Lux did the honors for this chapter. Time for Ace to shine once again, because I know you all want it….

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When I joined up with the Shadowchasers, I wasn't fully onboard with the fact that we settled things with a children's card game. I had never really gotten into the whole card game scene before I joined up, although I did have friends and family who were into the whole card game scene, so I had a basic understanding of the cards and rules, but I was a fair-weather player.

But that wasn't a problem for me when I joined up, I took to the game rather quickly when I got the thrill of dueling, at least when my life was on the line. It was actually quite a thrill after I got used to dueling like that, to the point that when I dueled I would feel the tension rising.

Even when I dueled against the rest of my group for practice, I would often feel a sort of natural high – Kinda like adrenaline pumping through your veins when you actually fight against someone fist to fist.

I guess it comes with the territory of being young, or for the fact that I'm becoming more attuned to this game.

Besides, thanks to this game I was able to meet some real good people – Hyde, Faye, Jalal, and I guess Kyon and Barron can be thrown into that group as well. The fact that I'm a part of something bigger now, thanks to this game, is enough to get me pumped up for this tournament!

Now…

All that's left is to actually get some points for this tournament – And I think my first opponent was a gift from above. Or, from what I can tell… Probably a gift from hell…

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Draw 7

Big Bang Dragon Blow

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It had been a few minutes since Ace had dashed from the area where her first duel was rightfully stolen from her; she should've been the one to take on that sexist fratboy – Not that guy living in fairy tales.

And now thanks to this event, she was doing a mad dash for an opponent! But it seemed as though the woods themselves were empty at this time…

"Damn it," Ace snarled under her breath as she stopped near one of the many trees in the forest and leaned up against it.

She didn't want to admit it, but maybe Bruno was right this time – But with that dumb satyr McGuinness insulting her, Bruno stealing her duel against the jerk, and the most shocking event: Kyon being a Blue Knight – The young Shadowchaser nearly lost her head in all the confusion.

She just needed to get away to blow off some steam.

And what better way to vent her frustrations than to actually duel against someone? It was a way to have violence without actually hurting someone (at least not intentionally).

But here Ace was, all alone in the woods, like some poorly written horror movie screenplay – With no one to duel and nothing to really do.

Well, except to curse out the air, but even that has its limitations.

"Damn it all!" Ace growled as she jumped from the tree she was leaning against and slammed her foot into the large tree, making the wood shake wildly.

"AAAAH!"

"Huh?" Ace questioned as she looked around, and then looked up – Just in time to have someone or something crash into her. "URRRK!"

A small amount of dirt flew through the air from the impact of what happened.

Apparently, what had fallen from the tree was a young woman – Of course, Ace wouldn't know that since she was technically knocked out from the force of the fallen woman.

Meanwhile, a few yards away…

Xander merely blinked a few times as he watched the scene play out in front of him, but shrugged his shoulders before he continued on his trek. "Not important."

Yes, he had somewhere to be, and couldn't waste time with some petty peon getting hurt…

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A few minutes passed since Ace was knocked out, but now she was finally starting to regain her senses, "Ugh, anyone get the license plate of that bugbear? I think he just sideswiped me…"

Ace tried to push herself up, but felt herself being pinned down by something rather heavy to the grassy ground. "What in the… HEY! GET OFF ME!"

The person in question who was on her was a young woman (who looked a year or two older than Ace herself) with long black hair pulled back into a three long tails that ended with blonde tips to them and the middle hair tail had a blue bandana tied around it. Her slim figure was covered with black Chinese dress (with a golden dragon styled on it) and a baggy dark blue jacket that had a number of zippers and buckles on it. The girl's eyes spun around as she groaned in pain, "Ooh, what happened?"

Ace barred her teeth as she began to push the girl off of her, "You fell on me! Now get off of me!"

The other girl shook her head and leered at Ace, "Well excuse me for taking a quick nap! I was up all night preparing myself for this tournament and I needed some rest…"

"Well, who sleeps in a tree?" Ace barked.

"Who kicks a tree?"

Both of the women leapt from each other, sparks clashed between the two as they continually glared at each other – If looks could kill, both young women would be six feet under the moment they laid eyes on each other. This heated glare stand-off remained like this for a few moments, at least until the Chinese dressed woman looked Ace over, looking for something…

A smirk slowly curled on her face as she stood up straight, "So, you don't have a blue scarf on your person… A 'Shadowchaser' is it?"

"Yeah, what of it?" Ace questioned with a raised eyebrow.

"I'm rather curious," the Chinese dressed woman questioned as she rubbed her chin. "What exactly is a Shadowchaser? I've never heard of that term until I was invited to this tournament… Is it a type of underground duelist league?"

'Well, I guess someone could think of it like that,' Ace thought to herself before she shook her head once more, returning to glare at the Chinese dressed woman. "It's more of a profession – Something you wouldn't understand."

'Either that, or you'd think I'd be crazy.'

"Humph, that's what the first opponent said to me," the Chinese dressed woman growled under her breath. "Whatever a Shadowchaser is, you must all be of the lowest order of honor and respect. I've met two other 'Shadowchasers' before you, the first one was my first opponent in this tournament – He had so much pride that it was his downfall…

"The second one I had the misfortune of running into was a ragged old woman – Kept referring to herself as 'Baba' something, and she knocked her Disk against my head a few times – Just because I didn't want to duel against her…

"And then there's you – You who knocked me out of that tree and woke me up from a nice dream!"

"How the hell was I supposed to know you were up there?" Ace snarled back as she stomped forward.

The Chinese dressed woman did the same, and the two's faces were only a few inches apart and had sparks flying between the two of them. "You ever hear of looking up? In case you didn't notice, I'm not wearing green or brown!"

"I don't exactly make it a habit in looking up trees!" Ace countered as she lifted a fist up. "I live in Vegas, and that place is kind of devoid of actual trees, in case you didn't know!"

"Enough stalling!" The Chinese dressed woman barked back as she slapped Ace's fist away. "I think you owe me an apology! After all, I didn't do anything wrong!"

"Well I didn't either!"

This was a common scenario, if anyone ever met someone who had a similar personality, one of two things would happen. The first thing that could happen was that the two would instantly become friends based on the fact that they would probably have similar interests, dreams, goals, and etc. It would be a good way to make friends that way…

Of course, as we've all just witnessed, that's not the case. We've gone with the more common outcome of two people with similar interests meeting and that would be that they would hate each other – butting heads together until things get out of control. Yeah, this was one of those times.

The two young women kept slinging insults at each other until finally…

"Alright! That's it!" Ace barked loudly as she turned around and crossed her arms over her chest. "I wanted an opponent, but you're just too annoying! I'd probably walk across the field half way through the duel just to hit you upside the head!"

"Big talk," the Chinese dressed woman spat back. "You're probably afraid that you're going to lose against a vastly superior opponent. Are all Shadowchasers cowards like you?"

Ace stopped in her tracks and spun around on her heels, her eyes targeted directly on the Chinese dressed woman. "You don't know anything about us Shadowchasers, or what we have to deal with in a single day! I thought I'd be the bigger person here, but screw that!

"I'll gladly take you on and show you what a real duelist can do!"

