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Chapter Fifty-Three
Magic from Down Under
Kay looked at the screen and saw she was dueling the magician, Balfrei Ginger. She nodded and walked to their arena, which was a stage that usually held performances of plays or prose, depending on what occasion may or may not be happening in Kaibaland. Her heels clicked as she walked onto the stage and put on her duel disk.
She pulled out her deck and sighed slightly, looking at the card named for her alias. She wondered briefly why she bothered to continue with this somewhat tiring façade before shuffling her deck.
Footsteps from the other side of the stage caught her attention and she looked up to see Ginger coming up on the stage.
"Hi!" he greeted, smiling. She smiled back and nodded politely.
"Hallo." He pulled out his deck.
"Well, guess you're my opponent. Don't expect me to go easy on you." She chuckled lightly.
"Of course not. I could say the same thing to you." He smiled and they exchanged decks and shuffled them before going back to where they were standing and placing the decks in their duel disks.
"So, who shall begin?" he asked.
"Would you like to flip a coin to decide?" she asked.
"Certainly." She pulled out her lucky silver dollar and let it roll off her thumb, flipping it into the air, catching it and slapping it on the back of her hand.
"Heads or tails?" she asked.
"Heads." She removed her hand.
"It's tails. So I suppose I'll begin."
"Fair enough." She put away the coin and they both drew five cards.
"Duel!"
"Hey, it looks like Leon is dueling!" Jounouchi exclaimed.
"So is the Black Cat!" Cat added.
"Which duel do you guys want to go watch?" Kristen asked. Everyone looked thoughtful. Cat raised her hand.
"I kinda want to watch the Black Cat duel, to be honest. We only got to see the end of her duel against Abe." Jounouchi frowned.
"I dunno why you wanna watch her!"
"You don't have to come with me, Jounouchi. You can watch Leon."
"Yeah, at least Leon's nice!"
"Well, you didn't try to make a move on him when you first met him." Jounouchi sweatdropped slightly and Kristen smiled slightly at him.
"Anyone wanna come watch the Black Cat can come with me!" Cat said.
"I'll come!" Kristen said. Honda stepped forward.
"I'm game."
"And everyone else will watch Leon's duel?" Cat asked. They all agreed to that and separated again, agreeing to meet back at the hotel after the duels were finished.
"Let's hurry so we don't miss it!"
"Right!" Honda, Kristen, and Cat ran off in search of the theatre where the duel was taking place.
"Alright, Herr Ginger, I'll sacrifice my Feline Tokens in order to summon my likeness, the Black Cat!"
Two little gold cat monsters disappeared and we replaced with a duel monster interpretation of the Black Cat, only with an actual feline face and tale.
"Next, I'll equip her with Athena's Whip!" A black whip with a golden spike on the end appeared in the Black Cat's hand and her attack rose to 2800. "Black Cat, destroy his Jinzo." The Black Cat raced forward and slashed Jinzo with her whip, destroying it and causing Ginger's lifepoints to fall to 3600.
Cat, Honda, and Kristen entered the theatre and noticed Mokuba and Adelinda sitting in two seats near the front. They sat next to them.
"Hey guys!" Kristen greeted. Adelinda beamed.
"Hi!"
"What'd we miss?"
"Not too much. This is the first monster destroyed." They nodded and watched the duel intently.
"Hmm, not a bad move, Miss Cat."
"Thank you." He drew a card.
"I activate Swords of Revealing Light! Now your monster cannot attack me for three turns." The golden swords appeared around the Black Cat. "Next, I'll summon Witch of the Black Forest in defense mode!" Witch of the Black Forest appeared on the field and Kay frowned.
She drew a card. "I activate Pot of Greed to draw two cards from my deck!" She drew her two cards and looked at her hand. "Next, I summon Feline Amazon in attack mode!"
A white cat dressed in red and brown with a bow and arrow appeared on the field with 1650 attack points.
"And then I'll place one card facedown on the field and end my turn."
