The situation looked grim for Aaron, he was out of luck since his only defense had taken a blast for the worst, first from V's Feather Duster, and then when he lost his monsters from Dalin's Dark Hole card.
Now it was Sarah's turn, and so far the only thing protecting Aaron, where the possible aid from Dalin's facedown cards.
"I draw," Sarah said.
Aaron braced himself for a hit, any thing could get him.
"I set one monster in defense mode and a card facedown." She said. And she ended her turn.
"My turn." Aaron said, with a relief, drawing his card.
"I summon Sangan to the field." He called out, as he placed the monster on the field. Appearing before him was a small creature that was about the height of a cat, it was covered in brownish colored fur, it had small feet with lanky arms, its mouth was gaping, and it had 3 yellow eyes in a triangle formation. (1000/600).
"Time to get some action in. Sangan attack V directly." Aaron called out. The mini monster dove forward and opened its mouth to bite V!
V focused his Rema to a fine beam and formed a pole, the monster hit it and rebounded backwards.
"Nice trick, but you still lose the life points." Aaron said, as the monster came back, But I wonder what She has on the field that is protecting her? I better prepare for anything.
"I set one card facedown and then I end my turn." He said.
V drew his next card, "I play Graceful Charity," he said, drawing 3 cards, and then ditched 2 into his grave yard. "Two cards facedown and a monster in defense mode." As three cards appeared before him to protect him.
High above from the viewing seats, the rest of the DDL watched carefully.
"Aaron managed to get through to V, but V recovered his defenses pretty fast." Jordan said.
"But so far, both Sarah and Aaron haven't lost any of their life points. I wonder who will be the first to take a hit?" Kyle wondered.
"Well it's Dalin's move, so well see." Amy said.
Dalin drew his card, "I set one card facedown, and end my turn." He said.
"A wait and see approach." Jacob said, carefully observing the constants.
Sarah drew her next card, and placed it facedown on the field. "That's all."
Aaron drew his next, "I summon the Witch of The Black Forest."
Appearing before him was the woman with purple hair, and 3 closed eyes, in the black robe, (1100/1200).
"I'll attack with my Witch against Sarah's monster and Sangan attacks V's." He commanded. The Sangan dove forward right at V's monster, while the witch flew towards Sarah's.
V's was swallowed in one gulp, not a clue to what it was, but Sarah's wasn't so weak. A woman dressed in pink armor with blue shoulder guards, one her short black hair was a pink hat, and in her hands was a scepter with a pink winged bat like head, (1450/1200).
"My Ancient Elf counters your strike!" Sarah called out, as the witch was battered away, and Aaron lost 100 life points for his efforts.
Nick looked at the score, Dalin 6000, V, 6500. Aaron, 7900, Sarah 8000. "Looks like they are going to be at each others throats for a while more."
"My move." V drew his card, and imedately set it up on the monster zone. "I end my turn."
Dalin drew his new card, "I choose to end my turn with out playing a card."
"He's being a lot more cautious this time." Paul said.
"Well he's in last place, and he just lost a very strong attack force, So would I." Chuck said.
Sarah drew her card, "I think I better start to deliver some pain of my own. I summon La Jinn to the field." She said, as the Green genie appeared. (1800/1000).
"I'll have my Genie attack Aaron's Sangan." She said, the monster opened his mouth and released a bright flame.
"Not so fast, take this!" Dalin called out as his trap card flipped over.
"Seven Tools!" Sarah called out, as her own trap card flipped over and was about to take Dalin's apart like His had done to V's Magic Jammer.
"Trap Jammer!" He called out, refusing to let her attack to go through, his new trap fired a beam of purple energy that tore her card to bits.
Out of Dalin's first trap came a silver, spiky blob of liquid metal. Just then, it deformed into streamers and dove infront of the fire, and reformed itself into a new La Jin! (0/3000). The fire bounced off the metal genie's surface.
"My Metal Reflect Slime has halted your assault."
"Well I choose to play Waboku, so I only lose 1000 life points from my Seven Tools." She said, her lifepoints dropping to 7000.
Aaron drew his next card, "It's time to clear the field in a different way, I sacrifice my two monsters on the field and Summon My Dark Magician!" He said, as his monsters were sweapt up into light and in their place came the familiar form of the Dark Magician, (2500/2100).
