"Wow, she's way better than last time. It's almost like she's a different
person." Ryu spoke in the dim light as he watched the exchange.
"Yeah, but something seems wrong. I'd hate to think it but she may be holding back for Robert benefit." Sammantha commented as she watched Robert draw his card and weigh his options.
"All right sis, I'll play White Dragon Ritual..." Robert was cut off as Kelly activated a trap card.
"Not so fast Robert, I'm activating my Imperial Order trap card. Negating the activation of all magic cards." Kelly explained as Roberts ritual magic card sparked and fizzled.
"Well, that's going to hinder me a little Kelly but it's hurting you a lot more." Robert commented as her Paladins axes and magically imbued strength vanished leaving the the blonde warrior with only eighteen hundred attack points.
"Now my Spear Dragon can wipe out the remainder of your life points." Roberts Spear Dragon, heeding it's masters order charged up it's attack.
"Sorry to disappoint bro but I've got another trap card, Power Balancer!" Kelly spoke as the card activated, Her paladins attack rose by seventy five points. Roberts Spear Dragon slammed into the paladin taking out only twenty five Life points and destroying the blonde beast.
"Power Balancer increases the selected monsters attack power by twenty five points for every card equipped to it. That net's my Paladin an extra seventy five points and keeps me safe uuntil the next turn." Kelly explained
"Not bad Kel, you're doing much better than last time But I can still wipe you out with my Emerald Dragon." Robert complimented and stated.
"You're not doing to bad yourself Rob, took you a lot longer to get my Life Points down last time, but you still can't hurt me. Power Balancer won't let you attack me unless I've got a monster on the field." Kelly replied with her own subtle compliment.
Yugi approached Sammantha and Ryu in the dim light, carrying a paper cup and a cardboard container.
"Wow, It must've taken longer than I thought for them to wrap my order to go." He commented and nodded towards Kelly's Life Point count.
"Nah, believe it or not it's only been a small handful of turns. Kelly's playing really well, she's been able to shut Robert down at almost every turn since the Fiber Jar he got from Joey reset the match." Ryu spoke excitedly.
"Yeah, she's been playing a really good match so far." Sammantha said as she looked over at Yugi who was watching Kelly draw her card as he slurped on his soda through a straw.
"I'm going to pass on paying Imperial Orders cost and let it be destroyed. Now I;ll play Monster Reborn to bring back my Amazoness paladin. Then I'll summon my Amazoness Sword woman and equip her with United We Stand, increasing her attack power to thirty one hundred." Kelly's newest monster twirled her sword and her attack power climbed.
"Now, destroy his Emerald Dragon!" Kelly called out to her Amazon monster which promptly bounded across the field and sliced the huge green dragon in two, as its halves slid apart it burst into a cloud of pixels and vanished, as did a chunk of Roberts life points.
Robert: 3200
Kelly: 0075
"Since my Paladin and your Spear Dragon are even I'm going to end my turn." Kelly said, passing the turn to Robert.
Robert drew, his Life Points were practically wide open for attack his mind raced as he tried to find a combo in his hand that could either win the duel here and now or stall until he could regroup.
'Let's see, monster, magic, magic, trap... Wow!' Robert smiled. He'd actually forgotten this card was in his deck.
"I'll set one monster face down then I'll lay down two cards and end my turn. Your move sis." Roberts smile was back it was a faint one but it was back.
Kelly saw the smile on his face, and even in the faint light she could see the gleam in his eyes. As she drew her card she looked over her hand.
'Three Monsters and a magic card, Well more power never hurts.' She thought as she summoned a second Amazoness Paladin.
"Now I've got more than enough power to wipe you out and finish this duel. Amazons, ATTACK!" Kelly cried out, her two Paladins tore into Roberts face down card and his Spear Dragon.
The face down card flipped to reveal a Witch of the Black Forest and the Spear Dragon vanished taking one hundred points out of Roberts total Life Point count.
