Serena looked up into the sky from where she lay on the grass. She closed
her eyes and let the warm sunlight just wash over her. Day two of Battle
City would be her day. She knew it. She had spent all night changing her
deck and she knew that it was going to help. And if she was going to get
her Grandfather's two remaining Blue Eyes White Dragon's back, she was
going to need all the help she could manage.
Serena got up off the grass. She didn't have the time to sit around staring at the sky; she needed to get out there and win more duels. She only had the single locator card once again which meant that she had nine more before she would make it to the finals.
"So you're out of the tournament?" she heard one boy say as she walked along the street. She paused for a second to listen further.
"Yeah," the other boy answered. "Once that dragon came out, I didn't stand a chance."
"No kidding. I heard that almost no one can beat that monster. It's one of the strongest and rarest cards. I wish I had one in my deck."
When Serena heard this she stopped dead in her tracks. she whipped around to face the two kids and shouted, "Hey! Are you saying that the duelist you faced had a rare dragon card?" The kid nodded. "Where did they go?"
The kid pointed to a building just down the street. "I'm pretty sure they went in there."
Serena took off in a run down the street towards the building that the boy had pointed to. A rare dragon card? It had to be another Blue Eyes White Dragon. It wouldn't be long until she had the second Blue Eyes back in her deck and then all he would need is the third before she could leave Battle City happy.
Serena opened the door to the building, a run down factory, and stepped forward cautiously. The factory was dark and with the exception of the sunlight that poured in from the open doorway there were no other light sources that Serena could see anywhere.
"Welcome Miss Kaiba!" boomed a voice from the darkness. Serena's eyes darted around everywhere trying to find the source of the voice. She turned to exit the building but the doors slammed shut and locked tight, leaving Serena in pitch black. "Oh don't leave so soon," the voice continued. "We're going to have some fun."
"Who are you?" demanded Serena, her shouts echoing in the dark void.
"I am someone with something that you want, aren't I?" asked the voice. "That's why you burst in here isn't it? Without any knowledge about what you were going to face?"
"So what do you want?"
"Why the same thing you do, a rare dragon card." The voice seemed closer now to Serena. Almost as if...
Serena whipped around just in time to see spotlights burst on. She held up her forearm to shield her eyes from the light until they had time to adjust. After a few seconds Serena was able to make out the image of another woman standing in front of her, Duel Disk prepped.
"Welcome to my playground Serena Kaiba. My name is Jaina. You fell for my bait so prepare to lose your Blue Eyes White Dragon and leave Battle City in disgrace!"
Both players drew their opening hands. "Losers go first," said Jaina with a laugh. "You did lose to Fader yesterday didn't you?"
"Laugh all you want Jaina," retorted Serena "We'll see who comes out of this duel one rare dragon richer."
"Indeed we will, little girl."
Serena made her first draw. "I'll start by playing one monster in defense position and then I'll lay two cards face down."
"Alright then, my turn," said Jaina as she drew. "First I'll lay down one card. Then I'll play Soul Exchange which allows me to use one of your monsters as a tribute instead of my own. And I'll use your monster to summon, Marie the Fallen One (1700/1200), in attack mode. It's too bad Soul Exchange forces me to skip my Battle Phase or Marie would have been able to stomp all over your life points. I'll just end my turn."
"Enjoy it while you can Jaina," said Serena. "I play the card Maha Vailo (1550/1400), in attack mode. I'll then equip it with the Magic card Malevolent Nuzzler raising its attack by 1200 points. Now Maha Vailo, attack Marie the Fallen One!" Maha rushed at its opponent and Marie shattered into bits as it was discarded to the graveyard.
Serena: 4000, Jaina: 2950.
"So the granddaughter of Seto Kaiba might actually be able to live up to the family bloodline. But the Kaiba legacy will end with your defeat at my hands Serena. And it all starts with this trap card, Ill Prediction."
"How does that work?" asked Serena.
