Hello, everyone. Chapter 4 is available now! This one is longer than the last chapter, and it has actual dueling. Please leave any review and enjoy.
Chapter 4-Muiko's Test! Against the Assault of the Skyhawk!-
The weekends have passed and Monday has come. All the students are now going back to their classes as usual.
"Weekends are over, and going back to school is SOOOO boring." Hannah complained.
"Come on, Hannah. At least the breaks were fun, but we have to go back to school someday. Besides, I am happy (and nervous) that we're coming back today." Mike said with a grin. "
Yeeeyah, I guess. Today, we are getting back our exam." Hannah remembered.
Meanwhile a limousine parked at the lane in front of the school gate. Some students stopped and looked, admiring the sleek coolness of the vehicle. "You brought me to a school?" Muiko asked, sounding annoyed.
"You're 15 years old. Of course, you need to go to school. Plus, it is a perfect place for you to 'blend' in to society if you don't want the Enforcer or the police arrest you. Anyway, let's go." Hector said. The robot butler comes out of the driver's seat, and quickly, but surely he opens the door for Mr. Griffon and Muiko to come out.
"Wow! Who is she?" One male student asked.
"Is she rich girl or something?" One female student asked.
"I don't know, but most likely yes!" Another female student whispered.
"Man, I never seen such beauty!" Another male student admired, blushing in pink.
"I think I wet my pants." A different male student said.
"Dude! This may be rated T, but don't do that!" Another male student scolded.
Mr. Griffon and Muiko headed to the Principal's Office while all the students went to their respective classroom. "What's up with all these students goggling about?" She thought. They entered the Principal's Office. The Principal and his staff greeted the old man and Muiko.
"Mr. Griffon! It is so honor to meet you here and come to our fine academy!" The Principal greeted so joyfully, who was a chubby man with grey curly mustache. "Glad to meet you too, Principal Moostache." Hector said, greeting the principal with a handshake.
"This girl here is my niece. Her name is Muiko." Muiko sensed a lie there, but she went along with it. Principal Moostache stared quietly at Muiko for few seconds, which later bring smile to his face.
"I see. Welcome to Metro-Sand Star Academy, Miss Muiko!" He greeted very joyfully.
"Yes, it is honor to meet you too, Principal Moostache. My name is Muiko." Muiko greeted back.
"Yes, it is great to meet you too, Miss Muiko! Hah hah ha! So, you want your niece to be a student here, correct?" He asked to Hector.
"That is right." Hector replied.
"Very well! I am happy to accept a newcomer to our fine school here! Ho ho ho!" Principal Moostache chuckled.
"But, I don't want her to come here just like that." Hector said.
"O! What do you mean by that, Mr. Griffon?" He asked.
"In order to be fair, I want my niece here to be tested in a duel before she is accepted into this school. If she win, she can go to this school, but if she lose, she can't be here. Also, I want her to duel against one of your strongest students you have here at this prestigious school." Hector explained.
Muiko's eyes widen a bit. "He wants to test me in a duel, huh." She thought.
"I see. That sounds quite fair and exciting! I will get her 'acceptance duel' be prepare in a jiffy!" Principal Moostache declared.
Gossips spread around the school. "Hey, did you hear? There is a new student today, and she 's gonna duel against one of our strongest duelists here!" One student said.
"Really? Is that true?"
"Yeah! I think most likely he will duel against the newbie!"
"OMG! I want to see his duel!"
"I know right!"
Mike wondered what was going on as he saw everyone running in the hallway. He noticed Hannah running along with other female students. "Hey! Hannah!" He yelled, catching her attention.
"Oh hey, Mike! Come on! We got to go!" She said in a hurry.
"Go to where?" Mike asked, almost sounded dumb.
"No time to explain! You will know when we get there! Come on!" She said as she grabbed him and dragged him down the hallway with her.
"Waaaaahhhh!" Mike yelled.
Crowds of students huddled in the school's personal duel arena. It was so crowded that there weren't enough seats. Luckily, Mike and Hannah occupied a chair to sit. "Glad we made it." Hannah said happily, although panting.
"What's going on, Hannah? Why the whole school is here?" Mike asked.
"Well, there is this new girl who's going to duel against one of our most dreamy...I mean, strongest duelists here at our school. I just can't wait to see him!" She said excitedly.
"Oh, that's the reason why everyone is here." Mike understood, knowing what Hannah was talking about. Mike looked at the arena, noticing the female duelist who is Muiko. "Hey, that girl. She looks familiar..." Mike thought.
"Oh look, Mike! There he is! Keeeayyyaaahhhhh!" Hannah screamed, which ringed Mike's ears.
