Okay, this chappie has something for Phoenix.
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Chapter 3: The first duel"Ladies first!", Love said and drew her first card." I summon my Harpie Lady in Attack Mode! And put two cards face down!", Love said as she did her moves. "And I would call it a turn!"
"My move!", Jesse said as he drew his card. "I summon Crystal Beast Amber Mammoth!"
"Wow...it's beautiful...", Love thought as she saw his monster.
"Now I activate Crystal Power! When this card is activated, all the monsters are destroyed except crystal beasts!"
"Oh no!"
"So say goodbye to your Harpie Lady!"
"Ha! Not that fast! Activate my trap! Magic Drain!"
"Huh? What does that do?!"
"If you activated a magic card, you will have to discard a magic card from your hand, but if you don't have a one, your magic card will be deactivated!"
"Grrr...I send the spell Crystal Draw to the graveyard!"
"Ugh..."
Harpie Lady gets destroyed.
"Now, I place one card face down on the field and that's all for now!"
"Why didn't he attack me...?""Hmm, okay, my turn! I activate Monster Reborn! So come back Harpie Lady!", Love said as Harpie Lady appeared again on the field.
"Now I summon Cyber Tutu in attack mode! And then I activate Thunder Summon!"
"Thunder Summon? Why would you use it?"
Love smiled evilly and said: "To summon...Elemental Hero Neos!" , Love said as she tributed Harpie Lady and Cyber Tutu and summoned Elemental Hero Neos.
"Neos?!"
"What? Surprised?"
"Ah...I thought that card is only a rumor..."
"Well, that's not true.", Love said, her eyes were closed and her mouth was smiling and both her hands were on a side.
"Ah! Fine! Bring it on!"
"Very well! Neos, attack Amber Mammoth!"
"Not so fast!"
"Ugh! A trap!"
"I activate my trap card: Crystal Summon! Now both of us can summon one monster from each of our hands level 4 or less! So come forth my crystal beast Sapphire Pegasus!"
"Hah! Then I summon another Harpie Lady! Now Neos, attack Sapphire Pegasus!"
"Sorry, but Amber Mammoth, activate your special ability, take the attack!"
So Neos attacked Amber Mammoth.
Jesse : 3200
"Not bad, but Harpie Lady can still attack Sapphire Pegasus!"
Harpie Lady and Sapphire Pegasus are destroyed.
Two crystals are found in the trap and magic zone.
"What?! What are these?!"
"Sorry, but my crystal beasts can't be destroyed in battle, they go to the trap and magic zone instead of the graveyard!"
"Not bad, not bad at all!"
"Thanks!", said Jesse, rubbing the back of his head.
"But you are not better than me! Play your turn!"
"Fine! My move! Aha! I activate the field spell Rainbow City!"
"What?!"
A sight of a beautiful ancient looking city appeared, with a rainbow on the top of it.
"Now I summon my Ruby Curbancle!"
"That monster!"
"Now Ruby, activate your special ability! I summon Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus and Amber Mammoth!"
"What?! How's that!?"
"When Ruby is summoned and Rainbow City is on the field, I can bring back all the crystal beasts in the trap and magic zone to the field! So I now activate Stop Attack! And I switch your Neos to defence mode!"
"What?!"
"I place one card face down and Go Sapphire Pegasus, destroy Neos!"
"What?! But Neos's defence is more than Pegasus's attack points!"
"Trap card activate! Reinforcements!"
And so, Sapphire Pegasus destroyed Neos.
"Ugh! You will be sorry for that!", Love said, she looked really angry.
"And with that I'll end my turn."
"Wow, Love and Jesse are surely doing greatly up there.", Sirus said.
"Not to be so looking in everything or anything, but don't you realize something in Love, guys?", Alexis said looking at Love.
"You are right, Love looked pretty mad when Neos was destroyed.", Jaden said, for the first time he looked serious.
"It's my turn now!", Love said and drew a card.
"You will know what happens when someone destroys one of my Elemental Heroes! I activate Dark Hole!"
