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Chapter 16: The Student and Boxer Rematch
The ten-minute break between duels was almost over, and Alit was already waiting up on stage. He did a final check of his deck to make sure that everything was in order. Alit couldn't wait for his duel with Chitose to get started. He knew what was at steak and knew that Chitose was an enemy, yet at the same time Alit couldn't help but be eager to face Chitose on the battlefield again. Part of it was simply because of his nature as a fighter, but another part of it was because that even though Chitose was an enemy, Alit just couldn't see her that way.
At long last, the break ended and Chitose walked onto the stage. She looked across the stage at Alit with the same emotionless expression that she always had, yet Alit could see a fiery determination in her eyes.
"Well, here we are again." Alit remarked. "I can't wait to see what kind of fight you give me."
"This duel will not be like our last encounter." Chitose informed him. "In that duel, and in my duel against Yuma, I held back because I underestimated you both. This time I will use my full strength to eliminate you."
"Now that's what I like to hear." Alit responded. "Bring it on!"
"The final duel of the preliminary round shall be between Chitose Amamiya and Alit!" the referee announced. "Let the duel begin!"
With that, Alit activated his D-Gazer and duel disk. At the same time, Chitose's left eye changed from green to gold and her lower left arm changed, becoming almost like an elbow-high gauntlet made of black armor with a silver blade-like duel disk attached. Her hand though appeared to be bare, but was copper-colored and had sharp silver claw-like nails. Once the audience members activated their D-Gazers in order to watch, the color of the surrounding area changed.
"I'll start this off!" Chitose declared as she drew her first card. "I set two cards on the field. Then I summon Delinquent Student Shauna in Defense Mode!"
Appearing on Chitose's side of the field in a kneeling position was a young woman with very long red hair that was tied into pigtails and a pair of golden eyes. She had on what looked like a school uniform consisting of a purple jacket with black trim over a white shirt and a short green skirt. The sleeves of her jacket were rolled up and the top few buttons of the redhead's shirt were undone, revealing a little bit of her cleavage.
"So Anitak uses monsters based on high school students, huh?" Hikari observed down in the dugout.
"Yeah, and not counting her number she has three different kinds of 'em." Yuma responded.
"Makes sense, considering Anitak was a high school student who offed herself in her past life." Shark remarked.
"Yuma, you said there were three different varieties of these Student monsters that Anitak uses?" Cleo asked.
"As far as I know, anyway." Yuma replied. "Alit and Kotori would probably know more than I do since they've seen more of her cards in action."
"Do you find something strange about this, Ms. Cleo?" Astral asked.
"Maybe… I guess we'll just have to wait and see." Cleo replied.
"I end my turn there." Chitose announced.
Alit drew his first card. "I summon Battlin' Boxer Headgeared in Attack Mode!"
Appearing on Alit's side of the battlefield was a dark-grey humanoid with glowing red eyes and almost rock-like skin. Red boxing gloves covered his hands, and covering his head was a piece of red boxing headgear.
"I activate the Spell, Ring Announcer and summon Battlin' Boxer Glassjaw!" Alit announced.
Materializing next to Headgeared was a very muscular humanoid with green skin with red glowing eyes wearing strange white and black shorts. He had black boxing gloves on his hands and black headgear covering his head.
"I overlay the level four Glassjaw and Headgeared to Xyz Summon Battlin' Boxer Lead Yoke!" Alit announced.
A swirling red vortex appeared in the middle of the field and pulled in the two boxers as balls of orange energy. Rising out of the center only seconds later was a large muscular warrior with dark-grey skin dressed like a Roman gladiator. He had a silver mask and helmet covering his head. His arms and neck were bound by a massive metal restraint with wood and chains. Orbiting around the warrior were two balls made of red light.
"For my next move, I detach an overlay unit from Lead Yoke to summon Battlin' Boxer Shadow!" Alit announced.
One of the orbiting balls of light around Lead Yoke broke away and went into the ground. Rising out of the spot where the ball struck was a dark-grey lean yet muscular figure wearing black boxing gloves and headgear. Soon after the new boxer appeared, Lead Yoke flexed his left arm and broke part of the massive restraint that bound him.
"Each time Lead Yoke loses an overlay unit, his ATK goes up by 800 points." Alit announced. "Which means his ATK goes up to 3000."
