Dimensional Warrior Girl: The Winter Tournament
Author: Chaos Valkyrie
First Conceptualized: October, 2003
Posted Chapter 17: December 23, 2005

Disclaimer: Lala, I'm poor, so I guess I'm not getting any fat royalty checks, am I!

Generic Author's Notes:
1. Due to new ffnet standards, all chapters have been updated, most with some minor edits. I'll answer/re-answer reviews between now and next posting in the new area.
2. I have decided on a new update policy. Now that my life is getting back together, I will now post once-a-month on whatever Friday happens to lie between the 15th and 21st. I can't promise an update on every story, but I can promise that if it doesn't post one month, it WILL post the next. This also means that some months, you'll get bonus chapters on some stories.
3. Web page will be up soon with stories that can't be posted here – namely "The Villain's Guide to Evil Stuff" and songfics, etc. I put off the launch to get all this stuff out.
4. By the way, if anyone has Chapter One of "The Chaos Land Tournament" or Lesson 10 of "The Villain's Guide", please let me know. My copies got deleted, and those are the only two I didn't have backed up. You will be rewarded! So please, go to my Author Page for more details…
Thank you for your continued patience, and Happy Holidays!

Chapter Seventeen: Revelations

Jenni pulled Zane outside, uninterested in the next duel. Kaiba glared at them as they left the room, making Jenni feel slightly guilty.

"You have one of the God cards?" she asked Zane. He smiled grimly and nodded.

"So, which one do you have?" he asked her quietly. She shrugged her shoulders against the cold.

"Slifer."

"Ah, the Sky Dragon," he nodded. "Obelisk told me about him."

Jenni looked at him curiously. "Has he been training you as well?" she asked.

"Somewhat. He's not much of a talker," Zane laughed.

Jenni smiled in spite of herself. "Slifer likes to talk. A lot," she smiled fondly.

"I'll bet Kaiba is furious. Obelisk used to belong to him, you know," Zane told her. Jenni's eyes widened.

"He did? What about Slifer?"

"Well, in Battle City a few years ago, Yugi Mutou ended up winning all the God cards during the course of the tournament. That was the last that anyone saw of them. However, a few weeks ago –"

"I know. The cards escaped, and you and I found our weapons." Slifer had told her that much.

"Yup. They were too powerful for any one person to fully control all three at once. However, we have the distinct advantage of holding the Tomb Keeper's weapons, which amplify our powers, with their blessing… or curses, in Obelisk's case," he smirked.

Jenni laughed. "Slifer is pretty easy to get along with, his humor just takes some time to adjust to."

"Agreed," Zane shivered. "C'mon, lets get out of the cold and back to feeling the others glare at us. At least being set mentally on fire is somewhat warmer!"

The pair laughed and headed back inside.

Marik's duel ended quickly, with Marik as the victor over Joshua. The two shook hands cordially after the defeat, before they both went to stand with Yugi. Seto was back on his feet, glaring – as if he did anything else – at Jenni and Zane, while Mokuba looked at them curiously. Jenni felt the familiar butterflies flipping in her stomach as it was her turn to compete.

Zane patted her on the back encouragingly as she stiffly walked over to the pods. Yugi's gang cheered on her competitor, Jaharvis, though she noted with relief that Mokuba remained quiet. Jaharvis smiled stiffly at her, looking as nervous as she did as he entered the pod. Jenni gulped and followed.

"Don't lose in there, Moran," Xine sneered as Jenni entered her pod. "You still owe me my Dark Necrofear."

Jenni grinned before she sat down. "If I even still have it," she returned before the pod closed. Jenni had gone to a card shop a few days prior and traded some of the card she had won to improve her deck. She smirked as Xine's outraged cry was the last thing she heard.

When she opened her eyes, she was standing in the snow on a mountain top. 'The Mountain field', she realized, smiling. This would give her deck a good advantage.

The virtual coin toss indicated that Jaharvis would go first. They both drew their first hand.

"I'll start by playing Master Kyonshee in attack mode, and lay one card face down," Jaharvis stated, and the images materialized on the field. Jenni was amazed at how much more life-like the monsters seemed in this virtual dueling arena.

Jenni drew her first card and smiled. "I'll summon Dunamis Dark Witch, and lay one card face down myself," she replied, setting Metalmorph on the field. Jenni almost giggled as she felt the wind from the Witch's wings brush against her. "Dark Witch, attack his Master Kyonshee!"

