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Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy Of The Cards

Chapter 2

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Jake Wheeler watched the two duelists in front of him. To the left was his sister, Mira, using an adaptation of their mother's revered harpy lady deck? She currently dominated the field, with Harpy's Hunting Ground as the field card giving a boost to her two monsters, Cyber Harpy (ATK/2000 DEF/1600) and the feared Harpy Lady Sisters (ATK/2150 DEF/2200). Mira was standing strong with a barely damaged 7900 Life Points.

Her opponent, on the other hand, was in dire straits. In only 2 turns, Mira had cut down his life points to a meager 5550, and had trashed his monsters altogether. He was reeling from the feedback on the Duel Disks- Jake himself had flinched when Mira's Cyber harpy had sunk it's claws into him. The guy had somehow offended Mira though, and Jake knew hell had no fury like his sister.

Mira kept laughing. "You don't stand a chance! There's not a monster in the game that you could pull out of your hat that could stop me!"

But her opponent, Garrett, seemed unfazed. "No monster card, maybe... Or maybe you don't know what's coming at you."

Someone tapped Jake's shoulder and he treed. It was Ban. "Yeah, what's up?" Ban was intently staring at the new kid... Garrett What's-his-name. "Your sister is overconfident, I think. And I can't quite place it, but there's something about that Garrett Character..."

"Yeah, I know what ya mean. What do ya think, Yoshino?" Yoshino was quiet, staring contemplatively at the field. "I think your sister has the upper hand...But that Garrett Kid isn't out of it yet..."

"So, you gonna take your turn, or what?" Mira was getting annoyed. Her opponent was busy staring at his hand of cards. He glanced up. "Ok, just plotting how to take you down..." He nodded and turned to her, smiling. "Ok, let's get this going for real!"

Garrett drew his card. Useful. It'll buy me a turn or three... "I activate Swords of revealing light!" Mystical swords of light fell from the heavens, piercing the harpies and freezing them in place. "Then, I activate my face-down Ookazi!" A bright flare ignited around Mira and then exploded, and she shrieked as the feedback and heat of the explosions hit her, draining hit points down to 7100. And, to end my turn, I summon Masaki the Legendary Swordsman (ATK/ 1100 DEF/ 1100), in attack mode!" A samurai, clad in vibrant green armor, appeared, bowed, and drew his katana.

"Is that armored weakling supposed to scare me?" Mira drew, smirked and summoned another Harpy lady (ATK/1500 DEF/1400) "Done." she said, and one of the swords of revealing light winked out of existence.

"Anyone brave enough to wield a sword for his lord should be feared." And with that cryptic phrase, Garrett Drew another card. "I summon Hero of the East (ATK/1100 DEF/1000) in attack mode!" A mounted warrior clad in red and green armor with a horned helmet clattered onto the battlefield to stand next to Masaki. "Then, I Activate Banner of Courage!" A shining Banner was raised behind the Samurais, and both cheered with such fervor the crowd standing nearby did the same.

"Humph. Have you gone blind? My monsters still out power yours!" Mira drew, checked the field, and grinned. "I'm done. There's no way you can last much longer... your life is tied to these lovely swords of yours. They go out...so do you. My turn's over." And another sword disappeared.

Garrett drew. "I Activate Graceful Charity!" A golden angel appeared from the heavens and offered Garrett three cards... and even Mira was perturbed at the subtle little grin that crossed his face.

As Garrett discarded a pair of cards as per graceful charity's effect, Mira took stock. She still had her harpies, and there wasn't a damn thing he could do about it... yeah, what could he do except for lose?

"Now, the end is nigh. I summon another strike Ninja (Atk/1700 Def/1200)!" The familiar Black clad ninja appeared again, his red scarf trailing after him. "Then, I place two cards face down..." Two more cards appeared in the magic and trap zone. "And I activate one of them- the magic card, Frontline Armory!" A chest opened on one of the cards, and inside was a plethora of weapons. "This card allows me to take one equip magic card from my deck, and equip one of my monsters! I select Fusion katana: Murasame Blade!" The card in question appeared in the zone. "And I equip Masaki the Legendary Swordsman!" The green clad samurai dropped his katana back into the chest and received the new blade, which his hand immediately became one with. "This gives my samurai an attack boost of 800, raising his attack to 1900! Now! Masaki! Destroy her Harpy lady!"

