KD: Welcome back. Welcome to the duel half of the "duel show". I am happy to say that the chapter after this the Eva arc will start. Also, the card Defense Maiden is going to be altered slightly (this is the only time it will appear), there is no need to take battle damage. Finally, as this was going to be part of another chapter, it will be a little bit shorter. Time to get things started. Chisame…
Chisame: Why do I have to say it?
KD: Because you're the main star this chapter and you haven't done it yet.
Chisame: Fine…Disclaimer.
Chapter 11 A Lucky Streak
Gambler 4000 Hand 5
Maiden 4000 Hand 5
"To show all these folk's I'm a gentleman, I'll let you go first little lady," the gambler said grinning. The girl growled as she drew her card. She looked at it and smirked. This man was going to pay.
"I summon Maiden in Love in attack position (Lv2 400/200)," the girl said. A brunette in an exact replica of the girl's outfit appeared in front of the duelist. "I end with a face down."
Gambler 4000 Hand 5
Maiden 4000 Hand 4
The man laughed as he drew his sixth card.
"I hope my cards don't accidently attack you," he said, getting a chuckle from the spectators. "Well, I think I will summon my Devilish Dice Roller (OC) (Lv4 500/0000)." A red impish creature floated onto the gambler's hat. In its hands was a cup that he shook lightly, causing the die inside to rattle. "Next I activate his ability. This lets me roll a die, and his attack gets multiplied by the number rolled until my end phase... The downside, if it's anything but a six, I take the boost in power as damage." The girl glared at the man, knowing exactly what he was going to roll. The imp threw the cup out and a die flew through the air, growing in size to become more visible. Just as the girl predicted, it came up as a six.
"Ha," the gambler laughed. "Looks like he gets a boost all the way up to 3000!" The imp hopped off the gambler's hat and flipped into the air. When it landed, it had grown huge (500-3000). "Now Roller, break that little girl's heart!" The beast threw a fist at the Maiden in Love, who began to cower at the sight of the monster. The girl activated her facedown.
"I activate my trap Spirit Barrier! Now so long as I have a monster on the field, I can't take battle damage. And I should mention my Maiden can't be destroyed in battle." Upon hearing those words, the Maiden straightened up with her hands on her hips, a smirk on her face. The huge red imp's fist was deflected. When his face was down near the girl, she gave him a peck on the cheek. The creature blushed as the man played his facedown and ended his turn as the imp shrunk down to original size.
Gambler 4000 Hand 4
Maiden 4000 Hand 4
The girl smirked as she drew her card.
"I start by setting one card face down. Next I activate Cupid's Kiss! Now that I equip it to my Maiden, if she battles a monster with a Maiden counter, like the one your monster got when it attacked her, I can control it until the end of the battle phase. Now Maiden, charm that imp." Instead of a usual attack, the Maiden blew a kiss at the creature. Thanks to Spirit barrier, the girl took no damage as the imp became entranced. The gambler scowled as his monster left his side, but began smirking again.
"So, you want to risk his effect. You might get lucky, who knows?" The girl bite her lip, she knew he was trying to bait her, but she couldn't do much damage without the effect.
"I activate Dice Roller's effect!" The imp through his die carelessly, looking at the Maiden next to him. When it landed, it showed a four. The girl looked in horror as from the dots on the die, small red dragons rose up and charged her as the imp grew in size. (500-2000)
Gambler 4000 Hand 4
Maiden 2500 Hand 3
"Now that he's gotten a boost. Attack directly!"
As the imp threw his fist, the gambler activated his trap.
"Go Draining Shield! Now instead of losing life, I gain it."
"Sorry, but I activate the quick play spell Mystical Space Typhoon! Say goodbye to your shield." The imp smashed the shield that appeared around the gambler, forcing him to jump back.
Gambler 2000 Hand 4
Maiden 2500 Hand 2
The gambler growled despite his monster returning to his side at the end of the girl's turn.
"Take that," the girl said.
Gambler 2000 Hand 4
Maiden 2500 Hand 2
The gambler drew his card with a scowl before seeing his draw.
