Dimensional Warrior Girl: The Winter Tournament
Author: Chaos Valkyrie
First Conceptualized: October, 2003
Posted Chapter 06: March 1, 2004
Updated: December 22, 2005

Disclaimer: If I did own Yu-Gi-Oh, do you think Kaiba would've escaped from that stone slab he was tied to? Hmmm, tied up Kaiba…

Author Notes: And the duel begins! Oh, and by the way, for some of these cards that I've never seen on the show, I made up attack names. What else was I supposed to do?

Chapter Six: Darkness vs. Chaos

"Mister Kaiba, please turn the monitor to channel three, please. I think you'll be interested in the duel that is about to commence," Seto's secretary's voice came over the intercom. Kaiba sighed, looking up from his laptop briefly while turning on the television. His eyes narrowed as he watched the monitor, his company's financial reports now forgotten.

Mokuba walked into the room, tossing his duel disk on a chair before looking at his brother. "Cool beans, Seto, I've got four cubes now!" he said, before looking at the monitor. "Awesome, Jenni's about to duel," he yelled, flopping down on the couch. Jenni and some blond girl were trading insults, then both flipped out their disks and the battle commenced…

"Go Xine! You'll take her for sure," one of her punk friends yelled.

Xine smirked. "I'll go first. I play Morinphen in attack mode!"

Jenni looked at her hand, smirking. "I'll lay Gemini Elf in attack mode and attack your Morinphen with Dual Blast Attack!" The elf twins shimmered as their combined magic destroyed the fiend. She smirked as Xine's life-points went down to 3650.

Xine shrugged, laying her next card. "I'll summon Witty Phantom, and lay one card face down," she called.

Jenni drew her next card and smiled. "I'll play one card face down as well, and summon Neo the Magic Swordsman to the field." The armored spellcaster appeared next to the elf twins. "Now, Neo the Magic Swordsman, attack her Witty Phantom." Xine's monster disappeared, leaving her life points at 3350. Jenni was surprised that Xine hadn't done anything with her face down card. "Now, Gemini Elf, attack her life points directly!"

Xine's Life Points were reduced by a further 1900. Jenni blinked. Xine remained unmoved by her losses, and her little punk friends only seemed slightly worried. Xine then spoke.

"Now I'll summon Opticlops to the field, and lay another card face down! Opticlops, attack!"

Seto's eyes narrowed as he watched Jenni destroy Xine's latest monster, while having only lost 100 Life Points herself. With a face-down monster and magic card, she was still dominating the field, 3900 to 1350. Xine, however, had not lost any of her confidence. He frowned, his mind racing, trying to picture where he had seen this particular strategy before…

"Well, Spiky, how does it feel to be so close to losing?" Jenni asked, smiling.

"You should be asking yourself that question," Xine smirked back, then laughed at Jenni's distrustful confusion. "Oh, and thank you for your help… to summon my Ultimate Creature, I needed to release three of my own fiend monsters… so say Hello to the Dark Necrofear!"

A creepy blue fiend appeared in a cloud of black haze. Red eyes glittering, the bizarre feminine creature glowered at Jenni's elves. "Dark Necrofear, destroy her Gemini Elves," Xine said, almost lazily. Jenni's elves disappeared in a blaze of red light.

Jenni swore under her breath, drawing another card. "I'll play Witch of the Black Forest in defense mode!"

"Tisk tisk." Xine wagged her finger at Jenni, smirking. "You should know better. You just activated my trap!" A pair of very feminine eyes appeared over the field. "Shadow of Eyes forces your Witch into Attack Mode!"

Jenni winced as her Witch was forced to stand. "Now, I'll summon Dark Elf to the field," Xine continued, an evil smile on her face. "Then, I'll use it to attack your Witch!" Jenni's Witch disappeared. "Now, Dark Necrofear, destroy her face-down monster!"

Jenni flinched as her Life Points were reduced by 2300 points. She then smirked, although rather half-heartedly, as she laid down her newest monster. "Due to the abilities of the cards you just destroyed, I first, thanks to Shadow Tamer, take control of your Dark Necrofear for one turn." The Dark Necrofear vanished and reappeared in front of Jenni.

