MoonlitMeowth: Hallo everybody! ^_^ Bet ya all can't wait to see my first opponent, right peeps?

Readers: *are quite anxious*

MoonlitMeowth: Okay then! Heeeeeeeeere we go! *posts the next chapter*

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Kelly walked over to her first opponent.

Kelly's opponent turned when she was tapped on the shoulder. "Hello," she said with one of those serious/curious expressions that Yami would usually have on.

Kelly made a battle pose, and then challenged the girl to a duel. "Okay, the tournament has just begun, and so I want to be dueling YOU first!" Kelly had a grin on her face.

The girl tilted her head, but then turned fully around so that she could face Kelly. "Alright," she said, "you're on."

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Back where Yugi and friends were, Yugi was back to being himself, and not his Yami. Joey was looking around to where he could get some food.

Seto sighed, and then decided that this would be a good time to leave them to do whatever they felt like doing. "Come on, Mokuba." Seto said to his little brother in that serious whisper tone that his voice was like.

Mokuba obediently followed his older sibling, and the both of the Kaiba brothers left to find Kelly.

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"By the way," the girl Kelly challenged said, "my name's Nessa Halyanwë. What may YOURS be?" Nessa had a smile on her face by now.

Kelly answered Nessa's question. "My name would be Kelly, but I FEEL like being called Christine from now on..." Kelly said, wishing to now be called by her middle name.

"Alright by me, Christine," Nessa said, and the both of them walked over to the dueling arena closest to them.

Christine and Nessa had both stepped aboard the platforms, and put their dueling decks on the right side of them. They each drew five cards, and were all set to begin their match. Their Life Points showed up at each corner on the battle arena; 2000.

"I'll make the first move," Christine said, drawing a card off the top of her deck.

She looked at it, and then began to make her first move. "I'll put a monster card face-down on the field."

A yellow square appeared where Christine set her monster card.

"And then I'll put two cards face-down on the field as well,"

Two more yellow squares glowed, but behind Christine's hidden monster this time.

"And I'll end my turn there." Christine said, ending her turn.

It was now Nessa's turn. She drew a card, and then looked at it. "Hmmmm," she said before making her move. "I summon Leogun (1750/1550) in attack mode!"

The fierce lion appeared on the battle arena with his lion roar.

"Now, Leogun! Attack the defense monster!" Nessa cried, pointing at Christine's defense monster.

Christine just let this one fly by. She didn't feel like activating any of her trap cards yet.

When Nessa's Beast monster attack Christine's defense monster, it appeared, showing itself.

It was one of Christine's Pokémon! But this one was her Houndoom (1900/2100) card!

"Oh no!" Nessa cried, watching her Life Points go down to 1650.

Christine sighed, and looked at her Houndoom, which looked exactly as it had when it was a Pokémon.

"I end my turn there..." Christine said in grief.

Nessa didn't understand why, but come to think of it, she has NEVER seen a duel monster like the one CHRISTINE had either! Nevertheless, she drew a card anyway.

"Okay then..." she said, not looking up from her card. "I'll summon Gaia the Fierce Knight (2300/2100) in attack mode!"

The purple knight appeared with his purple horse to the battle arena with a cry.

"Good card," Christine commented, "but I'm afraid he won't be here much longer..."

"We'll see about THAT!" Nessa cried with some anger in her voice. "Gaia the Fierce Knight! Attack Christine's Houndoom card, NOW!"

Gaia's horse made a neigh, and then charged towards Christine's beloved Houndoom.

"Not so fast." Christine said, "I TOLD you he wouldn't be here much longer and I MEANT it. I'll activate my trap card, Kunai with Chain!"

Christine flipped her trap card over quickly, and binding chains wrapped themselves around Nessa's duel monster.

"Oh no! What have you done?!" Nessa cried, a little stunned about this good come-back.

"That's not ALL that I have done," Christine continued, "I have also raised Houndoom's attack strength by 500 points!"

Houndoom began to gain power, and he would've have done a cry, but he was still in defense position.

"And now that your Gaia the Fierce Knight is in defense mode, I think I'll shift my Houndoom to ATTACK mode!"

Christine turned Houndoom's card vertically, making Houndoom get to all four paws, instead of just sitting in defense mode.

"Now my Houndoom has 2400 attack points!"

Nessa gulped.

"Now, Houndoom! Attack Gaia the Fierce Knight with your Faint Attack!"

Houndoom obeyed his master on command, and attacked his opponent with his dark move.

Gaia gave a cry, and then was destroyed.

No Life Points were lost since Nessa's monster was in defense mode from the trap card.

"You're up now, Nessa." Christine said with a serious expression over to her opponent.

Nessa drew another card off the top of her deck and looked at it. She looked up at her opponent, and grinned mischievously at her.