"Dark Hole?! That means all my monsters are destroyed!"
"That's right! Now I activate Circle Back to bring back Elemental Hero Neos! "
Love: 3200
"Now I summon Maiden of the Moon Light! All my monsters: attack!"
"Oh no...ahhh!", Jesse shouted as he fell back when the monsters attacked him.
Jesse: 0
"Yeah! I won!", Love said as everything disappeared.
She slowly went to Jesse and gave a hand.
"You ok?"
"Ah...yeah, I am fine...Nice duel.", Jesse replied as he took her hand and stood up.
"That was an awesome duel, guys!", Jaden said as he ran to them.
"And so, the winner of the opening duel is: Love Duncan!"
Later that day...Love was lying down on a hill near the Academy, looking up at the sky...
"What was that nightmare...what could it be...or is it just a-..."But her thoughts were interupted by a nice and a sweet voice, a familiar voice, Jesse's voice.
"Mind if I sit beside you?", Jesse said, his hands were in his pockets and he looked handsome by the light of the leaving sun.
Love sat in a sitting down mode and replied with a smile.: "No, not at all."
So Jesse sat beside her and both looked at the sky.
"So...how is your stay at the Academy?", Love asked.
"It's pretty nice so far, I've met all your friends and they all are nice.", Jesse replied, his voice seemed unusual.
"Glad to hear...um, how long are you going to stay at the Academy?", Love suddenly asked.
"Why do you ask?"
"Oh, just a question."
"Well, at least for 6 months, kinda long, you know."
Love smiled and thought:
"Great! He is going to stay for long!""Ah, something wrong?", Jesse asked as he realized that Love has been staring at him.
"Ah, no, no, nothing at all!", Love answered waving her hands in a "no" silly way.
"Um, ok...", Jesse replied confusly and looked back at the sky.
"Ahem.", they suddenly heard.
When they looked back, they found Jaden behind them, his hand was a fist and it was under his chin, and his eyes were closed and his eyebrows looked angry.
"Uh, hi Jai!", Love said when she saw him.
"You two are sitting here 'romanticly' while I am looking for you for dinner?! Do you know how much was I starving?!", Jaden shouted at them angrily.
"Ah, sorry Jaden.", Jesse said sweetdropped.
"Ugh, fine! But come quick to dinner! I am STARVING!!", Jaden shouted and left.
"Don't mind his actions, he is always starving.", Love said when she made sure that Jaden has left.
"Ha ha, I am not much caring, I can be like that sometimes!", Jesse said and followed Jaden.
"They look like twins...now I know who Jesse looks like...like Jaden...""Uh, Love, are you coming?", Jesse said, he was a little far from her and he said so when he realized that Love didn't follow him.
"Uh, yes, sure.", Love said and ran to him then they went together to the dinner hall at the Slifer Red dorm.
At the Slifer Dinner Hall..."Here they are.", Sirus said as he met Love and Jesse outside the Dinner Hall with the others except for Hassleberry.
"Hey guys, um, where's Hassleberry? Isn't he coming for dinner?", Love asked as she realized that Hassleberry wasn't with them.
"I am here!", they heard, when they looked behind, they found Hassleberry behind the building cooking Fish on fire.
They went to him, and you can imagine what a nice smell they smelled.
"Ummm, you cooked this?", Jesse asked Hassleberry when he smelled the nice smell.
"Yup! Here is your part, soldier!", Hassleberry said as he passed a plate of fish to Jesse.
"This is for you and for you and for you and for you and for you and for you.", he said as he gave a plate of fish for everyone.
"Ummm, delicious!", Jaden said as he ate a big piece of fish.
"Not bad, where did you learn making fish, Hassleberry?", Alexis asked as she tasted the fish.
"If you can't cook, you can't survive!", Hassleberry answered her. "Um, Love, don't you like the fish or something?", he asked her when he realized that she only had eaten a small piece.
"Uh, uh, no Hassleberry, it is delicious, it is just that I don't have an appetite today...", Love answered shaking her head and gave back her plate and left.