"I sacrifice my imp to summon Coin Flip Crusher (OC) (Lv5 0000/0000)!" The imp vanished and in its place, a guy stood with a giant coin next to him. "He might not be able to do any true battle damage, but his effect can be real devastating. I flip a coin and if I get heads, I can dish out 2000 points of damage, but if it is tails, I take the damage." The man hoisted the coin above his head and flung it as hard as he could into the air. When it came back down, the coin nearly crushed the girl as she was force to back away. Needless to say, it was heads.
Gambler 2000 Hand 4
Maiden 500 Hand 2
"I think I'll end my turn with a facedown," the gambler said as the man retrieved his coin. The girl scowled, her eyes directed at the cord around the man's neck.
'Lucky Straight…' she thought. 'Please…this man stole you from your true owner. How could you help him?'
The man looked at the girl smugly. There is pretty much no way she could win. As long as he had the luck of Number 7, he couldn't lose. Suddenly, he felt a tugging at his neck. His hand went to his chest as he felt the card trying to pull away from him. His eyes widened as he pressed the card harder to his chest.
"What the hell…?" he muttered. He shook his head and ignored it as the girl began her turn. The girl check her card and grimaced.
'If I had this the last turn…' she thought. She placed it facedown anyway. 'I can't just do nothing else. He would get suspicious.'
"Now I activate my Graceful Dice. Now my monsters will gain attack equal to what I roll times 100." The gambler smirked.
'No way she'll get anything good. I have all the luck, and she wants to try and beat me with a luck based card.' But to his amazement, it was a six (400-1000)
"Maiden attack his Coin Flip Crusher!" This time, the Maiden charged the opponents monster, and in a surprising display of power, broke through the coin and sent the Flip Crusher flying. "I end with that."
Gambler 1000 Hand 3
Maiden 500 Hand 1
The gambler was still recovering from shock.
'How…how did she… A fluke. It had to be a fluke. That's it. I'm not losing my luck, she just got a good roll. That's it.'
"I draw," he said. He checked the card. "Now's the end. I summon my Vorse Raider. Then I activate my facedown Ultimate Offering! This lets me summon once more by paying 500. I think I'll do that to summon my Dice Damager (Lv6 0000/0000)." A man with two dice with fuses in his hand and a barrel on his back filled with more. "Now I activate his effect. This lets me roll a die. Whatever comes up is then multiplied by 100, and if it's a six I get to roll again." The girl looked at the gambler in shock, before a small grin crossed her face, a grin the gambler didn't see since he was staring intently at the die that was thrown toward the girl's feet. A six. "Looks like I'm going for overkill! Second die go!" The next bomb die was thrown. It came up as a four. The gambler laughed as the bombs exploded. "That's the end of…!"
A loud gunshot was heard as the man was hit in the chest by a burst of energy. When the smoke from the bombs faded, it revealed the girl standing with a golden pistol in her hand and her trap face up. Barrel Behind the Door.
Gambler 0000 Hand 1
Maiden 500 Hand 2
The man collapsed on the ground, spilling his cards on the ground. The girl walked up to him, parasol in hand. She hooked his necklace with the handle and lifted it off his neck. He didn't resist, simply staring at his deck. As the girl walked away, he stayed there, the crowd looking at him for a moment before walking off. The broken gambler just stayed there, framed by the moon light.
The end.
The class clapped as the credit's rolled (most of them just two names, one guess who). The class turned toward their green haired teacher to congratulate him when they saw that both he and Chisame were passed out. That wasn't all though. Chisame's head resting on Tri's shoulder while his head rested on top of hers. Konoka held Asuna back, Nodoka nearly fainted, and the most of the other students laughed. Kazumi pulled out her camera and smiled.
"This is too good." Click.
KD: Next chapter is the Eva arc. See you then.
Omake
The student reporter fell asleep with a smile on her face. She was able to add the photo into an article at the last minute. It took some quick editing, but it was ready for tomorrow's paper.
The air was displaced as a certain green haired teacher appeared in the room. He took off his jacket and used it to cover the monitor, only his head and hands underneath it, so the light wouldn't wake the reporter.
Kazumi wasn't the only one with quick editing skills.