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Dueling the King of Games
"So, what do you do all day?" I asked Yami, an hour later. He was staring off into the distance, apparently watching from Yugi's eyes. He snapped out of it at my question and and looked down at me from his 3 inch height advantage. "I don't know," he admitted. "The time passes quickly, it seems to me. I sleep, eat, duel with Yugi, duel myself." I raised an eyebrow. "You duel yourself?" I asked skeptically. "I tried that but-"-I grinned sheepishly. "-I kept cheating.... with myself!" I laughed and a wide smile spread across his face. "There's no one else in this mind to duel, unless Yugi concentrates and he can't do that when he has to pay attention to the outside world." He paused, another grin suddenly lighting up his face. "Would you like to duel?" I groaned and held up my hands disarmingly. "I suck!" I told him frankly and he chuckled. "I wasn't that great once," Yami said honestly. "At least a practice duel. You can't be that bad." But I was convinced.
"Oh yes I can." I nodded fiercely. "I don't even know how to use some of my cards correctly!"
"I can help you with that!"
"I'm hopeless! A lost cause!"
"A worthy one, at least."
"Trust me, a purple, claustrophobic weasel could duel better than me!"
"......... I do not think so, whatever that creature would duel like......"
"Pretty bad. And I'm worse! Doesn't that tell you anything?"
"That you are too stubborn to reconsider!"
"So?!"
Finally, Yami gave me a mock-pathetic look and, though I tried as hard as I could to keep a straight face, I burst into giggles. "Fine!" I said, sighing and grumbling, then allowed myself to be led back into his chamber where he set up his deck on a table. I took mine out of my pocket and handed it to him to shuffle. He reluctantly gave it to me to shuffle and I mixed up the cards fairly well. We retrieved our decks from the each others' hands and placed them on the table. "Ready?" he asked and I gulped nervously before replying "Ready!" He saw me gulp and hid a smile. "Relax, it's only a practice duel. Do you want to go first?" I nodded and drew five cards. Although I didn't let him see it, a mental grin flitted about my mind. I had drawn two Magical Labyrinths, Skull Mariner, Girochin Kuwagata, and the Man Eater Bug! "I place this monster facedown in defense mode." I said, placing the Man Eater Bug ^ATK: 450 DEF: 600 SPC: Flip- Destroys 1 monster on the field, regardless of position^ in defensive mode. "Your turn." Yami nodded, eyes serious, so serious that I had to stifle a giggle. He drew five cards and looked at them thoughtfully. I thought I saw a ghost of a smile on his face, but it disappeared the instant I tried to examine it. " First, I play two cards face down," he informed me, laying the two cards down on the table. "Next I play Silver Fang ^ATK: 1200 DEF: 800^ in attack mode!" he said, placing the grey wolf on the field. "Silver Fang, attack her face-down card!"
"Mwahahaha!" I cackled madly and Yami looked at me in alarm. I couldn't help grinning as I flipped over the card. "The Man-Eater Bug!" He said, dismayed.
"My Man-Eater Bug goes to the graveyard, but I use it's special ability to send your Silver Fang to the graveyard also!" I said and we both placed the monsters in our graveyards. "Let's see where we stand," I said gleefully, relishing the short lead I had. "We have no monsters out on the field and it's my turn!" He ignored me, so I drew a card. Soul Exchange! *This will come in handy later,* I thought. "I play this card facedown,"I announced, slapping Soul Exchange facedown on the table. I smiled. "I also summon Girochin Kuwagata ^ATK: 1700 DEF: 1000^ in attack mode!"
Yami laughed.
"Ha!" He flipped over one of his facedown cards. "Damnit!" I cursed. It was the Trap Hole card, which sends all monsters summoned (normal) with attack points over 1000 to the graveyard. "I squash your bug!" He teased and I sourly moved my Girochin Kuwagata to the graveyard. "Your turn," I muttered and Yami drew a card. "I play Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress #1^ ATK: 1400 DEF: 1200^ in attack mode. Winged Dragon, attack!"
"Hey!" I protested half-heartedly as my lifepoints dropped from 2000 to 600. I drew a card and grinned. "I play Fissure!" I cried. I placed the card face-up -- upside down. "Oops," I laughed, and fixed it. Fissure removed the Winged Dragon from the field. "I also play Skull Mariner ^ATK: 1600 DEF: 1900^ in attack mode! Attack HIS life points!"
"No!" he said as his life points dropped from 2000 to 400. He drew a card and grinned. "I play Change of Heart, which lets me control your Skull Mariner for one turn!" Yami moved it to his side of the field. "I sacrifice him to summon Summoned Skull ^ATK: 2500 DEF: 1200^ in attack mode!"
"NOOOOOOOOO!" I howled, already knowing what he was going to do. "Attack her life points!" I sweeped the cards into a pile with my finger and shuffled my deck. "Well, at least I left you with only 400 life points!" I said, grinning like a maniac. I had actually dueled with Yami. Who else (besides in the Anime World!) got to do that?! Yami agreed. "If I had not drawn Change of Heart on that turn, the duel would have turned out quite different," he said, and held out his hand to shake. I shook it. "Thanks for dueling me," I smiled and turned to pick up my deck. I tripped over the chair and fell to the floor, slamming my head hard into the stone.
