As Michael Was Exting From His Room, He Found Noneother Than Chazz Princeton Standing In His Way, A Scowl On His Face And Grinding His Teeth Into Fine Dust.
"Where The Hell Have You Been?!" He Snarled At a Wholly Uninterested Michael, Whose Expression Never Changed From His Usual Calm And Indifferent Demeanor
"Good Afternoon To You Too" His Voice Was Overflowing With Sarcasm "What Do You Want?" He Crossed His Arms, Eyeing The Angry Youngster Up And Down
"So, Will You Accept Becoming a Part Of The Princeton Group?" His Eyes Narrowed, Not With Fear But With Anxiety
"My Answer Is Still No" He Brushed Past Chazz, Who Now Was White With Shock "If You Excuse Me, I Have Things More Important To Do" He Rolled His Eyes
"T-Then Duel Me!" Chazz Activated His Duel Disk "I-If I Win You Have To Join Us!" His Arm Was Shaking
"Do You Honestly Think You Remotely Stand a Chance Against Me? Do You?" His Eyes Narrowed With a Dangerous Glint Passing Through Them "If Zane Himself Could Not Last a Single Turn Against Me, Why Do You Think You Will Fare Much Better?" His Voice Had a Low Growl To It
Without Waiting For a Response, Michael Turned His Back And Left The Bewildered Chazz To His Own Devices As The Realization That He Had Completely And Utterly Failed With One Simple Task Started To Sink In And He Sank To His Knees.
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Zane, Syrus, Alexis And Her Two Friends ( Jasmine And Mindy ) Were All Hanging Out In The Dock, Zane Had Not Tell Them Why They Were There, So They Just Sat And Made Some Small Talk, Until The Familiar Sight Of a Grey Haired Duelist Made Itself Visible, Alexis Immediately Shot Up From Her Sitting Position.
"What's He Doing Here?!" She Pointed a Accusatory Finger In His Direction While Taking a Few Steps Back
"Pipe Down Will You?" Michael Rolled His Eyes "Your Friend Called Me Here For Some "Important" Business" He Did Air Quotes With His Fingers "So, Let's Hear It" He Crossed His Arms
Alexis Glared At Zane, Who Had His Usual Calm Expression As He Closed His Eyes
"I Would Like For You To Help My Little Brother To Improve As a Duelist" His Head Dipped Solemnly
Everyone Collectively Gasped, Even Michael's Usual Indifferent Expression Shattered As Those Words Were Spoken, His Eyes Widened And His Mouth Hanged Wide Open.
"Why? You Said I Duel Like an Animal" Michael Managed To Recover Some Of His Composure "Why Entrust Me With Your Little Brother?!"
"Because Of Two Things" He Raised Two Fingers "One: You Are Not a Bad Person, I Saw That During Our Duel How Your Monsters Responded To You, A Angry Person? Yes, But a Bad One? No" He Shook His Head As He Now Had Only One Finger Raised "Second: You Are Clearly A Superior Duelist, The Fact You Broke My At The Time Winning Streak Of Three Years Shows It" And Everyone Gasped ( With The Exception Of Alexis And Michael )
"H-He Defeated Z-Zane" Syrus Was Visibly Shaking As Michael Approached, Crouching Down He Stared The Boy Dead In The Eyes, Syrus Being Too Paralyzed By Fear To Even Blink
Alexis However Was Having None Of That And Placed a Firm Hand On Michael's Shoulder, a Sharp Look Flashed Across Her Eyes As She Defiantly Stared At Michael
"I Won't Let Someone Like Syrus Go Near a Monster Like You" And With a Flash Of Blue Light Her Duel Disk Activated
Michael Said Nothing, And With a Crimson Light His Own Duel Disk Activated
"I Will Need Help In This One" Alexis Looked At Her Friends, Who Nodded And Engaged Their Own Duel Disks, As Munch Alexis Absolutely Hated Doing So Disgraceful As Overwhelming Her Opponent With Numbers And Not Skill, But She Would Set Her Pride Aside Who Knows What Could Happen If That Monster Goes Anywhere Near Syrus? Let Alone Teach Him, The Poor Boy Would Crack Under The Pressure Alone!
Zane Tried To Move To Take a Place Next To Michael, But Stopped When The Same Launched a Sharp Look In His Direction, Zane Understood And With a Nod He Returned To His Position Besides Syrus
"Pay Attention Syrus" Zane's Eyes Narrowed
Michael Was a Little Nervous To Say The Least, Sure He Could Beat Them Easily One At a Time, But Not So Sure If He Could Do That Alone….
"And Who Said You Are Alone?" Nash Manifested Himself Besides Michael "Even If I Am Unable To Directly Help You, I Will Be Here" Nash "Clasped" His Fellow Barian In The Shoulder "I Know You Can Do This"
Michael Had a Small Smile On His Face, And Silently Thanked His Comrade Before Reading Himself.
Duel!