Christine's eyes grew big. She ALWAYS got nervous when her opponents grinned when she had the upper hand.

"I summon Seiyaryu (2500/2300) in attack mode!" Nessa said, throwing her dragon card down on the field.

The pink dragon duel monster appeared with a high-pitched cry, flapping its wings that were attached to its claws.

"Now, Seiyaryu! Attack that Houndoom monster! Go!" Nessa commanded her dragon.

Christine did not have the right face-down trap card to avoid having her Pokémon getting destroyed. All that she could do was helplessly watch her now-a-duel-monster Pokémon get demolished.

Christine's Life Points were now down to 1900. 'That's okay,' she thought, 'Houndoom did a great job, and he's just a duel monster and not a POKÉMON anymore...'

"Well," Nessa said, "That's it for me."

"Okay then," Christine said aloud. She drew a card from the top of her deck.

'Oh GREAT!' she thought, 'Another one of my Pokémon as duel monsters... I wonder if THEY are still themselves, or they are NOT...'

Christine looked up at her opponent's monster. 'Hmmmm,' she thought again, 'I COULD use one of my monsters in my hand to destroy Leogun, but then I'd be open for an attack by that Seiyaryu! Ohhhh...what to do...?'

Christine really DIDN'T know what to do, but she KNEW that she couldn't give up, or she would NEVER be able to rescue her Pokémon team. She continued to stare at her cards, but Nessa's call over to her broke through her thoughts.

Christine looked up.

Nessa wanted her to make her move before Christmas.

Christine sighed, and then threw a magic card face-up on the field. "I'll use this Raigeki to destroy all of your monsters on the field!"

The magic card made lightning come from all around Nessa's duel monsters, and then destroyed them.

Nessa's eyes grew very big, and she was not all that happy that she had lost two of her best monsters.

A smile formed on Christine's face, but it faded quickly when she remembered that she wasn't allowed to attack Life Points directly. So instead of her putting a monster in attack mode, she decided to put one in DEFENSE mode instead.

"I'll put a monster in defense mode...and then end my turn there." Christine said with sort of a sigh.

Nessa grinned, and then drew a card. She stared at it with a concerned expression, and then made her move. "I'll put a card face-down on the field, and then summon my Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress #1 (1400/1200) to the field!"

The blue dragon appeared with its war cry, and then flapped its wings, as Seiyaryu had done.

Christine just stood there, not having any reaction at all.

"Now, Winged Dragon! Attack Christine's defense monster!" Nessa commanded her blue dragon.

The dragon gave its cry again, and then took off after the defense monster.

Christine flipped the card over to reveal her Faith Bird (1500/1100). Her monster was destroyed by Nessa's.

"Alright!" Nessa said with some excitement in her voice. "Oh yeah...that'll end my turn."

It was Christine's move now. She drew a card.

"I guess this would be a good time to use my Pokémon card now..." Christine muttered so that Nessa wouldn't hear her.

Christine put the Pokémon on the battle arena. "I summon my Espeon (1700/1900) to the field in attack mode!"

The purple fox appeared with a pretty cry.

"Now my Espeon," Christine said, "attack the Winged Dragon with your Psybeam attack!"

Espeon gave her sweet cry again, and blasted the blue dragon away with her psychic attack.

Nessa's Life Points were down to 1350.

Christine's Life Points, however, were still good at 1900.

"It's your move now, Nessa." Christine said with a serious expression on.

Nessa raised her upper lip a little, and hastily drew a card. When she looked at it, her expression changed completely. While she was grinning, she looked up at Christine, who looked startled again since she had the upper hand again.

"My, won't YOU feel sorry when I do THIS! Activate Monster Reborn!"

The magic card appeared on the battle arena, making Christine gasp.

"That's right! And now to revive my Seiyaryu!" Nessa said again, her dragon reappearing to the battle field again.

Christine felt as though she were sweating. Her heart began to beat harder in her chest, even though she could probably find another way around this duel monster.

"Attack, Seiyaryu!" Nessa said, pointing directly at Espeon.

Seiyaryu shot out an attack through its mouth, which hit Espeon, taking it out.

Christine's Life Points were now down to 1300.

Christine began to breathe heavily, since she just COULDN'T lose her very first duel. She NEEDED to get her Pokémon back, and she needed to WIN in order to do that.

"My turn's now over, Christine," Nessa said to her opponent.

Christine sighed, and then drew a card from the top of her deck. She looked at it, and sighed, but THIS time, with a smile on her face.

It was NESSA'S turn for her eyes to grow big.

"I'll summon my Red-Eyes Black Dragon (2400/2000) to the field!" Christine said, summoning her favorite card.

The black dragon made a terrifying roar, and was all set to go.

