"Duel!" ×2
[Kira, LP 4000]
[Jaden, LP 4000]
The stadium was packed early on the weekend, with most of the academy’s students gathering to watch. Kira and Jaden were already well-known freshmen in the academy. Now that more than half of the first semester had passed, both had proven their unique strength among the new students with real results.
So, this duel would not only decide who would represent the main campus, but also who truly deserved the title of Rookie King this year.
"I’m going first. My turn, draw!"
Jaden drew a card and immediately played another from his hand.
"Spell Card—E Emergency Call! Add an ’Elemental HERO’ from my deck to my hand."
Jaden searched his deck and added a card.
"I add ’Elemental HERO Bubbleman’ to my hand. Then, in Defense Position, I Normal Summon Bubbleman!"
[Elemental HERO Bubbleman, DEF 1200]
"When Bubbleman is successfully summoned and I have no other cards on my field, I draw two cards!" (Anime effect)
Starting right off with a Pot of Greed effect, Jaden refilled his hand.
"Then I activate the Spell Card ’Take Over 5’—send the top five cards of my deck to the Graveyard." (Anime-original card)
A card unique to the anime, and one of Jaden’s staples. It mills five from the top of the deck, and on your next turn, by banishing this card from the graveyard along with a same-named card from the deck, you can draw one. Very powerful.
Kira smiled strangely and narrowed his eyes when he saw this card: "That card, huh... interesting."
"My turn’s over." Jaden smiled. "This semester, I’ve dueled all kinds of people, including some really strong ones. But the one I most wanted to face is you, Kira."
He glanced at his hand, and his deck.
"To be honest, your duels always inspire me. I feel like I’ve learned a lot and gotten much stronger. But I also feel that only by dueling you can I truly prove it."
"Interesting, I feel the same way," Kira smiled.
For him, dueling Jaden was also the best test of his progress this semester.
"My turn, draw!"
Kira said solemnly.
"I’m going to activate the same card."
With a wave of his hand, the image of a Spell Card appeared before him.
"Spell Card—Take Over 5! Send the top five cards of my deck to the Graveyard!"
Jaden: "!"
The audience stirred.
"It’s the same card as Jaden!" Syrus exclaimed.
"This semester, Kira and Jaden have been learning from each other and influencing each other. So their card choices have started to overlap," said top commentator Misawa, already in position.
Alexis smiled, "That’s nice."
Kira also sent the top five cards of his deck to the grave. Jaden laughed and rubbed his nose, "Surprising to see you use the same card as me. What did I say earlier? Strong duelists tend to make similar choices."
Kira just smiled and continued, "Then I Normal Summon ’Lancer Archfiend’."
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