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After the speaker was finished, he announced that there would be some demonstration duels. He randomly called two names from each rank. The Slifer duel was pretty anti-climactic; the best card used was, like, Call of the Haunted. It was the Ra duel that they wanted to see. The first name was called; "Ryo Hyuga!" a tall, blonde, brown eyed boy stood up and approached the stage. Then the second name was called; "Jill Blakeson!" Jill let out an 'Eep!' as she nervously sauntered to the stage.

As the two combatants entered the arena, all eyes were on them. Jill, basically, from having this many people watch her, just broke down. Twitching and wobbling, she tried to shuffle her deck, but dropped a bunch on the floor. She didn't even try to pick them up; she was too paralyzed with fear. Kakashii knew that she had to help. She raced down to the arena, hopping the ledge. She ran towards Jill, still twitching and wobbling. Kakashii bent over and picked up the cards that Jill had dropped. She handed them to Jill.

"Don't be so nervous," Kakashii said as she placed her hands on Jill's shoulders, "you can do this. Just imagine that it's just me, you, and that guy." She pointed at Ryo.

"B-b-b-but, th-there-there's s-s-so, so m-m-many…" she began to say, but Kakashii cut her off.

"Just don't look at them. Remember, you can do this. I'll be up in the stands cheering you on. If you get nervous, find me in the stands, okay?"

Jill nodded. Kakashii walks back up to the stands and sits back down, confident that Jill could win; because she had seen a few cards in her deck. 'How could someone like that have those kinds of cards?' she thought.

The official stood in the middle of the arena. He shouted "are both contestants ready?" Ryo nodded, anxious to begin the duel. Jill looked into the audience and spotted Kakashii smiling to her. Jill nodded. "Then begin the duel!" The two duelists entered their decks and their Life Points blinked at 4000. The official flipped a coin and the result declared Ryo as the one to make the first move.

(J: 4000 / R: 4000)

Ryo drew his cards and looked his hand over. "For my first move, I summon Familiar Knight in attack mode!" A knight in silver armor appeared on the field. (1200/1400) "And next I play two cards face down. Your move."

Jill drew her card. "Uh… um… I'll summon a monster in defense mode, and… uh… one card face down."

Ryo drew from his deck. "Okay, I summon Dragon Fighter in attack mode!" an upright-standing dragon emerged onto the field (1750/1000). "Now, Dragon Fighter, attack her face down card!" the dragon lunged forward, reeling back a fist; it punched a wall.

"You attacked my Stone Statue of the Aztecs! This monster uh… deals you twice the battle damage when you attack it!" (300/2000)

"Sorry, but my Dragon Fighter negates all battle damage dealt to me when it's in battle. Now I end my turn."

"Well, I… uh… summon my Petite Girl A in attack mode." A young girl in a robe appears on the field (200/300). "And I'll activate its special ability, by… uh… sacrificing 200 Life Points and sending it to the graveyard, um… I can summon Exceptional Girl B from my deck in attack mode." (J: 3800 / R: 4000) The small girl disappears and is replaced by a slightly more mature version of it (400/600). "Now I'll activate this one's ability. By offering it, um… and 300 Life Points, uh… I get to special summon Amazing Girl C from my deck." (J: 3500 / R: 4000) an even older version of Petite Girl A appears on the field (900/1000). "I'll activate this one's ability too, by sacrificing 400 life points, and my monster, I can summon Outstanding Girl D in attack mode." (J: 3100 / R: 4000) An even still older and more mature girl appears on the field (1600/1700). "My new monster can decrease all of… um… your monsters attack points by 400. Now I can… uh… attack your Fighter Dragon!" the Girl Fires an energy orb at the dragon, obliterating it. "Now I… uh… end my turn." The general consensus of the audience was 'about damn time!'

The general consensus was also Ryo's consensus as he drew his card. "I'll set one card in defense mode and switch Familiar Knight to defense mode. Your turn."

"Um… okay." Jill said as she drew her card. "I summon Asura Priest in attack mode." A blue-skinned priest with three faces and six arms appeared on the field (1700/1200). "I can have this monster… um… attack all of your monsters on the field. So… uh… attack his Familiar Knight!" the blue monster threw a volley of knives at the crouching knight, shattering it.

Then Ryo interrupted. "Ha! You've activated my Familiar Knight's special ability, it allows me to summon any level 4 monster from my hand, and I think I'll summon this! Rare Metal Dragon!" a silver, quadruped dragon became visible (2400/1200). Jill then commanded her Asura Priest to attack Ryo's other monster, destroying it. However, since it was a Twin-Headed Behemoth, (1500/1200) at the end of Jill's turn, it was re-summoned with 1000 attack and defense points. Asura Priest returns to Jill's hand, due to the fact that it's a spirit monster.

Ryo drew his card. "I summon my Mirage dragon!" a serpentine dragon with wisps of smoke around it became visible (1600/600). "And due to its special ability, you can't activate that face down card you have."

"I may not be able to activate it during the battle phase," Jill butted in, "but since you summoned your dragon, I can… uh… activate this, Torrential Tribute!" a giant wave crashed, vanishing all monsters on the field. "Now it's my turn" she drew to begin her turn. "I'll summon Mataza the Zapper!" a green armored samurai walked onto the field (1300/800). "I can have this new monster attack your life points twice! So… um… attack, Mataza!" The samurai sprang at Ryo.

