Sorry it took so long to get this one up. I had to plan out the strategy of this duel…I had to do research!!!! I'd like to thank everybody who helped by giving me an idea of Rex's cards. And one person who offered me help, Yamimaster, wants me to advertise for their fic. It's a Zoids fic on a different site, so please go to http://www.animeadmirers.com/zoidpages/zdsfanfic6a.html to read it. Thanks!
by SakuraBubbles
Yugi walked away from the table that once held his cards. He was aimlessly shuffling his deck as he walked back to Joey and Téa. He then looked to Rex.
"Looks like you and Joey have to duel now," he said to him. Rex was a little pissed off that Weevil was gone, but he hid it, letting his ego take him over.
"Well whatever. I'll just have my dino cards take care of him."
Joey flashed the Red Eyes Black Dragon in Rex's face, grinning wide.
"Who's got the Red Eyes? I've got the Red Eyes! You don't have the Red Eyes 'cause I won it! 'Cause I'm the best!" Joey chanted. Yugi chuckled a bit. In these tough times, Yugi was glad Joey took up the life of a criminal just to be at his side, helping him and making him smile.
Rex stepped over to the side where Weevil once dueled, picking up the bug-lover's deck and putting it into his pocket. He then put his own deck on the table, grinning as Joey did the same. The cards shuffled themselves and then Téa shined her coin. Yugi saw now that the coin was very different from any coin he's ever seen. But even if he asked her where she got it, she couldn't answer him. She tossed it into the air as Rex called "Heads!" and then she caught it. Yugi saw it and looked to Rex.
"You first, Rex."
The top six cards of Rex's deck lifted up and over to him. He grasped them in his hand and looked it over. He placed down Uraby in attack mode and then one card in his Magic or Trap Card Zone. He looked to Joey.
"Go ahead, loser."
Joey laughed at that.
"That's why I have the Red Eyes! Don't make me sing my Red Eyes song again!" he called back. He drew his cards and then placed Wyvern Warrior in attack mode. The odd, lizard-like night stood, its attack power matching that of the Uraby at 1500. But instead of attacking the Uraby right away, Joey picked out a certain magic card and threw it onto the field. A hole appeared in back of the Uraby and then a hand emerged from the hole, grabbing the Uraby's leg. The monster screeched and growled loudly as it was pulled into the hole, and then both the Fissure card Joey used and Rex's monster appeared in the Graveyard, completely dormant.
Rex growled and was about to draw a card when Joey exclaimed, "Nice try, but I'm not finished yet!" He then threw down another Magic card and an elderly woman appeared on the field. She turned to Joey and smiled, giving him an orb of light. Joey accepted it and felt 1000 Life Points come to him. He felt at the best he had in a while. Then the woman, Dian Keto the Cure Master, disappeared and her card reappeared in the Graveyard.
"Now, Wyvern Warrior! Attack Rex directly!" commanded Joey. The lizard warrior came at Rex and then slashed close to his face. Rex stepped back in fear and pain as he felt the wind of the sword cut his Life Points, bringing him down to 6500, while Joey was at 9000. Rex gritted his teeth as Joey let him go. Rex knew that this would be hard to win, especially if Joey had his Red Eyes Black Dragon. But he couldn't give up, so he drew another card. He placed down two cards in the Magic/Trap Card Zone and then placed a card in defense.
"This is pathetic Rex!" said Joey as he drew the Axe Raider. He grinned and placed it down in attack mode. He had the Wyvern Warrior attack the card in defense, destroying the unnamed green dinosaur quickly. Then, he had the Axe Raider attack Rex directly, bringing him down to 4700. Rex drew a card quickly and then picked up a card he had put down in his Magic/Trap Card Zone. He activated it and a large black hole appeared in the center of the field. It began to suck in any monster cards, and Yugi, Joey, and even Téa recognized it as Dark Hole. Both of Joey's monsters appeared in the Graveyard. Then, Rex put down a monster called the Blackland Fire Dragon in attack mode and attacked Joey directly. The dragon stumbled over to Joey and swiped its claws at him, missing only by a little bit. Joey was now at 7500.
