Rumiko looked at the cards from her Deck, and once she was done, she exhaled, then placed her Deck into her Deck holder attached to her belt, and grabbed her Duel Disk. 'This has to be done! I won't let Ryo-kun suffer anymore. I can do this... I know I can. I got the Deck my big brother heped me build and my spirit. I will not fail that easily.'
And with that, she was off towards Sarah's office, a serious look on her face. And with that, she just entered the room without knocking. "Ms. Sarah!"
Sarah looked over at Rumiko, blinking. "Rumiko? What is this? You do not even have the common courtesy to knock?"
"It's simple. I'm here to Duel you! Get everyone else to watch if you want, I don't care, all I want to do is beat you! If I do win, you let Ryo-kun's father go! If you win, who knows? But you can do what you want... it seems like a fair trade to me. What do you think?"
"Very well." Sarah stood up, eyes closed, standing up, tapping a button on her desk, as something opened up, grabbing a suitcase, pulling it out, smiling as she set it down, beginning to open it. "I haven't had much time to pull my Deck out recently... but I look forward to seeing how you do against me..."
After a bit of time, Rumiko was shuffling her Deck, eyes closed, exhaling as Sarah had her Deck and Duel Disk all set up, everyone of the Card Hunters looking on, Senbei resting his arms on the guard rail, looking serious and determined. Walking up to him was Zeke, hands behind his head, exhaling. "Man, I can't believe your sis went and challenged Sarah to a Duel!"
"Me either, Zeke... something doesn't seem right... why would Sarah except a Duel like this? We've only heard of how she Duels, and now this..."
Bakura looked on also, quiet though, a sad look on his face, as Rumiko raised her arm, her Duel Disk locking into the ready position. Sarah smiled, her arm doing the same as she and Rumiko both drew 5 cards at the same time, crying out as one. "Duel!"
Rumiko smiled and said "I'll go first if you don't mind. My first turn is up!" Drawing her sixth card, Rumiko looked at her hand and smiled. 'Wow. I didn't think you all would be here! Time to really show my stuff! I'll beat you, Ms. Ashcroft, then you're gonna let Ryo-kun's dad go.'
"I Normal Summon Don Zaloog in Attack Mode!" In front of Rumiko appeared a dark greyish haired man, with an eyepatch over his left eye, a dark brown shirt with no sleeves, a black scorpion tattoo on his upper left arm, black orbs on his shirt, as well as red and brown armbands, red pants, black boots, and 2 holsters with revolvers in them.
DON ZALOOG Dark/Warrior/4/1400 ATK/1500 Effect: When this card inflicts Battle Damage to your opponent's Life Points, you can select and activate 1 of the following effects;
-Select 1 card from your opponent's hand randomly and discard it to the Graveyard.
-Send 2 cards from the top of your opponent's Deck to the Graveyard.
"Next up, I'll play Pot of Greed! And with it, draw 2 more cards!" Drawing 2 cards, Rumiko now had 6 cards in hand, smiling at having the second card she needed for her tactic to set up right. She grinned and raised up another Magic Card. "And for my next move, I play Mustering of the Dark Scorpions! This Magic Card can only be activated if Don Zaloog is on my side of the Field, and he then Special Summons his compatriots, the rest of the Dark Scorpion Graverobbers! Time to meet the whole gang!"
MUSTERING OF THE DARK SCORPIONS Normal Magic Card Effect: You can only activate this card when you have "Don Zaloog" face-up on your side of the Field. You can Special Summon any of the cards from your hand that include "Dark Scorpion" in their card name, or are named "Cliff the Trap Remover". You cannot Special Summon 2 cards with the same card name by the effect of this card.
"Come out! Dark Scorpion Graverobbers!" Taking 4 more cards from her hand, Rumiko slapped them all onto her Duel Disk's Monster Card Zone. All of the other Dark Scorpions were in similiar attire to Don Zaloog, only their appearances were different. "First, we have Cliff, the Trap Remover!"
Pulling a knife out, Cliff grinned, pushing his glasses with his free hand as his messy brown hair just blew in the wind when he landed down next to Don Zaloog.
