Burst stirred from his slumber, and let out a tired yawn. Then his eyes snapped open when he realized what day it was. Saturday. Today, he would have his first date. And to be honest, the thought both excited him and terrified him. He'd never been on a date before, let alone ask a girl out! And the first girl he'd ever asked out was older than him AND the principal of his school! 'What did I get myself into?!', his mind screamed. 'Well....I guess we'll find out today. Here's hoping I don't make a total fool of myself or ruin the date.' Burst got dressed, ate breakfast, and got ready for the day. "Okay. Checklist. Deck? Check. Duel disk? Check. Wallet? Check. Phone? Check." Burst took a deep breath. "Okay. We're starting out with a duel. That'll be fun. I like to duel. Wonder what type of deck Celestia's going to use? Well no point in stalling." Burst then looked over his outfit. It consisted of his usual blue jeans and black hi-top sneakers, but in place of the white jacket he wore with his Blue-Eyes White Dragon shirt, Burst was wearing a shirt modeled after the original Red Ranger shirt from Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. "Okay. I'm good to go." Burst headed downstairs and prepared to leave when his mom stopped him for a picture. "Capturing the moment with a photo Mom?" Lumina nodded.
"Oh, you've grown up so much! My son on his first date!", Lumina said with a smile. Burst blushed as he left and walked to the duel park. When he arrived, he saw no sign of Celestia.
"Either I'm early, or she's late.", Burst said with a sigh as he sat down.
Meanwhile at Celestia and Luna's house...
"Today's the day. Isn't it Tia?", Luna asked. Celestia nodded.
"It is. Burst's probably incredibly nervous.", Celestia said as she headed out the door. "I hope this duel gets some of the stress off his back."
"Good luck sis.", Luna said with a smile. Celestia smiled.
"Thank you Luna." Celestia then made her way to the duel park and found Burst waiting for her. "Hope I didn't keep you waiting too long." Burst turned to face Celestia, and was speechless at the sight of her. Her outfit was a purple skirt with her usual golden shoes and her top was the usual white shirt with purple stripes. But what captivated Burst most was how the sun seemed to make her glow.
"Not at all...", Burst said. "You're....someone worth waiting for." Celestia smiled at hearing this.
"That's very sweet of you to say that." Celestia then activated her duel disk. "Are you ready?" Burst activated his own duel disk in kind.
"Ladies first."
Burst: 8000
Celestia: 8000
"How polite of you.", Celestia said with a smile. "I summon a monster in defense mode and end my turn with one card face-down."
"I draw!" Burst took a careful look at the cards in his hand. 'I hope she doesn't hate me if I win this duel.' "Hope you aren't expecting me to go easy on you."
"I'd be insulted if you did.", Celestia answered.
"Alright then! I'll reveal Blue-Eyes White Dragon from my hand to special summon Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon! Then I'll summon White Stone of Ancients! I'll tune Blue-Eyes Alternative with White Stone of Ancients! I synchro summon Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon in defense mode! Then I'll play Trade-In to discard Blue-Eyes from my hand and draw two new cards! Now I'll end my turn! Then White Stone's effect activates! I can special summon a 'Blue-Eyes' monster from my deck! I special summon Dragon Spirit of White from my deck since he counts as a 'Blue-Eyes' monster! Now that he's been summoned, I can banish a spell or trap card you control!" Celestia's Mirror Force card vanished in a flash of light! "That's all for me." 'I've never seen her duel. I wonder what kind of deck she uses?'
"I draw! I play Trade-In to discard a level eight monster from my hand! Then I play Return of the Dragon Lords to revive Divine Dragon Lord Felgrand from my graveyard! Now that he's been revived, his effect activates! I can target and banish one monster you control and Felgrand gains 100 attack points for each of its levels! I'll banish Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon!" As Felgrand fired a beam of light, a silver barrier blocked it!
"Sorry! But Azure-Eyes is protective of her family! Until the end of your turn, all dragons on my field can't be targeted or destroyed by card effects!"
"Impressive counter Burst. I end my turn."
"Since it's my standby phase, I can use Azure-Eyes's other effect! I can special summon a normal monster from my graveyard! Welcome back Blue-Eyes! Now I draw! I'll discard a card to activate The Melody of Awakening Dragon! I'll discard a card to add two dragons with 3000 or more attack and 2500 or less defense from my deck to my hand! Now I'll banish White Stone of Ancients from my graveyard! This lets me add a 'Blue-Eyes' monster from my graveyard to my hand! And there's only one in my graveyard at the moment! Then I'll reveal the Blue-Eyes White Dragon I added to special summon Blue-Eyes Alternative again! Then I'll use Alternative's effect! Destroy Divine Dragon Lord Felgrand!" Alternative summoned a bolt of lightning that struck Felgrand, but he was still standing!
