CHAPTER 8

THOUSAND BUG PART II
JOEY: 5100

WEEVIL: 5800
Joey stands there, face to face with the new bug that isn't suppose to exists in duel monsters

The very same insect that took his Thousand Dragon, and use its stats against him

"You may surrender whenever you like" Weevil insists

"No chance" Joey said, drawing a new card. "I bet its not completely invincible, when I play my magic card: Raigeki"

"Oh no I forgot about that card when I looked at his deck" Weevil surprisingly went Joey plays the card, then a cloud appears above

Then a streak of lightning bolt shoots down, but the Thousand Bug is protected by some sort of shield

"What the?" Joey went

"I activated my trap card: Magic Jammer" Weevil explains

"Magic Jammer, no wonder" Joey went

"Is there anything Joey could do?" Tristan asks

"Not much that I could think of, except to give Thousand Bug a stat of its own" Yugi theoretically went

"What do you mean?" Tea asks

"Remember what I told you about when I dueled Pegasus, and he played his Relinquished"

"Oh I get it, they're practically the same" Tristan went

Tea turns to Joey, "hey Joey, listen up..."

"Stay out of this Tea" Joey warns

"But Joey..."

"I'm fighting this battle my own way, I'll figure it out. Just please, don't help me on this one, you too Yugi"

Yugi sighs, "alright Joey, you're on your own"

"I play my Pot of Greed then" Joey went

Joey draws his two cards

"Then I'll lay these two cards face down" Joey went

The two appears face down

"Then I play my Axe Raider"

The warrior appears, in attack mode (1700/1150)

"You stupid fool, you should've put it in defense mode because I can crush it" Weevil went

"Huh? Oh no" Joey went, now realizing his mistake

Weevil immediately begins his turn, and skip right to attacking after discarding a card from his hand

"Thousand Bug, attack" Weevil commands

"Sorry Weevil, but I was acting" Joey went

"What?" Weevil surprisingly went

"I activate my magic card: Graceful Dice" Joey went

"Oh no" Weevil went

The little angel appears, and rolls the blue die, and everyone watches as it rolls around, rolling into a four, increasing the Axe Raiders attack power to 2100

"Then I activate my trap card: Skull Dice" Joey continues

The little devil appears, and rolls its red die, and it rolls a six, lowering the Thousand Bugs attack to 1800

"Oh no" Weevil went

"Cut that but down to size" Joey commands

Then the Axe Raider slices the Thousand Bug, and the insect screeches in pain

"Your thousand bug will now be in a thousand pieces" Joey went

"Sorry Joey, but I was acting too" Weevil went, following with a little laugh

"What?"

"Look again"

Joey looks, seeing that the Thousand Dragon instead has taken the hit

"It's your Thousand Dragon who takes the hit instead, plus half of its attack power will now be deducted from your life points" Weevil went

"Oh no" Joey becomes more desperate
JOEY: 4800

WEEVIL: 5800
Joey curses to himself for falling for that

"Now I'll take your Axe Raider and attack again" Weevil went

"What? I thought each monster can attack only once per turn" Joey went

"Yes, but my Thousand Bug may attack twice per turn, even during the second main phase"

"Oh no" Joey went with a surprise

The Thousand Bug absorbs the Axe Raider, and spits another holographic acid at Joey, hurting his life points since Axe Raiders attack power is still at 2100
JOEY: 2700

WEEVIL: 5800
The attack forces Joey back, and he accidentally trips on a glass bottle by his foot, and falls hard to the ground, hitting his head, blacking out
Joey stands there, alone in the darkness, wondering what's going on

Joey looks around, "hello? Where is everybody? Where am I at"

Joey looks around some more, and starts walking in a random chosen path, still seeing nothing, not even his own hands

Then he spots a face in a distance

"Serenity?" Joey surprisingly went

"Joey, why are you giving up so easily?" Serenity asks

"There's nothing I can do. Weevil gotten me in a corner and I can't get out"

"You've been in many tough situations before, and you've pulled through each time"

"Yeah, but this situation is a no win for me. If I attack, it'll just destroy my captured monster, and half of its attack power is deducted from my life points, and my attacking monster can get captured, and then used against me. There's no way I could win"

"Yes you can Joey, you just need to figure it out" Serenity went

"But...I can't sis...I just can't...I have let...you down...forgive me"

"You have lost your faith in yourself Joey, you have failed yourself"

Then Serenity disappears back into the pitch-black darkness

"Serenity, no wait" Joey leaps out, but trips on something and falls

"That's it Joey, stay down there" Kaibas voice rangs

Joey looks up, seeing both Kaiba and Weevil there

"You're pathetic you know that?" Weevil went

"And look, your freidns has also lost there faith in you as well as you did with your sister" Kaiba points

Joey looks behind him, seeing Yugi, Tristan and Tea also fading into the darkness

"No, don't" Joey calls out

"Too late, your nothing more then a has been weakling" Kaiba continues

"Yeah, you have failed your sister, your friends, and now yourself. You're alone, like an insect in the night" Weevil said

Joey remains where he lays, whimpering, scared, he's all alone now

"Joey? Joey?" Called a voice

Joey looks up, seeing it is Tea

"Joey, get up. I know you're not a quitter Joey."