"Shadow, attack Delinquent Student Shauna!" Alit commanded. "Shadow Punch!"
Shadow dashed across the field and punched Shauna several times with his right fist. After being struck in the jaw, the redheaded student was knocked backward and quickly shattered into bits of light.
"I activate my Trap, Soul Rope!" Chitose announced. "When a monster of mine is destroyed, I can pay 1000 life points to summon a level four monster from my deck! I summon Model Student Harriet!"
Chitose's life points dropped to 3000, and less than a second later a new monster appeared on her side of the field. The monster in question was another young woman with long blond hair tied back in a braided ponytail and violet eyes. She had on a school uniform consisting of a white jacket with black trim over a white shirt with a red necktie, and a short green skirt. A black school bag was slung over the young woman's shoulder.
"When Harriet is successfully special summoned, I can summon another Student monster from my deck!" Chitose announced. "I summon the Tuner monster, Model Student Tessa!"
Materializing on the field next to Harriet was another young woman with shoulder-length lavender hair and pale-green eyes behind a pair of glasses with round frames. She had on a uniform that was identical to Harriet's, and tucked under her left arm was a silver laptop.
"When Tessa is special summoned successfully, I can draw a card for each Student monster I have on the field." Chitose announced. "Since I now have two Students on the field, I can draw two cards."
"Did she say that new monster was a Tuner?" Hikari asked.
"Yuma, what's the third type of these Student monsters that Anitak uses?" Cleo asked.
"Um, if I'm remembering right, the third kind was Combat Students." Yuma answered.
"And what color jacket does that kind wear?" Cleo asked.
"Black, why?" Yuma asked.
"What're you thinking, Cleo?" Hikari asked.
"It may be nothing." Cleo replied. "Let's just wait and see."
"Interesting move, summoning a Tuner. But I'm afraid I can't let you pull off your plan!" Alit told Chitose. "Lead Yoke, attack Tessa!"
"I activate my Trap, Student Solidarity!" Chitose announced as Lead Yoke charged across the field. "When my opponent declares an attack while I have two Student monsters on the field, I can negate that attack and increase my life points by 1000!"
Just as Lead Yoke was about to punch Tessa with his free arm, a transparent blue sphere appeared around Tessa and Harriet. The giant boxer pulled his fist away as if he'd been shocked and Chitose's life points rose back up to 4000.
"Impressive." Astral remarked. "Anitak not only blocked the attack of Alit's strongest monster, she also made back the life points she paid to activate Soul Rope."
"And she lined up everything needed for a Synchro Summon all at the same time." Hikari added.
"Not bad." Alit praised. "I'll set one card on the field and end my turn!"
Chitose drew her next card. "To begin, I tune the level three Model Student Tessa into the level four Model Student Harriet for a level seven Synchro Summon!"
Tessa opened up her laptop and quickly typed a few things on the keyboard. As soon as she pressed enter, the lavender-haired girl flashed orange and changed into three rings made of green light. The rings encircled Harriet and transformed her into four white stars.
"Great mistress of academia, appear before us now! Enlighten the ignorant with your brilliant light!" Chitose chanted. "Synchro Summon! Come forth, Elite Student Prima!"
The stars flashed and became a pillar of white light and shot up into the sky. The light faded to reveal a young woman with long lavender hair that grew down to her waist. She had on a school uniform very much like the one worn by the Model Students that summoned her; only hers had a red armband with a gold star on the left upper arm. The new student monster had on a pair of visor-like sunglasses with attached earphones that had two black pointed antennas poking up through her long hair. Covering the student's hands was a pair of mechanical gloves that extended up to her elbows, with the right one having a small control panel on the wrist.
"Next, I activate the Spell card, Malicious Student Union!" Chitose announced. "By banishing a Delinquent Student and another Student monster from my Graveyard, I can use them as material to summon a Malicious Student Fusion Monster! I banish Delinquent Student Shauna and Model Student Tessa and use them to summon Malicious Student Angelique!"