Joey drew the Swamp Battleguard and knew he couldn't place it into attack mode or defense mode because of its high level. So instead, he placed a monster called a Prevent Rat into defense mode. It's defense was 2000, a very good defense.
Rex then drew and put his newly drawn Two--Headed King Rex in attack mode and had his Blackland Fire Dragon attack Joey's monster in defense. The claws of the dragon clashed loudly on the defense monster's hard shell back. The Prevent Rat squeaked, staying in defense position as Rex felt his Life Points go down by 500 points.
"Stupid high-defense monsters…" mumbled Rex.
Joey drew a card to start of his turn and picked up one of the cards Yugi gave to him to help strengthen his deck. Not the Time Wizard Yugi gave him two years ago, but the Wall of Illusion he had given him two days before the tournament in the arena that Yorda came to. He put it into defense mode and then allowed Rex to go.
Rex drew a card, and it seemed like his bad luck would end. He grinned and threw down a card that might just win it for him.
"I call upon the Black Demons Dragon!" he exclaimed as the large black dragon ripped through the picture on the card. Its attack power was 3200 and its defense was 2300. When it was out of the card, its long tail lashed at the other cards Rex had on the field, destroying them for the sacrifice. It then licked its lips with its long, skinny tongue, just looking at the Prevent Rat huddled above its card, though still in defense mode.
"Attack that Prevent Rat!" Rex told his dragon. The dragon lunged its long neck forward and opened its jaws. The Prevent Rat looked up, scared. The dragon closed its jaws over the rat's entire body. Téa gasped in fear and turned away as the dragon sunk its teeth through the shell of the Prevent Rat. Yugi looked to Joey, who looked disgusted.
"Uh-huh…That's wonderful. As if my rat was a delicacy. Anyway, can I go now?" he asked. Rex nodded. Joey drew the infamous Red Eyes Black Dragon, but it couldn't save him now. He allowed Rex to go, trusting in the effect of the Wall of Illusion to save him.
Rex drew another card and then activated it immediately. It was the Card Destruction card, which destroyed each player's hand and then the same amount of cards is brought back into your hand from your deck. Joey's new cards consisted of another Wyvern Warrior, a Share the Pain card, a Tremendous Fire card, and an Electric Lizard. Rex seemed pleased with his hand and threw down another Blackland Fire Dragon in attack mode. He then powered it up with an equip Magic card and brought its power up to 1900. Joey knew that the newly played card was going to destroy his Wall of Illusion, and then Rex's powerful Black Demons Dragon was going to attack him directly.
That's exactly what happened. The Blackland Fire Dragon was sent back to Rex's hand as it struck the wall in defense. Joey was now down to 4300.
Joey grinned as he drew his next card. First, he put down his Electric Lizard in defense and then threw down his newly drawn Fissure card.
"This destroys ya dragon!" exclaimed Joey. Rex practically died when the hole appeared behind his great dragon. He needed to do something before the bastardly hand drew his monster in.
"No! Call off the magic and I won't attack for two turns straight!" pleaded Rex. Joey sighed and pulled up the Fissure card, stopping the hand just in time before it grabbed the Black Demons Dragon. Joey then tossed it into the Graveyard.
"You're lucky I wanted more outta this match. I wanna really hit ya hard," he said. Yugi looked at him, almost mad.
"Joey! We don't have time to-"
"Relax Yugi. I've got two turns of nothing to worry about," replied Joey, allowing Rex to go. Téa looked to Yugi. It had been stupid of Joey to do that, but maybe he had some trick up his sleeve that would devastate them all.
Or he just was out of his mind.
The Black Demons Dragon hasn't been released in America yet…while I was researching the different cards, I found it listed and knew that it could be Rex's evil new card. Someone asked me in an e-mail how I figured out the duels. Actually, its all random except for the opponent of either Yugi or Joey. My deck is their deck, with a few exceptions here and there. I have a Ultra Rare card called the Barrel Dragon (it can destroy two monsters ^_^) and if I draw that, then it is the equal to the rarest card our hero has in his or her (for Téa later on) deck. Thanks again for the information on Rex's cards! Bai bai now! ::bows and runs away::