"Wha? You mean you want to Duel me?" Ryu was taken aback and watched Jaw dropped as Sammantha walked to the far end of the pool and locked her Duel Disk into place.
"Come on Ryu, This is the last duel. Only one of us can walk away a winner. Come at me with everything you have, if you don't I'll turn you into a sobbing heap!" Sammanthas face was locked into a deadly serious look. Her vivid blue eyes glowing brightly in the mid day sun, her long black hair blowing in the sea breeze.
Ryu took his place on the deep end of the pool and locked his Duel Disk into place, swallowing deeply he closed his eyes and calmed his mind.
"Let's Duel!" they both said in unison.
Sammantha drew her five cards and began her turn, drawing she looked over her hand.
"I'll set four cards and one monster and end my turn." She called out, her voice even and calm.
Ryu drew his card and weighed his options.
'I've already got my main cards, but her deck is built around deffense and direct burns. Oh well, no choice.' Ryu thought as he began his turn.
"I'll summon Maha Vailo and activate United We Stand and Mage Power, then I'll set two more cards and end my turn." Ryu's monster appeared on the feild and immediately took on an incredible white glow as it's attack and deffense points climbed.
4850/3700
"Nice, it's not often a Duelist can get a monster that powerful in one turn, shame it won't do you any good." Sammantha said as she drew her card and reached forward and activated a trap card.
"Activate, GRAVITY BIND!" Sammantha commanded as the field took on a grid pattern and Ryu's monster was pulled into the water by the crushing gravitational forces of the trap card.
"Not quite Sammantha, Activate Mystical Space Typhoon!" Ryu activated the quick play magic card and Sammanthas Gravity Bind was swept away in the swirling vortex it created.
Ryu: 8000 Sammantha: 8000
Maha Vailo burst from the water launching a spray into the air, creating a rainbow arcing over the two Duelists, to the gathered spectators it looked as if the Rainbow had formed a bridge between the two.
"Nice, but I'm not done yet Ryu." Sammantha said as she looked over her hand.
"I'll place one monster face down and end my turn." Sammantha was smiling slyly now.
Ryu looked at her warily and drew his card.
"I'll play Axe of Despair and Fairy Meteor Crush!" Ryu announced as he set the cards and Maha Vailo's power increased even more.
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"Now, Attack her right most monster!" Ryu commanded and the blue clad glowing warrior launched at the face down card.
"Amatuer, ACTIVATE TRAP CARD! Draining Shield!" Sammantha commanded as she activated the face down card. A small circular device appeared before the face down monster card and created a green force field and a line of energy directly to Sammantha.
As Ryu's monster impacted the shield it was botted back to its side of the field and Sammantha's cards remained untouched.
But that was the least remarkable part, Sammanthas life points shot up by the amount of Maha Vailos attack.
Sammantha: 14850
Ryu: 8000
"Damn that just flat out sucks!" Ryu complained as he set a card and ended his turn.
"Oh, I don't know I found it rather refreshing." Sammantha commented as she drew her card for the turn and made a sour face.
"I'll set another card and end my turn." She explained as the turn shifted to Ryu yet again.
Ryu closed his eyes and calmed his nerves. 'No doubt she's got more than one of those Draining Shields in her deck, I can at least be thankful she hasn't drawn her Bad Reaction yet or she would have activated it already. She's a better Duelist than I am but she plays to win.' Ryu thought as he opened his eyes and smiled at Sammantha.
Looking at her Deck and then at his his smile widened as he drew his card for the turn.
'Perfect!' Ryu was extatic at the card he'd just drawn.
"I'll activate my face down magic Card, Dark Hole destroying all monsters on the field." Ryu said as the swirling vortex of darkness opened up in teh sky, drawing all of the monster cards on the field into the black void.
"Now, I'll activate my last face down card. Heavy Storm!" No sooner had Ryu pressed the activation button than every magic and trap card on the field vanished.