"Very well!" Ginger drew a card. "I summon Jinzo Returner in attack mode!" A creepy, mini version of Jinzo appeared on the field. "Jinzo Returner, attack her directly!" Jinzo returned almost skated forward and unleashed a ball of psychic energy, hitting Kay directly, causing her lifepoints to fall to 3400. "With that, I end my turn."
Kay glared and drew a card. "I summon Feline Avenger in attack mode!" A red, tiger-like anthro in a black leotard with a mask and long, black hair appeared on the field. "And after this next turn, I'll be able to attack you!"
"Trust me, I'm well aware. Now, my move!" He drew a card and grinned. "I summon Evil Hero Malicious Edge by sacrificing my Witch of the Black Forest!"
His witch vanished and was replaced by a monster in dark blue armor with claws and what looked like black wings.
"Evil Hero, attack Feline Amazon with Nightmare Claw!" Evil Hero sprang forward and slashed Feline Amazon's chest, destroying her and causing Kay's lifepoints to fall to 2450. "Now, Jinzo Returner, attack her lifepoints directly!"
Jinzo returner struck her and her lifepoints fell down to 1850. Kay grunted and stumbled back slightly as Jinzo Returner leapt back to Ginger's side of the field. He laughed.
"I told you I wouldn't go easy on you! And you still can't attack me for one more turn." Kay smirked.
"Very nice dueling. I must say, I am impressed. I'm glad it hasn't been easy. But think for an instant you have me defeated!" With that, she drew her card. "I set one monster in defense mode and switch Feline Avenger to defense mode and end my turn!"
"Hmph, that's all you can do? Very well! The swords have expired!" The swords of revealing light flickered before vanishing. "And now, I activate the card, Raikegi sword! It allows me to destroy one monster on the field, and I choose…my Jinzo Returner!"
"Huh? But why?"
"Ha, because, if I send him to the graveyard, I can special summon one Jinzo from my graveyard! So return to me, Jinzo!" Jinzo appeared on his field. "And now, because of Jinzo, all of your traps are useless!"
"Hmph!"
"Jinzo, destroy her Feline Avenger!" Jinzo attacked and destroyed Kay's monster. She grunted and Ginger smirked. "Evil Hero, destroy her facedown monster!"
Evil Hero struck her facedown card and it turned out to be Adhesive Explosive. She lost 1600 lifepoints and they fell down to a mere 250. But Adhesive Explosive appeared again on the field and clamped to Evil Hero.
"Well, now you're down to your last 250 lifepoints."
"I know…and here is where this duel ends."
"Hm?"
"I activate a magic card – time jump! It moves the duel through my turn and goes to your turn, skips it, and then back to mine."
"What does that accomplish?" Ginger asked.
"We passed your standby phase, which means my explosive destroys your Evil Hero!"
"What?" Adhesive Explosive exploded, destroying Evil Hero. Kay smirked.
"And I'm not done, I activate a Ritual – Alpha Omega! With this ritual, I need to either remove two monsters whose levels add up to eight stars from my deck to graveyard, or from the graveyard from play. I remove my Feline Amazon and Feline Avenger from play to summon Alpha Cheetah Omega!"
A beautiful, white cheetah monster in glittering, gold and white armor with a sword in her hand appeared on the field with a whopping 3200 attack points.
"Black Cat, destroy his Jinzo once again!" Black Cat meowed and jumped forward, whipping Jinzo and destroying him, causing Ginger's lifepoints to fall to 3200.
"No! I'm completely defenseless!" he cried. Kay smirked.
"Exactly, and now, Alpha Cheetah Omega, end this duel! Attack him directly!" She raced forward stealthily and raised her sword, slashing Ginger and he cried out as his lifepoints fell to 0. He fell to his knees and the monsters disappeared.
"She did it!" Mokuba and Adelinda cheered. Kay walked over to Ginger and offered him her hand.
"That was a great duel! You had me on the ropes quite a few times." He smiled and accepted her hand.