The Sword woman was about to bring her blade down on Roberts head when he reached forward and pressed an activation button on his Duel Disk, "ACTIVATE TRAP! MAGIC CYLINDERS!" The Sword woman was sucked into one of the tubes and launched out the opposite right back a Kelly.
Robert: 3100
Kelly: 0000
The field shut down and the dim light it provided was gone. Robert and Kelly stood opposite one another in the dark. Both were smiling and both were crying.
"So, you're in the finals now huh?" Kelly called out from across the field to her brother who was slowly being lit as the moon came out from behind the clouds overhead.
"Yeah, this really awesome duelist helped me out. She gave me one of the most memorable Duels I'll ever have the honor of participating." Robert called back as he walked toward his little sister.
They met halfway and hugged.
"Thanks Kel, I know I didn't say it before but, it's great to have you back." Robert whispered as he embraced his sister.
"No Problem Robby. It's great to be back." She replied.
Samamntha, Ryu and Yugi came up as the two siblings broke their embrace. Samamntha leapt into Roberts arms, wrapping her legs around his midsection she gave him a congratulatory kiss.
"Great Duel you guys." Yugi and Ryu said simultaneously. The two immediately looked at one another with an odd look on their faces then laughed.
Behind the group a tram pulled up and two familiar faces looked out from the central car.
"Hey, are we going to the finals or what?" Joey called out.
The five Duelists shuffled aboard the tram and took their seats.
Joey leaned forward and tapped Robert on the shoulder.
"Hey, you in the finals yet?" The blonde haired Duelist asked as he held up his Duel Disk to show that he was.
"Yeah, Just qualified. Kelly helped me out by Dueling me." Robert replied, his green eyes catching a flash of reflecting moonlight off of one of the Islands man made lakes.
"What's up with Mai? I haven't known her for long but she doesn't strike me as the silent type." Robert asked as he nodded towards the attractive older woman.
"Nothing, she's always like this before a big duel. You should've seen her before the battle City Finals." Joey answered then asked a question of his own.
"Is Sammantha alright? She looks a little down." He finished and looked at Robert expectantly.
"Yeah, she's just a little concerned. There isn't a lot of time left before the finals and she and Ryu are the only two of us who haven't qualified yet. I think she's down because she might end up facing him to try to qualify." Robert explained as he looked over at Sammantha who was presently looking out over the moonlit lake, lost in thought.
The moon light was dancing prettily over the rippling surface of the lake, the effect was mesmerizing. Her mind was drifting from one thought to the next.
Her family back in the States.
Robert and how they met.
Ryu and how much he reminded her of her little brother Samuel.
Kelly, She'd never even known about her until the Duel at Noahs Falls.
What else was Robert keeping from her. Something that big and important in his life and she knew nothing about it.
There weren't even any hints. He didn't keep any family photo albums his address book was limited to business contacts.
Her thoughts were interrupted as Robert came up behind her and hugged her close, placing his chin on her shoulder.
"Robert, why didn't you ever mention you had a sister?" Sammantha had decided that it was best to get the question out now than later.
"I never really thought about it. I mean, it wasn't really relevant to us and when she was sent to the hospital... well that was a really bad time in my life, since I met you though everything's been so good. I didn't want to weigh us down with my past." Robert tried to explain but couldn't help but feel that he didn't do a very good job.
"But now that weight is here, It's here and we have to deal with it. I mean, what are we going to do when the Tournament's over? Kelly's a nice girl but does she have the papers needed to enter the country? Can she support herself or will we have to take care of her?" Sammantha raised valid points and Robert couldn't really answer any of her questions.
She was his sister sure but how much did he know about her now? The last time he'd seen her was when she was fourteen and he was eighteen. Five years, a person can change a lot in five years.
Looking back at her he saw Kelly sleeping on Ryu's shoulder. The two had become quite close in a very short time.
