Chapter 18: Joey vs V: Every Dog Has His Day

(Life Point Count: Joey 3200, V 1950)

"This will hurt, I'll wager!" V said, as the Empress Judge swooped in. It swung its weapon.

"Sorry." Joey said.

A burst of smoke covered the dueling arena. V recoiled as it washed over him, and as he turned back he found that his attack had stopped. "Hey, what gives!"

"Like I said, sorry. But you were too busy gloating to notice I activate my Roulette Spider magic card." Joey said. V saw that his Empress Judge was now in the center of a wheel on which rested Joey's Flame Swordsman and V's Dark King of the Abyss, along with Joey and V as well. His Empress has a weird insect creature wrapped around her face, out of which poked an arrow like tail. As V watched, his Empress began to spin.

"You were saying something about luck, V? Well, tell your monster to stop! Get it right and I'm in for a world of hurt, but get it wrong and…well, need I say more?" Joey said.

V watched his creature spin around. His eyes narrowed.

"Come on! Pick!" Joey said.

"….STOP!" V yelled.

The Empress Judge began to slow down, passing Joey, the Dark King, V, the Flame Swordsman, Joey again, the Dark King, and onto V, finally slowing to a stop…

"AH!" V yelled. If he got a direct attack, he'd lose!

"YEAH! I WIN!" Joey yelled, pumping his fist into the air.

And then the arrow moved once more, onto the Flame Swordsman, stopping.

"GUH?" Joey said. V smirked.

"Looks like we're back where he started. Your luck just ran out." V said. "GO!"

"AH!" Joey yelled as the Flame Swordsman was attacked. Smoke filled the dueling arena again.

"Nice move Joey, but luck can't always favor you." V said.

The smoke began to clear.

"How wrong you are."

And it cleared, revealing Joey, ok, his life points untouched, and the Flame Swordsman still there.

"WHAT?" V yelled.

"You thought you were hurting me with that Swords Into Plowshares card, huh? Well yeah, it weakened my Swordsman. But it also let me activate this." Joey said, as his Silver Dollar Trap card appeared. "Guess YOUR luck ran out."

V growled. Joey looked content. His fan club cheered, and Joey noticed that Mai was now paying attention to him again. All right!

"Well then, if that's all…" Joey said. He drew. "I play Pot of Greed and draw two new cards…" Joey said, and then he drew it. Excellent! This duel is over!

"All right V, you may have a big mouth but your skills can't back it up! First, I use Monster Recovery to call back my Flame Swordsman!" He's still weak, can't have him messing me up. "And next I'll play Brain Control!"

"Aren't those Yugi's cards?" Serenity said.

"Joey has some as well, I believe." Tristan said. It didn't surprise him, considering how much Yugi and Joey hung out. He wondered if any of Joey's cards had migrated to Yugi's deck.

"Oh great, there goes my Empress Judge." V said.

"Heck no! I'm taking your Dark King!" Joey said. V arched an eyebrow. Why is he taking my weaker monster?

"You see, anyone can win, but not everyone can do it with style! I don't need your Empress Judge! I have something all my own!" Joey said.

"First, I'll sacrifice your Dark King of the Abyss, to bring out my Legendary Fisherman!" Joey said, as the shark-riding fisherman appeared. "And then, I'll use Monster Reborn, to bring back the other big…MAMMAL, the Fortress Whale!"

"Not exactly a bad move, but I don't see how this helps Joey." Mai said.

"And now, for the coup d'etet! My brand new Fusion card, and even if it's a D-Card it will certainly help in taking down this Wanna-D! So I play Polymerization, and fuse my Legendary Fisherman and Fortress Whale to form the Legendary White Whale Commander!"

Water appeared beneath the two water creatures, and they plunged beneath it. A few seconds later, an even larger and now white whale reared up from beneath, the Legendary Fisherman standing on its back with a giant harpoon slung over his shoulder and a new navy cape flapping in the breeze.

"Nice to have you with us, yeah YEAH!" Joey whooped, as his new Legendary White Whale Commander (3150/2900) flicked its tail, gazing down on V with a baleful glare.

"Very nice Joey. Very nice." V said, and gave Joey a brief hand of applause. Then he drew. "I end my turn."

"Without doing anything?" Joey said.

"Yes."

"Ok buddy, your funeral. Attack, White Whale! Scorn of Ishmael attack!" Joey said, as the LWWC reared back to do its attack.

"I don't think so. Reveal face down monster card: Magician of Faith!" V said. "You know her effect, so I'll use it, and bring back my Offense Wheel magic card!"

"Ah crap!" Joey said, as the wheel-reappeared, spinning.

"After this Joey, it'll be child's play to take you down! No one will be…able…AH! NO! DON'T STOP THERE!" V yelled as the Wheel slowed down, slipping past the +3200 mark and settling on the –1600. "BLOODY HELL!"

Joey smirked as it stayed there, as V's plan backfired and his Empress Judge was weakened to 1300 attack points.

"Now, what was that about child's play?" Joey said. "White Whale, attack!"

"ARGH!" V yelled as his Empress Judge was destroyed and his life points plummeted down to a mere 100. Smoking a bit, V pulled himself back up, shook his head, and looked over at Joey, who looked to be having a grand old time.

"Very nice move Joey. Looks like those titles were earned." V said as he drew. "I switch my Magician of Faith (300/400) into Defense Mode and I play Hinotama Soul (900/500), also in defense." V said.

"You better believe it." Joey said, as he drew. A great big smile broke over his face. "Well, it's been a joy V, but time for you to lose! Activate Defense Paralysis!" Joey said as he played his magic card and forced V's monsters out of defense mode.

"…Uh oh." V said.

"You talked, you mocked, you bragged, you tried! You suck, you lose, you're done, good bye!" Joey chanted, doing a small dance. "White Whale, attack his Magician of Faith!"

And the Whale swooped in…

To Be Continued