Chapter 23: Let's Duel!

"My partner will be..." Rya pointed down at the one she chose as her partner, as everyone gasped.

Yami was smiling. "Great choice, Rya." he thought to himself.

"Seto Kaiba!" Rya stated proudly.

Kaiba smirked and walked over to the platform as it raised up. "Good choice," he stated and looked on over towards Lisa's shocked face.

"Now why in the world would she pick him? You probably would've been a better choice Yugi," Joey whispered. Yugi just sweatdropped and rubbed the back of his head.

"Because Joey," Rya started to say, hearing his comment. "Not only is he an excellent duelist, but I felt I worked best with him and his deck. He's told me he's wanted a chance to duel Yami anyways. Plus, I didn't want to make Yami duel against one of his closest friends. So in the end, Kaiba just seemed like the better choice," she explained.

"I agree," Kaiba smirked with his arms crossed.

"So do I," Yami smiled. Rya smiled back and placed her deck onto the board.

"Well, that's all well and good, but I'm ready to win," Lisa sighed and placed her own deck in place, along with Kaiba and Yami.

"LET'S DUEL!" they all cried and drew their cards.

Rya looked down at the cards she had drawn and nodded. "This is a good start" she thought to herself.

"Well, I guess the prettiest of us should go first, so I'll start things off!" Lisa stated and looked back down at her cards. "It'll go me, then Kaiba, then Yami, and save the worst for last," she scowled.

Rya simply glared, but agreed with the arrangement. "Good. Because by the time it's my turn I'll have a taste of her strategy and be able to come up with one to beat her," she thought to herself.

"Now that we're all in agreement, I place this monster face down in defense mode. Along with these two cards face down," she said putting two magic/trap cards on the field.

"Fine then," Kaiba stated. "I'll place two cards face down also, and one monster in defense mode. That ends my turn."

Yami looked to see the look of hatred Rya was giving Lisa, and saw that it didn't suit her at all. "I wish this never happened. I never wanted this to happen!" he thought with frustration. "I'll place one card face down in defense mode. That will end my turn," he said none too happily.

Rya then looked down at her own cards as she decided her move. "I'll place one card face down in attack mode, and one card face down. That ends my turn."

Lisa faked a yawn as she looked as bored as hell. "Well, it seems so far that your strategy is simply to bore me until I forfeit. Sorry, but you're going to have to do better than that," she said. She drew her one card and looked down at the rest of them in her hand. She smirked as she looked at the assortment of cards in her hand. "She's going down," she thought and continued with the duel.

It was half-way into the duel, with the following events taking place:

Kaiba- 2900 Life Points. He had one Blue Eyes White Dragon on the field (3000/2500), and two magic/trap cards face down.

Yami- 2800 Life Points. He had Celtic Guardian on the field in defense mode, with three magic/trap cards face down.

Lisa- 2000 Life Points. She had one magic/trap card face down. No monsters on the field.

Rya- 2200 Life Points. She had three magic/trap cards face down, and Dark Witch in attack mode (1800/1700), and it was her turn.

"Let's see," she thought, looking at her options. All she really wanted to do was eliminate Lisa from the entire match. "She doesn't have any monsters on the field, so I could attack her Life Points directly. But then there's that magic/trap card, something she's probably expecting. Hopefully it'll be something I can get rid of if she tries to use it." Rya decided to go for it. "Dark Witch, attack Lisa's Life Points directly!" she ordered.

"Ha! I knew you'd fall for that! Activate trap card: Waboku! Which basically means I receive no damage from this attack!" Lisa laughed annoyingly.

"Unless of course I play my magic card: Remove Trap! And I'll use it to remove Waboku!" Rya replied. Lisa's smile was practically smacked off her face as Dark Witch brought her Life Points all the way down to 200. Rya had a small smirk on her face as she said, "That ends my turn."

"Yeah! You go girl!" Joey cheered from the sidelines. Lisa simply glared at the girl across from her.

"She's going to pay," she growled to herself. It was now her turn as she drew a card. She smirked as she knew exactly who she wanted to use her new card on. "I summon one card face down, and I play Change of Heart! And I'll take control of..." Everyone waited for her to announce the monster she would use. "Kaiba's Blue Eyes White Dragon! Blue Eyes, attack Dark Witch!" she laughed maniacally. Rya braced herself for the attack. It literally shoved her backwards into the platform's rail, hurting her a little bit. Rya's Life Point were down to 1000. "That's what you get for messing with me!"

