hibryd: Hello, hello, hello. In the previous chapters, I have had no one to communicate with. None, zero, zilch, nada, nothing. So I have hired a new assistant: MASAMUNE SWORD OF EVIL!!!!!!!!!!!!

MASAMUNE SWORD OF EVIL: in a deep, threatening voice All shall bow down to my powers. looks around at all the puny mortals Die!!!!!!!!!

All the little people: Oh noooooooooooooooo! I'm burrrrrninnnnnnnnng!! Help meeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!

hibryd: Read Chappie 5 while I subdue my assistant. pulls out a syringe Oh, MASAMUNNNNNNE. . .

------------- One Day at Home Chapter 5 ------------

"Noooooo! You can't defeat me!" Bart moaned as the holograms of the monsters disappeared. "I am one of the best!"

"Guess what? I just did." Steven mocked. "So give me your Beast of Talwar and two Locator Cards."

"Ngh. Okay. I guess I can't escape the fact that I lost the duel. Not everyone's perfect. Guess we're tied at three Locator Cards each now." Bart said as he handed everything over. "But if you had just one Locator Card, how did you beat me, when I had five?"

"I only just entered the tournament. I guess I'm pretty good then, huh?"

"Yeah. Try to see you at the Finals, Steven."

"See ya, Bart." Steven said as Bart walked away. "He's a pretty cool guy. And now I've got more Locator Cards than you, Paul!"

"Oh, that's because you had a stroke of luck with Valkyrion." Paul replied. "If we played, I'd annihilate you."

"Yeah, I guess you're right. So let's get you guys a duel, huh?" Steven said, searching out more duelists.

"You don't understand that we need to find and defeat Marik, do you?" Yugi said, having turned back into Yami Yugi. "We should be searching out Rare Hunters to duel with, and to take out his forces."

"Yeah, yeah, sure, sure. Let's just get some more duels." Michael said. "Maybe that guy there!" he said pointing at a guy with flame red hair and red eyes.

"Those have got to be colored contacts." Paul said. "No one's got red eyes. Hey, you! With the red eyes! I challenge you to a duel!"

"Hmm? Me? You want to duel me, Ken, the Fire duelist?"

"Yeah. Fire stands nothing against my Darkness deck. You got no chance. And since I challenged you, you have to accept!."

"Fine. So let's heat things up." Ken said, his duel disk firing holographic projectors.

"We shall." Paul said, also firing holographic projectors.

"Here goes. I set two cards facedown and end my turn."

"How weak. No monsters!"

"Hold on! I activate Non Aggression Area! I'll discard my Mr. Volcano so you can't summon a monster this turn."

"So you're stalling. Oh well. I play Pot of Greed and draw two cards. Next I set two cards facedown. Your move."

Paul: 4000 Ken: 4000

I'll set another card facedown and remove my Mr. Volcano from play so that I may summon Inferno!"

A raging flame appeared on the field, and Paul really was feeling the heat. The flame grew two blue eyes, and a portion of it opened up, revealing a wall of skulls.

"Now, Sword of Deep Seated! This raises my Inferno's attack points by 500! Attack his Life points directly!"

"Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!!! That's hot!" Paul said.

Paul: 2400 Ken: 4000

"I guess it's my turn now. First, I'll play Snatch Steal! This allows me possession of your monster forever! Next I summon Dark Blade! It's time for a huge comeback! Attack, my monsters!"

Ken was hit by 3400 points of damage.

Paul: 2400 Ken: 600

"Whoa. That hurts. But there's a good thing about this. I gain 1000 Life Points because of your Snatch Steal card! I set one card facedown and play Bait Doll! This lets me see one of your facedown cards!"

"Too bad. Because I activate Magic Jammer! I'll discard my Sinister Serpent to destroy that Magic Card!"

"No! Oh well. I summon my Blazing Inpachi! Attack his Dark Blade!"

Dark Blade caught fire and burned away.

Paul: 2350 Ken: 1600

"Okay, my move. I'll set a monster in Defense mode and end my turn."

My Cyber Jar will destroy every monster on the field, including his Inferno.

Paul: 2350 Ken: 1600

"Hot. All I can say is this. Inpachi, attack his defense card!"

"Ha! It's my Cyber Jar! And it destroys all your monsters!"

They both drew five cards and showed them to each other. Ken got one monster in defense mode, a Lady Assailant of Flames, and Paul got Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer and a facedown Magician of Faith.

"Okay. I'll remove my Inferno from the Graveyard for another monster to defend with!"

Paul: 2350 Ken: 2600

"My move. And I play Painful Choice! I'll take five cards from my Deck, and you'll choose one to be added to my hand! Take a close look at them. Two Archfiend Soldiers, two Giant Orcs, and Slate Warrior."

"I choose one of your Archfiend Soldiers."

"Well, you're in for it now. I play Mystic Plasma Zone! This raises all my Dark monsters attack points by 500! Now I'll remove my two Orcs and my Slate Warrior from play for my Dark Necrofear! Now I'll summon my Archfiend Soldier and flip up my Magician of Faith to get back my Pot of Greed and play it again!"

"Next I'll play Premature Burial and get back the Arch fiend Soldier that's in my Graveyard! Now, Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy the facedown card in the middle."

The card destroyed was found to be Skull Lair.

"And finally, I'll play United We Stand on my Magician of Faith, raising her attack points by 800 for each monster I have on the field. And I count five! Making it a raise of 4000! Archfiend Soldiers, attack his two defense monsters! And Magician of Faith, wipe out his remaining Life Points!"

Paul: 2350 Ken: 0000

"No. I lost. Ugh. I can't believe this. Okay fine. Here's my Locator Card and my Aitsu."

"Aitsu? That's your rarest card? Yeah, right, like I'll take that."

"You should. My twin brother Nek has the Koitsu card for the combo. The only way you can tell us apart is that he has blue eyes and hair. Look for him. If you can defeat me, you should surely be able to defeat him and his Water Deck."

"Okay, but this card does not enter my Deck until I have the combo."

"I'm just fine with that."

"See ya, Ken."

"Hey, Paul?" Steven asked as Ken walked away to look for a new duel.

"Yeah?"

"You've still only got two Locator Cards."

"Auuuuugggghhhhhhhhh!"

----------------- End Chapter 5 --------------

hibryd: So how was it? takes syringe out of MASAMUNE's body Isn't it great? I'm going on to Chapter 6, and MASAMUNE has been subdued.

MASAMUNE: stirring

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