Chapter 5 - about a duel
The duelling arena was situated just outside the hotel, near the pool. It was like one from duellist kingdom, a big playing field with podiums each side. Many people were gathering around to watch the duel but there was no need as it was broadcast through many screens in the hotel, including one big one at the front . . .how embarrassing would this be if I lost? Rogue said as she made her way away from Jessie and up on the podium facing her opponent.
"Yay! Go Rogue . . .I'm friends with her!" Jessie was shouting from the front row of the gathering crowd.
"I'm sorry, I forgot to introduce myself, I'm Madison, and you . . .?" the girl almost had to shout over the murmurs of the crowed.
"Sakura here!" Rogue shouted, no nervousness in her voice. "Ready to loose?! So can we begin?" 2000 life points automatically appeared on the side-screen and a big picture of them appeared on the over-head screen. And so, it begun . . .
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Joey hummed softly as he and Yugi made their way down the high street.
"Hum . . . Hum . . . Mai . . . hum . . ." Joey said, shaking his head as his blonde hair blew in the wind.
"So, you liked the holiday then?" Yugi said, smiling and looking up at his scruffy haired friend.
"Um . . . it was amazing" Joey said, he drooled slightly as he spoke. Yugi caught the hint and kept his mouth shut. Suddenly, as they approached the street of the Hotel, they heard their names being called out in a familiar voice. "Yugi!! Yu-gi!! Joey, wait!!!" they heard Isis call as she ran to meet them.
"Oh!" cried Joey, coming out of his day-dream, "hi Isis"
"Yeah, how are you?" Yugi smiled sweetly as he spoke and was thankful Joey had no time to continue with the details of his holiday with Mai . . .
"I'm OK, and I have good news!" she handed them each an envelop with their name written on it in silver ink. "Your invited to my party tonight, it's at my new place . . .can you come?"
"SURE! Sounds fun" Yugi cried.
"Who else is coming?" Joey asked, looking sadly down at the invitation . . .
"Well, top duellists . . .Kaiba, Bakura, Marik, of course! Er . . . Mai, I guess you can being your friends if you must . . .oh and Sakura Tamme and Jessie Harper, have you heard of them, because I haven't?" Isis said, and by the end of it she sounded out of breath . . .
"Mai Is coming? I'm there!" Joey cried, not relishing how eager he sounded.
"Yeah, I know Sakura, well I've seen her before . . . and that Jessie too. I didn't know they were top duellists . . . but anyway, sounds great!" Yugi smiled.
"Well cool, it's at seven, just read the invitations, really gotta' be off! Bye all" she cried, half smiling as she made her way down the street, her raven hair swaying from side to side.
"Oh, so y- OH MY GOD!" Joey cried, making Yugi turn to where he was looking. "it's a duel, c'mon, lets check it out" Joey cried, he led Yugi to a crowd of people watching a cyber-screen at the front of the hotel, where Rogue and Madison stood ready to draw their first cards.
"It's Sakura . . ." Yugi said, looking up at the screen.
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"I play . . . Rogue doll! How fitting for you" Madison said, winking at Rogue, which sort of scared her . . . "also . . ." continued Madison, "I play this card face down . . .and THAT ends my turn!"
Rogue thought about it, oh how I hate duelling . . . she sighed and looked down at her hand. "the Luna curse . . ." she sighed under her breath. "better start easy, Hmm . . . The Realm Clown . . . attack 1700, I could beat her. But that card . . ." she then put down Realm Clown, and it's evil- looking hologram appeared on the field in front of her. Madison's smile widened, she was making it to easy . . . "Also, I play this card face down" Rogue said, smiling herself.
"You done?" Madison asked, and without waiting for any response she continued. "good, I can't attack you sooo- I play Black Hole, wiping out all the cards on the field. Does that upset you?" she said, as she layed the card down. Immediately all the cards were swept up into a black hole that appeared above them. Rogue didn't seem bothered, but Jessie did.
"HOW COULD YOU LET THAT HAPPEN?!" she cried, and turning to the person next to her continued, "I don't know her, never seen her before in my life!"