It was now Kaiba's turn, and we all know how sensitive he is about someone else using his Blue Eyes White Dragon. "You're going to pay dearly for using a card that is far beyond your amateurish level you slut!" he yelled. With just a few cards, he was able to summon his Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon. "Now you're going to see what happens when you mess with ME! Attack!" Kaiba instructed his monster. "You lose," he smirked.

"I don't think so. Reveal Man-Eater bug! Which automatically destroys one monster, and I choose your pathetic dragon," Lisa stated. Kaiba was beyond outraged as a little bitch destroyed his best monster so easily. "Now it's Yami's turn. Go ahead sweety, show them what you're made of," Lisa giggled. Yami just rolled his eyes as he drew a card.

"I place this card face down in defense mode, and end my turn," he said and crossed his arms.

Rya knew he was just trying to avoid attacking her, and she really appreciated it. "Why did I have to drag him into this? He doesn't deserve this!" she thought in her mind. She slowly drew a card, suddenly realizing the impact of that last attack on her body. Nevertheless, she looked down at her cards. "I'll play Dark Magician in attack mode. And place three cards face down. That ends my turn."

"Oh good! My turn!" Lisa cheered and drew her card. "First I'll play Dian Keto, which gives me another 1000 Life Points, and brings that up to 1200. Then I'll place one card face down, and play Gaia the Fierce Knight in attack mode. That ends my turn."

A now very pissed Kaiba decided to pay Lisa back for destroying his best monster. He drew his card, and started laughing. "You're done for, Lisa," he smirked. "I play Monster Reborn, to bring back none other than my Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon!" he announced. "Then I play another magic card which allows me to attack this same turn. Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon, attack!" The attack started going straight for Lisa's monster, when she simply smirked.

"I play my Book of Moon card! This allows me to flip one face-up monster into a face-down position. Sorry Kaiba," she smiled. Therefore, Lisa's monster and Life Points were safe, while Kaiba's dragon was put into face-down defense position. "Now it's Yami's turn, and he better do some damage or he'll regret it later on," Lisa stated glaring at him.

Yami simply returned the glare and looked at his hand. "I'll place Celtic Guardian on attack mode, and that ends my turn."

"Yami you idiot! How can you do this? They're winning and all you can do is just...aahh! Attack someone and win this duel!" Lisa screamed.

"You put me in this mess, Lisa, and I didn't want any part of it. So now you're just going to have to deal with it," Yami stated calmly. "It's Rya's turn." Lisa kept yelling and screaming until Rya started drawing a card.

"Why am I still in pain from that attack? It's should've worn off by now," Rya thought. She drew her card, and knew exactly what she was going to do. "First I'll play these magic cards: Book of Secret Arts, which gives my Dark Magician 300 extra attack/defense points (2800/2400). Then I'll play Sword of Dark Destruction, which increases my monster's attack points by 400, but decreases his defense by 200 (3200/2200). And finally, I'll play YAMI, which increases attack/defense by 200 (3400/2400). Now I'll attack your Gaia the Fierce Knight with my Dark Magician!" Rya announced. "This should bring her Life Points down to about 300, and Kaiba should be able to take it from there," Rya thought. "We're going to win, and I'll be able to be with Yami."

"Nice try," Lisa announced. Rya gasped, and wondered what she meant. "I play Mirror Force! Which not only protects my monster and my life points, but it also throws the attack back at you and destroys your monster!" she stated. Rya gasped and watched as her attack was thrown right back at her, throwing her once again into the railing, and bringing her Life Points...down to 0. "Looks like we win," Lisa said happily.

Everyone gasped at what had just occurred. Yami was more worried about Rya, and the look on her face. It wasn't only of surprise, but of pain as well. "Rya!" Yami called over to her.

Rya looked up wearily at Yami. "I lost. I'm sorry...Yami," she whispered, as she started falling off the platform.

A/N: That's right everybody, it was SETO KAIBA! Good job on all who guessed him, lol. Anyways, there's probably no one reading this right now because they've given up on me, and I don't blame them. Now on a note about the duel, god only knows how many rules I broke that would never occur in a real duel, but I had to make it short so I could continue on with this story. More should be coming soon so please don't hate me! Still, I hope you enjoyed it:)