Duel Alexis

*'I finally finished it. I don't know how, but I finally finish it before class.*' I completely forgot about the essay assignment for my first class. How did I forget the homework? Well, it's because of Jaden. He keeps asking me to duel him and I don't say no to a challenge, but I should've said no.

As I was about to enter the classroom, my PDA rang. I pull it out and see that someone sends me a message; that someone is Alexis. I was shock to have a message from Alexis, though I don't know much about her.

Her message says, "I have something to say to you. Please meet me in front of the girl dorm tonight."

*She has something to say to me!* My head was on fire when I read that part. *But, I'm a girl! Though technically I am guy and no one knows my real gender, but still…!* I quickly calm myself down as I entered the classroom and sit next to Jaden.

Jaden notices my fidgeting as he bluntly asks, "What's wrong, Sora? You look like you just did something really embarrassing."

"Well, I didn't…" I mumble as I'm still fidgeting. I sigh and said, "I'm sorry, Jaden. I have a lot of things going in my head right now."

He places one hand on my shoulder. "Just don't overwork your head," he suggested, "we don't want anything bad happen to you."

I smile when he says that. *He really cares, huh.* The bell rings as class begins.

I quickly went back to my dorm room as soon as the after school bell rings. I dig my red duffle bag out of my closet. The reason I bring that bag out because I decided to find out the reason why Alexis want to meet with me. To do that, I have to be in disguise again but as my girl self.

Then I pull out this big box from my closet and open it. Inside that box there's an Obelisk Blue girl uniform. I didn't steal this uniform; I actually made it. I have this strange knack of recreating clothes once I seen them so many times. I dump this uniform with my decks, duel disk, mirror, makeup kit, and spare bandages inside my duffel bag and zip it up. With everything pack, I quickly left the room before anyone from my dorm sees me.

I found a perfect place to put on my disguise without any other students knowing that I'm a girl. There's this cave at the cliff near the riverside, which is the riverside near the girl dorm. I use the water of the riverside to wash off the gel that I used to make my short, black hair look a bit boyish. I quickly change my Slifer uniform with the girl uniform and put on a regular bra for my chest that makes someone like Alexis jealous. I pulled out the mirror and makeup kit so I can apply a bit of make up on my face, hoping no one compares my male self to my real self. After I'm done changing into my girl self, I hid my duffel bag under some rocks and head to the girl dorm.

The girls in the dorm haven't noticed me, or they did notice me but just brush me off as a new kid or something. Well, it doesn't matter. I have to find Alexis to find out the reason why she sends me that message. As I was walking down this huge palace-like hall (which I got to admit, this dorm is better than Slifer Red's), I got greeted by two female Obelisk Blue students; one with a long, dark red hair and the other with short, black hair that spikes up on both sides.

The dark red hair girl waves at me and asks, "I never seen you before. Are you a freshman or transfer student?"

"I'm actually a freshman." which is true but I'm a freshman in Slifer Red. "I sort of blend in the background and no one ever notices me since the ceremony."

"Well, it's very nice to meet you." The dark red haired girl said. "I'm Kari Tsukumo and my friend here is Brianna Stone. What's your name?"

*Crap!* I didn't even think about a name for this kind of situation. I started to fidget as my mind think of a name while they just stare at me with smiles on their faces. I stuttered, "I-I'm Anna Kaboom…" My face turns red when I said that.

"It's very nice to meet you, Anna!" Brianna patted me on the head.

Kari gasps as if she remembers something. "We better hurry, Brianna! If we hurry now, we might catch his duel this time!"

I tilted my head and asks, "Whose duel you're trying to catch?"

Kari scratches her head. "I'm the Academy's number one journalist/reporter and I always catch a scoop! The person's duel that I'm trying to catch is Sora Fernandez's duel. In case that you don't know him, he's *the* Slifer Red who uses the very rare synchro/tuner monsters!"

I become speechless when I hear her words. *She's trying to catch my duel?* I wonder what she means by that.

"You see… we want to take a picture of his duel, considering that he has been dueling like everyday." I see Kari's eyes sparkles for some reason.

I try my best to smile, but I'm more afraid that my smile may be recognizable for the reporter and her friend. "What makes you assume that Sora duels everyday?" I ask.

Kari took out her notepad and scratches her head with her pen. "According to my sources, due to an incident that had happened on a certain night, Sora quickly gain popularity and gain some attention to a ton of Obelisk Blue students. After beating a large number of students from Obelisk Blue and Ra Yellow, we assume that Sora has been dueling everyday because of requests asking to duel him."

*'They're a bit close*.' I thought with an eyebrow twitch. In actuality, most of my challengers come up to me and try to teach me a lesson by dueling me. I always get tired of hearing my challengers saying that I'm a Slifer Red who shouldn't get it over my head.

