Chapter 8: The Second Winner
Getting tired of staring out onto the duelling arena, Gen'in turned away from the arena and began to head towards her next opponent with an over-confident smile across her face. When she was several feet away from Joey, who was leaning on the railing while being in a state of deep thought, Gen'in shouted out his name, but got no response, which caused her to frown at the situation. Once more, the young teenager called out Joey's name, and this time she got a response because Joey turned around to look at her. Gen'in stared into Joey's eyes for a short moments with hidden surprise because she could see a fire in his eyes.
"What can I do for you, Gen?" Joey said calmly.
"Joey Wheeler, the time has come to decide the second winner of this tournament, so get out your deck and prepare yourself for the next duel, which should commence shortly!"
Joey rummaged through his pockets and pulled out his duelling deck and looked back at Gen'in, who had turned away and was making her way towards the arena as the announcer made one of the last announcements of the tournament.
"Finally, the duel that will determine the second winner of the tournament shall commence shortly so will Joey Wheeler, on the blue, and Gen'in Asagi, on the red, please make their way to the arena. Please, prepare your respective decks, and place them into the deck space so that the duel for the second slot can begin!"
As Joey began to leave for the arena, he was stopped because he felt a hand grip his shoulder, so he turned around to face his friends.
"Joey, remember to keep your cool during this match." Tristan said quietly.
"And Joey don't forget, what you are fighting for." Yugi said with a smile.
Joey smiled at Yugi and Tristan for a few short moments before turning away and continued to head for the arena, and when he finally reached his destination he positioned himself on the blue side of the arena, shuffled his cards, and placed his deck in the deck space. Gen'in watched Joey has be prepared for the duel, and smiled to herself and expected one of the most challenging duels she has ever faced before in her entire duelling career.
"Let the duel begin!" shouted the announcer.
With the announcer's words, Gen'in drew five cards from her deck, and stared carefully at the cards that she held in her hand, which were the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Just Desserts, Sanga of the Thunder, Soul Release, and Dragon Treasure. Joey also drew five cards from his deck, which were the Red-Eyes Black Dragon, Salamandra, Flame Swordsman, Boomerang with Chain, Time Wizard, and Dragon Claw.
"Duel!" shouted both of the duellists.
"I shall place a magic card face down, and I will place my Sanga of the Thunder, which has an attack power of 2600 and a defence of 2200, in attack mode! Make your move!"
From a previous match with Gen'in, Joey remembered that her Sanga had a special ability that would knock out any monster that attacked it.
"I shall play a magic card face down and that ends my turn."
To begin her move Gen'in drew the card, Koumori Dragon. "I play my Koumori Dragon, which has an attack power of 1500 and a defence of 1200, in defence mode. And to end my turn I shall a magic card face down!"
For playing any cards, Joey drew a card from his deck, a Rude Kaiser. "I shall put Rude Kaiser, which has an attack of 1800 and a defence of 1600, in attack mode! Your move!"
Drawing another card, Gen'in stared at the card she had just drew for a couple of moments before placing it into her hand. "I have to admit that my current hand is certainly an excellent one, but these aren't the cards that show the true nature of my deck. So I shall play a monster card face down, and then I will play a magic card, Card Destruction! So now the both of us have to draw five new cards from our decks!"
Joey's eyes widen has he was forced to put his entire hand into to the graveyard, but quickly came to his senses and draws five more cards, Baby Dragon, Gilta the D. Knight, Giant Soldier of Stone, Neo the Magic Swordsman, and Monster Reborn. Gen'in also drew five more cards, Final Flame, Tremendous Fire, Hinotama, Ookazi, and Launcher Spider. Joey looked down at his hand for a few moments before drawing The Cheerful Coffin, and playing his cards.
"I shall put my Giant Soldier of Stone, which has an attack of 1300 and a defence of 2000, in defence mode, and I shall play Monster Reborn to bring my Red-Eyes Black Dragon back from the graveyard, and I place it in attack mode!"