"Next, the Witch of the Black Forest allows me to summon one monster with less than 1500 defense points. So, say hello to the Summoned Skull! Attack her Dark Elf!" Xine's monster disappeared in a flash of lightning. "Now, Dark Necrofear, attack her life points directly!"

Mokuba looked up at his brother with large eyes. "Do you think she'll win, brother?"

Seto looked at his little brother emotionlessly. "We'll just have to wait and see. I don't think Xine's out of tricks just yet."

"Negate attack!" Xine cried, and the Dark Necrofear's attack disappeared. Jenni swore silently.

"Now, my turn." The Dark Necrofear returned to her mistress. "I'll play one card face down and end my turn."

Jenni glared at Xine curiously. "First I'll play Dust Tornado and destroy your Shadow of Eyes. Then I'll summon another card, face down. Summoned Skull, attack her Necrofear," she yelled cautiously. She was surprised however, when Xine's monster died without any traps being sprung. The Dark Necrofear vanished into a cloud of smoke, which hovered over her side of the field.

"Oh dear, did I forget to mention the Necrofear's special ability? Tisk. When destroyed," the vapor began to move towards the Summoned Skull, "It allows me to take possession of one of your monsters on the field!"

The Summoned Skull seemed to struggle, before it flew over to Xine's side of the field. "Now, my Summoned Skull, attack her face-down monster!" Xine smirked as the Skull destroyed Jenni's defense monster.

Jenni stared at Xine, her eyes wide. Nothing in her hand, not even her Red-Eyes, was strong enough to destroy her own Skull. Jenni gulped uneasily.

"Trust in the Heart of the Cards," the brunette girl shouted. Jenni looked at her disbelievingly, then to Mai, who was standing nearby.

"Heart of the Cards?" Jenni asked distastefully. Mai shrugged.

"Just do it! Trust your deck to help you out!" Mai told her. Jenni shrugged herself. Her hand hovered over her deck, and she prayed to whatever Creature Above that might be listening.

"While we're young!" Xine yelled at her.

Jenni pulled the card and read it slowly. "I'll banish my Neo the Magic Swordsman and my Witch of the Black Forest from the Graveyard, removing them from the game." Xine quirked an eyebrow. "This allows me to Special Summon the Chaos Soldier, Messenger of Creation!"

Xine's mouth fell open as a soldier in black armor appeared from a swirling vortex before Jenni. Jenni was vaguely aware of Mai and the other's gasps of surprise, but her heart was pounding much too fast for her to appreciate it. "Now, Chaos Soldier, attack her Summoned Skull!"

The spiky girl practically screamed as Jenni's Chaos Soldier destroyed the monster before her, reducing her Life Points to 50.

"Now, Chaos Soldier, use your special ability to attack her life points directly!"

The fierce monster complied, sending a bolt of energy towards the blond-haired girl. Xine fell to her knees, cursing as the holograms faded. Mai and the other girls cheered. Jenni sighed in relief, her heart still pounding out a fast rhythm in her chest. She walked up to Xine, and held out her hand. "My cards, if you please? I want your Necrofear as well as the other girl's card."

Xine glared at her, but handed the cards over slowly. As Jenni turned away, Xine's punk friends helped her to her feet. Jenni put the Necrofear and one cube in her deck box, along with her deck. Then she held out the Dunamis Dark Witch and the other cube to the brunette girl, whose blue eyes widened.

"Here, I believe these belong to you."

End Notes: I used Dark Necrofear like in the TCG. Its ability there allows it to control an enemy monster once it has been destroyed. Also, Shadow of Eyes was the TCG version – the anime version only effects male monsters, so my female card would've been unaffected. This duel was rather to the point, very little dilly-dallying. Can't make the same promise for the other, more important duels later on, though. I'm sorry if it sucked it any way – it was hard keeping score of LP, and it was my first time writing a (Duel Monsters) duel!