A young handsome lad approached to the arena. His hair was sparkling green, with some strands covering almost half of his face, about quarter of his face. He wore green jacket with gold collar and white shirt underneath it, light green trouser, and black shoes. He also wore earrings on his left ear only.
"This is quite a show." Hector commented, watching from a one-glass window screen. He was watching from a private room, along with Principal Moostache and his secretary.
"Sir, don't you think all these students should go back to class?" His secretary said.
"Oh, don't be a party pooper, Janet! It is more fun if we have some audiences for cheering the competitions!" Principal replied.
"I guess so, but this is little more than 'some audiences.'" She sweat dropped.
"So, you must be the new duelist I presume. My name is Ace Wings. Nice to meet you." Ace greeted kindly.
"Hmph. My name is Muiko." Muiko greeted back, although sounded little coldly to him.
The referee came to the arena with a microphone. "Alright, folks! Students of Metro Sand's Star Academy! Are you ready for this duel?" He asked, acting as the announcer as well.
"Yeah!" Everyone yelled, except for Mike who was trying to remember where or when he saw Muiko before.
"Let's begin! We have two duelists facing against each other today. On the left side, we have the new challenger who will determine if she is worthy or not to join our school! Please welcome, Muiko Griffon!" Everyone, but mostly guys cheered for her. Although, Muiko simply ignored them, crossing her arms and standing patiently for the duel to begin.
"And at the right side, we have our most prized student here at the Star Academy. Whoever faced him was blown away by his powerful deck! He is also one of the top duelists in the whole Metro-Sand City! Please welcome to our pro student, Ace Wings!"
All the female students cheered and screamed for him. Ace waved his hands to everyone.
"Now, first let's prepare the field, shall we? Field Spell on! Green Plains!"
A beeped sound was made before the area around Muiko and Ace turned into the Field Spell. The sold white arena turned into a lushly green field of grasses. Looking up, there was even wide blue sky with while clouds floating around. Muiko activated her duel disk. A bubble of cards was floating just right above them.
"Oh! But, first as always, we must say the old traditional oath!" The announcer/referee said.
"Duelists locked in battle!" Ace announced.
"Kicking the earth and dancing in the air alongside their monsters!" The crowds replied.
"They storm through this field! Behold!" Ace added excitedly. "This is the newest and greatest evolution of Dueling!" The crowds said strongly.
"ACTION..." Everyone said at the same time.
"Duel!" Ace and Muiko said with their LF points increased up to 4000.
Finger snap was heard as cards above them scattered. "By the way, you did not say the oath." Ace said.
"I really don't care about the oath. I just want to start the duel already." Muiko replied, little coldly.
"I see. You must be very excited to start this duel. Very well. Let's do our best!" Ace excited blindly. "I will let you go first since you are our guest and of course, you are a lady."
Muiko smirked a little, feeling that was sort of rude to her pride as a duelist, but she lid it slide. "Very well, then. I will make the first turn!" She analyzed her cards, which were three monsters, one Spell, and one Trap card. "First, I special summon E.B. Copper Bull in defense mode!" She made the first move. A bull with copper colored body appeared onto the field with its 1800, but suddenly decreased to 900. "When I have no monster on my side of the field, I can special summon Copper Bull from my hand with its ATK halved." Muiko explained. "Interesting." Ace pondered. "Next, I normal summon E.B. Fluorine Cheetah in attack mode!" The yellow metallic cheetah roared into the field, standing next to E.B. Copper Bull.
"Now I remember. She is the girl who rescued me three days ago!" Mike remembered, saying this in his head.
"Then, I special summon one more monster from my hand through its effect. GO! E.B. Iron Hammerhead!" Muiko declared as her summoning trick worked just like her previous duels. A hammerhead shark, made of iron for its body, appeared to her side, swimming in thin air. "Thanks to its effect, I can special summon it from my hand if I normal summoned a monster successfully and when it is special summoned, it can inflict damage to your Life Points equals to its ATK." E.B. Iron Hammerhead swam up to Ace, hitting him in his chest, which pushed him down to the ground.
He got up quickly, brushing off the grass on his trouser. His Life Points were now 3200.
"Boooooooo!" The female students booed from the spectators.
"Geez! What is she think she is? Hurting my Ace like that!" Hannah complained in anger.
"You know he is not your boyfriend, right?" Mike sweat dropped.
"Impressive! I never expected that you can summon three monsters at the same time, and using one of them to attack my Life Points directly through its effect. To do damage without conducting the Battle Phase on your first turn. You are quite amazing duelist." Ace complimented to her.
