AN: Hey Guys, I'm really sorry about not uploading in the past couple of days, I was having a hard time deciding the moves for the match, balancing that and school is hard. I have to admit, writing duels has been a lot harder than I thought it would be, and I want to give credit to the people out there who can do amazing duels. I might actually expand an offer to anyone who thinks that they can write a good duel, maybe they could do one for me. Say in the reviews if you want to do this. I'll send you a PM with the combatants in the duel and give you an email to send the completed duel on. Thanks for being so patient with me guys, this chapter is rather short so sorry, but enjoy and review anyway!

Chapter 8 - Harry vs. Mai

Harry wandered along the beach for a couple of minutes savouring his latest victory.

'Who knew winning a match at this tournament would be so simple' he mused with a small smile.

He knew he shouldn't get cocky, but really, did you see him in that duel. It was easy, too easy. Harry was already on the lookout for someone to beat next. He half hoped he would run into that Mai women, he'd have to knock here ego down a couple of notches before he could stand to be in a room with her for lengthy periods of time. Not that he didn't think she could change, just that you always had to hit where it hurt the most, and for someone like Mai, who obviously prided herself on her duelling ability, that spot would be beating her in a duel, but Harry didn't think that a near miss victory would get through her thick head, he'd have to win by a considerable margin.

Getting to the forest that he had wanted to explore earlier he was about to venture into it's hidden depths when he heard a shout from behind him. Turning round he saw just the person he had been thinking about. Looked like their match was coming soon enough.

"Heya Harry" she said.

"Hello Mai, how are you?" Harry asked politely.

"Not really so good, I've dueled a few times and I've already lost one, and guess to who it was as well?" Mai asked with a depressed look on her face. Harry smiled, although internally he was quite surprised at the amount of duels Mai had played so far when he had only played once.

"I'm going to take a guess, but judging by your reaction I'm gonna say Joey Wheeler?" he asked in amusement.

Mai pouted "Hey, that was my part, you were meant to say 'I don't…" Harry cut across her rambling.

"Yeh, yeh, so are we going to duel or not?" he asked with a grin.

"Hell yeah we're going to duel, and when I take your star chips I'm gonna be one step closer to duelist kingdom!" she exclaimed. Harry shook his head.

"We need to work on that big head of yours" he said in amusement. Mai just huffed as she drew her deck.

"LET'S DUEL!"

Harry LP: 4000
Mai LP: 4000

Harry looked down at the 5 cards he had drawn. 'The Wicked Avatar' (?/?), 'Big Eye' (1200/1000), 'Cyber Dragon' (2100/1600), 'Forbidden Lance' (Spell) and 'Magic Cylinder' (Trap). Not a bad hand, Harry looked up and smiled his most charming smile at Mai, hoping to make her lose some composure, it worked as Harry saw a faint blush appear on her face.

"Alright," Harry said. Then paused.

"Alright what?!" Mai shouted.

"…. Ladies first" Harry said with barely restrained mirth that he was able to get Mai to lose her composure so easily. Mai just huffed and drew a card.

"Okay then," Mai said with a smirk as she drew. "I play 'Harpie Lady' in attack mode" (1300/1400) she said. 'Harpie Lady' appeared on the field. Harry felt daring and more than a little stupid when she looked right at him he gave her a wink. To his utmost surprise she blushed.

"Well, I never knew you could charm a monster" Harry said with a whistle. While Mai just gaped.

"How - I mean - How - What?!" she exclaimed. Then realising that it was still her turn she composed herself.

"You may have somehow charmed my 'Harpie Lady' but I don't think you'll find her as friendly when I play this card." Mai said confidently. "I play the spell card 'Rose Whip'" Harry agreed that her monster did look rather scary with her spiked whip.

"This card gives my Lady 300 extra attack points, (1600/1400), but since I can't attack at the moment I guess it's your turn" she said grudgingly. Harry smiled.

He drew and smirked.

"My turn," he looked down at his hand. "I play 'Big Eye' in attack mode" (1200/1000).

"That monster is not stronger than my Harpie," Mai said mockingly.

"True, but it's special effect means that I can looked at the top 5 cards in my deck then arrange them in any order I like" Harry replied.

He picked up the first 5 cards and looked at them. After judging which he wanted to pick up next him put them back on the top of his deck in the order he wanted.