Gen'in laughed at Joey's move while drawing the card, Machine Conversion Factory.
"You know, Joey, I can't believe that you made it to the finals when you make stupid mistakes that ensures your opponents victory! I play my Launcher Spider in attack mode, and I play the magic card Machine Conversion Factory, which brings my Launcher Spider's attack power up to 2500! And now, Sanga of the Thunder I command you to attack Joey's Red-Eyes Black Dragon."
As Gen'in's Launcher Spider attacked Joey's Red-Eyes, Joey quickly flipped over a magic card. When the attack of the Launcher Spider cleared the arena, Gen'in's eyes widened as she saw the Red-Eyes still standing.
"I presume that you forgot about the magic card that I laid down in a previous turn, but I played the magic card Dragon Claw, which raises the attack power of a dragon by seven hundred! And since my Red-Eyes's attack power is now 3100, and Sanga's attack is only 2600 your attack is reflected and you loose five hundred of your life points. Also, to finish my turn I play the magic card The Cheerful Coffin, which allows me to remove one card in your graveyard and bans that card from the rest of the duel. Of course, I your strongest card, Sanga of the Thunder." Joey said while grinning.
"Keep up the great work!" cheered on Tea.
"Yeah, if he keeps this up, Joey will do just fine." agreed Bakura.
Gen'in growled at the fact that Joey knocked five hundred of her life points, but she drew the card Remove Trap.
"Well, Joey I must say I am impressed at your last move, but you have forgotten that I have a card in my deck that over powers my Sanga of the Thunder, and that is the Blue-Eyes White Dragon."
"Oh, yeah. I completely forgot about the Blue-Eyes that Gen'in used to beat Mai. But I can't allow that to bring down my cool." whisper Joey to himself.
"And I call upon the powers of the mighty Blue-Eyes White Dragon, and I play the magic card Dragon Treasure that pushes my Blue-Eyes attack power to 3300 over powering your Red-Eyes! But luckily for you, I can't attack you right now, so it's your move.
Joey drew another card, Sword of Dark Destruction, which he immediately played.
"I play the card, Sword of Dark Destruction, which raises my Red- Eyes's attack power by 200, so now my Red-Eyes equally matches your Blue- Eyes! And I shall play Giltia the D. Knight, which has an attack of 1850 and a defence of 1500, in attack mode!"
Gen'in then drew Change of Heart, which she discarded.
"Well, I shall play two magic cards. The first is Final Flame, which takes 600 points of direct damage to your life points! Also, I shall play Hintotama, which takes 500 points of direct damage! So, now you are down to 900 life points! Your move!"
Joey drew another card, De-Spell, which gave him an idea.
"Now, it's my turn to teach you a valuable lesson. I shall play the De-Spell card to remove the equip card that you have on your Blue-Eyes, so now your dragon has it's original attack power of 3300, which makes my Red- Eyes more powerful! Red-Eyes attack Gen'in's Blue-Eyes!"
Following its Master, the Red-Eyes attacked the Blue-Eyes destroying it.
"I may have 900 life points left, but I will soon take all 1200 all of your life points!"
Gen'in slammed her hand on the table in frustration because Joey had destroyed her two strongest monsters, but then picked her hand back up and looked at her cards while drawing the card, Monster Reborn, which Gen'in knew that she couldn't play because the Red-Eyes would take out her Blue- Eyes again. Also, she couldn't bring back her Sanga of the Thunder because it had been banned from the rest of the duel.
Joey grinned happily at the situation because the odds were in his favour, and drew the card Rock Ogre Grotto, which has an attack power of 800, in attack mode.
"Now, Gen'in since you don't have any monsters on the field, I can now attack your life points directly, so I order my Rock Ogre Grotto to attack your life points, which is now 400!" Joey said childishly.
"QUIT MOCKING ME!!" screamed Gen'in.
