Author Notes: Well glad to see I'm still liked :)
Hey, Pen. We're cool, dude. No harm done. Oh, and send me that chaos/dimension deck, and I'll use a character and name him after you.
Anyway, on with the next chapter. Believe it or not, I started this before Pen wrote his review, and he gave it away.
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"Hey, Yugi," shouted Joey. "What do you think of that last combo, huh?"
"Not bad," said Yugi, normal. Yami decided to sit this game out, since it was only for fun. "But I think I have a plan. I sacrifice Double Coston for Dark Magician."
"Aw, no!"
"And I'll add Book of Spells, to increase his power by 300 (2800/2400). Destroy Joey's Red-Eyes, and win the duel!" Dark Magician charged a Dark Magic attack and blasted Red-Eyes away. "I win."
"Aw, nuts," said Joey.
Joey: 0
Yugi: 600
"Good game, Joey. Almost had me! At least you know that combo works real well."
"Yeah. An idiot like Rex or Weevil would have had no way to counter it," Joey looked at his watch. "Aw, shoot. Serenity's going to be over in about fifteen minutes. I'll catch up with you guys later."
"It sure is nice to see Serenity back in town," Tristan chimed in.
"Yeah, it is."
"I was talking to myself."
"Watch it," said Joey with a sharp glare. He headed home to meet up with her. "I'll meet you guys back here in an hour!"
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"Almost done," said Ryan, up in his room. He added another card and took another out. He fanned out his deck. "Perfect. This will be an unstoppable deck. Now, the cherry on the sundae." Ryan placed his Blue-Eyes White Dragon into the deck and closed it up and placed it in his deck box. "This should do."
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"That's why bras are so uncomfortable," Téa finished saying. Yugi and Tristan just looked on, bug-eyed and with big sweat drops on the side of their heads. Even Yami had one.
"Um, Téa," said Yugi. "When I ask how your day is going, I simple 'okay' or 'crumby' would had been fine."
"I'll never look at a girl's chest again," said Tristan. "Which comes out to about 2 days."
"Uh, hey guys," said Joey's voice. They all turned to Téa's right, Tristan's left, to see Joey. Joey stood there with green pants and a pink T-shirt. He blushed and looked at the ground with his hands in his pockets. Serenity stepped out from behind him. Pink t-shirt and green shorts.
"Isn't it great, guys?" asked Serenity, smiling. "Now we look like twins!"
"Yeah, awesome," said Tristan, trying to hold back his laugh.
"Looks great," said Téa, also holding back her laughter.
"I...like...it..." said Yugi, shaking because he didn't want to laugh.
"I thought you would," said Serenity. She looked over two buildings down to a clothing shop. The word SALE was in the window. Girls and sales. Mouse and cheese. "Oooh! Be back later!" She dashed off to the store. Joey glared back to his friends still trying not to laugh.
"One giggle and I'm never speaking to youse guys again," said Joey.
"You promise?" chuckled Tristan. Joey growled.
"You want to make something of it, Tristan?"
"No thanks. I don't fight girls. Ahahahahahahaha!"
"That's it!" Joey put the still laughing Tristan in a headlock. He squeezed, but Tristan kept laughing. Yugi and Téa began laughing as well.
"You guys laughing," said a voice. Calm and quiet. "I missed that. It feels like forever since I heard it." They all turned around to see Ryan. He stood their with a pair of dark green cargos, black t-shirt, and a tan vest, along with a cool pair of Matrix looking sunglasses. On his belt hung his deck box. He removed his shades and smiled at them. "Hey."
"Ryan!" shouted Téa.
"Ryan's back!" shouted Yugi.
"All right!" added Joey. He walked up the rest of the way to them and sat down. Téa put her hand on his shoulder. He took a deep breath.
"Summer air smells good," he said, relaxing.
"How ya been?" asked Joey.
"I've been-Joey, nice shirt. Lose a bet?"
"Yeah yeah. Get on with it."