"Get ready, Inferno..." Christine said to herself quietly.

Nessa looked a bit confused. "You mean to tell ME that you wanted to summon a monster to the field that has weaker attack points than my OWN monster?!" Nessa tried to stifle a giggle.

Christine kept her cool, and did not say anything. She merely placed another one of her magic cards to the field. "I think I will also activate this magic card, Dragon Treasure. Now it will raise the attack power of my Red-Eyes Black Dragon!"

Red-Eyes began to get powered up, light flashing all around it as it was happening.

"Uh-oh..." Nessa said.

"Now, Red-Eyes! Attack Seiyaryu with Inferno Fire Blast!" Christine commanded her favorite duel monster.

Red-Eyes attack Seiyaryu, and destroyed it easily.

Now Nessa's Life Points were down to 1150.

Nessa started to feel a bit overwhelmed by Christine's great power that she had. But nonetheless, she still drew a card anyway. She sighed heavily when she looked at it, and decided to set it down on the field face- down for the heck of it. "I'll put this magic card face-down..." Nessa didn't look very happy anymore. "You're up now, Christine.

"Okay then," Christine said, drawing a card from the top of her deck. "Hmmmmm..." she said before deciding to make her move. "I will place a monster card in defense mode, and then I might as well set down this trap card too." Christine grinned. "Your turn now."

Nessa drew a card, and then let out a silent sigh of relief. "I will now summon Harpie's Pet Dragon (2000/2500) in attack mode!"

The great orange dragon appeared with its cry, a chain around its neck.

Christine didn't seem to really care at all since she did nothing.

"Now Harpie's Pet Dragon! Attack that defense monster!" Nessa cried to another one of her dragons.

The dragon attack the defense monster by shooting something out of its mouth.

Christine's face-down monster card was revealed. It was the Meteor Dragon (1800/2000).

Both of the monsters had the same strength for what positions they were in, so nothing happened at all.

"Darn..." Nessa said.

"That's okay, eh?" Christine said, shrugging. "Oh well...MY move now?" she asked with sort of a smile on her face.

Nessa nodded.

Christine drew a card. Her eyes grew big when she saw what she could do. She didn't NEED to do it, mind you, she just...could. "Alrighty then," Christine said, throwing another one of her magic cards on the field, "I think that I will use this Polymerization card, just to make you mad."

Christine took one of her monsters out of her hand, and discarded it to the graveyard, and then saying, "Red-Eyes Black Dragon! I offer you as a tribute too."

The Red-Eyes was sent to the graveyard, and then Christine brought out her very powerful fusion monster, "My Black Skull Dragon!" Christine said with pride.

"Attack!" she commanded to her fusion monster, which did.

Nessa's Life Points had dropped to 0.

The battle arena went blank, indicating a winner.

Christine had been the victor. She was quite happy. "Yeah alright!"

She then walked over to Nessa, who had to hand over her only star chip that she had with her. Now Christine had two star chips. She was still far away from getting all ten, but at LEAST she had gotten somewhere.

Both she and Nessa had shaken hands, and Nessa said that it was a fine duel that she had dueled, and she had to leave the island though.

When Christine was about to leave, Yugi and friends had just came up.

"Hello, Kelly." Ryou said with one of his sweet smiles.

"Hi," Christine said back, "um, would it be okay if you all just called me Christine from now on?"

"Yeah sure!" Joey said happily, repeatedly saying Christine over and over and over again.

Everyone else had sweat drops behind their heads.

"Soooo," Yugi said, "did you win a duel yet?"

"Yah, as a matter of fact, I DID!" Christine said with glee, showing all of them the two star chips that she had.

"Cool!" they all said at the same time.

Joey just grinned at Christine, making her turn red.

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MoonlitMeowth: Wooooooooooooo hooooooooooo!!!! Yeah! Yeah...yah...woo... That was kind of a good chapter, eh everyone?

Readers: *liked the duel a lot*

Silver Umbreon: Yah, I thought that it was quite a good duel too, but...

MoonlitMeowth: But...what?

Silver Umbreon: Hey! That rhymed! ^____^

MoonlitMeowth: *pulls out her staff, and gonks him on the head with it*

Silver Umbreon: @_@

MoonlitMeowth: ^-^

Readers: o.O

MoonlitMeowth: What? You all liked it when HE did that to ME!

One of the readers: Yeah, but you didn't let him finish what he was going to say!

All the other readers: *agree*

MoonlitMeowth: o.O

Readers: LET'S GET HER!!!

MoonlitMeowth: AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

Meowth: *watches helplessly as her master gets chased by all the readers* O.O;;;;

Inferno: (And for those of you who would rather NOT attack MoonlitMeowth, please remember to R&R this for her too. Okay...thanks.) ^.^