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Fanfic Chapter 80: Revelations Pt 4: Minimum Power, Maximum Effort
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Previously on Yu-Gi-Oh! Katy was revealed as the last of the Four Horsemen. She explained that she originally met Harold to get close to him and learn his dueling strategies. Would you believe that she actually started to like him? Who knew? Anyway, the two started dueling. Even though Katy was playing low level monsters like Meda Bat and Charcoal Inpachi, she managed to bring Harold down to less than 1400 life points. Can Harold gather up the strength needed to beat someone who has supported him through thick and thin?


Joey let out a whoop of joy. "Check it out, guys, six locator cards!"

"I can't believe you got them so quickly," Tristan said, then when he saw Joey's sour glance, he amended, "I mean I thought you had to risk one locator card at a time, so risking two means you got the job done in half the time."

"Yeah, I can't wait to tell Serenity," Joey said.

"Why don't you let me tell her," Tristan suggested.

"Not on your life, bucko," Joey said slapping Tristan upside the head. Tea and Solomon laughed. "They're such children," Tea said.

"Boys will be boys," Solomon agreed.


"Don't tell me you're going to give up, Harold," Katy said. "I'm just starting to have fun."

"That's only because you're leading in life points," Harold pointed out.

(H: 1400)
(K: 2500)

"I've studied your moves through your duels with Joey and the other Horsemen. The strategy that I have is perfect and I'll continue using it."

She's right, Harold admitted. She knows all my strategies and can counter them easily, I'm like an open book to her, what can I… Harold suddenly recalled something Katy said earlier. "Try to attack if you want, the fact of the matter is you can't send ANY of my monsters to the graveyard."

That's right, I can't send any of her monsters to the graveyard, but I can still attack them! "My move!" Harold drew a card. "Perfect, I summon Gradius in attack mode! Gradius, attack her Samurai!" The fighter jet unloaded its laser arsenal on the samurai. It wasn't destroyed.

(H: 1400)
(K: 1500)

"Congratulations, I see you figured it out," Katy said.

She was trying to help me? What is with this girl?


Joey looked up and saw the Gradius jet in the distance. "Hey, it's that jet thing that Harold used in his duel against me!"

"That's right," Solomon confirmed. "It's Gradius."

"Do you think that means Harold is dueling?" Tea asked.

"Aww, who cares about him, lets talk about something worthwhile, like me instead."


A/N: I like to thank my sister for giving me the copyrights on that sentence as well as the one that goes "Pay attention to meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"


"Let's go check it out." Joey took off with Tea and Solomon following. Tristan rolled his eyes and followed suite.


"Looks like both of them are in the same boat," Chris observed.

"I hate to admit it, but Katy is the best out of all of us," Aaron commented. "She'll put that pansy in his place."

"Especially when she activates her most powerful card," Chris added.


Joey, Tea, Tristan, and Solomon approached the duel from Harold's backside.

"It is Harold," Tristan recognized.

"Who's he dueling?"

"Hey, that's that girl who was cheering him on during your duel, Joey," Tristan realized.

"Good job, Harold, you figured out Heart of Clear Water's one weakness," Katy congratulated. "Although the monster can't be destroyed, it can still be attacked."

"And damage calculation can still be applied," Harold finished. "I wouldn't have thought of it without your help."


"Why is she helping that pansy?" Aaron asked. "She's supposed to eliminate him, not encourage him!"


Joey was getting it. "I see," he said. The others looked at him. "Yugi and I did the same thing during our Duelist Kingdom duel."

"Hey, that's right," Tea said. "Bakura said that you two were dueling your hardest so that whoever won would be at his best when he faced Pegasus."

"Bingo, Tea, that's what we were doing then and that's what she's doing now, she's trying to bring Harold's dueling game up to top notch."

"But why is she doing that?" Tea asked.

"Ya' got me," Joey shrugged.


"You figured out that, but you'll need more to beat me," Katy said. "My move!" She drew a card. "I place one card face-down and play Share the Pain. Now we both have to send a card on the field to the graveyard. You don't have a choice in the matter, but I choose to sacrifice my Sasuke Samurai!" Gradius and Sasuke Samurai disappeared. "I end my turn."

