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Fanfic Chapter 79: Revelations Pt 3: Katy's Secret
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Previously on Yu-Gi-Oh! With Sanga of the Thunder on the field, Harold had to stall until he could figure out a way to defeat it. It wasn't easy at first, but it did as Harold started to realize that Todd was deliberately not choosing to attack him. As it turned out, Todd wanted to be defeated so the way could be paved for the fourth member. Thanks to a few well-placed trap cards, Harold won the duel. But the real shocker came as it was revealed that the fourth horseman was none other than Katy. Boy, just when you think you know a girl…


Harold took two steps back, suddenly feeling cornered like a rat caught between a cat and an exterminator. "I can't believe it," he said. "You… you're the fourth horseman?"

"Yes, I am part of the Four Horsemen."

"And you've been trying to get close to me so you could eliminate me!"

"Well… not exactly," Katy said as Todd came over and took off his Duel Disk. "My original plan was to get close to you and let the others duel you to understand your dueling strategies. Todd and I set up that fake-attack just to gain your trust. But… as I watched you duel Todd, something occurred to me, something I did not expect."

"What is it?"

Katy removed Todd's deck and handed it to him. "I… I was actually starting to like you. I've rarely met noble individuals like you; it was like a breath of fresh air, after Aaron's ego, Chris's stubbornness and Todd's stoic-like demeanor." Todd grunted in protest. "No offense, Todd. Harold, believe me from the bottom of my heart when I say that I admire and respect you, I really do, but… I'm under orders to duel you… and eliminate you from the tournament. But… I'm willing to give you a fair chance. I'll give you ten minutes to rest and reconstruct your deck. After that, we're going to duel whether either of us like it or not." Todd moved to Harold's other side.

Once again, it doesn't look like I have much of a choice, Harold thought. But perhaps if I do change my deck around a little, it would throw her off guard a little. Harold had collected a few extra cards, barely enough to create a side deck. He began removing and adding cards. Man, I must be the worse judge of character in the world. I was wrong about Mai when I thought she was vane, I was wrong about Pegasus when I thought he was insane, I was wrong about Rebecca when I thought she was rude, and now I was wrong about Katy when I thought she was nice. Looks like I'm all alone once again.

As Harold modified his deck, Todd leaned over and whispered to Katy, "Are you sure it's a good idea?"

Katy smiled, "I might lose, but if I do, I want it to be to someone like him."

"But the boss…"

"You let me worry about what the boss will do to me," Katy said.

Harold stood up and held out his deck. "I'm ready," he said taking several deep breaths.

"Right, let's go. Eject holo-emitters!"

"Duel Tray transform."

"Scan deck!"

"Life points set."

"Time to duel!"

(H: 4000)
(K: 4000)

"I'll go first," Harold said. The sixth card he drew was Guardian of the Throne Room. "I summon Guardian of the Throne Room in attack mode! That ends my turn."

"Then it's my turn," Katy said as she drew a card. "I summon Kagemusha of the Blue Flame (1) in defense mode!"

Is she kidding? Kagemusha is really weak.

"I also play a magic card called Heart of Clear Water. Finally, I set one card face-down. That ends my turn."

I see, she must be trying to strengthen her defenses. Well I'm not about to let her do it. "I sacrifice my Guardian of the Throne Room to summon Dark Witch in attack mode."

"I activate my face-down card, Trap Hole," Katy called out.

"Oh no!" Harold cried as his Dark Witch was sucked into a hole. "I end my turn."

"Thank you," Katy said drawing a card. "I switch Kagemusha to attack mode. I also summon Meda Bat (2) in attack mode. Kagemusha, attack his life points directly!" The warrior attacked by swinging his scythe.

(H: 3200)
(K: 4000)

"Meda Bat, Dark Blast attack!" The one-eyed bat fired a blast of energy at Harold.

(H: 2400)
(K: 4000)

I don't believe it, she almost brought me down to half my life points with just two low-level monsters. I have to strike back now!

