Disclaimer: Look at Chapter 1
Chapter 2: The Flower and the Spider
"It's time to duel!" Sakura shouted as she drew her five cards. "Ladies first, I hope you don't mind."
"It's fine with me." Weevil sneered. "Make your pathetic move so I can squash you already."
Sakura: 8000
Weevil: 8000
Sakura drew her first card, the Dark Elf (2000/800). "I'll play the Dark Elf in attack mode and end my turn." The purple-haired monster who held a uncanny resemblance to the Mystical Elf appeared before Sakura.
"Heh, my turn now." Weevil said as he played his first monster. "Meet Jurai Gumo (2200/100) in attack mode!" A giant orange spider formed from the holographic projectors. "Attacking with Jurai Gumo risks cutting my life points in half." Weevil explained. "So I won't attack… yet. I'll end my turn by placing a card face down on my magic/trap slot."
Sakura drew. It was her prize monster, the Dark Magician Girl. "Lucky!" She whispered to herself. "But I'll need some help powering it up first. I play the monster, Sonic Bird (1400/1000). Summoning it allows me to draw a ritual card, which I play now! Ritual of Black Chaos, sacrifice my Sonic Bird and Dark Elf to summon Magician of Black Chaos (2800/2600)!" The holographic projectors revealed an image of the ritual with smoking pots and all.
"You activated my trap card!" Weevil snickered. "Of course a dimwit like you would make such fatal mistakes. Activate, Magic Jammer!"
Suddenly the mists and pots disappeared and Sakura's two previous monsters remained on the field. Sakura gritted her teeth; she hated the fact that her deck had almost no counters against trap cards. "Fine!" She shouted. "Then I'll play graceful charity." She drew three new cards and discarded two of her own, including the now useless Magician of Black Chaos. "And that ends my turn."
"Damn it!" Sakura swore at herself. "I dishonored Kazeyama-sensei again! I should have known he would have a trap card ready for me, but I was too rushed to get my powerful monsters out. I'm so careless."
"Hah!" Weevil scoffed. "My turn, and I'll start it by playing the magic card, Insect Armor with Fire Power on my Jurai Gumo to raise it's attack power (2900/100). And I'll also summon a monster face down in defense mode. That ends my turn."
"Booring." Sakura sighed as she drew her next card. "No one's even attacked yet, so let me break the ice. I'll sacrifice both my monsters on the field to summon my Dark Magician! Attack his face down monster! Dark magic attack!" The holographic image of the Dark Magician raised his staff and let out a stream of darkness over Weevil's face down monster, which shattered immediately.
"I knew you would attack!" Weevil snickered. "Destroy him, Man-Eater Bug!" A disgusting bug hologram latched itself onto the Dark Magician and exploded, taking both of them out.
"Damn it." Sakura whispered. "Make your move, Weevil."
"Hah. I'll draw, and then play the magic card, Laser Cannon Armor, on my Jurai Gumo (3200/400)." The large monster no longer looked like a slimy spider anymore with all the equipments on it. Instead it looked more like a giant robot with metal claws and cannons. "I'll also play one card face down on my magic/trap card slot." Weevil continued. "Now, attack her life points directly!"
The large bug struck Sakura with both cannons attached to it, creating a large flash of light, followed by an explosion. Sakura looked at her life points count, which dropped a tremendous amount. But then, she glanced at Weevil's life points only to see that it had taken an even bigger plunge.
Sakura: 4800
Weevil: 4000
"Stupid move, bug boy." Sakura mocked as she drew her card. "You took an even bigger beating than I did! I'll play this monster face down in defense mode and let you defeat yourself. Your turn."
Weevil drew his next card, a smile then grew on his face. "My combo is nearly complete. But for this turn, I'll just attack your face down card with Jurai Gumo." Again the two cannons fired and again Weevil's life points halved.
"Big mistake." Sakura shouted. "You've accomplished nothing by destroying my Nimble Momonga, except lowering your own life points and strengthening my own. I also get to summon another Nimble Momonga face down in defense mode too."
Sakura: 5800
Weevil: 2000
"As for my turn, I'll draw." Sakura said. "And I'll play one card face down in my magic/trap slot and end my turn."
"My turn, and I draw." Weevil said. His smile grew even wider as he looked at his newly drawn card. "This is it! My combo is complete! Now you'll see why Jurai Gumo is my most prized monster! I'll play these two magic cards, Metamorph and Fairy Meteor Strike. This raises my Jurai Gumo's attack power to 5400 and allows it to deal direct damage even after attacking a monster in defense mode! Next, I'll also activate my trap card, Metalmorph, to increase its attack power even more (5700/700)! And Metalmorph gives it the special ability to raise its attack points by half of that of the target monster!"
"Crap, this isn't good." Sakura said to herself. "That means Jurai Gumo will attack my Nimble Momonga with an attack power of 6200. With only a defense of 100, the Fairy Meteor Strike card will deal 6100 to my life points! That'll lose me the duel!"
"I've planned this all from the start, missy." Weevil boasted. "Jurai Gumo was supposed to lower my life points so it would catch my opponent off guard and allow Metamorph to take its effect! Now, this duel is over! Destroy her monster, Jurai Gumo, and wipe out the rest of her life points!"
It was about this time that the stranger named Shin turned looked up from his novel and turned his attention towards the duel. He decided to then intervene.