"I'll show you," said Jaina. "But first I'll draw my card and gain 200 Life Points."
Serena: 4000, Jaina: 3150.
"What? How?"
"During each of my turns that Marie the Fallen One is in my graveyard I gain 200 Life Points. Now I'll use the effect of Ill Prediction, which allows me to choose one card in your hand and guess as to whether it's a magic, trap or monster card. If I get it right you lose 700 Life Points." Jaina pointed to the card second from the left. "I'll guess that one is a magic card." Jaina got a wicked grin on her face. "Am I right? Tell me I'm right!"
Serena grimaced, Jaina was right, it was the magic card White Dragon Descent.
Serena: 3300, Jaina: 3150.
Jaian laughed, "Goodie for me. Now I'll lay two more cards face dwon and then I'll play the Red Moon Baby (700/1000) in attack mode, and end my turn."
Serena looked at Jaina's field. She had left a very weak monster in attack mode. It was almost as if Jaina was baiting her to attack, just as she had baited Serena into this duel in the first place. Even if it was a trap, it just wasn't an opportunity that Serena could pass up.
"I'll lay one monster in defense mode, as well as one other card. Now Maha Vailo, attack the Red Moon Baby!"
"You fell for my trap Serena! I activate the card, Reverse Trap and chain it with my other trap card Solemn Wishes."
"What do those do?" asked a worried Serena.
"Solemn Wishes allows me to gain 500 Life Points every time I draw a card," explained Jaina. "But the real treat is Reverse Trap. All the bonuses to attack that your monster would normally recive are instead subtracted from its attack power."
"But that means..." started Serena before she was cut off by Jaina.
"That means that instead of a 1200 points boost to your Maha Vailo's attack, it loses 1200 points leaving it with only 350, which is more than enough for my Red Moon Baby to destroy it!"
Serena: 2950, Jaina: 3150.
Serena watched in horror as her Maha Vailo was shattered by Jaina's monster's attack, and her look of horror became one of absoulte shock when her Maha Vailo reppaeared on Jaina's side of the field.
"Oh I guess I forgot to tell you about Red Moon Baby's special ability which allows it to ressurect any monster that it defeats and place it into play under my control. Now I'll just draw and gain 700 Life Points."
"I don't think so Jaina," said Serena smugly.
"What are you talking about?" replied Jaina in an impatient tone.
"You forgot about my face down card, the trap Drug Reaction!"
Jaina looked down at the Life Point counter on her Duel Disk and was shocked to find her Life Points drop 700 instead of rising.
Serena: 2950, Jaina: 2450.
"What did you do to me?" she screamed.
"What's the matter Jaina?" asked Serena with mock sympathy. "Is the medicine not going down nicely? Drug Reaction is a continuous trap card that makes it so that whenever you try to gain Life Points it will take them away instead."
"A nice try Serena. It would have been a good move if it weren't for one thing."
Serena folded her arms. "And what would that be?"
Jaina opened her lips into a wide smile. "There won't be enought turns for your trap to take all of my Life Points. Especially now that I have the proper number of monsters on the field to summon my all powerful dragon!"
Serena looked at the field. Jaina was right; with the Maha Vailo that her Red Moon Baby had taken from Serena, Jaina now had the two required tribute monsters she needed to sacrifice to bring out...
"The Red Eyes Black Dragon!" announced Jaina with triumph.
15th part...
"The Red Eyes Black Dragon?" started Serena in protest. "But I thought..."
"I know what you thought. You thought I had one of your granddaddie's precious Blue Eyes. That, my dear, was all a part of the bait that I used to lure you into this duel."
"So you don't have a Blue Eyes White Dragon?"
Jaina made a fake pout. "Afraid not." Her huge smile then returned to her lips. "But i will in a short time. I'll play the Stop Defense magic card which forces your monster into attack mode."
"Serena watched as her face down monster card turned face up and shifted its position. "No, my Unhappy Maiden (0/100)!"
