I am back with Chapter 2! -Grins- Thanks to all who read the first chapter and special thanks to iloveyugiohGX93, Forgetful Insanity and QueenOfCha0s for reviewing! -Grins- You guys made my day!
And now, with nothing more to say, I present you the second chapter!
Oh, in the first chapter I made a mistake that I am too lazy to edit it. In Duelist Kingdom, when a monster is destroyed by a card effect the controller of this card receives damage equal to half of the monster's ATK.
Read and enjoy! -Grins-
After her duel with Mai, Gabrielle continued her searching for Ryou. She couldn't believe that he left her like that, without telling her anything. She felt her eyes water but refused to cry. He was her only friend. Well, Yugi and the others were also her friends but he was special to her.
The Australian teen walked aimlessly through the forest, a deep frown on her face as she passed the trees. A move from behind caught her attention. She turned around quickly, finding nothing. "Ryou? Are ya 'ere?" she called loudly but received no response. She sighed in defeat before walking again.
She walked until she reached a clear area and sighed again. No Ryou in sight, but there was someone there. She squinted her eyes to get a better look before letting out a sound of surprise.
"Rex Raptor!"
"Isn't that Gabrielle Anderson, how lovely to meet again." he snickered.
"I 'ave no time fo' ya, Raptor, so jus' leave me."
"Not until you duel me." He said, challenging her.
The spiky haired considered refusing but she never refused a challenge before...and sure she wouldn't now. But she wanted to find her best friend. Sighing, Gabrielle nodded her head and walked to the duel arena that had emerged from the ground with Rex laughing as it did so.
"Don't cry when you lose. I wager two star ships." he said, showing her his four star ships and took off two.
Gabrielle nodded her head and took off two. If she lost she would be left with one star ship...she couldn't let him win. "Alright."
"Let's duel!" they both shouted at the same time.
Gabrielle: 2000
Rex: 2000
"I'll go first," Gabrielle declared drawing a card. She looked at the cards in her hands, trying to think of a plan. "I'll summon my Botanical Lion (4/1600/2000)," as soon as she put the card on its respective place, a lion made of planets and flowers appeared on the field and roared.
Botanical Lion: 1600+480= 2080 ATK/ 2000+600= 2600 DEF
"Your planets won't stand a chance against my dinosaurs! Go Sabersaurus (4/1900/500) attack her lion!"
Sabersaurus: 1900+570= 2470 ATK/ 500+150= 650 DEF
Gabrielle frowned and shielded her eyes as her lion roared in pain and turned into pixels. After the dust had cleared she removed her hands.
Gabrielle: 1610
Rex: 2000
The Australian drew a card and looked at it intently. "I summon Bean Soldier (4/1400/1300)" A bean like creature appeared on the field with a wooden sword in hand.
Bean Soldier: 1400+420= 1820 ATK/ 1300+390= 1690 DEF
"Hah, still weak against my dinosaurs."
"Well, can ya shut up and let me finish?" Gabrielle asked in annoyance before smiling again. "Then I equip Bean Soldier with both Black Pendant and Vile Germs."
Black puffy things appeared before disappearing into Bean Soldier's body before a pendant appeared around its neck.
Bean Soldier: 1820+500+300= 2620 ATK
Rex's eyes widened. "Oh."
Gabrielle smirked. "Oh indeed." Gabrielle chuckled and pointed at the red dinosaur, "Go ahead Bean Soldier!" she ordered and the soldier obeyed. The bean like creature ran in full speed towards the huge dinosaur a jumped. It produced a cute battle cry as it descended upon the dinosaur's head. Rex's monster glowed before turning into pixels.
Gabrielle: 1610
Rex: 1850
"I place one card face down and it's yer turn!" she grinned.
Rex drew a card and chuckled which managed to make Gabrielle worried. "I summon Black Stego (4/1200/2000)"
Black Stego: 1200+360= 1560 ATK/ 2000+600= 2600 DEF
"Tha's all?"
"Yep." he said with a smirk.
Why did he summon a monster weaker than mine? Gabrielle drew a card and almost squealed when she saw what it was. "First I activate ma trap card Simultaneous Loss which makes us both send the top card in our deck ta the graveyar'." she said and send the top card to the graveyard as well as Rex. She looked at the card in the graveyard and she almost squealed again. It was as if the cards knew what were they doing. The Heart of the Cards as Yugi called it.
"I activate Monstah Reborn to summon the monstah I jus' sent ta the graveyar'! Fairy King Truesdale (6/2200/1500)"
Fairy King Truesdale: 2200+660= 2860 ATK/ 1500+450= 1950 DEF
"Now, my attack, Fairy King Truesdale attack 'is Black Stego!" she declared and her king ran towards the dinosaur and attacked with his staff. The dinosaur was destroyed but Rex's life points didn't change.
"Wah?"
Rex smirked. "When Black Stego is attacked, it automatically turns to defense mode." he said and chuckled at Gabrielle's disappointed expression.
"I place one card face down and end my turn."
Rex drew a card. "I summon Black Tyranno (7/2600/1800)" Rex said and a huge black, terrifying dinosaur appeared on the field. Gabrielle let out an 'eep' sound as the dinosaur roared.
