"There is a power in this game that few can master, a power each monster possesses. And while all desire to tap into it, only the great will be able to unlock their Ka's true form, and allow the true Ka's form to shine"

Geno Roads

Vertigo

"This boring! Why can't they just fight?"

Mai looked over at Joey. "You do realize you are worse then a 5 year old, right? Atleast a five year old can sit still for a few minutes nd watch this boring duel."

Joey frowned. "I'd like to see a 5 year old have this hair."

"Joey, that might not be something to brag about." Raia said calmly,causing Guy and Seto to snicker.

"Coem on guys,this isn't boring." Yugi said. "I think it'svery cool. I've never seen someone duel like this before."

Yami nodded. While he might not normally show a lot of emotion, even the pharaoh was getting excited by this new way of dueling. He had seen a few lcok down decks before, but most focused on lcoking the beating. This appeared to be a burn lock, soemthign that, while ahrd to pull off, was deadly if done right.

"You should really watch this Joey. You could see two duels here."

"Two?" Joey asked, confused.

"Yea, what do you mean?" Gala said, looking at her husband. "normally I follow what your saying..but this time,I'm pulling a Joey."

"See, I'm ntot eh only…HEY!"

Yami chuckled. "What I am saying is that there are two paths here. On oen hand, Lilka is going to lose, hard, and we wills ee the power of a lock and burn deck."

"Watch your mouth." Raia said.

"On the other, Lilka will win with an amazing combo."

"Damn straight." Guy replied.

Yami nodded. "So, we should watch and see what…"

"hey!"

Everyone turned and looked at Tressa. She glanced around nervously, not use to see all her familyin one place. "Uh…is Owen up here?"

Rebbecca frowned. "Do you see a 6 foot giant?" Guy waved at Rebbecca. "Not you."

Tressa frowned. "Sorry…we just can't find him."

Guy shrugged. "I sense him…he must be somewhere. Go check to see if he is in with Dr. Kevin."

"Why would he be?"

Guy shrugged. "Hell if I know, but I sense him over there. He is somewhere on the other side of the arena.

Tressa odded and headed out.

Lilka frowned as she watched her lp drop. All because of that stupid Vertigo card. She looked at her hand. She had nothing that could power up her Amazoness paladin enough to take down Ron. (Lilka-5900)

However, she did have a few spell cards that might help. It would becostly,but they would do.

"I activate Amazoness Raid. This effect allows us each to take the top card form the others deck. If we chose to activate, so be it. IF not, the card is sent to the graveyard." (Lilka-5800)

Ron nodded as Lilka drew the card for him,showing him Amazoness Tiger. He shook his head and she discarded it. He drew for er, and Lilka gladly took the Pot of Greed, drawing two cards and ending her turn.

Ron smiled as he drew. Their platforms raised to 20 feet in the air. "Now it's time to seal your fate, and show you why it never pays to scorn peace. First, I activate the magic card Disasemble. This allows me to destroy one magic card on your side of the field and deal 500 lp damge to you."

Lilka could only watch as her A. Force card shattered, her amazons losing their attack boost and she lost 500 lp. (Lilka-5300)

"Next, I will activate Time Skip. This card allows me to roll a die. The number rolled will equl the number of turns we skip."

Lilka frowned. "I get it. By skipping turns, you'll be able to increase the damage I take."

"Exactly" Ron said as he rolled. He smiled as the number five appeared. Instantly, their platforms shuddered, and began to climb higher. Lilka grabbed onto the bar, steadying herself as they rose to 70 feet, giving her a view on the cheap seats in the arena. She frowned,and then felt her stomach lurch again as Ron ended his turn,a dn they raised yet another 10 feet.

This is not getting fun real quick She thought. She drew, and frowned as her lp dipped lower. If I don't do something soon, I am going to lose allmylp before I can even break down the wall. Next turn, it will cost me 1000 lpto do something…and it's only getting worse! I need to do soemthign drastic. Lilka looked at her hand. My Amazon Archer will not help me, and neither will my Amazoness Spellcasters. I wish I had a field magic card, but that hasn't appeared yet. Wiat…Amazoness Swordswoman. It'sa long shot…but if I draw the right card next turn…I will have a shot.

"I will summon Amazoness Swordswoman to the field in attack mode, ending my turn." Lilka watched as her red haired amazon wonder appeared,holding her sword out. (Lilka-3700)

Ron nodded, smiling as he watched Lilka and her monsters, far below their platforms. While I have her on the ropes now…I can not risk letting her get the advantage. With the monsters she has lined up, if she were to destroy either my Vertigo or my Wall of Revealing light, then I would be done for. Right now, there is no amazon that could beat me…but one well placed spell card.. He looked over his hand. Perfect, my Disarm card. This will prevent her from activating magic cards as long as I have no monsters on the field. With this, she will be stuck with nothing to prevent my win. Ron smiled

"I set this card and end my turn."

"Whoah! Slow down there!"

Tressa had been running as fast as she could down one of the halls of the arena,when she flet herself beign lifted by her collar. She struggled, only to come face to face with two glowing eyes. The 7foot tall woman frowned and looked at Tressa, her dark Egyptian skin showing her confusion.

"Why exactly are you running Tressa? Are you trying to knock everyone down?"

Tressa kicked at er Aunt Diantha, but the young woman merely brushed the kicks off. "Let me down Diantha! I have to find Owen, and I don't have time to deal with goddesses!"

Diantha looked at her, frowning. "No time for Goddesses…ok, fine." She dropped Tressa. "I'm sorry I'm nothing but a burden." She sniffed, her eyes going into human puppy dog mode. She grinned, and instantly shrunk down to her 6 foot 5 form. "Now, why are you looking for Owen?"