CLIFF THE TRAP REMOVER Dark/Warrior/3/1200 ATK/1000 DEF Effect: When this card inflicts Battle Damage to your opponent's Life Points, you can select and activate 1 of the following effects;
-Destroy 1 Magic Card or Trap Card on the Field.
-Send 2 cards from the top of your opponent's Deck to the Graveyard.
"Next up, Chick the Yellow!"
Rolling down onto the ground in a flip came a young boy, with blonde hair that stood up as well as a red bandana around his forehead, a wooden, heavy mallet near his back as he hopped up and down, whooping with joy as he then landed down, chuckling.
DARK SCORPION - CHICK THE YELLOW Dark/Warrior/3/1000 ATK/1000 DEF Effect: When this card inflicts Battle Damage to your opponent's Life Points, you can select and activate 1 of the following effects;
-Return 1 card on the Field to its' owner's hand.
-See 1 card on the top of your opponent's Deck. Your opponent does not see the card. Then return it to the top or bottom of your opponent's Deck.
"After Chick, the only female of the Dark Scorpions, Meanae the Thorn!"
Meanae spiralled down to the ground, a thorn whip wrapping around her, but never grazing her body once, as she smiled, her dark brown hair resting near her back, a red ascot around her neck as she also had blood red lipstick on, winking as she cracked her whip, landing down with her fellow Dark Scorpions.
DARK SCORPION - MEANAE THE THORN Dark/Warrior/4/1000 ATK/1800 DEF Effect: When this card inflicts Battle Damage to your opponent's Life Points, you can select and activate 1 of the following effects;
-Select 1 card that includes "Dark Scorpion" in its' card name, or is named "Cliff the Trap Remover", from your Deck and add it to your hand.
-Select 1 card that includes "Dark Scorpion" in its' card name, or is named "Cliff the Trap Remover", from your Graveyard and add it to your hand.
"And last, but certainly not least, the strong man, Gorg the Strong!!" Rumiko cried out.
Gorg slammed down onto the ground, slamming his large, closed hands against one another, his muscles tightening as he then grabbed a mace-like hammer, his eyes closed, a scar along his left eye.
DARK SCORPION - GORG THE STRONG Dark/Warrior/5/1800 ATK/1500 DEF Effect: When this card inflicts Battle Damage to your opponent's Life Points, you can select and activate 1 of the following effects;
-Return 1 Monster Card on your opponent's side of the Field to the top of its' owner's Deck.
-Send 1 card from the top of your opponent's Deck to the Graveyard.
"They are the Dark Scorpion Graveobbrers!" Rumiko smiled. "This is my Dark Scorpion combination pattern! Something my Deck is really best at! But now I only have 1 card in my hand, and sadly, they can't use their effects, so I play my only remaining card, Coins from Heaven, and draw 6 new cards, while you draw 1!"
Drawing 6 cards, Sarah drawing 1, Rumiko looked at her hand, and smiled, taking three cards from her hand, sliding them into her Duel Disk's Magic/Trap Card Zone. "Now I set 3 cards face-down. And I end my turn!"
"Whoa..." Uniqua gasped. "I didn't think Rumiko would get the chance to get a full Field of Monsters in one turn..."
Senbei smiled. "She has good Deck construction, thanks to my assistance. But it's all Rumiko's heart in this Deck. She was ready for this, and had prepared herself very well... now we just need to see what Sarah has, and if Rumiko's careful planning was enough to be ready."
"My turn. Draw." Sarah drew her seventh card, examining her hand carefully, smiling, then took a card and held it forward. "Now I play the Magic Card, Dark World Lightning.. This Magic Card allows me to destroy 1 face-down card on your side of the Field, then when that effect is resolved, I must discard a card to the Graveyard." Suddenly a blast of thunder crashed onto the Field, destroying Rumiko's Statue of the Wicked, but because she had a full field, she couldn't Special Summon the Wicked Token... but she at least had led Sarah to make an interesting move. Sarah took one card from her hand and slid it into her Duel Disk's Graveyard slot.
DARK WORLD LIGHTNING Normal Magic Card Effect: Select 1 face-down card on the Field and destroy it. After this effect is resolved, discard 1 card from your hand to the Graveyard.
