Chapter IV

The Turtle

Rua was walking around the Goodwin mansion, looking for a particular Signer who wielded the Trident Dragon.

"Hey Rika, do you know where Jax is?" Rua asked the pink haired girl.

Rika smiled at Rua. "No, but I know why your looking. I suppose he's willing to duel you, again."

Rua smiled sheepishly. "Don't worry, I'll win this time," he said.

Just then, Ruka walked in. "Are you bothering Rika again?" she asked her twin.

"Uh…"

"He's fine Ruka," Rika said.

"He better be," Ruka said. Then she and Rika burst into giggles.

Just then the butler walked in. "Excuse me, Miss Goodwin, but you have a letter," he said.

Rika frowned as she took the envelope. No one sent her mail anymore, other than e-mail. She looked at the envelope. All it had was her name.

"What is it Rika?" the young twin who had a constant sugar high asked.

"Hush Rua," his sister said.

Rika opened it up. Inside was a booster pack for Duel Monsters. This is strange… I don't duel. Why did I get this? Is it from Jax? She shrugged and opened up the pack. Inside were some cards for an archetype she never heard of before: Five Forces.

"Oo, oo! Can I see?" Rua asked.

Rika handed the cards to him, but kept one in particular to look at. It was called Five Forces- Black Turtle. As she read it, she new it would rival any one of her boyfriend's cards, even his Trident Dragon.

"Whoa, I've never heard of these cards before. Hey, want me to help you build a deck Rika?" Rua asked.

Rika smiled. She might enjoy dueling Jax every now and then. "Sure, Rua. Maybe your sister can help too. I would be honored to have help from two Signers," Rika said.

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That night, as the Signers were eating dinner at Goodwin's Mansion, Rua mentioned to Jax about his girlfriend getting some new cards.

"You got cards in the mail, Rika? Who was it from?" Jax asked.

"I don't know. There was nothing on it except my name," Rika said.

"Yeah, and Ruka and I helped her make a deck!" Rua exclaimed.

"Really? Can I see it?" Jax asked.

"Okay," Rika said, blushing a little. She loved getting a lot of attention (and maybe other things) from Jax, but from the others it was a little unnerving. She handed Jax her deck. As he looked through it, he whistled.

"This is great, Rika. The twins really helped you make a great deck," Jax said.

Jack laughed. "If it's so great, Jax, why not let her test it out against me?"

"No, it's okay…" Rika said. But the others convinced her to duel him after they ate.

They went to a duel arena that Goodwin had in his mansion. There, Jack put on his Disk and activated it, while Rika borrowed Jax's Disk for the occasion.

"Duel!" the two said at the same time.

Rika's LP: 4000

Jack's LP: 4000

"Ladies first," Jack said.

"So who would that make go first?" Jax asked, laughing. Jack just glared at him.

"Okay, I draw," Rika said. "Next, I play 7 Colored Fish (4/1800/800) in Attack Mode! Then I play one card facedown, and end turn."

Rika's LP: 4000

Jack's LP: 4000

"I play Double Summon, and play Big Piece Gollum (5/2100/0), which I can summon if you have monsters and I don't. Then, I summon Dark Resonator (3/1300/300)! Next, I Tune my level three Dark Resonator and my level five Big Piece Gollum to Synchro Summon: Red Daemon's Dragon (8/3000/2000)!" Jack said as his ace card and Signer Dragon appeared.

"And I activate my Trap Card: Bottomless Trap Hole! When a monster with 1500 or more attack is summoned, it is removed from play!" Rika said.

"Good job, honey!" Jax said as Jack grumbled.

"Fine, I play one card face down and end turn," Jack said.

Rika's LP: 4000

Jack's LP: 4000

"I draw, then summon Ocean's Keeper (3/1500/1200) in Attack Mode! I'll have Ocean's Keeper attack you directly, then have 7 Colored Fish att-"

"I don't think so. When you attack with 7 Colored Fish, I activate Confusion Chaff. When you declare a second direct attack," Jack said, "your monster attacks the monster that attacked first! So, bye-bye Ocean's Keeper!"

"Fine, but I activate Ocean's Keeper's effect: I can add one Thousand-Eyes Jellyfish or Cranium fish to my hand. And I choose the Jellyfish! Then I play one card facedown and end turn," Rika said.

Rika's LP: 3700

Jack's LP: 2500

"I draw," Jack said, "Then, I activate my trap card: Return from the Different Dimension! I pay half my Life Points to special summon any of my removed from play monsters. Return, Red Daemon's Dragon!" Jack declared as his Dragon returned. "Now, attack her Fish!" Rika sighed as she sent her Fish to the Graveyard. "I end my turn."

Rika's LP: 2500

Jack's LP: 1250

"Rika's definitely holding her own against Jack," Yusei said. "And that's not an easy thing to do."

"You can win this, Rika!" Jax said.

Rika smiled at everyone's support. She drew. I hope I can pull this off… she thought as she looked at the card. "I play my spell card: The Cheerful Coffin. I can send three monsters from my hand to the Graveyard!" Rika said. "And, now that I have five monsters in my Graveyard, and none on the field, I can special summon this: Five Forces- Black Turtle (10/3000/3000)!"

Jack grinned. "So, your gonna kamikaze your Turtle to get rid of my Red Daemon's?" he asked.

"Nope, I now activate his effect: I can increase or decrease the attack or defense of any monster on the field by 1000!" Rika declared. "And your Red Daemon's Dragon is what is going to be affected!" Jack frowned as his Dragon was weakened (3000=2000) "Then I'll activate my trap card: Call of the Haunted. I special summon my 7 Colored Fish from the Graveyard! Now, Black Turtle, attack Red Daemon's Dragon, then 7 Colored Fish attack directly!" Rika said as Red Daemon's was killed, then Jack's Life Points were reduced to zero.

Rika's LP: 2500

Jack's LP: 0

"Good duel," Jack said, shaking Rika's hand. Rika smiled a little, happy that she won.

Goodwin walked up to his granddaughter. "Rika, I think there's more to this card than you think," he said.

"What do you mean, Mr. Goodwin?" Jax asked.

"The knowledge about the Five Forces is extremely rare. That someone made these cards, they were either very lucky, or they know what they are doing," Goodwin said, "I think that I should tell the seven of you about the Five Forces. But first, we need to go on a search for the others who wield them."