Jaharvis didn't flinch as he lost 50 Life Points. He drew, then smirked as he looked at the card. "I'll play Pyramid Turtle in defense mode," he said, then ended his turn.

Jenni eyed his face down card with misgiving as she drew her next card. "I'll play Neo the Magic Swordsman in attack mode, and attack your Pyramid Turtle!" The attack went through without the magic card's activation, and Jenni started to smile as she prepared her witch's attack…

"With Pyramid Turtle's special ability, I'll summon Vampire Lord to the field!" Jaharvis declared, and the new monster appeared before him. Jenni cursed – neither of her monsters were strong enough to destroy it.

"I'll end my turn," she spat.

"Good." Jaharvis smiled as he drew his next card. He summoned Spirit Reaper to the field. "I'll now use Vampire Lord to attack Neo the Magic Swordsman!" They watched as her spellcaster disappeared in a flurry of bats. "And now Spirit Reaper can use its special ability to attack your Life Point directly."

Jenni cringed as the scythe came towards her. She nearly screamed as it appeared to slice through her; the pain felt so real. Gasping, she noticed that Jaharvis looked nearly as shocked as she did. Looking down, she noticed blood on her clothes; she hoped that it was only virtual.

Jaharvis' voice shook slightly. "Um, with Vampire Lord's ability, you must remove one monster card from your Deck from the game." Jenni shook her head and tried to dismiss the pain as she pulled out her Deck. She pulled Koumori Dragon from the bottom with shaking hands, reshuffled, and then put it back in the card reader.

Jenni drew. "I'll play Gemini Elf in attack mode," she stated with a hoarse voice. "Attack his Spirit Reaper!" She watched dazedly as the twin elves used their magic to destroy the specter. But as the attack settled, she noticed…

"Why is your monster still there?" she asked, dreading the answer. Jaharvis grinned.

"Spirit Reaper's special ability keeps him from being destroyed by any normal attack," he replied. Jenni noticed with relief that his life points still went down, dropping to 2350. "Now its my turn." He drew his new card and smirked. "I'll sacrifice Vampire Lord to summon Vampire Genesis to the field!" Jenni frowned as a colossal monster took the Vampire Lord's place. "Now, using his special generation abilities, I'll discard one card from my hand to summon Master Kyonshee to the field again!"

Jenni watch grimly as he then sent Vampire Genesis to destroy her Gemini Elf. This time she did scream as the Spirit Reaper attacked, and looked down to see her clothing drenched in even more blood. She firmly decided not to look down ever again, for the virtual blood and pain were all too vastly real in her mind.

Shaking her head, trying to dismiss the pain, she drew again, cringing as she noticed her LP were now at 2300. Then she smiled, faintly.

"I'll play Red-Eyes Black Chick," she said, smiling fully as the cute little dragon hatched onto the field. "Then I'll send him to the Graveyard to bring the Red-Eyes Black Dragon to the field!" she stated, and the baby dissolved and was replaced by the full grown dragon. "Now I'll use my Metalmorph," her face-down card jerked up, "to transform him into the Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon!" Jaharvis watched grimly as her dragon transformed before him.

"Now I'll play Shadow Spell!" Jenni declared. Chains appeared around the tow duelists, shooting through the air and wrapping themselves around the gigantic vampire. Jaharvis frowned as the creature's attack points plummeted. "Black Metal Dragon, destroy his Vampire Genesis!" They watched as both chains and vampire erupted in flames and Jaharvis lost 500 LP.

"Dunamis Dark Witch, attack Master Kyonshee once again!" The Life Points went down another 50 points.

Jaharvis shrugged as he began his turn. "First, I'll play a spell card… Wasteland!" he called. The mountains faded to a flat, desolate landscape, and the snow about her melted to reveal parched earth. "Then I'll use my face down Book of Life to bring Vampire Genesis back from the Grave," he announced. Jenni sighed as the monster rematerialized on the field, stronger than before thanks to the field change. "Book of Life also allows me to select one of your monsters from your graveyard and take it out of the game," he replied. Jenni watched as Gemini Elf vanished.

"I'll now use my monster's special ability to summon Vampire Lord from my graveyard!" Jaharvis declared, discarding one monster from his hand. "And now I'll summon one more Spirit Reaper to the field!" Jenni eyed the new monster with resigned dread. She watched sadly as both her Dragon and Witch were destroyed by the vampires. She discarded another monster card due to the Vampire Lord's ability. Jaharvis looked at her apologetically as he motioned towards his two Reapers, and Jenni closed her eyes.