"Glad to hear it!" The Chinese dressed woman laughed as she leapt back and slammed her foot into the very same tree that she was sleeping in. A few seconds later, a Duel Disk fell from the branches and into her hands. "But before we begin, it's only appropriate that you know the name of the person who'll kick you out of this tournament – I am Xiaomu Lei-Fang! A regional champion from Hong-Kong itself!"

As Xiaomu slipped her Duel Disk on her arm, Ace snapped her Duel Disk into action. "And I'm Ace! That's all you need to know!"

"Very well… Ace," Xiaomu chuckled as she kicked the tree once more, this time making a D-Gazer fall from the tree. As she slipped it over her left eye and ear, Xiaomu struck an overly dramatic stance. "So, how do you wish to play this? Care to duel with only five hundred euros or…"

"All or nothing for me!" Ace shouted as she pumped a fist up into the air. "I'm willing to put everything on the line in this duel like I do with everything in my work!"

"So, you have fifteen-hundred euros?" Xiaomu mused with her hand at her chin.

"Uh, n-not really," Ace muttered under her breath as she rubbed the back of her head. "I… I haven't really dueled yet…"

"I see, then this will be easy then," Xiaomu chuckled as she wagged her finger at the tomboyish Shadowchaser. "I'll only have to wager a thousand euros. Therefore even if I lose, I'll be able to stay in this tournament."

"Yeah, yeah," Ace muttered under her breath. "Fine! I'll accept!"

"Good!" Xiaomu as her Duel Disk activated. "D-Gazer set on! Duel Disk go!"

Ace bit her lower lip as both duelists drew from the top of their decks. "Duel!"

"I am glad you decided to accept my challenge, 'Ace'," Xiaomu stated as she lifted her arms up. "Therefore, you may have the first turn." (XLP: 8000)

"Gee, thanks," Ace muttered as she drew from the top of her deck. 'Hmm… I don't know about some of these cards that Kyon suggested that I add to my deck… Some of them are a little too 'cutesy' for my tastes. But I can't argue with effects.' (ALP: 8000)

"Are you going to just look at your cards or duel?" Xiaomu questioned as she tapped her foot against the ground.

"Give me a minute!" Ace snapped back before she sighed loudly. "Argh! Fine! I summon… Cat Girl…"

Ace reluctantly placed the card onto her Duel Disk, and several leaves popped from the trees around and swirled around until a shadowed figure appeared between them. Leaping from the leaves was a rather energetic young lass that was dressed up to look like a cat with brown fur and orange patches. Her face was covered but she had a cat claws on her hands and feet, a pair of cat ears atop of her masked head and a long catty tail that wagged as the girl spun around (1200/1600). The girl mewed loudly before she began to groom her mask's fur.

Ace's face was a bright red, 'Kyon… I'm so going to kill you!'

All the while, Xiaomu was snickering loudly at the sight of the Monster, "T-That's your opening move? Whahahahahahaha!"

Ace slammed her foot into the ground, digging the boot into the ground, "Yes! Yes! I'm aware of how weird my Monster looks! I don't need you to rub it in!"

However, Xiaomu's laughter continued for a few moments, all the while Ace slipped a pair of cards into her Duel Disk, making them appear behind her yawning Cat Girl. "You got that out of your system?"

"Oh, yes, I'm sorry about that," Xiaomu snickered under her breath. "Just didn't expect a Monster like that from you with how you acted."

"Please just try to hold it for the sake of this duel," Ace growled.

"No promises," Xiaomu replied as she wagged the card she just drew up. "Now, let me show you how a real first move works, and to start off, I play the Spell Card Terraforming! I'll be honest here, I wasn't expecting to draw this card during my first turn, but I won't complain about that."

A single card popped out from the Chinese duelist's deck and slipped into her hand. "And since I've got it, why not play it? I activate the Field Spell Card – Temple of the Orochi Dragons!"

The ground all around the two duelists began to quake, the Cat Girl's fur stood on end as she dashed behind Ace. Ace blinked a few times as the trees began to twist and turn until they formed into wooden statues that resembled that of oriental dragons that each seemed to be looking at the center of the field. With good reason too, as the ground began to open up in the middle of the field with a large clay vase rising out from the ground, on the vase were a number of dragon murals that were from a number of different cultures.

Ace whistled as the Cat Girl slowly began to crawl out from behind her, "Wow, just wow… And what can this thing do? Something with Dragons?"

"Yes, but at the moment, its only making the scenery much more impressive," Xiaomu replied as she slapped a card onto her Duel Disk. "But enough about the Field Spell, we're going with a Monster now! Luster Dragon!"

A bright blue light gleamed through the air as a sapphire-covered Dragon flew over the holographic temple, roaring loudly as it floated down in front of Xiaomu (1900/1600). Ace whistled once again, "Wow, I can't believe people are still using that card… I thought it disappeared…"

"Humph, do not speak ill of my Dragon!" Xiaomu roared back. "He is strong! He is wise! He is to be respected! He is a classic!"

"You're essentially calling him old-fashioned," Ace commented with a dulled look in her eyes.

"Perhaps, but he's stronger than your little kitty cat!" Xiaomu barked as she threw her hand forward. "Luster Dragon! Attack her kitty!"

The large blue dragon drew in a mighty breath and immediately unleashed an azure flame that flew through the air towards the catty girl…

However, the cute Monster mewed loudly, creating a shockwave with her voice that scattered the flames around her. Ace smiled as she snapped her fingers, "Sorry, but your out-of-date dragon won't be declawing this cat, not when she's got this special ability! Once during each of your turns, I can negate one of your attacks! So nice try!"

Xiaomu growled as she looked at the last four cards in her hand. "We'll see about that – I'll set one card face down and end my turn."

The set card materialized behind the large Luster Dragon, "And I'll end my turn…"

"Not yet you won't!" Ace announced as she pushed a button on her Duel Disk. "I activate my Spell Card – Hand Destruction! Now both of us send two cards from our hands to the Graveyard and then draws two new cards!"

Xiaomu muttered as she pulled two cards from her hand, "Fine, I'll discard Mu Long and Masked Dragon from my hand."

"And I'll send Flame Tiger and Chain Dog to the grave," Ace stated as she slipped the two cards into her Graveyard.

Then both duelists pulled the top two cards from their decks and slid the cards into their hands. "Now, your turn is over with."

"Yes, yes, now let's see what you can do now," Xiaomu replied with a smirk. "I can't wait to see what other cute little Monsters you'll bring out."

"It's just this one card!" Ace snapped as she threw her free hand up into the air. "But how about I show you what I can really do! I summon Beast Striker!"

As Ace slapped the card onto her Duel Disk, a loud roar echoed through the holographic temple and a large ape-like Monster crashed into the ground in front of the Shadowchaser, this large beast waved its large mallet through the air a few times before it slammed it into the ground (1850/400). "Yeah! That's what I'm talking about!"

"I'm not that impressed," Xiaomu stated as she raised an eyebrow. "It can't even beat my Dragon."

"Oh, I know," Ace stated as her Duel Disk's Graveyard slot began to glow brightly. "But then again, I'm not done with my summoning! You see, since I've got two Beasts out on the field, I can now Special Summon one of the cards I just discarded during your turn!

"So, come on out, Chain Dog!"