Jaina started to giggle with glee. "I was expecting to find a weak monster, but I had no idea it would be this weak. Go Red Eyes, incinerate the Unhappy Maiden!" The Red Eyes Black Dragon reared back its head and let loose a powerful fireball and destroyed Serena's monster.
Serena: 550, Jaina: 2450.
"Just face it you poor girl," taunted Jaina. "You can't stand up to me and my Red Eyes."
Serena gritted her teeth and tightened her gaze on Jaina. "I will defeat you Jaina. I have to." Serean drew her card. "Make your Ill Prediction so that I can end this."
"The little bird has a awfully loud tweet doesn't she? I'll just guess the correct card type and take away another 700 Life Points and then I'll get your Blue Eyes White Dragon. I might as well take a guess at the card that you just drew, and I'll guess that its a trap card."
"Wrong Jaina," said Serena with a smile of her own. "It's a monster. In fact it's just the monster that I needed to destroy your Red Eyes Black Dragon. Do you remember the last card that you guessed in my hand?"
"It was the White Dragon Descent magic card."
"That's right Jaina. And the White Dragon Descent is a ritual card."
"A ritual?"
"That's right. And now I call upon the ritual's power to summon the White Dragon Paladin (1900/1200) by offering the Hysterical Angel from my hand." A white flash illuminated the field and an elegant sword fell from the ceiling. And in another flash a figure appeared behind the sword, clad in white armor. With a swift move the Paladin withdrew its sword from the ground and assumed a battle position.
"This is your plan? Your monster doesn't have enough power to stand up to my Dragon and its 2400 attack points. How are you going to attack?"
"Whoever said that it was going to be my Paladin that was going to attack?"
"But it's your only monster," said a confused Jaina.
"It is. Until I activate it's special ability."
"Special ability?"
"I can sacrifice my White Dragon Paladin and in exchange I get to summon the Blue Eyes White Dragon (3000/2500) from my deck!"
"What? No!" protested Jaina, but it was no use, the Blue Eyes appeared on the field and defeaned everyone with its roar.
"Oh yes Jaina. And with my Blue Eyes on the field your Red Eyes will bow to its great power. And with the Quick Attack magic card, this special summoned monster will crush your Red Eyes Black Dragon with its awesome White Lightning attack!"
Serena: 550, Jaina: 1850.
"It's your turn to go on the defensive Jaina. And your turn to also lose 700 Life Points thanks to your own Marie the Fallen One and Solemn Wishes."
Serena: 550, Jaina: 1150.
Jaina looked at the cards in her hand. "I vowed that my Red Eyes Black Dragon would crush you Serena and I will keep that promise now! I play Monster Reborn to bring back my Red Eyes Black Dragon from the graveyard, and then I'll equip it with the Dragon Nails magic card, raising its attck by 700 points!" A swirling vortex appeared on Jaina's side of the field creating a fierce wind that whipped around the hair of both girls. "Attack, my monster! Destroy Serena's Blue Eyes White Dragon!" shouted Jaina over the sound of the torrential wind.
"You should have waited until the smoke cleared Jaina," scolded Serena.
"And why is that?" retorted Jaina.
"Because then you would have seen it wasn't your Red Eyes that was brought back from the graveyard."
"Huh?" was all that Jaina could manage, and then she saw what Serena had been talking about. The smoke cleared and it was not the Red Eyes Black Dragon that stood there, but instead was the Red Moon Baby with the silver Dragon Nails floating beside it.
"But my Dragon? How is this possible?"
"I activated the trap card, Fairy's Hand Mirror and redirected the effects of your Monster Reborn from your Red Eyes to target your Red Moon Baby. And since you already declared your attack my Blue Eyes gets to counter attack, destroying your Red Moon Baby as well as the rest of your Life Points. I win Jaina. Hand over your Red Eyes Black Dragon."
"You dueled very Serena," congratulated Jaina, tossing her Red Eyes card to Serena who snatched it up and placed it on top of her deck. "And though you may have won my rare card, you still lose."
