Chapter 2 Yugi Versus Azurada! Battle with the Unsung Duelist!

I noticed Yugi had a DuelDisc on his arm. So i asked Jonouchi if i could borrow his in exchange for letting him look through my green binder of cards. My deck was shuffled, and we stepped just outside the Game Shop to duel. I activated the DuelDisc as Yugi did to his. The Life Point counter lit up. Cool. But then, all of a sudden, his Millennium Puzzle glowed and now Yugi looked obscenely serious!

The Duel was on! (Both of us at 4000)
I started off by summoning a good monster right off the bat. Dark Blade (1800/1500). So far so good. Yugi summoned Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts in DEF mode (1500/1200) and ended his turn by placing a card facedown.
Now Yugi was in for it. I summoned my Pitch-Dark Dragon (900/600). Yugi cocks his head to one side as if I made a questionable move. I used PDD's effect as a Union Monster to equip itself to Dark Blade. First, PDD increased Dark Blade's ATK/DEF by 400 points (2200/1900). Second it gave my monster a Faerie Meteor Crush effect. I attacked Gazelle and decreased Yugi's Life Points by 1000 (Y: 3000LP). Yugi drew and summoned BIg Shield Gardna in Defense mode (100/2600). I drew and summoned Ninja Grandmaster Sasuke (1800/1000). I used NGS to attack Big Shield Gardna, destroying Yugi's monster due to my ninja's effect, surprising Yugi. Then I attacked Yugi's Life Points directly with Dark Blade (Y: 800LP.
Yugi tried pulled a stunt by Monster Reborn, then sacrificed it for Dark Magician Girl (2000/1700) and attacked my NGS (A: 3800LP). Then he placed another card facedown to end his turn. I thought Yugi was fixin to be a sad case, leaving poor Dark Magician Girl out in the open for an attack. So I attacked with the souped-up Dark Blade... but I got blasted by his Magic Cylinder Trap (A: 1600LP). I placed Old Vindictive Magician in facedown DEF mode and waited for the attack. He drew and placed 3 more cards facedown to end his turn. My turn, with Yugi activating Royal Command to negate all Flip Effects. Well, damn today had to be my lucky day for that one! He activates Dian Keto the Cure Master to increase his LP by 1000 (Y: 1800) he then acticated Ultimate Offering, a trap allowing him to do extra summons for 500LP each. For his regular summon, he plays a Mystical Elf (800/2000). Then by Ultimate Offering, he summons Beta the Magnet warrior (1700/1600) (Y: 1300LP) He used Ultimate Offering AGAIN to sacrifice Beta and Mystical Elf to summon Dark Magician (2500/2100)! He activated Disarmament to get right of Pitch-Dark Dragon, lowering DarkBlade's ATK back to 1800.
Dark Magician Girl destroyed Dark Blade (A: 1400LP) and Dark Magician took the rest of my LP away in one huge blast.

"GRRROOOOOAAAANNN!" I punched the ground in disbelief of my loss. But Yugi was a good sport and shook hands with me on a good duel. It was late, and now we had to walk in for dinner. I HAD noticed Anzu as she was heading for the restroom, so i asked Yugi,
"So, heheheh, who's that lovely girlfriend of yours?"
Oops. For a little guy, Yugi can scream pretty loud. "ANZU MAZAKI IS NOT MY GIRLFRIEND! She's just a girl who happens to be a friend, GOT IT?!"
"Sorry, man i was just asking! i asked 'cause, you see, I can tell whether or not two people have a thing for each other or not."
"Hmm it's probably the same as me spotting good duelists. but then again, I DID score first in both Duelist Kingdom and Battle City."

If I had known that, I should have never asked to duel.

I really oughta watch the news more often.