Quite a few loud barks echoed through the air, making the Cat Girl hiss loudly as a large white dog with black spots dug itself from the ground, its golden chains along its body wrapped tightly around it (1600/1100). The Cat Girl hissed at the dog while the Chain Dog snarled back. Ace sighed, "This kinda reminds me of the office – Ever since Hyde left, Barron and Faye have been like that…"

"So, would that make you the Beast Striker then?" Xiaomu questioned.

"Don't even joke about that," Ace stated with a look of pure malice seeping from her eyes.

"Too late," Xiaomu replied with a light chuckle.

"We'll see how long you'll have that attitude," Ace growled as she snapped her fingers loudly, making all three of her Monsters transform into earthly colored lights. "I was hoping to use this against a certain spark, but I guess I could use this in practice! I Overlay all three of my Monsters!"

A large vortex appeared in the middle of the field between Ace and Xiaomu, absorbing all three of the Monsters into it before it exploded into a bright earthly light. "So, I'll bust out the big dog himself for ya!"

From the sparks and vortex emerged an incredibly large, mechanical black Doberman dog that was dressed in the garb of a sumo wrestler – Albeit it had the clothing tied around its neck as if it were a collar, but it was still intimidating, especially since the dog itself towered over the field, almost twenty feet tall! Three lights floated around the dog's body as it roared loudly, shaking the very ground with its might (2600/2100). "So meet the Yokuza of the Animal Kingdom himself – Sumo King Dog!"

"An Xyz Monster," Xiaomu scoffed as she rolled her eyes. "I'd be more impressed, but a creature like that is a mongrel when compared to what I hold within the depths of my deck."

"Maybe," Ace replied as she pumped her fist up. "But know this, Shamu, until you get to that depth, this guy will…"

"Hold on a second," Xiaomu interrupted with her arms crossed. "What did you just call me?"

"I called you by your name," Ace dully replied. "Now don't interrupt, I was just about to kick your ass! Sumo King Dog! Smash her dragon into the ground!"

Slamming both of its right paws into the ground, the Sumo King Dog lifted up its left legs and brought them down as well, shaking the very earth with its power! Then, with a second deafening roar, the large beast charged across the field, its target the only other creature on the field.

"I don't think so!" Xiaomu roared back as she pushed a button on her Duel Disk. "I'm gonna put that mutt down! I play Dimensional Prison!"

A large rift appeared before the charging Sumo King Dog, the air quickly being drawn into the rift, "So now we'll have to say goodbye to that big puppy of yours!"

However, one of the lights that floated around the dog's body flew into the rift and shattered it like glass. Xiaomu's eyes widened as the dog slammed its entire body into the Luster Dragon, smashing the dragon into the ground. When the Dog pushed itself up from the ground, the Luster Dragon's body was as flat as a pancake and blew away with the wind. (XLP: 7300)

"First blood goes to me!" Ace laughed loudly with a smirk on her face. "So, in case you didn't notice, if you activate a Trap while my dog is on the field, I can ditch one of his Overlay Units to make that Trap go boom!"

"Good to know," Xiaomu stated as she held up the Luster Dragon card in between two of her fingers. "However, you're not the only one with an effect. I use the effect of my Field Spell now! You see, once per turn, when a Dragon is destroyed or removed from play, I can instead place the card underneath my Field card, so Luster Dragon goes under my card."

Xiaomu's Field Spell Card zone flipped open and she immediately slipped the card into the zone beneath her field card.

All the while, Ace raised an eyebrow, "Okay… Why would you do that? I never heard of an effect like that…"

"You'll see," Xiaomu stated as a bright green light began to float around the temple area. "But for now, we'll just have to have some fun. Anything else you'd like to do before I show you a real turn?"

Looking over the last three cards in her hand, Ace shook her head, "Then by all means, show me a real turn…"

'Although, I'm kinda worried about this Field Spell of hers… I don't know what to expect from something that has this effect. It's almost like this card has its own Overlay Units…'

Xiaomu drew from the top of her deck and smirked as she looked at the cards in her hand, "Now then, I believe its time I show you what my family's deck is capable of! I summon Shui Long!"

From the temple's grounds, a large geyser of water erupted from the ground and began to solidify until it formed into a large serpentine dragon with blue fish scales with many long fins atop of its body. The dragon's piranha-like face opened up to reveal several rows of sharp teeth (1300/1100). "And that's not all, thanks to there being one Dragon-Type Monster under my Field Spell, it activates one of its three other effects! All Dragons gain four hundred attack and defense points!"

A blue aura began to seep into Shui Long's body, making the dragon grow larger slightly (1300/1100 + 400/400). "But don't get too used to this guy. I'm activating the effect of a Monster in my hand – Jin Long!"

Xiaomu spun around the card in her fingers, revealing another dragon that she lifted up, "You see, this Monster's effect activates while in my hand – And by returning one face-up Dragon-Type Monster on my field to the deck…"

Shui Long roared loudly before it disappeared in a white mist…

"I can Special Summon Jin Long from my hand!" Xiaomu roared loudly as she slapped the card onto her Duel Disk allowing the mist to conglomerate in front of her.

The mist began to shine brightly as it began to form into a sleek bipedal dragon completely covered with gleaming steel with blades at the ends of its arms to resemble that of a pair of wings (1600/1400 + 400/400). The Dragon screeched loudly as Xiaomu pulled her deck out from her Duel Disk, "Of course, that's not the important part… What is important is the fact that my Shui Long was returned to the deck! You see, when its removed from the field I can Special Summon another Dragon from my deck, save for the fact that it has to be Level four or lower and has to have less than fifteen hundred attack points…"

"Go right ahead and summon it back then," Ace chuckled as she lifted her hand up. "Your Shui-Long is more than capable of summoning itself again since it qualifies."

"True, I could do that," Xiaomu answered as she plucked a card from her deck, and then immediately slid the cards back into her Duel Disk. "But then I wouldn't be able to get past your eyesore of a mutt – So, I'll summon Houo Long!"

A powerful burst of flames erupted from the middle of the air in front of Xiaomu, the flames forming into a long, flame covered serpentine dragon that had an emblem on its head that had the Chinese character for Fire embedded in it (1200/1500 + 400/400). The dragon roared loudly as more flames began to pulsate from its body, "And when this card is Special Summoned due to the effect of a Dragon, one Monster on your field is automatically destroyed!

"So unless your dog king can stop Monster effects, he's about to go boom!"

And indeed it did, for the flames on the Houo Dragon flew through the air and crashed into the large mechanical dog, igniting the large beast in a fiery explosion that made Ace stagger back slightly. "URK!"

"And unless that face down card is a Trap Card," Xiaomu snickered as she rubbed the bridge of her nose, both of her dragons reeling up. "I think my Dragons will want to get acquainted with you... Say hello, boys!"

Both Dragons flew over the field directly at Ace who lifted her arms up in defense, however, when Jin Long brought down its bladed arms on the young Shadowchaser, she yelped and jumped back just in time to take Houo Long's fiery tackle straight to her stomach and sent her skidding backwards. "Gargh!" (ALP: 4400)

With both dragons returning back to Xiaomu's field, Ace bit her lower lip before she shook her head, "Not bad… Not bad at all."

"But of course!" Xiaomu laughed loudly as she placed her hands on her hips. "Wanna give up now?"

"Hell to the no!" Ace roared back.

"Good to hear!" Xiaomu stated as she took one of the remaining three cards in her hand and slipped it into her Duel Disk, making it appear behind both of her Monsters. "Then I'll end my turn by setting one card face down. Go right ahead!"

