"Whoa… dat's a really big dragon. Wonder if Moneybags is playing?" Joey wondered. He'd hooked up with Rei after beating Weevil for a locator card and his Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth, which he'd really taken just out of spite. Rei shrugged. "Come on, let's go watch," He said. Rei nodded and the pair walked over to the duel in progress.

"I don't recognize dat guy… whoa. I definitely recognize her thought," Joey added, pointing. Rei followed his guidance and inhaled sharply as she saw Amy standing on the wrong side of the gigantic dragon. "Hey, Atem!" Joey called out getting both Atem and Amy's attention. Joey and Rei ran over to where Atem was watching. "Life Points don't look too mismatched," Joey observed. Atem nodded.

I wouldn't say that. It's a 2300 point difference in Amy's favor. But I have no idea if that Dragon has a special ability, and even if not she'll have a time and a half of destroying it," Atem replied.

"Light and Darkness Dragon, attack her Brionac with Darklight Blast!" Chazz ordered. The beam of energy fired from Chazz's dragon's mouth, obliterating the Dragon with ease (5400 4900). "Your move," He added. Amy nodded and drew, then smiled. She was pretty sure she'd seen this card before during her research of the game. And if it was the card she was thinking of, she just needed a "distraction" for it.

"Draw…" She said. Alright, that's step one: Forbidden Chalice. Now to stall… "Cryomancer in Defense," She said before ending. He drew and ordered Light and Darkness to destroy Cryomancer. She nodded and drew.

Ok… not good. Sheesh, not good. I at least have a shot with Pot of Greed to trigger the distraction… have faith in your deck- no, in yourself, Amy, she told herself. "I activate Pot of Greed!" Chazz smirked.

"Light and Darkness Dragon automatically negates the effects of any and all Spell, Trap and Monster cards at the price of 500 ATK and DEF (2800/2400 2300/1900)," He told her.

"Holy… dat's a ridiculous power! Only weakness there is dat it can't do it more than…five times!" Joey said after doing some quick math in his head. Even Atem seemed concerned. Then he cocked his head.

"Joey, look," He said, pointing to Amy. Joey glanced over to see Amy mirroring Chazz's smirk, rare enough on Amy's face any time but especially now. "She's up to something," He said.

"I respond to the Dragon's effect with Forbidden Chalice! I may not have played too many duels, but I've done the reading. Light and Darkness Dragon can only use its effect one time per 'chain' of card effects, so you can't negate Chalice! Incidentally, Forbidden Chalice raises the ATK power of one monster on the field 400 points at the 'cost' of negating that monster's effects for the turn," She said (2300 2700). "And, since Chalice negates your Dragon, Graceful Charity resolves!" She drew three cards as Chazz sputtered.

"Oh gee, big surprise. Amy's done her homework," Rei said dryly.

"I use Pot of Avarice! I put Dai-Sojo, Gantala, Brionac, Strategist and Dewdark back to my Deck, shuffle it, and draw two cards!" She said. "Alright, here we go! I was hoping this combo would work well, it looked good on paper… I play Deep Sea Diva (200/400)!" A pinkish mermaid rose up. "Her effect summons a level 3 or lower Sea Serpent from the Deck, so I Special Summon Lost Blue Breaker!" She continued as a two-headed sea beast came up beside the mermaid (1400/0). "Then I'll play Double Summon, which allows me an additional Summon, so I'll play Dance Princess again!" She said.

"So what? You have three monsters, yay. None of them get over my Dragon," Chazz bragged.

"That's why I'm Synchro Summoning," she said. Chazz's eyes widened. "I tune my Level 2 Diva with my Level 3 Breaker and Level 4 Dance Princess. You want to play with Dragons? Meet the ultimate in Ice Barriers: Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier!" She announced. A three-headed, ice-like blue and white dragon of the same size as Light and Darkness Dragon roared to life (2700/2000).

"Dueling dragons… both of the same strength. But what can Trishula do?" Joey wondered.

"When Trishula is Summoned, I Banish one card from your hand, field and Graveyard. Burning Dragon, Light and Darkness Dragon and a random card from your hand!" Amy said. "Oh, and since Light and Darkness Dragon was Banished and not destroyed, he won't be Summoning anything else," She added. Chazz could only gape. "Trishula, attack now! Blizzard Fury of the Ice Barrier!" She cried. Chazz held his hands up to protect from the wintery blast (3300 600).

Chazz drew, looked at his hand, and shook his head as he surrendered the match. Atem smiled from the sidelines. Good girl… she just needed a friend to boost her confidence, He thought to himself before following Joey and Rei to meet with the winner.

"Dat was nuts, Amy!" Joey said as he got within speaking distance.

"Oh! Hey, Joey, Rei. Thank you, Atem," She added as she saw him stride up. He smiled and opened his mouth to speak, but closed it as Chazz came up.

"So… I owe you these," Chazz said, holding out a locator card and though Amy saw him hesitate, Light and Darkness Dragon. She took the locator, pocketed it, went to take the Dragon and stopped cold as the Dragon appeared to her again. It was in a miniature form, standing on top of the card. It acted as if it was being bound, resisting capture, trying to pull back.