"Come on, Kari!" Brianna said as the reporter nodded. The two ran pass me, leaving me snickering for the fact that they haven't notice that Sora Fernandez is in front of them.

As soon as they're out of my sight, I bang my head against a nearby wall. *Anna Kaboom…* I groan at that name. *Why did I pick that name? I'm going to bury myself for coming up with that name!*

Then I heard some girls talking down the halls. I peek my head at the corner and see Alexis talking to Jasmine and Mindy. It's also a good thing they're close by or else I won't hear their conversation.

"Alexis." Jasmine spoke, "Are you sure it's a good idea to have Sora come to the dorm tonight? He could be in a lot of trouble because of you."

Alexis said, "Not until we get to him first before anyone does."

"Why do you send that message?" Mindy asks. "Couldn't you just ask him after class or something?"

Alexis sighs and agrees what her friend had just asked. "It's really hard to find Sora. I don't know where he could be most of the time. And whenever I try to get to one of his duels, he quickly finishes his duels and walks away. You see… I really want to duel Sora."

*'She wants to duel me…'* I sigh in relief when I heard that. '*I thought she's going to confess or something. If she really wanted to duel, then I am going to duel her.'*

Then I saw Mindy looking at me and shouted, "Who's there?" It causes the two girls to turn to me, which makes me sweat bullets.

I thought about running away, but I decided to face them and hope that my current look wouldn't be compare to my male-looking self. With a deep breath, I slowly step out of my hiding and wave at them. "I'm sorry." I said as I try to crack a smile, "I didn't mean to eavesdrop."

They look at me as if I'm suspicious as Jasmine asks, "Who are you?"

"I'm Anna Kaboom!" *God, kill me now!* "I just happened to be passing by." They still look at me as if I'm suspicious. "Well, I have to go!" I quickly try to leave, but Mindy and Jasmine stop me.

The two girls look at my face as Mindy asks, "Have we met before? I swear we have seen your face before."

I quickly shook my head. "You got the wrong person! I'm sure we haven't met before! I have to go, I'm really late!"

Alexis walks in front of me and just looks from my waist to my eyes. I started to sweat even more bullets and pray that she doesn't find out. "Sora, have you finished your homework for Professor Banner's class?"

"Yeah, I was able finish that homework during lunch today so I won't forget like last time!" I blink when I realize what I had said and quickly covered my mouth.

"I knew it." She smiles when got me to say my name. "You're pretty bold, Sora Fernandez!"

Both Mindy and Jasmine got mad at me, though Jasmine is angrier than Mindy. "Sora! You pervert! Explain yourself!"

I try to calm them down by laughing a little, but I know it's not helping. "I don't know how to explain…"

"First of all!" Jasmine puts her hands on my chest and I quickly reacted by blushing. "Get rid of these—? Huh?" She somehow stops being angry as she keeps fondling my chest. "These things felt so real to be fake."

"Cause they're not." Jasmine saw a brown-haired man with a gold visor on his face walk past them. "I'm Scott Summers."

"He's right." Alexis spoke. "They're *her* breasts!"

Jasmine quickly retracts her hands from my chest as she blushes in embarrassment.

"S-Sora." She stutters, "you're a girl! For real!"

"W-what?" Mindy also stutters like Jasmine as well. "He's a girl?"

I saw Alexis's face being serious as she said, "You better explain. Why do you cross-dress as a boy, Sora?"

Looking at her eyes, I'm not sure I can trust her. So I simply said, "I have my reasons." I bow my head to them. "Please." I begged, "Please don't tell anyone my secret! I only came to Duel Academy as a boy so I can become a pro duelist like everyone else! Please! Please…" My voice went low on that last word as I prepare myself to cry by closing my eyes.

"That depends." Alexis said as I look up at her. "How about you duel me?" I ask her how dueling solves my problem. "If you beat me in a duel, we won't tell anyone that Sora is actually a cross-dressing girl; however, if I beat you, you must be true to your gender."

I panic at the thought of revealing my true gender to the school. "I don't want to! I mean… I know that sooner or later the whole school would know but not so soon."

"The only way you want us to keep your secret is to duel me." Alexis does made a good point, but I'm not sure.

I look at her eyes again and it seems like she's serious. "Fine, let's duel."

She smiles. "Great. Oh, wait! I think you should put on your Slifer disguise, we don't want everyone in the Academy know about your gender now, right?" I let the three girls follow me to where I hid my Slifer Uniform.

We arrive at the cave near the riverside. The three girls decided to wait and keep an eye out for students while I put on my boy disguise. After 15 minutes, I'm in my boy disguise but with a red cap and my deck and duel disk.