"But now you get to meet one of the denizens of the Dark World. Come forth! Beiige, Vanguard of Dark World!"
BEIIGE, VANGUARD OF DARK WORLD Dark/Fiend/4/1600 ATK/1300 DEF Effect: When this card is discarded from your hand to the Graveyard, Special Summon this card to your side of the Field.
Appearing in a blast of purple thunder was a blue skinned demonic figure with a grinning smirk, a spear in both hands, made of white bone, much like his chest armor, shoulder armor, waist area armor, helmet, and leg armor were made of.
"Wh-what the-? How could that Monster be Special Summoned?" Rumiko blinked.
"The Dark World has several Monsters whose effects activate when they are discarded. Beige is one of those Monsters. When he was discarded after I resolved the effect of Dark World Lightning, he was Special Summoned because his Trigger Effect began. Now... since I've got fodder, I'll use it! I Sacrifice Beiige now!"
In a flash of light, Beiige disappeared just as fast as he had shown up, and Sarah slapped another Monster in its' place. "I summon Saint Knight Ishzark in Attack Mode!"
In place of Beige appeared a white armored warrior with a sword of glowing light, with blue on underneath his armor, covering his chest, legs, and arms as he appeared very saintly so to speak.
SAINT KNIGHT ISHZARK Light/Warrior/6/2300 ATK/1800 DEF Effect: Any Monster that this card destroys as a result of battle is removed from play instead of sent to the Graveyard.
"Ishzark's effect is one that is very suited for my Divine Justice Deck, Rumiko. When he destroys a Monster in battle, instead of going to the Graveyard, the destroyed Monster is removed from play... so I think I'll demonstrate! Ishzark! Attack Chick the Yellow!"
Ishzark disappeared in a flash of light, appearing in the air above Chick, coming down with a fierce battle cry, his sword slashing down, but Rumiko smiled, slashing her arm across the air. "Counter Trap Card, open! Negate Attack!" Ishzark's sword then stopped in front of Chick, who was cowering then blinked rapidly when Ishzark reappeared on Sarah's side of the Field.
"Very well. Turn end." Sarah replied, now having 4 cards left in her hand.
"My turn! Draw!" Rumiko smiled, drawing her fourth card. "Now I play another Trap Card! This one is best for my turn! Dark Scorpion Combination!" Chick blinked when he saw the card reveal itself, then he leapt onto Gorg's shoulder.
DARK SCORPION COMBINATION Normal Trap Card Effect: You can only activate this card when you have "Don Zaloog", "Cliff the Trap Remover", "Dark Scorpion - Chick the Yellow", "Dark Scorpion - Gorg the Strong", and "Dark Scorpion - Meanae the Thorn" face-up on your side of the Field. During the turn this card is activated, any of these 5 cards can attack your opponent's Life Points directly. In that case, the Battle Damage inflicted by each of those cards that attack your opponent's Life Points directly becomes 400 points.
"Dark Scorpion Combination needs the 5 Dark Scorpions on my side of the Field to be activated first of all. Then all of them can attack your Life Points directly, but the Battle Damage they'll inflict is 400 points each. But here we go! Dark Scorpions! Attack her Life Points directly!"
"You heard her!" Don Zaloog said, pulling out his two revolvers, Chick grabbing his mallet, spinning it in his hands as he struck a stance on Gorg's shoulder, Gorg gripping his mace, Meanae cracking her whip, and Cliff holding up his knife!
All 5 charged, dashing past Ishzark as Don Zaloog aimed his guns at Sarah, pulling the triggers as he cried out the name of his attack. "DOUBLE REVOLVER!!"
Meanae spiralled right behind Don Zaloog, slashing the air with her whip. "Thorn Whip!!"
Gorg stampeded across the Field, Chick leaping off his shoulder as he came down at Sarah with his mallet. "Limit-Reaching Vigor!!", his mallet coming down at Sarah. Gorg twisted his mace and cried out his attack's name. "Herculean Hammer!"
And lastly, Cliff appeared behind Sarah and stabbed into her, whispering against her ear. "And for the finishing touch... Trap Knife, love."
