Chapter 4
"Hey, Mike, I got another card here for you." I said as I held it out to him
"Nah that's a Warrior, Will, you might want to hold onto it."
"Hey, Will, what's that card on the left?" Leah asked
"Oh, it's a Sea Serpent Warrior of Darkness. Here." I said as I handed her the card
The three of us had been at this for hours already. We had each gotten some really powerful new cards that we instantly just felt like we bonded with. Like we couldn't understand how we had ever gotten along without them. And this had prompted us to build entirely new decks. We had set our original decks aside however, so we would not be tempted to pull cards from them. Especially me, since I still felt as though it was my duty to defeat Kaiba using that particular deck.
"Hey, Leah, can you hand me a pop?" I asked
"Sure." She said as she twisted around she reached for the cooler behind her. And in the process gave me a not to unrevealing look at her stomach as her shirt lifted up.
You idiot quit staring before she notices!
"Here you go." She said cheerfully as she handed me the drink
"Well I think I'm finished. Unless either of you have anything to contribute to the cause." Mike said while he patted the stack of cards that was his new deck
"Lemme take a look." Leah said as she snatched the cards out from in front of him leaving Mike with a shocked look on his face
She leafed through them for a while and then went back, stopped, and pulled a single card out of the stack. She flipped it up so we could both see it, Gearfried the Iron Knight.
"Well I'm pretty sure this wasn't supposed to be in there. But I'll bet that Will could put it to good use." She said as she handed me the card
And on and on it went for at least another half an hour. But eventually we worked out every strategy that we could think of with the available cards, which was actually a pretty good selection. So in the end each of us slid our new decks into our deck-cases. They each placed their original decks into some spare cases and put them in their boxes with the leftover cards from our building spree. I however went over to my desk and pulled a special case out of the bottom drawer. It was solid aluminum, so as to be durable and lightweight, and was hinged at the top so that the whole front face could flip up. It had a lock on each of the sides other than the hinged side.
"Mike, you asked me earlier why I would use this deck. Well the truth is that I never really wanted to. My plan actually was that after I dueled Kaiba then I would lock this deck away and start from scratch." I said as I showed them the heavy case, "Now, however, I have a brand new deck so it looks like I get to lock it up early. So, you two want to be my key holders?"
"Key holders?"
"Yea, there're three locks on this and there's three separate keys. One for each of us."
"So you want to lock you deck inside and leave one of the keys with each of us." Leah stated
"That's right. So can I trust you two not to lose these? And to not let me use this until I have my chance to duel with Kaiba?"
"You can count on us." Mike said as he stood up and clenched his hand determinedly
"Alright." I said
I picked up my deck from its resting place next to my new deck and set it inside the case. I closed the cover and put my lock through the bottom latch and clicked it shut. I then handed the other two locks to my friends and allowed them to click them in place.
"Well, that's that. Oh and here you go." I said as I handed a key to each of them.
"So now what do you think we should do?" Leah asked
Mike and I glanced at each other and grinned.
"Duel." We said together
"Three way?" Leah asked
"Sure, why not." Mike replied
The three of us sat on the floor in a rough triangle. We each grabbed our new decks and started shuffling them. After we were satisfied with shuffling we handed them to the person clockwise from us. We each took the deck offered to us and took the top half of the cards and placed them on the bottom, merely a formality of course. We then handed the decks back to their respective owners.
"So who goes first?" Mike asked
"The lady, of course." I replied
"Well don't expect me to go easy on you just for showing a bit of chivalry." She stated as she drew six cards from her deck
Leah LP: 4000/Will LP: 4000/ Mike LP: 4000
Mike and I each drew five cards. I looked over the cards that I held in my hand and grinned. I probably should have kept my poker face on.
"Well, looks like somebody drew a good hand." Mike said
"Just wait and see." I replied
"Alright I'm going to start off with Sinister Serpent Reptile 300/250 in defense mode. And I'll set two cards face-down and end my turn" Leah said as she played the green snake in a horizontal position
"Alright, my turn." I said as I drew my sixth card and looked over my hand again
Might as well start offensively. Then again, this is a three-way duel and a lot can happen before I get my next turn. With that in mind I think I'll do this…
"I'll summon Gearfried the Iron Knight Warrior 1800/1600 in attack mode. And I'll also set two cards face-down." I said as I placed said cards in their proper places and positions
"And with that my turn is done." I ended
Mike drew his card, looked over his hand, glanced at the field, and grinned.