"What's the matter with her...?", Jesse asked, he was confused.
"Nevermind her, let's just enjoy our delicious meal.", Chaz said carelessly as he ate a piece of fish.
"Hey pals, what's cooking, or why cooking?", a voice suddenly was heard.
"Aster!", everybody said as they saw the grey- headed rich boy standing hands in his pockets beside them.
"What the heck are you doing here, Phoenix?", Chaz asked angrily.
"Hey, hey Princeton, don't forget that I am still a student here.", the rich boy answered carelessly.
"Whatever, I don't care what are you doing here but if you are going to stay for long, you better be away from my way.", Chaz said angrily.
"Don't get yourself out of control, Princeton, I came here to see if the rumors were true.", he replied and turned to Jesse. "But I guess they are."
"What rumors?", Alexis asked in suspense.
"The rumors that say that Jesse Andersen is here ", he answered her.
"Well, I am here! And if you want me for a duel, I am always ready!", Jesse said excitedly as he heard Aster's words.
"Um, guys, I better go now, I have a lesson tomorrow early and I don't wanna get late for it, so I guess I'll see you later.", Alexis said and left.
"And I am don't wanna stay here anymore.", Chaz said and left.
"Um...I guess I'll go to bed, too.", Jesse said and left.
"Well, I have better things to do than sitting here.", Aster said and left.
"Well, guess we have to leave too, Jai.", Sirus said when he realized that nobody was left except him and Jaden and Hassleberry.
"Ahh...fine."
"No....no! , leave me alone!"
Sister... you know that I am doing this for you...
"I said LEAVE ME ALONE!"
I told you... I am doing this for you, my sister...
"What do you want from me?!"
I want nothing from you... I want you...
"Leave... leave me alone! Leave me alone!""Ah!", Love screamed as she woke up from her nightmare.
"Those nightmares... I really should stop dreaming them...but's who that who always call me her sister...? I never had a sister except Linda...Who could she be?"Later the other morning...Love was in the class with other, but because she didn't get enough sleep because of her nightmares, she was falling asleep in class.
After the class..."Love?", Jaden who was beside her asked, Love was asleep on her desk and Jaden got no answer.
"From earth to Love, wake up.". He asked again, no answer. "Love!", he finally shouted.
"Ah!", Love suddenly jumped up. "Uh, Jaden, what's the matter?", she asked with a tired tone.
"Ha ha! Looks like I am not the only one who sleeps in class!", he laughed at her.
"That's because you watch TV until late.", Jesse suddenly said.
"Uh, Jesse, from where did you come?", Love asked as she realized that Jesse appeared.
"I finished my class and thought I'd come here, but while I was coming I heard what happened."
"And how did you know that I watch TV until late, eh?", Jaden asked him with one eye closed.
Jesse chuckled. "We watched TV last night together until late, remember?"
"Ah, yes... well, anyway! Love, this is the first time that this happens to you, what is the problem?"
"I...I think it's just because I wasn't getting enough sleep lately...", Love answered, she looked really innocent.
"Ahhh, alright.", Jaden said rolling his eyes.
"Hey Jai!", Sirus said running to Jaden, the young teen looked tired from running and after he got his breath, he turned to Jaden.
"Hey, what's the matter, Sai?"
"There- there's a new beautiful girl outside the Academy, she really got the attention of everybody! She was really beautiful! She had pink hair and blue eyes....ahhhh", the young teen said and started dreaming with the girl.
But when Love heard him, she got her attention quick, and as if it was something important.
"Sai! What is the girl's name?!", she shouted suspensely.
"Um, I think it was Lacus Clayne..."
"Lacus!? She came here?!"
"You know that girl, Love?", Jesse asked her with wide eyes.
"Yeah, me and her knew each other well before I came here."
"Wow, cool! Let's go and have a look! And maybe duel that girl too!", Jaden said and started running to outside the Academy.
"Jaden! Wait...", Love wanted just to complete her sentence, but her images became blurly and she lost her power and fell into someone's arms fainting.