Chapter Twenty-Nine:
Amy VS Yuki
"Amy..."
"Amy!"
"Amy...help me."
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"Amy!"
A young Amy Takahashi looked behind her. She was about twelve years old, and she looked at her nine-year-old brother.
"What is it, Mitsuhiko?" she asked.
"Can you help me?" he pleaded. Amy raised an eyebrow. "Please! There's a bully at our school dueling kids and taking their rare cards!"
"Did he hurt you?" asked Amy, fiercely.
"W-well...no..." said Mitsuhiko. "But..."
"Not buts." said Amy. "Try and challenge him on your own, and kick his ass!"
Mitsuhiko was frowning. "But...I can't..."
"I said no buts!" said Amy. "Try!"
The next day, after school, Amy saw Mitsuhiko. He was holding an ice pack to his eye.
"Mitsuhiko!" she exclaimed. He turned his head away from her when she came close.
"Go away!" he yelled. "You didn't help me when I asked for help!"
"M-Mitsuhiko..." said Amy. "I..."
"GO!"
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Mitsuhiko, now about twenty-five years older and sometimes called Mitsu, frowned at the memory from his past. He watched Amy and Yuki square off, with the duel disks activating.
"What's up, Mitsu?" said a voice.
Mitsuhiko turned to see his comrade, Doctor.
"Nothing much." responded Mitsuhiko. "Just watching my old friend Hayden's duel."
"As well as your target's, I see." said Doctor, looking at the screen. "Say, I've been wondering. What's that girl to you? Why do you want to fight her?"
Mitsuhiko didn't respond right away. He opened his mouth to speak, but no words came out.
A few minutes later, he finally found the right words.
"She's my sister." he said.
"I see." said Doctor. "And the reason you want to fight her?"
Now Mitsuhiko just didn't answer. He turned away from Doctor, making the latter shrug.
"Whatever." he said. "Enjoy the duel."
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Amy: 4000
Yuki: 4000
"I'll start!" said Yuki. "And I summon Cuzzy Wuzzy (1600/1200) in attack mode!"
A brown bear appeared on the field, growling cutely.
"What the...hell...?" said Shinta, twitching. "What is that weird thing?!"
Yuki didn't seem to fear him, so she continued on with her turn. "I then play the field spell card, Wuzzy Land! Now any monster with 'Wuzzy' in their card name gains two hundred attack points (1800)! In addition, when they destroy a monster, I get to draw one card! I end my turn!"
Amy drew, deciding not to comment on her opponent's choice in monster. "I summon Demon Snaketamer (1000/1000) in attack mode! It can only be summoned if you have a monster on your side of the field, though."
A man wearing a robe, and a big hat, appeared. He held a pipe in his hands, and had a pot at his feet. "Now for his effect! He gains four hundred attack points for each monster you have on the field (1400)!"
"Nice." said Yuki. "But he's not strong enough to take on my Cuzzy Wuzzy, with eighteen hundred attack points, and win. Sorry, Amy, but it's just not strong enough."
"Activate spell card!" said Amy. "Call for Battle! Now, to equal your monster's level of four, is Demon Hellspawn (1900/0)! A monster stronger than yours!"
"Damn." said Yuki, twitching. "That's not very good for me, I have to say."
"Shut up and take this attack!" said Amy. "Demon Hellspawn, crush her monster! Hell Blast!"
The monster shot flames at its opponent, making Yuki cringe to protect herself from the flames.
Yuki: 3900
"And then..." continued Amy. "Demon Snaketamer (1000), attack her directly!"
The monster walked up and hit Amy with his pipe, then went back to his spot, continuing to blow the pipe.
Yuki: 2900
"Again, damn it." swore Yuki.
"I end my turn." said Amy. Probably the only good news for you.
Yuki drew, then paused. She looked at Amy. "You've changed since Round Five, Amy. You're...different somehow."
Amy nodded. "Yes. I found my resolve. My reason to continue my life."
"Oh?" said Yuki, raising an eyebrow. "I'm interested."
Amy shrugged. "I don't feel like revealing it...just yet. Maybe I will someday. Who knows?"
Frowning, Yuki looked at her hand. Amy was beginning to get on her nerves. "Alright, Amy. If I defeat you, will you tell me?"
"Gladly." responded Amy. Yuki was surprised that it was that easy. "If you beat me..."
Yuki grinned. "I don't like that tone, Amy Takahashi! I'll summon up Fuzzy Wuzzy (1300 + 200/700) in attack mode, and I'll destroy that Snaketamer of yours!"
Amy: 3900
"Good thing for its power increase." muttered Amy, as Yuki drew her card for Wuzzy Land. "Otherwise, I would've lose more Life Points than that."
Not hearing her, Yuki placed another card in her duel disk. "Since it looks like Fuzzy will be defeated anyways, I'll play this spell card! Fuzzy's Brave Offer! Guess what it does? Time's up! I can now sacrifice him in order to skip your next turn!"
Amy bit her lip. Damn it.
