Yu-Gi-Oh! Twist Chronicles
A Yu-Gi-Oh! Spoof
By Zelloss

Episode 5 - Baby Dragon and Demented old Ladies

Alright. Here's an unexpected plot twist. Mai just challenged Joey
to a battle.

"WHAT?" Joey jumped.

"You heard me. You. Me. Duel. NOW!" Mai stated firmly.

"Joey! You can't duel her! You'll get beat in a second!" Tea said.

"She's got a point. You'll need to find somebody easy. Somebody
you can handle. So you can get the three million dollars. Work your way up
so that I can get a new VCR! And watch *sniff* BAMBI!!!" Tristan sniffled.

"Oh.. I'll take her, trust me!" said Joey. Despite protests from
Tea and Tristan, he walked towards Mai.

Just as the ground moved under his feet!

The ground split open and Joey dissapeared into the darkness. Mai
laughed and laughed. Or, at least, she would have, if she hadn't realized
that she had fallen down as well. Yugi ran up to the edge to try to shout
out for Joey when the stadium rose. Joey and Mai were on opposite fields,
not in the duelist's area!

"Yo! Joey!" Yugi shouted. "I don't think you're a monster, so
you'd better move it!"

"I think he is" whispered Tristan. He was pounded by Tea
immediatly.

Joey and Mai both hopped off of the platform. A long way down, too.
Mai cried out "I broke a nail!" and began to cry. She quickly stopped
crying though and entered the duelist's area of the field. Joey just went
straight there, not noticing that the swollen area where Mai and Tea had
slapped him was now bruised even more.

Joey began by playing his Garuzies card. He then ended his turn
really fast. Mai smiled as she drew her card.

"Joey, you fool!" Mai said. "A Garuzies is a pathetic card. It
will be a target for my... Harpies Lady!"

A wierd, screeching, strange, and generally unusual harpy arose from
the ground.

"But instead of attacking.." Mai taunted, "I'll play this - The
Elegant Egotist! Allowing me to have 3 Harpies Ladies instead of just one!
Each turn, more will appear, although, I only want the three. And since
they count as one monster, I play the Cyber Shield! Raising their attack
power to 1900 each! More then enough to beat Garuzies! However, I won't
attack this turn and simply end" Mai continued to rant.

"Will you just SHUT UP!" Joey wailed at her. "You're voice is gonna
make my head explode. All this screeching is giving me a headache!"

"Oooohh.. Just you wait until I beat you, Joey!" Mai shouted. "I'll
make sure no other comments like that come out of your mouth!"

"Funny, you always slap my cheek, not my mouth!" Joey wailed back.

Joey was forced to shift his Garuzies into defense mode but set a
Trap Card for her.

"A trap? A sad pathetic trap? No match for me, Joey!" said Mai.
She played the Harpy's Feather Duster. It wiped Joey's trap off the board.

"No worries now!" Mai said. "Attack, Harpies Ladies!"

The harpies formed into a triangle, shouted 'Delta Attack!' and
fired off a large triangle ray. When it cleared, Garuzies was gone.

"Damnit.." said Joey. He drew another card. He played Witty
Phantom in defense mode. Mai was ready though.

"How's this, though, Joey?" Mai said. She played the Shadow of
Eyes. Witty Phantom shifted to attack mode and was cut through by the
Harpies' spells. Joey was left with 1500 Life Points.

"Damnit, Mai!" Joey swore. Tea looked at him in disgust.

Meanwhile, unknown to anybody, a boy with spiky black hair was
watching from the bushes.

"There's that little brat Mai. I hope this kid beats her good. And
if I watch this match, I'll get to know the perfect way to beat her! For I
am Rex Raptor! I will win! AHAHAHAHA!"

Somebody snuck up on Rex and tapped him on the shoulder. Rex turned
to see a shadowy figure with a golden glow. The eerie voice said "hello"
and that was all it took. Rex ran screaming his head off.

Rex ran across the field, to the amusment of Joey and everybody
else. Mai just looked on pitifully.

"Were you spying?" Mai asked Rex. He looked disheartened and nodded
his head yes.

"Well, get out of here!" Mai yelled at him. He ran away faster then
a Skull Servant being chased by a Blue Eyes.

"Well then, let's get back to the duel!" Mai said. Joey drew his
card then played a card face down, and played the Baby Dragon.