Madison looked thoughtfully down on the field, she should have saved that card! No matter, she had more suprises in store. "I play Curse of the ribbon mummy!" she said, as a hologram of a mummy appeared, rapped in ribbon as a cartoon. It's attack points were 1800, Rogue better get some monsters before her next turn . . . "and wit that I end my turn" Madison said.
Rogue sighed, "Hmm . . ." she sighed, as she drew a card. Yuri-girl, it showed a picture of a girl with black rosses, her attack points were 1800 and defence was 1500. If she wanted to win she'd need higher-powered monsters. Then she saw it in her hand, Black Pendant, it will increase her power! Rogue thought. "I play Yuri-Girl in attack mode and attach her with Black Pendant, making her new attack points . . . er . . .damn maths . . .oh, 2500!" she said, feeling the scent of victory. Making sure there was no cards left face down she made her girl attack, wiping out Madison's fasion deserter mummy.
"you go Rogue!" She heard Jessie cry from below.
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Joey and Yugi watched on, interested in the duel. As it continued they muttered things to each other, commenting on their duelling strategies. "hey, good move" Joey said, when Rogue played remove trap.
"Her Yuri-girl is very powerful" Yugi commented, "she'd be interesting to duel . . ." thhey watched again for a few more minutes.
"Listen Yugi" Joey finally said as they both turned away. "I really gotta' go, I said I'd meet Mai in that restaurant down town"
"it's ok, I was just gonna' you know. Hang . . .?" Yugi sighed, making it up as he went along. Joey waved and began to walk off along the narrow streets. Yugi sighed and put his hands in his pockets, he had nothing to do now . . .
Several minutes later the duel had given way, Madison has 800 life points left, while Rogue was on 1300. "for my next move . . . wait for it!" Madison continued, posing for the cameras that transmitted the signal to the main screens. "I play Makui the magical beast . . . attack 2100, defence 1900. Beat that now that your little Yuri-girl is gone" a smirk grew across her face.
Rogue sighed, she couldn't be bothered! But she refused to let Madison win. "Fine, if you want to play tough. This move will wipe you out. I was hoping to save it for something special but it seems like nothing like that is going to happen sooo . . .!" Rogue threw down a card and the hologram of the dark witch appeared.
"your Dark Witch? Is that supposed to scare me?" Madison spat.
"not scared?" Rogue asked, then she smiled secretly. "well get ready for nightmares because when I combined her with my Cauldron Of Night, well, just see what happens" Rogue also laid down her magic card and looked up as her dark witch was transformed into an elegant sorceress. "The Luna Sorceress, attack 4100, defence 4000" Rogue seemed be calm, it had not been a hard duel but she could hear Jessie's screams from below.
Madison's face turned a very pale shade of . . . well, pale. She gulped as Rogue told her sorceress to attack and Madison's beast was sent to the shadow realm, her life-point counter flashed once, then made it's way down to a big fat 0. Madison hung her head in shame, Rogue could tell she was crying. "I didn't even try, so there!" she mumbled.
Rogue smirked, "don't feel bad, I wasn't trying wither. Didn't need too" then she jumped down to meet Jessie and the people clapping for her slightly.
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after a long day a sight-seeing and more duelling Rogue and Jessie returned to their room. On entering the door Rogue stepped on something and looked down at two letters. "I didn't know we got post?" she said.
"Do we have a letter-box?" Jessie asked, unsuccessfully examining the door.
Rogue picked up the letter, there was one for Jessie, one for 'room 107 - passengers 67 and 68' which was obviously them. She handed Jessie her letter. "You have one"
"Cool" Jessie cried, looking at it, wondering what it was . . .
Rogue, meanwhile had opened hers and was looking down at it. "Flight takes off at 9:00 p.m. tomorrow night" she said, and turned round to see Jessie smiling wildly. "Er . . . Jess?"
"I'm invited to a partyyyy!" she cried, jumping up and down and waving her arms around in the air, screaming. Rogue looked at her envelope and opened it.
You are invited to a party at the Ishtar mansion on 13th May at 7:00 p.m. it is for top duellists. Dinner will be included. Thank-you, Ishizu Ishtar and Seto Kaiba.
"We're going to a party! - hey wait a minute, Seto Kaiba?!" Rogue's face lit up and she began to jump round as well . . .then she stopped and turned to Jessie, "not only are we going t a cool, grand-people's party. But maybe that sweet boy will be there!"
