Chapter 20

"Go get'em Joey"said Yugi.

"C'mon Joey, you can do this. Kaiba's tough but you have more at stake then he does, so just give it your all"thought Joey.

"Joey, take him down!"cheered tea.

"I believe in you Joey. Get that jerk!"said Serenity.

"You bet"said Joey.

He turned to Kaiba, his game face on as he walked up to Kaiba.

"I never though, even in my wildest dreams we would be facing off like this, in the semi finals of the most elite dueling tournament. Last time you were caught off guard, however this time there will be no excuses when I beat you"

"Sorry Kaiba, but I can't afford to lose this match"

"Neither can I"

"Then let's duel!"

"Bring it on Wheeler!"

Joey:4000 Kaiba:4000

"This is it, Kaiba vs Joey. Man, this should be something"said Tea.

Ichizu and Yami Malik watched from the backround, of course they kept a big distance from one another.

"I'll start this duel"said Kaiba.

"This should be a good show"thought Yami Malik.

"FIrst I place 2 cards face down. Then I summon Battle Ox in defence mode. That ends my turn"

"Allright, this shouldn't be too hard, just focus"thought Joey.

"I summon Gearfried, the iron Knight, in attack mode!"

It had an ATK of 1800 and DEF of 1600.

"Gearfried, attack Battle Ox!"

"You fell for it! Reveal Halfer(I think, I'm not real sure at all) This magic card slices the attack of my monster in half, making it's attack 850. SInce his attack is below 1000 now I can activate the Crush card!"

"Aw!"gasped tea.

"NO WAY!"gasped Joey.

"Now no monster with over 1500 attack points can be summoned to the field. SInce you just attacked, it's my turn"said Kaiba drawing.

"This isn't good at all, how can Joey win when he can only summon weak monsters? Maybe Yugi could but Joey can't"said tea.

"He WILL win"said Serenity.

"Now I summon La jin, the mystical Genie of the lamp, in attack mode!"

It had an ATK of 1800 and DEF of 1600.

"Attack Joey directly!"

Joey:2200

"Well Joey, it looks like you're the same dog I crushed at duelist kingdom"

"You wish kaiba"said Joey drawing.

"Oh yeah, this is more like it"thought Joey.

"First I summon my Swordsman of Landstar in attack mode"

"What's Wheeler doing? That thing only has an attack power of 500, it's useless to him"thought Kaiba.

"Next I play Graceful Dice! My swordsman's attack power will increase depending on the number of the roll I get"

"Wheeler, you would need a 4 or higher to win, are you willing to take that kind of risk?"

"Yes I am"

It landed on a 6.

"Allright! Now his attack is 3000! Swordsman of Landstar, destroy genie weenie of his!"

Kaiba:2800

"JOEY! Allright, way to go!"cheered Serenity.

"I obvously underestimated Wheeler, I guess he must've improved back from when I first dueled him. But it matters not"thought Kaiba drawing.

"Well the effects of your Graceful dice are over. So I first set one card face down, then I summon Hitotsume Giant"

It had an ATK of 1200 and DEF of 1000.

"Destroy his Swordsman of Landstar"

Joey:1500

"That's gotta hurt"thought Yami Malik amusingly.

"Joey, don't you dare lose"thought Ichizu.

Joey drew.

"First I place one card face down, then I summon my Battle Warrior in attack mode"

It had an ATK of 700 and DEF of 1000.

"Next I equip it with Legenday Sword, raising his attack to 1500. Attack!"

Kaiba:2500

"Enough of these games Wheeler"said Kaiba drawing.

"Perfect"he thought.

"I summon Dark Zebra in attack mode. Destroy his Battle Warrior!"

Joey:1200

Joey drew.

"First I place another card face down. Then I summon a monster known as Misaki the Legendary Swordsman"

It had an ATK of 1100 and DEF of 1000.

"I also equip it with Legendary Sword, raising his attack to 2200. Attack!"

"Not so fast Wheeler, I activate fairy's hand Mirror, destroying your magic card. Now my Dark Zebra can destroy your monster!"

"Activate Shield and Sword, it swaps the attack and def of our monsters, making my Misaki stronger the your monster!"

Kaiba:1900

Kaiba drew.

"I set Maho Vailo in defence mode, and end my turn"

It had an ATK of 1550 and DEF of 1400.

"I don't get it, his monster was stronger then mine, he should've attacked"thought Joey drawing.

"I place one card face down, and end my turn"

Kaiba drew.

"Now it's time to end this duel Joey Hweeler. I play the magic card Controller. At the cost of 1000 lifepoints I can control one of your monsters, so I take control of Misaki. Now I sacrafice your monster and mine to summon my Blue Eyes White Dragon!"

"AW!"gasped Tea.

"The end is here Wheeler! Blue Eyes, attack Joey's lifepoints! White Lightning!"

After the attack, 3 little Kuriboh like creatures were floating.

"What happened! This can't be right!"gasped kaiba.

"Oh it's right Kaiba, I activated Skapegoat, whcih protected my lifepoints. Too bad Kaiba, now it's my turn"

"Go ahead fool, you still can't summon any monster with an attack over 1500, and I have my Blue Eyes out!"

"Don't count on it"said Joey drawing.

"I place one card face down, then a monster in defence mode"

Kaiba drew.

"I summon Vorse raider the man beast!"

It had an ATK of 1900 and DEF of 1200.

"Vorse Raider, attack a Skapegoat! Blue Eyes, you too!"

Joey only had one Skapegoat leaft.

"Joey drew.

"I switch my defense monster to attack mode, Alligator Sword"

"So, your last move Wheeler? Very well, Blue Eyes, attack!"

"Not so fast, activate Skull Dice! The roll of the number will detirmine how weak your dragon gets!"

It got a 4.

"Allright, Alligator Sword, destroy his Blue Eyes!"

Kaiba:1400

"That's not all Kaiba, I activate Grave Robber, which will bring your Blue Eyes back, on my side!"

"My Blue Eyes!"gasped Kaiba.

"Way to go Joey!"cheered Tea.

"You got him on the ropes!"cheered Serenity.

Kaiba drew.

"I summon Lord of Dragons in defence mode, then I equip him with the flute of summoning Dragon, to summon my second Blue Eyes! Now attack his Blue eyes!"

They were both gone.

"Vorse Raider, destroy his last Skapegoat!"

Joey drew.

"This is my last chance"thought Joey.

"I summon Baby dragon, in attack mode! I also play Time Wizard!"

"Time Wizard!"

"Go Time Roulete!"

It landed on a time machine, and Thousand dragon was created.

''Allright! Destroy his Vorse Raider!"

Kaiba:200

Kaiba drew.

"Wheeler. You've dueld well, you're a good duelist. But now this ends. I play Monster Reborn to revive the Blue Eyes White dragon! Destroy his Thousand Dragon!"

Joey:600

Joey drew.

"I have nothing leaft to play!"

"Too bad, Blue Eyes attack!"

Joey:0000

"NO WAY!"gasped Serenity.

"I can't believe it, Joey lost"thought Ichizu who for some reason didn't use her millenium necklace.

"Better luck next time Wheeler"

TBC *************************************************

AH! Now Kaiba's the one who has to face Yami Malik. Does he have a chance? REVIEW!