Ace looked at her Graveyard and immediately shook her head, 'It can wait… At least for now…'

The young Shadowchaser drew from the top of her deck and looked at the card she drew, but tossed it into her hand all the while she pulled another card from her hand, "I summon Playful Possum!"

In a small cloud of smoke, a small brown furred possum appeared in front of Ace, barely moving as if it was frozen stiff from the two dragons that loomed in front of it (800/600). "Of course, he won't be staying long…"

"Yes, you intend on using its effect to summon Green Baboon," Xiaomu growled with a smirk on her face. "I wasn't born yesterday… I know what a Beast deck can do!"

Ace rolled her eyes at Xiaomu's statement, "Yeesh, then I guess there's no problem with me using its effect right now!"

With a sharp squeak, the Possum popped into a large cloud of smoke that floated through the air. However a large roar blew the smoke away and in the possum's place was an incredibly large green furred baboon that was dressed in wooden armor with a large ragged tree in one of its hands. The beast snarled and snorted loudly as both of the dragon's on Xiaomu's field staggered backwards (2600/1800). "So what do you think?" (ALP: 3400)

"I think you're starting to become a predictable opponent," Xiaomu replied as she spun around a card in her hand, revealing the Monster Tri-Horned Dragon. "I activate the effect of a Dragon in my Graveyard! To call on this creature's powers, I must discard another dragon whose Level is seven or higher… And Tri-Horned Dragon counts!"

The Chinese duelist slipped the card into her Duel Disk's Graveyard slot while pulling another card from the same slot, and in one swift motion slapped the card onto her Duel Disk. "I call forth Mu Long!"

Several roots shot from the ground near the other two dragons on Xiaomu's field, gnarling and entwining with each other until they shaped up into the shape of a Chinese dragon made entirely out of wood and dirt, with the main body still inside the ground (0/2400 + 400/400). "The dragon of the forest… Seems to be more than a match for you Defender of the Forest…"

'Damn it,' Ace thought to herself as she looked at the coiling dragon. 'Thanks to this Field Spell, I won't be able to get past that eyesore…'

"Now I have three Dragons on my field," Xiaomu chuckled with a lick of her lips. "Soon, you'll be overrun with Dragons! But before you try anything else, I play my face down Trap Card Offerings to Orochi!"

Xiaomu's face down card flipped up to reveal a Lady of D surrounded by several Chinese Dragons that coiled around her body, "This Trap Card can only be activated when two conditions are met, and since those conditions have been met, I can select one low-Level dragon from my deck and slip it under my Field Spell."

With a smile plastered on her face, Xiaomu yanked the deck from her Duel Disk and fanned the cards in front of her, "This time, I think I'll send a familiar face under it…"

Grasping the card between two of her free fingers, Xiaomu fitted the deck back into her Duel Disk and turned the card around in between her fingers revealing the water dragon – Shui Long. "So, I'll slip my loyal dragon into my Field Spell…"

As Xiaomu slipped the card beneath her Field Spell, a blue light began to float around the temple. "Now, you're more than welcomed to continue your turn."

Ace grumbled under her breath as she looked at the cards in her hand, 'Man, what a time for me to not have Heavy Storm or Mystical Space Typhoon – what is she planning on with her Field Spell?

'Oh well, I'll just smash through her right now then!'

"Green Baboon! Only you can prevent forest fires!"

The Green Baboon blinked a few times before he turned his head towards Ace with a confused look in his eyes. Ace growled and tapped her foot a few times before she barked loudly, "That means smash that fire dragon!"

The Green Baboon had an epiphany before it turned its attention back towards the duel and leapt through the air, bashing its club into the surprised Houo Long until the flames scattered about the field. (XLP: 6300)

"Yeah!" Ace shouted as she snapped her fingers. "What ya think of me now?"

Xiaomu chuckled under her breath as she held up Houo Long's card, "I think you're a real help. Remember, thanks to my Field Spell, my Dragon doesn't go to the grave, it goes under my Field Spell instead!"

As the Chinese duelist slipped the card beneath her Field Spell, and a red light began to float around the field now, granting three orbs of light to float about the field. Xiaomu laughed loudly as she struck a dramatic pose, "So now then evildoer, you can keep on fighting me, but you won't be able to win in the end!"

"Evildoer?" Ace hissed with her eyes narrowed. 'I'm one of the good guys!

'… W-Well, I may not be the best Shadowchaser around, but I sure as hell ain't an evildoer!'

"Yes! Evildoer!" Xiaomu retorted as she placed her hands on her hips. "After all, with a name like Shadowchaser, your group's definitely shifty – Especially with the large number of people who are a part of it, you can't be up to any good!"

"For the love of, listen up Mao Moo!" Ace roared back. "I may not be the best person around, but I'm sure as hell no bad guy! What makes you think I'm a bad guy anyway?"

"Did you forget why we got into this duel?" Xiaomu seethed between her teeth. "You practically kicked me out of a tree!"

"Oh for the love of… How was I supposed to know you were sleeping up there?" Ace retorted.

"Enough!" Xiaomu sighed with a roll of her eyes. "Just finish your turn!"

"Fine!" Ace shouted back as she slipped a card into her Duel Disk, making another set card appear behind her large baboon. "One card set, and I'll end my turn!"

"Now… Watch this!" Xiaomu announced as she pulled off the top card from her deck.

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Meanwhile, in the forest near where he had dueled Ember, Hakata was sulking. He realized now that this had all been a bad idea.

Then a strange chill blew through the forest.

He looked, and saw a ghostly woman looking at him. A phantom in a sexy, low-cut dress.

It was, in fact, the same ghostly woman who had been with Zanth, the one whom Xander had called his secretary.

Hakata stood up, strangely drawn to the odd woman. She smiled sweetly, and outstretched her arms… He started to walk towards her, ready to meet the hug she was offering…

Then the eerie scene was broken.

"SARAH!" screamed a voice that echoed through the forest.

A look of fright appeared on the yuki-onna's face. She was seriously busted.

She vanished in a cloud of mist. Hakata shook his head, the spell broken.

"What was THAT all about?" he said.

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Back to the dueling field, Xiaomu looked at the few cards remaining in her hand, "Hmm… I think I'll just move right on into my battle phase…"

'Huh?' Ace questioned as the Jin Long lifted up its bladed wings. 'Is she actually going to attack my Baboon? Whatever she's planning, she must want to use her Field Spell's effect whatever it is…

'But that doesn't mean I can't make this hurt!'

"Jin Long! Attack her baboon!" Xiaomu commanded as the large, metallic dragon screeched loudly before it dashed across the field, both of its bladed wings being dragged along the ground to create a number of sparks.

"I dunno why you're so eager to attack, but I'm more than happy to oblige!" Ace announced as she pushed a button on her Duel Disk, allowing a ghostly mist to emerge around the Green Baboon's head. The mist began to solidify and formed into a pair of moose antlers that grafted themselves to the baboon's head, making the beast cry out in triumph (2600/1800 + 800/0). "Especially since I just outfitted my beast with Horn of the Phantom Beast! So not only will you take more damage, but when your Dragon bites the dust… I'll get to draw another card!"