"What do you..." was all Serena managed to get out before she felt a sharp impact against the back of her head. The last thing she saw before she blacked out was Jaina standing over her, laughing.
Serena got up off the grass. She didn't have the time to sit around staring at the sky; she needed to get out there and win more duels. She only had the single locator card once again which meant that she had nine more before she would make it to the finals.
"So you're out of the tournament?" she heard one boy say as she walked along the street. She paused for a second to listen further.
"Yeah," the other boy answered. "Once that dragon came out, I didn't stand a chance."
"No kidding. I heard that almost no one can beat that monster. It's one of the strongest and rarest cards. I wish I had one in my deck."
When Serena heard this she stopped dead in her tracks. she whipped around to face the two kids and shouted, "Hey! Are you saying that the duelist you faced had a rare dragon card?" The kid nodded. "Where did they go?"
The kid pointed to a building just down the street. "I'm pretty sure they went in there."
Serena took off in a run down the street towards the building that the boy had pointed to. A rare dragon card? It had to be another Blue Eyes White Dragon. It wouldn't be long until she had the second Blue Eyes back in her deck and then all he would need is the third before she could leave Battle City happy.
Serena opened the door to the building, a run down factory, and stepped forward cautiously. The factory was dark and with the exception of the sunlight that poured in from the open doorway there were no other light sources that Serena could see anywhere.
"Welcome Miss Kaiba!" boomed a voice from the darkness. Serena's eyes darted around everywhere trying to find the source of the voice. She turned to exit the building but the doors slammed shut and locked tight, leaving Serena in pitch black. "Oh don't leave so soon," the voice continued. "We're going to have some fun."
"Who are you?" demanded Serena, her shouts echoing in the dark void.
"I am someone with something that you want, aren't I?" asked the voice. "That's why you burst in here isn't it? Without any knowledge about what you were going to face?"
"So what do you want?"
"Why the same thing you do, a rare dragon card." The voice seemed closer now to Serena. Almost as if...
Serena whipped around just in time to see spotlights burst on. She held up her forearm to shield her eyes from the light until they had time to adjust. After a few seconds Serena was able to make out the image of another woman standing in front of her, Duel Disk prepped.
"Welcome to my playground Serena Kaiba. My name is Jaina. You fell for my bait so prepare to lose your Blue Eyes White Dragon and leave Battle City in disgrace!"
Both players drew their opening hands. "Losers go first," said Jaina with a laugh. "You did lose to Fader yesterday didn't you?"
"Laugh all you want Jaina," retorted Serena "We'll see who comes out of this duel one rare dragon richer."
"Indeed we will, little girl."
Serena made her first draw. "I'll start by playing one monster in defense position and then I'll lay two cards face down."
"Alright then, my turn," said Jaina as she drew. "First I'll lay down one card. Then I'll play Soul Exchange which allows me to use one of your monsters as a tribute instead of my own. And I'll use your monster to summon, Marie the Fallen One (1700/1200), in attack mode. It's too bad Soul Exchange forces me to skip my Battle Phase or Marie would have been able to stomp all over your life points. I'll just end my turn."
"Enjoy it while you can Jaina," said Serena. "I play the card Maha Vailo (1550/1400), in attack mode. I'll then equip it with the Magic card Malevolent Nuzzler raising its attack by 1200 points. Now Maha Vailo, attack Marie the Fallen One!" Maha rushed at its opponent and Marie shattered into bits as it was discarded to the graveyard.
Serena: 4000, Jaina: 2950.
"So the granddaughter of Seto Kaiba might actually be able to live up to the family bloodline. But the Kaiba legacy will end with your defeat at my hands Serena. And it all starts with this trap card, Ill Prediction."
"How does that work?" asked Serena.
"I'll show you," said Jaina. "But first I'll draw my card and gain 200 Life Points."
Serena: 4000, Jaina: 3150.
"What? How?"
