Dimensional Warrior Girl: The Winter Tournament
Author: Chaos Valkyrie
First Conceptualized: October, 2003
Posted Chapter 11: April 9, 2004
Updated: December 23, 2005
Disclaimer: Nope, don't own. If I did, the Red Eyes Black Dragon would be the most powerful card ever, with the "Chaos Valkyrie" that I'd make up as a close second.
Author Notes: I'm taking some liberties with Dueling this chapter. Be warned.
Chapter Eleven: Fire and Ice
"I'll play Fireyarou in attack mode," the red-haired man said smugly, and the pyro-maniacal creature appeared before him in a ball of flames.
"I'll play Gemini Elf, in attack mode," Jenni yelled, and the two spellcasters emerged. "Attack his Fireyarou!" she cried, and a shimmering stream of magic emerged from the twins, annihilating his fire-summoner and reducing his life points by 600.
"I'll play one card, face-down, and summon Darkfire Soldier #1, in defense mode," the man said, a smirk lingering on his face.
"You'd be terrible at poker," Jenni sneered, drawing her next card. "I'll play one card, face down, then sacrifice my elves and summon the Red-Eyes Black Dragon to the field," she cried, and the dragon appeared, hovering above the considerable drop between the two duelists.
"For my turn, I'll play one monster face down, and use Hinotama to inflict 500 points of direct damage to your life points," he smirked.
Jenni braced herself as the fireballs shot towards her from the previously face-down card. As they hit her, she slid back slightly, losing her footing on the slippery steel.
"Big brother, do something," Mokuba yelled out. Seto nodded.
"Kaiba Corp, send a helicopter to the construction sight for the new McCallister building," he stated into his com-link, his eyes never leaving the duel above.
Jenni looked at her hand. "I'll play Cyber Harpie, in attack mode!" she called out, "And lay another card face down. Red-Eyes, attack his face-down monster!"
A ball of fire erupted from the Red-Eyes, hitting the holographic card. A female monster was briefly revealed before it was destroyed.
"My Lady Assailant of Flames allows me to remove three cards from the top of my deck to inflict 800 points of direct damage to your life points whenever it is flipped face-up," the other duelist told her smugly, and she watched grimly as her life points took another dive.
"Now, for my turn, first I'll play Sparks to further reduce your life points by 200. Then I'll summon Darkfire Soldier #2, then sacrifice my two monsters to summon Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi to the field!" he called, his arms spread wide. The two monsters disappeared, and a creature with flames for hair replaced them. "Attack her Red-Eyes!" the other cried out, and her Red-Eyes was destroyed in a burst of flames. Then, his monster disappeared.
"What kind of trick is that?" Jenni yelled. The other grinned.
"Once per duel, Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi returns to my hand at the end of the turn in which he is summoned. He also has the added bonus of forcing you to discard all the cards in your hand when he damages your life points!" The titian-haired duelist cackled.
Grumbling, Jenni shoved her hand into her graveyard, then drew her next card. "I'll play Dark Witch, in attack mode!" she yelled, her fairy appearing next to her Harpie. "Cyber Harpie, attack his life points!"
"I think not," he said, flipping Negate Attack to block the Cyber Harpie's attack.
"I still got one left," Jenni called. "Dark Witch, attack!" This time the attack went through, reducing his life points to 500.
"Go Jenni!" called a female voice from below. Jenni looked down in shock, noticing that Mai, Serenity, and the blond boy were gone, and that Téa and the others had somehow appeared while she was focused on the duel.
"Be careful!" Mokuba yelled, and she nodded to him as the other duelist drew his next card.
"I'll play one monster in face-down defense mode, and use Ookazi to reduce your life points by 800," he called out. Téa screamed as the more powerful flames shot towards Jenni, nearly knocking her from the beam. She quickly dropped, grabbing the edge of the beam, trying to regain her balance. Mokuba looked at his big brother, who merely watched in silence.
'Where's that damned helicopter?' he thought to himself as he watched her struggle back into place.
Jenni looked down at the others, at Téa clutching the spiky-haired boy at her side, at Mokuba, whose eyes were fearful. At Seto intensely staring at her, his face pale. An inner voice called out to her, deep and powerful. In a flash, she remembered the article she had read about Kaiba and Battle City. A plan began to form itself.