Xiaomu didn't seem too worried as the large beast slammed its club into the charging dragon's body, crushing the metallic Monster into the ground with the sound of metal grinding into the ground. (XLP: 4700)

"And now, thanks to my Trap," Ace stated as she reached for her deck. "I get to draw…"

However, the moment that Ace placed her fingers atop of her deck, a loud beeping sound echoed from her Duel Disk and made her jump up. "W-What the?"

"Unfortunately, to use your Trap's second effect," Xiaomu sighed with a shake of her head as she held up Jin Long's card. "My Monster has to go to the Graveyard, but fortunately for me, my Field Spell takes that card underneath it instead."

"Crud…" Ace grumbled under her breath as she watched a fourth light begin to float around the Field Spell that warped the field. 'Yeesh, how many cards is she going to go through with this Field Spell?'

"I shall end my turn by setting one Monster in Defense Mode," Xiaomu announced as the set Monster appeared before her. "And one set card, my turn shall be over with."

"I don't know what you're up to Chou Mei," Ace sighed as she pulled off the top card from her deck. "But no matter what ya do, I'm gonna win this!"

"Hmm, I look forward to seeing you try," Xiaomu growled with a small blood vessel appearing on the side of her head. "But more importantly… Get my name right!"

"Huh?" Ace questioned with a blush on her face. "Damn it, I thought I would've grown out of that habit… My bad."

Xiaomu rolled her eyes as at Ace as a cloud of smoke appeared on her field, revealing the Playful Possum appearing back on her field, crouching down (800/600). "But I won't be apologizing for what happens next, first thanks to its effect, my possum returns…

"And that's not the best part, I finally drew one of these! I play Mystical Space Typhoon!"

Ace immediately slipped the card into her Duel Disk, making a powerful surge of wind to fly through the air, "And you get three guesses what I'm going to destroy, and the first two don't count!

"I'll be bringing down this temple!"

The wind began to swirl and swept through the temple, making the dust fly up through the air and making all of the Monsters on the field stagger slightly from the powerful windstorm.

But…

Through all this, Xiaomu only smirked and watched as all four of the lights that were floating around the field spun around faster and scattered the wind. "Heh, not a bad draw… But its rather useless actually…"

Ace blinked a few times as the wind began to die down, and yet the temple managed to stay standing, "What the heck? What in the world is this?"

"Oh yeah, I should've mentioned my field's second effect," Xiaomu snickered with a large grin on her face. "When there are three or more dragons underneath it, my Field Spell cannot be toppled – Neither through destruction, nor by you activating another Field Spell. In fact it prevents you from activating Field Spells."

"… Well, that was a waste of a card," Ace thought to herself as she looked at the remaining cards in her hand. 'Not much else I can use… But that doesn't mean I can't fight back. I still have Baboon out on the field…

'But… I don't want to add more cards to her Field Spell… Who knows what else she'll get if I do… I could attack her face down Monster, but that's probably a Dragon too…'

Ace slipped one of the three remaining cards from her hand and placed it onto her Duel Disk, making the card appear in front of her. "I'll just set a Monster face down, and end my turn!"

"Oh? Is that fear I see in your eyes?" Xiaomu questioned as she simply drew her next card and looked at the card she drew. A small glimmer of light sparkled in her eyes as she looked at the card and the other card she held. "Well, you should be… Because in this turn, I'll be doing something I haven't done in a long time…

"And that's bringing out my most powerful beasts! But first, I'll flip up my face down Monster – Reveal yourself Priestess of Orochi!"

The face down Monster flipped up and disappeared, and in its place was a young woman dressed in ceremonial white robes with her face covered with what appeared to be a skull of a dragon and a large staff in her hands (0/0). The woman fell to her knees when she looked around and saw the Temple of Orochi, tears falling down her face,

"Whoa, what's up with her?" Ace asked as she blinked a few times.

"She knows what's coming, Ace," Xiaomu stated as she held her hand up to her deck, catching a single card that popped out from her Duel Disk. "For you see, when she's flipped, I can add one Ritual Spell Card from my deck to my hand. I'll even show it to you…"

Xiaomu spun the card around in her hand and held it towards Ace, who in turn squinted to look at the card, "Uh… Dragon… Revival Ritual…

"Never heard of it."

"Well, after this, you'll never forget it," Xiaomu stated as she pushed a button on her Duel Disk. "But enough of what's to come, you'll see soon enough – For now, I'll play my Trap Card – Orochi's Wrath!"

Xiaomu's face down card flipped up and revealed another Trap Card that had a large, multi-headed dragon breathing fire on a large city. "Now thanks to this Trap, with my field, I can destroy one Dragon on the field. And since there's only one out, I apologize Mu Long, but I need to relinquish you…"

The wooden dragon turned back and nodded towards its master. However, the moment it turned back to the field, a powerful flame erupted on the wooden dragon's body, making its body crackle and snap until it shattered into a green light that floated around the temple. "And it goes under my temple. Then my Trap's second effect comes into play, allowing me to add one Ritual Monster from my deck to my hand."

"Great, does that mean we're going to meet Orochi now?" Ace questioned as another card popped out from Xiaomu's deck.

"Do you think I would be that predictable?" Xiaomu questioned as she held her hand up into the air, making all five of the lights that floated around her temple spin around quickly. "I activate my Field's final effect! When there are at least five dragons underneath it, I can destroy my Field Spell and all Monsters on my field! And of course, pay half of my Life Points!" (XLP: 2350)

A powerful flame engulfed the temple and the single Monster that was on her field, and almost as quickly as it came, the flames disappeared. The only things that were left on Xiaomu's field as the area began to return to being a forested location were the five multi-colored lights. "But, in return for my patience, my sacrifice and my field… All of the dragons that were placed underneath my Field Spell Card are instantly summoned back to the field!"

All five of the lights crashed into the ground in front of Xiaomu and immediately transformed back into the Luster Dragon (1900/1600), Houo Long (1200/1500), Mu Long (0/2400), Shui Long (1300/1100) and Jin Long (1600/1400). All five of the dragons roared loudly, proud to be back on the field once more, making even the Green Baboon stagger backwards.

"I see you got your dragons back," Ace growled as she held up her Duel Disk. "But that's not enough to stop me! Go ahead and Overlay them all if ya want!"

"How kind of you to offer," Xiaomu chuckled with a shake of her head. "But unfortunately, thanks to my Field Spell, my Dragons can't attack, use their effects, or be used in Xyz or Synchro summons the turn I used this effect, so it's useless…

"However… Ritual Summoning is another matter…"

"Oh yeah? Well bring it on!" Ace roared as she pumped her fist up. "There's no ritual Monster that I can't beat!"

"Your overconfidence in yourself is rather entertaining actually," Xiaomu stated as she spun around one of the remaining cards in her hand. "Very well, I shall show you what I can do – But don't show any regret when I do – I activate the Spell Card Dragon Revival Ritual!"

A large pentagram appeared beneath all five of Xiaomu's Monsters, black smoke slowly engulfing them all. "This ritual is a little different than others – Instead of offering Levels, I need to offer Monsters of different attributes…

"So, I'll offer my Fire Monster – Houo Long…"

From the dark smoke, a pillar of flames flew up into the air.

"Then my Water Monster – Shui Long…"

A torrent of water shot up from the smoke.

"Next, my Wind dragon – Luster Dragon…"

A twister of green air followed suit.