"I banish Return of the Dragon Lords to protect Felgrand from your effect!", Celestia said with a smile.
"Good move. But it's not over yet! I tribute Dragon Spirit of White to bring out another Blue-Eyes White Dragon from my hand!" A column of light engulfed Dragon Spirit of White, and another Blue-Eyes stood in his place! "I'll use one of my Blue-Eyes to destroy Felgrand and the other to attack you directly!" Celestia braced herself as Felgrand was destroyed and another blast of white lightning hit her life points directly! "Then I'll set two cards and end my turn." 'Huh. And I haven't even needed to whip-out Blue-Eyes' upgraded forms yet!'
Burst: 8000
Celestia: 4800
"No wonder you won Duelist Kingdom and Battle City.", Celestia said with a smile. "Now it's my turn! I draw!" Celestia took a careful look at her cards. "This should do nicely. I play the ritual spell Hymn of Light! I tribute two monsters from my hand to ritual summon Saffira, Queen of Dragons!" A beautiful dragon with light blue scales descended wearing bits of gold armor and platinum blond hair. Blue-Eyes' jaw dropped. "Now I'll attack your Blue-Eyes White Dragon! And I'll discard Honest so Saffira gains his attack points!" Saffira fired a blast of light from her hand that knocked Blue-Eyes to the ground!
"..Call me...", Blue-Eyes groaned as he was sent to the graveyard! Saffira giggled.
"Maybe after this duel.", she replied.
"I'll set two card and end my turn. Looks like our monsters are hitting it off.", Celestia said with a smile.
Burst: 5500
Celestia: 4800
"They must be if Blue-Eyes wanted her number. Speaking of him, I'll use Silver's effect to revive Blue-Eyes!", Burst said with a smile as he drew his next card. "You got in a pretty good hit. I activate Curse of Anubis! This switches all effect monsters on the field into defense mode and makes their defense zero until the end of this turn! Also, their battle position can't be changed! Then I'll use Alternative's effect!"
"I don't think so! I banish Hymn of Light from my graveyard to protect Saffira from your effect!" A barrier of light blocked Alternative's lightning!
"In that case, I'll attack with my other Blue-Eyes!"
"I activate my trap! Mirror Force! Since you attacked, I can destroy all attack mode monsters you control!"
"I don't think so! I activate my other trap! Champion's Vigilance! When you would summon a monster, or activate a spell or trap, I can negate the summon or activation and destroy that card!" Celestia's Mirror Force shattered, and Saffira was wiped out in a single attack! "Now I'll attack you directly with my other Blue-Eyes! White Lightning!" Celestia braced herself as the attack hit her full force. "I end my turn."
Burst: 5500
Celestia: 1800
Celestia giggled. "It's been a while since someone gave me a good duel." Celestia drew her next card. "I'll set a card and end my turn."
"I draw! I'll attack you with Blue-Eyes!"
"I activate my trap! Magic Cylinder!" Blue-Eyes's attack was sent through one cylinder and sent flying at his life points through the other! Burst winced as his attack hit him!
"I end my turn. I REALLY should have seen that coming." 'She's pretty good. I like a girl who can give me a good duel.'
Burst: 2500
Celestia: 1800
"My move." Celestia drew her next card. "I set a card and end my turn."
"I'm not risking that again!" Burst drew his next card! "I'll discard a card to activate Twin Twisters! This lets me destroy up to two spell or trap cards on the field! And I only see one on the field! I'll get rid off your face-down!" A twister blew away Celestia's face-down card! "Let's rock the dragon Blue-Eyes! Let's show off our new attack!" Blue-Eyes nodded and leaped into the air! Soon, he gathered energy and wrapped himself in it! "Burst Impact!" Blue-Eyes dived into the last of Celestia's life points! Wiping them out instantly! "I gotta say. This is a pretty good start.", Burst said with a smile as he walked over to Celestia.
"I'm having a good time to.", Celestia said with a smile.
"So where to next? I hear you've got a major sweet tooth. How about Sugar Cube corner?"
"Sounds lovely."
"I'll take care of our ride." Burst summoned Blue-Eyes. "Ever fly by dragon?"
"Luna's SO going to want to hear about this." Burst helped Celestia onto Blue-Eyes and soon followed suit.
"And away we go!", Blue-Eyes said with a grin as he took off!