Chapter 7: Battle City Starts; The Gate Phoenix in Action

SG: the disclaimer is the same so let's go! Rebecca Hawkins returns! RUN!!!

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It has been an entire week and I was still sleeping the day of the tournament. During the week, I've been prepping and learning more about Sarahruna, since I'm going to be stuck with her for the rest of my natural life.

"WAKEY WAKEY! SAREY!"chipped Sarahruna really loud. I opened one eye up and said, "Wha?"

"It's 7:55 in the morning! You have to get ready!"

"WHAT!"I said as I flew out of the bed. I started to do everything at once. After a few minutes, I was running down the stairs, trying to connect the bell choker while trying to fall down the stairs nor poking my eye out with the duel disk that was on my arm. The cooks already had my breakfast ready as I slid in.

"Ah, Miss Cobble....good to see you up and going..."said the head cook.

"Yep yep...."I said as I started to woof down the breakfast.

{{You're going to starve during the tournament....}}

{I still have alot of the 10,000 dollars left! I'll buy something!} After about a few moments, I ran out the door. I dashed down as fast as I could, trying not to over do it.

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Clock Square

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Out of breath, I stopped with a halt, catching my breath. {{That was alot of running....}}

{Yeah....} I was in one of the new outfits which consist of a white shirt with a large picture of a dragon on it, because they had no phoenix's nor anytype of bird left, and I had blue jeans on. My hair was left out of the pony tail style. I sat down at a bench to catch more of my breath.

{{I noticed you were partly limping...}}

{Oh?}

{{You do something to your leg?}}

{accident...}

{{What kind?}}

{I don't want to talk about it right now....}

{{Come on Sarah! Tell me...}}

{NO!}I shouted in my head. In my mind, Sarahruna looked surprised. We did share alot about ourselves, I never told her about this.

{{Sarah?}}

{I'm sorry....I really didn't mean to yell at you...****! I can't believe I cussed and yelled at a 10 year old....}

{{Nothing I've heard....so'k....I won't bother you about your leg problem...}}

{I'm really sorry....you know...for a ten year old who acts like she's sugar high 24/7, you mature...}

{{I had 5,000 years....}}

{True....}I sat up and looked at the sky. It was so clear blue. {Like the day I left...}

{{Huh?}}

{The day you forced me into this world....it was clear like this....}

{{It was? I couldn't tell.....I was trapped and was focusing on trying to get home...}}I sighed as I stood up.

"Well look who it is...."said a voice. I turned around, "Sarah Cobble..."It was Mai.

"Hey there Mai..."

"I saw you running like crazy...where you being chased?"

"No...overslept....heh...I'm never running 20 miles again!"

"You ran for 20 miles!"

"Well...I hitchhiked for a moment and ran the rest of the way...."

"Heh.....how come you were 20 miles away..."

"A friend was letting me stay at his house...." {Spite that I really don't consider Kaiba as my friend.....}

{{I don't know if you can call a guy who entered you in a tournament a friend.....}}

{Well...speak of the devil...}

{{Huh?}}

{Figure of speech...Kaiba's head's in the air...}I said to Sarahruna as we were looking up at the blimp with Kaiba's face on.

"I think his ego made his head bigger..."I said as Mai laughed at the joke. Well...he did talk, but only for a short while. After that;

"So...where you going to head off to?"asked Mai.

"Mmmmm....maybe up north...."

"Well then, I'll see ya..."said Mai as she headed west as I headed up north. It was busy with regular people.

{{Maybe you should've gone east....}}

{Yeah....east would've been good.....*sigh* this is what I get for heading up north....oh well..} Soon, the beeping sound of, "Someday" came. It was my cellphone. I picked it up and said, "Aloo?"

"Sarah....one question..."

"What is it...uh...Mr. Nono...."

"Mr. Nono? This is..."Kaiba started to say.

"I know! I know! If I said your name right now...people would think I'm a worker!"

"....good point.....anyway....I need you to do something for me...start to head east...."

"Right now...but what about the...."

"You'll find more duelists there....start heading there..."

"And why is that?"

"Because you were about to leave the city...."

"Really?"

"I have you on tracking..."

"WHAT!"

"Your duel disk can be tracked by my satellite..."

"Stalker..."

"What did you just call me?"

"Nothing..."I said as I clicked it off, avoiding a major yelling on a cell phone.

{{Whose Mr. Nono?}}

{That was Kaiba, I called him Mr. Nono to avoid attention to me....}

{{Really?}}

{I hate large crowds...well...I guess we head east...}

{{YEAH!!!!!}}

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East of the City

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Finally, after walking for so long, I finally ran into a duelist. But, I think it wasn't what I was thinking.

"YOU! Hey You!"said a voice as I was walking. I looked over to see a 10 year old girl with blonde pig tails, a duel disk and a teddy bear?

"Uh...."I said as she ran up.

"You a duelist in the Battle City Tournament?"

