Yubel watched with worried eyes. The duel currently stood with Haru in the lead with 3200 life points, however he had no cards on the field, but had three in his hand. His opponent, that worthless boy, Osamu, had two monsters, Elemental Hero Shining Flare Wingman, in Attack Mode, and Elemental Hero Bubbleman, in Defense Position, on the field, however he only had one card in his hand, and 2800 life points left, and in the end the fact he currently held less cards and had less life points would most likely be the boy's downfall. Well, at least that was what Yubel assumed. After all, it wouldn't take Haru long to get rid of his opponent's monsters and she personally hoped he got rid of the "giant light bulb" first. It was too bright for her liking.
Drawing his card Haru looked at it, before letting out a groan of disappointment, not the best card in the world but it would allow him to complete the strategy which had formed in his head, he just hoped it worked, for if it didn't… Well, Haru really didn't want to think about the consequences.
"I play two cards face down and activate the magic card Dark Eruption. This allows me to get back a Dark monster from my graveyard, as long as it has 1500 Attack Points or less, and I believe I have one monster that fits the criteria resting soundly in my Graveyard—my Samsara Lotus."
Picking out the card from his Graveyard he added it to his hand, giving him a total of two cards. "Next I'll Summon Samsara Lotus, (ATK 0/DEF 0), to the field in Attack Mode, and end my turn."
"I draw," Osamu said, before doing so, "then I Summon my Wroughtweiler, (ATK 800/DEF 1200), in Attack Mode," he added, slapping the card he'd just drawn down on his Duel Disk.
A tiny little, almost mechanical, little dog appeared on the field, barring its teeth in what it must have thought was a fearsome manor.
"I activate one of my facedown cards, the quick play magic card, Fires Of Doomsday, It allows me to Special Summon two "Doomsday Tokens", (Fiend-Type/DARK/Level 1/ATK 0/DEF 0), to my side of the Field, and I chose to Special Summon my two Token in Defense Mode."
Two small little black flames in two of Haru monster card zones. "Next I'll activate my other facedown card—Dark Spirit Art—Greed; all I have to do is Tribute one DARK monster, like my Samsara Lotus, and I can draw two cards from my deck. Unfortunately, you can negate this effect by showing me one magic card in your hand."
A summoning circle, lit with blue flame, appeared on the floor beneath the small Lotus, and both players watched as the blue flames grew bigger, and brighter, quickly engulfing the small flower, which seemed to shriek in pain as it was burnt to ash.
"So," Haru said, "are you going to show me a magic card?"
"I would if I could!" Osamu snapped.
"Oh? Not a magic card then? That's good; it means I get two cards."
"That may be true, but I can still attack, so first I'll switch my Elemental Hero Bubbleman into Attack Mode," the monster stood up, leveling its blaster at Haru. "Now I'll have both Wroughtweiler and Elemental hero Bubbleman destroy your feeble defense."
The small dog leapt forward, running quickly towards Haru's side of the field, once there it started digging, kicking up enough dirt to cover one of the small flames. The other was quickly dispatched as a jet of water was sprayed on it.
Haru cursed, this was going to hurt.
"Now Elemental Hero Shining Flare Wingman, attack him with your Sunfire Nova."
Haru could do nothing but close his eyes, as once again he was engulfed in surging white light, and his life points took a nosedive, all the way from 3200 to a mere 100. As the white light dimmed Osamu was rewarded by seeing Haru, collapsed on the floor, and breathing heavily.
"Give up," Osamu said, "you can't beat me. You couldn't then, and you can't now. Face it, you're weak, and you don't deserve the power you have. The card you have."
"So that's it," Haru muttered, as he gingerly got to his feet, his eyes blinking furiously, "all this time you wanted Yubel."
"Of course," Osamu said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. "It was powerful, and every duelist wants powerful cards. I spent months watching you play, with it in your deck, each time failing to bring it to the field. It sickened me that you were granted so much power and you couldn't use it. So I started playing against you, and each time I won I saw your confidence in your favorite card slip. Eventually it had slipped low enough for me to risk trying to take it off you, by persuasion of course. However it was as I tried that I collapsed, and I was left in a Coma for seven years, waking up only to find you hadn't gotten rid of her, and that was when I started formulating my ultimate revenge, and tonight I shall achieve it. I'll get Yubel for myself, and make you feel all the pain I felt over the years."
"All this time I wondered why," Haru muttered, "I put the bullying before I got Yubel down to you just hating me, after all it is possible for people to hate other people without a good reason, that is what makes them bullies, but after I got Yubel, it got worse, and now I know why. I gave you a reason before, but that didn't stop me hating you, and now you've given me your reason I can say easily that I no longer hate you."
"What?" Osamu said surprised, he was now greatly confused.
"I just feel deeply sorry that your family will never see you again."
"What are you talking about?" Osamu snapped.
"For now, for everything you've done to me…to Yubel, all the pain you caused us. I am going to destroy you, and this time you won't be waking up."
"Make all the idle threats you want, it won't change the outcome of this duel," Osamu said, shrugging.
"I'm not making idle threats," Haru whispered quietly, before looking Osamu straight in the eye, "and to prove it I'll make you a deal."
"Oh?" Osamu said, curious, "go on."
"If you somehow manage to win this match, I'll give you what you want. I'll give you Yubel."
Yubel raised an eyebrow in surprise, her eyes showing a tiny hint of worry. Haru was a confident person, she didn't doubt that, but to say something like that, whilst he had a clear disadvantage, in a voice of such confidence, it was a rare thing indeed.
I hope you know what you're doing Haru. She whispered to herself.
