Well, here comes the next chapter, and Darren's turn to duel one of my least favorite deck types.

Also, the card Power From the Enemy that I used a couple of chapters back was created by Dueler King.

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

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So far in this tournament, me and my friends have dueled 3 duelists with deck types akin to duelists from the Infamous Society of Light, or their opposition.

First it was Darius Steel, the B.E.S duelist that Renee took on as her first opponent, his deck is similar to that of Lorenzo.

Then along came my first opponent, Bob Barker, the Quiz King, well, he came as himself, but you get the point.

Renee took on the famous Aster Phoenix in the Pyramid Arena.

And lets not forget Jamie Yuki, who Katie dueled recently, who is the daughter of the famous Jaden Yuki.

Now I'm up to bat again, and this time my opponent uses a deck similar to one of the weirder duelists in the Society of Light.

Well, lets hope I can win.

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CHAPTER 26:

DES CROAKING

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Katie and her friends step off the trail leading down the volcano, only to find themselves in the middle of a swamp. The ground is muddy, there is water everywhere, and trees seem to stick up in the weirdest places.

"Okay, we leave a volcano, and find ourselves in a swamp, what's next, a princess who's obsessed with frogs?" Darren wonders out loud.

"That would be weird, even for us," Renee admits, Katie and Wendy just shrug.

After about 30 minutes of walking through the swamp, they find themselves on an island somehwere in the middle of the swamp. There's a rustling, and from the brush emerges a woman in her mid 20's, wearing a light blue dress, and has platinum blonde hair.

Her duel disk registers her at 9 Duel Points.

"Wow, duelists!" She says in a cheerful voice. "I was like, worried that I wouldn't get another duel anytime soon!"

Not another valley-girl wannabe, Katie thinks, cringing. "Umm, yeah, but won't that dress get ruined out here?"

The lady blinks. "Did anyone ever, like, tell you that you look like a female version of Yugi Motou?"

"Umm, yeah, he's my dad," Katie says.

"Oh," the woman replies. "Anyway, I'm, like, Lily, frog duelist extrodinare, and soon to be finalist in this tournament!"

"Then why don't you put your deck where your mouth is, and duel me!" Darren says, holding up his duel disk and activates it.

"Goody!" Lily says, and activates her duel disk. "I'll, like, pick my Nightmare Penguin as my deckmaster!"

"And I'll pick a monster I rarely can get out, Freed the Matchless General!" Darren says, and an old warrior with long blonde hair appears.

"LETS DUEL!" The two say in unison.

"I'll, like, go first," Lily says, and draws. "I'll, like, summon my Treeborn Frog (100/100 + 200), in defense mode!"

An orange frog with fairy wings appears.

"Its, like, your move."

Darren draws. "Alright, I'll summon my Gravekeeper's Curse (800/800), in attack mode!" He says, and an egyptian man with dreadlocks appears. "And thanks to his effect, you lose 500 life points!"

The Gravekeeper blasts Lily, and her life points fall to 3500.

"Now my curse will destroy your monster!"

The gravekeeper blasts through the frog.

"One card face down, your move."

Lily draws, and suddenly the Treeborn Frog appears again. "Thanks to my monster's effect, its revived as long as I don't have any spell or trap cards, or another Treeborn Frog on the field. And now, I'm going to activate a spell card called Inferno Reckless Summon, so we can both summon all monsters that are the same monsters as what we already have on the field!"

"Darn, I don't have any others," Darren says.

"But I have two more Treeborn Frogs," Lily says, and two more frogs appears. "And I'll end my turn there."

This might be trouble for Darren, frog decks aren't common, but if they're used right, they can be very dangerous, Katie thinks.

Darren draws. "Alright, time to take care of your frogs, I summon Marauding Captain (1200/400), in attack mode, which lets me special summon Don Zaloog (1400/1500) from my hand," he says, and first the battle-hardened vetran appears, and then the eye-patched leader of the Dark Scorpions. "Now, they'll destroy your frogs!"

The 2 warriors and Gravekeeper destroy the treeborn frogs.

"Your move."

Lily draws. "Two cards face down, and I'll summon my T.A.D.P.O.L.E (0/0 + 200) in defense mode," she says, and a black and orange tadpole appears. "And I'll now play, another Inferno Reckless Summon!"

Two more tadpoles appears on the field, and so does 2 more Marauding Captains.

"Your move."

Darren draws, but is interrupted by Lily.

"I'm activating my trap card, Gift of the Mystical Elf, so I gain 300 life points for every monster on the field, and I count 7, so I gain 2100 life points," she says, and her life points rise to 5600.

"Fine, I'll use my deckmaster ability, by paying 500 life points, I can add any warrior to my hand that is level 4 or lower," Darren says, takes a card out of his deck as his life points fall to 3500, and looks over his hand. "I'll place one card face down, and have my Curse destroy your Treeborn Frog!"

The gravekeeper blasts through the frog.

"Now my Captains will destroy your tadpoles!"

The three captains charge.

"Go trap card, Negate Attack!" Lily counters, and the attack is stopped in its tracks.

"Your move," Darren says.