"Yeah?"

"Good! Because I challenge you to a duel!"she said as she pointed to me.

"UHHHH!"I said with surprise. Even Sarahruna was surprised her self.

"Yeah that's right! Are you afraid of dueling a 10 year old?"she said, with a smart remark.

"Girl...I've dueled 5 year olds, and they had a better sense of respect than you do..."I said.

"Fine then! Let's go!"She said.

"Fine..."I said. She was already heading alittle ways and turns back to me. She held up a card and said, "I'm Rebecca Hawkins and if you are able to beat me, you'll win the Shadow Ghoul and 1 of my locator cards! What about you!"

"I'm Sarah Cobble and if you are able to beat me, which is unlikely, you'll win the Gate Phoenix and one of my locator cards too!"I said as I held up the Gate Phoenix. Kaiba left 2 locator cards in the box when I found it on my bed.

"Fine then! Let's go!"she said as the duel disks activated.

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Rebecca-4000

Sarah-4000

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{I'm glade Mokuba filled me in on the hidden rules....}

{{No duh...}}I drew 5 cards which were Baby Firefly, Gate Phoenix, Fire Princess, Egg of Life*, Phoenix's Shine. {Hey! It's Jack's card! You know, I never used it before...}

{{Jack?}}

{Dragon Master Jack...}

{{Oh yeah...}} "10 years olds first..."I said.

"Fine then! I summon Witch of the Black Forest...in attack mode...."She said as a woman with old robes and an eye on her forehead appeared, "And that's all..."

"You have to be kidding me!"I said with surprise. {{Is she giving you the match? Or is really stupid...}}

{Dunno...}I drew my next card, which was Anthony's Hope*. "That's good...okay...I set this monster face down (Baby Firefly) and play Phoenix's Shine..."I said as a mini slot opened and I placed it in there. Soon, an old world Japanese building with a golden statue of a phoenix appeared behind me. The golden bowls were set ablaze. "Your turn..."I said.

"Fine..."She said as she drew her card, "I play Sangan...and that's all..."

"Uh..."I said, still surprised that she didn't attack. I drew my next card, which was Anthony's Will*. {{What's the deal with the "Anthony" cards?}}

{You'll find out...} "Now I'll play Fire Princess in attack mode!"I said as a dark gold haired woman appeared. {{That guy went though no trouble creating this...}}

{No kidding} "Fire Princess...attack Sangan!"I said as a blaze of fire came out of her staff and destroyed the furball. "Oh well....what's that teddy? Oh yeah! I forgot! Since your princess destroyed my little Sangan, I get to draw 1 monster with 1500 attack or less...Teddy you are so smart!"said Rebecca as she was hugging her bear.

{You have to be kidding me! And I thought you were weird, Sarahruna...}

{{No kidding...she's worse than me and Mokuba!}}

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Rebecca-3000

Sarah-4000

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"Alrighty then!"said Rebecca as she drew another card, "I sacrifice my witch to bring out Millennium Shield!"she said as the witch disappeared and a giant shield appeard. "And! Since the Witch of the Black Forest is sent to the graveyard, I get to get a new monster with 1500 or less defense points...."Rebecca started to laugh and cuddle her bear.

I just gave her a weird stare. {This is really freaky...}

{{Yeah....}}I sighed and drew my next card which was, Anthony's Kindness*. {FINALLY!}

{{Huh?}} "Okay, I play these...."I said as I pulled out the other two, "Anthony's Hope, Anthony's Will and Anthony's Kindness!"3 cards appeared behind the face down Baby Firefly and face up Fire Princess.

"Huh?"

"With these 3 cards, I sacrifice my Fire Princess and Baby Firefly to make the 3 cards bring out..."I said as I pulled it from the middle of my deck, "Anthony: Princess of the Phoenixes*!" Soon, the 5 cards disappeared and 1 appeared as a woman with a red/orange/yellow Japanese Kimono with a staff that had a phoenix on it. "Since my Baby Firefly is in my graveyard, I get to special summon 1 monster that has more than 4 stars...."

"Huh?!?"said Rebecca, surprised of what's going on.

"Gate Phoenix..."I said as another card appeared next to Anthony and turned into a giant Phoenix with a golden alora. Rebecca was freaking out. "But that's not all....Gate Phoenix's special ability lets me bring back a monster from the graveyard....Here's Egg of Life!"

"But wait! I never seen Egg of Life before!"yelled Rebecca as an egg with with wings appeared next to Anthony.

"I know, when I was sacrificing the 2, I had to sacrifice 1 more to get Anthony's Kindness to go, so I sacrifice Egg of Life to bring it out...."

Rebecca just stood with amazement.

"First things first, Gate Phoenix...attack the Millennium Shield now!"I said as the phoenix fired a blast of fire that wiped out the shield.

"Ha ha.....you forget, my Millennium Shield has 3000 defense points..."