"I'll play Snatch Steal on Gearfried. This will let me take control of Gearfried for as long as Snatch Steal is on the field, also you would gain 1000 Life Points during each of your standby phases. However I'm going to sacrifice your Gearfried in order to summon my Vampire Lord Zombie 2000/1500 in attack mode. Now I'll set one card face-down and I'll end my turn."
Leah LP: 4000/Will LP: 4000/ Mike LP: 4000
Leah drew her card and looked over her hand.
"I'll sacrifice my Sinister Serpent in order to summon my Mobius the Frost Monarch Aqua 2400/1000 in attack mode. And when my Mobius is successfully Tribute Summoned I can destroy two Spell or Trap cards on the field, and I think I'll take one from each of you." She said as she slid Sinister Serpent into the Graveyard, and put her Monarch on the field in a vertical position
Mike and I both grimaced as we took our cards and placed them in our Graveyards.
"Now I think I'm going to attack Mike, since he has no backup to speak of and I'll end my turn." She said
Leah LP: 4000/Will LP: 4000/ Mike LP: 3600
Mike placed his Vampire Lord into the Graveyard and I drew my card for the turn.
Oh, this is gonna be good.
"I'll activate my face-down continuous trap card Enervating Mist this card makes the hand-limit for all players five cards for as long as it is on the field. Now I'll summon Sasuke Samurai 3 Warrior 1000/1000 and I'll use it to attack Mikes Life Points directly!" I said
Leah LP: 4000/Will LP: 4000/ Mike LP: 2600
"And when my Sasuke does damage to a players Life Points that player has to draw until they have seven cards in their hand."
"Thanks for the cards." Mike said as he started to draw his cards.
As he drew his sixth card, however, he froze and looked at my field with a horrified look on his face.
"Oh, shit." He moaned
"What?" Leah asked
"Will just decked me." Mike groaned as he flipped his deck over onto his graveyard and placed his hand on top
"How?" She asked
"My Sasuke forced him to draw until he had seven cards in his hand, but because of my Enervating Mist he had to discard when he got to six cards. Since he still hadn't drawn his seven he had to pick up another one and discard it right away. And on and on until his whole deck was sitting in his graveyard." I explained
"Damn, that was cruel." She said
"Yea, no kidding." Mike said
"Sorry man. Anyways, now that I'm done with that I think I'll play the Magic card Heavy Storm. This card will destroy all Magic/Spell and Trap cards on the field."
I placed my Enervating Mist card in the Graveyard as Leah placed both of her set cards into the Graveyard as well.
"Now I'll set one card and I'll end my turn."
Leah LP: 4000/Will LP: 4000/ Mike LP: 0
She drew her card and added it to her hand. She then picked her Sinister Serpent out of her Graveyard and added it back into her hand.
"During my Standby Phase if there is a Sinister Serpent in my Graveyard I may add it to my hand." She said and then spent a moment looking over her hand
"I'll play Change of Heart! In order to take control of your Sasuke for one turn. But one turn's all it's going to take. Because I'm going to sacrifice your Sasuke for my Deepsea Warrior Warrior 1600/1800 in attack mode."
I placed my Sasuke in the Graveyard as she placed her Warrior on the field in attack position.
"Now I'll attack you directly with both of my monsters causing 4000 points of damage and ending this game!"
"Well it would end the game. If I was to actually let you hit me. Which I'm not. Because I'm going to activate my face-down trap card Mirror Force! This card will negate the attack of your monsters and destroy all attack position monsters on your side of the field." I said as I flipped up said trap and placed it into my Graveyard
"Damn!" She said as she placed her two monsters into her Graveyard
"I'll play Scapegoat and end my turn." She said as she placed four tokens on the field to represent her four scapegoats
Leah LP: 4000/Will LP: 4000/ Mike LP: 0
I drew my card and didn't hesitate to play it.
"I'll play Pot of Greed in order to draw two cards." I said as I slid the cards from the top of my deck and held them out in front of me
"I'll summon my Dark Blade Warrior 1800/1500 in attack mode and I'll attack one of your goat tokens. And I'll end my turn." I said as she removed one of her tokens from the field.