Gen'in looked at her hand and forgot that she had more cards that could attack her opponent's life points directly, so she placed down the magic card Ookazi.
"I play the magic card, Ookazi, which takes 800 of direct damage of your life points. Play your cards carefully, Joey Wheeler. You are down to 100 life points and I still have 400 life points left. Also, I play Monster Reborn, and I bring back my Blue-Eyes White Dragon back to life! Now, make your move!"
As soon has Gen'in played the card Monster Reborn, the mighty Blue- Eyes White Dragon reappeared on the field, but Joey smirked at the situation and ordered his Red-Eyes to attack the Blue-Eyes White Dragon destroying it.
"Now, it's my turn!" shouted Gen'in while drawing another card from her deck, another Final Flame. "Joey, I play another Final Flame, which now brings your life points down to zero!"
Joey eyes widen as he watched his life points fall down to zero, and with the shock he dropped his cards, which caused them to fall down to the ground scattered about. Disappointed in himself, Joey fell to his knees, and his friends rushed over to the railing and their mood went down to see one of their companions fail especially for his reason for duelling. Feeling a little sorry for her opponent, Gen'in made her way over to Joey's side of the arena, picked up Joey's cards, and put her hand on his shoulder. Joey turned his head and found Gen'in slightly smiling at him, but hating the situation he jumped to his feet and grabbed his cards from Gen'in before rushing out of the room.
"Joey!" yelled Yugi after Joey, but then Tristan shook his head at Yugi.
"It's best to leave him be for a while."
"I suppose..." Yugi whispered.
"Both Yugi Mouto and Gen'in Asagi are the winners of the tournament, so tomorrow morning the battle between Maxemillion Pegasus and the tournament winners shall take place! So rest well for tomorrow's duel!"
Gen'in and Yugi looked at one another for a few moments before turning to look at Pegasus who had a large grin on his face while clapping.
"I look forward to tomorrow's duel."
With his words, Pegasus got to his feet, and left the room.
~End of Chapter 8~
Getting tired of staring out onto the duelling arena, Gen'in turned away from the arena and began to head towards her next opponent with an over-confident smile across her face. When she was several feet away from Joey, who was leaning on the railing while being in a state of deep thought, Gen'in shouted out his name, but got no response, which caused her to frown at the situation. Once more, the young teenager called out Joey's name, and this time she got a response because Joey turned around to look at her. Gen'in stared into Joey's eyes for a short moments with hidden surprise because she could see a fire in his eyes.
"What can I do for you, Gen?" Joey said calmly.
"Joey Wheeler, the time has come to decide the second winner of this tournament, so get out your deck and prepare yourself for the next duel, which should commence shortly!"
Joey rummaged through his pockets and pulled out his duelling deck and looked back at Gen'in, who had turned away and was making her way towards the arena as the announcer made one of the last announcements of the tournament.
"Finally, the duel that will determine the second winner of the tournament shall commence shortly so will Joey Wheeler, on the blue, and Gen'in Asagi, on the red, please make their way to the arena. Please, prepare your respective decks, and place them into the deck space so that the duel for the second slot can begin!"
As Joey began to leave for the arena, he was stopped because he felt a hand grip his shoulder, so he turned around to face his friends.
"Joey, remember to keep your cool during this match." Tristan said quietly.
"And Joey don't forget, what you are fighting for." Yugi said with a smile.
Joey smiled at Yugi and Tristan for a few short moments before turning away and continued to head for the arena, and when he finally reached his destination he positioned himself on the blue side of the arena, shuffled his cards, and placed his deck in the deck space. Gen'in watched Joey has be prepared for the duel, and smiled to herself and expected one of the most challenging duels she has ever faced before in her entire duelling career.
"Let the duel begin!" shouted the announcer.
