"You're her, aren't you?" Vaughn asked Serena as he took his place in their
dueling room.
"Her who?" Serena replied indignantly.
"You are," he continued. "Seto Kaiba's grandaughter."
"So what?"
"No one is going to believe me when I tell them that I beat you."
"That sounds about right," Serena said with a smile. "Considering that you won't."
"Oh, you've got fire. That's good," Vaughn said cockily. "How about after I win this tournament you and me go out and paint the town red?"
"Ugh, no thanks. There are already enough things in my life that make me vomit. Are we going to duel or what? Or is your plan to try and beat me with bad come-ons?"
"Have it your way," he said drawing his cards. "I'll lay a card face down, and summon a monster in defense mode."
"Alright," said Serena drawing her own hand. "I summon Magical Reflector (1700/1000) and I'll have it attack your face down monster."
"Say hello to the Wall of Illusion (1000/1850)," announced Vaughn triumphantly as he flipped over his monster. "Not only do you lose 150 Life Points but your Reflector returns to your hand, leaving you defenseless."
Serena: 3850, Vaughn: 4000.
"I'm not completely defenseless," protested Serena.
"But you can only summon one monster per turn."
"Not exactly true."
"What?"
"I'll activate the White Dragon Descent ritual card!"
"I don't think so. I'll activate Magic Jammer to counter and negate your ritual by discarding a card from my hand."
"Damn, I'll have to end my turn."
"And I'll summon Ryu-Kishin Powered (1600/1200) and attack your Life Points directly."
Serena: 2250, Vaughn: 4000.
"And my turn isn't over yet. I take it from your ritual card and the monster you just tried to summon that the rumors are true?"
"What rumors?"
"That the grandaughter of Seto Kaiba uses the same awesome beast that he once used, the Blue Eyes White Dragon?"
"That's right," Serena replied. She then held up her hand to him showing three fingers. "In fact, I've got all three Blue Eyes in my deck."
"That's what I figured." Vaughn paused for a moment, reflecting on the situation. "None of the monsters in my deck have enough attack power to desroy a Blue Eyes White Dragon."
"Most duelists don't." Serena was feeling a bit better. her Blue Eyes seemed to have this duelist worried, something she could easily exploit.
"I'll just have to make sure that none of your Blues Eyes ever make it out to the field."
"And how do you plan on doing that?"
"With this magic card, Prohibition. I can name any card in Duel Monsters and once I do, neither one of us can play that card. I'll name the Blue Eyes White Dragon. Now your dragons are no threat to me, and I'm willing to bet that there isn't another monster in your deck that compares to your precious Blue Eyes."
Serena felt stress begin to build within her. With the Prohibition card in play she had been robbed of her trump cards, and three of her strongest monsters.
"I'll lay one card face down, and summon First Lady of the Sword (1700/700) to attack your Ryu-Kishin Powered."
Serena: 2250, Vaughn: 3900.
"Well it's about time," said Vaughn, miming a yawning action. "I thought I was going to beat you without losing any Life Points at all."
His comments were continuing to anger Serena, she wanted nothing more at that moment than to rush over there and pop his ugly little head off. "Make your move already!" she shouted.
"Alright. I'll summon the Vorse Raider (1900/1200) and I'll attack your First Lady of the Sword!" The Vorse Raider appeared on the field, weapon in hand and moved to strike down Serena'a monster. Before it could hit though, the First Lady of the Sword disappeared from the field. "What happened?" Vaughn shouted.
"Just a little change of plans," Serena explained. "And targets."
"What are you talking about?"
"When you declared your attack, I activate my face down card; the quickplay magic card, Switch, which allowed me to take my First Lady of the Sword and return it to my hand. And in its place I can summon any other monster in my hand. And I summon, the Red Eyes Black Dragon (2400/2000)!"
"Oh no!"
"So much for your theory about my deck Vaughn. You should know that a good duelist doesn't just rely on one card to win a game for her. She keeps a collection of powerful cards. And once again now, I'll play my First Lady of the Sword again and I'll attack your Vorse Raider with my Red Eyes!"
Serena: 2250, Vaughn: 3400.
