Domino, Japan, 2008

Mai Valentine, now aged 36, had been on a long road of recovery from her nightmare of the Shadow Realm and her trauma of being possessed by the Orichalcos. She was at her apartment, changing her attire to her white corset, black leather vest, black leather skirt, and black high heeled boots. She felt confident in herself after all those years that she knew she could take on the world. Suddenly, there was a phone call.

"Hello, Valentine residence!" She said.

"Hi, this is Dr. Crowler, you have been suggested as a guest speaker at Seto Kaiba's Duel Academy to tell the students about your experiences as a female duelist, and to empower other female duelists to make them believe they can overcome anything."

"I will be on it!" Mai replied, as she took the elevator downstairs and got in her purple Porsche, which used to be blue, but she painted it and gave it a tune-up. She drove her Porsche to the academy, ready to greet the academy students in the auditorium and to sign autographs with fans.

Duel Academy Auditorium

The Duel Academy students were gathered in the auditorium, as they were talking amongst themselves, and Chancellor Shepard came into the stage, waving his arms like an eagle as the crowd silenced.

"Students of Duel Academy, I would like to introduce you to our guest speaker, Mrs. Mai Valentine. She is a lesser known duelist, but has been through a lot, and can inspire a lot of women as well as men into being a great duelist. Please give her your undivided attention."

Mai began to speak.

"Hello everyone, my name is Mai Valentine." she began. "It's not a subtle pun, but that's beside the point I want to make. Why I am here is to talk about my experiences as a female duelist. When I began, I won all my duels by cheating with perfumes, but a young boy named Joey taught me to play fair. Then the first traumatic experience happened to me, when I lost all my star chips to an Eliminator named Panik. However Yugi won them back for me and he became my friend ever since. I got to face the man in the Duelist Kingdom finals, but he had beaten me, and my first chance of being the best. I competed in Battle City, qualified for the finals, but I was put in a coma by a madman named Marik, trapped in eternal darkness for a long time, until I was freed by Yugi. Then I had post traumatic stress trying to make a name for myself, but I was never as good as Yugi, Kaiba, or even Joey. Then I was corrupted by an evil man named Dartz, who used me as a tool just to get his way. My soul was lost because of him, but Yugi saved me again. At this point, I needed to stop depending on men to save me and order me around, and be in charge of myself, taking matters into my own hands. As the years passed, I survived, I survived it all, and I felt pride in myself, believing that failure is the greatest teacher to success, and that women can survive anything. Females are strong as hell."

An Obelisk Blue raised his hand.

"Question?" Mai asked.

"You can't say that last part because 4kids will find out." the Obelisk Blue said.

"Please, 4kids is no more because of some copyright thing with our show, and we are owned by Konami now, so I can say what I want to say." Mai replied.

A Ra Yellow raised her hand.

"Yes?" Mai asked.

"I loved your story, it was so inspiring to me as a female duelist, because I thought my life in Duel Academy was hard, but now that I heard about your story, I can overcome anything!" the female duelist said.

"Thank you sweetie!" Mai replied. "Any more questions/comments/concerns?"

A Slifer Red raised her hand.

"Yes?" Mai replied.

"Oh wow, you have inspired me so well, I did a report about you during Women Duelist Appreciation Week, and I am one of your biggest fans!" the fangirl chirped.

"That's all the time I have today." Mai replied, as she left the auditorium.

"I will be signing autographs in the gym if you are interested." Mai remarked, leaving.

Duel Academy Gym

Mai was signing autographs from students, as they were queued in a line, waiting for her to autograph something of theirs. Mai was signing autographs from fangirls, fanboys, and fans alike, when there was a rumble. The earth started shaking, and the walls started crumbling, as a portal opened, and a man with grey hair, red eyes, a black hooded trench coat, a yellow Nehru jacket, black pants, black boots, various yellow detailing, and a Caucasian face with half the face hidden in bandages.

"Who are you and what do you want with me?" Mai asked.

"I am Khang Khan, ruler of the underworld!" the man said. "You could duel me here and now, but that would be too easy. Why don't you come to this portal and take a test of beating the man who saved your life all the time." Mai walked through the portal, and it led her to the same place where Yugi and Kaiba dueled for the first time, and Yami was there.

"All right Mai, you wanted a rematch, I will give it to you!" Yami said.

Bring it on!" Mai replied.

Yugi: 4000

Mai: 4000

"Ladies always go first!" Mai announced. "I will lay two cards facedown, and summon Harpie Lady to the field. Then I end my turn."

It was Yugi's turn.

"I summon Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts, and use Polymerization to fuse him with Berfomet, to form Chimera the Flying Mythical Beast! Then, I end my turn."

It was Mai's turn.

"I use Card Destruction, so we each discard our hands, and draw new cards." Mai announced. "Now I remove Harpie Lady from the game, so I can summon Harpie's Pet Phoenix!

Harpies Pet Phoenix

Attack: 2400

Defense: 1500

"This card can let me tribute one Wind monster on my side of the field to inflict 700 damage to your life points!"

"Go, Harpie's pet Phoenix, destroy Chimera!" Mai's phoenix breathed fire on Chimera, destroying it.

Yugi: 3700

Mai: 4000

"You activated my monster's special ability!" Yugi said. "When it is destroyed, I can summon Berfomet to the field, and I sacrifice him for Dark Magician Girl!"

Dark Magician Girl: Attack 2300 Def 1700

"Is this a duel or is this a beauty contest, because a monster that weak won't beat my phoenix." Mai taunted.

"It's a duel you will never forget." Yugi responded. "I play Magic Formula, which raises Dark Magician Girl's attack power to 2800. Dark Magician Girl, attack her Phoenix!"

"I activate Sakuretsu Armor!" Mai replied. "Destroy Dark Magician Girl!"

It was Mai's turn.

"I lay two facedown cards and activate Hysteric Party, which means I can summon as many Harpies to the field from my graveyard as possible." Mai announced. "I sacrifice one Harpie to inflict 700 damage to your life points, leaving you at 3000!"

It was Yugi's turn.

"I activate Magician Call, which allows me to summon three Spellcasters from my deck as long as there is a Spellcaster on the field, so I choose Breaker, Dark Magician, and Dark Magician of Chaos! I sacrifice them for Winged Dragon of Ra!"

Ra: Attack 6900 Defense 6900

"I end my turn, because I am nervous about those facedown cards." Yugi said.

It was Mai's turn.

"I play Monster Reborn to bring back Harpie Lady, and then use Elegant Egotist to multiply her into three. Then I activate Harpie Lady Eagle Formation, which destroys all monsters on the field and inflicts damage equal to the attack of the monster with the most attack power. So your Winged Dragon is no more!"

Yugi: 0

Mai: 4000

"Congratulations, Mai, you have won the duel." Yugi announced. "You are now the Queen of Games." Yugi handed Mai his Egyptian God Cards. Suddenly, Khan stepped in and took them.

"OM NOM NOM NOM OOH OOH OOH OOH!" Khan said, as he ate the God cards in a Cookie Monster-like fashion, and he swallowed them, and gained more power.

"The power I have, it is limitless!" Khan boasted with pride. "We will meet again, Mai Valentine!"

TO BE CONTINUED...