"You're going to regret challenging me to this duel," Jenni yelled at the man facing her. He smirked as he watched her, trying to stand again after his latest direct attack.
"Oh really?" he asked her. "And just how do you propose to do that?"
"It starts with this card," she said, drawing her next card. "I'll sacrifice my Harpie to summon Meteor Dragon to the field, then end my turn," she called.
"And I'll sacrifice my face-down card and Fire Princess to summon Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi to the field again! Attack her Dark Witch!" Jenni didn't even blink as her life points were reduced by another 1000 points.
"My turn again, and the end for you," she called. The redhead laughed.
"You have but one turn before I wipe you out completely. My Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi has forced you to discard your entire hand twice, and I'm sure you will not be so lucky after my next attack – its a long fall," he sneered back at her.
Jenni glared at him. "One turn is all I need," she told him, eyes narrowed. She looked at the field. She almost had all the cards she needed, now it was just up to her deck. She reached to draw her next card, eyes closed, praying to God and Slifer that it would be the one card she needed. She pulled out the card, looking at it. A grim smile crossed her lips, and she looked up at the man. "Like I said," she told him, "this turn is all I need." The man froze, the smile fading from his lips.
"First I'll use my face down Monster Reborn to summon my Red-Eyes back to the field," she yelled as her Red-Eyes appeared. The man smirked, knowing that neither of the cards were powerful enough to destroy his monster.
"You fool! You've wasted your turn!" he yelled at her.
"Seto, what is she doing? She must know her dragons aren't powerful enough to defeat him," Mokuba whispered to his brother. Seto said nothing, looking at Jenni's grim smile.
"She knows what she's doing," he told his brother, still staring at Jenni.
Jenni smiled grimly at the man. "My turn is not yet over. For my final move, I'll use the card I just drew to destroy you!" she yelled. "Polymerization, fuse my Red-Eyes and Meteor dragon to form the Meteor Black Dragon!"
The man and the group below gasped as the two dragons disappeared in the air above. They watched as a huge fireball shot into the area, flames erupting as a gigantic dragon entered the field.
"Meteor Black Dragon, destroy his Hino-Kage-Tsuchi with Cosmic Flame Attack!" she screeched. A huge fireball shot from the creature's mouth, barreling through the air to destroy the ultimate fire spirit. The resulting blast knocked the man from the girder, and Jenni and Téa screamed as he fell through the air. However, the man seemed to land on something, and Jenni realized belatedly that he had had a giant air-filled bag far below the entire duel. The man rolled off the cushion and fled into the night.
Jenni sighed, dropping to the girder carefully as the dragon faded, whispering, "Thank you," to it as it disappeared. She carefully crawled over to the wall box and retrieved Slifer and her cubes from the box. Then as the others watched, she walked over to the man's box and pulled out a Chaos Emperor card and two more cubes. Jenni was now qualified for the finals.
Jenni walked over to where the gang was watching, looking down at them. "Could someone find a ladder?" she yelled.
The red-haired man ran into a nearby alley, almost colliding with a man and woman waiting there.
"I'm sorry, Master, she was more powerful than we thought," he whimpered as he fell to his knees.
"There, there, I'm not surprised, you know," the red-haired man looked up hopefully. "But I also cannot condone failure," the older man continued, gesturing to the woman by his side. The javelin in her hands shot towards the red-haired man before he had time to move.
"Don't disappoint me again," the tall man said to the woman, stepping over the corpse before him. Her green eyes glared at him as he left the alley, melting into the gently falling snow.
End Notes: Actually, I didn't take as many liberties as I had originally intended. I'm saving those for later. ;) So I basically "conveniently" forgot that Dark Witch is a level 5 monster… oopsie. And I changed Hino's ability so that he could only use it once during the duel, for the sake of suspense. But the rules of dueling in the manga/show are much more open and creative than the rules of the actual TCG, so I figured no biggie. Personally, Jenni doesn't seem like the greatest of duelists (and she isn't) but she is good at pulling victories out of… um, by the skin of her teeth? Konami should hire me…