"Martin. look," said Justice as she showed her duelist glove to him,
"Three star chips. This is the first step in my plan." Martin smiled
but said nothing.
"I think we should wait around here a little longer. Most of my cards
are forest creatures or warriors. This field is perfect for them,"
said Justice, But while we wait let's have lunch." Martin's smile
widened at this suggestion. He was a typical male, always hungry.
They retrieved the food that they had saved from the boat ride,
Justice prayed, and then they ate. They finished their meager meal in
silence, no duelist appeared to challenge her.
Justice wondered how long she would be at the Duelist Kingdom. She
was actually having fun. It was like a huge burden had been lifted
from her shoulders by leaving the Group Home. Justice had really
enjoyed the last duel. The other orphans who she had dueled were such
terrible sports. But here people excepted their loses with a grain of
salt and got over it. She had never spent so much time outside before
and was actually enjoying the experience. Justice leaned back and
sighed. She was not looking forward to leaving the island.
"The way I can stay here the longest is not to get eliminated. I just
take my time dueling, enjoy myself, and not lose," thought Justice as
her and Martin packed up their picnic.
Justice hadn't realized how out of the way her location had been until
no one approached her for the next hour. She paced anxiously for a
while, but mostly sat and listened as Martin went back to sleep. She
had only seen Martin do a few things; eat, sleep, and act like a
shadow. But at least he was loyal. He was the only person now that
Justice even remotely trusted, and that was by default. They both had
suffered a mutual loss. They were also kept together by necessity;
Justice needed certain help and Martin needed protection. Justice
would have preferred to isolate herself from everyone, but that was
impossible in her condition.
The tiny flame that had always burned in Justice began to grow. She
was very bitter at the way she had been treated; first by her
biological family, then by the kids at the Group Home, and even by a
few adults. The worst recent blow and been losing Luther, Martin's
older brother. Justice hated herself for feeling this way; first at
the perpetual anger she had and then at the hole in her heart where
Luther used to be.
Justice did the only thing she knew to do when she felt this way. She
pulled out her Bible and began to read it. The whole book was written
in Braille. She skimmed her favorite verses, but got frustrated. How
could so many things keep happening to one person? Shouldn't the God
of mercy have pity on her by now? She didn't have an answer to these
questions and wondered if she ever would. She had been saved when a
youth group had came to her Group Home as part of some ministry or
another. Martin, Luther, and herself were the only ones saved that
day. It was another reason for the other orphans to shun her. When
she was first saved she felt so on fire, but now all she felt was
abandoned.
She began to think that Martin had the right idea by sleeping. She
was about to take a nap herself. Then she heard giggling. a group of
two people were approaching. Justice listened to their footsteps and
guessed them to be young girls. Justice quickly took the position she
had been in when Shawn found her. She liked the dramatics of it.
The two girls continued to approach, giggling away.
"I still can't believe you lost," said one. She was a petite girl
with stringy black hair.
"Hey that girl was cheating. There was no way she could have know
what her cards were without looking at them," replied her friend, a
stocky girl with flaming orange hair. "I didn't believe for a second
she was psychic."
"You didn't look that way when you were dueling. You were
hyperventilating," responded her friend.
"Well...maybe, But the next person I duel is going down," said the
second girl. There was more giggling. Justice sighed. These kind of
people were her least favorite.
The two girls had now entered the silent clearing. They both stopped
talking and starred at the slouched figure on the bridge.
"What's she doing?" asked the black haired girl.
"I don't know. Do you think something is wrong with her?" asked the
red head. Justice felt her temper rising.
"Let's go talk to her," suggested one of them. Justice heard them
approaching.
"Umm...What are you doing?" asked one.
"If you want to cross the bridge you have to answer three questions,"
said Justice,
ignoring the question.
"Like OK. We'll play your game," said the black haired girl. Justice
was repulsed by her actions.
"First, what is your name?" asked Justice.
"I'm Jean," said the black haired girl.
"And I'm Karen," replied the red head with a note of steel in her
voice.
"The second question is; Why do you duel?" asked Justice.
"I don't know," replied Jean a little absentmindedly. But Justice got
the feeling that her mind was always absent.
"Because it's the thing to do," said Karen who glared at her friend,
"Everyone else is doing it." Justice did not like this girl. She was
as bad as everyone else she knew.