Sarah cried out, panting as her Life Points rolled from 4000 to 2000 in just one turn! She gritted her teeth, looking over at Rumiko as Rumiko smiled. "Now, the Dark Scorpions' effects will kick into play. First, Don Zaloog. I can choose one of two effects; to randomly discard 1 card from your hand, or to send the top two cards of your Deck to the Graveyard. Let's go with number 2!"
Sarah gritted her teeth more, sliding off the top two cards of her Deck, showing them to Sarah. The first one was Shining Abyss, a Level 4 Fairy-Type Monster with 1600 ATK and 1800 DEF, the other was Magic Jammer, Sarah sliding both into her Duel Disk's Graveyard slot.
"Next up will be Cliff's effect. He can destroy 1 Magic or Trap Card on the Field, or he can send two cards from the top of your Deck to the Graveyard. So I'll do that again."
Sarah picked up the two cards from the top of her Deck, showing D.D.M. - Different Dimension Master and Chaos End, sliding them into her Graveyard slot. 'This girl... is this the true extent of her Deck Destruction skills?!'
"Next is Chick! The squirt can return 1 card on your side of the Field to your hand, or I can do this. I'll look at the top card of your Deck and then see if I want to put it on the bottom or top of your Deck. But you can't see it."
In a flash, the top card of Sarah's Deck revealed itself, as Rumiko blinked to see it was... Shinato, King of a Higher Plane, one of the strongest Monsters of the Fairy, or Angel, Type of Monsters. Rumiko still stood there in shock at this rare card's presence.
SHINATO, KING OF A HIGHER PLANE Light/Fairy-Ritual/8/3300 ATK/3000 DEF Effect: This card can only be Ritual Summoned with the Ritual Magic Card, "Shinato's Ark". You must also Sacrifice Monsters whose total Levels equal 8 or more from the Field or your hand. When this card destroys a Defense Mode Monster and sends it to the Graveyard as a result of battle, inflict damage to your opponent's life Points equal to the original ATK of the destroyed Monster.
"Man! Shinato!" Uniqua blinked as she stood next to her boyfriend, Zeke. "I didn't think Sarah had such a powerful card in her Deck."
"Leave it to her to have the most powerful cards so to speak, amiga." Jorg replied, sighing. "And Rumiko hurt her badly, so she can't be too happy."
"Yeah." Senbei replied. Bakura looked on quietly, just looking on.
Zeke whistled. "Knowing how loaded Sarah is, she musta spent quite a bit of money getting all of the cards we've seen in the Vault..."
"OK... it goes to the bottom of your Deck." In a flash, Shinato disappeared to the bottom of Sarah's Deck, Rumiko exhaling. "Next up is Gorg's effect. He can return 1 Monster on your side of the Field to the top of your Deck, or he can send the top card from your Deck to your Graveyard. I'll return Ishzark from your side of the Field to your Deck!"
In a flash, Ishzark was gone, leaving Sarah defenseless. "And finally, Meanae's effect. I can return either 1 card that includes Dark Scorpion in its' card name from my Deck or my Graveyard to my hand. I'll choose the latter, and add back... Dark Scorpion Combination!" Sliding out of her Duel Disk's Graveyard slot, Rumiko grabbed Dark Scorpion Combination and smiled, and then said "Next, I'll set two cards face-down and end my turn."
"My turn. Draw!" Sarah drew her next card, getting Saint Knight Ishzark. She examined all other cards in her hand and nodded as she held up her own copy of Pot of greed. "Now I play Pot of Greed!" Drawing 2 cards, Sarah smiled as she said "Now I play Harpie's Feather Duster! This Magic Card destroys all Magic and Trap Cards on your side of the Field!"
In a blast, a wind spiralled towards Rumiko's cards, but Rumiko closed her eyes and said "Trap Card, open! Dark Scorpion Retreat!!! This Trap Card allows me to return my Dark Scorpions to my hand, safe and sound." In a flash, all 5 members of the Dark Scorpions disappeared, reappearing in Rumiko's hand as she let out a sigh of relief, as Harpie's Feather Duster destroyed her set Dark Scorpion Combination.
DARK SCORPION RETREAT!
