Well, here's chapter 14, enjoy.

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh.

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As you might already know, I'm Wendy Wheeler, daughter of Joey and Mai Wheeler.

Most people know my uncle Seto Kaiba, and maybe his daughter Ariel, but he has another daughter, Lauren, who takes more after my mom than anything else.


Now that I'm dueling her...

Well, lets just say that this isn't going to be easy.

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CHAPTER 14:

HARPIE GIRL

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After they leave the castle, the 4 duelists are walking across a land bridge across the lake of lava, heading towards an island in the center.

"Hey Wendy, something's been bugging me," Renee says. "How did your aunt get married to Seto Kaiba? It was my understanding that your father and Kaiba weren't exactly the best of friends."

"Its really a combination of two events," Wendy says. "The first one was a few years after the Pharoh's Memory incident, Kaiba participated in a tag team tournament in New York City, one that my aunt happened to also be competing in the tournament, and they where assigned to a team together. As it turned out, there's an extremely rare card that works by fusing together both their favorite monsters, somehow this sparked a relationship between the two that they kept secret for a few years, until one day, to be exact, December 21st, 2012."

"I remember hearing about that in history class, that was when the world was almost destroyed in a Nuclear War," Renee says.

"Few people know what really transpired that day, two duelists showed up in Dommino City, and demanded a duel against Kaiba, my dad then stepped in, and challenged them to a tag team match, suprisingly," Wendy says. "Their opponents had some dangerous monsters out on the field, they specialized in a fusion strategy, and once Kaiba took about 5000 points of damage in one attack, and it all but knocked him out, at that moment it looked like it was all over, and humanity was doomed. Aunt Serenity happened to be watching, and ran up to Kaiba, something about her presence revived him, and he was able to continue on.

"Dad wasn't too happy about this, since it was obvious that Kaiba had fallen in love with his sister, but the duel was still on, and when Kaiba was about to lose, Joey protected him with his monster.

"They eventualy managed to win against the two duelists, and dad finally earned Kaiba's respect for that, and within a few months, Serenity Wheeler and Seto Kaiba where married, dad was Kaiba's best man at the wedding. After awhile, Ariel and her twin brother Paul where born, and the Kaiba legacy lives on."

"Wait, Ariel has a brother?" Katie asks.

"Yeah, Paul Kaiba, he heads a small off-shoot of the Kaiba Corperation, I think he uses mostly burn cards," Wendy says. "Oh, and she also has a little sister named..."

They reach the island, which seems to be a clearing surrounded by trees, the sounds of birds can be heard around them.

"This place looks familiar," Wendy says.

There's a small giggle, and a figure does a perfect summersault, and appears in front of them. She's a small girl with short blonde hair, wearing a Japanese schoolgirl's outfit.

"Hello cousin," the girl says with a giggle.

"Lauren? What are you doing here?" Wendy asks.

"I got invited, duh," Lauren says, raising her duel disk, she's already at 8 Duel Points. "How about a duel right now, Wendy?"

"Fine, but don't expect me to go easy on you because your only 10," Wendy says as she activates her duel disk. "I'll choose as my deckmaster, my Command Knight!"

A woman in ceremonial armor appears next to her.

"And I'll pick, my Birdface!" Lauren says, and a humanoid bird appears next to her.

"LETS DUEL!" The two say in unison.

"I'll go first," Wendy says, and draws, I'll place one card face down, and summon Ancient Master Yoshi (800/2000 + 300), and thanks to my deckmaster, he gains 300 attack points, in defense mode!"

An old samurai master appears, kneeling in defense mode.

"And I'll end with one card face down."

Lauren draws. "I'll also place one card face down, and I'll envoke the effect of my deckmaster, by discarding two cards from my hand, I can add any monster with Harpie in its name from my deck to my hand, as long as I show it to you."

She takes a card out of her deck, showing it as a Harpie Lady 1.

"And since I discarded my Roc From the Valley of Haze, I can shuffle it back into my deck!"

She puts the card in her deck, and it shuffles.

"And I'll end with one monster in defense mode."

"Harpies, interesting," Katie says. And I don't doubt that Lauren has some of her aunt's best cards in her deck, she thinks.

Wendy draws. "I'll place one more card face down, and end my turn."

Lauren draws. "I place one card face down as well, and play Mystical Space Typhoon on your first face down card!"

A storm blows away the Book of Tao card.

"And I'll end with one monster in defense mode."

Wendy draws. "I'll set a monster in defense as well, and end."

Lauren draws. "A third card face down, and thats all for me."

Wendy draws. "I summon Usagi Warrior (1500/1200), in attack mode!" She says, and a Hare carrying a katana appears. "Now attack her first face down monster!"

The monster is a small girl with long blonde hair and wings.

"That was my Harpie Girl, is that all?" Lauren asks.

"Yeah," Wendy says.

Lauren draws. "I flip summon my Harpie Lady 1 (1300/1400 + 300)!" She says, and a bird-woman with long red hair appears. "Now I normal summon my Harpie Lady 3 (1300/1400 + 300)!"

