Chapter 29: Rya vs. Lisa

Rya and Mokuba got back from the store hiding the gift behind their backs. Mokuba took the bag and hid it in his room. Rya ran around looking for Yami, finding him in his room looking out the window. It was 1 o'clock, and Rya knew that if anyone could help her practice, it was him. "Yami?" she called out softly. Yami turned with a small smile on his face. She stood timidly in the doorway, rubbing her arm nervously. "Do you think you and I could practice for a little while?" she asked.

Yami smiled even more, "Of course. Let me get my cards." Rya smiled and ran to her room to get hers. Everyone walked with them to watch them practice. It was simply going over strategies, reading and calling bluffs, what monsters to use and when. Basically everything Rya had done with Joey, Kaiba and Yugi. Rya had definitely improved, and it was now 2:30. They had decided to have the duel here in Kaiba's arena, so they all stood around, waiting for Lisa to show up. Everyone turned to see the most hated girl make her entrance through the doorway. She smirked at Rya and made her way to her platform without even a word. Rya then went to her own platform, but not without Yami gently grasping her wrist. Rya turned to see the smile on his face, making her feel more confident. She stepped up to him and gave a him a sweet kiss on his lips and stood on the platform. You can do it Rya, I believe in you. Yami thought and watched as she was raised up to duel the most important duel of her life.

"So, you ready to lose?" Lisa laughed, placing her deck on the board as Rya did the same.

"Well I can see that you're still wearing clothes far too small for you, so no, I guess not," Rya smirked. Lisa instantly glared at her darkly, thinking of how glorious it would be to just beat her and win back Yami.

"Then let's cut the small talk and get right to it, shall we?" Lisa said as Rya nodded in agreement.

"LET'S DUEL!" they both shouted and drew their cards.

This is it, Rya and Yami both thought at the same time.

About twenty minutes had passed, and both women were playing as fierce as they could. Rya in the lead with 2100 Life points, had two magic/trap cards face down, with a monster face-down in defense mode. Lisa was behind at 1850 Life Points, with one magic/trap card face-down, and a Doma Angel of Silence (1600/1400) in attack mode.

If I don't think of a way to turn this around, this little slut may actually beat me. I can't let that happen! Lisa hissed in her mind.

I can tell she's getting frustrated. Hopefully that means she will get sloppy when making her moves. Rya thought as she drew her next card. "I place one card on the field; Neo the Magic Swordsman (1700/1000) in attack mode! And that will end my turn."

"Fine then. Before you can get the bright idea of using that card to attack my Doma, I'll use my Doma to attack your face-down card! Go!" Lisa exclaimed as the card did as she asked.

"I was hoping you would do that. I reveal Princess of Tsurugi!(900/700)" Rya stated as her card was destroyed. "This card inflicts 500 points worth of damage directly to your Life Points for every Spell/Trap card you have." she told a very aggravated Lisa. "And since my card was in Defense Mode, I don't receive any damage."

"Damn you!" Lisa screamed as her Life Points went down to 1350. Damn it! She's getting to me. I guess I should fight fire with fire,she smirked. "You may have won this round, but you'll mess up eventually. And when that happens I'll have the perfect attack ready for you. As soon as your Life Points reach 0, everything you worked so hard for, will go straight to hell. I'll have Yami for my own, and you'll be left out in the cold. Yami's only using you to battle me, since he would never fight a girl himself."

"That's not true!" Rya yelled.

"Oh really? Don't forget Rya, I used to go out with him. I know how he thinks, and how he duels. I remember one time I wanted to duel him and refused to, simply because he didn't want to hurt me in any way. So he got someone else to do it. You just seemed to be in the perfect position to do it this time." Lisa continued.

"Shutup! You know nothing about him! He's kind and caring! Nothing you could ever appreciate!" Rya shouted.

"Let me take a wild guess. He told you he cared about you, right? Trust someone who has been there, he tells you he cares and the next thing you know you're fighting his battles for him. Back out while you still have some dignity," Lisa said, still smirking.

"I will never back down! I'll make it so you never hurt Yami again!" Rya said as she sent her Neo against her Doma.

"Silly girl. I use Waboku! Making it so the damage from your attack goes down to 0 and I'm perfectly safe. Too bad you wasted a perfectly good shot to get rid of me," Lisa taunted. Rya was speechless, knowing that Lisa was simply playing with her head. "So tell me, did Yami actually tell you he cared for you? And before that he would take you out like, to the mall maybe?" Rya's eyes widened at her statement.

"That's enough Lisa!" Yami demanded.

"What? I'm just talking. The first time you took me out was to the mall, wasn't it?" Lisa asked with a sick, innocent voice. Yami bowed his head, knowing she was telling the truth. "Like I said, I know how he thinks."

Rya had her head down, tears ready to fall. "Just take your turn." she said so eerily, everyone gasped at her, even Lisa.

"Okay. Now then, I place Battle Ox (1700/1000) on the field in attack mode, and two Spell/Trap cards face-down. That will end my turn," Lisa said calmly. Rya looked down at her cards to see what she could do to match her strategy.

Without much thought, since Lisa's words were playing in her head, she pulled out a card. "I play Rush Recklessly! This Magic card allows me to add 700 points to any monster I choose, and I choose Neo the Magic Swordsman (2400/1000)! Now attack her Battle Ox!" Rya ordered. Lisa didn't seem intimidated at all. Her Battle Ox was demolished, as her Life Points went down to 650. Rya seemed happy, until she saw the smirk on Lisa's face.

"Nice work. Too bad it was for nothing. For now I play Dian Keto, which gives me back 1000 Life Points," she said as her LP went to 1650. "Looks like you and your Rush Recklessly get along very nicely."

Rya could smack herself in the forehead for being to rash. Darn! I'm not thinking clearly! She's getting the better of me, and I can't let her do that! Rya looked down at the worried face of Yami. I'm doing this for him. I can't let him down, no matter what this witch says. I promised I would win this. But...can I?