"I've been okay. I gathered myself. I still don't know what got into me, but last night, it got into me again. But I was able to control it towards the end. I don't know what it is. It's me, but I'm blinded by rage that quickly turns into power and a strong ego. And this power...oh, I don't know what it is, but I know how to use it."
"Is it under control?" asked Tristan.
"For the moment, so there is no worry."
"Ryan, we have bad news," said Yugi. "Kaiba..."
"...has challenged me to a rematch. I know. He came by when I wasn't home and wrote me a note. He wants a duel in three days. So I came up with a new deck."
"What kind of deck?"
"All fiends, circling around a specific card. I play it right, his Blue-Eyes White Dragons, fused or not, will fall to their knees. There's only one dragon in my new deck."
"Blue-Eyes, right?" asked Joey.
"Yup. I want to try it, so I need a test duel."
"Want to try with me?" asked Yugi. "I just played a game with Joey a little while ago, so I'm pumped."
"A deck of fiends are nothing compared to my deck," said a voice two tables down. This whiny voice with a bit of a rasp is a pain to everyone's ears. He turned around to face Ryan and the others. "I'm sorry, but I just sat down and overheard you talking about a new deck, Ryan Takawa. Your name spread fast after that defeat of Kaiba some time ago. I've been meaning to test my skills against you. And with a deck just made, now is the best time for me to squish you like the bug you are."
"You?" asked Tristan. "Don't you ever get tired of your bug puns, Weevil Underwood?"
"About as much as I am beating low-level duelist such as yourself!"
"Uh, hello," said Joey. "Duelist Kingdom right a bell? Battle City perhaps, where I kicked your butt! Even with the Seal of Orichalcos, you sucked."
"Don't mention the Orichalcos," ordered Weevil. "Rex and I both agreed that was a mistake. But I don't need that thanks to the new and improved insect deck. Ryan Takawa, I challenge you to a duel. Winner takes all"
"Don't start," said Joey. "He's not in da mood ta duel a short-stack like yourself. So why don't you take your bugs, turn'em sideways, and stick'em up your- -"
"I accept," said Ryan.
"Huh? You sure?"
"Just a friendly game. I accept, Weevil."
"Heh. You may think no bets. But once I defeat the kid who defeated Kaiba and take his dragon, I'll regain the name I made for myself back before Duelist Kingdom." Ryan got up as did Weevil. Weevil put on his green trenchcoat and pushed his glasses up. They moved into the closed down street, due to the construction three blocks up. Passer-byers began to stop and look. One kid even shouted "look! That Takawa kid is dueling Weevil!" A crowd soon drew as Ryan and Weevil activated their Duel Disk Systems. They both drew card and glare one another down.
"Ready?" Ryan asked.
"To eliminate a pest problem I am," replied Weevil.
Kaiba sat in his office chair, writing memos and making business calls. "That's right, you heard me," Seto yelled into the phone. "Battle City 2! I want to hold another one. Now make it happen." He hung up. "This is perfect. Once I take Takawa's dragon, he'll want to duel me again to get it back. Won't he be dissapointed to learn he'll have to duel through tons of competitors to get to me. And without his dragon, he'll be crushed in no time. He'll pay for defeating me. And then, Yugi. You may have beaten me last Battle City, but I won't lose this one! I'll make you squirm, just like I will Takawa."
"Go ahead and take first move, Ryan," said Weevil. "Watch as I eat away at your monsters like maggots on a corpse."
"Thank you for that visual," said Tristan, sticking his tongue out.
"I'm gonna cancel that burger I just ordered," added Joey. Ryan fanned out his hand. He nodded and took a card.
"I'll play this. I summon Opticlops in attack mode (1800/1700)." Opticlops was a beefed-up red monster with one eye and a horn on his forhead. "Next, I play this card face down! Go ahead!"
"A bit foolish," said Weevil. "Now, watch! I will play this monster face-down and end my turn."
"Let's see." Ryan drew his next card. "Good. This should help. I play this monster face down, and I attack with Opticlops! Attack the face-down monster!" Opticlops gashed the face-down card in half with one mighty swing. The card reformed as a lady bug with four black stars on it's back. Each star started to become green. "What'd I do?"