The emerald Samurai charged forth, and expertly cleaved the surprised harpy in half. There was a backwash of energy, and Mira instinctively threw up her arms in a shield. Her life points dropped to 6500. "That's not right!" Someone called form the still-growing crowd of students. "Masaki's attack is only 1900! 1900 minus 1500 is 400, right?" Another voice argued. "Yeah, but Masaki was using the Banner of Courage, increasing his attack by 200!"

As his samurai returned to his side of the field, Garrett grinned and said simply; "It's all yours."

Mira scowled as she drew... a scowl that quickly became a smile. "Well, well. Looky here. It MUST be my lucky day." with that she activated ANOTHER elegant egotist. "How do you like that? Now you have TWO sets of sisters to deal with! And look at that-" Mira commented as she ended her turn. "Your pretty little swords are...gone."

Garrett stared at the second set of sisters now taunting is ground-bound monsters. "Not good... Need to turn this one around... before my boys end up harpy food..." He drew absentmindedly, still fixated by the winged forms overhead. When he looked down, he almost dropped the card. "Well I'll be damned. Took ya long enough." With that, Garrett looked across the field and laughed.

"What's so funny? Your little samurai are about to be ripped to pieces!" This guy was definitely...odd. Mira decided. Either that or a masochist.

"Heh... First I activate Darkness falls, by sacrificing one of the cards in my hand, I turn all of your monsters face down in defense position."

"Why? Afraid of watching your impending doom?"

"No, quite the opposite. And now- The Harbinger of your Defeat! I summon the... SASUKE SAMURAI!" Garrett Gestured dramatically and a hush fell over the crowd. He solemnly placed the card into his duel disk; there was a flash of blinding light and...

A foot tall figure with a large, imbalanced-looking spherical wooden ball for a head and big angry eyes stood triumphantly, staring down the enemy, his pen-sized katana drawn and his blue ponytail flapping in the virtual wind.

There was a long silence, and then, like a torrent, laughter roared in the dimming sunlight, as everyone but Garrett burst out in peals of laughter.

"Is that... GAHAHA...Supposed to sniff frighten me? And here I was expecting the blue eyes white dragon!"

Garrett ignored the laughter. "Then, I activate the spell card ninja mirror image, sacrificing my Hero of the East so that one of my monsters can attack three times for one turn... and I select the Sasuke Samurai (ATK/ 500 DEF/ 300). There was a flash of a smoke bomb, and suddenly three where three Sasuke Samurai, each defiantly ready, despite their stature.

"What are they going to do? Hit my Harpies with those pens they call swords? Just wait till my next turn, I'll flip those harpies right back up and rip your chibi samurai to pieces. This ought to be-"

"Sasuke Samurai- ATTACK!" The three little samurai rushed forward, blades drawn, each intent on a different target. Mira was choked with laughter... laughter that promptly died with the sounds of shrieking harpies. One by one the Sasukes collided with their targets, connecting in sequence. Then, the face down harpies...simply shattered to pieces. Mira stared in shock as her precious harpies piled up in her graveyard.

The Sasuke Samurai mirror images dissipated leaving the original to return to it's starting position as the crowd fell deathly silent. "How..." Mira was barely able to whisper. "Simple" Garrett said matter-of-factly. "The Sasuke Samurai can destroy any enemy in face down defense position, regardless of defense stat... But you where too busy laughing to notice that it was an effect monster. And now... The coup de Grace." The crowd all but erupted in cheers.

Garrett flipped over his last remaining face down card. "I activate the trap card... call of the haunted." The ground shook as a tombstone rumbled out of the ground, followed by its owner, the strike ninja destroyed earlier in the duel. "They say that victory only comes from courage, don't you agree?" The banner of courage glowed as the warriors on the field, the two strike ninjas and Masaki roared a battle cry, their attack points being raised. The crowd joined in as the Warriors rushed forward towards the now-unprotected Mira.

"SIS!" Jake shouted as the warriors brought their blades to bear. Mira shook from the waves of feedback, but retained her feet as hr life points dropped to a dangerous 600. The crowd was in an uproar. Some cheered for Mira, while others cheered for the newcomer. Even some faculty members had come outside to watch, and they where cheering and jeering just al loud as the students. "Sis! Hang in there! You can still beat him!" Jake shouted over the cheers all around him. Mira seemed to hear, because she stood up straight once more, although the cockiness and bluster she had shown before was gone. This is gonna get serious... it's too early to let my guard down.. Garrett thought to himself as he stared into the silent rage in Mira's eyes.

"Your turn."

Mira drew, and the glimmer in her eyes was ever apparent. "I set this monster..." A face down monster card appeared in front of her. "And then I lay this card in my magic and trap zone. She smiled sweetly. "Your turn."