"THAT sad thing?" Mai demanded. "You expect to beat me with that
sad, sad, creature?"

"That 'sad, sad, creature' is a personal favorite. Mabye you'll see
why soon!" Joey replied.

"What the heck is he up too?" Tristan asked.

"I don't know. But if Joey draws one certain card, then he would
have this match won in an instant right now."

"Go! Harpies' Ladies! Attack the Baby Dragon!" Mai commanded. The
Harpies shot out the magical triangle.

Joey flipped his trap card over, Negate Attack. Mai's attack was
stopped.

"You only delay your defeat by one turn, Joey!" Mai commented.

Joey hoped for the best and drew his next card. Yugi hoped for the
best as well.

"So, what pathetic card did you draw this time, Joey?" Mai asked.
Joey only smiled.

"What is he smiling about?" Tea asked.

"It's the card he just drew!" Yugi responded. Joey played the card.

"Go! Time Wizard!"

A clock appeared on the field, a strange staff in his hand. *Pun
Intended*

"That pathetic thing? You can't surely expect to beat me with
that!" Mai commented.

"I sure as heck can!" Joey called out.

Meanwhile, Rex had hidden himself once again in the bushes. He was
thinking to himself. "What could be in Joey's dumb little head?" Rex asked
himself.

Elsewhere in the forest, Weevil had been trying to sneak around and
steal some Star-Chips. He came upon a small clearing with a striped-shirt-
wearing, whitish-purple haired boy with a golden artifact across his chest.
The boy spotted him and turned to him. His face was a look of evil.

"Hello, Weevil!" the boy cheerfully said. Weevil freaked out and
started running for his life.

Anyway, lets get back to Mai and Joey's duel.

"Mai, this is the game-winning card!" Joey said. He called out to
Time Wizard. "Go! Time-Travel Magic! Bring us into the future!"

A huge swirling vortex appeared above the stadium. Virtual stones
flew up from the ground and so did Time Wizard and Baby Dragon. That wasn't
all that happened. As time flew by, new plants came and went, and the
Harpies Ladies grew old and turned into demented old ladies in wheelchairs.
They're attack power swooped down to a mere 1000.

"What's going on?" Mai demanded.

When the vortex dissapeared, Baby Dragon and Time Wizard no longer
existed. Something else did though.

The famous Thousand Year Dragon. With 2400 attack power. It was a
force to be reckoned with.

"Oh my god! My Harpies!" Mai shouted out. The Harpies were slowly
melting away. They only had 1000 attack power now.

"Now then. Thousand Year Dragon! Flame Breath!"

The Thousand Year Dragon opened it's wide mouth. A giant white
flame shot from the middle of it and tore into the old Harpies, killing
them. And because so many were killed, Mai lost all her Life Points.

"NO!" Mai screamed. "How could I lose to an amateur like you!" she
demanded. She threw the Star-Chip across the arena, landing perfectly in
Joey's Dueling Glove. She then jumped down from her platform and ran off.

"You haven't seen the last of me!" Mai shouted back as she
dissapeared.

"She hasn't seen the last of me, either!" Rex noted to himself as he
went off to follow Mai. Mabye now he could beat her.

Joey stepped down off the platform and was greeted by Yugi.

"You did it!" Yugi cried out. Joey smiled.

"And here I was, thinking you wouldn't win. And he thought you were
a monster!" Tea said, pointing to Tristan.

"Shaddup!" Tristan told Tea. He got pounded good.

"So then" Yugi said. "We're off to find any more duels if we can!"

And the group headed off towards the midday sun.

However...

Before I can tell you the next story...

I have to tell you THIS little one.

Weevil continued to run through the bushes. That boy wasn't the
kind you'd want to steal from. But neither was the kind Weevil ran into
next.

"Going somewhere?" Rex said to Weevil. "And where is your Dueling
Glove? And your Star-Chips. Apparently somebody didn't win!" he taunted.

"Damnit. You caught me!" Weevil gave up.

"Don't give up. If you wanna steal some Star-Chips, I could have
sworn I saw some way over back there!" Rex said. Weevil ran off.

"That takes care of that problem" Rex said to himself. "Now to find
Mai again."

Of course, I have ANOTHER story to tell you, but I think that one
can wait a bit.