Dueling the King of Games
"So, what do you do all day?" I asked Yami, an hour later. He was staring off into the distance, apparently watching from Yugi's eyes. He snapped out of it at my question and and looked down at me from his 3 inch height advantage. "I don't know," he admitted. "The time passes quickly, it seems to me. I sleep, eat, duel with Yugi, duel myself." I raised an eyebrow. "You duel yourself?" I asked skeptically. "I tried that but-"-I grinned sheepishly. "-I kept cheating.... with myself!" I laughed and a wide smile spread across his face. "There's no one else in this mind to duel, unless Yugi concentrates and he can't do that when he has to pay attention to the outside world." He paused, another grin suddenly lighting up his face. "Would you like to duel?" I groaned and held up my hands disarmingly. "I suck!" I told him frankly and he chuckled. "I wasn't that great once," Yami said honestly. "At least a practice duel. You can't be that bad." But I was convinced.
"Oh yes I can." I nodded fiercely. "I don't even know how to use some of my cards correctly!"
"I can help you with that!"
"I'm hopeless! A lost cause!"
"A worthy one, at least."
"Trust me, a purple, claustrophobic weasel could duel better than me!"
"......... I do not think so, whatever that creature would duel like......"
"Pretty bad. And I'm worse! Doesn't that tell you anything?"
"That you are too stubborn to reconsider!"
"So?!"
Finally, Yami gave me a mock-pathetic look and, though I tried as hard as I could to keep a straight face, I burst into giggles. "Fine!" I said, sighing and grumbling, then allowed myself to be led back into his chamber where he set up his deck on a table. I took mine out of my pocket and handed it to him to shuffle. He reluctantly gave it to me to shuffle and I mixed up the cards fairly well. We retrieved our decks from the each others' hands and placed them on the table. "Ready?" he asked and I gulped nervously before replying "Ready!" He saw me gulp and hid a smile. "Relax, it's only a practice duel. Do you want to go first?" I nodded and drew five cards. Although I didn't let him see it, a mental grin flitted about my mind. I had drawn two Magical Labyrinths, Skull Mariner, Girochin Kuwagata, and the Man Eater Bug! "I place this monster facedown in defense mode." I said, placing the Man Eater Bug ^ATK: 450 DEF: 600 SPC: Flip- Destroys 1 monster on the field, regardless of position^ in defensive mode. "Your turn." Yami nodded, eyes serious, so serious that I had to stifle a giggle. He drew five cards and looked at them thoughtfully. I thought I saw a ghost of a smile on his face, but it disappeared the instant I tried to examine it. " First, I play two cards face down," he informed me, laying the two cards down on the table. "Next I play Silver Fang ^ATK: 1200 DEF: 800^ in attack mode!" he said, placing the grey wolf on the field. "Silver Fang, attack her face-down card!"
"Mwahahaha!" I cackled madly and Yami looked at me in alarm. I couldn't help grinning as I flipped over the card. "The Man-Eater Bug!" He said, dismayed.
"My Man-Eater Bug goes to the graveyard, but I use it's special ability to send your Silver Fang to the graveyard also!" I said and we both placed the monsters in our graveyards. "Let's see where we stand," I said gleefully, relishing the short lead I had. "We have no monsters out on the field and it's my turn!" He ignored me, so I drew a card. Soul Exchange! *This will come in handy later,* I thought. "I play this card facedown,"I announced, slapping Soul Exchange facedown on the table. I smiled. "I also summon Girochin Kuwagata ^ATK: 1700 DEF: 1000^ in attack mode!"
Yami laughed.
"Ha!" He flipped over one of his facedown cards. "Damnit!" I cursed. It was the Trap Hole card, which sends all monsters summoned (normal) with attack points over 1000 to the graveyard. "I squash your bug!" He teased and I sourly moved my Girochin Kuwagata to the graveyard. "Your turn," I muttered and Yami drew a card. "I play Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress #1^ ATK: 1400 DEF: 1200^ in attack mode. Winged Dragon, attack!"
"Hey!" I protested half-heartedly as my lifepoints dropped from 2000 to 600. I drew a card and grinned. "I play Fissure!" I cried. I placed the card face-up -- upside down. "Oops," I laughed, and fixed it. Fissure removed the Winged Dragon from the field. "I also play Skull Mariner ^ATK: 1600 DEF: 1900^ in attack mode! Attack HIS life points!"
"No!" he said as his life points dropped from 2000 to 400. He drew a card and grinned. "I play Change of Heart, which lets me control your Skull Mariner for one turn!" Yami moved it to his side of the field. "I sacrifice him to summon Summoned Skull ^ATK: 2500 DEF: 1200^ in attack mode!"
"NOOOOOOOOO!" I howled, already knowing what he was going to do. "Attack her life points!" I sweeped the cards into a pile with my finger and shuffled my deck. "Well, at least I left you with only 400 life points!" I said, grinning like a maniac. I had actually dueled with Yami. Who else (besides in the Anime World!) got to do that?! Yami agreed. "If I had not drawn Change of Heart on that turn, the duel would have turned out quite different," he said, and held out his hand to shake. I shook it. "Thanks for dueling me," I smiled and turned to pick up my deck. I tripped over the chair and fell to the floor, slamming my head hard into the stone.