Tressa sighed. "First…sorry. It's just…owen is always at Lilka's duels, and we can't find him. And now, she's not doing so well. I need to find him!"

Diantha smiled. "He's at the ticket counter."

Tressa did a double take. "How did you…" Diantha's eyes glowed brightly. "Oh yea, goddess." The two of them headed off to grab Owen. "Hey…when do I get to get the glowing eyes nd 7 foot drop deep gorgous body?"

"When your mom won't kill us for giving it to ya."

"Tere you are Miss Moto, one new id."

Kelli smiled as she took it. "thank you very much."

"It took you this long to make it?" Owen asked. Kelli elbowed him hard and he forced a smile. "Great job."

"Now, let me just get my deck and…." Kelli paled as she looked in her purse.

Owen looked at her. "Oh no…you didn't forget your deck, did you?" He looked at the guard. "Quick, get me a motorcycle."

"It's not that." Kelli said sheepishly,pulling out her old id. Owen looking at her, then back tot ehg uard, both their mouths dangling open. "Oops?"

"But…but…but…"

Kelli pushed Owen inside the arena, only for them to slam into Tressa and Diantha.

"Owen, thank god we found you. Listen, Lilk needs you, now!"

Lilka looked down at her deck. 1000 lp. that meant she had only three moves: A draw, a summon, am attack, and then she was done. That meant, if she didn't pull this off this turn, she was done.

She looked down at her monsters. Could she really pull this off? The chances of her doing this were a million to one. And that card Ron had set…what if it were Mirror Force? Or Torential Tribute? What then?

She looked out at the crowd, each of them waiting for her to make her final move…when she saw him. He was sitting in his seat,smiling up at her.

"Owen" She whispered.

Lilka looked down at her deck again and smiled. "I can do this" She drew her final card. (Lilka- 2700)

"What will you do know?" Ron asked.

Lilka smiled. "Beat you." She held up her card. "You see, I figured something out. There is only one way to defeat you, and that is over the wall. I just have drawn the card that will do that." Lilka'ssmile faded. "I will now tribute Amazoness Swordswoman, taking 1000 lp damage. But after tht,this is a chain effect, and the rest of the pieces are unaffected." (Lilka-1700)

Ron looked at her, shocked, but Pegasus nodded.

"You see, I realized with my Amazon Raid that anything related to the effect tof a card is not affected by Vertigo. Which is good, for now I can summon My swordwoman's shiny from."

"Shiny?" Ron asked.

Lilka nodded. "You see, certain monsters in this game have Shiny forms. These are upgraded versions, only summoned through sacrificing their non shiny forms. By sacrificing Swordswoman, I can summon Amazoness Queen!"

On the field, Amazoness Swordswoman began to glow, till she was consumed in light. Suddenly, the light died, and there stood the Queen. She wore a regal headdress, a long sword at her side, a flowing cape of the purest golden thread, long black leather boots and a one piece armor around her waist and chest. Her hair was down, clean and straight, and her eyes shinnied in the light. (Atk: 1800, Def: 1700)

Lilka smiled. "My Amazoness Queen is about to show why, sometimes, you must fight!"

Ron raised an eyebrow. "I fail to understand. Your amazoness queen only has 1800 atk points. That is fair to little to allow it to break through my wall. Moreso, you can't afford to play a powerup to make her strong enough to do so."

Lilka, however, continued to smile. "Remember how I was explaining about chains? Well…the chain is still going." Ron looked down, and sure enough, the Queen and the Paladin had begun to glow. "When I summon my Amazoness Queen, she allows me to select one Amazoness on the field and combine her attack to her queen's."

Ron could only look down and gasp as the Queen's attack rose to a whooping 3900. As the power absorbed into her, the queen began to grow, till she was nearly 20 feet tall, towering over her other amazons, if they could be called that compared to the giant of a woman that lead them into glorious battle. The queen let out a battle cry and leatp straight up, over his wall and down on his side. He took a step back, holding out his hand.

"Listen mate, can't we just agree that your strong and not have to fight?"

Lilka paused, watching as the sword raised then dropped right at Ron's head…and froze. He blinked and Lilka smirked as the platforms lowers.

"I may be a fighter, but I will respect your wish."

"Nicely done Lilka!"

Lilka ran up and gave her brother a hug, the a hard punch on the shoulder. "Where were you!"

Owen rubbed the limb. "I had problems getting in. When I ianlly did,most of yoru match was over. Had Diantha not cleared a path for me, I would never have gotten to see you whoop that guy done!"

Tressa smiled. "Can it be called a whooping if Lilk never got to truly "whoop" him. Infact, you spent most of the duel losing."

"Watch your tongue." Lilka said calmly, swinging her hair into Tressa's face. "But Owen, why were you late in the first place?"

"Well…the thing is…"

"Hey Owen, can I ask you something?"

Owen turned nd looked over at Kelli. "Uh…sure…" he walked over to her, his back to his sisters. "What is it?"

"Don't you think it's time we told your sisters about us? It would explain a lot and get you out of trouble."

Owen ran his tongue around the inside of his cheek. "I don't know…Lilka tends to be pretty possessive of me. I do't know exactly how she will react."

"Does it matter?" Kelli said gently. Owen looked at her as she gave him a soft smile. He smiled backa nd shook his head.

"No, it doesn't. I'll tell her right now." Owen said with a smile. Kelli resisted giving him a kiss, but was grinning as he turned back.

"Lilka,Tressa…I need to…"

"Quiet Owen, they re announcing the next duel!" Tressa said. Owen looked up at the screen.

"The next duel will be between Owen Chitoshi-Roads….and Kelli Moto."

Owen looked at Kelli. "Holy…"

Kelli nodded. "Shit."