Lily draws, and giggles as her frog appears again. "I'll, like, activate Pot of Greed," she says, and draws 2 cards. "Now, I'll like, activate my Thunder Crash spell card, I like, sacrifice two of my T.A.D.P.O.L.Es and my Treeborn Frog to deal damage to your life points!"

Darren cringes as his life points fall to 2700.

"And now, I'll, like, activate my Vase of Dark Water, by removing my Treeborn Frog from the game, I can, like, draw 3 cards," she says, and draws 3 cards. "Now, I'll sacrifice my last T.A.D.P.O.L.E to summon my Des Frog (1900/0 + 200)!"

A green frog appears with a ribbit.

"You know, I like, can't believe that my crazy sister actually thought that she could see spirits in these cards..."

"Wait, that means... is your sister named Rose?" Katie asks.

"Yep, she, like, gave up dueling after losing to Jaden Yuki, so she, like, gave me her deck, and I made some improvements on it," Lily says. "Now, I can special summon two more Des Frogs from my deck!"

The other two frogs appears.

"And its like totaly time for me to win, I activate Des Croaking, which automaticaly destroys all cards on your side of the field!" Lily says, and the 3 Des Frogs let out a huge croak, and Darren's side of the field is cleared. "Now my frogs, finish him off, Resounding Ribbit!"

"Darren, no!" Renee shouts.

The 3 frogs croak, and a huge shockwave heads right for Darren. It hits him, but he's gasping, his life points not having changed at all.

"What? How could you survive, unless..." Lily says.

"I chained your spell card with my Waboku trap, so I took no damage this turn," Darren says.

"Well, it won't help you in a moment, not after I activate Polymerization, which will fuse my three Des Frogs together to summon the mighty, D.3.S Frog (2500/2000 + 1200)!" Lily says, and the monsters fuse together to form a huge ugly bloated toad. "Your move now."

Darren draws, and his life points fall to 2200 as he uses his deckmaster again, taking a card out of his deck. This will protect me for one turn, nothing more, he thinks. "I'll set one monster in defense mode, and end my turn."

Lily draws. "I'll now summon Beelze Frog (1200/800 + 1100)!" She says, and a demonic looking frog with red and black skin appears. "Now Beelze Frog, destroy his face down monster, frog-fire attack!"

The devilish frog blasts the face down monster with fire

The mosnter is revealed to be a Peten the Dark Clown. "By removing this one, I can summon a second!" Darren says, and a second Peten appears.

"Fine, D.3.S Frog, destroy his second Peten, Colossal Croak!" Lily commands, and the giant frog destroys Darren's second Peten, only to have a third appear. "Your move."

Darren draws. "I activate Card of Sanctity," he says, and both players draw until they have 6 cards. "Now, I'm going to activate my Soul Release spell card, removing from the game your 3 T.A.D.P.O.L.E's and two Treeborn Frogs!"

The 5 monsters appear in spectral form, and vanish into the Different Dimension.

D.3.S' attack lowers to 2700, and Beelze's lowers to 1400.

"Now, I'm going to activate Gracefull Charity," Darren says, and draws 3 cards, and then discards two after a minute. "Now, I'm activating Monster Reborn, to special summon the Crescent Moon Queen (2600/2700) I just discarded!"

The elegant female warrior appears.

"Why? Your monster is only strong enough to destroy my Beelze Frog, it doesn't stand a chance against my D.3.S frog, even if you removed the cards that powered it up," Lily points out.

"You'll see, first I'll activate the Warrior Returning Alive, so I can take a warrior from my graveyard, and put it in my hand," Darren says, and takes a card out of his graveyard. "And now I'll summon it, the one and only, Don Zaloog!"

The leader of the Dark Scorpions appears again.

"Okay, what's the point? Your monsters are still too weak," Lily says.

"You'll see, because now I'll activate Negative Energy, which doubles the attack of all dark monsters on the field!" Darren says, and a nimbus of dark energy surrounds the Crescent Moon Queen and Don Zaloog, and their respective attacks go up to 5200 and 2800. "And my Queen will now attack both of your monsters!"

The queen first slashes at B.3.S Frog, and Lily's life points fall to 3100, then she slashes at the Beelze Frog, and Lily's life points drop to 0, and her duel points lower to 8, while Darren's rises to 7.

"Fine, now, like, get out of here!" Lily shouts, and the 4 friends get out quickly.

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Freed the Matchless General's deckmaster ability was created by Cyber Commander.

Pegasus first used Negative Energy against Kaiba.

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Vase of Dark Water

Spell Card

Image of a blue and black Pot of Greed with stormy waters depicted. Remove 1 water monster in your graveyard from the game to draw 3 cards.

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Well, there's chapter 26, I hope you enjoyed it.

Next chapter, a dangerous dueling duo from Cyber Commander's "Yu-Gi-Oh! The Thousand Year Door" arrives to terrorize Katie and her friends. Can Katie team up with Ariel Kaiba so that they can beat the Robo siblings? Find out as the second of many tag team duels in this series begins, in a chapter I call, "Fusion Weapon."

How will it turn out? Wait and see.