Leah LP: 4000/Will LP: 4000/ Mike LP: 0
"Alright, I'm up, draw!" She said as she snapped the top card off of her deck
"And I'll play a card face-down and end my turn." She said as she chose a card from her hand and set in the Magic/Spell and Trap card zone
"My turn." I said as I drew
"I'll play my Obnoxious Celtic Guardian Warrior 1400/1200 in attack mode. And I'll have both of my monsters attack your goat tokens!" I said
"Not so fast! I activate Sakuretsu Armor, when you declare an attack I can destroy the attacking monster. So I'm going to destroy your Dark Blade!" She said as she flipped up her face-down card and set it in the Graveyard
"Oh well, at least I got rid of one of those goats." I said as she removed another token andI put my Dark Blade in my Graveyard
"I'll end my turn." I said
Leah LP: 4000/Will LP: 4000/ Mike LP: 0
She drew her card and instantly played it on the field.
"I'll summon Gagagigo Reptile 1850/1000 in attack mode, and I'll use it to attack your Guardian!"
Leah LP: 4000/Will LP: 3550/ Mike LP: 0
"Damn, my Guardian." I said as placed it in the Graveyard
"Your turn." She said
Please I need something that can either stall or destroy her monster.
I drew my card and played it on the field.
"I'll summon Zombyra the Dark Warrior 2100/500 in attack position and I'll have it attack your Gagagigo!" I said
"My monster..." She said as she set it in the Graveyard
"Unfortunately my monsters ATK goes down by 200 points every time it battles with another monster so that means that my Zombyra is down to 1900 ATK points now. Oh, and I end my turn" I said
Leah LP: 3750/Will LP: 3550/ Mike LP: 0
She drew her card for the turn and looked her hand over.
"I'll play my Sinister Serpent Reptile 300/250 in defense mode, and I'll end my turn."
I drew my card and grinned.
Things are lookin' up.
"I play the Magic card Raigeki! This card destroys all monsters on my opponents' side of the field!"
"Aw man." She said as she removed her tokens and put hr snake in the Graveyard
"And with that I end my turn." I said
Leah LP: 3750/Will LP: 3550/ Mike LP: 0
"How come you didn't attack?" she asked
"Because Zombyra can't attack a player directly." I stated
"Oh." She said as she drew her card and took her Sinister Serpent out of the Graveyard again.
"I'll play my Sea Serpent Warrior of Darkness Sea Serpent 1800/1500 in defense mode. And I'll end my turn." She said as she played her card
I drew my card and played it on the field.
"I'll summon Command Knight Warrior 1200/1900 to the field in attack mode. This card will raise all Warrior monster ATK points by 400, so my Zombyra goes to 2300 and Command Knight goes to 1600. Now I'll use Zombyra to attack you Sea Serpent, and I'll have Command Knight attack you directly!" I said and she placed her monster in the Graveyard.
"Now my Zombyra goes back down to 2100 ATK points, and I'll end my turn."
Leah LP: 2150/Will LP: 3550/ Mike LP: 0
She drew her card and played it.
"I'll summon another Sea Serpent Warrior of Darkness Sea Serpent 1800/1500 in attack mode, and I'll have it attack your Command Knight!"
"I don't think so. My Command Knight cannot be attacked as long as I have another monster on the field. So you wasted you attack, and it's too late to switch you monster back to defense mode." I said
"Go." She said sounding a little angry
I drew and looked at the card, then at the field, then at the card again.
Alright I was hoping I'd draw something like this.
"Now I'll play the equip magic card Lightning Blade on my Zombyra the Dark, this will raise its ATK points to 2900. And now I'll have it attack your Sea Serpent!" I said
"This'll drop your Life Points by 1100." I aid as she put her monster in the Graveyard with its brethren
Leah LP: 1050/Will LP: 3550/ Mike LP: 0
"And now that your monster is out of the way I'll have Command Knight attack your Life Points directly for 1600, ending this game!"
Leah LP: 0/Will LP: 3550/ Mike LP: 0
"Well it sure took you two long enough! I was bored out of my skull over here." Mike complained from where he was sitting on my bed
"Sorry, but Leah actually put up a fight." I said cockily
"Why I auta…" He said
"Just kidding man." I said, holding my arms up like I'd been caught stealing or something
"Hey, why don't we all just settle down? We could watch a movie or something." Leah said
"Yea a movie sounds good." I said
And maybe if I'm lucky Leah will sit next to me too.