"That was my 4-Starred Lady Bug of Doom! Now it will blow up on your side of the field and kill any level four monsters you have there." All stars were lit up, as the Lady Bug exploded in a burst of green smoke. Opticlops inhaled the smoke, bringing it to its knees, then to the graveyard.
"Okay, bad move," Ryan admitted to himself. "Okay, Weevil. Your move."
"About time," he laughed. He drew his next card. "Excellent. Just what I was hoping for. First I activate the magic card Insect Barrier. Now none of your bugs can attack me."
"Very useful on a deck full of fiends and one dragon."
"Careful," warned Yugi.
"Yeah," added Joey. "If your monsters aren't bugs, Weevil will make them into bugs."
"I'd love to see that," said Ryan.
"Is that so?" added Weevil. "Well then, I'll place this card face down, and summon a monster known as Girochin Kuwagata (1700/1000)." A purple humanoid kuwagata appeared on the field. "Kuwagata, get rid of that face down monster!" The bug slashed into the card with its giant vicegrip pincers. Appearing on the field was a bloby, colorful sphere. "What was that?"
"It's called Giant Germ (1000/100), and by killing it, you lose 500 life points." The germ exploded, senting goo and smoke directly at Weevil.
"Ooooh, yuck. I just showered five days ago!"
Ryan: 4000
Weevil: 3500
"That's not all! Now I can summon any other Giant Germs from my deck to the field! Giant Germ, reappear!" The Germ reappeared to the field. "Now multiply" Giant Germ preformed cell division, spliting itself into two.
"Two more Germs in wait, huh? Clever. But this duel will be mine. I end my turn."
"My move." Ryan drew his card. "Good. I sacrifice one of my Germs to summon Lesser Fiend (2100/1000)." Lesser Fiend was a cross between a hair-less bear and Goro from Mortal Kombat. "Now, I'll place the other Germ in defense mode. Next, let's play my face down card, Nobleman of Extermination. This will destroy one face down magic or trap card on your side of the field. And to make it worse, any trap of the same name is removed from both our decks. Weevil Underwood, I know you have a DNA Surgery lying in wait for me there!"
"How did you know?" asked Weevil in a terrified manner.
"Because there is only two ways to make all my monsters bugs. Paracide Parasite and DNA Surgery. And knowing you, you want me to attack so you can make my fiends into bugs. Nice try." A stout, armored soldier appeared from the magic card with a big sword. "Nobleman of Extermination, destroy that face down card!" The nobleman dashed up and sliced the card down the middle, and then vanished.
"Ahahahaha! Good play, WRONG CARD!" The picture of the cut card was shown before it burst into shards.
"What? That was Seven Tools of the Bandit!"
"Correct. My, you're the smart one. I knew you'd probably predict my move, so I put down a card as bait. Knowing you'd take it out, I knew my DNA Surgery was safe until I draw it. But you used Nobleman of Extermination! Oh, the irony! I have no more Seven Tools, but I'm sure you do!" Ryan glared at Weevil as he went through his deck. He found his two Seven Tools and discarded them from the game. Now he can't stop the activation of Traps.
"Well, this sucks," muttered Ryan. "Serves me right for not adding De-Spells, Remove Traps, and Typhoons. But, I have a Trap card that may help. I just have to time it right."
"Now what, smart guy?" asked Weevil.
"Lesser Fiend, attack his Kuwagata!" Lesser Fiend rushed up and grabbed the bug with his bottom arms. He then procceded to bash the insect with his top arms until destruction of the monster was achieved.
Ryan: 4000
Weevil: 3100
"Forgot about the stronger monster," muttered Weevil. "No matter. My plan is set."
"Your move, Weevil." Weevil drew his card while grinning.
"Allow me to introduce you to a monster known as Petit Moth (300/200). Ha ha ha! What, no remark about how weak it is by saying something sarcastic like, 'oooh, how powerful.'"
"No, because I know you Weevil! You're going to turn it into the Cocoon of Evolution, and transform it into a Great Moth in four turns."
"Again, you are right and WRONG!"
"How so?"
