" For my first move, a card face-down, and harpie lady!" Laura shouted, and the winged girl appeared at her side. " Nice beast, but I may have enough to stop it. A card face-down, and the Stern Mystic, in attack mode. Light beam attack!" Jack shouted, and the Mystic shot a gigantic lightning spell was launched at the Harpie. But, just as it was about to decimate the monster, it encased itself in a block of. something!" Mirror Wall! You didn't know it was there, but its effect defends my Harpie Lady from all attacks, and cuts the attackers Attack points in half!" Laura called. The Stern Mystic backed up a few paces, and its attack dropped to 750. " Ahhh. Should've known that was there." Jack whined. " My move. Your doing great, keep it up! But, I'll lay another card face-down, and switch my Harpie into defense mode. That's my best move." Laura said, smiling. 'Right. She wants me to believe she's got nothing. If she was this weak, she wouldn't of gotten in an elite tournament. But we can play this for awhile.' Jack thought. " I switch my Mystic to defense mode, and. through the wingweaver, in attack mode!" Jack cried. ' Great. I can tell she can see through my messing around. She's got enough esteem to give a good duel. Time to get serious!' Laura thought. " I play elegant egotist, to triple the Harpie Lady! And I'll put rose whip and cyber shield on each one! There attack is now 2450!" Laura shouted. " Finally decided to get serious, huh? Well, great! Remove trap on Mirror Wall! And I'll Attack One Harpie with wingweaver!" Jack shouted. The wingweaver twirled twice, and shot like a bullet towards one Harpie. It exploded, and Laura's life points dropped to 3700.



" This is a good match. They seem equal." Dylan said. " Yep, you know what they say about equality, though, ol' chap, it stay's short-lived." A voice said. " Bakura! How are you? I thought you made tracks for the swiss alps, cause no girls were there." Dylan said, surprised. " Yeah. The fan- club is searching Florida right now.Who's the fine lass with the Harpie Twins! Wow." Bakura muttered, awestruck. " Don't know. New competitor. She's doing good, reminds me.of.Mai. Bakura, did you just say you thought a girl was cute?! First time for everything, I guess. So, who died?" Dylan asked lazily. " Oh, no one. Just came to support my neice's friend. Heard you won. Good for you. Listen, could get me alone with that girl? I'm not allowed in the lodge." Bakura asked. " I could, considering you paid." Dylan said slyly. " Fifty enough for you?" Bakura asked. " Plenty." Dylan answered.

" You may Have gotten one Harpie, But it's about to come back! Monster reborn! And." She said, a glint in her eye. " Harpies Pet Dragon, in attack mode! It gets 300 hundred attack points for each Harpie Lady on the field. Its at 2900 now! Attack with deadly fire burst!" Laura cried. The dragon shot a powerful fire blast, and the Wingweaver was incinerated. Score: Laura: 3700 Jacklyn: 3850. " Nice dragon. But I have just the thing. A card in defense, and Sanga of the Thunder! He gets a power bonus by the field, making him 2900!" Jack said confidently. " Nice, but I have a card that makes people regret having a lot of monsters on the field! Just Desserts!" Laura shouted. " Now that your down to 2350, I am going to use polymerization to fuse Harpie lady with Dark Magician Girl! This creates Dark Harpie Lady! The Dragon gets a 600 bonus for her! Attack!" Laura said. The dragon rose to 3200, and destroyed Sanga. This dropped Jack to 2050. " Nice combo, But the odds are about to even out! De-Spell, on one Harpie Lady to make it its regular 1300! I'll play the legendary Blue-Eyes White Dragon, and equip it with sword of the Deep-Seated! White lightning Attack!" Jack said, now extremely confident. The Harpie went down hard and Laura went down to 1500. The next hour went very ugly, and the blue-eyes had taken out almost all of Laura's cards. ' Maybe I should give up.' Laura thought wearily, then drew. " I play Gaia the knight in attack mode. And one card face-down. " You made a mistake! Blue-eyes, attack!" Jack shouted. " Fooled ya! Mirror force!" Laura giggled happily. The Blue-eyes was overwhelmed by his own attack, and destroyed. " Gaia, attack directly!" The Knight galloped forward, struck hard, and won the duel for Laura.

" Wow, didn't see that coming!" Jack said, surprised. " Yeah, guess I got lucky. The Duels for today are over. Time to get back to the lodge." Laura said cheerfully. " Yep. The assignments say we have to find the two people we have shared dorms. It says we have adjacent rooms to Kevin Hunter and Dylan Nasakki. Wow. Maybe we should look at the café." Jack said, shrugging. " Alright. Lets go." Laura said.

" Hey. Kevin Hunter. Nice to meet ya." Kevin and Dylan shook hands. " Dylan Nasakki. You have a match tomorrow, right? Can't wait to see ya in action." Dylan said back. " Thanks. Our adjacent roommates are over there. I know Laura." Kevin said, His thumb pointing behind him. " Right." Dylan nodded his head. They introduced themselves, and headed the Dormitory. " Laura, wait. Someone wanted to meet you at the lobby, table 2." Dylan said. " Oh, alright. See you later." Laura answered, and walked away. " Wait, who told you that?" Kevin said, bewildered. " Ah, old friend. Anyone want dinner? I got fifty Bucks!'



" Master Kai, Scorpio is all set to duel Dylan the day after tomorrow. He seemed anxious." A servant reported to his boss. " Yes. It was rather smart to have Dylan face the guy he beat in order to become scorpion champion." Kai answered. " Soon, boy, soon. I'll have you humiliated, broken, and beaten. All Duelists will frown upon you. And once all that's done, I'll end your pathetic life." Kai said, before a twisted grin appeared on his face. Soon he would have his ultimate revenge.



( Note: Well! Kai's a bundle of joy, ain't he? Shinimegami owes me big, but I decided all my supporters deserves a little joy. If you wan't something similar to happen to your Character, submit it in a review. Just do that, and I'll make it happen. It'll be my thank you for helping me take my first step toward a successful fic. I'm out!