"Will you duel me?" asked Justice who was now completely convinced
that these two were to stupid to be any real threat. Justice wanted
them gone.
"Sure, your mine," said Karen stepping forward.
They traded decks. Martin was woken up to play Justice's eyes.
"What the heck is this!" exclaimed Karen when she saw Justice's deck.
Justice started to realize that she'd be explaining a lot during this
tournament.
"It's so I can read them," Justice said as she took off her
sunglasses.
"Oh my Gosh! You're blind!" exclaimed Karen. Both girls cringed back
as if they would
suddenly go blind themselves. Martin frowned and Justice gave a
frustrated sigh.
"Let's duel," said Justice as she snatched her deck back. They
approached the holo-field where Justice had dueled before. Each
duelist took their spot.
"So how many star chips do you want to lose?" asked Justice.
"I'm not going to lose," said Karen, "But I only have one star chip,
but soon it will be two."
"Fine, one star chip," agreed Justice. She slipped a star chip off of
the glove and let it clink in the tray. "Well, even if I lose I'm
still in the tournament."
They drew their first five cards. Karen began the duel.
"I play Fusionist in attack mode," announced Karen as she played her
card. The Fusionist appeared on the field. It was a small purple cat
with dove's wings. Its tail was like pink ribbons. It had an attack
of 900 and a defense of 700.
"What!? It's attack is stronger!" exclaimed Karen as her monster
appeared on the field.
The Fusionist was a forest monster. Its attack was now 1250 and its
defense was 950.
"Oh you didn't figure that out yet," said Justice. Justice shook her
head. This was going to be too easy.
"Don't let her freak you out," said Jean as she encouraged her friend.
Karen nodded.
"Yeah, at least she doesn't claim to be some psychic. And I still say
that girl was cheating," replied Karen. Justice started her turn.
"I play Goddess with the Third Eye," said Justice as she chose her
card. Karen shot her a vicious look, but it was lost on the blind
girl. The Goddess appeared on the holo-field. The goddess wore a
green cloak with an orangish-brown collar. She had on a paler green
sundress on under her cloak. The goddess also wore an orangish-brown
hat. On her forehead was a third eye. She also gained a field power
bonus from the meadow. Her attack went from 1200 to 1450, and her
defense changed from 1000 to 1250.
"Goddess attack Fusionist," said Justice. The goddess hit the cat
with a powerful mental blast and Karen lost 250 life points. Justice
wished for a moment that she could have a third eye like the goddess,
an eye that worked. But Justice was never the type to worry about
things she couldn't change. Numerous doctors had said she was
incurable, so she had learned to deal with it.
"I play this card face down in defense mode," said Karen. Justice
drew her next card.
"I play Hibikime in attack mode," said Justice. The Hibikime appeared
on the field next to the goddess. The Hibikime was another feminine
monster. She carried a large scythe. Her hair was a beautiful aqua
blue and she had on an aquamarine straight dress. Her attack was 1450
and defense was 1000, but because she was a warrior that changed to
1700 and 1250.
"Hibikime attack her defending card," ordered Justice. The Hibikime
raised her scythe and struck at the glowing square that represented
Karen's defending card. The was a flash of light, but when it had
faded Karen's Sleeping Lion was revealed.
"What happened!?" asked Justice.
"You aren't strong enough to destroy my Sleeping Lion," said Karen
with a note of arrogance in her voice. The Sleeping Lion was half
lion, half canine looking monster with a red robe. He sat like a
sphinx. Its attack was normally 700 and defense 1700, but
because of the forest it was now 950 and 1950.
"Oh, I get it. The forest part of the field raises the stats of my
monster," said Karen. Justice shook her head. How could some people
be so dense?
"I play the Dark With in attack mode," said Karen. Justice scowled,
the Dark Witch was one card she really liked. The Dark Witch appeared
next to the Sleeping Lion. She had on a short light green dress and
had dark violet hair. In her hands was a long spear. She had long
pointed ears and flew by two wings the color of her hair. Her attack
and defense were now 2050 and 1950 thanks to the field.
"Dark Witch attack the Hibikime," ordered Karen. Justice's Hibikime
disappeared and she lost 350 life points. Justice drew her next card.
It was the Fake Trap. Justice thought for a minute.
