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SIDE NOTE: Yeah……… um. Well, you waited, so I'm updating! I FINALLY got SOME sort of idea in my head. Whew. Well, I thank those who reviewed. This fic is doing better than I expected. But whatever works, right? Well, read on!
"Please remember that Battle City rules apply," Kaiba added. "You'll both begin with 4000 life points."
"Ready, Serenity?" Marik called over to the other side of the arena, his hand already drawn. Serenity gave him a thumbs- up to let him know she was ready. Marik smiled. "Why don't you go first?"
"Okay!" Serenity looked at her hand. "Okay……… let's see……… my brother told me that the opening move is the most important one, so……… hmm………"
"Listening to her brother?" Kaiba muttered under his breath. "Poor thing. She's not going to get very far………"
"I heard that!" Serenity turned and shot a sharp look at Kaiba. Then she focused her attention back to the duel. "Now, let's see……… I'm going to place one monster in defense mode, and I'll put one card face down. Your turn!"
Marik sent a smirk in Kaiba's direction. "Smooth move, Kaiba. Insulting her brother."
"Oh, like you don't do it often?"
Marik blushed. "Shut up! She'll hear you! Okay………" Marik turned his attention back to his hand. "Okay, Serenity; I also place a card face down, and I'll put my Revival Jam in defense mode. Your turn."
"That SAME old strategy AGAIN?" Kaiba said rather loudly. Serenity blinked. Marik shot Kaiba glare.
"Oh, it's okay. I haven't really seen it before," Serenity smiled. "Let's see……… Revival Jam……… I've heard about this one. Okay, it regenerates every time it's attacked, so……… I can't attack it. But, there's also his face down card. Hmm………"
Now, for just about any other duelist, this would have been extremely annoying. However, since both Marik's and Kaiba's infatuations were getting in the way, they didn't care. They stood there waiting patiently while Serenity took her time in figuring out her move.
"Okay, I have it!" Serenity placed one card face down with a cheerful smile on her face and then placed out Witch of the Black Forest in attack mode. "Was that a good move?"
"It was a great move, Serenity!" Marik said, hoping to earn some serious brownie points with her. Kaiba rolled his eyes. "But, you left your monster vulnerable…so, I'll play this…" He pulled out his Worm Drake and placed it in attack mode. "And I attack your Witch!"
Serenity giggled. "I think I've got you there, Namu," she said. "You forgot about my face down card. She flipped it over to reveal it as Mirror Force. Worm Drake was promptly destroyed. "Yay! I destroyed one of your monsters!"
"I can't believe I didn't see that coming…" Marik said with a laugh. "Well, I'll get you next time! I'll play this Slime Generator. It'll give me one Slime Token each turn. That ends my turn."
Serenity looked at the field and her brow furrowed in concentration. She looked at her hand. "Hmm…okay! I've got it! I'll just switch Witch of the Black Forest in defense mode, and then play Giant Trunade! That'll put your Generator out."
Kaiba didn't hide his laughter at the fact that Marik was obviously losing. Marik was trying his very hardest to ignore him, even if he was dying to strangle Kaiba. "Okay! I'm going to play Jam Defender! Which means you can only attack my Revival Jam. Good luck on that one."
"That one's easy!" Serenity said cheerily. "Revival Jam can only revive if it's in defense mode, right? So I'll just play this little Defense Blocker…" Revival Jam was instantly placed in attack mode, "…and I'll have my Witch of the Black Forest attack!" Revival Jam was destroyed, thus destroying Marik's Jam Defender card. He was speechless. She really was good!
"Amazing," Kaiba chuckled at the side. "I do believe she's going to beat you, Marik. Oh, excuse me—Namu," he said mockingly. "Are you going easy on her, or are you really that pathetic?"
"Zip it, rich boy," Marik hissed under his breath. "This is my date. Do not ruin it." Then he called to Serenity, "That was an awesome move! You're really good at this! But it's my turn now." He discarded his Slime Generator. "Hmm…looks like I can't do too much. So I'll use Pot of Greed and draw two cards from my hand."
Serenity didn't hesitate. She was having fun. "I'll sacrifice Witch of the Black Forest so I can play Queen's Knight. And I'll attack your life points!" The attack was successful, and Serenity was ecstatic. Marik looked proud, as though it was his accomplishment or something.
"She is really beating you," Kaiba said amusedly. Marik chose to ignore that.
"Okay! Here comes a big move, Serenity! You ready?"
"Give me what you got!" Serenity said playfully. Marik smiled.
"Okay, then! Here goes!" Marik dished out his move quickly. "I'll revive my Worm Drake and bring out Humanoid Slime. Then I'll play Polymerization to make the two into Humanoid Drake. And since it's Battle City rules, my creature can't attack yet. So it's your turn, Serenity!"
"Um, okay…that's a tough move to follow…" Serenity looked concentrated again. Kaiba wandered over to her.
"Don't worry. You're already beating him; you have absolutely nothing to worry about," he said to her. "I'm sure any move you make will knock him down."
"Thanks, Kaiba," Serenity chirped. "You're really encouraging!"
Kaiba smirked and strutted back over to Marik to rub the praise in his face. "I try."
"Well, let's see…" Serenity drew a card. "Aha! This'll do! I'll play Defusion, and that puts your monsters apart. Then I'll use this card…" She pulled out Brain Control, "…and I'll take your Worm Drake for a turn. Then I'll have both Worm Drake and Queen's Knight attack. One for Humanoid Slime and one for your life points. And I'm done!"
The duel didn't last very long after that. There was a brief period where Marik started to knock down some life points…but Serenity eventually won. Okay, so Marik had been going a little easy on her, but that still didn't change the fact that she was a good duelist on her own. Her brother had taught her well.
"I had so much fun, Namu!" Serenity squealed. "And I can't believe I won…are you sure you didn't go easy on me?"
"It was all you, Serenity, I promise," Marik assured her with a smile. He was gladly walking her home after their duel, and a nice little lunch, much to Kaiba's distaste. "You're really good!"
"I have my brother to thank," Serenity said proudly. Marik's face fell. Right. Her brother. When he returned…this happiness was all over.
They arrived at Serenity's house, and Marik's smile returned. They halted at her door, kind of hovering around each other. Marik looked at her shyly and gave her a small kiss on the cheek. "Well, um…see you some other time?"
Serenity blushed. "Yeah. Maybe we can do this again." She opened her door and went inside. Marik stood there for a few more moments, staring at the closed door. Then he left with a happy memory.
From inside, Serenity watched him leave. "Did you have fun?" her mother asked. Serenity turned to her mother and nodded.
"He's very sweet. I don't think Seto Kabia liked that." Serenity laughed.
"Oh?" Amber raised an eyebrow. It added to her half-smile and made her look kind of sneaky. "You think he likes you?"
"Kaiba?"
"Yes."
"Of course. Otherwise he wouldn't have been gloating when I gave him a compliment," Serenity replied. She sighed. "Boys are silly sometimes."
"Yes, well…try not to break anyone's heart, my dear," her mother said. Serenity smiled.
"I won't."
What do you think Serenity is? A dummy? Of course she knows they like her! I dunno…I don't like making women naïve, even if they usually are. I just think it's disgusting. Anyway, I hope you liked that chapter. You all waited long enough for it. Well, plz review!