He looked back down at his hand. "I finish my turn by playing one card face down" he said calmly. Mai smirked.

"Maybe you are nothing more than a pretty face" she said. "Pity, I was considering chasing after you," she drew a card from her deck. "no matter, my Lady, attack his monster, NOW!" she exclaimed.

"Ah, Ah, Ahhh," Harry said with a wag of his finger. "You are forgetting one of the more important rules of duel monsters, never forget the face downs"

"Wha-?" she said.

"I activate 'Magical Cylinder' this negates the attack and redirects to hit directly to your life points!" he exclaimed.

"NO!" Mai shouted as her life points went down.

Harry LP: 4000
Mai LP: 2400

She staggered a bit but regained her balance. "Well played," she said bitterly. "I - I - I'll end my turn" she said dejectedly.

Harry smiled. "Well then," he said as he drew "I will introduce you to one of my, how shall I put it, more awe inspiring monsters" Mai unconsciously gulped.

"I play 'D.D Warrior Lady' in attack mode" (1500/1600) the said. Mai was silent for a moment before bursting out laughing.

"H - h - how is that awe inspiring?" she gasped. Harry just smirked.

"Oh, who said that was the monster I meant?" this made Mai's head snap up and the worried look to come back.

"You see, some monsters in this game are so powerful that they need a sacrifice just to be played," he said. "And this is one of them"

"I sacrifice my two monsters to summon the ALL POWERFUL 'BLUE EYES WHITE DRAGON'" (3000/2500) he shouted as he played the card. The two monsters on the field disappeared and a monstrous dragon rose up in it's place. Mai just gaped stupidly at it.

"BLUE EYE'S! DESTROY HER HARPY LADY, WITH WHITE LIGHTNING ATTACK!" he exclaimed.

Mai screamed as her Lady was destroyed which depleted her life points even further. The force of the attack even knocked her over.

Harry LP: 4000
Mai LP: 1000

Harry smirked as Mai struggled to get back up, maybe it was a good idea to show her what real power looked like. He checked himself suddenly. When had he begun to think like that. Amen made his presence known for the first time since the duel had begun.

'Remember Harry, with great power, comes great responsibility' he said. Harry acknowledged him.

Mai staggered to her feet. Her face looking withdrawn and grim.

"I don't have anything in my deck that could beat your Blue Eyes, that means I'm going to have to surrender to you" Mai said to the shock of Harry.

"Really?" he said. Mai just nodded her head and handed out two of her three star chips. That was the deal they agreed on.

"Take them, but remember, when I get to the finals, and I will, you will be eating dirt because I'm gunna find some way to pound you into the ground" Mai said with a smile. Harry smiled back.

"Looking forward to it" he said. He watched as Mai wandered off into the distance. He turned to look at the forest again. He hoped he would get some sort of challenge on the way to the finals. With 6 out of the 10 star chips needed already he was confident he would make it. It would just be about how much fun he was able to have on the way there. Despite his boyish attitude Harry still knew that there was a job to do. That match was probably broadcasted on TV, so Pegasus and Kaiba to a lesser extent probably knew about him by now if they didn't already.

Meanwhile back in Domino City, everyone was going mad for their local kid. The kid who possessed some of the most amazing cards seen and was among the favourites to win Duelist Kingdom. There were even posters made around the city with Pegasus, Harry and Yugi on. It looked like Yugi had impressed everyone as well. But they already knew that he could beat Kaiba, Harry was an unknown before this tournament, this made him even more of an enigma among the duelist communities.

Back with Harry he smiled to himself softly and continued his walk, his walk all the way to the finals of Duelist Kingdom.

AN: Hello again, hope you liked that chapter, I know some people are going rage over the quitting of Mai, but I think I see her as the type that would like to go out on her own terms rather than someone else beating her. Blue Eyes is here! I know there are only meant to be 4 in the world and Kaiba ripped one up and owned the other three, but let's just say that Ra can do things and leave it at that. Hope you liked this chapter, in Harry's first hand was one of the most awesome cards I've come across, look up 'Wicked Avatar' and you'll know why. For those asking about how Joey is going to get Rex's Red Eyes there was a good idea from someone which was that he stole some star chips and then lost to Joey so that is what happened. See you in the next chapter guys which could be today or tomorrow depending on if I feel like writing.