"Up now is the Earth attribute – Mu Long!"

Tons of rubble and roots were drawn up from the smoke.

"And finally, the Dark Monster – Jin Long!"

A large portion of the black smoke floated up along with the rest of the elements, when it did, all five of the elements began to converge with each other, growing larger and larger, even forcing a number of the trees in the area to be pushed away from the sheer size of the creature that was being created before the two duelists. "Prepare yourself Ace, I'm about to call forth one of the strongest Monsters in this entire game! Now… REVEAL YOURSELF!"

Xiaomu slapped the card onto her Duel Disk, and the moment she did, an extremely loud roar blasted through the air, making her two revealed Monsters stagger back quite a few feet. Even Ace herself felt a chill run down her spin as she noticed that five pairs of large eyes were now looming down at her, each with complete bloodlust dripping from them. As the Monster's body was finally solidifying, Ace saw what could best be described as a single beast that she had only seen in videos. 'Oh man… Jalal is not going to like this…'

TTTTTT

Sarah was standing in front of Zanth, wearing special shackles on her arms, and her master was not pleased.

"I turn my back for one minute and you almost cause a disaster…" said the incredibly angry Blue Knight.

Sarah sighed. She could hardly help herself. It was what yuki-onna did… Using their beauty to lure humans into a cold embrace in order to freeze them solid… It was kind of an addiction they had…

"Uh… I'm sorry?" she said sadly.

"Sorry?" asked Zanth. "You could have just ruined the boss's whole plan!

"Now listen, Sarah, I'm not overly fond of this idea either, and once this tournament is over, you can have all the victims you want."

He grabbed his servant by the cheeks.

"But until then, let's try to avoid causing any casualties… Because if we do, the boss will make sure that we're the next casualties!"

He let go of her.

"Don't forget… I summoned you, and it would take nothing more than a snap of my fingers to send you back where I got you from…"

Sarah shuddered. Where had he 'gotten her from'? From Hell, of course. She had just been another damned soul about to face the tortures that all such souls face-upon arriving. In fact, these shackles she was wearing right now were the same design as the ones that devils used to restrain souls while they were waiting to be led to the infernal devices. But she had been chosen completely at random when he had cast a spell to summon a dark familiar. She had been very lucky.

"Sarah" wasn't even her real name. Zanth called her that because it amused him to do so, and she didn't dare argue.

"It won't happen again!" she pleaded.

"I hope not…" growled Zanth.

She was about to ask him nicely to take off the shackles, but then she felt she had pushed her luck enough as it is. Best to wait until he had cooled off.

"All right…" said Zanth.

He looked at his money belt, where his winnings had already doubled by now.

"Time to find another opponent… Call me crazy, but I'm actually starting to like this game…"

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Back at the duel between Ace and Xiaomu, Ace looked with disbelief at the huge Monster.

It was a Dragon… An extremely large Dragon with a bipedal body covered with bronze scales and a pair of muscular arms and leathery wings. But, it head, er, heads were another matter. There were five dragon heads that were attached to the main body, one seemed to be made out of pure flames, another was composed of black steel, one was an earthly color with spikes from its head, the next one was blue and had fins from its body, and the final was a black dragon head. All five of the dragons roared once more, shaking the very earth (5000/5000). "In my tongue, we refer to this creature as F.G.D. which means Five God Dragon… But, for you Americans and English folk, this card is known as Five-Headed Dragon!"

"B-But… I thought that it was a Fusion Monster…" Ace muttered as she looked at the mighty scaled beast that stood over her and Xiaomu.

"You can't always believe what you hear," Xiaomu laughed loudly as she crossed her arms. "Before this card became a Fusion Monster, it was a very powerful Ritual Monster – But it got junked when its practicality was called into question… But for five Monsters to do this, I think it's very fair…

"When called to the field, all of your cards on the field get blown away! Gone like the wind!"

With a mighty flap of its wings, the large Five-Headed Dragon unleashed a flurry of wind that sent every card on Ace's field flying up into the sky, and disappearing into the endless blue. Ace gulped but shook her head as she fitted all of the cards into her Graveyard, "Yeah? Well, here's a news flash! The face down card I had was Dummy Marker! And when destroyed, I get to pull another card from my deck in its place, so thanks!"

Ace drew from the top card from her deck as she looked to her Graveyard slot, 'Of course, that's not the only effect I've got.'

"Big deal, of course," Xiaomu chuckled with a wag of her finger. "I should point out that my Dragon can't attack during the turn that I use its effect… But, I have a way around that right now…"

Xiaomu turned around the last card in her hand and slipped it into her Duel Disk. From the ground behind her, a large mirror emerged that didn't show her reflection, but rather five familiar dragons that were trying to get free from the reflective ornament, "I activate Dragon's Mirror!"

"Oh, crap…" Ace muttered under her breath as five cards slipped out of Xiaomu's Graveyard slot.

"I see you know what's coming," Xiaomu laughed as the mirror melted away into a dark shadow, the very same shadow that grew larger and flew into the air. "Yes! By banishing all five Dragons that I used to summon my creature with, shall be used to summon my Ritual Monster's only equal!"

A second ear-piercing roar blasted through the air as the shadows began to take a familiar shape…

"Man…" Ace muttered under her breath. "Jalal is gonna go ballistic…"

As the shadows dripped away from its body, a familiar five-headed Dragon stood alongside the original, in fact, it was like a carbon copy of the ritual dragon – five heads, one large body, one pair of leathery wings – The only difference was that this one seemed to cackle loudly, all five heads did (5000/5000), when it looked down at Ace. "Crap, crap, crap!"

"Wow, what a mouth on you," Xiaomu chuckled with a smile on her face. "But it's not as nasty as the ten looking back at you. Five of which don't have the same restriction as my original five."

"I've faced worse," Ace replied.

That was a lie.

Pure and simple, a lie.

"Impressive, well then, I hope you can handle this then!" Xiaomu roared loudly as she threw her hand up into the air. "Five-Headed Dragon! End this! Flames of the Final Fury!"

All five of the heads reeled back, and immediately unleashed its attack, which consisted of a regular flame breath, a twister of black air, yellow energy, a torrent of water, and a pitch black flame – All of which were heading straight towards Ace's side of the field.

All five of the attacks struck the ground at Ace's field, completely covering the tomboyish Shadowchaser with smoke.

"Yes! And that's game!" Xiaomu laughed loudly as she crossed her arms over her chest. "It was a fun little match, but in the end, I still won!"

"You sure about that?"

Xiaomu's eyes widened as the smoke began to disappear, and standing on her field was none other than Ace herself, a smirk on her face while she held up a single card in between two of her fingers. (ALP: 3400)

"Uh… What just happened?" Xiaomu questioned as she rubbed her eyes.

"Guess you were too much on a roll to notice what I was doing," Ace stated as she spun the card around in her fingers. "The face down Monster you destroyed with your first Dragon's effect was Mogumole, and while you were busy gloating I was able to use his effect…

"Which allows me to Special Summon him back to the field in face-up Defense Mode, he was just hiding underground until your attack hit him instead of me."

"Hmm, not a bad defense," Xiaomu admitted. "But it's all for naught, I've got two powerful Monsters on my field, each with five thousand attack points and both of them with the same effect – They can't be destroyed by Monsters other than Light."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever," Ace sighed as she waved her hand up in the air. "Since you've got nothing else in your hand, and you used up everything to summon those two big buffoons, I'm guessing that it's my turn?"