She was so different now.
Only one thing was certain, the future wasn't.
"Yeah, but something seems wrong. I'd hate to think it but she may be holding back for Robert benefit." Sammantha commented as she watched Robert draw his card and weigh his options.
"All right sis, I'll play White Dragon Ritual..." Robert was cut off as Kelly activated a trap card.
"Not so fast Robert, I'm activating my Imperial Order trap card. Negating the activation of all magic cards." Kelly explained as Roberts ritual magic card sparked and fizzled.
"Well, that's going to hinder me a little Kelly but it's hurting you a lot more." Robert commented as her Paladins axes and magically imbued strength vanished leaving the the blonde warrior with only eighteen hundred attack points.
"Now my Spear Dragon can wipe out the remainder of your life points." Roberts Spear Dragon, heeding it's masters order charged up it's attack.
"Sorry to disappoint bro but I've got another trap card, Power Balancer!" Kelly spoke as the card activated, Her paladins attack rose by seventy five points. Roberts Spear Dragon slammed into the paladin taking out only twenty five Life points and destroying the blonde beast.
"Power Balancer increases the selected monsters attack power by twenty five points for every card equipped to it. That net's my Paladin an extra seventy five points and keeps me safe uuntil the next turn." Kelly explained
"Not bad Kel, you're doing much better than last time But I can still wipe you out with my Emerald Dragon." Robert complimented and stated.
"You're not doing to bad yourself Rob, took you a lot longer to get my Life Points down last time, but you still can't hurt me. Power Balancer won't let you attack me unless I've got a monster on the field." Kelly replied with her own subtle compliment.
Yugi approached Sammantha and Ryu in the dim light, carrying a paper cup and a cardboard container.
"Wow, It must've taken longer than I thought for them to wrap my order to go." He commented and nodded towards Kelly's Life Point count.
"Nah, believe it or not it's only been a small handful of turns. Kelly's playing really well, she's been able to shut Robert down at almost every turn since the Fiber Jar he got from Joey reset the match." Ryu spoke excitedly.
"Yeah, she's been playing a really good match so far." Sammantha said as she looked over at Yugi who was watching Kelly draw her card as he slurped on his soda through a straw.
"I'm going to pass on paying Imperial Orders cost and let it be destroyed. Now I;ll play Monster Reborn to bring back my Amazoness paladin. Then I'll summon my Amazoness Sword woman and equip her with United We Stand, increasing her attack power to thirty one hundred." Kelly's newest monster twirled her sword and her attack power climbed.
"Now, destroy his Emerald Dragon!" Kelly called out to her Amazon monster which promptly bounded across the field and sliced the huge green dragon in two, as its halves slid apart it burst into a cloud of pixels and vanished, as did a chunk of Roberts life points.
Robert: 3200
Kelly: 0075
"Since my Paladin and your Spear Dragon are even I'm going to end my turn." Kelly said, passing the turn to Robert.
Robert drew, his Life Points were practically wide open for attack his mind raced as he tried to find a combo in his hand that could either win the duel here and now or stall until he could regroup.
'Let's see, monster, magic, magic, trap... Wow!' Robert smiled. He'd actually forgotten this card was in his deck.
"I'll set one monster face down then I'll lay down two cards and end my turn. Your move sis." Roberts smile was back it was a faint one but it was back.
Kelly saw the smile on his face, and even in the faint light she could see the gleam in his eyes. As she drew her card she looked over her hand.
'Three Monsters and a magic card, Well more power never hurts.' She thought as she summoned a second Amazoness Paladin.
"Now I've got more than enough power to wipe you out and finish this duel. Amazons, ATTACK!" Kelly cried out, her two Paladins tore into Roberts face down card and his Spear Dragon.
The face down card flipped to reveal a Witch of the Black Forest and the Spear Dragon vanished taking one hundred points out of Roberts total Life Point count.