Uh oh, not good. Garrett thought. The face down card was probably another harpy derivative, no match for his monsters. But the new magic/trap scared him. There where a lot of things that that card could be... but he needed to end the duel FAST, before his opponent could set up her next attack even better than the last. I'd better play it safe. "I set this monster in face down defense mode!" A face down card shimmered into existence. "Then, I attack with the Sasuke Samurai, automatically destroying your face down card-"

Mai grinned and waggled a finger at him. "Tsk tsk tsk. You seem to have forgotten my face down card- I activate Mirror Force!" A shining sphere bubbled up around her face down card.

"Oh shit... I knew it!"

"I see you know what it does..."

The Sasuke samurai collided with the bubble and was destroyed, and his energies shot back at Garrett's face-up monsters. Masaki and the Strike Ninjas raised their guards, but in seconds where incinerated by the energies, leaving nothing but ash. "Ok, your turn..." Garret sighed.

Mira drew, and grinned. "Now, I Flip Summon my Harpy's brother (ATK/1800 DEF/100), who gains the 200 attack point boost of Harpy's Hunting Ground." A winged being in a crimson mask dropped from the sky, and stopped inches from the ground, giving of a battle cry not unlike that of a hawk. "Now, harpy's Brother, attack his face down monster!"

The winged fury rushed forward and collided with the face down card, a Hannibal Necromancer (ATK/1400 DEF/1800), and the bluish fiend Necromancer shattered from the impact. Garrett groaned as his monster shattered. With that attack boost, The Harpy's Brother was going to be a real pain in the ass to take out... "And, to end my turn... I set this card face down."

Garrett looked at the field. This one's gonna get worse unless I do something. He looked at his three card hand. Two basic monsters-not bad if I'm on the offensive, but useless here... And then THAT...but it's useless without the ritual... Well, nothing to do but draw, let's hope it's something that can do me some good.

And draw he did. Ok, time to put her monsters on permanent hold... "I set this card in my magic and trap zone... and end my turn."

Mira was naturally suspicious. No monsters? That has to be some nasty trap he's laid... Well, it's no matter, 'cause I'm ending this VERY soon... "What, tired of living already?" Mira decided to put her bravado back on. "We'll just have to see, won't we?"

Mira Grinned as she drew, more at Garrett than the card. "You may not be half bad, kid. But this ends here."

Out in the crowd, the cheering had died down as some drifted off and others only became more interested as it came down to the wire. "Your sister, as usual, is playing at full bluster..." ban noted to Jake as he adjusted his glasses. Jake glanced over at his shorter friend. "Yeah. But this next move will be more than bluster, I wager." Yoshino brushed some of the curls from his huge haircut from his face and looked over the field. "If half of dad's stories about the way your mom duels are right, and assuming that Mira plays the same way, I think I know what's coming up next."

"Now, let's get rid of your troublesome traps, eh?" Mira grinned. "WHAT?" Garrett was quite taken aback. How... Oh no...

"I Activate... Harpy's Feather Duster!" One of Mira's original face down cards flipped up, and a graceful wing shot forth, straight at Garrett. But he knew it wasn't aimed at him. He groaned as every one of his Magic and Trap cards disintegrated, including his banner of courage... Now, there was absolutely nothing shielding him.

"But I'm not done yet! I also summon Harpy Girl (ATK/1200 DEF/1300)!" A younger looking harpy flew onto the field. "Her ability is, when summoned, I can call forth a Harpy Lady!" And another Harpy appeared on the field.

The harpy's brother cracked his knuckles and waited for the attack signal. "Payback time. All my Harpies! Attack!"

The winged monsters all rushed forward, and Garrett knew he was in for some deep, deep shite as their attack powers increased form the field card. He closed his eyes.

Oh boy... This is going to hurt...

The entire crowd Ohhed and Ouched as Garrett was thrown five feet back by the impact, his precious life points draining to 650...

Do or die time Garrett... He picked himself up as the crowd was cheering Mira full on. He drew. One more turn to live... he set a card in the magic and trap card zone, put one monster in defense mode, and ended his turn, dusting off his jeans.

"This is it." Mira said. Inside, she was gloating. This guy had put up a hell of a fight; her side was still aching from where the legendary swordsman had hit her. But it's over now. Good game...Garrett. "I activate Electro whip and equip my harpy lady, increasing her attack by 400! Then I activate Cyber Shield On Harpy Girl, increasing her attack and defense by 800!" A whip, crackling with electricity, materialized in one of the Harpy Lady's Talons. The Harpy Girl was encased in what looked like a cybernetic swimsuit, glistening in the ever-dimming sun.