The duelling arena was situated just outside the hotel, near the pool. It was like one from duellist kingdom, a big playing field with podiums each side. Many people were gathering around to watch the duel but there was no need as it was broadcast through many screens in the hotel, including one big one at the front . . .how embarrassing would this be if I lost? Rogue said as she made her way away from Jessie and up on the podium facing her opponent.
"Yay! Go Rogue . . .I'm friends with her!" Jessie was shouting from the front row of the gathering crowd.
"I'm sorry, I forgot to introduce myself, I'm Madison, and you . . .?" the girl almost had to shout over the murmurs of the crowed.
"Sakura here!" Rogue shouted, no nervousness in her voice. "Ready to loose?! So can we begin?" 2000 life points automatically appeared on the side-screen and a big picture of them appeared on the over-head screen. And so, it begun . . .
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Joey hummed softly as he and Yugi made their way down the high street.
"Hum . . . Hum . . . Mai . . . hum . . ." Joey said, shaking his head as his blonde hair blew in the wind.
"So, you liked the holiday then?" Yugi said, smiling and looking up at his scruffy haired friend.
"Um . . . it was amazing" Joey said, he drooled slightly as he spoke. Yugi caught the hint and kept his mouth shut. Suddenly, as they approached the street of the Hotel, they heard their names being called out in a familiar voice. "Yugi!! Yu-gi!! Joey, wait!!!" they heard Isis call as she ran to meet them.
"Oh!" cried Joey, coming out of his day-dream, "hi Isis"
"Yeah, how are you?" Yugi smiled sweetly as he spoke and was thankful Joey had no time to continue with the details of his holiday with Mai . . .
"I'm OK, and I have good news!" she handed them each an envelop with their name written on it in silver ink. "Your invited to my party tonight, it's at my new place . . .can you come?"
"SURE! Sounds fun" Yugi cried.
"Who else is coming?" Joey asked, looking sadly down at the invitation . . .
"Well, top duellists . . .Kaiba, Bakura, Marik, of course! Er . . . Mai, I guess you can being your friends if you must . . .oh and Sakura Tamme and Jessie Harper, have you heard of them, because I haven't?" Isis said, and by the end of it she sounded out of breath . . .
"Mai Is coming? I'm there!" Joey cried, not relishing how eager he sounded.
"Yeah, I know Sakura, well I've seen her before . . . and that Jessie too. I didn't know they were top duellists . . . but anyway, sounds great!" Yugi smiled.
"Well cool, it's at seven, just read the invitations, really gotta' be off! Bye all" she cried, half smiling as she made her way down the street, her raven hair swaying from side to side.
"Oh, so y- OH MY GOD!" Joey cried, making Yugi turn to where he was looking. "it's a duel, c'mon, lets check it out" Joey cried, he led Yugi to a crowd of people watching a cyber-screen at the front of the hotel, where Rogue and Madison stood ready to draw their first cards.
"It's Sakura . . ." Yugi said, looking up at the screen.
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"I play . . . Rogue doll! How fitting for you" Madison said, winking at Rogue, which sort of scared her . . . "also . . ." continued Madison, "I play this card face down . . .and THAT ends my turn!"
Rogue thought about it, oh how I hate duelling . . . she sighed and looked down at her hand. "the Luna curse . . ." she sighed under her breath. "better start easy, Hmm . . . The Realm Clown . . . attack 1700, I could beat her. But that card . . ." she then put down Realm Clown, and it's evil- looking hologram appeared on the field in front of her. Madison's smile widened, she was making it to easy . . . "Also, I play this card face down" Rogue said, smiling herself.
"You done?" Madison asked, and without waiting for any response she continued. "good, I can't attack you sooo- I play Black Hole, wiping out all the cards on the field. Does that upset you?" she said, as she layed the card down. Immediately all the cards were swept up into a black hole that appeared above them. Rogue didn't seem bothered, but Jessie did.
"HOW COULD YOU LET THAT HAPPEN?!" she cried, and turning to the person next to her continued, "I don't know her, never seen her before in my life!"
Madison looked thoughtfully down on the field, she should have saved that card! No matter, she had more suprises in store. "I play Curse of the ribbon mummy!" she said, as a hologram of a mummy appeared, rapped in ribbon as a cartoon. It's attack points were 1800, Rogue better get some monsters before her next turn . . . "and wit that I end my turn" Madison said.