"But Phoenix's Shrine raises their attack power by 700...and since Anthony is out, they get another 100....."I said.

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Rebecca-2300

Sarah-4000

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"Egg of Life! Attack her lifepoints directly!"I said as the little egg tackled Rebecca.

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Rebecca-1000

Sarah-4000

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Rebecca stared. She had never been defeated. "Anthony: Princess of the Phoenixes...finish her!"I said as Anthony sent a fiery blast.

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Rebecca-0000

Sarah-4000

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Soon as Rebecca lost, the holograms disappeared, and she was crying. {Oh man...}

{{You've done it now, Sarah...}}

"Ge.....sorry....I guess I went alittle overboard on a 10 year old....."I said as walked over and knelt down to the 10 year old.

"Sorry Rebecca...."

"It's alright..."said another voice. I looked over to see an old man. {What is with it with old men finding me?}

{{Dunno...}} "Rebecca usually acts that way....she hasn't been defeated....but really...you went alittle overboard..."

"Yeah I know...."I said as I stood up, "Didn't mean too..."

"HERE!"said Rebecca shoving the locator card and the Shadow Ghoul close to me. I stared and took the locator card. "You know what Rebecca...."I said. Rebecca looked up. "I have to admit, I went alittle overboard...."

"A little! You went all out!"yelled Rebecca.

"Okay okay...I really went overboard.....so what I was trying to say...was..."

"Was? Was what!"she said with an attitude. I gave a frustrated look, "Look, Rebecca, I was being nice to let you keep your Shadow Ghoul for me going over board on you!"

"But it's Battle City rules to take the loser's rare card...."

"To my option, I really don't care....I would've taken it, but those types of monsters don't work with me...besides...you need a rare card to stay in the tournament..."I said as I gave a wink.

"Go on Rebecca, thank the nice lady for letting you keep your card..."said her grandpa.

"But Grandpa! She and I would be disqualified!"said Rebecca.

"Heh...I don't mind....believe me....I usually do these things for fun....not to win any big prizes or anything....heh...."I said as I smiled. Rebecca gave a confused look. I stood back up and turned to her grandpa.

"It was really nice meeting you....I'll see ya..."then I walked off, leaving Rebecca more confused than ever.

{{Not worrying about getting disqualified.....}}Sarahruna appeared floating next to me with her arms crossed. {Yeah....like I said before...I only do these for the fun...if I was so worried about winning so much, it defeats the purpose of the game....}

{{Purpose of the game?}}

{To have fun....duh!}

{{*Giggle*Well anyway....you would seem more like Kaiba if you did defeat the purpose of the game...}}

{Hey! Don't you dare compare me to that guy with the ego the size of Asia...}

{{I was only kidding!}}

{*giggle* I know...}

{{I'm wondering...you said in your world, you are known as Fire Princess Sarah...right?}}

{Right...}

{{Then how come you use alot of monsters based on Phoenixes?}}

{Dunno....I guess when they created the nickname...not only were they looking at the Fire Princess combo I can pull off....but for the pyro monsters I have in my deck....it's like I am the princess of Fire and Phoenixes...}

{{Like me and Egypt...*giggle*}}I giggled aloud as I was still heading east. Unaware of a person in a cloak speaking into a walkie talkie.

"The girl never took Rebecca's card..."said the guy.

"Like I care about some Shadow Ghoul.......what about her card, the Gate Phoenix! Did she use it or not!"

"Yes, she did, master. It is very impressive like you said..."

"Good...follow her...."said the voice on the other side.

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SG: heh....^.^....see the next chapter!!!!

Anthony's Hope: Magic/Ritual-sacrifice 1 monster to bring out Anthony: Princess of the Phoenixes. You must have Anthony's Will and Anthony's Kindness to bring forth the ritual monster. You must have a monster for each of the 3 cards

Anthony's Will: Magic/Ritual-sacrifice 1 monster to bring out Anthony: Princess of the Phoenixes. You must have Anthony's Hope and Anthony's Kindness to bring forth the ritual monster. You must have a monster for each of the 3 cards

Anthony's Kindess: Magic/Ritual-sacrifice 1 monster to bring out Anthony: Princess of the Phoenixes. You must have Anthony's Hope and Anthony's Kindness to bring forth the ritual monster. You must have a monster for each of the 3 cards.

Anthony: Princess of the Phoenixes; 9 stars-Warrior/Ritual/Effect- You must have 3 monsters to sacrifice and the following cards to bring this monster out: Anthony's Hope, Anthony's Will, Anthony's Kindness. When summoned, any pyro monster or anymonster with "Phoenix" in it's name get's 100 extra attack points. If "Phoenix's Shrine" is in play, any pyro or monster with "Phoenix" in their name are protected from Magic and Trap cards.

Egg of Life: 3 stars-Winged Beast/Effect- When this monster is destoryed, you can bring back "Egg of Life" or anymonster in yours or your opponent's graveyards.