A/N: Akantha: I greatly resent getting cut off before.

Lysane: Who cares? I'm the one doing all the work here, anyway. You just sleep.

Akantha: ... What did you just say?

Lyn: Quit bickering! You're Muses, for heaven's sake!

Akantha: ... So?

Lyn: Oh, for the love of Seto Kaiba! Just shut up!

-silence and glaring-

Lyn: Anyway! Today is a very special day for all of fanficdom. Why? Because Reneey got a math problem right!

Me: Yeah.. Wait, DID YOU CALL ME DUMB?

Lyn: No. Dumb would imply that you cannot speak, which definitely is not a problem for you.

Me: Oh.. well, then.. DID YOU JUST CALL ME MATHEMATICALLY HOWEVER IT'S PRONOUNCED LIKE CHALLENGED?

Lyn: ... Yeah... :P

Me: Oh.. Well, that I can deal with.

Akantha: Hey, don't cu -- (gets cut off by chapter)

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Brady drew and seemed to contemplate something before placing down a magic card and announcing, "I play Poison of the Old Man -- to reduce your life points by eight hundred."

Yamiaa growled. That left her with only 900 LP -- 1000 less than Brady! ... But, she did still have her facedown card...

"Then I play Burden of the Mighty."

"Oooh, Yamiaa is in trouble," Reneey giggled.

"What does that card do?" this time Yin asked.

"Each face-up monster your opponent controls loses 100 ATK times its own level," Yami explained. Apparently he was just in the habit of that whenever anyone asked something.

"But she doesn't have any."

"It's continuous."

"Oh..."

Brady ended his turn by playing one monster card in facedown defense position, and next, Yamiaa drew.

"I activate my facedown card, Soul Absorption. Then I play Ancient Telescope."

"Soul Absorption?" Brady asked. "What does that do?"

"Every time a spell card is activated and destroyed, I get 500 life points. And Ancient Telescope lets me see the first five cards in your deck."

And so Yamiaa peeked at Brady's deck, Ancient Telescope was destroyed, and Yamiaa's life points rose to 1400.

"I play Goblin Attack Force in attack mode," Yamiaa announced. Its 2300 ATK was reduced to 1900, but it was no big... for now, anyway.

Then she ended her turn, and Brady drew and his eyes widened. "All right. First, I play Dark Blade in attack mode."

Dark Blade appeared, with 1800 ATK.

"Then I equip it with Lightning Blade."

The ATK skyrocketed to 2600, and Brady smiled. "Now, attack her goblin!"

"Sorry, Yamiaa," Brady said before choosing one last card from his hand. "I play Tremendous Fire!"

Yami blinked. "Yamiaa lost."

"How so?" Yin asked, blinking.

"Yamiaa loses 1000 lifs points, and Brady loses 500.. but since he had 1900, his will only go down to 1400, but Yamiaa had only 700..."

Yamiaa's LP fell to 0, and she gaped, but managed to mentally count to ten before saying grudgingly, "Good play, Brady."

"You, too," Brady said, grinning.

Pegasus clapped. "A great duel! But Miss Smith, I'm afraid, is out of the tournament. Mr. Fallon, congratulations -- you continue on."

"Wow," Tea said, blinking. "Brady beat Yamiaa."

"So?" Reneey asked. "So did I!"

"But Lyn beat Brady," Tea said emphatically.

"Well, I beat Lyn!"

Tristan blinked. "I thought you beat Pegasus."

"No, Pegasus was sitting right there, didn't you see him?"

"Anyway, nobody's beat Pegasus yet," Yami growled. "That's my job."

"Then who was Reneey dueling?" Joey asked, confused.

There was a silence, and then Tea guessed, "Nobody?"

Reneey's vehement exclamation was cut off by, "If Yugi-boy and Miss Valentine would proceed to the dueling platform, please...?"