"You're right. Now I seal my pathetic Petit Moth inside the Cocoon of Evolution (0/2000)." Slimey silk wrapped around the Petit Moth, changing his appearence into a kidney bean shaped slime sack. "But who said anything about a Great Moth (2600/2500), when I can keep it in for six turns and bring out my Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth (3500/3000)! Nothing will stop his power!"
"I'll destroy it before it even comes out of that Cocoon!"
"Really? I doubt it. I've eliminated your anti-trap card. I place one card face down, and then play Horn of Light on my Cocoon, increasing it's chance of survival (0/2800). Now I end."
"Don't worry, dude," said Joey. "Ya got'em on the ropes!"
"His life points may be higher than mine, Wheeler. But that will change incredibly fast in six turns."
"I got this, Joey," said Ryan, giving Joey a V. He drew his next card. "Ha! This should work. I sacrifice my other germ to summon Summoned Skull (2500/1200)" Yugi grinned as he saw one of his signature cards come into play under Ryan's control. For that moment, Yugi thought back to how Summoned Skull pulled him out of tight jams. Defeating Weevil at Duelist Kingdom. Fusing with Red-Eyes Black Dragon to defeat the Paradox Brothers. Defeating the Rare Hunter that had Exodia. And other countless moments.
"Not strong enough to take down my Cocoon yet," pointed out Weevil. "I'll give you points for effort. Hee hee hee."
"I'm not done with you, yet! I play Sword of Dark Destruction on Summoned Skull. He will lose 200 defense points, but gain 400 attack points (2900/1000)! And if I'm not mistaken, that's a hundred more than your Cocoon's defense!"
"No. My plan is ruined." A dark sword with red blade appeared in Summoned Skull's hand. He squeezed it, turning it into energy he then absorbed. The new power gave him a red aura, and he roared in victory.
"Prepare to be destroyed! Summoned Skull..." Yugi glanced over at Weevil. Weevil was grinning to himself and snickering. Yugi knew this was not good, and that what Ryan was doing was exactly what Weevil wanted.
"Ryan, don't - -" Yugi called out, but it was too late, for his friend finished giving the order.
"...attack Cocoon of Evolution!" Summoned Skull charged his claw with the red energy he gained from Sword of Dark Destruction and dashed at Weevil's bug.
"You fell for it," Weevil laughed. "Activate DNA Surgery! Change all monsters on the field into bugs!" Summoned Skull grew insect legs out from his back, and Lesser Fiend gained house fly wings. Summoned Skull brought his claw down upon the Cocoon, but numerous yellow bars stopped him, and threw him backwards to Ryan side of the field.
"I was so stupid," Ryan thought to himself. "I should have seen that coming. What is wrong with me? Okay, get a grip, dude. It's okay. I can make a come back. I just have to play my cards right...literally."
"Your move, Weevil," Ryan stated.
"Like you can do anything else," Weevil snickered as he drew. He looked at the card in his hand. "I play this monster face down, plus another face down card. That's it for me. And my I remind you that's two turns since my Cocoon's been on the field. Four more and the Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth shall arise" Ryan drew and glared at Weevil. His glare turned into a smile. Weevil look confused.
"It's not looking good for you, Weevil," said Ryan. "Time to bring out someone who's been in the dark for too long. I sacrifice my Lesser Fiend and Summoned Skull" Both monsters faded away in particles, as Ryan placed his monster on the field. "Blue-Eyes White Dragon, awaken (3000/2500)" Blue-Eyes arose from the ground in a spectacular show of light. His eyes glimmered in the light as he gave off a roar. Ryan smiled, but Weevil smiled back to his surprise.
"Very impressive," he chuckled. "But he's no good."
"Huh?" Ryan looked at his dragon roar in a painful manner. His question of what was wrong was answered quickly as he gazed in horror. Two sets of insect legs came out from his sides under the dragon's claws. Pincers grew from the sides of his mouth. His wings transformed into giant dragonfly wings.
"Ha ha ha! I believe that creature is now a Blue-Eyes White Insect! And as an insect, his attacks fail because of my Insect Barrier."
