Chapter 21

While Kaiba and Yami Malik began their duel, Joey sat on the bed with his head hung low, Serenity and Tea trying to cheer him up.

"C'mon Joey, it's not like your the first one to lose to Kaiba. You did so much better then last time"said Tea.

"I'm proud of ya bro, you did really well"said Serenity.

"C'mon Joey, you could always beat him in a rematch"said yugi.

"He'd just cream me again"said Joey.

"Huh?"asked Tea.

"Snap out of it Joey"said Serenity.

The door opened, revealing Ichizu.

"Joey, you must forget about your loss to kaiba and fast. I've seen the outcome of Kaiba's duel with Malik, he won't last much longer!"said Ichizu.

"So, it's not like I could beat Yami Malik, he's superior to me, Kaiba's superior to me, everyone is"said Joey.

Tea slapped Joey hard, so did Serenity and Ichizu.

"Joey! you can't sepnd the rest of your life wellowing in self pitty because of one defeat"said Tea.

"2"

"Whatever, the point is you can't just give up on yourself because you failed. Everyone fails something, it's part of life"

"There's no way I could even look myself in the face after that"

"You have nothing to be ashamed of Joey"said Yugi.

"Joey Wheeler! If you don't shape up the entire planet will be ripped apart!" ****************************************************

"Now, I sacrafice my 3 Slime tokens to summon the Winged Dragon of Ra!"

Yami Malik:2100 Kaiba:2250

"Oh greatthought Kaiba.

"I place a card face down and attack!"

"Activate Ring of Destruction and Ring of defense!"

"Activate Remove trap!"

"No! My lifepoints!" **************************************************

"Joey, please snap out of it"begged Serenity.

Yami Malik walked in.

"I won Ichizu, so tell me where Obelisk the Tormentor is now, or I'll have no choice but to end your misery"said Yami Malik taking the end of the rod off.

"Leave her alone!"said Serenity.

"Little brat!"said Yami Malik swiping her off to the side.

"You'll die first!"

Before Yami Malik could stab Serenity, Joey grabbed the Rod.

"You haven't won yet Yami Malik, I challenge you to a duel!"

"You've been eliminated allready, besides you wouldn't stand a chance"

"He's, right, Wheeler"said Kaiba staggering in.

"Kaiba!"gasped Joey.

"Joey, you, can't, beat, Ra"said Kaiba.

"That's the last straw! We ARE going to duel, right now!"

"Very well then! Let's go to the dueling arena!" ****************************************************

Everyone cheered Joey on from the sidelines as he and Yami Malik stepped up to the dueling arena.

"Joey, I hope you know we're not playing any normal duel by a longshot. We're dueling a deathmatch! Only one of us is going to walk out of the arena alive!"

Joey snickered.

"So, are you finished yet?"

"WHEELER!"gasped Kaiba.

"Joey, you can take him!"cheered tea.

"I love you Joey! I know you can do this!"said Serenity.

Joey smiled at these words from his friends.

"Joey, go get'em"said Yugi.

"Right"said Joey with a nod.

He gave Yami Malik a cold stare of hate. Yami Malik gave a sinister smirk of superiorness to Joey. Ichizu couldn't seem to get her necklace to work. Whenever she looked into the future, she just got a Black image of nothingness. Could this mean Yami Malik wins?

They launched their holo projectors.

"TIME TO DUEL!"

Joey:4000 Yami Malik:4000

"Joey, what are you thinking?"thought Kaiba, barely able to stand.

"Joey, you have defeated all of my most powerful rare hunters. You even managed to skirm by Rashid, I'm honestly quite suprised. It's sad you'll have to end your career with 2 straight losses"

"Joey, don't listen to him"said Serenity.

These words from Yami Malik did have some effect, but not enough to stop Joey.

"Enough talk, let's start this duel allready"said Joey.

"I'll go fisrt. I place one card face down. Next I play Gam Breeding Machine, which will create a Slime token every turn. Also, swords of revealing light! To stall you for 3 turns!"

"I get it, you're planning to summon your Egyptian God card right from the start!"

"Percisely!"

Joey drew.

"Say hello to Giant Trunade! This will send all Magic and Trap cards back to the owner's hand"

"Grr"

"Now I summon Alligator Sword! Attack his lifepoints!"

Yami Malik:2500

"Take that!"said Joey.

"Awesome!"cheered tea.

"Joey! Joey!"cheered Serenity.

Yami Malik drew.

"First I summon Whiptail Crown, in attack mode! Next I equip him with Black Pendant, raising his attack to 2150, destroy his Alligator sword!"

Joey:3350

"Now I'll place one card face down, now it's your turn again!"

Joey drew.

"I place this monster in defense mode, then 1 card face down. Make your move!'

Yami Malik drew.

"I place 2 cards face down,then I summon Labravo in attack mode! Attack Joey's defence card!"

"Not so fast Malik! Activate Magic Arm Shield! Now your Whiptail Crown will take the blow!"

"Activate Remove Trap! This will destroy your Magic Arm Shield, and destroy your defence card!"

"Oh man, no good"thought Joey.

"Whiptail Crow, attack his lifepoints!"

"Reveal the other face down card, Energy Drain. This will zap your monster's attack down to 0"

Yami Malik snickered.

"Well, didn't get to my lifepoints there, did ya?"

"Weakening Whiptail Crow activated Nigthmare Wheel!"

"What's that!"gasped Joey.

"Nightmare Wheel is activated when you weaken one of my monsters. This will cause you to lose 500 lifepoints every turn! So now I place one card face down, now it's your move!"

Joey:2850

Joey drew.

"I place 2 cards face down, then summon Battle Warrior .Time to make your move Yami Malik!"

"I see, trying to lure me into a trap? Won't work Wheeler"said Yami Malik as he drew.

"I summon Revival Gem in defence mode. I also play Gam Breeding Machine! It will create a slime token whenever my turn begins. Now, make your move!"

"He has 3 monsters out to sacrafice, so why would he play Gam breeding machine? Unless he's trying to summon both of his Egyptian God cards! I'll bet anything his face down card is a trap, and that Nightmare Wheel will cost me lifepoints every turn"thought Joey as his lifepoints dropped to 2350.

"I can't let him win!"

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

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