"I place one card face-down and end my turn."


"I think he finally met his match," Chris commented. "Katy is so good she can attack even with low level monsters."

"Finally, that pansy will get what's coming to him," Aaron said.


Harold drew a card. "I summon Neo the Magic Swordsman in attack mode! Attack her Meda Bat!"

"Reveal trap card," Katy called out again. "Negate Attack!" Neo's sword struck a shield and forced him back to his original spot.

"Crap," Harold muttered. "I place one card face-down and end my turn."

Katy drew a card. It was a trap card called Gravity Bind, playing it would keep all monsters at level four or higher from attacking. She decided to save it for later. "I set a monster in defense mode and switch my remaining monsters to defense mode!"

Harold started his turn. "Neo, attack her face-down card! A metallic pot with a face appeared. No sooner had that happened then the pot exploded taking all of their monsters with it.

"You just destroyed my Cyber Jar. Cyber Jar has two abilities. One is that it destroys every monster on the field and the other is that we get to draw five cards and summon any monster with four stars or lower."

The first card Harold drew was Gold Chronos Warrior. He placed that in his hand. His next card was Thunder Nyan Nyan. The third card was Maiden of the Moonlight (3), and the fourth card was Mystical Elf. The fifth card was Wingweaver. "I summon Thunder Nyan Nyan and Maiden of the Moonlight in attack mode and Mystical Elf in defense mode."

"I summon another Meda Bat in defense mode, People Running About (4), Oppressed People (5), and United Resistance (6) in attack mode!" Katy's side of the field was crowded with peasants and ancient villagers holding makeshift weapons.

"I end my turn."

"You're looking a little flushed there, Harold, beginning to see what you're up against?"

"How can you be so good? All you have are low-level monsters and you got me shaking in my sneakers."

"You could say I have a good teacher, unlike you who apparently had to learn on the fly."

"I did beat your three cohorts."

"I'll let you in on a little secret, I'm much better than those three."

"No way!"

"Yes way, I could duel circles around the three of them."

"I thought it was unusual that you knew so much about Duel Monsters but wasn't in the tournament."

"Guilty as charged, now if you excuse me, I need to go… make my move that is." Katy drew a card. "I set one card face-down and end my turn."

Harold started his turn. "I summon…"

"Reveal trap card: Huge Revolution!"

"Huh?"

"Huge Revolution can only be played when I have People Running About, Oppressed People, and United Resistance on the field. Thanks to it, I can send every card in your hand and on the field to the graveyard! Now that I have enough monsters on the field, I can… huh?" Katy noticed that Harold still had two cards in his hand. "I thought I told you to discard all the cards in your hand."

"You did, but these two cards I drew from my deck."

"What, but how? It was still my turn."

"One of the monsters that was in my hand was Electric Snake (7), when you sent it to the graveyard with your trap card, you activated its special ability which allows me to draw two cards from my deck." He looked at his cards: The Forgiving Maiden and Monster Reborn. "My move," he announced as he drew a Mystical Shine Ball. Nothing I can use to attack but at least I can put up a good defense. "I summon The Forgiving Maiden in defense mode. And that ends my turn."

"Hah, no problem," Katy said as she drew a card. "I play the magic card Brave Attack!"

"Brave Attack?"

"With Brave Attack, I can have three of my monsters gain up on one of yours. Now, Oppressed People, United Resistance, and People Running About, attack his Forgiving Maiden!" All four of the monsters were destroyed. "I switch my Meda Bat into attack mode and have it attack your life points directly! Dark Blast!" Once again, Harold was struck with energy.

(H: 1600)
(K: 4000)

I can't believe how good she is, Harold gasped. A few more attacks like that and I'm through! Harold drew a card. "I summon the Immortal of Thunder (8) in attack mode! Attack Dark Bat now!" Katy's monster was destroyed.

(H: 1600)
(K: 3300)

At least I can get one hit in.