"I could attack your Wall of Illusion with my First Lady but I'd just lose another 150 Life Points. So it's your turn Vaughn."
"So it is," Vaugh said as he drew his card. "And you can say goodbye to your Red Eyes. I'll start by tributing my Wall of Illusion to summon the King of Yamimakai (2000/1530) in attack mode!"
"Yamimakai doesn't stand a chance against my Red Eyes Black Dragon."
"Not as he is, but I also activate the field magic card, Mystic Plasma Zone, boosting the attack power of my King of Yamimakai and all my other Dark mosnters by 500 points, making it stronger than your dragon."
Serenas lowered her gaze and began to shake her head. "You really should learn to do your homework Vaughn," she said. "Mystic Plasma Zone increases the attack power of all Dark monsters on the field, even my own. Which means that my Red Eyes Black Dragon got the same 500 point boost that your King did. I'm still stronger."
"Your dragon may have gotten stronger from my Plasma Zone, but your First Lady of the Sword didn't. and you left it wide open and in attack mode. King of Yamimakai, attack!"
Serena: 1550, Vaughn: 3400.
"One good turn deserves another Vaughn. Red Eyes attack the King of Yamimakai!"
Serena: 1550, Vaughn: 3000.
Vaughn looked over his hand and finally drew a card from his deck. He paused to look at his new card for a second and then looked Serena in the eye. "Your Red Eyes is amazing," he said beat. "As long as it's on the field I won't stand a chance. I guess it's a good thing that it won't be on the field for much longer. I activate my rarest card, the Dark Hole!"
A huge dark vortex appeared in the middle of the field and began to grow as it swirled around. Serena looked on in horror as her Red Eyes began to get drawn into the hole despite its valiant efforts to fight against the powerful gravitational forces. Ultimatly its struggles were in vain and it was sucked into the gaping hole and was destroyed.
"That's not all of the fun," Vaughn continued. "Now I'll activate Monster Reborn to bring back your own Red Eyes from hte graveyard. And I'll use the Polymerization card that I have to fuse the Red Eyes with a monster from my hand, the Summoned Skull (2500/1200). They join together to create the Black Skull Dragon (3200/2500), the instrument of your destruction!"
"Her who?" Serena replied indignantly.
"You are," he continued. "Seto Kaiba's grandaughter."
"So what?"
"No one is going to believe me when I tell them that I beat you."
"That sounds about right," Serena said with a smile. "Considering that you won't."
"Oh, you've got fire. That's good," Vaughn said cockily. "How about after I win this tournament you and me go out and paint the town red?"
"Ugh, no thanks. There are already enough things in my life that make me vomit. Are we going to duel or what? Or is your plan to try and beat me with bad come-ons?"
"Have it your way," he said drawing his cards. "I'll lay a card face down, and summon a monster in defense mode."
"Alright," said Serena drawing her own hand. "I summon Magical Reflector (1700/1000) and I'll have it attack your face down monster."
"Say hello to the Wall of Illusion (1000/1850)," announced Vaughn triumphantly as he flipped over his monster. "Not only do you lose 150 Life Points but your Reflector returns to your hand, leaving you defenseless."
Serena: 3850, Vaughn: 4000.
"I'm not completely defenseless," protested Serena.
"But you can only summon one monster per turn."
"Not exactly true."
"What?"
"I'll activate the White Dragon Descent ritual card!"
"I don't think so. I'll activate Magic Jammer to counter and negate your ritual by discarding a card from my hand."
"Damn, I'll have to end my turn."
"And I'll summon Ryu-Kishin Powered (1600/1200) and attack your Life Points directly."
Serena: 2250, Vaughn: 4000.
"And my turn isn't over yet. I take it from your ritual card and the monster you just tried to summon that the rumors are true?"
"What rumors?"
"That the grandaughter of Seto Kaiba uses the same awesome beast that he once used, the Blue Eyes White Dragon?"
"That's right," Serena replied. She then held up her hand to him showing three fingers. "In fact, I've got all three Blue Eyes in my deck."
"That's what I figured." Vaughn paused for a moment, reflecting on the situation. "None of the monsters in my deck have enough attack power to desroy a Blue Eyes White Dragon."