"Thanks. I place one card face-down and end my turn." Muiko said in a serious tone.
"Now, I will show you my dueling skill! My turn! I draw." Ace drew a card from his deck in a very cool style.
The girls, including Hannah cheered for him very loudly. "First, I normal summon Skyhawk Wise Owl in attack mode!" He announced. A dark purple owl with glowing blue eyes that twinkled like a star appeared to his side of the field as it flies around. It was a Level 4 WIND Winged-Beast type monster with 1900 ATK and 1000 DEF.
"Skyhawk. I never seen that kind of archetype before." Muiko thought.
"Now, I activate my Wise Owl's special ability! When she is normal summoned successfully, I can special summon one Level 4 or lower 'Skyhawk' monster from my hand to field!" He explained. Suddenly out of the blue, a green egg with a light crack, showing two yellow eyes, black feathered-wings and yellow feet appeared on the field. "Welcome to the field, Skyhawk Egg B." Ace said to his little egg monster, which replied with happy eyes. It has 0 ATK and DEF with Level 3, Attribute Wind, and primary type Winged-Beast. "Then, I declare my Skyhawk Wise Owl to attack your E.B. Fluorine Cheetah!" He declared. Wise Owl swooped toward Fluorine Cheetah. E.B. Fluorine Cheetah tried to dodge with its magnificent speed, but get caught by Wise Owl and destroyed. Muiko's Life Points decreased to 3600. "I place one card face down and end my turn."
The crowds cheered and felt excited. "It got to be her! She is one who rescue me." Mike thought, keep repeating to himself.
"Hey, earth to Mike! Are you in there?" Hannah snapped him out of his thought.
"Oh! Sorry, Hannah." Mike said.
"Are you ok? You were like staring at that jerky female duelist for a long time...Hey, wait a second! Don't tell me you actually have an 'eye' on her?!" Hannah said, gasping.
"What?! No, it is not that! It is just that I was thinking about that incident I was in three days ago. I think she is one who saved me back then." Mike admitted.
"What? You really think so?" Hannah asked.
"I think so. Two of her monsters, E.B. Fluorine Cheetah and E.B. Iron Hammerhead are the same monsters that the duelist who rescued me used. That duelist got to be her!" Mike explained.
Muiko drew her card quickly and think for a second. "Hmmm. Most likely, that egg monster has some kind of special effect if it has 0 ATK and 0 DEF. Plus, he has one card face down. But, if I need to prove myself here, I might as well risk it." Muiko thought. "I switch my E.B. Copper Bull to attack mode and declare it to attack your Skyhawk Egg B! Go, Copper Bull! Strike with your Copper Fury!" She ordered. Copper Bull ran as it charges, kicking out some dirt. It destroyed Egg B as it exploded in smoke.
Muiko strangely felt something wrong. Ace's Life Points did not decrease as it should have. "What?!" She gasped.
"I activate Action Card, Lucky Guard!" Ace said, showing a Spell card that depicts a silhouette holding a shield from an explosion.
"When did you get an Action card so quickly?" Muiko asked. "I did not. Wise Owl brought it to me. While you were distracted conducting your monster to attack, Wise Owl found this card for me, and brought it to me before Egg B got destroyed. As for how it works, it negate any battle damages even if my monster get destroyed." Ace answered.
"Amazing! As always, our pro duelist, Ace blocked the battle damage splendidly!" The announcer said to the microphone. The crowds cheered, but Muiko clenched her teeth a little.
"Now, I activate my little egg monster's special ability! When he is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, it destroys all cards on the field!" Muiko gasped.
"What?! But, that means all your cards get destroyed, too!" She gasped.
Ace wagged his finger to Muiko. "Not exactly. If I activate this card on my field!" Ace said, activating his face-down card. "Normal Trap! Skyhawk Guard! This card protects my Skyhawk monsters from a card effect that destroy all cards on the field." A magical bubble surrounded Wise Owl before a tornado appeared, sucking up all the monsters and face-down card. Both duelists closed their eyes with their arm protecting it.
"Curses!" Muiko cursed in her head.
"But, that is not the end of Egg B's ability. For each card sent to the Graveyard, you gain 200x for damage. So, in total there were 4 cards, which includes Egg B. That makes 800 points of damage!" Suddenly, out of the dark portal, Egg B comes out of it, and exploded right into Muiko, but not too close. Muiko covered her face, but losing 800 LP, now down with 2800 left.
"I end my turn with one card set." She said seldom.
"Hmmm. No monster and just one card set in the Spell/Trap zone. What will you do from here?" Hector said in his mind.