Rogue sighed, "Hmm . . ." she sighed, as she drew a card. Yuri-girl, it showed a picture of a girl with black rosses, her attack points were 1800 and defence was 1500. If she wanted to win she'd need higher-powered monsters. Then she saw it in her hand, Black Pendant, it will increase her power! Rogue thought. "I play Yuri-Girl in attack mode and attach her with Black Pendant, making her new attack points . . . er . . .damn maths . . .oh, 2500!" she said, feeling the scent of victory. Making sure there was no cards left face down she made her girl attack, wiping out Madison's fasion deserter mummy.
"you go Rogue!" She heard Jessie cry from below.
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Joey and Yugi watched on, interested in the duel. As it continued they muttered things to each other, commenting on their duelling strategies. "hey, good move" Joey said, when Rogue played remove trap.
"Her Yuri-girl is very powerful" Yugi commented, "she'd be interesting to duel . . ." thhey watched again for a few more minutes.
"Listen Yugi" Joey finally said as they both turned away. "I really gotta' go, I said I'd meet Mai in that restaurant down town"
"it's ok, I was just gonna' you know. Hang . . .?" Yugi sighed, making it up as he went along. Joey waved and began to walk off along the narrow streets. Yugi sighed and put his hands in his pockets, he had nothing to do now . . .
Several minutes later the duel had given way, Madison has 800 life points left, while Rogue was on 1300. "for my next move . . . wait for it!" Madison continued, posing for the cameras that transmitted the signal to the main screens. "I play Makui the magical beast . . . attack 2100, defence 1900. Beat that now that your little Yuri-girl is gone" a smirk grew across her face.
Rogue sighed, she couldn't be bothered! But she refused to let Madison win. "Fine, if you want to play tough. This move will wipe you out. I was hoping to save it for something special but it seems like nothing like that is going to happen sooo . . .!" Rogue threw down a card and the hologram of the dark witch appeared.
"your Dark Witch? Is that supposed to scare me?" Madison spat.
"not scared?" Rogue asked, then she smiled secretly. "well get ready for nightmares because when I combined her with my Cauldron Of Night, well, just see what happens" Rogue also laid down her magic card and looked up as her dark witch was transformed into an elegant sorceress. "The Luna Sorceress, attack 4100, defence 4000" Rogue seemed be calm, it had not been a hard duel but she could hear Jessie's screams from below.
Madison's face turned a very pale shade of . . . well, pale. She gulped as Rogue told her sorceress to attack and Madison's beast was sent to the shadow realm, her life-point counter flashed once, then made it's way down to a big fat 0. Madison hung her head in shame, Rogue could tell she was crying. "I didn't even try, so there!" she mumbled.
Rogue smirked, "don't feel bad, I wasn't trying wither. Didn't need too" then she jumped down to meet Jessie and the people clapping for her slightly.
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after a long day a sight-seeing and more duelling Rogue and Jessie returned to their room. On entering the door Rogue stepped on something and looked down at two letters. "I didn't know we got post?" she said.
"Do we have a letter-box?" Jessie asked, unsuccessfully examining the door.
Rogue picked up the letter, there was one for Jessie, one for 'room 107 - passengers 67 and 68' which was obviously them. She handed Jessie her letter. "You have one"
"Cool" Jessie cried, looking at it, wondering what it was . . .
Rogue, meanwhile had opened hers and was looking down at it. "Flight takes off at 9:00 p.m. tomorrow night" she said, and turned round to see Jessie smiling wildly. "Er . . . Jess?"
"I'm invited to a partyyyy!" she cried, jumping up and down and waving her arms around in the air, screaming. Rogue looked at her envelope and opened it.
You are invited to a party at the Ishtar mansion on 13th May at 7:00 p.m. it is for top duellists. Dinner will be included. Thank-you, Ishizu Ishtar and Seto Kaiba.
"We're going to a party! - hey wait a minute, Seto Kaiba?!" Rogue's face lit up and she began to jump round as well . . .then she stopped and turned to Jessie, "not only are we going t a cool, grand-people's party. But maybe that sweet boy will be there!"