Ryu placed a card in defense mode and set one card in his magic and trap zones as he ended his turn.
"Well that was slightly annoying." Sammantha griped as she drew her card and looked over her hand, 'Not many options here after that little coup.' She thought as she set her last three cards into her Duel Disk, two magic or trap and one face down monster.
"I don't know what you're planning Ryu but I'm not going to let you pull it off." She spoke as she ended her turn.
"You don't really have a Choice Samamntha, I was up all night modifying my deck and once I complete seven cards we're in the last phase." Ryu spoke, His head lowered with his eyes glaring at her darkly as he drew.
"Oh look at that Sam!" Ryu held up a magic card with a green grinning pot on it.
Placing the magic card in his Duel Disk Ryu called on the powers of the Pot of Greed and drew two cards, dropping the pot of greed into his graveyard.
"Six to go." he said as he drew the last of his extra cards.
"I'll set a monster in defense mode and two more cards. Your turn." Ryu was grinning like the cat who got the canary as Sammantha drew her card.
Thirty feet up Robert and Yugi were watching the duel from the Balcony of Yugi's room.
"So, think she's going to win?" Yugi asked as Samamntha looked over her new card.
"I don't know. Ryu's playing hard. I hope Sammantha will win but something feels, off somehow, like maybe she's not supposed to." Robert spoke as if far away.
"Hmmm..." was all the noise Yugi made at that comment.
'He's right, this duel feels one sided.' The spirit of the Puzzle spoke to Yugi.
'You're right. It looks like Sammantha's not going to make it, especially if he's going to do what I think he's going to do.' Yugi replied with a thought.
Down on the field Samamntha was finishing up her turn by placing another card face down. Her hand was almost empty.
Ryu drew his card and weighed his options.
"I'll set two cards and sacrifice my set monster to set a monster in defense mode, your turn." Ryu spoke as Sammantha looked over his field and drew her card.
"I'll activate my Bad Reaction trap card and then I'll set another monster in defense mode. That's my Turn." Sammantha passed the turn again.
'Alright, only five cards left before I canspring my trap on her. I really hope this works I've only ever run the simulations on this strategy.' Ryu thought as he drew his card.
'YES! just what I needed.' His mind exclaimed.
"I'll play Graceful Charity to draw three cards." Ryu explained as the winged maiden appeared on the field, spread her wings and chanted briefly before vanishing as Ryu drew his cards.
"Now per the cards requirements I have to discard two cards, My Maha Vailo and..." Ryu paused to look over his hand.
"Axe of Despair should suffice, then my Graceful Charity goes into the graveyard too. Your turn Sammantha." Ryu ended his turn.
'Damnit, he's only two cards away from doing whatever it is he was planning on. He's kept a firm grip on that left most card in his hand since he made his announcement, the way he keeps checking it...Hmmm.' She thought to herself.
Drawing her card sammantha closed her eyes and calmed her mind, pushing her focus into a lasers focus she opened her eyes an looked at her card.
"I play Card Destruction! Both of us have to send our hands to the graveyard and draw the same amount from our decks." She explained and watch Ryus expression, expecting one of disappointment she was instead greeted with his beaming smile as he dropped hte two cards he had in his hand into the graveyard and drew the same number from his deck.
Ryu reached forward and activated one of his three resting Magic or Trap cards.
"Activate Trap! Reversed Worlds!" Ryu called out as the field began to warp and twist as the trap cards effect activated.
Ryu's Life points dropped by 1000 as the effect was laid out in text across the center of the field for both Duelists to read,
Ryu: 7000
Sammantha: 14850
"You see the rules Samamntha, we both have to swap our deck and Graveyard, then shuffle our new deck." Ryu spoke as he obeyed the cards effect, shuffling his new fifteen card deck and placing his former deck into the Graveyard slot of his Duel Disk.
Samamntha did the same with her slightly smaller deck of ten cards.