"How's that going to clear the field?" V asked.
"The same way it did for Paul and Amy, I play my Diffusion Wave Motion, and give my monster the power to strike down all your monsters!" Aaron said, as he loaded the magic card, and the magician's staff began to pulse with energy, and fire off rings of energy!
"Big mistake, Magic Cylinder!" V called out, as a pair of pink tubes appeared, one sucked up the energy, and the other fired it directly at Aaron!
Aaron threw his hand forward, and formed a Rema barrier, but the blast was powerful, and sent him crashing into the back of the wall.
"Aaron, You alright?" Dalin asked.
"Yeah, but my life points have seen better days." Aaron moaned, as his life points plunged by 3500.
Everyone watching knew how much of a blow that was.
"I'm surprised his Rema was strong enough to block that kind of damage." Amy said.
"But it still means that he went from first to last place in one move." Josh said.
"And now he's out of options, and it's V's move." Kuro said.
V drew his next card, Aaron's lost is a lot, but I can't afford to let this opportunity.
"I Play the magic cards, Dian Keto the Cure Master and Tremedous Fire!" V called out, as the two cards activated. His Life points raised up to 7000, but then an intense blaze surrounded Aaron and lowered his by 1000.
"And then I reveal my new Fiber Jar!" He called out, as the plant container flipped over.
"He most have found it when he went back into the forest, I'm surprised it's still intact." Jacob stated.
The Jar exploded, releasing Vines that extended to every card on the field, hand, and Graveyard of every duelist. Aaron watched as his Dark Magician vanished in a flash, and all his cards were back in his deck.
Each Duelist's deck reshuffled and then dispensed 5 cards for each.
V looked at his cards, I can attack Aaron's life points again this turn, but Dalin may take my opening to strike, I'll have to be defensive.
"I set a monster and 2 cards." He said, "And I end my turn."
Dalin drew his next card, "I play Harpies Feather Duster, and since you're the only one with any, I'll blow your cards away V." He said.
"I chain with Waboku, and that means not strikes from you." V said, as the 3 maidens appeared, but his other card blew apart.
"Very well, I set Two cards and Summon my Spear Dragon." He said, as a monster resembling a Pterodactyl with a blue back and a long pointy beak in front appeared along side him. (1900/0).
Sarah drew her card, "I set a monster and 3 cards, and end my turn there."
That was fast, that many cards so fast, my guess is she's bluffing.
Aaron thought, as he drew his card, "I'll bring back an old friend, I summon my Witch back to the field and end my turn." He said, Even if she's bluffing, my witch isn't going to do it on its own.
V drew his card, "I set a monster and one card facedown." He said, as he now had two monsters on the field.
"Then it's my turn, I and I'll strike your new monster with my Dragon, Cyclone Blast!" Dalin called out, as his dragon opened it's mouth and released a twister that struck V's monster, a form less mass with bluish eyes, (1000/1200).
"You just destroyed my Thing in the Crater, you allow me to Summon one Pryo from my Hand, and I choose my Blazing Inpachi." V said, as the thing burst into flames, but emerging from them was a tall machine made of flaming wood, with a number 18 on it' chest and yellow eyes could be seen from within the inferno, (1850/0).
Dang, I lose one monster only to get one that rivals mine. I got 700 lifepoint damage though, but now my Spear Dragon's in Def mode and open to attack. Dalin thought. "I set one monster facedown and end my turn."
Sarah drew her next card, "I play Ookazi on Aaron." She said, as a blast of fire shot towards him.
Aaron formed a Rema barrier and blocked the burst of fire, but his life points dropped by 800, leaving him with 2600.
"That's all Aaron." She said.
"Fine, my Draw." Aaron said, Drawing his card, "Alright, I play this, Contract with the Abyss!" He called out as he played the card; a massive blue flame appeared in the pit under them.
"I didn't know Aaron used Ritual Monsters." Nick said.
"I wonder what it is?" Amy wondered.
"This card allows me to summon any Dark Ritual Monster from my hand, so long as I match the monster's level with monsters I sacrifice, so I choose my Witch of the Black Forest and my Mystical Elf. Begone!" Aaron said, sending the two cards to the graveyard.