"Arrrghhh! What is wrong with me? I'm making too many mistakes!"
"Hey, don't worry," Joey shouted. "Everything will turnout fine. It's just some simple mistakes."
"Yeah," added Tristan. "Joey makes them all the time, dude!"
"Yeah, I - - HEY!"
"I know you can do it!" said Téa. Ryan nodded.
"I play this card face down," he announced. "And I end my turn." Weevil drew his card and looked at it.
"I'll play this card face down," he said. "But before I do that I'll play Dian Keto the Cure Master, giving life points back to me."
Ryan: 4000
Weevil: 4100
"I'm far from done," Weevil laughed. "Next, I'll flip my face down monster up into attack mode, activating his effect! Man-Eater Bug!"
"Oh, this doesn't look good," remarked Tristan.
"My bug's Fatal Bite will kill your Blue-Eyes! Get'em!" Man-Eater jumped onto Blue-Eyes, sinking it's teeth into its neck. Blue-Eyes roared, then exploded into shards. Weevil's bug jumped back to his side of the field. As the shards faded away, Ryan was seen glaring at Weevil coldly with anger.
"That idiot," Ryan thought to himself. "I should send him straight to the Shadow Realm - -NO! Control yourself! You got this! Don't turn to these powers."
"I'll next sacrifice my Man-Eater to summon my Empress Mantis (2200/1400)." Man-Eater disappeared. Replacing him was a giant pink mantis with red stripes, what looked like a white scarf, and the biggest set of scythes on any insect.
"Ewww..." said Téa. "Even for a pretty bug it looks gross."
"Empress Mantis, attack his life points directly!" Empress Mantis took three steps forward, and brought his scythe down upon Ryan, hitting him head on for alot of damage.
Ryan: 1800
Weevil: 4100
"YES!" Weevil cried in victory, as if he already won. "This strategy is unstoppable. Another turn, and your as good as dead. And if something stands in my way, my Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth will rid me of that problem. Admit defeat and hand over your dragon, and I might tell people it was a close match. I said 'might,' though. Hee hee hee."
"I'm not giving up," Ryan told him. "You want my dragon, you'll have to do 1800 more damage to my life points."
"Heh. Very well. I end! Three more turns until my Moth awakens. Too bad he may not get to destroy you." Ryan looked at his hand. There was nothing that could help him. Just low level fiends. He needs to draw one card. He drew and looked at his card. His eyes lit up in surprise.
"This'll do. I activate the magic card...Card Destruction!"
"Huh? Errr...very well." Weevil and Ryan put their hand of cards into the graveyard. Weevil replenished his hand with the same number of cards he discarded. Ryan looked over to Yugi. Yugi just gave him a look. A look that spoke no words, but said something right to his face. It said "Heart of the Cards. Believe in them." Ryan nodded and drew his cards.
"About time," muttered Weevil. Ryan fanned out his cards and looked at his new hand. His eyes lit up again and he smiled.
"It's time, Weevil. In my graveyard, I remove all three Giant Germs from the game!"
"You do what now?" Three lights came out of Ryan's graveyard slot, forming his three Giant Germs above his head. They broke into shards, which the card in Ryan's hand absorbed.
"I summon Dark Necrofear (2200/2800) in attack mode!" Dark Necrofear, a bald, blue skin demon woman in armor appeared on the field. It's gaze was cold and full of rage.
"Uh, forgetting something?" Ryan watched as Necrofear grew insect legs and antenna. He just smirked.
"I remember," he said. "I place two cards face down. Your move, Weevil." Ryan had Necrofear and three face down magic/trap cards. Weevil had Empress Mantis, Cocoon of Evolution, and all Magic and Trap slots filled. Insect Barrier, DNA Surgery, two face down, and Horn of Light.
"Well, not that it poses a threat..." Weevil said while shrugging. "But I guess I'll have to rid you of that Dark Necrofear! I activate a face down card, Deal of Phantom! My Mantis's attack will increase by 100 for every monster in my graveyard. I believe there's three, so that's 300 (2500/1400). Attack that Bug-Fiend of his!" Empress Mantis, powered up by the spirits of his comrads, charged at Necrofear with the scythes reflecting the sun. Ryan chuckled.
