Chapter 2: Becoming One of the Best
Agitated at the present situation, Gen'in turned away from the castle and ran straight ahead, determined to follow Kaiba into Pegasus's castle, but she knew what had to be done first. The rules that Pegasus had laid down in the beginning of the tournament was that whoever wanted to be part of the finals meant you had to have ten starchips, and then you must win the finals to have the right to challenge him. So with high determination, Gen'in frantically searched for a duellist who she could challenge, and win the three remaining starchips she needed. About and hour into her search, she finally found a group of six different people, which happened to be the people she had stumbled upon earlier, but this time another person was part of their group. Gen'in observed two females and three males, and decided that she would duel the one male that had neat blond hair, and wore a light green jacket with a white under shirt. Plus, he wore a pair of blue jeans.
Happy with her discovery, Gen'in hid herself amongst the trees, and raced herself so that she was a fair distance ahead of the group. When she thought the timing was right, she jumped out in front of the group of people, causing them to become startled and surprised, and smirked to herself.
"Who's that?" exclaimed the blonde young man.
"I don't know, Joey, but she looks serious." stated one of Joey's companions.
With everyone looking at the mysterious girl, she shouted to the group and while pointing to the one they called Joey.
"I challenge you to a duel!"
"Who me?!" a confused Joey stated.
Thinking that the girl was talking to him, he looked around to see if she might have pointed to another, but with the entire group looking at him, he knew that he was the one challenged. Willing to duel, Joey walks several paces towards the girl so that he was in front of the entire group.
"I accept your challenge! Let's duel!"
Excited that he excepted her challenge, Gen'in and Joey prepared themselves to begin to the duel that was about to take place. The duelling arena appeared and both took their positions and placed their decks in the deck space below the graveyard.
"Go, Joey!" said a short boy with yellow bangs, and magenta hair with a black outline.
"Thanks, Yugi, but I think this is going to be a snap." Joey said while looking at his friends.
"I don't know about that Joey, she looks real serious about this duel. It's like she's duelling for something that has meaning to her."
"Don't worry, Yug, I'll beat her."
Turning his attention to his opponent, and met eyes with her finding that her eyes expressed no emotions except he could tell something was causing her to duel in such a serious manner.
"How many starchips should we wager?" yelled Joey to his opponent.
"Three starchips each!"
"Four!"
"Done! Now, let's duel! You start!"
Joey drawled five cards from his deck, and looked through his hand of cards, which by luck came up with D. Human, Battle Steer, Flame Swordsmen, De-Spell, and Red-Eyes Black Dragon. With great joy, Joey smiled to himself because this hand made him believe that he would be the victor of the match.
"I play a magic card face-down! And I will play my Battle Steer in attack mode! My Battle Steer has an attack of 1800 and a defence of 1300, now beat that!"
Gen'in looked at the over-confident Joey before looking at her hand, which pleased her, but she made sure not to let him know that she had a very good hand as well. Her hand consisted of Soul Release, Sanga of the Thunder, Launcher Spider, Monster Reborn, and Dark Titan of Terror.
"Well, I don't have a card that can beat your "scary" monster, so I will play Dark Titan of Terror in attack mode, and I will play this magic card face down. Your move."
"You an idiot or something? My Battle Steer will destroy that wimpy monster of yours."
"I guess, I'm still an novice. Now, make your move rookie."
As Joey made his move, Yugi noticed something about Joey's opponent, her duelling glove contained seven starchips, meaning she needed three more to enter the finals. Knowing this piece of information, Yugi kept quiet hoping that his friend would catch on.
"My Battle Steer destroys your wimpy monster causing your life points to be brought down to 1500!" Joey yelled in excitement and to finish his turn he drew the card the inexperienced spy.
"Ohh... I should watch my moves a little more next time." Gen'in said childishly.
Gen'in Asagi! We don't have time to play around! I have to save Mokuba remember!
"Well, you going to duel or not?!"
"Enough fun and games! I play Sanga of the Thunder, and with an attack of 2600 and a defence of 2200, he destroys your monster leaving your life points down to 1800! And I will play another magic card face down! Your move!" To finish up her turn, Gen'in drew the magic card, Ookazi.
Joey growled and drew another card, but this time he drew a very useful card. The Sword of deep-seated.
"I will play my Red-Eyes Black Dragon in attack mode, which has an attack power of 2400 and a defence of 2000! But I will also play the Sword of deep- seated raising my Red-Eye's attack and defence five hundred points! Your move!"
Gen'in drew another card, but as she looked at her Blue-Eyes, she decided to fold the card and spend it to the graveyard.
"I shall play my Launcher Spider in defence mode, and it has an attack of 2200 and a defence of 2500! Your move!"
What card did she spend to the graveyard....?
"I attack with my Red-Eyes, and I attack your Sanga!"
"I use Sanga's special attack causing your Red-Eyes to go to the graveyard!"