"I play this card face down in defense mode," said Justice as she
played her Lunar Queen Elzaim. "I also play this magic card," said
Justice as she set down her Fake Trap. "Then I move my Goddess with
the Third Eye to defense mode. Your turn." Justice listened as Karen
shuffled her cards.
"See it's not so hard when your not being cheated," said Karen to her
friend.
"What are you talking about?" asked Justice.
"Winning," said Karen arrogantly. Justice felt her temper rising.
But her curiosity got the better of her.
"Who's cheating?" she asked.
"This girl named Mia. She's such a spoiled brat. She played half the
duel without even
looking at her cards and won," said Karen, "And she was such a poor
winner."
"I know.. she like totally rubbed it in your face and then acted like
she was king of the world," said Jean, "I mean she was like a total
dumb blonde."
"And you aren't," thought Justice, "Why don't you make your move."
"Fine, I play Milus Radiant in attack mode," said Karen. Her monster
was a small light brown terrier with a navy blue dog sweater on.
Justice again wondered what the girl was thinking.
"Martin, What are its stats?" asked Justice. She had spent a lot of
time memorizing the cards, but occasionally she needed Martin's help.
"550 and 500 because of the field," whispered Martin.
"I attack with my Dark Witch," announced Karen, "Destroy her face down
card!" The
Dark Witch moved to attack but was stopped by the Fake Trap.
"Better luck next time," taunted Justice. Karen sneered. Justice
drew her card.
"I play this card face down," she said as she placed her Wasteland
card down. "Now where is my Mystical Sand?" The life point totals
were Justice with 1650 and Karen with 1750.
"For my turn I play the Leo Wizard," said Karen. A monster that
strongly resembled the Sleeping Lion appeared. The only difference
was that it had on a blue robe instead of a red one. It's attack and
defense stayed at 1350 and 1200 because it was a spell caster type.
"I attack your defending card with my Leo Wizard," said Karen. He
attacked her Lunar Queen Elzaim. The card was flipped over revealing
a beautiful fairy with angelic wings. She had on a sunflower yellow
dress and had light brown hair. She wore several silver bracelets.
Her attack was 1000 and defense 1350 because of the field. She had
just barely missed being destroyed by the Leo Wizard.
"Fine, Dark Witch destroy her Lunar Queen," commanded Karen, a monster
could only attack once per turn. The Lunar Queen was destroyed.
Justice drew a card and began to wonder where all of her good card
were. She drew the Spell Binding Circle, a magic card.
"I use the Spell Binding Circle to subtract 500 points from all your
monster's stats," said Justice. I also play another magic card face
down. Next I attack your Milus Radiant with my Goddess." She turned
her Goddess with the Third Eye to attack mode. Karen lost 1400 life
points from that. It was now Justice with 1650 and Karen with 350.
"I will play this card face down in defense mode," said Karen. Her
forces had been greatly reduced. Her Sleeping Lion was at 450 and
1450, the Leo Wizard was at 850 and 700, her Dark Witch was at 1450
and 1300. Justice only had her Goddess with the Third Eye left, whose
stats were 1450 and 1250. She also had her Wasteland card and
another magic card waiting for Karen.
"I play another Dark Witch and use her to attack your goddess," said
Karen. Another Dark Witch appeared and Justice listened as she went
to attack her goddess. But this Dark Witch had full stats at 2050 and
1950.
"You must really like falling into traps," said Justice as she flipped
over her other card. "I played the Acid Trap Hole. It destroys any
attacking monster with an attack less than 3000." The Dark Witch was
destroyed and Karen groaned.
"I now play my Gemini Elf card," said Justice. The Gemini Elves
appeared on the field. The card was unique because it was actually
two monsters. One blonde elf and one red haired one. The two strong
and inseparable. Their attack was 1900 and their defense was 900.
"I attack your Dark Witch with my Gemini Elf," said Justice. The two
elves double teamed the weakened Dark Witch and she fell in the fight.
Karen lost 450 life points and the duel in that clash.
Martin applauded and Jean stood with her mouth open. The two duelists
exited the holo-field. Justice picked up her star chip. Jean ran off
and Justice was sure she was crying. Karen ran after. Justice smiled
as they left. She had actually managed to eliminate someone. She
only needed six more star chips to enter the castle. It had been too
easy. Justice was beginning to get more confident that she would do
really well in this tournament.