With the announcer's words, Gen'in drew five cards from her deck, and stared carefully at the cards that she held in her hand, which were the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Just Desserts, Sanga of the Thunder, Soul Release, and Dragon Treasure. Joey also drew five cards from his deck, which were the Red-Eyes Black Dragon, Salamandra, Flame Swordsman, Boomerang with Chain, Time Wizard, and Dragon Claw.
"Duel!" shouted both of the duellists.
"I shall place a magic card face down, and I will place my Sanga of the Thunder, which has an attack power of 2600 and a defence of 2200, in attack mode! Make your move!"
From a previous match with Gen'in, Joey remembered that her Sanga had a special ability that would knock out any monster that attacked it.
"I shall play a magic card face down and that ends my turn."
To begin her move Gen'in drew the card, Koumori Dragon. "I play my Koumori Dragon, which has an attack power of 1500 and a defence of 1200, in defence mode. And to end my turn I shall a magic card face down!"
For playing any cards, Joey drew a card from his deck, a Rude Kaiser. "I shall put Rude Kaiser, which has an attack of 1800 and a defence of 1600, in attack mode! Your move!"
Drawing another card, Gen'in stared at the card she had just drew for a couple of moments before placing it into her hand. "I have to admit that my current hand is certainly an excellent one, but these aren't the cards that show the true nature of my deck. So I shall play a monster card face down, and then I will play a magic card, Card Destruction! So now the both of us have to draw five new cards from our decks!"
Joey's eyes widen has he was forced to put his entire hand into to the graveyard, but quickly came to his senses and draws five more cards, Baby Dragon, Gilta the D. Knight, Giant Soldier of Stone, Neo the Magic Swordsman, and Monster Reborn. Gen'in also drew five more cards, Final Flame, Tremendous Fire, Hinotama, Ookazi, and Launcher Spider. Joey looked down at his hand for a few moments before drawing The Cheerful Coffin, and playing his cards.
"I shall put my Giant Soldier of Stone, which has an attack of 1300 and a defence of 2000, in defence mode, and I shall play Monster Reborn to bring my Red-Eyes Black Dragon back from the graveyard, and I place it in attack mode!"
Gen'in laughed at Joey's move while drawing the card, Machine Conversion Factory.
"You know, Joey, I can't believe that you made it to the finals when you make stupid mistakes that ensures your opponents victory! I play my Launcher Spider in attack mode, and I play the magic card Machine Conversion Factory, which brings my Launcher Spider's attack power up to 2500! And now, Sanga of the Thunder I command you to attack Joey's Red-Eyes Black Dragon."
As Gen'in's Launcher Spider attacked Joey's Red-Eyes, Joey quickly flipped over a magic card. When the attack of the Launcher Spider cleared the arena, Gen'in's eyes widened as she saw the Red-Eyes still standing.
"I presume that you forgot about the magic card that I laid down in a previous turn, but I played the magic card Dragon Claw, which raises the attack power of a dragon by seven hundred! And since my Red-Eyes's attack power is now 3100, and Sanga's attack is only 2600 your attack is reflected and you loose five hundred of your life points. Also, to finish my turn I play the magic card The Cheerful Coffin, which allows me to remove one card in your graveyard and bans that card from the rest of the duel. Of course, I your strongest card, Sanga of the Thunder." Joey said while grinning.
"Keep up the great work!" cheered on Tea.
"Yeah, if he keeps this up, Joey will do just fine." agreed Bakura.
Gen'in growled at the fact that Joey knocked five hundred of her life points, but she drew the card Remove Trap.
"Well, Joey I must say I am impressed at your last move, but you have forgotten that I have a card in my deck that over powers my Sanga of the Thunder, and that is the Blue-Eyes White Dragon."
"Oh, yeah. I completely forgot about the Blue-Eyes that Gen'in used to beat Mai. But I can't allow that to bring down my cool." whisper Joey to himself.
"And I call upon the powers of the mighty Blue-Eyes White Dragon, and I play the magic card Dragon Treasure that pushes my Blue-Eyes attack power to 3300 over powering your Red-Eyes! But luckily for you, I can't attack you right now, so it's your move.