"During each of my turns that Marie the Fallen One is in my graveyard I gain 200 Life Points. Now I'll use the effect of Ill Prediction, which allows me to choose one card in your hand and guess as to whether it's a magic, trap or monster card. If I get it right you lose 700 Life Points." Jaina pointed to the card second from the left. "I'll guess that one is a magic card." Jaina got a wicked grin on her face. "Am I right? Tell me I'm right!"
Serena grimaced, Jaina was right, it was the magic card White Dragon Descent.
Serena: 3300, Jaina: 3150.
Jaian laughed, "Goodie for me. Now I'll lay two more cards face dwon and then I'll play the Red Moon Baby (700/1000) in attack mode, and end my turn."
Serena looked at Jaina's field. She had left a very weak monster in attack mode. It was almost as if Jaina was baiting her to attack, just as she had baited Serena into this duel in the first place. Even if it was a trap, it just wasn't an opportunity that Serena could pass up.
"I'll lay one monster in defense mode, as well as one other card. Now Maha Vailo, attack the Red Moon Baby!"
"You fell for my trap Serena! I activate the card, Reverse Trap and chain it with my other trap card Solemn Wishes."
"What do those do?" asked a worried Serena.
"Solemn Wishes allows me to gain 500 Life Points every time I draw a card," explained Jaina. "But the real treat is Reverse Trap. All the bonuses to attack that your monster would normally recive are instead subtracted from its attack power."
"But that means..." started Serena before she was cut off by Jaina.
"That means that instead of a 1200 points boost to your Maha Vailo's attack, it loses 1200 points leaving it with only 350, which is more than enough for my Red Moon Baby to destroy it!"
Serena: 2950, Jaina: 3150.
Serena watched in horror as her Maha Vailo was shattered by Jaina's monster's attack, and her look of horror became one of absoulte shock when her Maha Vailo reppaeared on Jaina's side of the field.
"Oh I guess I forgot to tell you about Red Moon Baby's special ability which allows it to ressurect any monster that it defeats and place it into play under my control. Now I'll just draw and gain 700 Life Points."
"I don't think so Jaina," said Serena smugly.
"What are you talking about?" replied Jaina in an impatient tone.
"You forgot about my face down card, the trap Drug Reaction!"
Jaina looked down at the Life Point counter on her Duel Disk and was shocked to find her Life Points drop 700 instead of rising.
Serena: 2950, Jaina: 2450.
"What did you do to me?" she screamed.
"What's the matter Jaina?" asked Serena with mock sympathy. "Is the medicine not going down nicely? Drug Reaction is a continuous trap card that makes it so that whenever you try to gain Life Points it will take them away instead."
"A nice try Serena. It would have been a good move if it weren't for one thing."
Serena folded her arms. "And what would that be?"
Jaina opened her lips into a wide smile. "There won't be enought turns for your trap to take all of my Life Points. Especially now that I have the proper number of monsters on the field to summon my all powerful dragon!"
Serena looked at the field. Jaina was right; with the Maha Vailo that her Red Moon Baby had taken from Serena, Jaina now had the two required tribute monsters she needed to sacrifice to bring out...
"The Red Eyes Black Dragon!" announced Jaina with triumph.
15th part...
"The Red Eyes Black Dragon?" started Serena in protest. "But I thought..."
"I know what you thought. You thought I had one of your granddaddie's precious Blue Eyes. That, my dear, was all a part of the bait that I used to lure you into this duel."
"So you don't have a Blue Eyes White Dragon?"
Jaina made a fake pout. "Afraid not." Her huge smile then returned to her lips. "But i will in a short time. I'll play the Stop Defense magic card which forces your monster into attack mode."
"Serena watched as her face down monster card turned face up and shifted its position. "No, my Unhappy Maiden (0/100)!"
Jaina started to giggle with glee. "I was expecting to find a weak monster, but I had no idea it would be this weak. Go Red Eyes, incinerate the Unhappy Maiden!" The Red Eyes Black Dragon reared back its head and let loose a powerful fireball and destroyed Serena's monster.