"Three star chips. This is the first step in my plan." Martin smiled
but said nothing.
"I think we should wait around here a little longer. Most of my cards
are forest creatures or warriors. This field is perfect for them,"
said Justice, But while we wait let's have lunch." Martin's smile
widened at this suggestion. He was a typical male, always hungry.
They retrieved the food that they had saved from the boat ride,
Justice prayed, and then they ate. They finished their meager meal in
silence, no duelist appeared to challenge her.
Justice wondered how long she would be at the Duelist Kingdom. She
was actually having fun. It was like a huge burden had been lifted
from her shoulders by leaving the Group Home. Justice had really
enjoyed the last duel. The other orphans who she had dueled were such
terrible sports. But here people excepted their loses with a grain of
salt and got over it. She had never spent so much time outside before
and was actually enjoying the experience. Justice leaned back and
sighed. She was not looking forward to leaving the island.
"The way I can stay here the longest is not to get eliminated. I just
take my time dueling, enjoy myself, and not lose," thought Justice as
her and Martin packed up their picnic.
Justice hadn't realized how out of the way her location had been until
no one approached her for the next hour. She paced anxiously for a
while, but mostly sat and listened as Martin went back to sleep. She
had only seen Martin do a few things; eat, sleep, and act like a
shadow. But at least he was loyal. He was the only person now that
Justice even remotely trusted, and that was by default. They both had
suffered a mutual loss. They were also kept together by necessity;
Justice needed certain help and Martin needed protection. Justice
would have preferred to isolate herself from everyone, but that was
impossible in her condition.
The tiny flame that had always burned in Justice began to grow. She
was very bitter at the way she had been treated; first by her
biological family, then by the kids at the Group Home, and even by a
few adults. The worst recent blow and been losing Luther, Martin's
older brother. Justice hated herself for feeling this way; first at
the perpetual anger she had and then at the hole in her heart where
Luther used to be.
Justice did the only thing she knew to do when she felt this way. She
pulled out her Bible and began to read it. The whole book was written
in Braille. She skimmed her favorite verses, but got frustrated. How
could so many things keep happening to one person? Shouldn't the God
of mercy have pity on her by now? She didn't have an answer to these
questions and wondered if she ever would. She had been saved when a
youth group had came to her Group Home as part of some ministry or
another. Martin, Luther, and herself were the only ones saved that
day. It was another reason for the other orphans to shun her. When
she was first saved she felt so on fire, but now all she felt was
abandoned.
She began to think that Martin had the right idea by sleeping. She
was about to take a nap herself. Then she heard giggling. a group of
two people were approaching. Justice listened to their footsteps and
guessed them to be young girls. Justice quickly took the position she
had been in when Shawn found her. She liked the dramatics of it.
The two girls continued to approach, giggling away.
"I still can't believe you lost," said one. She was a petite girl
with stringy black hair.
"Hey that girl was cheating. There was no way she could have know
what her cards were without looking at them," replied her friend, a
stocky girl with flaming orange hair. "I didn't believe for a second
she was psychic."
"You didn't look that way when you were dueling. You were
hyperventilating," responded her friend.
"Well...maybe, But the next person I duel is going down," said the
second girl. There was more giggling. Justice sighed. These kind of
people were her least favorite.
The two girls had now entered the silent clearing. They both stopped
talking and starred at the slouched figure on the bridge.
"What's she doing?" asked the black haired girl.
"I don't know. Do you think something is wrong with her?" asked the
red head. Justice felt her temper rising.
"Let's go talk to her," suggested one of them. Justice heard them
approaching.
"Umm...What are you doing?" asked one.
"If you want to cross the bridge you have to answer three questions,"
said Justice,
ignoring the question.
"Like OK. We'll play your game," said the black haired girl. Justice
was repulsed by her actions.
"First, what is your name?" asked Justice.
"I'm Jean," said the black haired girl.
"And I'm Karen," replied the red head with a note of steel in her
voice.
"The second question is; Why do you duel?" asked Justice.
"I don't know," replied Jean a little absentmindedly. But Justice got
the feeling that her mind was always absent.
"Because it's the thing to do," said Karen who glared at her friend,
"Everyone else is doing it." Justice did not like this girl. She was
as bad as everyone else she knew.