"Most duelists don't." Serena was feeling a bit better. her Blue Eyes seemed to have this duelist worried, something she could easily exploit.
"I'll just have to make sure that none of your Blues Eyes ever make it out to the field."
"And how do you plan on doing that?"
"With this magic card, Prohibition. I can name any card in Duel Monsters and once I do, neither one of us can play that card. I'll name the Blue Eyes White Dragon. Now your dragons are no threat to me, and I'm willing to bet that there isn't another monster in your deck that compares to your precious Blue Eyes."
Serena felt stress begin to build within her. With the Prohibition card in play she had been robbed of her trump cards, and three of her strongest monsters.
"I'll lay one card face down, and summon First Lady of the Sword (1700/700) to attack your Ryu-Kishin Powered."
Serena: 2250, Vaughn: 3900.
"Well it's about time," said Vaughn, miming a yawning action. "I thought I was going to beat you without losing any Life Points at all."
His comments were continuing to anger Serena, she wanted nothing more at that moment than to rush over there and pop his ugly little head off. "Make your move already!" she shouted.
"Alright. I'll summon the Vorse Raider (1900/1200) and I'll attack your First Lady of the Sword!" The Vorse Raider appeared on the field, weapon in hand and moved to strike down Serena'a monster. Before it could hit though, the First Lady of the Sword disappeared from the field. "What happened?" Vaughn shouted.
"Just a little change of plans," Serena explained. "And targets."
"What are you talking about?"
"When you declared your attack, I activate my face down card; the quickplay magic card, Switch, which allowed me to take my First Lady of the Sword and return it to my hand. And in its place I can summon any other monster in my hand. And I summon, the Red Eyes Black Dragon (2400/2000)!"
"Oh no!"
"So much for your theory about my deck Vaughn. You should know that a good duelist doesn't just rely on one card to win a game for her. She keeps a collection of powerful cards. And once again now, I'll play my First Lady of the Sword again and I'll attack your Vorse Raider with my Red Eyes!"
Serena: 2250, Vaughn: 3400.
"I could attack your Wall of Illusion with my First Lady but I'd just lose another 150 Life Points. So it's your turn Vaughn."
"So it is," Vaugh said as he drew his card. "And you can say goodbye to your Red Eyes. I'll start by tributing my Wall of Illusion to summon the King of Yamimakai (2000/1530) in attack mode!"
"Yamimakai doesn't stand a chance against my Red Eyes Black Dragon."
"Not as he is, but I also activate the field magic card, Mystic Plasma Zone, boosting the attack power of my King of Yamimakai and all my other Dark mosnters by 500 points, making it stronger than your dragon."
Serenas lowered her gaze and began to shake her head. "You really should learn to do your homework Vaughn," she said. "Mystic Plasma Zone increases the attack power of all Dark monsters on the field, even my own. Which means that my Red Eyes Black Dragon got the same 500 point boost that your King did. I'm still stronger."
"Your dragon may have gotten stronger from my Plasma Zone, but your First Lady of the Sword didn't. and you left it wide open and in attack mode. King of Yamimakai, attack!"
Serena: 1550, Vaughn: 3400.
"One good turn deserves another Vaughn. Red Eyes attack the King of Yamimakai!"
Serena: 1550, Vaughn: 3000.
Vaughn looked over his hand and finally drew a card from his deck. He paused to look at his new card for a second and then looked Serena in the eye. "Your Red Eyes is amazing," he said beat. "As long as it's on the field I won't stand a chance. I guess it's a good thing that it won't be on the field for much longer. I activate my rarest card, the Dark Hole!"
A huge dark vortex appeared in the middle of the field and began to grow as it swirled around. Serena looked on in horror as her Red Eyes began to get drawn into the hole despite its valiant efforts to fight against the powerful gravitational forces. Ultimatly its struggles were in vain and it was sucked into the gaping hole and was destroyed.
"That's not all of the fun," Vaughn continued. "Now I'll activate Monster Reborn to bring back your own Red Eyes from hte graveyard. And I'll use the Polymerization card that I have to fuse the Red Eyes with a monster from my hand, the Summoned Skull (2500/1200). They join together to create the Black Skull Dragon (3200/2500), the instrument of your destruction!"