"Yes," Xiaomu replied with a wild smirk on her face. "So, what Beast will you draw to save you this time?"

"I don't need to draw," Ace replied as a small flame flickered in front of her. "I've got everything I need in my hand and Graveyard! Reveal yourself, Flame Tiger!"

The flame grew larger until an orange tiger leapt out of the flames, its body flickering with flames that covered its legs and lower body (1800/0). "Since I don't have any Monsters on the field, I can Special Summon this card instead of drawing. Next, I'll summon Giant Rat in Attack Mode!"

The ground next to the Flame Tiger began to open up, allowing an incredibly large blue rodent to scurry out from the ground, its blue fur covered with dirt (1400/1450). That's when a bright light began to emerge from Ace's Graveyard slot, "And I'm not done yet! Not by a long shot! From my Graveyard, I can Special Summon a familiar face!"

Several chains fell from the sky and crashed into the ground, and immediately a familiar dog began to crawl from the ground, fitting itself into the chains (1600/1100), "Chain Dog returns! And before you say anything, he wasn't banished because he was used as an Overlay Unit for my Sumo King Dog, meaning I can use his effect again…"

"Three Level four Monsters," Xiaomu mumbled under her breath. "I see, are you hoping to do another Xyz Summon?"

"I'm not hoping," Ace replied as a powerful vortex opened up into the ground in front of her. "I am! I Overlay all three of my Monsters once more!"

All three of her Monsters transformed into streams of light that flew through the air before they were drawn into the vortex. A second passed before it exploded in a powerful burst of light. "From the arduous training you've had to endure – Arise, Centiflora Sword Mistress!"

The light immediately warped, forming into a sleek, yet small figure that stood in front of Ace. The light began to pull away revealing a young lass dressed in fancy, rose red clothing that had a hint of Eastern origin to them, yet was obviously loose enough on her slim frame to grant her mobility. The girl had short, aqua green colored hair that was topped with a rose red cap with two white belts attached to it, and a pair of long, floppy ears. A long, feline-like tail waved behind the girl as she held up a sheathed katana. The girl winked with a few sparkles popping around (2300/2000).

"Well, I wasn't expecting that," Xiaomu stated with a flat look in her eyes. "But what is that supposed to do?"

Three bright lights began to float around Centiflora's body; however, one of the lights quickly flew into the sheathed katana, making the sword mistress draw her glowing sword. "Let me show ya, first, I'll use her effect! Centiflora! Dimensional Swordsmanship!"

With a quick slash of her katana, the sword mistress seemed to cut nothing but air… But slowly, a rift began to open up in the air, revealing another dimension that was drawing in a large amount of air, and the fusion version of the Five-Headed Dragon. At first, the dragon didn't seem to budge, but soon it was quickly pulled into the growing vortex, and both disappeared in the air.

Xiaomu's eyes widened, "W-What the!? My dragon!"

"Relax," Ace sighed as Centiflora sheathed her sword. "Your Dragon will be back at the end of the turn. Centiflora can use one of her Overlay Units to banish one card on the field until the end of the turn. But… I think you should be more worried about your other Dragon – She's about to topple him!"

"Oh? Can Centiflora use that effect again?" Xiaomu questioned with a sly look on her face.

"Not this turn," Ace admitted as she spun around one of the remaining two cards in her hand. "But it doesn't matter, I activate a Quickplay Spell – Boundary's Reign!"

The Spell Card appeared on the field, and a bright silver aura covered over Centiflora's body, making her entire body spark with silver energy. "This card can only be activated when a Monster is banished, and I can activate one of two effects… Of course, since one Monster was banished, I can only use one of them right now.

"So, I'll go with the first effect!"

Suddenly, all of the rose red clothing that Centiflora was wearing changed color to a bright glowing silver (2300/2000 + 5000/0). "She gains attack equal to the attack of one of the banished Monsters! So thanks for the five thousand point bonus!"

Xiaomu's eyes widened at the powerful Monster that now stood before her and her dragon, "T-That's…"

"Kick-ass, I know," Ace chuckled as she dangled the last card in her hand in front of her. "And I'm not even done yet, I got one more card to play – I activate my own Field Spell, Forest!"

All of a sudden, the lush forest all around the two duelists began to become much more lush and full of life, and while the effects were minimal, they were still there for Centiflora (7300/2000 + 200/200). "Now, for the big finale! Centiflora! Go for it!"

The empowered sword mistress drew her sword once more, and cut the air in front of her. Only this time, the rift appeared before her and drew her in, closing immediately!

"Now you don't see her, now ya do!" Ace shouted as she pointed upwards.

Both Xiaomu and the remaining Five-Headed Dragon looked up into the air just in time to see a second rift open up into the air over the Five Headed Dragon, and from the rift fell Centiflora with her sword held above her head. All five of the dragon heads lunged towards the falling sword mistress, but every time they aimed to hit her, the sword mistress dodged out of the way.

It wasn't long until Centiflora landed on the ground in front of the Five Headed Dragon, slowly sheathing her sword as the dragon began to lower its head to finish the job the mistress had apparently failed to do.

But the moment that Centiflora completely sheathed her sword with a loud click, the dragon stopped dead in its tracks as several cuts of silver energy surged over the dragon's entire body. The dragon roared loudly in pain before its entire body shattered like glass and flew down around Xiaomu's body. "AAAAAAAH!" (XLP: 0)

"And what a finale that was," Ace replied with a wide grin on her face as she held her hand up to show a peace sign. "I rock!"

Xiaomu could only sigh at her opponent's enthusiasm.

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Ace held her hand out to Xiaomu, "For what it's worth, that was one helluva duel… I haven't had a ride like that since the last time I did a riding duel on the highway of Las Vegas!"

"Yes, it was quite a good duel," Xiaomu laughed back as she took Ace's hand and shook it. "I'm surprised that you managed to best both of my Dragons – It's not an easy card combo to overcome."

"And… I guess…" Ace mumbled as she took back her hand, a small blush on her face as she rubbed the back of her head. "I… I'm sorry… I didn't know you were in the tree when I kicked it…"

"Don't worry about it," Xiaomu chuckled as she reached into her deck slot and pulled out the Euros she had. "That duel more than made up for that, and here ya go, the amount I owe you. One thousand, so congrats."

"Uh, yeah, thanks," Ace muttered as she took the euros from the Chinese dressed duelist. "Hope ya make it to the finals."

"Same to you," Xiaomu replied as she began to walk back to the very tree that she had fallen out of earlier. "Now if you excuse me, I'm going to go catch up on some interrupted sleep."

Ace merely blinked as she watched Xiaomu quickly jump up and disappear among the branches of the tree, "Wow… That was kinda weird…"

But just like that, Ace shrugged it off and began to walk away… "Now then, who's next?"

TBC

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Card Stats

Dragon Revival Ritual / Ritual Spell / Effect: This card is used to Ritual Summon 'Five-Headed Dragon'. You must also Tribute 1 DARK, EARTH, FIRE, WATER, and WIND Monster on the field or your hand.
Image:
A pentagram with several black bolts of electricity surging around it.