Katy wasn't worried about her drop in life points. All her monsters have served a purpose, and that was to bring Harold's life points below 2000. Hopefully, with the almost 2000 point difference she would discourage him enough for him to give up. "Harold, look, we don't have to go through with this, all you have to do is give up. We both don't want to fight, so let's just give up."

Harold looked down at his duel disk and thought about Yugi. Even when the chips were down, Yugi refused to give up. He won duels, he lost duels, but he never gave up until the very end. Even though Yugi may not consider me his friend any more, I have to follow his example and not give up. "No, Katy, I can't give up."

"How come?"

"Because I would be turning my back on your friends."

"Huh?"

"When you duel, you're not just representing yourself, but you're representing all those who have dueled you up to that point. If Aaron, Chris, and Todd saw that I gave up so easily, that would be insulting towards them. And I treat everyone with respect, even my opponents."

Incredible, Katy thought. I never met anyone like him, he's really holds up to a kind of code of honor. "My turn!" Katy drew a card. "I place one card face-down and summon Charcoal Inpachi (9) in defense mode. That ends my turn."


Aaron slammed the banister. "What the heck is she doing? Why's she toying with him like this?"

"Keep your shirt on," Chris said. "So what if she's messing him up a little, what matters is that he's still one attack away from being defeated."

"Finally, I'll enjoy seeing that little maggot humiliated and ashamed.

Once again, Chris rolled his eyes.


"I place one card face-down and end my turn."

"Dollars to doughnuts say that your face-down card is designed to help you get back monsters or stave off an attack. "Well I won't give you the chance! I summon Sasuke Samurai #2 (10) and I'll equip it with Heart of Clear Water! Now I'll activate its special ability!"

"Its special ability?"

"First, I give up 800 of my life points!"

(H: 1600)
(K: 2500)

"Now you can't activate any magic or trap cards for this turn," Katy said with a smile. "Go ahead and try to attack if you want, the fact of the matter is you can't send ANY of my monsters to the graveyard! Now, Samurai, attack his life points directly!" The Samurai raised his sword and cleaved Harold across the waist.

(H: 1400)
(K: 2500)

"I guess I really have an unfair advantage, knowing your dueling strategies inside and out."

"That's not going to stop me from trying my best," Harold said.

"Well, just for kicks I'll play Pot of Greed which lets me draw two cards." Katy looked at the two cards she drew. "I end my turn."

Okay, I have almost half as many life points as she does, and she has dueling skills that would even impress Kaiba. She says that she admires me, but how do I know that is the truth? Her three cohorts have tried to subject me to foul play at almost every turn and she herself had lied to me. I can't give up, but how do I fight someone who knows my deck and has no qualms about beating me? How do I beat a friend?

To Be Continued


Duel Monster Database

(1)
Name: Kagemusha of the Blue Flame
Level: 2
Type: Warrior
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 800
DEF: 400

(2)
Name: Meda Bat
Level: 2
Type: Fiend
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 800
DEF: 400

(3)
Name: Maiden of the Moonlight
Level: 4
Type: Spellcaster
Attribute: Light
ATK: 1500
DEF: 1200

(4)
Name: People Running About
Level: 2
Type: Pyro
Attribute: Fire
ATK: 600
DEF: 600

(5)
Name: Oppressed People
Level: 1
Type: Aqua
Attribute: Water
ATK: 400
DEF: 2000

(6)
Name: United Resistance
Level: 3
Type: Thunder
Attribute: Wind
ATK: 1000
DEF: 400

(7)
Name: Electric Snake
Level: 3
Type: Thunder/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 800
DEF: 900

(8)
Name: Immortal of Thunder
Level: 4
Type: Thunder/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 1500
DEF: 1300

(9)
Name: Charcoal Inpachi
Level: 1
Type: Pyro
Attribute: Fire
ATK: 100
DEF: 2100

(10)
Name: Sasuke Samurai #2
Level: 1
Type: Warrior/Effect
Attribute: Wind
ATK: 200
DEF: 300