Mindy: 4000 LP
Alexis: 4000 LP VS Michael/Nash: 4000 LP
Jasmine: 4000 LP
TURN 1 Alexis's Turn: Cards In Hand 6
Alexis Drew Her Cards, Carefully Analyzing Her Hand But a Tough Was Burning On The Back Of Her Mind, Someone Like Michael Is Not To Be Taken Lightly, Because If Either Her Or Her Friends Made a Single Mistake It Could Cost Them All.
"I Will Begin By Using Polymerization!" She Jammed The Card In Her Duel Disk, And A Swirling Portal Appeared Behind Her, Two Beautiful Women Were Sucked By It, Before Another Large One Jumped Out Of It
"Let 's Go Cyber Blader!" The Monster Started To Skate Graciously In The Grass, Before Stopping And Pointing a Finger At Michael
"Next! I Summon My Horse Of The Floral Knights!" Suddenly a Mighty Steed Jumped From Within The Water And Landing Next To Cyber Blader, The Horse Dragged It's Roof On The Grass, Ready To Stomp Anyone That Goes Near It
"Thanks To My Horse's Effect, I Can Add Polymerization Straight To My Hand" The Card Ejected Itself From Alexis Duel Disk, With a Faint Golden Aura Surrounding The Card
"And I Will Use It To Fuse My Horse Alongside My Noble Knight's Spear Holder!" She Raised The Card Above Her Head Once More, And The Monsters Were Sucked In The Portal, Before a Centauress With Red Hair Jumped Out Of The Portal.
"I Will Set One Face-Down" A Giant Card Flashed Into Existence, Before Quickly Fading "Jasmine" Alexis Looked At Her Friend With a Serious Look "Don't Hold Back, Please."
Jasmine Was Nervous, She Never Saw Alexis This Tense, It's Three On One, It Should Be Easy, But Something About That Boy Was Rubbing Her The Wrong Way, She Looked At Him And He Was Not Moving, Like He Was Just a Statue….He Wasn't Trash Talking, Not Hyping His Deck Nor He Was Gloating He Just Patiently Waiting For His Turn, His Eyes Fixed In a Point He Was Barely Blinking.
Looking At Her Hand, She Gulped, But She Would Try Her Best For Her Friend's Sake
"Let's Do This!" She Confidently Picked a Card From Her Deck And Yanked It
TURN 2: Jasmine's Turn: Cards In Hand 6
"I Will Begin By Activating My Two Continuous Spells Amazoness Fighting Spirit!" She Slapped Both Cards In Her Duel Disk, Two Giant Holograms Of The Card Appeared
"Next! I Will Use The Field Spell Amazoness Village!" She Slipped The Card In The Field Spell Slot, The Scenery Changed To That Of A Village Deep In A Jungle, The Sound Of Footsteps And The Rustling Of Leaves Could Be Heard.
"And Let's Call Amazoness Paladin!" Suddenly From The Leaves a Muscular Woman Jumped Out Her Sword Landing In Front Of Jasmine, Once The Amazonnes Picked It Up a Golden Aura Surrounded Her Body As She Took a Combat Stance
Amazoness Paladin: ATK: 1700 → 1800
"And That's It" She Had a Confident Smirk On Her Face "Mindy, It's With Ya Girl" She Winked At Her Friend
Mindy Happily Drew Her Card And Placed It In Her Hand
Turn 3: Mindy's Turn: Cards In Hand 6
Mindy Took Her Sweet Time, Before Simply Setting One Card Face-Down And Smiled Sweetly At Her Friends, Who Deadpanned
"So, I Guess It's Our Turn" Nash Eyes Squinted "We Should Take Out The One With Black Hair" He Pointed At The Girl With Oblivious Expression
Turn 4: Michael's Turn: Cards In Hand 6
Michael Looked At His Hand, And a Card Caught His Attention
"Barian's Force" Nash Added With a Small Laugh
But It Will Not Help Right Now, No, Michael Had Other Ideas
"Then Go Ahead, I Will Just Stand And Watch, And If You Need Any Help, Just Scratch The Back Of Your Neck" Nash Floated Over, Hovering Over Syrus, He Could See That Under The Shell Of a Coward a Great Potential Was Waiting To Be Unleashed
"Syrus, Pay Attention, For This Will Be But a Taste Of What a Truly Powerful Duelist Is Capable Of" He Launched The Blue Haired Boy a Serious Look, Making The Poor Boy Recoil
"First! I Will Use the Melody Of Awakening Dragon!" He Revealed Blue-Eyes White Dragon "By Sending a Card From My Hand To The Graveyard I Can Add Two Dragons From My Deck To My Hand" He Revealed His Second Blue-Eyes And a Second Dragon That Looked Similar To The Legendary Dragon
"Second! By Revealing a Blue-Eyes White Dragon In My Hand I Am Capable Of Summoning Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon!" The Ground Started To Rumble, Before It Cracked With White Energy, Before The Dragon Emerged, Lines Of Blue Energy Ran Across The Entirety Of It's Body
