" Ashley agreed as the four friends exited.
"You dumb ox how could you lose?" Matt shouted at Dan as he headed over to him.
"Uh, I don't know," Dan muttered.
"Damn it now I'm going to be the laughing stock of this school forever. We have to save our reputations," Matt said as he and Dan headed back to the Obelisk dormitory.
"How can this be?" Harkins seethed, "How can two punk Slifers defeat Obelisk Blue students? I'll find some way of getting those two expelled."
As Matt and Dan entered Matt's dorm room, Matt spotted a piece of paper on the floor. He picked it up and read: "Meet me on the roof tonight at midnight if you want vengeance against those that have wronged you. Signed a friend."
Matt crumpled up the note and muttered, "A chance for revenge I am so there. And you're coming with me idiot."
To Be Continued…