I walk out of the cave as Jasmine asks, "What took you so long?"

"You try putting these bandages on to make your chest look flat," I said with a smirk. Then I turn to Alexis as I activate my duel disk. "So, are you ready to throw down?"

She giggles. "Wow, I think you're spending way too much time with Jaden." She activates her duel disk as both Mindy and Jasmine find a good place to watch and the duel starts.

Sora's Life Points: 4000

Alexis's Life Points: 4000

Alexis started the duel by drawing a card from her deck. "I summon Cyber Tutu in attack mode!" A girl who has shoulder-length pink hair and wears a red-white body suit, pink ballet shoes, somewhat clear-violet tutu skirt, and light blue visor appears in front of her. The pink hair girl stands as if she's ready for a dance.

Cyber Tutu: Level 3, Earth

ATK: 1000 DEF: 800

She ends her turn by placing one card face down and that card appears behind Cyber Tutu.

"My turn! Draw!" I look at the six cards in my hand and smile when I saw my favorite card among them. "I summon the Silent Magician in attack mode!" Silent Magician appears in front me as she points her staff at Cyber Tutu.

Silent Magician Level 4: Level 4, Light

ATK: 1000 DEF: 1000

I end my turn by placing two cards face down as they appear behind my magician. When Alexis draws a card from her deck, Silent Magician gains a counter.

Silent Magician's Counter: 1

ATK: 1000 + 500 = 1500

She said, "I activate Polymerization! I fuse Etoile Cyber and Blade Skater from my hand, so I can summon Cyber Blader!" The two monsters that she named flies up in the air and fuse together to become a beautiful woman who has long, blue hair and wears a red-purple suit, clear tutu, ice skates, and red visor lands next to Cyber Tutu.

Cyber Blader: Level 7, Earth

ATK: 2100 DEF: 800

"Cyber Blader attacks your Silent Magician!" Cyber Blader skates her way to Silent Magician.

*I wouldn't be sure about that.* "I activate my facedown card, Scrap-Iron Scarecrow! My scarecrow negates your Blader's attack." A metal scarecrow appears in front of my magician and takes the Blader's kick like it was nothing.

"Fine, Cyber Tutu attack!" she shouted as Cyber Tutu ballets her way for an attack. "My Cyber Tutu has a special ability! If your monsters are higher than my Tutu's attack points, then she can go for a direct attack!" Cyber Tutu passes through my magician and kicks me at the gut.

Sora's Life Points: 4000 – 1000 = 3000

Alexis ends her turn without adding a face down. I draw a card from my deck and said, "I use Card of Destruction! We must discard our entire hand and draw a number of cards as long as they're the same number as the ones that we discarded." I discarded three cards in my hand and Alexis discarded the two cards in her hand, and we draw the same number of cards. Since Alexis draws some cards, Silent Magician gains a counter.

Silent Magician's Counter: 2

ATK: 1500 + 500 = 2000

"I reveal my facedown card, Brain Control! I pay 800 of my life points so I can take control of your Cyber Blader!" A pair of hands grabs Cyber Blader and places her on my side next to Silent Magician.

Sora's Life Points: 3000 – 800 = 2200

"Next, I summon the tuner monster, Copy Plant!" A creature made of tree roots appears next to Cyber Blader.

Copy Plant: Level 1, Wind

ATK: 0 DEF: 0

Then I tuned Cyber Blader with Copy Plant to do a synchro summon. Copy Plant becomes a ring surrounding Cyber Blader as she transforms into seven stars. A beam of light shot of the ring and comes out my ace monster, Stardust Dragon as my dragon descends next to my magician.

Stardust Dragon: Level 8, Wind

ATK: 2500 DEF: 2100

I order my dragon to attack Cyber Tutu, but Alexis stops the attack by using the trap card, Negate Attack. This trap forces my battle phase to end after preventing my attack. I then activate the spell, Mirage of Nightmare. This spell allows me to draw cards up to four during Alexis's standby phase, but when my turn is up, I have to discard the same number of cards. I end my turn with one face down card.

Alexis draws a card and my spell activates as I draw 4 new cards. Then I activate Emergency Provisions, a spell card that allows me to recover 1000 points for every spell/trap card that I control to the graveyard. The spell that I'm going to send is Mirage of Nightmare, which means that I won't be discarding any cards in my next turn. Also, Silent Magician gains a counter because Alexis draws a card.

Silent Magician's Counter: 3

ATK: 2000 + 500 = 2500

Sora's Life Points: 2200 + 1000 = 3200

Alexis switches Cyber Tutu to defense position as I saw her monster going down on her knees with her arms cross. She ends her turn with just that.