A swirling dark vortex appeared in the air above the battlefield. Shauna reappeared in the air and flew up towards the vortex, pulling a frantic and seemingly unwilling Tessa behind her. The two of them vanished into the vortex, which exploded with a crackling flash of light a split second after they went in. Descending down to the field was a woman with light-grey skin and long wild white hair. She had red eyes and a mouth full of fangs, and a small pair of black horns grew from her forehead. On the woman's back was a large pair of bat-like wings and growing from her rear end was a thin cord-like tail tipped with an arrow-like point. The demon woman had on a uniform like Shauna's, only the sleeves of her jacket were torn off close to the shoulders and the bottom of her skirt was tattered. The top few buttons of her shirt were undone, revealing her ample cleavage.
"When Angelique is successfully Fusion Summoned, my opponent must send the top five cards of his deck to the Graveyard!" Chitose announced.
Angelique pointed a clawed right finger at Alit and struck his deck with a beam of orange light. The first five cards of his deck glowed orange, forcing Alit to dump them into the Graveyard slot of his duel disk.
"Angelique gains 300 ATK for each monster she sends to the Graveyard using her effect." Chitose announced. "Because you had to send four monsters to the Graveyard, Angelique's ATK rises from 2600 to 3800."
"A Synchro Summon and Fusion summon in the same turn. Not bad." Anna remarked up in the stands.
"Anitak used a Fusion Monster the last time she dueled Alit too, though it was a different one from this one." Kotori recalled.
"I activate the Spell card, Monster Reborn and summon Harriet back from the Graveyard!" Chitose announced. Harriet reappeared on the field between Prima and Angelique. "As you may recall, when Harriet is successfully special summoned, I can summon another Student monster from my deck. I summon Combat Student Chad!"
Appearing next to Harriet was a young man with long dark hair that grew down to obscure his left eye. He had on a school uniform made up of a black jacket with white trim over a white shirt with a red necktie, along with brown slacks and black shoes. The sleeves of the young man's jacket were rolled up just beneath the elbow. Both his hands and wrists were wrapped in white tape, and each hand was armed with a set of brass knuckles.
"I overlay the level four Combat Student Chad and Model Student Harriet to Xyz Summon Champion Student Ryuji!" Chitose announced.
A brown vortex appeared in the center of the field and pulled in Chad and Harriet at two balls of orange energy. Rising out of the vortex a moment later was a muscular young man with spiked golden hair that seemed to be glowing and green eyes. He had on a uniform similar to Chad's, only the sleeves had been completely torn from his jacket and in place of the normal buttoned white shit was a white muscle shirt. White tapped was wrapped around the young man's hands and wrists, and decorating each arm was a tattoo of a golden serpentine dragon. He had on a red belt with an oval-shaped gold buckle adorned with a black star, and orbiting around him were two balls of golden light.
"No way!" a stunned Alit spoke. Many of the audience members seemed to share his reaction.
"I've never seen anything like this before!" Michael spoke. "She summoned a Fusion, Synchro and Xyz Monster all in the same turn!"
"Anitak is indeed a formidable duelist." Astral remarked.
"Yeah. I guess she wasn't kidding when she told Alit she had been holding back against him and me in those other duels." Yuma agreed.
"This is indeed impressive, but this is just like how I was expecting things to go." Cleo spoke.
"Wait, you knew Anitak was going to pull off a move like this?" Shark asked.
"I wasn't certain, but it seemed very likely." Cleo answered. "Those different colored jackets that each of those Student monsters wear was a clue. It seems each of the different types, Delinquent, Model and Combat all ultimately specialize in a different summoning method."
"I get what you're saying. The Delinquent Students specialize in summoning Fusions, the Model Students are geared towards Synchro Summoning, and the Combat Students are used for Xyz Summoning." Hikari realized. "It's like each group focuses in a different area of study."
"Or each group is from a different academy that focuses on each different summoning method." Cleo theorized. "Either way, the three groups together seem to be a formidable force."
"Champion Student Ryuji can only be destroyed in battle with a Fusion, Synchro or Xyz Summon." Chitose continued. "Not only that, he gains 300 ATK for every other Student monster on the field, which means his ATK increases from 2500 to 3100. I now activate Elite Student Prima's effect! Once per turn, she can target a monster who's current ATK is higher than it original value and gain the same amount of ATK until the end of the turn. And the monster I'm targeting for this effect is Ballin' Boxer Lead Yoke!"
Prima pressed a small button on the right side of her visor, which then fired a beam of blue light that struck Lead Yoke in the chest. A glowing blue wireframe of Lead Yoke appeared around Prima and turned into energy that went into her body. Prima was then glowing with a brilliant blue aura.