Normal Trap Card Effect: You can only activate this card when you have "Don Zaloog", "Cliff the Trap Remover", "Dark Scorpion - Chick the Yellow", "Dark Scorpion - Gorg the Strong", and "Dark Scorpion - Meanae the Thorn" face-up on your side of the Field. Return "Don Zaloog", "Cliff the Trap Remover", "Dark Scorpion - Chick the Yellow", "Dark Scorpion - Gorg the Strong", and "Dark Scorpion - Meanae the Thorn" to their owner's hand. You cannot return 2 cards with the same card name by the effect of this card.
"Now I play Bazoo the Soul-Eater in Attack Mode!" Sarah smiled, a purple mandrill appearing on the Field, white fur on its' chest, grey horns as well as on the sides of its' head and yellow fur rising out of its' sides as it hooted.
BAZOO THE SOUL-EATER Earth/Beast/4/1600 ATK/900 DEF Effect: You can remove from play up to 3 Monster Cards in your Graveyard to increase the ATK of this Monster by 300 points for each card removed from play, until the end of your opponent's next turn. This effect can only be used once during your turn.
"Now I play the Magic Card, Soul Absorption! As long as this Permanent Magic Card is on the Field, I gain 500 Life Points each time a card is removed from play! Which I intend to do..."
SOUL ABSORPTION Permanent Magic Card Effect: Each time a card is removed from play, the controller of this card increases his/her Life Points by 500 points.
"Following that, I remove 3 Monsters in my Graveyard from play to activate Bazoo's effect! Different Dimension Master, Shining Abyss, and Beige!"
All 3 of Sarah's Monsters slid out of her Duel Disk's Graveyard slot, as Bazoo opened its' mouth, the souls of its' comrades shot out into its' mouth, as it swallowed, Sarah gaining 1500 Life Points, raising up to 3500. And then Bazoo's ATK increased from 1600 to 2400 points.
"Bazoo! Attack Rumiko's Life Points directly!" Sarah called out. Bazoo opened its' mouth, a beam of light channeling in its' mouth as it shot a blast forward, smashing Rumiko who cried out, her Life Points going from 4000 to 1600.
"Why go so far to do that?" Sarah scoffed.
"I wouldn't want to have them hurt, even if I got more than 1 copy of the Dark Scorpions. I don't want to see them destroyed.":
"Feh. Such weak sentiment. I end my turn." Sarah smirked.
"My turn. Draw!" Rumiko drew her next card, and got Morphing Jar. She exhaled and said "I'll set a Monster face-down. Turn end."
With that, Bazoo the Soul-Eater's ATK rolled down again to 1600 as Sarah smiled. "Bazoo's effect only lasts until the end of your turn, so now, he returns to 1600, and I have no Monsters to remove from play. My turn! Draw!" Sarah smiled, as she drew her next card, adding it to her hand. "But I will attack! Bazoo! Attack her set Monster! Soul Blaze!" Bazoo's mouth began to glow again, the same light from when she attacked with it earlier, firing and slipping Rumiko's set Monster, Morphing Jar. Morphing Jar was encased in a light blue jar as it slid out, crying out, its' yellow teeth bare, and its' eye glowing before it exploded.
MORPHING JAR Earth/Rock/2/700 ATK/600 DEF Effect: Flip: Both you and your opponent discard all cards in your hands to the Graveyard then draw 5 cards from your respective Decks.
"Now I activate Morphing Jar's Flip Effect! Both of us discard our entire hand, and then we draw 5 new cards!" Rumiko smiled, sliding away her cards, as Sarah did the same, both drawing 5 new cards. Sarah then began to chuckle, turning it into laughter.
"Wh-what's so funny?" Rumiko blinked. "Why are you laughing?"
"Your tactic of using discarding cards from the hand, girl. My Divine Justice Deck can handle it with the Dark World cards that I use. In fact... I had 2 when you used the effect of Morphing Jar. The two are interesting ineed. First off is Broww, Huntsman of Dark World. When he is discarded from my hand, I can draw 1 card from my Deck, but if it's by an opponent's card effect, I can draw 1 more additional card."