"Damn it!" Zane spat, watching as Jenni fell to her knees on the monitor. He felt Obelisk rumble from his own dimension as the gathered crowd watched her struggle bloodily back to her feet. He knew how real the attacks felt. He glared coldly at Xine, who was snickering at Jenni's obvious pain.

"Jenni…" Mokuba trailed off, and Zane smiled faintly at the boy.

"Jenni has more strength than she lets on. She'll be okay," he reassured the younger boy. Seto glared at Zane for even speaking to his brother, showing no compassion as Jenni staggered to her feet and drew her next card.

Jenni blinked, trying to comprehend this new card and dodge past a thousand aches and pains. She just wanted this duel to end. "I'll play this card… Swords of Revealing Light!" she called, and watched as Jaharvis' monsters were forced into defense position. "Thank God," she murmured, now remembering the card's ability. "I'll now summon Twin-Headed Behemoth to the field, and end my turn."

Jaharvis drew his card. "Since I can't attack, I'll just lay one card face down and end my turn." He grinned at her relief as she eyed his twin Reapers.

Jenni drew. She knew she needed Slifer to win now. His Vampire Genesis had 3200 attack points, and of all her normal monsters, only Slifer could top that. The pain she was feeling was making her woozy… she knew that there were other plans she could use, but she just didn't have the power to think up anything more complex than Slifer. The problem she faced now was drawing him. She looked at the card in her hand and blinked. "I'll play Pot of Greed and draw two more cards, then summon Cyber Harpie Lady to the field," she sighed. She looked at the two new cards… no Slifer.

Jaharvis drew and ended his second obstructed turn peacefully. Jenni smiled – for all the pain and blood she had felt at his monster's hands, she still thought he was a nice guy. Despite everything, she hated to use Slifer against him, but Slifer himself had told her that she must include him in her deck. She drew again. No Slifer.

"I'll play Shadow Tamer and end my turn," Jenni said softly. Jaharvis drew, then turned to Jenni.

"Next turn, I get to attack again. I'll try to make it quick," he told her sympathetically. She grinned.

"Thanks, I'll try to do the same," she teased as he ended his turn. She flinched as her Swords of Revealing Light disappeared. She drew her next card…

"I'll play Reckless Greed," she stated, throwing the card to the field. "This allows me to give up my next two draw phases to draw two cards now!" she called out. Everything was in place… she just needed Slifer. Somewhere, she could imagine Seto smirking at her desperate tactic.

She pulled her first new card, Meteor Dragon, bringing her hand up to four. Jenni closed her eyes as time seemed to stand still. All her pain-filled hope was on pulling Slifer from her deck. She drew her card, and lightning flashed around her, lighting up the crackled landscape. Jenni smiled, her eyes glowing tiredly at Jaharvis' shock.

"I'll sacrifice my three monsters to summon Slifer the Sky Dragon to the field!" she cried, and her three monsters were struck by lightning as the huge dragon sank from the darkness above her onto the playing field. She felt tiny standing before him; he nudged her reassuringly before turning to Jaharvis. Jenni had four cards in her hand, bringing Slifer's attack up to 4000. "Slifer, attack his Spirit Reaper!" Jenni cried vindictively, and the dragon rumbled as its lightning attack destroyed the boy's monster, wiping out the rest of his life points.

Everything went black, and Jenni awoke in her pod. Zane ran up and helped her pull herself out of her pod, smiling widely. She looked down reluctantly and sighed as she noticed her clothing was back to normal. The pain was receding as well, and she felt light-headed. She peeked at Mokuba, whose eyes were wide with shock. Seto glared at her with shock and suspicion, as did some of the others as they helped Jaharvis out of his pod.

"Jenni, how…" Mokuba trailed off, his voice heavy with disappointment. She gulped, and Zane squeezed her shoulder reassuringly as Xine and Yugi walked over to the pods for their duel. Jenni, however, avoided Mokuba's accusing eyes as she tugged Zane's hand. Stevenson's coldly glittering eyes were not the only ones to follow them as they quickly left the room.

End Notes: Oo… So, the field is almost set for the Semis, and all the cards are (almost) out on the field! Ha! FYI, I used the new Zombie Structure Deck for Jaharvis… when I first planned the duel last year, I had in fact planned to give him a Zombie deck – and Upper Deck/Konami made it easy on me! Yay! Also, FYI 2, it took me about 6 hours just to write the duel portion of this chapter, so if there are still any errors, I just don't care!