"What?! My Red-Eyes!"
Joey sadly watched as his Red-Eyes fell to the powers of Sanga causing him to loose his most powerful card.
"Now, I play the magic card Soul Release, so that you may not ever bring Red-Eyes back into this duel!"
"I use the De-spell card so that Soul Release doesn't activate!"
Releasing a soft grunt, Gen'in drew Just Desserts and allowed Joey to take another turn. So Joey drew Dark Hole, and in desperation Joey played it.
"I play Dark Hole, causing all monsters on the field to go to the graveyard! And I play the Flame Swordsman in attack mode!"
Gen'in threw all her monsters into the graveyard but decided to finish the game in one quick strike.
"I play Monster Reborn, and I decide to revive Sanga of the Thunder and I attack your monster destroying it! Your life points are now down to 400 points!"
"I don't know..... I don't know what to do..."
"Are you done with your move?"
"No," Joey said while drawing Card Destruction, "I play Card Destruction making both of us draw five new cards, so you will have to discard all cards in your hand!"
Gen'in drew five new cards, which were Shadow Dragon, Tremendous Fire, Crawling Dragon, Koumori Dragon, and Dragon Capture jar. Joey also drew five new cards, which were Baby Dragon, Time Wizard, Trap Master, Remove Trap, and Master & Expert. These new cards gave Joey hope because he could make Baby Dragon and Time Wizard Fuse, which would destroy her life points.
"I'm sorry, blondy, but I must end this duel now and be off! I play Tremendous Fire, which causes you to loose 500 of your life points, and causes me to loose 250! Now, hand me my starchips!"
Sadly, Joey took four starchips off his glove and threw them at the victor, and since Gen'in caught the starchips she decided to give the fourth one back because she only needed three.
"Here!"
"Huh?"
Joey looked up and saw a starchip headed his way and caught it.
"What's this for?"
"I only need three! Keep the fourth one, I don't need it!"
Joey smiled slightly at the girl, and placed the last starchip in his glove causing him to have five starchips left.
"Almost there Serenity... I'm almost there."
Joey walked off the arena and was greeted by his friends.
"Good job, Joey!"
"Thanks, Yug..."
"Don't worry, you'll do better next time. Just try and don't be so full of yourself."
Joey nodded at Yugi, and watched as his nameless opponent rushed off in the direction of Pegasus's castle.
I finally, I have ten starchips, and that means I'm one step closer to Pegasus...
Agitated at the present situation, Gen'in turned away from the castle and ran straight ahead, determined to follow Kaiba into Pegasus's castle, but she knew what had to be done first. The rules that Pegasus had laid down in the beginning of the tournament was that whoever wanted to be part of the finals meant you had to have ten starchips, and then you must win the finals to have the right to challenge him. So with high determination, Gen'in frantically searched for a duellist who she could challenge, and win the three remaining starchips she needed. About and hour into her search, she finally found a group of six different people, which happened to be the people she had stumbled upon earlier, but this time another person was part of their group. Gen'in observed two females and three males, and decided that she would duel the one male that had neat blond hair, and wore a light green jacket with a white under shirt. Plus, he wore a pair of blue jeans.
Happy with her discovery, Gen'in hid herself amongst the trees, and raced herself so that she was a fair distance ahead of the group. When she thought the timing was right, she jumped out in front of the group of people, causing them to become startled and surprised, and smirked to herself.
"Who's that?" exclaimed the blonde young man.
"I don't know, Joey, but she looks serious." stated one of Joey's companions.
With everyone looking at the mysterious girl, she shouted to the group and while pointing to the one they called Joey.
"I challenge you to a duel!"
"Who me?!" a confused Joey stated.
Thinking that the girl was talking to him, he looked around to see if she might have pointed to another, but with the entire group looking at him, he knew that he was the one challenged. Willing to duel, Joey walks several paces towards the girl so that he was in front of the entire group.
"I accept your challenge! Let's duel!"
Excited that he excepted her challenge, Gen'in and Joey prepared themselves to begin to the duel that was about to take place. The duelling arena appeared and both took their positions and placed their decks in the deck space below the graveyard.
"Go, Joey!" said a short boy with yellow bangs, and magenta hair with a black outline.
"Thanks, Yugi, but I think this is going to be a snap." Joey said while looking at his friends.
"I don't know about that Joey, she looks real serious about this duel. It's like she's duelling for something that has meaning to her."
"Don't worry, Yug, I'll beat her."
Turning his attention to his opponent, and met eyes with her finding that her eyes expressed no emotions except he could tell something was causing her to duel in such a serious manner.
"How many starchips should we wager?" yelled Joey to his opponent.
"Three starchips each!"
"Four!"
"Done! Now, let's duel! You start!"