"In other words, now I can draw!" said Yuki. She observed her hand. "Oh, good! I play Nuzzy Wuzzy (1000/1350), as well as Monster Reborn!"
Fuzzy Wuzzy and Nuzzy Wuzzy, both brown bears. Appeared on the field, embracing.
"Nuzzy Wuzzy's effect is to give all 'Wuzzy' monsters five hundred attack points while she's on the field." explained Yuki. "Combined with Wuzzy Land's effect, it makes her and Fuzzy formidable foes, wouldn't you say (1000 + 700) (1300 + 700)?"
"Damn it." said Amy, as Yuki order Fuzzy to strike Demon Hellspawn.
Amy: 3800
"And now..." said Yuki, after drawing a card. "I attack you directly with Nuzzy Wuzzy!"
Amy: 2100
Amy winced as the cute beat struck her. She also glared at Yuki.
"I set a card and end my turn." said Yuki, setting said card.
"I draw, then." said Amy. She looked at her hand, and smiled. "Well, isn't this convenient?"
She placed a spell card into her duel disk. "I play the Cheerful Coffin, discarding one monster from my hand! Demon Swordsman! And then I play a spell card!"
She revealed the spell card, and Yuki groaned. "That's right! I'm going to use Petals of the Fallen Demon!"
Demon Hellspawn, Demon Snaketamer, and Demon Swordsman all appeared on the field, but then had their life forces combined. Amy smiled at the event, but Yuki merely groaned again.
"Now I remove all three of the monsters in my graveyard!" said Amy. "This is in order to special summon..."
A big monster with guns decorating his body appeared, drawing a bazooka from his back. He grinned.
"...Demon King of the Gun (3500/2800)!" exclaimed Amy. "And then I play a spell card! Double Attack!"
"NO!" exclaimed Yuki, as Amy discarded her Demon Overlord.
"Yes." said Amy. "Now my King of the Gun will destroy Nuzzy Wuzzy!"
The little bear was strong, but it stood not a chance against a bazooka. It was blown into nothingness, and Fuzzy Wuzzy's power went down (1500).
Yuki: 1100
"It seems I've lost." said Yuki, sighing. Amy didn't hear her, though.
"And now..." said Amy. "Fuzzy Wuzzy will be destroyed! Demon King of the Gun, attack and destroy it!"
Again, a bear was destroyed by a bazooka. Yuki looked towards the ground.
Yuki: 0
"...good game." said Yuki.
"Good game." said Amy. Both turned their backs on the other, and walked back to their own side of the field.
Shinta's heart was thumping. While the others were congratulating Amy, he was doing something else. He was looking at Haku Doku.
And Haku was looking at him.
"The score is now 3-0!" Iruka was saying.
Shinta had gone into a daze. He heard a voice trying to reach him...
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"So, you're up next, Shinta. Right?"
Shinta noticed that he was in the white place again, with Kenjima. He frowned.
"Kenjima." he said, ignoring his 'friend's' question. "I have a question for you. A while ago, you said something about my older brother having lives on the line, or something."
"Yes." said Kenjima, nodding. "I remember that."
"Then let me ask you this." said Shinta. He got close to Kenjima. "How do you know what my brother did in the past?"
Kenjima laughed. "You really want to know the answer to that, don't you...Shinta?"
"No shit I do!" Shinta screamed. "Who are you, really?!"
Kenjima laughed, and Shinta was back in the dueling arena. It was as if no time had passed...
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"The Score is now 3-0!" said Iruka. Shinta was puzzled at hearing this again, but shrugged it off. "Will the next match be the deciding one for Team Kenshin?"
"Let's find out." said Shinta, surprising himself. "I'll duel, and make it a chance for victory on both sides! In exchange, I want to duel Haku Doku!"
Haku grinned. He had been waiting for this moment for days. Now, years...
He saw a shadow of Kenshin behind that boy. He wasn't as strong as his brother yet, but there was something...
Some power he had...
His grin widening, though with an evil twist, Haku walked up to the dueling arena. Shinta was already there.
"Nice to see you again, Haku Doku." said Shinta. "Are you ready for our match?"
"Hmph." said Haku, his grin shifting to a frown. "It would be better to call it a slaughter. Considering I'm going to crush you!"
Both duel disks were activated, and Shinta glared at his opponent. He was ready...
"Is everybody ready?" said Iruka, getting nods in response. "Good! Now let's let Round Six, Match One, Duel Four, the deciding game...begin!"
Shinta: 4000
Haku: 4000
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Next Time:
Inside the Cobra Jar 2, Part One
Finally, the times has come. The tie between Haku Doku and Kenshin Menzuro will be settled here, between Shinta and Haku. But who will win? Will it be Shinta, with Kenshin's Monks, or Haku...with his snakes? The decision of who goes to the finals rests on this one match!
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Author's Note: Finally, Shinta VS Haku. Part one will be up ASAP, maybe even today. It's only a little after four, after all.
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-Salazare