"Well, now, I can't allow that. Activate face down trap: Blast with Chain!" A pair of spikey brass knuckles appeared on Necrofear's hand. Connected to the knuckles was a chain. At the other end of the chain were three rockets, tied together, with a dragon-head like top. "This card acts as an equip card, and will increase Necrofear's attack power by 500 (2700/2800)!" Necrofear punched the charging insect, destroying it in one mighty shot.
Ryan: 1800
Weevil: 3900
"That's not supposed to happen," growled Weevil. "It's no matter! I have you on the ropes."
"Not for long," said Ryan. "Are you done yet, Weevil?"
"No. I place this card face down and end my turn. That's four turns! I could have summoned my Great Moth if I wanted, but it would do no good against your powered Necrofear! But my Perfectly Ultimate one will destroy you!"
"No, it won't." Ryan drew his card. "I play the magic card Spiritualism."
"Drat! I know what's coming."
"Spiritualism will allow me to send a Magic/Trapcard from the field back to the owner's hand! I choose your DNA Surgery!" Ghost came out of the Spiritualism card, swirling around DNA Surgery. Weevil screamed in horror as the ghost sent his DNA Surgery back to his hand. "I'm not done, yet, Weevil! Activate trap card...Disarment! It shall destroy all equip cards on the field."
"Why me? No no no!" Horn of Light burst into shards, and the horn on Weevil's monster faded away, bringing the Cocoon's defense down to 2000 again. Blast with Chain was also destroyed. Dark Necrofear, free of insect parts, dropped his weapon to the ground, returning him to his original attack as well.
"Go, Dark Necrofear! Destroy the Cocoon of Evolution!" Dark Necrofear dashed at Weevil's monster.
"Sorry, Weevil. You lose!"
"No...NO I DON'T! I REFUSE! Activate both face down trap cards! Pyro Clock of Destiny!"
"Pyro Clock of Destiny?"
"Pyro Clock of Destiny allows me to skip ahead a turn. And with two Clocks, I move ahead two turns! That makes my Cocoon go on its sixth turn" The Cocoon began to crack, spilling light out of every crack. Finally, the Cocoon burst open, blinding everyone with bright light. The first things that came into view were giant, colorful moth wings. Next, the bee-like abdom. And finally, the pincers, bug eyes, and six legs. "PERFECTLY ULTIMATE GREAT MOTH HAS ARRIVED (3500/3000)!"
"This is not a good thing at all," remarked Joey.
"If I'm not mistaken, Takawa, you've already declared an attack!" Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth gave one flap of his mighty wings, covering Necrofear in a yellow dust. A dust that he could not survive in. Ryan watched as Dark Necrofear parished from the power of the Moth.
Ryan: 500
Weevil: 3900
"I won't lose to a flukey like you," Weevil snarled. "Kaiba lost because he got sloppy and ignored your skill. But I won because I had a plan. There's nothing stronger than my Moth that you can summon! Look at the field and our life points and admit defeat!"
"I can't summon anything stronger than your moth," Ryan admited. Weevil laughed in victory. "That being the case...I'll just take your monster!"
"What was that?" Weevil look as his Moth began shaking harshly, as if trying to resist something inside him. "My Moth! What's wrong? What have you done to him?" Weevil bug stopped squirming. "Huh? Are you okay, my Moth?" Weevil's Moth turned to him, glaring at him with it's red eyes. "Ahhh! Do you need eye drops?"
"Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth...obey me! Come to my side of the field." Weevil's Moth moved over to Ryan's side of the field. Weevil looked at him, dumbfounded and full of rage.
"Hey, that's my monster!"
"Look closely, Underwood!" Weevil looked atop his Moth's head to see a sight that cleared it up. A transparent Dark Necrofear was riding atop with his hands inside the head of the Moth. "You destroyed Dark Necrofear's body, but not his spirit. And as a spirit, he has used his ability of Posession to take control of your Moth's mind and body. It's my monster, now."