Then Tea disappears, and Tristan takes her place, "you never gave up no matter what the odds are. Even when you try to save that kid, you decided to save him by taking on an entire gang"

Then Yugi takes his place, "if you believe in yourself, and the heart of the cards, you can do anything. Just, remember what you've learned in the past, and believe what you can accomplish in the future"

Then finally Serenity also appears next, "you've never given up on me Joey, and I too in return has never given up on you. We both aren't just brother and sister, but best friends. You are the one who gone against impossible odds in duelist kingdom to save my sight, and you accomplished each one, helping you make it this far today."

Then Serenity disappears

"Tea, Tristan, Yugi, Serenity. They're all counting on me, to defeat Weevil, and use the heart of the cards in order to do so. I have dueled against all odds, I even defeated the great Bandit Keith. I've defeated Rex Raptor, Mai Valentine, and even defeated this bug boy once already. If I fail now, then there's no way I'll ever look Serenity in the eye again"

Joey gets back up, and then everyone reappears

"Tristan, you've been with me for as long as I could remember, and helped me against all odds. Tea, even though we never started out with a good start, with me harassing you and everything, but even during all that, we became friends, even after all those punches you throw for lifting your skirt on purpose. Yugi, ever since we became buds, you stick with me pal. And in return I help keep the bullies off of your back. We have form a great working friendship. Serenity, we have been together for all our lives, even after our parents are divorced. It gave me the ability to do anything if I put my heart into it, and I did to save your eye sight"

Then suddenly, everyone that has been a big help in Joeys life starts to appear

Everyone is here. But I need to know what I can do to defeat Weevil and his Thousand Bug, at least give me a hint, Joey thinks to himself

Then everything went back to pitch black darkness, then Pegasus appears, laughing at Joey
Joey wakes back, "ah, Pegasus" Joey looks around, seeing that he's back

"Are you okay Joey?" Tea asks

"Yeah, thanks Tea, I'll take it from here, thanks for your help"

Joey gets back up, and walks back to his post

"What did I do?" Tea wonders

"Weevil, it's time to loose" Joey went

"I think you may have hit your head a little bit too hard, you have to get past my Thousand Bug"

Joey shuts his eyes, remembering what he's fighting for, then draws his card, putting all of his faith into the heart of the cards

Joey looks at the card, "I play my Alligator Sword in attack mode"

The alligator with swords appears, ready to attack (1500/1200)

"Then I shall lay this card face down, then finally play one last monster"

"You can only play one monster per turn Joey Wheeler" Weevil reminds him

"I know, but I can use its stats" Joey said

Then the Copy Cat card appears on the arena, then an image appears, its Weevils Forest card

"What?" Weevel surprisingly went

"Copy Cat allows me to take any card you have played or in your discard and use it" Joey explains

Then the entire field turns into a forest, changing the Thousand Bugs stats to (200/200)

"What? Oh no" Weevel went

"Now I send my Alligator Sword to attack your Thousand Bug"

"No" Weevil gasps

Then the alligator swordsman slices through the Thousand Bug, destroying it

"No, my Thousand Bug, it's gone" Weevil couldn't grasp it any longer
JOEY: 2700

WEEVIL: 4500
"Then I activate my trap card: Grave Robber, to take back your Thousand Bug under my control, have it absorb my Alligator Sword and send it to attack directly"

"Oh no" Weevil went

Joey activates his face down card, and everything happened just as Joey said it would, even absorbed Alligator Sword, and attacks its original owner directly
JOEY: 2700

WEEVIL: 3000
"It's your turn Weevil" Joey went

"No, I can't loose, not like this. Very well then, take the two star chips, I shall see you again. And I'll see you Yugi in the finals"

Weevil then takes out the two star chips he has wagered, recollected his gear and runs

"I guess, he surrendered" Tristan went

"Great job Joey"

"No, I should be congratulating you all" Joey went. "You all and my sister are the main reasons why I got up and continued dueling, even after I lost faith in myself, even when I lost all hope to win."

Everyone looks on proudly, as they continue to find their next opponents for the tournament
Thousand Bug is a made up monster, it doesn't exist (if it does, I hope I can have that card, and everything needed to bring it into play)
Next Chapter

Tea shows her stuff against a duelist while Mocuba also gives it a try against another opponent, throwing the card that Kaiba gave him before the tournament a try. Meanwhile, Shadi has return, to talk to Yugi

Next Chapter: Faith and Heart
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