From the pit of fire came a monster that stood onto monstrous legs, its lower half was demonic with clawed feet, red skin with many protrusions and tail, with the upper body a humanoid from with orange skin, a skull poking from his chest and horns from his shoulders, his face was a mess of red skin and spikes, and nothing else. And in its hands was a staff with a monstrous faces on it. "Behold the power of my Masked Beast!" Aaron called out, but was finding himself getting tired, his Rema was running low from all the dueling an direct attacks.
Now who should I go for, V's monster is in attack mode so I could finish it in one strike, but he's probably got a trap set up. So I'll attack Sarah.
"I strike Sarah's monster with my beast!" Aaron called out as the large creature, (3200/1800).
"Big Mistake, I activate my Enchanted Javelin, and say hello to my Wall of Illusion!" Sarah called out, as the javelin and Wall arose to protect her. (1000/1850).
"That's not good!" Nick called out.
"The Masked Beast gone in one shot." Chuck said, as the beast impacted the wall and the trap. The beast shot back wards and vanished as the wall exploded from the force.
"Nice trick, but with my witch allowed me to get a monster when I sacrificed her with 1500 or lower defense points, I choose to set it in defense mode." Aaron said, but clearly ticked.
"Poor Aaron, he's really getting Slammed out there." Kuro said.
"Yeah, his own Beast was used to strengthen her. Look at the score." Jordan said.
Aaron 2600, Dalin 6000, V, 6300, and Sarah, 10200.
"It's not looking good out there for him; I wonder what Dalin can do to help him?" Paul wondered.
V drew his next card, "I play Pot of Greed, and draw 2 more cards." He said, and did so, "I set one card facedown, and I'll leave it at that." He said.
Dalin drew his card, Aaron and I are getting our rears handed to us, but I've got to keep him alive, I may have more life points, but I can't stop them both on my own.
"My Spear Dragon will now take flight, and strike your life points directly!" Dalin commanded, as the monster flew up into the air, and released a blast of wind right at Sarah.
Sarah raised a barrier, the wind simply bounced off.
"I end my turn." Whoa, all this time, her Rema has been used in such small amounts, she's stocked up enough to block a strike with no effort at all.
Sarah drew her next card, I have no monsters to protect me, and with Dalin's Spear Dragon on the field, I can't leave monsters on the field, I better make sure Aaron can't strike either. I know V will be able to take care of it from there.
"I Play my own Dark Hole!" She called, as the swirling vortex appeared again, and started to pull everything in!
Aaron growled, his only monster was crushed. And Dalin was ticked, as his Dragon also was pulled in with all of V's.
"I end my turn by setting one card facedown." She said.
Aaron drew his next card, I better summon a monster to take out some life points, But of them are out of monsters, but I have to try and get past their defenses.
"I summon Slate Warrior!" Aaron called out as a warrior clad in red pants, brown boots, a yellow vest and green sleeves. Its body was composed of a solid blue mineral; it carried a scepter with a similar colored jewel in the headpiece. And its head was round and smooth, its green eyes and an outline of his nose were visible along with a gem in his forehead, (1900/400).
"Sorry Aaron, Trap Hole!" V called out, as a pit formed up Slate Warrior and caused it to plummet straight into the grave yard.
"Fine, I set one card facedown and end my turn." Aaron said.
"Looks like this duel is going to hold out for a while longer." Nick said, leaning back.
"Each move Aaron and Dalin make has been equally countered in some way. They can't hold out for much longer before one of them is crushed." Jacob said.
"And it looks like V is going to apply the pressure." Chuck said.
"I play Graceful Charity." V said, "Now I set one monster and play Tremendous Fire on Aaron again!" He said, as his life points dropped to 5800.
Aaron formed a Rema Barrier to block the heat, but he was worn out, LP, 1600.
Dalin drew his next card, If I can't get him out of this mess its going to be both of us in the fryer. Come on Aaron, hold on just a little longer.
"I set one monster on the field, and end my turn."
Sarah drew her card, He's barely hanging in there One more attack and he's gone, He's still worn out from the battle on the train, I hope he doesn't push himself so hard.
"I set a monster in defense mode." She said.
"My...Turn..." Aaron muttered, the last burn had really worn him out.
He drew his card, "I play Pot of Greed. I draw two more cards." He said, as he drew them.
His eyes budged, I've got it! I can finish one of them off, but I got to do this just right. Come on Dalin, if you and I are going to win this, I'm going to need your help.