The Sword woman was about to bring her blade down on Roberts head when he reached forward and pressed an activation button on his Duel Disk, "ACTIVATE TRAP! MAGIC CYLINDERS!" The Sword woman was sucked into one of the tubes and launched out the opposite right back a Kelly.
Robert: 3100
Kelly: 0000
The field shut down and the dim light it provided was gone. Robert and Kelly stood opposite one another in the dark. Both were smiling and both were crying.
"So, you're in the finals now huh?" Kelly called out from across the field to her brother who was slowly being lit as the moon came out from behind the clouds overhead.
"Yeah, this really awesome duelist helped me out. She gave me one of the most memorable Duels I'll ever have the honor of participating." Robert called back as he walked toward his little sister.
They met halfway and hugged.
"Thanks Kel, I know I didn't say it before but, it's great to have you back." Robert whispered as he embraced his sister.
"No Problem Robby. It's great to be back." She replied.
Samamntha, Ryu and Yugi came up as the two siblings broke their embrace. Samamntha leapt into Roberts arms, wrapping her legs around his midsection she gave him a congratulatory kiss.
"Great Duel you guys." Yugi and Ryu said simultaneously. The two immediately looked at one another with an odd look on their faces then laughed.
Behind the group a tram pulled up and two familiar faces looked out from the central car.
"Hey, are we going to the finals or what?" Joey called out.
The five Duelists shuffled aboard the tram and took their seats.
Joey leaned forward and tapped Robert on the shoulder.
"Hey, you in the finals yet?" The blonde haired Duelist asked as he held up his Duel Disk to show that he was.
"Yeah, Just qualified. Kelly helped me out by Dueling me." Robert replied, his green eyes catching a flash of reflecting moonlight off of one of the Islands man made lakes.
"What's up with Mai? I haven't known her for long but she doesn't strike me as the silent type." Robert asked as he nodded towards the attractive older woman.
"Nothing, she's always like this before a big duel. You should've seen her before the battle City Finals." Joey answered then asked a question of his own.
"Is Sammantha alright? She looks a little down." He finished and looked at Robert expectantly.
"Yeah, she's just a little concerned. There isn't a lot of time left before the finals and she and Ryu are the only two of us who haven't qualified yet. I think she's down because she might end up facing him to try to qualify." Robert explained as he looked over at Sammantha who was presently looking out over the moonlit lake, lost in thought.
The moon light was dancing prettily over the rippling surface of the lake, the effect was mesmerizing. Her mind was drifting from one thought to the next.
Her family back in the States.
Robert and how they met.
Ryu and how much he reminded her of her little brother Samuel.
Kelly, She'd never even known about her until the Duel at Noahs Falls.
What else was Robert keeping from her. Something that big and important in his life and she knew nothing about it.
There weren't even any hints. He didn't keep any family photo albums his address book was limited to business contacts.
Her thoughts were interrupted as Robert came up behind her and hugged her close, placing his chin on her shoulder.
"Robert, why didn't you ever mention you had a sister?" Sammantha had decided that it was best to get the question out now than later.
"I never really thought about it. I mean, it wasn't really relevant to us and when she was sent to the hospital... well that was a really bad time in my life, since I met you though everything's been so good. I didn't want to weigh us down with my past." Robert tried to explain but couldn't help but feel that he didn't do a very good job.
"But now that weight is here, It's here and we have to deal with it. I mean, what are we going to do when the Tournament's over? Kelly's a nice girl but does she have the papers needed to enter the country? Can she support herself or will we have to take care of her?" Sammantha raised valid points and Robert couldn't really answer any of her questions.
She was his sister sure but how much did he know about her now? The last time he'd seen her was when she was fourteen and he was eighteen. Five years, a person can change a lot in five years.
Looking back at her he saw Kelly sleeping on Ryu's shoulder. The two had become quite close in a very short time.
She was so different now.
Only one thing was certain, the future wasn't.