Another bird-woman with spiky blue hair appears with a screech.

"Harpie Lady 1, destroy the Usagi Warrior!"

The Harpie charges, and swipes at the hare, making it explode in a burst of pixles.

"And that'll be it for me."

Wendy draws. "I summon Sashia the Samurai Squire (1700/1500 + 800), in attack mode!" She says, and a female samurai carrying a bow and arrow appears. "Now attack Harpie Lady 1!"

The girl draws an arrow, and launches it at Harpie Lady 1.

"Go trap card, Harpie Lady Sparrow Formation!" Lauren counters, and the monsters rise up, and form a bird thing, and the attack stops.

"Fine, your move," Wendy says.

Lauren draws. "I'll activate the spell card, Jar of Winds, by removing a wind monster in my graveyard from the game, I can draw 3 cards!"

She does so.

"Now, I'm going to activate a field card, tell me cousin, have you ever read the Inferno?"

Wendy gulps, having a feeling she knows what's comming.

"Well, in one section, Dante describes the place in Hell where those who are violant against themselves are punished for eternity, and I happen to have a field card right here that ties in with it, I activate, the Forest of the Suicides!"

A forest appears around them, the trees are bare and covered with thorns, hideous faces can be seen on each tree.

"We'll get to its effect in a moment, but first, all my harpies gain 400 attack points."

Both harpie's attack points go up to 2000.

"Now, I can summon from my hand and deck 3 monsters with Harpie in their name, so I'll first summon Harpie Lady 2 (1300/1400 + 700)."

A bird-lady with short red hair appears.

"Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon (1200/600 + 2000)!"

A cute red dragon appears.

"And my Harpie Lady Sisters by discarding my Elegant Egotist to the graveyard (1950/2100 + 700)!"

Three bird-women appears.

"Now I activate the spell card, Harpie Lady Pheonix Formation, and I'll destroy both of your monsters, and deal you a total of 3600 points of damage!"

The harpies form a pheonix, and blast into Wendy's monsters, and then her life points fall to 300.

"I'll end my turn by activating the trap card Aqua Chorus, giving my Harpie Ladies an additional 500 attack points."

"Katie, do you think Wendy can win?" Darren asks.

"To be honest, I'm not sure, harpie decks can be extremely hard to defeat, and Lauren clearly knows how to use one well," Katie answers. "But she might have a chance, if she can get rid of that field card."

If there ever was a time for a miracle, now would be it, she thinks and draws. "I activate Card of Sanctity!" She says, and they both draw until they have 6 cards. "Now I activate, Mystical Space Typhoon, so say good bye to your field card!"

The Forest is blown away by a huge wind storm.

"No, and since it was destroyed, all my monsters get shuffled back into my deck!" Lauren says in shock as her monsters dissapear.

"I thought so, now I'll summon my deckmaster to the field (1200/1900 + 700)!" Wendy says, and the Command Knight moves to the field. "And I'll summon, Mataza the Zapper (1300/800 + 700)!"

The Ronnin in green armor appears.

"Now Mataza, attack her directly with zapping blade attack!"

No, my face down card only works when my Harpies are in the graveyard, I'm done for! Lauren thinks in shock as she is slashed at by Mataza.

"And since Mataza can attack twice, I'll finish you off!" Wendy commands, and Mataza slashes at Lauren again, her life points fall to 0. "And that's game!"

"Good duel Wendy," Lauren says, and comes over to her cousin and shakes her hand. "Lets do it again sometime."

"By the way, where did you get that field card?" Wendy asks.

"Oh, a little gift from my sister," Lauren says, and waves good bye as she walks off.

"Well, she's a very promissing duelist," Katie says, still a little shaken by the field card.

"Well, she is a Kaiba after all," Wendy points out, and the 4 friends continue on their journey.

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Harpie Lady Sparrow Formation and Pheonix Formation where used by Mai in the Waking the Dragons series.

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Woods of the Suicides

Field Spell

Image of a group of thorny trees with harpies feeding on their leaves. As long as this card is active, all monsters with "Harpie" in its name gain 400 attack points. During your turn, you can special summon any monsters with "Harpie" in their name to the field for every open spot you have, you can summon Harpie Lady Sisters with this effect by discarding Elegant Egotist to the graveyard. When this card is destroyed, the user must shuffle all monsters on their field back into their deck.

(This card is based off of the Inferno, the Woods of the Suicides is part of the Seventh Circle of Hell.)

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Lauren's Harpie Deck

Lauren Kaiba takes a lot after her aunt Mai, she uses several of the Harpie cards, including some that Mai never used.

She has a lot of rare cards, like Woods of the Suicides and the Harpie Lady Formation cards.

She also has a very powerfull ritual monster waiting in her deck, if you want to see it, you'll have to wait.

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Well, that chapter was done fast, oh well.

Next chapter, Katie and co. travel into a huge city where they come across an old friend from GX season two. Who is it? I'll give you a clue, the chapter title is, "D-Time."