"Will you duel me?" asked Justice who was now completely convinced
that these two were to stupid to be any real threat. Justice wanted
them gone.
"Sure, your mine," said Karen stepping forward.
They traded decks. Martin was woken up to play Justice's eyes.
"What the heck is this!" exclaimed Karen when she saw Justice's deck.
Justice started to realize that she'd be explaining a lot during this
tournament.
"It's so I can read them," Justice said as she took off her
sunglasses.
"Oh my Gosh! You're blind!" exclaimed Karen. Both girls cringed back
as if they would
suddenly go blind themselves. Martin frowned and Justice gave a
frustrated sigh.
"Let's duel," said Justice as she snatched her deck back. They
approached the holo-field where Justice had dueled before. Each
duelist took their spot.
"So how many star chips do you want to lose?" asked Justice.
"I'm not going to lose," said Karen, "But I only have one star chip,
but soon it will be two."
"Fine, one star chip," agreed Justice. She slipped a star chip off of
the glove and let it clink in the tray. "Well, even if I lose I'm
still in the tournament."
They drew their first five cards. Karen began the duel.
"I play Fusionist in attack mode," announced Karen as she played her
card. The Fusionist appeared on the field. It was a small purple cat
with dove's wings. Its tail was like pink ribbons. It had an attack
of 900 and a defense of 700.
"What!? It's attack is stronger!" exclaimed Karen as her monster
appeared on the field.
The Fusionist was a forest monster. Its attack was now 1250 and its
defense was 950.
"Oh you didn't figure that out yet," said Justice. Justice shook her
head. This was going to be too easy.
"Don't let her freak you out," said Jean as she encouraged her friend.
Karen nodded.
"Yeah, at least she doesn't claim to be some psychic. And I still say
that girl was cheating," replied Karen. Justice started her turn.
"I play Goddess with the Third Eye," said Justice as she chose her
card. Karen shot her a vicious look, but it was lost on the blind
girl. The Goddess appeared on the holo-field. The goddess wore a
green cloak with an orangish-brown collar. She had on a paler green
sundress on under her cloak. The goddess also wore an orangish-brown
hat. On her forehead was a third eye. She also gained a field power
bonus from the meadow. Her attack went from 1200 to 1450, and her
defense changed from 1000 to 1250.
"Goddess attack Fusionist," said Justice. The goddess hit the cat
with a powerful mental blast and Karen lost 250 life points. Justice
wished for a moment that she could have a third eye like the goddess,
an eye that worked. But Justice was never the type to worry about
things she couldn't change. Numerous doctors had said she was
incurable, so she had learned to deal with it.
"I play this card face down in defense mode," said Karen. Justice
drew her next card.
"I play Hibikime in attack mode," said Justice. The Hibikime appeared
on the field next to the goddess. The Hibikime was another feminine
monster. She carried a large scythe. Her hair was a beautiful aqua
blue and she had on an aquamarine straight dress. Her attack was 1450
and defense was 1000, but because she was a warrior that changed to
1700 and 1250.
"Hibikime attack her defending card," ordered Justice. The Hibikime
raised her scythe and struck at the glowing square that represented
Karen's defending card. The was a flash of light, but when it had
faded Karen's Sleeping Lion was revealed.
"What happened!?" asked Justice.
"You aren't strong enough to destroy my Sleeping Lion," said Karen
with a note of arrogance in her voice. The Sleeping Lion was half
lion, half canine looking monster with a red robe. He sat like a
sphinx. Its attack was normally 700 and defense 1700, but
because of the forest it was now 950 and 1950.
"Oh, I get it. The forest part of the field raises the stats of my
monster," said Karen. Justice shook her head. How could some people
be so dense?
"I play the Dark With in attack mode," said Karen. Justice scowled,
the Dark Witch was one card she really liked. The Dark Witch appeared
next to the Sleeping Lion. She had on a short light green dress and
had dark violet hair. In her hands was a long spear. She had long
pointed ears and flew by two wings the color of her hair. Her attack
and defense were now 2050 and 1950 thanks to the field.
"Dark Witch attack the Hibikime," ordered Karen. Justice's Hibikime
disappeared and she lost 350 life points. Justice drew her next card.
It was the Fake Trap. Justice thought for a minute.