BROWW, HUNTSMAN OF DARK WORLD Dark/Fiend/3/1400 ATK/800 DEF Effect: When this card is discarded from your hand to the Graveyard, draw 1 card from your Deck. When this card is discarded from your hand to the Graveyard by an effect of a card controlled by your opponent, draw 1 additional card.
Sarah drew 1 card, raising her hand to six, then she drew another card, then got a seventh card. "And next, I get to Special Summon the next of the Dark World's denizens!! Come forth! Sillva, Warlord of Dark World!"
SILLVA, WARLORD OF DARK WORLD Dark/Fiend/5/2300 ATK/1400 DEF Effect: When this card is discarded from your hand to the Graveyard, Special Summon this card to your side of the Field. When this card is discarded from your hand to the Graveyard by an effect of a card controlled by your opponent, your opponent must select 2 cards in his/her hand and place them at the bottom of his/her Deck in any order.
In a flash of light, a demonic figure arose, roaring loudly as black wings spreaded out, its' body black mostly, with silver along its' chest, its' upper area, the blades along the edges of its' hands as well as along its' muscles, elbows, and lower body and legs, as well as its' skeleton-like face as it roared.
"Now, with Sillva's effect, since he was Special Summoned by being discarded by Morphing Jar's effect, Rumiko, he can force you to select 2 cards from your hand and send them to the bottom of your Deck in any order."
Rumiko nodded, looking at her cards as she then took two of them, sliding them to the bottom of her Deck. Looking on at her, Sarah smiled and said "Too bad that I will end my Battle Phase now. But I want to see you struggle... knowing you cannot win. Now I can make a Normal Summon too. And I Normal Summon Manju of the Ten-Thousand Hands."
Appearing on Sarah's side of the Field, a silver statue came forth, with thousands of hands and arms appearing, 5 red eyes, 1 on the middle of its' forehead and at the sides of its' temples, as it groaned.
MANJU OF THE TEN-THOUSAND HANDS Light/Fairy/4/1400 ATK/1000 DEF Effect: When this card is Normal Summoned or Flip Summoned, you can select 1 Ritual Monster Card or 1 Ritual Magic Card from your Deck and add it to your hand.
"When Manju of the Ten-Thousand Hands is Normal Summoned or Flip Summoned, I can add 1 Ritual Monster or 1 Ritual Magic Card from my Deck to my hand. Since I have a Ritual Magic Card, I choose... Ritual Monster!" Sarah pulled her Deck out, and grabbed Shinato, King of a Higher Plane from the bottom of her Deck, adding it to her hand.
SHINATO'S ARK Ritual Magic Card Effect: This card is used to Ritual Summon "Shinato, King of a Higher Plane". You must also Sacrifice Monsters whose total Levels equal 8 or more from the Field or your hand.
"And now I play the Magic Card! Shinato's Ark!" Sarah raised up her Ritual Magic Card, and right behind her, appeared a giant ark, with a stone tablet rising up, yellow markings on it beginning to glow as Sarah smiled "Now I Sacrifice Manju of the Ten-Thousand Hands and Bazoo the Soul-Eater!" In a flash of light, her two selected Monsters disappeared as Shinato's Ark began to crack, then it exploded, and in its' place was a golden orb of light, hovering over the Field, then it shattered, showing an angel... adorned with 6 golden wings, a crown of sorts behind its' head like the sunrise, grey skin, golden and green armor and white robes and long hair as it landed down next to Silver.
"No.... way...." Rumiko blinked.
"Turn end." Sarah smiled. "Now! Throw anything you want my way!"
"My turn... Draw!" Rumiko drew her next card and said "I'll set a Monster face-down. Turn end..."
"So this is how it ends, eh? Very well. I did expect more from you, but I guess it cannot be helped. Time to end this. My turn! Draw!" Sarah drew her next card and smiled. "Now! Shinato! Destroy her face-down Monster!" Shinato raised his arms up to the sky, orbs beginning to surround him, as then, the orbs spiralled together into blades, Shinato thrusting his ahnds forward, the blade blasting forward, and slicing into Rumiko's set Monster, which turned out to be Spirit Reaper, a yellow decayed-looking grim reaper in purple robes with yellow lining along the sleeves and hood, and red on the inside of the robes, cackling as it blocked Shinato's attack with its' scythe then knocking it away.