"Blue-Eyes! Destroy Amazoness Paladin!" The Dragon's Body Started To Glow With a Immense Power Before It Surged Forward, Completely Obliterating The Paladin
"Now, I Will Use The Spell Card!" He Raised It "Greater Polymerization!" The Usual Sight Of His Blue-Eyes Appearing Before Merging Appeared
"Come To Me! Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!" The Might Three Headed Dragon Raised From a Flash Of Blinding Blue Light, It's Body Was Surrounded By a Orange And Green Aura
"Go! Hyper Neutron Blast!" The Dragon Roared Before Launching a Barrage Of Swirling White, Green And Orange Energy Towards Mindy
"I Use My Trap Card! Mirror Force!" A Transparent Barrier Appeared Between Mindy And The Barrage
"Thanks Lexi!" She Shot Her Friend a Thumbs Up….But Something Was Wrong, The Dragon Continued To Push Against The Barrier, Suddenly Cracks Started To Appear
"What?! But That Thing Should Have Been Destroyed!" Alexis Took a Few Steps Back As More And More Cracks Appeared
"Thanks To My Greater Polymerization Neo Blue-Eyes Cannot Be Destroyed By Card Effects" He Squinted His Eyes, a Hint Of a Smile Appearing On His Face
The Barrier Was Finally Destroyed, Engulfing Mindy In The Giant Blast Sending Her Flying Backwards With a Shriek
Mindy: 4000 LP → 0 LP
"Now, I Will Use Neo Blue-Eyes Effect" He Revealed a Card From His Extra Deck "By Sending a Blue-Eyes Fusion Monster To The Graveyard He Can Attack Again" As The Card Was Inserted In The Graveyard The Dragon Started To Charge Yet Another Powerful Blast, This Time It Aimed At Jasmine Who Like Her Friend Was Launched Backwards, Falling Next To The Other Girl
Jasmine: 4000 LP → 0 LP
"And Finally, Attack Cyber Blader!" The Dragon Once More Released It's Powerful Barrage Engulfing The Monster….Only For It To Remain On The Field
Alexis: 4000 LP → 1600 LP
"W-When You Control Only One Monster, Cyber Blader Is Unable To Be Destroyed By Battle" She Was Panting As She Fixed Her Position "I Will Survive One More Turn"
"Are You Sure About That?" As He Said That a Crimson Aura Enveloped Blue-Eyes And Suddenly The Dragon Started To Charge Yet Another Attack "I Will Use My Quick-Play Spell Dragon's Fighting Spirit!" He Raised The Card Above His Head "I Choose One Dragon-Type Monster That Was Special Summoned This Turn, And Then It Will Be Able To Attack Up To The Number Of Special Summoned Monsters My Opponent Controls"
And Without Warning, Neo Blue-Eyes Attacked Cyber Blader Once More, Who Was Obliterated By The Blast.
Alexis: 1600 LP → 0
Winner: Michael/Nasch
As The Scenery Returned To Normal And The Damages Caused By The Dragon Disappeared, All That Left From The Duel Were Three Girls Splayed On The Ground
"Syrus" Michael Turned To Him "Do You Still Want To Become a Better Duelist With Me?" He Crossed His Arms
"I-If I W-Want…?" He Finally Rose To His Feet, Shaking a Bit
"Yes, It's a Decision Up To You, Not Me Nor Your Brother, But You" He Looked Over To His Defeated Opponents, Who Were Picking Themselves Up From The Ground
Syrus Stood There, Not Moving For a Few Seconds Still Shaking, And Michael Was Sure He Could Hear a Bit Of Sniffling
"I….I Want!" He Stamped His Feet On The Ground "I Want To Become A Strong Duelist Like You And Zane!" Tears Were Streaming Down His Eyes
"Good" Michael Had a Very Small Smile On His Face "I Will Come To Get You Everyday, Very Earlier In The Morning, And When I Say Everyday I Mean It" His Eyes Squinted, And He Crossed His Arms
"Y-Yes Sir!" He Did a Soldier Salute
"My Name Is Michael, Not Sir" He Had a Low Growl On His Voice
"Yes Si- I Mean Michael!" He Straightened His Posture
"Good, Now Go Back To Your Dorm And Sleep, I Will Come And Get You Tomorrow Early" He Turned His Back And Walked Away, But He Felt a Hand On His Shoulder, Zane's Hand To Be More Precise
"Michael, I Would Like To…Apologize For The Way I Spoke About Your Cards" He Closed His Eyes
"It's….It's Fine, Sorry For….Nearly Breaking Your Back Against a Wall With Shark Drake" He Added With a Small Nervous Laugh
Before Things Could Get Awkward Michael Turned And Left With Slithy Hurry To His Walk….He Was Never Good With People….
"And That's…" Nasch Dusted His Hands "End Of Chapter, All In a Day's Labor" He Nodded To Himself, Making Michael Groan a Bit…