"Yeah, but it also showed me that I really need to practice more." Kay smiled.
"Same here."
"It was an honor to duel you, Miss Black Cat." She nodded.
"Likewise." They shook hands and she turned and walked off the stage. Adelinda cheered.
"Black Cat, you're the best!" She smiled at her.
"Thank you. It's very nice to see you all again." She looked at Cat with a warm smile. "And may I say, congratulations on your impressive victory in your latest duel." She blushed.
"Thank you."
"Hey, do you think you two will duel in the next round?" Adelinda asked.
"I'm not sure. But that would be exciting." Cat laughed.
"Yeah. She'd probably kick my butt in one turn." Kay shook her head.
"No, you are quite an impressive duelist. Don't sell your skills short, Cat. You could probably beat me, it would depend on the cards and how we utilize them."
"That's true."
"So, would you be willing to come with us and watch the rest of Leon's duel?" Kristen asked. Kay hesitated, but didn't want to disappoint them.
"Alright."
"Cool! Let's go so we don't miss the rest of it!"
"Go, Cinderella, attack his lifepoints directly!" Cinderella kicked off her glass slippers and they hit Ethan Shark directly. He grunted as his lifepoints hit zero before falling back.
"Ah, you got me fair and square, mate! Nice duel!" he said. Leon smiled.
"Thanks!" The holograms disappeared and everyone cheered.
"Way to go, Leon!" Anzu called.
"That was great!" Jounouchi said.
He smiled sheepishly and walked over to them.
"Thank you, guys."
"You really are a great, duelist, Leon!" Yugi said, smiling.
"That means a lot coming from you, Yugi. I really hope I can face you in the finals."
"Keep dueling like this, and you just might." Yugi smiled warmly. He wondered who he would face in the finals. So far, the remaining duelists were Cat, Leon, Zigfried and the Black Cat. All of them were powerful duelists. He would have a tough time defeating any one of them.
"Yugi!" They turned to see Cat, Honda, Kristen, Adelinda, Mokuba, and the Black Cat running towards them.
"Hey guys, you just missed the end of the duel."
"Aw man! Honda, I told you we shouldn't have made that restroom stop!" Cat cried. Honda held up his hand defensively.
"I'm sorry! I had an extra large slushy earlier!" Jounouchi frowned.
"Why'd ya bring her?" he asked, pointing at Kay. She wanted to say something snippy, but then she remembered how his duel with Zigfreak ended.
"I heard you lost to Zigfried." Jounouchi made a face.
"Ya mean, bozo!" he snapped. She nodded.
"I am sorry about that. Much as he is annoying and disturbingly pink, he is a good duelist. I am sorry you lost to him." Jounouchi shrugged.
"Eh, ya win some, ya lose some." She nodded. Yugi smiled up at Jounouchi.
"But he did do a great job! Did you happen to see any of his duel?" he asked. Kay shook her head.
"I'm afraid I did not."
"He almost had Zigfried beat!" Kay nodded.
"That is good. I certainly would enjoy defeating him myself. He is…let me simply say, whenever he speaks, I cringe for my country."
"Oh, because he is an insult to Germany?" Honda asked. Kay made a face and nodded.
"Yes…" Jounouchi couldn't help but laugh.
"For some reason, I can't picture that guy yodeling or wearing those weird green shorts." Kay looked ready to vomit.
"Please! Do not stick such disturbing thoughts in my head!" Everyone couldn't help but laugh at that one.
"So, are they going to announce the next duels today or tomorrow?" Honda asked.
"Today!" Mokuba said. "But not for another two hours. We could go back to the Kaiba Dome and wait for them to announce it." Everyone nodded.
"That sounds like a plan."
"Ok, so let's head back!" Mokuba led them away to the Kaiba Dome.
A fairly short chapter, but I'm excited I finished it! I make up a large number of cards for the Black Cat, so sorry about that. I just like giving her a lot of unique cards.
Review, please! No flames!