"What!?!"
SPIRIT REAPER Dark/Zombie/3/300 ATK/200 DEF Effect: This card is not destroyed as a result of battle. Destroy this card when it is targeted by the effect of a Magic, Trap, or Effect Monster Card. If this card successfully attacks your opponent's Life Points directly, your opponent discards 1 card randomly from his/her hand.
"Spirit Reaper can't be destroyed as a result of battle at any time, so he makes an excellent wall. I was surprised when I drew him, but glad to, since I knew he'd be able to protect me from your big bad army, Sarah. This Duel is far from over!"
"Oh, but it IS almost over, I assume you." Sarah smirked, taking a card from her hand. "Now I play the Magic Card, Dark Core! With it, I discard a card from my hand to destroy and remove 1 Monster from play." Taking a card, Sarah slid it into her Duel Disk's Graveyard slot and pointed. "Now... bye bye Spirit Reaper!" In a flash, Spirit Reaper was gone, as Sarah smiled, Soul Absorption increasing her Life Points to 4000.
"Turn end."
"My turn... draw..." Rumiko drew her next card. Rumiko saw that the next card she had drawn was Kelbek. She knew even if Sarah destroyed it with one Monster, it'd return to her hand... but then the other would finish her off. She knew she was beaten and said "I'll now play Kelbek... in Defense Mode."
KELBEK Earth/Fairy/4/1500 ATK/1800 DEF Effect: The Monster attacking this Monster is returned to its' owner's hand. The damage calculation is applied normally.
Kelbek's appearance was much different tan for its' type. It looked almost like an ancient machine, most of its' body a brown golden, along with some blue here ans there, especially with a kind of floatation ring on its back which had blades along the end, with golden rods sticking out, and its' middle eye, like the symbol o fthe Millennium Items, began to glow.
"Turn end."
"So your last resort, eh? My turn! Draw!" Sarah drew her next card and smiled. "Sillva, attack Kelbek!!!" Sarah cried out. Silver roared loudly, charging right at Kelbek, slashing it up the middle, destroying it, and then in a flash, Silver disappeared back to Sarah's hand. But sarah just smiled and said "Now... to end this... SHINATO!!! ATTACK HER LIFE POINTS DIRECTLY!!!"
Like he had done before, Shinato formed orbs around his body, the orbs then spinmning in rapid succession to form a blade. Rumiko smiled sadly and thought to herself. 'Ryo-kun... I'm sorry I couldn't save your dad... I just hope... you two will be reunited soon...'
And with that, Shinato's attack shot forward, slashing Rumiko, causing her to fall backwards, crying out as her Life Points dropped to 0, and her body hitting the ground, laying out. Sarah smiled, as Shinato disappeared, everyone else looking in shock, except for Keith, as Keith grinned. "Well... that was fun..."
Sarah walked over to Rumiko and scoffed. "I have no desire to punish you for your insolence at this time, Rumiko. You really thought you could beat me? You didn't even best Taro Mutoh when you had Yugi's Deck with you. How could someone like you ever expect to win...?" And once she was done, Sarah walked off, a confident smirk on her face.
Rumiko sat up, sighing a bit, but she looked in surprise when she saw Bakura's hand, Bakura smiling. Rumiko smiled back, taking a hand as Bakura helped her to her feet, Senbei at his side. "Rumiko. How come you challenged Sarah? None of us knew the why... so... why did..." Senbei had asked his younger sister.
"Well..." Rumiko blushed. "I did it for Ryo-kun. I wanted him to be with his dad again, since we never got that chance, and I wanted him to have that opportunity. But I guess it wasn't enough."
"You're wrong." Bakura smiled. "Rumiko-chan, you just made me see that I cannot give up that easily either. Whether it's me, you, or even Yugi and the others, I know I'll see my father again somehow. You just helped strengthen my resolve."
Rumiko's lips began to quiver, as tears overcame her and she then hugged Bakura, crying against him, as Bakura hugged her, patting her back gently as she continued to cry in his arms, not as bothered by her defeat as she was before.... but saddened about the fact she could have strengthened Bakura's own resolve.
-[To Be Continued...]-