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Chapter 5 – Beauty and the Cajun
"Bonjour chere," Gambit said as he shuffled his deck and slid it into his duel disk, which began to light up. "Gambit hopes ya're ready to lose."
"Just you wait," Scarlet replied. "I've gotten out of a lot of tough situations. This is going to be a piece of cake." She shuffled her deck and slid it into her duel disk, which lit up. She then drew her five cards.
"Ladies first," Gambit said, drawing his five cards. They all began to glow, though not quite exploding.
"All right," Scarlet said, drawing her card. "I'll start off by summoning my Cyber Harpie Lady to the field. I'll then activate Elegant Egotist… this Spell Card allows me to Special Summon one Harpie Lady or Harpie Lady Sisters from my hand or deck as long as I already have a Harpie Lady on the field… so I'll summon a Harpie Lady Sisters from my deck. And that does it for me."
"Gambit's gonna get dis party started," Gambit said as he drew his card. "Gambit'll start by givin' ya a little present. By Tributing ya're two monsters, ah'll summon Lava Golem ta ya're side of da field." As Scarlet's two monsters disappeared and Lava Golem rose in their place behind her, Scarlet found herself trapped in a cage hanging from its neck. "But dis present comes with a cost… 1000 Life Points at da start of each of ya're turns. And ah'll end mah turn by placing dese two cards face-down."
"My go," Scarlet said, as she drew her card. After this, the Lava Golem began melting down, parts of the cage evaporating as her Life Points dropped to 3000. "Since you left yourself wide open, I'll use your own Lava Golem to attack you directly!"
"Not quite, chere," Gambit said. "Gambit's got a Trap." As one of his face-down cards rose up, it revealed itself to be Physical Double. A grey blob appeared on the field, which began to expand until it took the shape of Lava Golem. "Dis card summons a Mirage Token dat is an exact copy of any monster ah choose on ya're side of the field."
"That's fine with me," Scarlet said. "You may have saved yourself, but you've also helped me. I'll just attack your Mirage Token with Lava Golem, and they'll both be destroyed. So I won't take any more damage. So Lava Golem, attack!"
"I'm not done," Gambit said. "Let's not forget dat Gambit has another face-down card, chere." He then activates Spiritual Fire Art – Kurenai. A small girl appears in front of the card and a large magical seal appears around Mirage Token, which disappears. "I can only activate this card by Tributing a Fire monster on my side of the field. You then take damage equal to the Original Attack of the destroyed monster. And since Mirage Token copied Lava Golem, it's a Fire monster with 3000 Attack."
Suddenly the seal launches forward and hits Scarlet, knocking her to the ground. Her Life Points then drop to 0. And with that, the same dark shadowy fog that had been enveloping all the losers came to take her soul.
"Gambit wins," Yami Bakura says. "Now for the final match of the second round. It will be Yoh against Ash. Begin!"
Both Yoh and Ash stand in their places, preparing to duel. Each draw their five cards. Ash is the first to draw his sixth card and yell that he is first, so it is decided that he shall go first.
"Pikachu, I choose you," Ash yells, pointing his finger towards the field. The little yellow squirrel jumps off his shoulder and onto a Pikachu card on the field that has appeared. "Pikachu, hit him with a Thunder Bolt!" Pikachu begins glowing yellow and then suddenly fires a large bolt of electricity at Yoh, practically frying him.
"Hold on," Yami Bakura says. "Who said you could use your little squirrel as if it were a card? Ash is disqualified! Yoh is the winner and will move on to the next round… that is, if he's still alive."
"I'm okay," Yoh says, sitting up and grinning, giving a short laugh. He then proceeds to fall over again, his body tingling with electricity.
"All right then," Yami Bakura says with a nod. "Then we're ready to move on to the next round. The first match will be Trowa against Renee. But for Yoh's sake, we'll have a short recess so that he may heal."