Joey drew another card, Sword of Dark Destruction, which he immediately played.
"I play the card, Sword of Dark Destruction, which raises my Red- Eyes's attack power by 200, so now my Red-Eyes equally matches your Blue- Eyes! And I shall play Giltia the D. Knight, which has an attack of 1850 and a defence of 1500, in attack mode!"
Gen'in then drew Change of Heart, which she discarded.
"Well, I shall play two magic cards. The first is Final Flame, which takes 600 points of direct damage to your life points! Also, I shall play Hintotama, which takes 500 points of direct damage! So, now you are down to 900 life points! Your move!"
Joey drew another card, De-Spell, which gave him an idea.
"Now, it's my turn to teach you a valuable lesson. I shall play the De-Spell card to remove the equip card that you have on your Blue-Eyes, so now your dragon has it's original attack power of 3300, which makes my Red- Eyes more powerful! Red-Eyes attack Gen'in's Blue-Eyes!"
Following its Master, the Red-Eyes attacked the Blue-Eyes destroying it.
"I may have 900 life points left, but I will soon take all 1200 all of your life points!"
Gen'in slammed her hand on the table in frustration because Joey had destroyed her two strongest monsters, but then picked her hand back up and looked at her cards while drawing the card, Monster Reborn, which Gen'in knew that she couldn't play because the Red-Eyes would take out her Blue- Eyes again. Also, she couldn't bring back her Sanga of the Thunder because it had been banned from the rest of the duel.
Joey grinned happily at the situation because the odds were in his favour, and drew the card Rock Ogre Grotto, which has an attack power of 800, in attack mode.
"Now, Gen'in since you don't have any monsters on the field, I can now attack your life points directly, so I order my Rock Ogre Grotto to attack your life points, which is now 400!" Joey said childishly.
"QUIT MOCKING ME!!" screamed Gen'in.
Gen'in looked at her hand and forgot that she had more cards that could attack her opponent's life points directly, so she placed down the magic card Ookazi.
"I play the magic card, Ookazi, which takes 800 of direct damage of your life points. Play your cards carefully, Joey Wheeler. You are down to 100 life points and I still have 400 life points left. Also, I play Monster Reborn, and I bring back my Blue-Eyes White Dragon back to life! Now, make your move!"
As soon has Gen'in played the card Monster Reborn, the mighty Blue- Eyes White Dragon reappeared on the field, but Joey smirked at the situation and ordered his Red-Eyes to attack the Blue-Eyes White Dragon destroying it.
"Now, it's my turn!" shouted Gen'in while drawing another card from her deck, another Final Flame. "Joey, I play another Final Flame, which now brings your life points down to zero!"
Joey eyes widen as he watched his life points fall down to zero, and with the shock he dropped his cards, which caused them to fall down to the ground scattered about. Disappointed in himself, Joey fell to his knees, and his friends rushed over to the railing and their mood went down to see one of their companions fail especially for his reason for duelling. Feeling a little sorry for her opponent, Gen'in made her way over to Joey's side of the arena, picked up Joey's cards, and put her hand on his shoulder. Joey turned his head and found Gen'in slightly smiling at him, but hating the situation he jumped to his feet and grabbed his cards from Gen'in before rushing out of the room.
"Joey!" yelled Yugi after Joey, but then Tristan shook his head at Yugi.
"It's best to leave him be for a while."
"I suppose..." Yugi whispered.
"Both Yugi Mouto and Gen'in Asagi are the winners of the tournament, so tomorrow morning the battle between Maxemillion Pegasus and the tournament winners shall take place! So rest well for tomorrow's duel!"
Gen'in and Yugi looked at one another for a few moments before turning to look at Pegasus who had a large grin on his face while clapping.
"I look forward to tomorrow's duel."
With his words, Pegasus got to his feet, and left the room.
~End of Chapter 8~