'So that's what he was doing! Damnit this Duel's going to be a lot harder than I'd thought.' Sammantha's mind screamed.
"Come on Ryu, This is the last duel. Only one of us can walk away a winner. Come at me with everything you have, if you don't I'll turn you into a sobbing heap!" Sammanthas face was locked into a deadly serious look. Her vivid blue eyes glowing brightly in the mid day sun, her long black hair blowing in the sea breeze.
Ryu took his place on the deep end of the pool and locked his Duel Disk into place, swallowing deeply he closed his eyes and calmed his mind.
"Let's Duel!" they both said in unison.
Sammantha drew her five cards and began her turn, drawing she looked over her hand.
"I'll set four cards and one monster and end my turn." She called out, her voice even and calm.
Ryu drew his card and weighed his options.
'I've already got my main cards, but her deck is built around deffense and direct burns. Oh well, no choice.' Ryu thought as he began his turn.
"I'll summon Maha Vailo and activate United We Stand and Mage Power, then I'll set two more cards and end my turn." Ryu's monster appeared on the feild and immediately took on an incredible white glow as it's attack and deffense points climbed.
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"Nice, it's not often a Duelist can get a monster that powerful in one turn, shame it won't do you any good." Sammantha said as she drew her card and reached forward and activated a trap card.
"Activate, GRAVITY BIND!" Sammantha commanded as the field took on a grid pattern and Ryu's monster was pulled into the water by the crushing gravitational forces of the trap card.
"Not quite Sammantha, Activate Mystical Space Typhoon!" Ryu activated the quick play magic card and Sammanthas Gravity Bind was swept away in the swirling vortex it created.
Ryu: 8000 Sammantha: 8000
Maha Vailo burst from the water launching a spray into the air, creating a rainbow arcing over the two Duelists, to the gathered spectators it looked as if the Rainbow had formed a bridge between the two.
"Nice, but I'm not done yet Ryu." Sammantha said as she looked over her hand.
"I'll place one monster face down and end my turn." Sammantha was smiling slyly now.
Ryu looked at her warily and drew his card.
"I'll play Axe of Despair and Fairy Meteor Crush!" Ryu announced as he set the cards and Maha Vailo's power increased even more.
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"Now, Attack her right most monster!" Ryu commanded and the blue clad glowing warrior launched at the face down card.
"Amatuer, ACTIVATE TRAP CARD! Draining Shield!" Sammantha commanded as she activated the face down card. A small circular device appeared before the face down monster card and created a green force field and a line of energy directly to Sammantha.
As Ryu's monster impacted the shield it was botted back to its side of the field and Sammantha's cards remained untouched.
But that was the least remarkable part, Sammanthas life points shot up by the amount of Maha Vailos attack.
Sammantha: 14850
Ryu: 8000
"Damn that just flat out sucks!" Ryu complained as he set a card and ended his turn.
"Oh, I don't know I found it rather refreshing." Sammantha commented as she drew her card for the turn and made a sour face.
"I'll set another card and end my turn." She explained as the turn shifted to Ryu yet again.
Ryu closed his eyes and calmed his nerves. 'No doubt she's got more than one of those Draining Shields in her deck, I can at least be thankful she hasn't drawn her Bad Reaction yet or she would have activated it already. She's a better Duelist than I am but she plays to win.' Ryu thought as he opened his eyes and smiled at Sammantha.
Looking at her Deck and then at his his smile widened as he drew his card for the turn.
'Perfect!' Ryu was extatic at the card he'd just drawn.
"I'll activate my face down magic Card, Dark Hole destroying all monsters on the field." Ryu said as the swirling vortex of darkness opened up in teh sky, drawing all of the monster cards on the field into the black void.
"Now, I'll activate my last face down card. Heavy Storm!" No sooner had Ryu pressed the activation button than every magic and trap card on the field vanished.
Ryu placed a card in defense mode and set one card in his magic and trap zones as he ended his turn.
