III.
Serenity had gone through all her cards and had sorted them by their types, monsters, magic and traps. Unfortunately she wasn't sure where to go from there. A knock on the door distracted her and she saw turned to see Kaiba standing there.
"May I join you?"
She nodded and moved over a bit. He sat beside her and looked at the cards. He smiled.
"Learning to Duel?"
"If I can figure it out."
He laughed and then looked around. Seeing no one he continued.
"Now that I can speak with you for a minute, there's something I need to tell you." He sighed and gathered himself. "I want to apologize. I probably will never be able to say it to your brother but maybe if you hear it, it might help. All that time in the Duels that I bugged and tormented him, I thought he was like me, just going for power. But when I ended up fighting for someone I loved, I realized what drove him to put up with the insults, and the abuse."
He glanced at her.
"I just want to say that I'm glad he didn't listen to me and that he did make it. I'm glad you can see Serenity."
She smiled and placed a hand on his arm.
"I think he knows. You both aren't good with words around each other." She looked down at her cards and then up at Seto. "Could you teach me to Duel?"
He nodded.
"If you want me to."
They spent the morning learning to duel. The only argument was about the fact that she didn't need to keep the Dark Elf. Serenity won and it continued.
D'el paced back and forth. She felt Serenity learn and her heart nearly stopped when she had been told to take her card out. It started again when Serenity kept it. She couldn't believe how insecure she was.
Princess looked up from her talk with another card and walked over to her.
"You okay?"
D'el nodded.
"There was a point I thought she would take me out."
"But she didn't. She trusts you."
D'el looked at the Princess.
"I'm scared. I know that a duel is coming up, but what if I'm wrong and I am a worthless card."
Hyozanryu turned around at that.
"No card is worthless. You'll figure that out today." He looked up as the deck room shifted. "Places everyone, were entering our first match."
The cards cheered and entered into the waiting area. As their card was picked, they would be sent to the field. A view of the field was before them and all smiled. Even if they weren't used in this duel, they had still seen it.
Seto had told her the only way to really understand dueling was to learn by dueling. So she woke up Joey and asked him. He had been more than happy so they set up the fields and got ready to duel. Yugi sat beside her to help clarify any cards and their rules, but everything else was up to her.
"Ready, sis?"
"Ready!"
Everyone watched as they shuffled and drew their first five cards.
The Dark Elf was one of those cards and she smiled.
/You'll be on the field today. I promise./
//Thank you.//
It shocked her to hear a reply at first but she rather liked it. She decided to test it out.
/I'll need help here. Any ideas?/
//Use Ookazi deal direct damage and then place a monster in defense.//
She did that and then chose Giga Tech Wolf and placed it in defense. Joey smiled at her and then placed his own card in defense and changed the field to Sogen, which gave the advantage to his warriors.
The duel went on, each giving and receiving damage, but soon Joey had Thousand Dragon and he had four magic or trap cards down. She was down to 2000 life points from her 8000 and he still had 4000.
But something was wrong, Joey seemed happy and she knew that he was having fun, but he seemed to be breathing heavily and was very pale. She wasn't sure what it was from so she continued the duel. She had Princess in defense and two cards that D'el had told her were willing to be used as tribute for Hyozanryu if she wanted. After that, she had the magic cards needed to bring D'el into play against that dragon.
"I use the Princess."
Yugi laughed.
"There go 2000 life points Joey."
"What? How come?"
Serenity smiled.
"She deals 500 direct damage for every magic or trap card on the field." He looked down at his cards and laughed.
"You got me there, Serenity."
She then brought out D'el and changed the field to Yami and equipped her with two cards she had face down already. With all the boosts the Dark Elf went from 2000 ATK to 2900.
"I willing pay 1000 life points to attack with the Dark Elf!"
The Dark Elf came into play and destroyed Thousand Dragon and didn't even require a tribute. Joey was down to 1500 life points and had no other monsters he could bring out because of the tribute rule. Even if he had, there was still the princess to deal with.
He surrendered and she felt D'el's happiness. Her own was short lived. Joey's breathing was getting heavier and now everyone noticed something wrong. He collapsed to the ground, unconscious. Grandpa took over and Yugi went to call an ambulance. Serenity panicked and went to her brother's side, but something happened that she had always been afraid of. The doctors told her that so soon after the surgery, stress could reverse the help of the operation and she would again go blind.
Her brother's form grew fuzzy in her eyes, her vision was going.
She was going blind and her brother was dying.