"My turn! I draw!" Ace drew in a flash. Ace began running, but Muiko chases after him.
"He's searching for Action Card. I better find one before he does!" She said in her mind.
"Racing for the Action cards, I see. Well then, I will not let you! Wise Owl, attack her Life Points directly!" Ace commanded.
"Oh no! If Wise Owl hits her, she will receive a lot of damage!" Mike worried.
Wise Owl flied toward Muiko, but she dodged its sharp claw by rolling on the grassy field. She picked up an Action card, which was on a flower as she was rolling. "I activate Action Spell, Rise from the Grave!" This card showed a hand popping out in front of a gravestone. "This card resurrects one Level 4 or lower level monster from my Graveyard. I bring back E.B. Iron Hammerhead in defense mode!" Her hammerhead shark swam out of the portal of the graveyard.
"Nice save!" Ace commented, even though Wise Owl got destroy by E.B. Iron Hammerhead because of its higher DEF than Wise Owl's ATK and he received 100 points of damage. His Life Points were down to 3100.
"I normal summon Skyhawk Butterfly in attack mode!" A green butterfly fluttered and landed on Ace's shoulder, presenting with 1500 ATK. "When this little butterfly is normal summoned successfully, I can special summon one Level 4 or lower level WIND monster from my hand or my Deck! I special summon Skyhawk Ice Penguin from my Deck in defense mode!" A black penguin with white fur covering its stomach area and sharp green eyes flapped its wing into the field, showing 200 ATK and 0 DEF. "I set one card. Turn end." Ace ended.
"Whew. That was close." Mike commented, panting.
"You look like you're enjoying this duel, Mike." Hannah said, grinning. "Huh? Well, yeah." Mike replied.
"Well, I think Ace is better!" Mike sweat dropped behind his head again.
"My turn. I draw!" Muiko drew her card. She grinned a little bit. "From my hand, I activate E.B. Krypton Dog's special ability!"
Ace stared at her, thinking she's going to do. "Ho.." He said.
"I discard E.B. Krypton Dog from my hand so that I can choose one Spell or Trap card in my Graveyard and add it to my hand." She explained. She chose her classic trap card, Roar of the Wild to her hand "I add my trap card, Roar of the Wild to my hand. Then, I place one card face down. Turn end."
The crowds cheered as the duel continued on. "It looks like the new girl has nothing much to do." One of the students commented.
"Yeah! I guess it is matter of time that Ace will beat her and win." Said another.
"I don't think she will lose in this duel. It is true that Ace is the strongest duelist in the school, but I remember that girl, Muiko, has that powerful card, that dragon. I wonder if she will summon it, but it might not be a good idea to do so here. But, still..." Mike pondered in his head.
Muiko was in such a pickle. She has only one card in her hand and one monster on her side of the field. Her Life Points (2800) is lower than her opponent, Ace's Life Points (3100). Will the cards she placed face-down save her? Or will she lose this duel?
New Card Cheat Sheet:
E.B. Copper Bull-Level: 4 Attribute: EARTH Type: Beast/Effect ATK/DEF: 1800/900 Effect: Special Summon this card if there is no other monster on your side of the field with its ATK halved.
E.B. Krypton Dog-Level: 2 Attribute Attribute: WIND Type: Beast/effect ATK/DEF: 800/500 Effect: Discard this card to the Graveyard to add one Spell or Trap card in your Graveyard to your hand.
Skyhawk Wise Owl-Level: 4 Attribute: WIND Type: Winged-Beast/Effect ATK/DEF: 1900/1000 Effect: When this card is Normal Summoned successfully, Special Summon one Level 4 or lower "Skyhawk" monster from your hand.
Skyhawk Egg B-Level: 3 Attribute: WIND Type: Winged-Beast/Effect ATK/DEF: 0/0 Effect: When this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, destroy all cards on the field. Your opponent receives 200x of damage for each card sent to the Graveyard.
Skyhawk Butterfly-Level: 4 Attribute: WIND Type: Insect/Effect ATK/DEF: 1500/1000 Effect: When this card is Normal Summoned successfully, you can Special Summon one Level 4 or lower level WIND monster from your Deck or hand.
Skyhawk Icy Penguin-Level: 2 Attribute: WATER Type: Winged-Beast/Effect ATK/DEF: 200/0 Effect: Unknown
Lucky Guard-Type: Action (Normal) Spell Effect: You receive 0 Battle Damage until the End Phase.
Rise from the Grave-Type: Action (Normal) Spell Effect: Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower level monster from your Graveyard to your side of the field.