"Well that was slightly annoying." Sammantha griped as she drew her card and looked over her hand, 'Not many options here after that little coup.' She thought as she set her last three cards into her Duel Disk, two magic or trap and one face down monster.
"I don't know what you're planning Ryu but I'm not going to let you pull it off." She spoke as she ended her turn.
"You don't really have a Choice Samamntha, I was up all night modifying my deck and once I complete seven cards we're in the last phase." Ryu spoke, His head lowered with his eyes glaring at her darkly as he drew.
"Oh look at that Sam!" Ryu held up a magic card with a green grinning pot on it.
Placing the magic card in his Duel Disk Ryu called on the powers of the Pot of Greed and drew two cards, dropping the pot of greed into his graveyard.
"Six to go." he said as he drew the last of his extra cards.
"I'll set a monster in defense mode and two more cards. Your turn." Ryu was grinning like the cat who got the canary as Sammantha drew her card.
Thirty feet up Robert and Yugi were watching the duel from the Balcony of Yugi's room.
"So, think she's going to win?" Yugi asked as Samamntha looked over her new card.
"I don't know. Ryu's playing hard. I hope Sammantha will win but something feels, off somehow, like maybe she's not supposed to." Robert spoke as if far away.
"Hmmm..." was all the noise Yugi made at that comment.
'He's right, this duel feels one sided.' The spirit of the Puzzle spoke to Yugi.
'You're right. It looks like Sammantha's not going to make it, especially if he's going to do what I think he's going to do.' Yugi replied with a thought.
Down on the field Samamntha was finishing up her turn by placing another card face down. Her hand was almost empty.
Ryu drew his card and weighed his options.
"I'll set two cards and sacrifice my set monster to set a monster in defense mode, your turn." Ryu spoke as Sammantha looked over his field and drew her card.
"I'll activate my Bad Reaction trap card and then I'll set another monster in defense mode. That's my Turn." Sammantha passed the turn again.
'Alright, only five cards left before I canspring my trap on her. I really hope this works I've only ever run the simulations on this strategy.' Ryu thought as he drew his card.
'YES! just what I needed.' His mind exclaimed.
"I'll play Graceful Charity to draw three cards." Ryu explained as the winged maiden appeared on the field, spread her wings and chanted briefly before vanishing as Ryu drew his cards.
"Now per the cards requirements I have to discard two cards, My Maha Vailo and..." Ryu paused to look over his hand.
"Axe of Despair should suffice, then my Graceful Charity goes into the graveyard too. Your turn Sammantha." Ryu ended his turn.
'Damnit, he's only two cards away from doing whatever it is he was planning on. He's kept a firm grip on that left most card in his hand since he made his announcement, the way he keeps checking it...Hmmm.' She thought to herself.
Drawing her card sammantha closed her eyes and calmed her mind, pushing her focus into a lasers focus she opened her eyes an looked at her card.
"I play Card Destruction! Both of us have to send our hands to the graveyard and draw the same amount from our decks." She explained and watch Ryus expression, expecting one of disappointment she was instead greeted with his beaming smile as he dropped hte two cards he had in his hand into the graveyard and drew the same number from his deck.
Ryu reached forward and activated one of his three resting Magic or Trap cards.
"Activate Trap! Reversed Worlds!" Ryu called out as the field began to warp and twist as the trap cards effect activated.
Ryu's Life points dropped by 1000 as the effect was laid out in text across the center of the field for both Duelists to read,
Ryu: 7000
Sammantha: 14850
"You see the rules Samamntha, we both have to swap our deck and Graveyard, then shuffle our new deck." Ryu spoke as he obeyed the cards effect, shuffling his new fifteen card deck and placing his former deck into the Graveyard slot of his Duel Disk.
Samamntha did the same with her slightly smaller deck of ten cards.
'So that's what he was doing! Damnit this Duel's going to be a lot harder than I'd thought.' Sammantha's mind screamed.