Five-Headed Dragon / Dark / LV. 12 / ATK: 5000 / DEF: 5000 / Dragon/Ritual/Effect: This card can only be Ritual Summoned with 'Dragon Revival Ritual'. When this card is Ritual Summoned, destroy all cards your opponent controls. This card cannot attack during the same turn it is Ritual Summoned. This card cannot be destroyed by battle with an EARTH, WATER, FIRE, WIND or DARK Monster.
Description:
An extremely large dragon with a bipedal body covered with bronze scales and a pair of muscular arms and leathery wings. But, it head, er, heads were another matter. There were five dragon heads that were attached to the main body, one seemed to be made out of pure flames, another was composed of black steel, one was an earthly color with spikes from its head, the next one was blue and had fins from its body, and the final was a black dragon head
The preceding two cards were used by the Big Five in the original anime.

Dummy Marker / Trap / Effect: When this Set card is destroyed, draw 1 card. If this Set card was destroyed by the effect of an opponent's Spell Card, draw 1 additional card.
Image:
An explorer setting a fake marker in a cave.
Yuki Judai used this card in the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime

Mogumole / Earth / LV. 2 / ATK: 800 / DEF: 800 / Beast/Effect: When this card on the field is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard: You can Special Summon this card in face-up Defense Position. Each player can only activate the effect of 'Mogumole' once per Duel.
Description:
A cute little goggled mole with a large drill in its hands.
This card appears in Abyss Rising.

Cat Girl / Earth / LV. 4 / ATK: 1200 / DEF: 1600 / Beast/Effect: Once during each of your opponent's turns, when an opponent's Monster declares an attack: You can negate that attack.
Description:
A cute young girl dressed in orange and brown furred suit with claws, tail and ears atop of her head.
This card was used by Cat-Chan in Yu-Gi-Oh Zexal

Sumo King Dog / Earth / Rank 4 / ATK: 2600 / DEF: 2100 / Beast/Xyz/Effect: [3 Level 4 Monsters] When your opponent activates a Trap Card: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; negate that card's activation and effect, and destroy that card.
Description:
a large black, armored Doberman with steel red cloth around its body and white rope around its collar
This card was used by Dog-Chan in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal Anime

Centiflora Sword Mistress / Light / Rank 4 / ATK: 2300 / DEF: 2000 / Beast-Warrior/Xyz/Effect: [3 Level 4 Beast-Type Monsters] While this card is on the field or in the Graveyard, treat this Monster as a Beast-Type Monster. Once per turn (during either player's turn), by detaching one Xyz Material from this card, you may select and banish 1 card on the field (during the End Phase that this effect was used, return the banished card back to its owner's field). Once per turn, when this card has no Xyz Materials, you may banish this card (during the End Phase that this effect was used, Special Summon this card to your side of the field).
Description:
a young lass dressed in fancy, rose red clothing that had a hint of Eastern origin to them, yet was obviously loose enough on her slim frame to grant her mobility. The girl had short, aqua green colored hair that was topped with a rose red cap with two white belts attached to it, and a pair of long, floppy ears. A long, feline-like tail waved behind the girl as she held up a sheathed katana

Boundary's Reign / Quick-Play Spell / Effect: This card can only be activated when one or more Monster(s) is banished. Select and activate one of the following effects:
-) Select one face-up Monster on the field, increase its ATK by the ATK of one of the banished Monsters' ATK until the End Phase.
-) For every 2 Monsters banished, draw 1 card.
Image:
The Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning fighting against the Chaos Emperor Dragon

Temple of the Orochi Dragons / Field Spell / Effect: Once per turn, whenever a Dragon-Type Monster(s) on your side of the field is banished or destroyed by battle, you may place 1 of the banished/destroyed cards under this card. This card gains the following effects depending on the number of cards placed under it:
1 or more) Increase the ATK and DEF of all face-up Dragon-Type Monsters on your side of the field by 400.
3 or more) This card cannot be destroyed by card effects and your opponent cannot play Field Spell Cards.
5 or more) During your Main Phase, by banishing this card and paying half of your Life Points, destroy all Monsters on your side of the field. Then you may Special Summon up to 5 Monsters that were placed under this card. Monsters Special Summoned with this effect cannot attack, cannot use their effects, cannot be used for Synchro or Xyz Summons during the turn this effect is activated.
Image:
A large temple surrounded by wooden statues that resembled that of oriental dragons that each seemed to be looking at a large clay vase rising out from the ground, on the vase were a number of dragon murals that were from a number of different cultures

Offerings to Orochi / Trap / Effect: This card can only be activated while 'Temple of the Orochi Dragons' is on the field while you have 3 or more Dragon-Type Monsters on your side of the field. Select and place one Level 4 Dragon-Type Monster from your deck under 'Temple of the Orochi Dragons'
Image:
a Lady of D surrounded by several Chinese Dragons that coiled around her body

Priestess of Orochi / Dark / LV. 1 / ATK: 0 / DEF: 0 / Spellcaster/Effect: [Flip] Add one Ritual Spell Card from your deck to your hand.
Image:
a young woman dressed in ceremonial white robes with her face covered with what appeared to be a skull of a dragon and a large staff in her hands

Orochi's Wrath / Trap / Effect: This card can only be activated while there is a face-up 'Temple of the Orochi'. Destroy 1 face-up Dragon-Type Monster on the field and place it underneath 'Temple of the Orochi'. Then add one Ritual Monster from your deck to your hand.
Image:
a large, multi-headed dragon breathing fire on a large city

Mu Long / Earth / LV. 6 / ATK: 0 / DEF: 2400 / Dragon/Effect: When your opponent Special Summons a Monster, by discarding Dragon-Type Monsters from your hand whose combined Levels equal 6 or more, you can Special Summon this card from your hand or Graveyard. As long as this card is face-up on the field, other Level 7 or higher Special Summoned Monsters cannot activate their effects.
Description:
a Chinese dragon made entirely out of wood and dirt, with the main body still inside the ground

Houo Long / Fire / LV. 4 / ATK: 1200 / DEF: 1500 / Dragon/Effect: When this card is Special Summoned by the effect of a Dragon-Type Monster, you may select 1 Monster card on the field and destroy it.
Description:
a long, flame covered serpentine dragon that had an emblem on its head that had the Chinese character for Fire embedded in it

Shui Long / Water / LV. 3 / ATK: 1300 / DEF: 1100 / Dragon/Effect: When this card is removed from the field, you may Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower Dragon with 1500 or less ATK from your deck.
Description:
a large serpentine dragon with blue fish scales with many long fins atop of its body

Jin Long / Dark / LV. 4 / ATK: 1600 / DEF: 1400 / Dragon/Effect: While this card is in your hand, you may select 1 face-up Dragon-Type Monster on your field and return it to your deck. After this effect resolves, you may Special Summon this card from your hand.
Description:
a sleek bi-pedal dragon completely covered with gleaming steel with blades at the ends of its arms to resemble that of a pair of wings

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Nichole: Being a member of ONE organization that has its roots in Shadowkind is hard enough… Two at once, trust me, it's not for amateurs.

The way this tournament was set up is a godsend. I get to fulfill my duties as both a Shadowchaser and a member of St. Cuthbert's House simultaneously, something I almost never get to do. And I'm taking it seriously…

Trouble is, I'm having the same trouble Ace had… Finding an opponent…

Wait… Maybe I spoke too soon…

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