"How dare you control my Ultimate Great Moth! Not that it'll do you any good. DNA Surgery may be off the field, but Insect Barrier is still in play! You still can't attack!"
"All ready taken care of. Notice something still on the field?" Weevil's ears picked up the sound of a hiss, but he couldn't locate the origin of the sound. He looked to see the Blast with Chain's fuse lit.
"Wasn't that thing destroyed by Disarment?"
"Yes. And it activated it's special effect!" The fuse lit the rockets on fire, blasting straight at Weevil. The rockets collided with Insect Barrier, destroying the card in an explosion of flame and smoke. The smoke quickly cleared, terrifying Weevil when he saw his Insect Barrier gone.
"No...this isn't happening. Okay, Weevil...wake up!"
"It's no dream! Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth, attack Weevil's life points directly!" Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth flapped its wings furiously, creating a dust tornado.
"Moth, do not attack your owner!" Weevil ordered in desperation.
"He's not yours anymore! Poison Power Tornado Attack!" With one last mighty flap, the tornado was blow right at Weevil. Weevil shouted as the tornado trapped him inside. Ryan just grinned evilly as the Millennium Symbol faded onto his forhead, and faded away just as fast. He chuckled to himself as the tornado disipated away. Weevil fell to his knees, taking deep breaths.
Ryan: 500
Weevil: 400
"I...must...draw something next turn..."
"There is no next turn," Ryan laughed. "For my final trick...activate face down card, Call of the Haunted. Blue-Eyes White Dragon, return to life!" Making his comeback, Blue-Eyes faded back onto the field, roaring in the air for vengence. His dragon has returned to the game, insect parts no longer part of him. He was Ryan's symbol of might and power. "It ends now, Weevil. Blue-Eyes White Dragon, squash that cockroach! White Lightning Attack!" Blue-Eyes charged up his blast in his mouth, and blasted Weevil with a blinding white light. This blast pushed Weevil back, causing him to fall flat on his back.
Ryan: 500
Weevil: 0
"I win!" Ryan said.
"Nice comeback," said Joey. Ryan gave his friend a thumbs up.
"He did well," said Yugi. Yugi looked to his side to see Yami standing next to him, a look of concern on his face. "What's wrong?"
"I sense much darkness inside him," Yami stated in a worried tone. "Nearing the end of this duel, that darkness was part of him, but wasn't dominate like the other times. He's learning to control it. But it's learning to become part of him." Ryan walked over to Weevil, who was sitting up. Ryan extended his hand to him. Weevil looked confused as his opponent smiled at him kindly.
"Good duel, Weevil," said Ryan. Weevil growled and slapped his hand away.
"I don't need your pity," he barked. Weevil got up from the ground and dusted off his green jacket. He took his Moth and handed it to Ryan. "I know the rules. Take it and go."
"Um...gee, Weevil. I don't use bugs. How about you just keep it? It works better for you, anyway."
"Huh? What's your problem? You were relentless and agressive two minutes ago! Now you want to be friends? Are you trying to humiliate me even more?"
"I, uh..."
"Well, you said you don't want it, so I'm keeping it." Weevil slipped it back into his deck and walked away, muttering nasty words about Ryan to himself. Ryan shrugged and walked back to the group. Congrats and pats followed.
"Well, looks like that deck was a success," said Joey.
"Joey," called Serenity. Serenity ran up with two shopping bags, smiling. "I got you more clothes."
"More? Look, sis. I love how you are buying me things, but - -"
"Ryan!" cried Serenity in happiness as she dropped the bags and embraced her friend. This took Ryan by surprise, but he soon returned her hug with his. "I'm so happy to see you. Wait until I tell Mai."
"Yeah, it's good to see you, too," he told her.
"That lucky...errrr," growled Tristan.
Kaiba turned off the monitor of his computer, as the words WINNER blinked under Ryan's name. Seto just chuckled to himself, as he walked out the door of his office. "Nice deck," he laughed. "Too bad I'll cripple it." Seto shut off the light, and closed the door to his office. Only two days left.