Serenity had gone through all her cards and had sorted them by their types, monsters, magic and traps. Unfortunately she wasn't sure where to go from there. A knock on the door distracted her and she saw turned to see Kaiba standing there.
"May I join you?"
She nodded and moved over a bit. He sat beside her and looked at the cards. He smiled.
"Learning to Duel?"
"If I can figure it out."
He laughed and then looked around. Seeing no one he continued.
"Now that I can speak with you for a minute, there's something I need to tell you." He sighed and gathered himself. "I want to apologize. I probably will never be able to say it to your brother but maybe if you hear it, it might help. All that time in the Duels that I bugged and tormented him, I thought he was like me, just going for power. But when I ended up fighting for someone I loved, I realized what drove him to put up with the insults, and the abuse."
He glanced at her.
"I just want to say that I'm glad he didn't listen to me and that he did make it. I'm glad you can see Serenity."
She smiled and placed a hand on his arm.
"I think he knows. You both aren't good with words around each other." She looked down at her cards and then up at Seto. "Could you teach me to Duel?"
He nodded.
"If you want me to."
They spent the morning learning to duel. The only argument was about the fact that she didn't need to keep the Dark Elf. Serenity won and it continued.
D'el paced back and forth. She felt Serenity learn and her heart nearly stopped when she had been told to take her card out. It started again when Serenity kept it. She couldn't believe how insecure she was.
Princess looked up from her talk with another card and walked over to her.
"You okay?"
D'el nodded.
"There was a point I thought she would take me out."
"But she didn't. She trusts you."
D'el looked at the Princess.
"I'm scared. I know that a duel is coming up, but what if I'm wrong and I am a worthless card."
Hyozanryu turned around at that.
"No card is worthless. You'll figure that out today." He looked up as the deck room shifted. "Places everyone, were entering our first match."
The cards cheered and entered into the waiting area. As their card was picked, they would be sent to the field. A view of the field was before them and all smiled. Even if they weren't used in this duel, they had still seen it.
Seto had told her the only way to really understand dueling was to learn by dueling. So she woke up Joey and asked him. He had been more than happy so they set up the fields and got ready to duel. Yugi sat beside her to help clarify any cards and their rules, but everything else was up to her.
"Ready, sis?"
"Ready!"
Everyone watched as they shuffled and drew their first five cards.
The Dark Elf was one of those cards and she smiled.
/You'll be on the field today. I promise./
//Thank you.//
It shocked her to hear a reply at first but she rather liked it. She decided to test it out.
/I'll need help here. Any ideas?/
//Use Ookazi deal direct damage and then place a monster in defense.//
She did that and then chose Giga Tech Wolf and placed it in defense. Joey smiled at her and then placed his own card in defense and changed the field to Sogen, which gave the advantage to his warriors.
The duel went on, each giving and receiving damage, but soon Joey had Thousand Dragon and he had four magic or trap cards down. She was down to 2000 life points from her 8000 and he still had 4000.
But something was wrong, Joey seemed happy and she knew that he was having fun, but he seemed to be breathing heavily and was very pale. She wasn't sure what it was from so she continued the duel. She had Princess in defense and two cards that D'el had told her were willing to be used as tribute for Hyozanryu if she wanted. After that, she had the magic cards needed to bring D'el into play against that dragon.
"I use the Princess."
Yugi laughed.
"There go 2000 life points Joey."
"What? How come?"
Serenity smiled.
"She deals 500 direct damage for every magic or trap card on the field." He looked down at his cards and laughed.
"You got me there, Serenity."
She then brought out D'el and changed the field to Yami and equipped her with two cards she had face down already. With all the boosts the Dark Elf went from 2000 ATK to 2900.
"I willing pay 1000 life points to attack with the Dark Elf!"
The Dark Elf came into play and destroyed Thousand Dragon and didn't even require a tribute. Joey was down to 1500 life points and had no other monsters he could bring out because of the tribute rule. Even if he had, there was still the princess to deal with.
He surrendered and she felt D'el's happiness. Her own was short lived. Joey's breathing was getting heavier and now everyone noticed something wrong. He collapsed to the ground, unconscious. Grandpa took over and Yugi went to call an ambulance. Serenity panicked and went to her brother's side, but something happened that she had always been afraid of. The doctors told her that so soon after the surgery, stress could reverse the help of the operation and she would again go blind.
Her brother's form grew fuzzy in her eyes, her vision was going.
She was going blind and her brother was dying.