Most of Katy's monsters are low-level monsters so it could take another couple of turns before my life points reach 0. "I play Cure Master raising my life points by 1000!"

(H: 2400)
(K: 1500)

"I also summon Mystical Shine Ball in defense mode. That ends my turn."

"I summon D.D. Trainer (1) in defense mode. I end my turn."

"I reveal one of my face-down cards, Soul Resurrection which brings back my Dark Witch in defense mode and I'll sacrifice her to summon Gold Chronos Warrior in attack mode. I end my turn." The only card Harold had left was Monster Reborn. He also had another face-down card.

"You should know by now that power isn't everything," Katy said as she drew a card. "I play Nightmare Steel Cage!" A cage rose up around Harold and Gold Chronos Warrior. "Now you can't attack for two turns!" Harold was frustrated by that. "I end my turn."

Harold drew a card. "Since I can't do anything purposeful, I'll pass this turn."

"I summon Gigobyte (2) in attack mode. That ends my turn."

Harold drew his third card. "I pass again." The cage started to dissolve.

Katy drew a card. "I summon Kozaky (3) in defense mode."

Harold drew his fourth card. "I switch Gold Chronos Warrior into attack mode! Gold Chronos Warrior, attack her Kozaky!" The monster was destroyed. "I end my turn."


"Man, she's good," Tristan said. Catching Tea's dirty look, he said, "I mean in dueling."


"Katy, what are you doing, finish him off!" Aaron called.


If Katy heard him, she chose to ignore him and instead drew a card. "I play Alliance Summons which lets me summon two low level normal monsters from my deck as long as I discard my entire hand afterwards. So now I summon Mokey Mokey (4) and Goblin Calligrapher (5) in attack mode! Next, I reveal my face-down card, The Law of the Normal! Since I have five low level monsters on the field, we both have to discard our entire hands and destroy any monsters higher than level 2." Gold Chronos Warrior was destroyed and Harold and Katy discarded their hands. "Now, all monsters attack!" Harold was pummeled with attack after attack.

(H: 1150)
(K: 1500)

"You don't have my skills, what can you do to win?"

"Whatever I can," Harold said drawing a card.

"I reveal my final face-down card, Gravity Bind!" The ground around the field started to shake.

"What's going on?" Harold asked.

"Gravity Bind prevents any monsters with four stars or higher from attacking. That means that most of your monsters are helpless."


"That Gravity Bind card can put a stop on any attacks Harold makes," Solomon said.

"Does Harold have any monsters with lower than three stars?" Tea asked.

"A few, but I doubt he can make them worth anything," Joey replied.

"Looks like Harold will be eliminated," Tristan said solemnly.

"I hope not," Tea muttered.


"I knew it, now that Gravity Bind is on the field, Katy has all but won," Chris said.

"Yes, eradicate that foolish nobody!" Aaron ordered.


With that Gravity Bind card, even if I summon a powerful monster, it won't be able to attack! Katy has never lost control of this duel, even for a minute. Looks like I'm about to be hanged and she's holding the noose.

"You got any more moves you'd like to make?"

"As a matter of fact, I would," Harold said. "I play Graceful Charity which causes me to draw three cards and discard two." Man, nothing here that would clench this duel for me. I know I can win this if I just think of a strategy, but the problem is she saw all of my strategies while at the same time incorporating hers around…

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

"The strategy that I have is perfect and I'll continue using it."

That's right, her strategy is perfect, so maybe I could use it as well. "I summon Shining Angel in defense mode! I also place one card face-down and end my turn!"

"You know Shining Angel can't attack, right? Well that'll be your downfall! I activate Pyramid Energy which increases all level 1 monsters' attack points by 2000!"

(CI: 100-2100)
(GC: 400-2400)
(DT: 100-2100)
(MM: 300-2300)
(G: 350-2350)

"Charcoal Inpachi, destroy Shining Angel!" And that's what happened. "D.D. Trainer, attack Mystical Shine Ball!" Harold clutched his Duel Disk to his chest, eyeing one of the buttons. "Gigobyte, attack his life points directly!"