"Since Lead Yoke has gained 800 ATK with his effect, Prima's ATK rises from 2700 ATK to 3500 ATK." Chitose announced.
"Not good. Now all of Anitak's monsters have over 3000 ATK." Rio observed up in the stands.
"C'mon Alit! Hang in there!" Gilag called.
"That dolt had better not lose." Mizael grumbled.
"Prima, attack Lead Yoke!" Chitose commanded. "Data Destroyer!"
"I activate Lead Yoke's effect!" Alit quickly announced. "By detaching one of his overlay units, I can prevent Lead Yoke from being destroyed in battle!"
Prima aimed the palms of her hands at Lead Yoke and fired an intense beam of blue light at him. Just before the beam struck, the final ball of light orbiting around the giant gladiator vanished. Lead Yoke was hit in the chest but withstood the attack. Alit's life points dropped to 3500. Soon after, Lead Yoke flexed his bound arm and completely broke free of his restraint.
"That move kind of worked against you, since now Lead Yoke has 3800 ATK because he lost his last overlay unit." Alit told Chitose.
"I had anticipated that." Chitose replied. "I attack Lead Yoke with Ryuji, and by doing so I activate his effect! When Ryuji attacks a monster in Attack Mode, I can detach one of his overlay units and drop the ATK value of his target by a value equal to the target's DEF during the battle. Which means Lead Yoke's ATK will drop to 1800!"
As Ryuji brought the bottom of his wrists together and pulled back his arms to take a fighting stance, one of the balls of light orbiting him entered the buckle of his belt. The tattoos decorating Ryuji's arms began to glow with a brilliant golden light.
"Ryuji, destroy Lead Yoke!" Chitose commanded. "Breaking Dragon Soul Shot!"
Ryuji thrust his hands forward and fired a massive beam of gold light at Lead Yoke. The head of the beam changed into the head of a dragon before striking Lead Yoke's chest and bursting out through his back. Lead Yoke's body shattered into bits of light and the beam kept on going to hit Alit. The boxer duelist was almost knocked off the stage as his life points dropped to 2200.
"Oh no! If Anitak's last attack gets through, Alit's done for!" Yuma realized.
"And now I shall end this." Chitose declared as Alit stood back up. "Angelique, destroy Battlin' Boxer Shadow and end this duel! Malice Hellfire Shot!"
A large red fireball formed in Angelique's right hand. The demon girl hurled the flaming sphere at Shadow, creating a massive explosion. When the smoke cleared however, Alit's life points were untouched.
"What did you do?" Chitose asked with a slight hint of irritation in her voice.
"I activated the Trap, Defense Draw." Alit explained. "This card blocked the damage from Angelique's attack and let me draw an extra card."
"Well done, but I'm afraid that only worked against you." Chitose told him. "When Angelique destroys a monster in battle, she inflicts 200 points of damage for each card in my opponent's hand. You currently hold two cards, which means you take 400 points of damage."
Angelique flapped her wings and sent forth a barrage of small fireballs at Alit. Alit raised his arms to try and shield himself, but his life points still dropped to 1800.
"I shall end my turn there. And with the end of my turn, Prima's ATK returns to 2700." Chitose announced. Prima's blue aura faded with the announcement. "Your move."
Alit grinned. "This was just the kind of duel I was expecting from you, Chitose. Glad I wasn't all pumped about this for nothing."
"I hardly see how you can be enjoying yourself." Chitose responded. "If anything, you should be begging for mercy. There is no way you can turn the current situation around."
"A true warrior never gives up when the odds are against him." Alit told her. "Get ready, because I'm about to turn this duel back around!"
Author's Note: Hope everyone enjoyed the first part of Alit and Anitak's duel. I enjoyed writing this chapter because it gave the chance to show off what Anitak's Student monsters can do. I designed them to be able to Fusion, Synchro and Xyz Summon from the very beginning, but never really had the chance in the previous stories to show that capability. Actually, I had originally planned to have Anitak use Elite Student Prima in a tag duel with Mitaka against Kaito and Droite at the end of The Heartland Witch, but as I was getting close to wrapping that story up I had decided it be simpler to have Kaito and Droite duel Alnia instead.
Please review and let me know what you think.