Chapter 2: The Flower and the Spider
"It's time to duel!" Sakura shouted as she drew her five cards. "Ladies first, I hope you don't mind."
"It's fine with me." Weevil sneered. "Make your pathetic move so I can squash you already."
Sakura: 8000
Weevil: 8000
Sakura drew her first card, the Dark Elf (2000/800). "I'll play the Dark Elf in attack mode and end my turn." The purple-haired monster who held a uncanny resemblance to the Mystical Elf appeared before Sakura.
"Heh, my turn now." Weevil said as he played his first monster. "Meet Jurai Gumo (2200/100) in attack mode!" A giant orange spider formed from the holographic projectors. "Attacking with Jurai Gumo risks cutting my life points in half." Weevil explained. "So I won't attack… yet. I'll end my turn by placing a card face down on my magic/trap slot."
Sakura drew. It was her prize monster, the Dark Magician Girl. "Lucky!" She whispered to herself. "But I'll need some help powering it up first. I play the monster, Sonic Bird (1400/1000). Summoning it allows me to draw a ritual card, which I play now! Ritual of Black Chaos, sacrifice my Sonic Bird and Dark Elf to summon Magician of Black Chaos (2800/2600)!" The holographic projectors revealed an image of the ritual with smoking pots and all.
"You activated my trap card!" Weevil snickered. "Of course a dimwit like you would make such fatal mistakes. Activate, Magic Jammer!"
Suddenly the mists and pots disappeared and Sakura's two previous monsters remained on the field. Sakura gritted her teeth; she hated the fact that her deck had almost no counters against trap cards. "Fine!" She shouted. "Then I'll play graceful charity." She drew three new cards and discarded two of her own, including the now useless Magician of Black Chaos. "And that ends my turn."
"Damn it!" Sakura swore at herself. "I dishonored Kazeyama-sensei again! I should have known he would have a trap card ready for me, but I was too rushed to get my powerful monsters out. I'm so careless."
"Hah!" Weevil scoffed. "My turn, and I'll start it by playing the magic card, Insect Armor with Fire Power on my Jurai Gumo to raise it's attack power (2900/100). And I'll also summon a monster face down in defense mode. That ends my turn."
"Booring." Sakura sighed as she drew her next card. "No one's even attacked yet, so let me break the ice. I'll sacrifice both my monsters on the field to summon my Dark Magician! Attack his face down monster! Dark magic attack!" The holographic image of the Dark Magician raised his staff and let out a stream of darkness over Weevil's face down monster, which shattered immediately.
"I knew you would attack!" Weevil snickered. "Destroy him, Man-Eater Bug!" A disgusting bug hologram latched itself onto the Dark Magician and exploded, taking both of them out.
"Damn it." Sakura whispered. "Make your move, Weevil."
"Hah. I'll draw, and then play the magic card, Laser Cannon Armor, on my Jurai Gumo (3200/400)." The large monster no longer looked like a slimy spider anymore with all the equipments on it. Instead it looked more like a giant robot with metal claws and cannons. "I'll also play one card face down on my magic/trap card slot." Weevil continued. "Now, attack her life points directly!"
The large bug struck Sakura with both cannons attached to it, creating a large flash of light, followed by an explosion. Sakura looked at her life points count, which dropped a tremendous amount. But then, she glanced at Weevil's life points only to see that it had taken an even bigger plunge.
Sakura: 4800
Weevil: 4000
"Stupid move, bug boy." Sakura mocked as she drew her card. "You took an even bigger beating than I did! I'll play this monster face down in defense mode and let you defeat yourself. Your turn."
Weevil drew his next card, a smile then grew on his face. "My combo is nearly complete. But for this turn, I'll just attack your face down card with Jurai Gumo." Again the two cannons fired and again Weevil's life points halved.
"Big mistake." Sakura shouted. "You've accomplished nothing by destroying my Nimble Momonga, except lowering your own life points and strengthening my own. I also get to summon another Nimble Momonga face down in defense mode too."
Sakura: 5800
Weevil: 2000
"As for my turn, I'll draw." Sakura said. "And I'll play one card face down in my magic/trap slot and end my turn."
"My turn, and I draw." Weevil said. His smile grew even wider as he looked at his newly drawn card. "This is it! My combo is complete! Now you'll see why Jurai Gumo is my most prized monster! I'll play these two magic cards, Metamorph and Fairy Meteor Strike. This raises my Jurai Gumo's attack power to 5400 and allows it to deal direct damage even after attacking a monster in defense mode! Next, I'll also activate my trap card, Metalmorph, to increase its attack power even more (5700/700)! And Metalmorph gives it the special ability to raise its attack points by half of that of the target monster!"
"Crap, this isn't good." Sakura said to herself. "That means Jurai Gumo will attack my Nimble Momonga with an attack power of 6200. With only a defense of 100, the Fairy Meteor Strike card will deal 6100 to my life points! That'll lose me the duel!"
"I've planned this all from the start, missy." Weevil boasted. "Jurai Gumo was supposed to lower my life points so it would catch my opponent off guard and allow Metamorph to take its effect! Now, this duel is over! Destroy her monster, Jurai Gumo, and wipe out the rest of her life points!"
It was about this time that the stranger named Shin turned looked up from his novel and turned his attention towards the duel. He decided to then intervene.