"I play this card face down in defense mode," said Justice as she
played her Lunar Queen Elzaim. "I also play this magic card," said
Justice as she set down her Fake Trap. "Then I move my Goddess with
the Third Eye to defense mode. Your turn." Justice listened as Karen
shuffled her cards.
"See it's not so hard when your not being cheated," said Karen to her
friend.
"What are you talking about?" asked Justice.
"Winning," said Karen arrogantly. Justice felt her temper rising.
But her curiosity got the better of her.
"Who's cheating?" she asked.
"This girl named Mia. She's such a spoiled brat. She played half the
duel without even
looking at her cards and won," said Karen, "And she was such a poor
winner."
"I know.. she like totally rubbed it in your face and then acted like
she was king of the world," said Jean, "I mean she was like a total
dumb blonde."
"And you aren't," thought Justice, "Why don't you make your move."
"Fine, I play Milus Radiant in attack mode," said Karen. Her monster
was a small light brown terrier with a navy blue dog sweater on.
Justice again wondered what the girl was thinking.
"Martin, What are its stats?" asked Justice. She had spent a lot of
time memorizing the cards, but occasionally she needed Martin's help.
"550 and 500 because of the field," whispered Martin.
"I attack with my Dark Witch," announced Karen, "Destroy her face down
card!" The
Dark Witch moved to attack but was stopped by the Fake Trap.
"Better luck next time," taunted Justice. Karen sneered. Justice
drew her card.
"I play this card face down," she said as she placed her Wasteland
card down. "Now where is my Mystical Sand?" The life point totals
were Justice with 1650 and Karen with 1750.
"For my turn I play the Leo Wizard," said Karen. A monster that
strongly resembled the Sleeping Lion appeared. The only difference
was that it had on a blue robe instead of a red one. It's attack and
defense stayed at 1350 and 1200 because it was a spell caster type.
"I attack your defending card with my Leo Wizard," said Karen. He
attacked her Lunar Queen Elzaim. The card was flipped over revealing
a beautiful fairy with angelic wings. She had on a sunflower yellow
dress and had light brown hair. She wore several silver bracelets.
Her attack was 1000 and defense 1350 because of the field. She had
just barely missed being destroyed by the Leo Wizard.
"Fine, Dark Witch destroy her Lunar Queen," commanded Karen, a monster
could only attack once per turn. The Lunar Queen was destroyed.
Justice drew a card and began to wonder where all of her good card
were. She drew the Spell Binding Circle, a magic card.
"I use the Spell Binding Circle to subtract 500 points from all your
monster's stats," said Justice. I also play another magic card face
down. Next I attack your Milus Radiant with my Goddess." She turned
her Goddess with the Third Eye to attack mode. Karen lost 1400 life
points from that. It was now Justice with 1650 and Karen with 350.
"I will play this card face down in defense mode," said Karen. Her
forces had been greatly reduced. Her Sleeping Lion was at 450 and
1450, the Leo Wizard was at 850 and 700, her Dark Witch was at 1450
and 1300. Justice only had her Goddess with the Third Eye left, whose
stats were 1450 and 1250. She also had her Wasteland card and
another magic card waiting for Karen.
"I play another Dark Witch and use her to attack your goddess," said
Karen. Another Dark Witch appeared and Justice listened as she went
to attack her goddess. But this Dark Witch had full stats at 2050 and
1950.
"You must really like falling into traps," said Justice as she flipped
over her other card. "I played the Acid Trap Hole. It destroys any
attacking monster with an attack less than 3000." The Dark Witch was
destroyed and Karen groaned.
"I now play my Gemini Elf card," said Justice. The Gemini Elves
appeared on the field. The card was unique because it was actually
two monsters. One blonde elf and one red haired one. The two strong
and inseparable. Their attack was 1900 and their defense was 900.
"I attack your Dark Witch with my Gemini Elf," said Justice. The two
elves double teamed the weakened Dark Witch and she fell in the fight.
Karen lost 450 life points and the duel in that clash.
Martin applauded and Jean stood with her mouth open. The two duelists
exited the holo-field. Justice picked up her star chip. Jean ran off
and Justice was sure she was crying. Karen ran after. Justice smiled
as they left. She had actually managed to eliminate someone. She
only needed six more star chips to enter the castle. It had been too
easy. Justice was beginning to get more confident that she would do
really well in this tournament.