Long time fans of my "Yu-Gi-Oh: Generations" fanfictions will remember this character well.

Who is she? You'll find out really soon.

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh.

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I don't know if you've ever heard of me, but I don't particularly care.

My name is Marie, sometimes I'm known as Rebel, as a member of the X-Men, I'm either a hero or a villain, depending on who you ask.

But more than that, I'm also a duelist, actually I'm considered a top contender in the dueling world, I could even join the Pro Leagues if I wanted, but at the moment I'm not interested.

Currently, I've got something else in my sights, the title of the United States Champion, and nothing gets in my way when I want something badly enough.

Because if I win the next step will be the World Championship, and now it's time for me to prove that I'm more than just another mutant.

Game on…

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CHAPTER 2:

BREAKING THE SEAL

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New York City

"And here we go, the final match of the United States National Tournament, it's been a hectic climb, but finally, we will learn who will represent us at the World Championships!" The announcer calls out. "And first, entering from this side of the arena is our returning champion, the master of the One Turn Kill, the slayer of players, Orson Caldwell!"

The crowd cheers as the doors open, in walks a tall bald man wearing a black muscle shirt and khaki pants, every inch of visible skin is covered with various tattoos. He is accompanied by two women in black bikinis, one carrying his duel disk, the other a tray with his deck.

"And his opponent, the daughter of a former World Champion, the heiress to the Forbidden Throne, the Duelist Rebel, please give a welcome to Marie Huebner!" the announcer says.

The doors open, but no one exits.

"Huh, where is she, if she doesn't arrive in the next 5 minutes, she will be disqualified," the announcer says.

"Probably chickened out," Orson says, and the two women accompanying him snicker.

"Wait, what's that in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane…" the announcer starts as a black shape flies overhead, then plummets to the ground, pulling up at the last second and landing gently on the arena floor. It's a petite young woman with long auburn hair with white highlights, she's wearing a black tank top with a black trench coat over it and black pants.

"That's Superman, I'm much less friendly," she says with a smirk.

"It's our competitor, Marie Huebner, making a flashy entrance, again," the announcer says.

"Sorry, Traffic in this town is a nightmare, thought I might as well take a shortcut," Marie says, stepping into the arena as she loads her deck.

"Belle, Sarah, my deck and disk if you will," Orson says, and one girl straps the disk to his arm while the other hands him his deck.

"What's with you, Orson? You like to flaunt your status so much, you have to use those poor girls as your own slave labor?" Marie asks, shuffling his deck.

"It was a wager, and they lost," Orson says.

"Then how about this, if I beat you, not only do I get your title, but those two girls are freed from their wager," Marie says.

"And if I win, then you'll join them as my personal cheerleader," Orson says. "Though of course there's really no if about it, there's no way you can beat me."

"We'll see," Marie says, taking her deck back and heading back to her side of the arena as Orson does the same.

"And now, let's get this game started!" The announcer says.

"LET'S DUEL!" The two say in unison.

"I'll go first," Marie says, drawing quickly. "I'll start, with two cards face down, and set one monster in defense mode, your move."

"By the way, three," Orson says and draws.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Marie asks.

"You'll find out, I activate the spell card, Temptation of the Goddess, so I can look at your hand, and if you have any monsters, I can pick one and set it on the field," Orson says, and Marie shrugs, showing her remaining three cards as A Man With Wdjat, Contract With Exodia, and a strange trap called Breaking the Seal. "Fine, set A Man with Wdjat!"

"Okay then," Marie says, setting the card on her field.

"Four," Orson says, selecting another card. "I play The Goddess' Mischief, now I can look at your hand again, and force you to set a spell card, and I remember you had one, so set your Contract With Exodia!"

"Okay, I still don't get the point of this," Marie says, placing the card face down.

"And now, I play two Continuous Spell Cards, Card Trader and Top Card, then I activate Pot of Greed," he says, and draws two more cards. "And I'll place one more card face down, eight."

"Okay, seriously, what's the point of the number thing?" Marie asks.

"There are now eight cards on the field, so I now activate the effect of Top Card, I pay 800 life points, and I can look at the top eight cards on my deck, and then I can switch one of the cards with the ninth," Orson says as his life points drop to 7200, he picks up eight cards, grinning he picks up one of the cards, and switches it with the next card in his deck.

"Well, if you're trying to get me to surrender out of boredom, it won't work," Marie says.

"Well that's not my plan at all, I activate the last card in my hand, my kill card, Slash Draw!" Orson says. "To play this card, I have to discard cards off the top of my deck equal to the number of cards on the field, which is eight…" he says, picking up eight cards, and depositing them all in the graveyard. "And then, I get to draw one card, and if it's another Slash Draw, every card on the field is destroyed, and you lose 1000 life points for each one!"

"The odds of it being…" Marie starts, then realization hits. "Your Top Card spell, you picked up a second Slash Draw and put it on top, didn't you?"

"It's like you read my mind," Orson says, and draws his top card, with a flurry a beam of light like a blade slashes across the field, wiping out everything in its way.

What Orson doesn't notice however, is Marie's two face downs flipped up at the same time.

"And that's another win for me!" Orson says.

"And it looks like…" The announcer starts, and then suddenly stops as the smoke clears, Marie is still standing there with 2000 life points left. "This duel is still on folks, looks like Marie Huebner has just somehow stopped Slash Draw in its tracks!"

"But how, no one has survived Slash Draw before!" Orson shouts as Marie chuckles.