"This card… it's more than just a card to you," Amy said in a factual manner. Chazz, not one to show emotion, did little more than nod slightly. "There's some sort of magic in this card, isn't there, Chazz?" She queried in a voice barely audible to him. He nodded again. "I won't take it," She said aloud, putting it back in his hand.

"…Thank you," Chazz said after a moment. Shuffling the Dragon back into his deck, he began to walk away. Amy smiled; she knew there was something different about that Dragon that the naked average eye could not see, and she knew where that card belonged.

"You made a wise decision," Amy jumped slightly at the sound of Atem's voice. The small group began to walk away as they spoke. "I assume your… gifts allowed you to see that spirit?" He asked.

"Is that what it was?" She asked. Atem nodded. "Hm… interesting. It probably does have something to do being a Sailor Scout," She mused. Her phone rang, so she reached in and fished it out of her pocket. "Hello? Whoa, whoa Serena. Slow down. What happened? You're in a duel? OK. Wait, what? …We're on our way," She said before hanging up.

"What was dat all about?" Joey asked. Amy frowned.

"Serena says she's dueling some guy named… Weevil? I think that's what she said. Anyway, she said something was wrong, then I heard someone telling her to make a move and she hung up," She said concernedly. Atem fired up his Duel Disk.

"I've got a lock on her location. Let's go," He said.

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"You're cheating! I won't play the match like this," Serena said firmly to the short, green-coated duelist with the bowl-cut blue hair in front of her. He laughed at her before giving a smirk.

"It's too late to back out! If you quit now, your locator card is forfeit as is your rarest card!" He told her gleefully. Serena made to respond, but caught Amy's blue hair out of the corner of her eye.

"Amy! Oh thank goodness. This little creep switched our Duel Disks before the match started!" Serena said crossly. Atem growled.

"Can you EVER play a fair match, Weevil?" He asked. Weevil laughed in his face.

"It doesn't matter how you win, as long as you win!" He replied. Behind him, Atem saw Rex Raptor smiling too.

"He's right, you know. So long as her Life Points hit 0, he'll get her locator card. And that's all that matters to us," Rex said. Atem narrowed his eyes and opened his mouth, but Joey got there first.

"If you don't cancel this match right now, Ima come over dere and knock you clear into next week!" He threatened, already closing the distance between the two. Atem held a hand out.

"Joey, this isn't a matter to be settled by violence," He said. Joey snorted but halted. Rei, on the other hand wasn't so obedient. She marched over to Weevil and lifted him up by the scruff of his collar.

"Listen, maggot-breath. If you don't play fair, I really WILL take your head off. And I don't listen to Atem," She warned.

"She doesn't really listen to anyone, to be honest," Amy commented. Rei smirked and cocked a fist.

"No." Rei stopped mid-swing to look at Serena. "Drop him. It's against our code to act on senseless violence, Rei," She reminded her. "I'll deal with him myself!" She finished. Rei thought for a minute and finally dropped the little player.

"Well, well then. Let's do this! And I'll even let you have the first move," Weevil said as if being generous. Serena narrowed her eyes and drew.

How the hell do I play these things? She eyed the cards in her hand. "I play…" Rei growled from the sidelines.

"She's playing with that runt's deck. She's barely played with HER deck enough to win consistently, now she's got his deck to adjust to?" She said. Atem nodded and frowned. Then, as if it was lightning an idea struck him.

"Serena, wait!" He called out as she was about to play. She looked up as he yelled and watched as he pressed a button on his disk. "I have an offer for you, Weevil. Add me into this match, and if you win…"

"If I win? Sure, you'll fork over Slifer, but so what? You knocked Rex and I clear out of the competitive scene! I want more than just Slifer," He said. Atem smiled.

"Alright, then, here are my terms; cancel this match, give Serena her cards back. You do realize that you have to win with your Duel Disk to win the locator cards, right?" He asked. Weevil thought it over and frowned. "So. Give her the Duel Disk and her rightful belongings. We will make this an official Battle City tag-team duel, Serena and I versus you and Rex. If you win, I will surrender my deck for you to share," Atem said.

Weevil considered. He'd tried taking Yugi's deck before, back when they were both still running cards like Silver Wolf and Basic Insect and thinking that Great Moth was an amazing card. Now having that deck would mean getting cards like Dark Magician, Buster Blader, Mirror Force and of course Slifer.

"…fine," He said finally, hitting the appropriate button on his Duel Disk. Serena looked worriedly at Atem.

"You don't have to do this. I could-"

"Yes, I do. I am sick and tired of these two trying to win by cheating. Weevil lost fair and square to Joey earlier, so now he's resorting to tricks like stealing cards to win. And," He added, taking the Deck out of Weevil's Disk. "Just as I thought," He spat venomously, fanning it out for Serena. Her mouth fell open; it was comprised solely of the weakest non-effect Monsters in the game. "He gave you a dud deck," He said even as Weevil pulled his real deck from his pocket.

"…Let's show that creep what happens when you screw with the wrong girl," She said angrily after a moment. Rex walked into position, activated his own Disk, and with all present looking on anxiously…

"LET'S DUEL!"