"Fine with me," Osamu said, "I was just going to take the card from you by force, but now that you're offering, it'll make it that much easier."
"Don't be so sure," Haru said quietly.
"I'll end my turn." Osamu said, smugly. "Do your worst."
"You'll regret those words," Haru said, before Haru drew what he knew would be his last card. "DRAW!"
He drew his card with such force that the very ground began to shake, and when he glanced at it his eyes widened in surprise, before a victorious smirk crossed his face. He had drawn the perfect card to win this game with.
"I play one card face down," Haru said, doing so, "and then Summon another Dark Crusader, (ATK 1600/DEF 200), to the field, once again in Attack Position."
"That thing again," Osamu said, looking at the monster with a bored expression, "granted his ability is good, but it can hardly do anything at this point."
"I activate the Dark Crusader's effect," Haru said, "discarding Yubel, (ATK 0/DEF 0), in order to make my monster's Attack Points rise by 400."
Yubel's eyes widened. What on earth doing. Unfortunately she didn't have enough time to find an answer, as she vanished from existence, she did however manage to cast a glance to Haru, long for her to see him smile, and reveal the last card in his hand, and she knew it would be alright.
"Now I know you've lost it," Osamu said, "giving up a powerful monster."
"You're wrong," Haru said, "I'm not giving her up. Not to you, not to anyone. You were the one that taught me that if a powerful monster fails, you should try a different card, and before I crush you I'd like you to know that what you said that day helped a lot. Now I activate Monster Reborn. Come back to me, Yubel."
Osamu paled, eyes widening, as he realized what was happening. This was definitely not good. He'd never got to know Yubel's effect; it hadn't lasted long enough for him to find out. He'd just heard it was extremely powerful.
As Yubel appeared, to Osamu's surprise, behind Haru, Haru order Dark Crusader to attack Wroughtweiler, which it quickly did, and the tiny dog could only let out a quick whimper, before it was sliced to pieces, and Osamu's life points went down to 1600.
"Since you've destroyed Wroughtweiler as a result of battle," Osamu said, "I get to add one Polymerization and one monster which has 'Elemental Hero' in its name from my Graveyard to my hand, and the Elemental Hero I chose will be my Elemental Hero Burstinatrix (ATK 1200/DEF 800)."
"I end my turn," Haru said, "and because I do I Tribute Dark Crusader in order to keep Yubel on the field."
"That's all it does?" Osamu said to himself, he now really wished he'd bothered watching Haru's match closer in the entrance exams, but at the time he was more concerned about his own match.
"I draw," Osamu said, and activate the magic card Premature Burial, paying 800 Life Points, in order to get back my Elemental hero Avian, (ATK 1000/DEF 1000), to the field in Attack mode. Now I'll activate the magic card Polymerization, in order to fuse together the Elemental Hero Burstinatrix and the Elemental Hero Clayman, (ATk 800/DEF 2000), in my hand together with the Elemental Hero Avian, and Elemental Hero Bubbleman, on my side of the field, in order to Fusion Summon my mighty Elemental Hero Electrum, (ATK 2900/DEF 2600), in Attack Mode."
As the four monsters merged a golden light illuminated the room, which slowly formed into a golden glowing man.
"When this monster appears on the field all monsters that have been removed from the game are returned to the owner's deck. Plus it gains 300 Attack Points for every monster on your side of the field, but even though my monster is classed as an EARTH, WATER, WIND and FIRE monster you don't have a monster on your field with any of my monster's attributes, so it doesn't get an Attack Point bonus. Next, since there are now four monsters with Elemental Hero in their name in the Graveyard my Elemental Hero Shining Flare Wingman's original attack is increased by 1200. Now this duel ends. Elemental Hero Shining Flare Wingman attack Yubel with your Sunfire Nova."
As the burning light once more filled the room Yubel's third eye began to glow. Eyes widening Osamu could only watch as the light from his monster shrunk into nothingness and disappeared, however, his monster then started to glow, a pure white, before a heavenly light erupted out of his body, engulfing its master and sending his life points down to 0.
As the dust settled Haru could hear Osamu whisper, "Such power it will be mine," before an ear piercing scream was heard. By the time the smoke had cleared Osamu was gone.
"The price for losing such a game is high," Yubel said softly, a statement which Haru easily agreed with.
As normality returned to the chamber they were in, and all traces of the realm, whatever it was, they were in before faded away. Haru couldn't help but ask a question, which had been nagging at the back of his mind for a while now.
"You harm anyone who hurts me or wishes me ill." Haru stated.
"Yes," Yubel replied simply.
"So, why all those years ago didn't you stop Osamu from playing with me? I take it you knew his intentions?"
"Simple," Yubel responded, "until the day he was knocked into a coma he hadn't wished you harm or ill, and you do remember every time he hurt you, outside, that he would fall over or get hurt himself, don't you? Not to mention he suffered various over misfortunes when you two were children, which you were unaware of. All thanks to me. Plus, I know you would never give me up, you just had to be reminded on that particular day."
"Where do you think he vanished to?"
"Whatever place he will pay the price for losing I expect, personally I wish I could torture him but, as long as he gets what he deserves I am content."
"As am I," Haru said, before letting out a yawn.
"You should get some sleep," Yubel said quietly, "you deserve it."
With that said the two of them lapsed into a peaceful silence as Haru made his way back to the entrance of the dorm. However when they reached it they received a pleasant surprise. Chancellor Sheppard and Doctor Crowller were standing in the doorway, with Syrus and Chumley standing behind them.
"You've got some explaining to do, Mr. Yuki."