The crowd quieted as Mira shouted; "It's time to finish this! Harpy's Brother! Attack His face down monster! The winged monster launched forward, taloned fist at the ready. But it never connected.

"I activate Negate Attack!" A invisible wall sprang up, rippling quite heavily when the Harpy's Brother hit it. 'Now, none of your monster's attacks will go through!"

Mira was unperturbed. "Go you, you have one last turn to live."

The crowd was getting anxious. Most had been standing for over an hour, and the sun was beginning to set. Jake glanced at the horizon. He didn't have to worry too much. Both his parents wouldn't give a damn if their kids where out late. After all, just look at how THEY acted when they where that age... Yoshino glanced over at someone leaving the school building. Ms. Gardner took a glance at the crowd and singled out her son. "Just like his father..." Tea mumbled as she walked over. Yoshino saw her coming. "Hey Mom." "Hello, sweetie. So who is it this time? I see harpies, so it must b Mai's daughter, but..." "The other's the new kid. Garrett." "First day and he's already pissed Mira off, huh? Her fuse is getting shorter every day." "Tell me about it. She almost murdered dad when he took the last pancake this morning. Although, since mom cooked them..." said Jake from the side. "Oh, hello Jake. I didn't see you standing there." "Hello to you too, Auntie Tea." The conversation stopped as Garrett Drew his last card to live... and laughed.

"It's been fun, Mira."

"Giving up?"

"Not Quite... I summon Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands (ATK/1400 DEF/1000)!" A stone figure appeared, vaguely humanoid in shape, but wrapped in hundreds and hundreds of arms. "His special effect allows me to draw one ritual monster or magic card from my deck! And I pick... the ritual magic card...Bushido Code!" He drew the card in question from his deck, and then shuffled it. "And now I sacrifice my Manju and my face down Beautiful head huntress to summon... RONIN OF THE FIVE WINDS!"

The monsters on Garrett's Field exploded in bursts of flame... and in their place stood a sole figure. Dressed in dark blue robes and wielding a ridiculously long Katana, the Ronin turned towards Mira and grinned. "Meet The Ronin of the Five Winds (ATK/2800 DEF/2200), my favorite monster. The Ronin bowed rather dramatically. Mira was still grinning. "Whatever. Come on the, let's see this Ronin of yours in action. Even if he attacks, my trap will end this game for sure.

"Happy to." The crowd watched anxiously. This move would end the game.

"Ronin! Attack Harpy's Brother!" The robed samurai launched himself into the air, and brought his katana down.

"Not so fast!" Mira shouted. "I activate my final face down card- Magical Cylinder!"

The crowd gasped. "This is it." Ban said, propping his glasses back up and appearing out of almost nowhere. "Ban! Where'd you come from?" Jake was taken aback. "Me? I went over to McCragwall's to get some food. I was simply famished. French fry?" jake took the fry and looked at the field of play. "Whatever-as you where saying?" "This is it- magical Cylinder will absorb the attack and shoot it right back at Garrett' Life Points- ending the duel. See- there it goes."

The huge cylinders appeared and one oriented itself to absorb the attack. The crowd was in a frenzy. "That was the best duel I've seen in a while!" "Pay up, I told ya Mira would win."

Mira folded her hand and looked straight at her opponent. "This is it, Garrett. You put up a good game but... Huh? Why are you still smiling?"

"Look back up." is all Garrett said. The crowd fell silent as the Ronin reached the cylinder. He brought his sword down- and cleaved it neatly in half. "Wha-?" Is all Mira could manage before there was a thud as the Ronin landed. "How…" Is all that Mira could manage. Garret was grinning confidently. "The Ronin of the Five Wind's effect allows him to ignore all trap cards that target him specifically. So, your cylinder, though well played…" Mira sighed, but grinned in spite of herself. "Was useless…" Suddenly, there was a burst of activity in the crowd. "Hey Look!" someone shouted. "He Missed the Harpy's Brother!"

Indeed, the winged figure was still in the air. The Brother shot both fists up in a sign of victory... Then fell neatly in half, disintegrating before he touched the ground. Mira shook her head, stunned, as the 800 Life Point Damage from battle hit her. Her Duel disk registered Life points at zero... and the two disks clicked off, the Ronin grinning broadly at his audience before he winked out of existence. There was silence... and then the School Yard erupted in cheers.

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G San: And so ends the first duel. You guys like it? If so, give me your thoughts! Review, and tune in next time for more Yu-Gi-Oh: Legacy of the Cards!