Serena: 550, Jaina: 2450.
"Just face it you poor girl," taunted Jaina. "You can't stand up to me and my Red Eyes."
Serena gritted her teeth and tightened her gaze on Jaina. "I will defeat you Jaina. I have to." Serean drew her card. "Make your Ill Prediction so that I can end this."
"The little bird has a awfully loud tweet doesn't she? I'll just guess the correct card type and take away another 700 Life Points and then I'll get your Blue Eyes White Dragon. I might as well take a guess at the card that you just drew, and I'll guess that its a trap card."
"Wrong Jaina," said Serena with a smile of her own. "It's a monster. In fact it's just the monster that I needed to destroy your Red Eyes Black Dragon. Do you remember the last card that you guessed in my hand?"
"It was the White Dragon Descent magic card."
"That's right Jaina. And the White Dragon Descent is a ritual card."
"A ritual?"
"That's right. And now I call upon the ritual's power to summon the White Dragon Paladin (1900/1200) by offering the Hysterical Angel from my hand." A white flash illuminated the field and an elegant sword fell from the ceiling. And in another flash a figure appeared behind the sword, clad in white armor. With a swift move the Paladin withdrew its sword from the ground and assumed a battle position.
"This is your plan? Your monster doesn't have enough power to stand up to my Dragon and its 2400 attack points. How are you going to attack?"
"Whoever said that it was going to be my Paladin that was going to attack?"
"But it's your only monster," said a confused Jaina.
"It is. Until I activate it's special ability."
"Special ability?"
"I can sacrifice my White Dragon Paladin and in exchange I get to summon the Blue Eyes White Dragon (3000/2500) from my deck!"
"What? No!" protested Jaina, but it was no use, the Blue Eyes appeared on the field and defeaned everyone with its roar.
"Oh yes Jaina. And with my Blue Eyes on the field your Red Eyes will bow to its great power. And with the Quick Attack magic card, this special summoned monster will crush your Red Eyes Black Dragon with its awesome White Lightning attack!"
Serena: 550, Jaina: 1850.
"It's your turn to go on the defensive Jaina. And your turn to also lose 700 Life Points thanks to your own Marie the Fallen One and Solemn Wishes."
Serena: 550, Jaina: 1150.
Jaina looked at the cards in her hand. "I vowed that my Red Eyes Black Dragon would crush you Serena and I will keep that promise now! I play Monster Reborn to bring back my Red Eyes Black Dragon from the graveyard, and then I'll equip it with the Dragon Nails magic card, raising its attck by 700 points!" A swirling vortex appeared on Jaina's side of the field creating a fierce wind that whipped around the hair of both girls. "Attack, my monster! Destroy Serena's Blue Eyes White Dragon!" shouted Jaina over the sound of the torrential wind.
"You should have waited until the smoke cleared Jaina," scolded Serena.
"And why is that?" retorted Jaina.
"Because then you would have seen it wasn't your Red Eyes that was brought back from the graveyard."
"Huh?" was all that Jaina could manage, and then she saw what Serena had been talking about. The smoke cleared and it was not the Red Eyes Black Dragon that stood there, but instead was the Red Moon Baby with the silver Dragon Nails floating beside it.
"But my Dragon? How is this possible?"
"I activated the trap card, Fairy's Hand Mirror and redirected the effects of your Monster Reborn from your Red Eyes to target your Red Moon Baby. And since you already declared your attack my Blue Eyes gets to counter attack, destroying your Red Moon Baby as well as the rest of your Life Points. I win Jaina. Hand over your Red Eyes Black Dragon."
"You dueled very Serena," congratulated Jaina, tossing her Red Eyes card to Serena who snatched it up and placed it on top of her deck. "And though you may have won my rare card, you still lose."
"What do you..." was all Serena managed to get out before she felt a sharp impact against the back of her head. The last thing she saw before she blacked out was Jaina standing over her, laughing.