Joey drawled five cards from his deck, and looked through his hand of cards, which by luck came up with D. Human, Battle Steer, Flame Swordsmen, De-Spell, and Red-Eyes Black Dragon. With great joy, Joey smiled to himself because this hand made him believe that he would be the victor of the match.
"I play a magic card face-down! And I will play my Battle Steer in attack mode! My Battle Steer has an attack of 1800 and a defence of 1300, now beat that!"
Gen'in looked at the over-confident Joey before looking at her hand, which pleased her, but she made sure not to let him know that she had a very good hand as well. Her hand consisted of Soul Release, Sanga of the Thunder, Launcher Spider, Monster Reborn, and Dark Titan of Terror.
"Well, I don't have a card that can beat your "scary" monster, so I will play Dark Titan of Terror in attack mode, and I will play this magic card face down. Your move."
"You an idiot or something? My Battle Steer will destroy that wimpy monster of yours."
"I guess, I'm still an novice. Now, make your move rookie."
As Joey made his move, Yugi noticed something about Joey's opponent, her duelling glove contained seven starchips, meaning she needed three more to enter the finals. Knowing this piece of information, Yugi kept quiet hoping that his friend would catch on.
"My Battle Steer destroys your wimpy monster causing your life points to be brought down to 1500!" Joey yelled in excitement and to finish his turn he drew the card the inexperienced spy.
"Ohh... I should watch my moves a little more next time." Gen'in said childishly.
Gen'in Asagi! We don't have time to play around! I have to save Mokuba remember!
"Well, you going to duel or not?!"
"Enough fun and games! I play Sanga of the Thunder, and with an attack of 2600 and a defence of 2200, he destroys your monster leaving your life points down to 1800! And I will play another magic card face down! Your move!" To finish up her turn, Gen'in drew the magic card, Ookazi.
Joey growled and drew another card, but this time he drew a very useful card. The Sword of deep-seated.
"I will play my Red-Eyes Black Dragon in attack mode, which has an attack power of 2400 and a defence of 2000! But I will also play the Sword of deep- seated raising my Red-Eye's attack and defence five hundred points! Your move!"
Gen'in drew another card, but as she looked at her Blue-Eyes, she decided to fold the card and spend it to the graveyard.
"I shall play my Launcher Spider in defence mode, and it has an attack of 2200 and a defence of 2500! Your move!"
What card did she spend to the graveyard....?
"I attack with my Red-Eyes, and I attack your Sanga!"
"I use Sanga's special attack causing your Red-Eyes to go to the graveyard!"
"What?! My Red-Eyes!"
Joey sadly watched as his Red-Eyes fell to the powers of Sanga causing him to loose his most powerful card.
"Now, I play the magic card Soul Release, so that you may not ever bring Red-Eyes back into this duel!"
"I use the De-spell card so that Soul Release doesn't activate!"
Releasing a soft grunt, Gen'in drew Just Desserts and allowed Joey to take another turn. So Joey drew Dark Hole, and in desperation Joey played it.
"I play Dark Hole, causing all monsters on the field to go to the graveyard! And I play the Flame Swordsman in attack mode!"
Gen'in threw all her monsters into the graveyard but decided to finish the game in one quick strike.
"I play Monster Reborn, and I decide to revive Sanga of the Thunder and I attack your monster destroying it! Your life points are now down to 400 points!"
"I don't know..... I don't know what to do..."
"Are you done with your move?"
"No," Joey said while drawing Card Destruction, "I play Card Destruction making both of us draw five new cards, so you will have to discard all cards in your hand!"
Gen'in drew five new cards, which were Shadow Dragon, Tremendous Fire, Crawling Dragon, Koumori Dragon, and Dragon Capture jar. Joey also drew five new cards, which were Baby Dragon, Time Wizard, Trap Master, Remove Trap, and Master & Expert. These new cards gave Joey hope because he could make Baby Dragon and Time Wizard Fuse, which would destroy her life points.
"I'm sorry, blondy, but I must end this duel now and be off! I play Tremendous Fire, which causes you to loose 500 of your life points, and causes me to loose 250! Now, hand me my starchips!"
Sadly, Joey took four starchips off his glove and threw them at the victor, and since Gen'in caught the starchips she decided to give the fourth one back because she only needed three.
"Here!"
"Huh?"
Joey looked up and saw a starchip headed his way and caught it.
"What's this for?"
"I only need three! Keep the fourth one, I don't need it!"
Joey smiled slightly at the girl, and placed the last starchip in his glove causing him to have five starchips left.
"Almost there Serenity... I'm almost there."
Joey walked off the arena and was greeted by his friends.
"Good job, Joey!"
"Thanks, Yug..."
"Don't worry, you'll do better next time. Just try and don't be so full of yourself."
Joey nodded at Yugi, and watched as his nameless opponent rushed off in the direction of Pegasus's castle.
I finally, I have ten starchips, and that means I'm one step closer to Pegasus...