"All I had to do was decrease the number of cards on the field, so I chained my two trap cards, Breaking the Seal," Marie explains. "I had to play them both at the same time, and sacrifice one, but not only did you lose two cards from your Slash Draw, but I get to add one special monster to my hand," she says, and takes out a card, showing it as Right Arm of the Forbidden One. "And that's not all, because you destroyed my face down Witch of the Black Forest, I get to add a monster with low defense to my hand!" she continues, picking another card that she shows as the Left Leg of the Forbidden One.

"And in a shocking turn of events, Marie has successfully survived Slash Draw, and comes two cards closer to victory, what an amazing turn of events!" The announcer says.

"Fine, but this duel's not over yet, and I can still pull off a win," Orson says.

"We'll see," Marie says as she draws, and grins. Perfect, this trap card will work best, she thinks. "All right, I'll place one card face down, and set a monster in defense mode, your move," she says.

Orson draws. "I summon Demise Lord (1300/2000), in attack mode!" He says, and a fiendish monster carrying a scythe appears. "Now, attack her face down monster!" He commands, and the fiend slashes through a face down Mask of Darkness with its scythe.

"Thanks, now I can take one trap card from my graveyard and put it in my hand, and I think you know what it's going to be," Marie says, and takes a card out of her graveyard, and puts it in her hand. "And I activate my trap card, Reality Bug!"

"Reality Bug, what the heck is that?" Orson demands.

"It's one of my favorite trap cards, it's part of a series called the Icons of Popular Culture, a series of cards based off of different characters and plot elements from movies, books, and video games," Marie says. "And this card is a Trap Monster, so when it's played, I can play a token that takes the form of the monster you fear most."

"What? That's ridiculous!" Orson says.

"Well still, let's go!" Marie says, and a black shape appears on the field, then starts to shift, turning into a strange machine that somewhat resembles a satellite. "The Spell Canceller (1800/1600), of course, as long as this card is in play, your Slash Draw is worthless."

"Whatever, just take your turn," Orson growls.

Marie draws, I summon my Luster Dragon (1900/1600), in attack mode!" She says, and a blue scaled dragon appears. "Spell Canceller, destroy his Demise Lord!" Marie commands, and the machine sends a blast of energy, and shatters the monster, Orson's life point's fall to 6700. "Now Luster Dragon, attack him directly, Sapphire Blaze!" She commands, and the dragon sends a blue fire blast, lowering Orson's life points down to 4800. "And I'll place two more cards face down, your move."

"My draw," Orson says, and draws. "And now, since you sent Demise Lord to the graveyard, he can come back and his attack rises to 3000!"

"I play my two trap cards, my Breaking the Seal cards," Marie says, and takes another card out of her deck.

"Whatever, go Demise Lord, destroy her Spell Canceller!" Orson says, and the fiend swings his scythe, slashing through the monster as it shatters along with the trap card, and her life points fall to 800. "I'll set one monster in defense mode, and end my turn."

Marie draws. "I'll set one monster in defense mode, switch my Luster Dragon to defense mode, and end my turn," she says.

Orson draws. "I activate, Card of Demise," he says, and draws until he has 5 cards. "Now, I play Spell Reproduction, so I'll toss two cards, and bring back my Slash Draw," he says, and takes a card out of his deck. "And I'll flip up my Big Eye, so I can see my top 5 cards and adjust them in any way I want!" he says, and picks up 5 cards, looking them over, he flinches.

"Let me guess, you don't have a Slash Draw monster in those five cards," Marie says with a smirk.

"Whatever, Demise Lord, destroy her face down monster!" Orson commands, and the monster cuts through the face down which is revealed to be a Sangan.

"Thanks, that allows me to add a monster to my hand," she says, and takes a card out of her deck, showing it as Exodia the Forbidden One.

"Fine, your move," Orson says.

Marie draws quickly, smiling a little bit. "I play, Graceful Charity," she says, and draws three cards, then selects two cards. "And one of the cards I just discarded was called Sealed Spell, so I can take one card from my deck, and send it to my graveyard," she says, and takes a card out of her deck, and puts it in the graveyard.

"Is that all?" Orson asks.

"Nope, I play this card, Monster Reincarnation, and I'll toss one card…" Marie says, and tosses a card called Swarm, the Rapid Evolutionary. "And sorry, but this game is over, because I take back, my Right Leg of the Forbidden One!" she says, and takes the card out as Exodia emerges from its Pentagram. "EXODIA, OBLITERATE!"

The mighty monster sends a huge blast, wiping out everything on Orson's field, and he falls back.

"And our winner and new National Champion is Marie Huebner!" The announcer says as the crowd cheers, Marie just shrugs.

"I win, and you have to keep your end of the bargain," Marie says, turning to the girls Belle and Sarah. "Looks like you two are free."

"Thanks," Belle says, and Sarah nods, and the girls turn to look at Orson, who cringes a little bit.

Marie flinches a little bit as the girls knock the former champ's lights out.

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The same shadowy man smiles as he watches the duel finish.

"Master, you called for us," three more people say, walking in.

"Yeah, what's up?" A female asks.

"I would like to know that as well," the third asks.

"We're almost ready, and don't forget, in the coming tournament, I will need you to be ready to duel against some special guests," the dark figure says.

"Yes master," the three says.

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Breaking the Seal was used at various times during the third season of Yu-Gi-Oh GX.

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Top Card

Continuous Spell

As long as this card is active, you can look at cards on the top of your deck equal to the number of cards on the field. You can also switch one of the cards with the next card on your deck. You must pay 100 life points for every card on the field to use this effect.

Sealed Spell

Spell Card

This card can only be activated when discarded, send one card in your deck with "Forbidden" in its name to the graveyard from your deck.

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And that's chapter two, and we know two of our three heroes.

Next up, we journey to Japan where the Japanese Nationals are just now finishing up. What kind of deck will be used now? Find out in, "Monk Fighter."