"Hmp!" Ryo huffed. "I'll take this opportunity to activate this card, Serial Shield!" The crowd gasped; which is really cliché.

"What does that card do?" Jill inquired.

Ryo explains, "The next two direct attacks to my life points will be automatically negated. But first I need to discard from my hand, but no worries." Mataza completed his attack, but Ryo's life point meter remained unchanged; as did the second. "That's two down, so my card is destroyed. My turn now." He drew from his deck. "I summon my second Dragon Fighter!" the same blue dragon appeared on the field (1750/1000). "Now, attack her Mataza the Zapper!" the bipedal dragon took a swing at Mataza, clocking him right on the jaw, and shattering him. With that, Ryo ended his turn.

Jill looked the field over. So far the duel was not going to well for her. He had cancelled or turned around almost every play she had made. Shakily, she drew her card. "I p-play Cost Down! By um… sacrificing one card from my hand, uh… I can reduce the level of all of my monsters in my hand by two! And now I play Brain Control! By giving up 800 life points, uh… I can take control of your Dragon Fighter!" a ghostly hand stretched across the field and griped the dragon opposite of Jill, dragging it to her side of the field. (J: 2300 / R: 4000) "Now I sacrifice your dragon… um… for a dragon of my own! Come on out! YAMATA DRAGON!" her eyes beamed as she said this, it's almost as if she had become a different person. Kakashii noticed this sudden change in personality, and was firmly focused on the duel thus on. The Dragon Fighter disappeared and gave way for an eight-headed snake of a dragon that slithered onto the field (2600/3100). "Now! Attack him, my dragon!" energy orbs formed in each of the dragon's mouths. Then, it fired from each of its mouths, a mighty beam that knocked Ryo back a couple of feet. (J: 2300 / R: 1400) It took Ryo a few moments to get back up after that blast. "And whenever my dragon inflicts damage to your life points, I draw from my deck until I have 5 cards in my hand." She drew the appropriate number of cards. "And I play Spiritual Energy Settle Machine. This allows my spirit monsters stay out on the field and not return to my hand at the ends of my turns. All at the reasonable cost of one card in my hand per turn. Your move."

Ryo drew his card, as well as a fair number of sweat beads. His hopes that her monster would go away were crushed because of that last card that she played. 'Damn!' he thought. "I summon Dragon Knight Swordsman in defense mode." A warrior clad in black armor with a dragon insignia on his shield (1800/1500). "And I'll play one card face down, your move."

Jill drew her card to begin the turn. "I summon Inaba White Rabbit!" a small rabbit next to a poll hopped onto the field (700/500). "My furry little friend here can attack your life points directly, so attack!" the white rabbit leaped over and kicked Ryo square in the chest. (J: 2300 / R: 700) "Yamata Dragon! Annihilate his monster!" the dragon stuck, vanishing Ryo's Dragon Swordsman.

Ryo cringed as his monster was destroyed, but then said, "When my Dragon Knight Swordsman is destroyed when there is a dragon on the field, I get to special summon a Dragon Knight King from my hand!" as soon as the Swordsman disappears, it is replaced by a taller, stronger, and more regal version of it (1900/1900). "Now it's my turn!" Ryo draws. "I summon Dragon Doppelganger!" a silver sphere with dragons eyes appears beside the Dragon Knight King (0/0). "This new monster can take on the Atk, Def, and name of any dragon that I remove from my graveyard from play. And I choose my Dragon fighter!" the silver sphere oozes and reshapes itself into the form of the bipedal dragon.

"Is this going somewhere?" Jill asked with annoyance.

"Patience," replied Ryo. "All good things come with time. Like this! I activate my trap card, Dragon Morph Positive!" as Ryo's trap card flipped up, an electric current surged from it, to the Dragon Fighter. The Dragon was suddenly clad in an orange suit of armor, with three long claws stretching out from its fists (2450/1500). "Meet the Dragon Warrior Positive!"

"Well that's a relief, I though that you would make a smart move." Jill mocked. "Your pathetic dragon doesn't even compare to mine!" Meanwhile, in the stands, Kakashii was scribbling a few notes. 'Violent, aggressive tendencies appear to be triggered by summoning of Yamata Dragon, awaiting reaction upon its destruction.'

"Oh ye of little faith," said Ryo, "you seem to have forgotten my King."

"What about it?" Jill questioned.

"Well, when I summoned my Dragon Warrior Positive, it activated its effect. Every time a dragon is special summoned on my side of the field while it's on the field, I get to destroy one of your monsters!" the King began to glow. He then leapt forward and cut the eight-headed dragon right down the middle. Jill blinked and held her head as her favorite monster was destroyed.

"Wh-what? What's going on…?"

"Now, Dragon Knight King, attack her Inaba White Rabbit!" the warrior leapt toward her rabbit, cutting it to ribbons. (J: 1100 / R: 700) "Dragon Warrior Positive, finish her!" the dragon approached her with blinding speed and knocked her back a few feet. (J: 0 / R: 700)

"And the winner is, Ryo Hyuga!" the crowd cheered as Ryo raised his hands in victory.

Jill slumped to the ground. She couldn't bear to think of what Kakashii thought of her now. Completely embarrassed, she picked up her cards and ran out of the arena, crying the entire way.