"Nice, he's safe for now. Can't wait to see how he pulls it around." Robert commented as Claire ended her turn and Yugi drew his card.
'Those cats have got to go. I won't be able to beat her with their effect constantly dropping the attack points of my monsters' Little Yugi "spoke" to his dark self, currently in control of their shared body.
"Equip cards are that monsters strength and its greatest weakness. BEHOLD!" Yugi called out as he summoned another Skilled Dark Magician to the field and pulled another card from his hand.

"I play the magic card, Tome of the Ancients, increasing my Magicians attack by one thousand while dropping its defense to zero, it will also destory my magician at the end of my next turn." Yugi explained as a massive old book materialized out of the air in a blast of dark green light and slowly settled into the waiting magicians hands, clouds of dust billowing off of the ancient volume.

"And now I play Mystical Space Typhoon to wipe away your United We Stand magic card reducing your Cat's Ear Tribe to seven hundred attack points." At Yugis command a swirling vortex of energy enveloped the equip card currently fueling Claires feline bruisers and destroyed it.

To say Claire was angry was a fair assessment but her cats were absolutely livid. All three of the small weapon wielding balls of fur were standing with weapons drawn. Their hair standing up straight hissing at Yugi.

"And now my Magician attacks your Cat's Ear Tribe dealing five hundred points of damage to you, and I take five hundred as well thanks to the pendant. My turn is over." Yugi explained as the life points were lowered again, Claire still in the lead.

Yugi: 6000 Claire: 7500

Claire drew her card and shot a venomous look to Yugi. Checking her options she began her main phase.
"I'll set a monster in defense mode and then set two more cards to end my turn." Claire said as she laid the last cards in ehr hand down.

looking at his new card Yugi began to formulate a plan.

"I sacrifice my Skilled Dark Magician to summon my Dark Magician Girl. I then play the magic card Sage's Stone to special Summon my Dark Magician from my deck to the field!" Yugi explained as the floating crystal appeared before the Dark Magician Girl who gave it a quizzical look for a moment then seemed to remember what she was supposed to do and after a happy wink to Yugi, began chanting.

The words weren't anything anyone in the stadium had ever heard, they had an almost musical quality to them though it was as though the Dark Magician Girl were singing a lilting tune. The field began to take on a shimmering glow, shifting between green, purple, blue and, pink.

The patterns played over the audience, dancing prettily in time to the Dark magician Girls words. Increasing speed as she sped up here mystical song. The crystal before her glowing brightly and spinning so fast it seemed as though it were an inverted tear drop.

"Wow, Music and a show." Ryu joked as the light show intensified. However instead of bouncing about the stadium the lights began to coalesce next tot he Dark Magician Girl taking on the shape of a kneeling robed figure, a staff held vertically in its left hand before it.

As the lights synchronized and took on a bright purple glow the figure stood abruptly and the light dispersed from him like a thousand shards of glass, though unlike glass they quickly turned to sparkling dust.

The Dark Magician had been summoned, its purple armored robe moving slightly in the wind of the stadium. Its bright blue eyes locked on Claire and a smirk on its lips.

"Say hello to my Dark Magician, Claire." Yugi spoke as the now burnt out Sage's Stone cracked and fell to the ground before the Dark Magician Girl who promptly let out a disappointed sound.

"Now my Dark Magician will attack you and my Dark Magician Girl will follow with a direct attack!" Yugi commanded and his powerful Magicians charged up their attacks, the Dark Magician blasting Claires face down Monster which flipped face up to reveal the Unhappy Maiden.

"The Unhappy Maiden?!" Yugi called out in shock and mild frustration.

The Dark Magician Girl looked around in surprise and confusion as the orb of magical energy she'd been charging fizzled out and vanished from the end of her wand.

"Guess your battle phase is done eh Yugi?" Claire commented proudly.

"So it would seem, and so ends my turn." Yugi called out as his Magicians took up their places again, the Dark Magician Girl looking at Yugi and shrugging cutely as if to apologize.

Yugi: 6000 Claire: 7500

Claire drew her card and shrugged. "I summon, SONIC DUCK!" She shouted as she laid the card down into her pink Duel Disk.

From out of nowhere a streak of green came flying into the stadium, zipping around the field it came to a halt in front of Claire it stood barely higher than the middle of her shin.

A small green duck with a bucket on its head. The odd little mallard looked around, locked eyes with Yugi's Dark Magician and, as if to issue a challenge, let loose a flurry of angry quacks sounding very much like and angry Donald Duck.

"Uh, is she trying to lose? Mai asked as she watched hte display below. The odd little bird was scratching at the dirt as if it were preparing to charge Yugi's magician which, for it's part, simply stood there and calmly stared back at the strange fowl.

"That's not all though, I activate my trap card, Gravity Bind." Claire was grinning like a Cheshire cat as Yugi's magicians were forced to their knees, bringing their eyes almost even with those of the Sonic Duck.

"That's it for my turn I'm afraid, you see aside form what's on the field I'm out of cards." Claire said as she ended her turn.

As Yugi drew his card his eyes lit up. With this card and the two remaining in his had the Duel was as good as his.