Black Tyranno: 2600+780= 3380 ATK/ 1800+540= 2340 DEF
"Crickey!"
"And I activate Monster Reborn to bring back my Sabersaurus!"
"Wah!"
Sabersaurus: 1900+570= 2470 ATK/ 500+150= 650 DEF
Rex smirked at her expression. "Now, Black Tyranno, attack her Bean Soldier!" the dinosaur ran forward towards the small creature. It visibly shook out of fear and squeaked as it was crushed under the dinosaur's foot.
"No! My soldier!"
"Maybe you should plant some more plants." he said mockingly and laughed as she shoot him a glare.
Gabrielle: 850
Rex: 1850
Gabrielle huffed at his bad joke and drew a card. She smirked as an excellent plan formed inside her head. "I will attack! Go ahead Fairy King, attack 'is Sabersaurus! But not only tha', I also activate my face down card, Ego Boost and use it on yer monstah!"
"Did I hear that correctly?"
"Yes. I meant what I said!" she said and mumbled an apology to her king as he was turned into pixels.
Gabrielle: 240
Rex: 1850
"And since this is my main phase numbah 2, I will summon Acorno (1/200/400)"
Acorno: 200+60= 260 ATK/ 400+120= 520 DEF
"Then I will activate my second face down card, Torrential Tribute since I summoned a monster!"
"You basically destroyed your half points to destroy my monsters? Wait...This means...I will lose life points equal to half of my monster's attack points!" Rex's eyes widened and Gabrielle laughed.
"Bingo!" she winked.
Gabrielle: 110
Rex: 0
"That was...how did you do that?" Rex demanded as the platform descended.
Gabrielle waited until they reached the ground before walking over to him and took off his hat to ruffle his hair. "Beware of my face down cards!" she winked and gave him his red hat back and walked away.
It had been five hours since her duel with Rex. She felt exhausted as she dueled twice with no little time to rest. She didn't find Ryou yet and that made her feel anxious. The usually cheerful, careless teen was now taking the offensive stance as she heard noises every now and then. Probably other duels but in her current state her mind didn't comprehend that.
She felt alone again. Just like when she was taken from her brother. "Ryou! Where the heck are ya?!" she screamed through the forest before punching a random tree. That was the worst day of her life besides the day when the church she was living in caught on fire and the day when her brother was sent to a juvenile.
She resumed walking again and continued until her stomach made a noise. The brown haired teen groaned. She decided that she could eat later but now she had to find her British friend.
After what seemed like another hour she found herself in a yet another clear area. "Have I be- What's that?" she asked herself as she saw several shadows. One looked like they had a some sort of star shaped hair. Wasn't that Yugi? She thought and immediately ran towards the people.
It was indeed Yugi. "Yugi! Hey!" she shouted and ran towards him but stopped when she saw the person she had been searching for for over six hours. "Ryou!" she tackled the white haired boy and hugged him tightly. "I 'ave been lookin' fo' ya! Where did ya go?"
Before the white haired boy could speak, Yugi said. "Wait, you know Bakura?"
"Ryou? Of course, he's my best friend, right, RyRy?" she smiled and smirked inwardly as the boy blushed lightly.
"Right."
"Now th- Tea! Tristen! Joey! Ya guys are 'ere too!" she exclaimed in happiness. The others nodded and smiled back at her.
"How have you been, Gabby?" Joey asked.
"I 'ave been good. A little exhausted though." she said, shooting poor Ryou an accusing glare. He sweat dropped but said nothing.
Yugi noticed her dueling glove. "You're in the tournament too?"
She raised her arm. "Of course. And look at that, I 'ave five star ships!" as soon as she said that, she heard a gasp from beside her. She turned her head and saw Ryou looking at her with a guilty look.
"Sorry I haven't been there to watch you."
"Yes, you should be sorry! While you went to who knows where I dueled twice. And believe both duels were exhausting, especially the duel with Rex."
"Rex? Rex Raptor?" Joey exclaimed, "I dueled against him and won!" he said, stars twinkling in his eyes.
"Hey, Yugi, would you like to duel me? Just a friendly duel." Bakura said with an adorable smile.
Yugi smiled back, "Sure, Bakura. I would like that."
"Why don't you put your favorite cards in Yugi's deck? This way when he duels you'll be with him?" the white haired teen told them and they all agreed.
"Sorry guys, but I am going to put my favorite card in Ryou's deck." she smiled apologitically but they didn't mind.
"My favorite card is Flame Swordsman." Joey said, giving Yugi his card.
"Mine is Cyber Commander." Tristan grinned and gave Yugi his card.
"And mine is Magician of Faith." Tea said, smiling as she gave Yugi her card.
Gabrielle took out her deck. "My favorite card is Dreamsprite." she said and gave Ryou her card, missing the evil glint in his eyes.
"Hey what's your favorite card Yugi?" Joey asked.
"It's easy. Dark Magician." he replied with a smile.
"Now let's begind the duel, shall we?" Bakura suggested and Yugi nodded.
"We shall."
Yes. It's way shorter than the first chapter but I had to post this chapter up before exams which are next Thursday! Wish me luck guys!