I smile and draw a card from my deck. "Silent Magician attacks your Cyber Tutu!" My magician fires a bright blue energy beam from her staff and have that beam to hit Cyber Tutu, which causes her destruction, leaving Alexis wide-open for a direct attack. "Stardust Dragon! Attack Alexis directly with your Cosmic Flare!" My dragon fires a white beam from its mouth and that beam hits Alexis.

Alexis's Life Points: 4000 – 2500 = 1500

I end my turn with just the attack. Alexis draws a card from her deck, which causes Silent Magician's counter to go up.

Silent Magician's Counter: 4

ATK: 2500 + 500 = 3000

"I activate the spell card, Card of Sanctity!" She shouted. "With this card, we both keep drawing until we have six cards in our hands."

I gasp in shock. "Alexis, if you do that, then that would increase my Silent Magician into her full strength!"

Alexis nods her head. "I know, but Silent Magician can't level up until your standby phase. So I'm going to take care of your magician this turn!" I'm amaze that she makes that declaration as we both draw cards until we have six in hand, which causes Silent Magician to gain a counter.

Silent Magician's Counter: 5

ATK: 3000 + 500 = 3500

"I activate Giant Trunade! This card allows me to send all spells and trap cards on the field back to their owners' hands!"

I gasp in shock as a giant tornado sends my face down card back into my hand. When the storm dies down, I took a quick glanced at my hand and see that my Scrap-Iron Scarecrow is in my hand.

Alexis smirks as she activates another spell card. "I activate the spell, Monster Reborn! Now I can bring back my Cyber Blader from the graveyard and onto the field in attack mode." Cyber Blader appears in front of Alexis as the blade skater points at my magician. "Cyber Blader's special ability activates! If you have two monsters on your side of the field, Cyber Blader's attack points doubled!"

Cyber Blader: ATK: 2100 x 2 = 4200

Alexis orders her Cyber Blader to attack my Silent Magician by kicking at her face. My magician fell as a huge gust of wind hit me.

Sora's Life Points: 3200 – 700 = 2500

I notice that since I have only Stardust Dragon on my field, Cyber Blader's attack points go back to normal. I sigh in relief knowing that I may have a chance against her.

Cyber Blader: ATK: 4200/2 = 2100

She ends her turn by placing one card face down, which appears behind her Cyber Blader.

I draw a card from my deck and I smiled at the card that I draw. "I use the spell card, De-Fusion! This card makes me de-fuse your Cyber Blader back into the two monsters that summoned her."

Alexis gasps as she watches her Cyber Blader flying up in the air and split into two females. The first woman is purple and no hair with one eye exposed on her right side; she has blades on both her forearms and blades on her feet as her skates. The second female has long, red hair and her body is red and sky blue, which resembles a female superhero's outfit; she has ribbons on both her arms and one eye exposed on her left side.

Blade Skater: Level 4, Earth

ATK: 1400 DEF: 1500

Etoile Cyber: Level 4, Earth

ATK: 1200 DEF: 1600

"I'm not done yet!" I shouted. "I activate the spell, Ancient Rule! With this, I can special summon a level 5 or higher normal monster. Fight by my dragon's side, Dark Magician!" Dark Magician jumps out from behind me and floats next to my dragon.

Dark Magician: Level 7, Dark

ATK: 2500 DEF: 2100

"Time to end this duel!" I declared. "I pay 1000 of my life points to activate Diffusion Wave-Motion! This spell allows my Dark Magician to attack all of your monsters!"

Sora's Life Points: 2500 – 1000 = 1500

Alexis is shock as my magician's staff glows green and fires off waves of energy against her monsters. The two girls are hit by the green wave, which causes Alexis to lose the duel.

Alexis's Life Points: 1500 – 1300 – 1100 = 0

The holograms die down as Jasmine and Mindy ran up to Alexis. The two girls are shock to see Alexis to losing a duel. I quickly grab my duffle bag and walk up to Alexis.

I smile at her and said, "I win that duel."

Alexis nods head in agreement. "Yeah, I know. As we promise, we won't tell a soul about your real gender."

"Alexis…" Mindy spoke. "Are you sure? I mean, she doesn't tell us her reason why she's disguise herself as a boy."

"That's true." She turns to Mindy as she makes a face that reminds me of a big sister's when she gently and maturely talks to her little sister. "But a promise is a promise… And you two better keep your promise as well."

Thanks to Alexis serious stare, the two girls have no choice but to agree to keep the promise. I thank them as I head back to the Slifer Red dorm. I'm not sure if I can trust them to keep the promise, but I know that I have to believe in Alexis and her friends.