"It's not over yet, activate face-down card," Harold commanded. "Waboku!"

For the first time since the duel began, Katy scowled. "Shoot, I forgot about that card."

"You probably also forgot about Pyramid Energy's cost effect," Harold said. "Every monster that it affects is destroyed after they attack." Five explosions engulfed the field. "And by destroying Shining Angel, you activated its special effect which means I get to summon a monster from my deck and I choose White Magician Pikeru (6)!" A little girl wearing what looked like one of Joey's Scapegoats for a hat and a white dress with pink hair appeared.

"I end my turn," Katy said with baited breath.

Harold drew a card. "Since I have a monster on the field, White Magician Pikeru's special ability activates, raising my life points by 400!"

(H: 1550)
(K: 1500)

"Katy, thank you," Harold said. "You've helped me today in ways you wouldn't believe. I am now ready to face almost any challenge, and the fiercest foes. And even though you're part of the group that wants me dead for some strange reason, I still consider you my friend."

Katy looked at him wide-eyed. "You mean… you're not angry at me for lying to you?"

"True friends forgive each other for doing stupid things," Harold commented.

"Harold, I… I don't deserve a friend like you."

"Maybe you don't, but you have one like me anyway. But this is a duel, and as Joey once told me, a true Duelist finishes a duel to the end. I summon Venus the Agent of Creation in attack mode! Venus, attack her life points directly!" Venus fired three orbs of light at Katy, all of which hit their mark.

(H: 1550)
(K: 0)

"Congratulations, Harold, you won, you beat the Four Horsemen," Katy said with a sad smile. "Unfortunately, I don't have a locator card to give you, but I do have a rare card to give you." She threw a card to Harold. "This card was given to me by my mother; she said that it often reminds her of me. I don't think the picture looks a thing like me but I'm thinking it would really help out your Wingweaver."

"Thanks, Katy. But… your boss, he'll be upset that I'm still running around, won't he? Will he punish you?"

Katy shrugged, "Even if he does, it's worth it if I got to meet somebody noble. Good luck in the finals, Harold, I'll be rooting for you all the way."

"Thanks, Katy." The two gripped hands. Then Katy turned and walked away.

"Come on, Todd, let's go." Todd stared at Harold. Finally he gave him an abrupt nod and followed after Katy.


Down the street, Katy and Todd ran into Aaron and Chris.

"You stupid runt," Aaron said grabbing the collar of Katy's shirt. "The boss wanted you to destroy him, not make friends with him."

"Well considering who I pal around with, can you blame me?"

Aaron wound up and was ready to knock Katy's head from her shoulders when Todd reached out and gripped Aaron's punching arm hard. "Don't," the heavyset boy simply said.

Aaron ripped his arm out of Todd's vice grip and let go of Katy. "You're not worth my time," he said and walked away. The other three also walked away.

Katy took one last look at Harold's form. See ya' around… bro.


As Joey turned to leave, Solomon said, "You know, Joey, I think Harold's on his way to becoming a great Duelist just like you."

"Hey, I don't mind knowing people who are fierce opponents and good friends too, like Yugi."

"Oh come on, you mean you're going to ignore what he did to Se… I mean Yugi."

"Tristan, sometimes its best to let things go," Tea said.


Harold watched as the Four Horsemen left. Katy… I'm sure we'll meet again some day. He looked around. "So once again, I am alone."

The End


Duel Monster Database

(1)
Name: D.D. Trainer
Level: 1
Type: Fiend
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 100
DEF: 2000

(2)
Name: Gigobyte
Level: 1
Type: Reptile
Attribute: Water
ATK: 350
DEF: 300

(3)
Name: Kozaky
Level: 1
Type: Fiend
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 400
DEF: 400

(4)
Name: Mokey Mokey
Level: 1
Type: Fairy
Attribute: Light
ATK: 300
DEF: 100

(5)
Name: Goblin Calligrapher
Level: 1
Type: Fiend
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 400
DEF: 400

(6)
Name: White Magician Pikeru
Level: 2
Type: Spellcaster/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 1200
DEF: 0