Yugioh: New lives
Chapter 4: Rex vs. Mai
Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh.
Shadow's duel disk now showed that he had two points. Eight to go. He thought to himself. He turned around and saw who had been watching the duel.
"Yugi Mutou, the king of games. I thought I would see you here, but not so soon." Yuki was about to reply when she remembered that, at least to the world, she was no longer Yugi Mutou. This brought her good mood down quite a bit. Atem then spoke up.
"Yes, and I did not expect to find a duelist with so many…rumors around him so early on either."
"Oh, don't pay any attention to those. They are rumors. I did duel Pegasus, but not before duelist kingdom. I was held up and couldn't make it, so he decided to have a little duel because he had heard of my recent tournament wins. He took an interest in my dueling style. I do have a lot of cards, and I did win a few from Pegasus, who by the way was not that tough, he used those weird toon monsters. But a lot just came from packs and trades." Shadow said.
"Oh, well, that clears up a lot. But, why does everyone call you Shadow?" Tea asked.
"Even I don't know where that came from, but it sort of stuck. So, I guess you can just call me Shadow. Ah, Joey Wheeler is here too. I look forward to facing that Red Eyes Black Dragon of yours. And…who is this? She looks like Yugi."
"Well, this is Yuki, she's Yugi's sister." Joey said. Yuki was still feeling down about the realization that she was a new person on the outside, but the same on the inside, when Rex started yelling.
"I want to duel you now Mai!"
"Why do you want to duel me?" asked Mai innocently.
"After what you did on the boat to duelist kingdom, I want to prove I'm better than you." Rex yelled.
"Fine, then let our duel begin." Mai said calmly. "You can go first."
"This is shaping up to be a good tournament. Mai, an expert with the harpie monsters facing Rex, an expert with dinosaur monsters." Shadow stated.
"Okay Mai, I'll start." Rex drew his card and glanced at his hand. "I'll special summon a Gilasaurus from my hand. Then, I'll sacrifice it for my Dark Driceratops. It has a special ability that lets it do damage to you, even when your monsters are in defense mode." Rex said, apparently pleased with his move. "You can go now."
Mai drew her card and looked at her hand. That dino has 2400 attack points! How can I beat that? "I'll play this monster in defense mode, and place this card face down. That will end my turn." Mai said.
"Ha, this is going to be easier than I thought. I'll summon my Two Headed King Rex, which has 1600 attack points. Now my Driceratops will attack your face down monster!" Rex said.
"Sorry Rex, but I have this." Mai said as her face down card was revealed. "Mirror wall. It will cut the attack points of your monster in half." The dinosaur's attack points dropped to 1200.
"Okay, I guess you can go now." Rex said.
"About time dino-breath." Mai said as she drew her card.
"Be quiet you harpie." Rex yelled back.
"Fine, I'll talk with my cards. First, I'll pay 2000 life points to keep mirror wall in play." Mai said as her life points dropped to 2000. "Next, I'll flip my face down Harpie Lady face up. Now, I'll activate my Dragon's loyalty spell card. In a turn when I lose 2000 or more life points, I can special summon a Harpie's Pet Dragon from my hand, if I have a face up Harpie Lady." The giant red dragon appeared on the field next to the harpy. "Now, I play the spell card Elegant Egotist. I can now sacrifice my Harpie Lady to special summon my Harpie Lady Sister's. Also, thanks to my harpy card, my dragon has 2300 attack points. Look who's in trouble now." Mai laughed.
"Shut up you witch!" Rex yelled.
"Fine, go pet dragon, attack that Driceratops with giga flame." The dragon roared and shot a stream of fire at the dinosaur, which then went up in flames. Rex's life points then dropped to 2900.
"Now Harpie Lady Sisters, attack the Two Headed King Rex." The harpie's got into a triangle formation and launched a series of sparks at the dinosaur. When the attack faded, the King Rex was gone, and Rex's life points dropped to 2550.
"Not bad Mai, but your little birds are going to be devoured by my dinosaurs." Rex said.
"Whatever, just make your next pathetic move." Mai replied.
Rex drew his card and smiled. "Okay Mai, here goes my move. I suggest you pay attention. I summon Sinister Serpent." A winged snake appeared on the field. "Now, while my serpent may be weak, he is the key to my victory."
"How's that dino-brain?" Mai asked.
"Well, when he takes his medicine, he'll be big and strong. I play Ultra Evolution Pill. This card allows me to sacrifice a reptile type monster on the field to special summon a dinosaur from my hand." Rex said as his serpent was replaced by a gigantic T-rex. "Say hello to my Black Tyranno." Rex laughed. "He is one of my strongest cards, with 2600 attack points."
"What? You get that thing just for sacrificing a Sinister Serpent?" Mai asked.
"That was an impressive move. Even though Mai managed to destroy all of the monsters Rex had on the field, he came back from it." Yuki said.
"Not only that, but Mai can't keep her Mirror Wall on the field, so she'll be open to Rex's attacks next turn." Shadow added.
"Anyway Mai, since attacking this turn would be a waste of time, I'll set a card and end my turn." Rex said.
"About time, you fossil." Mai said as she drew her card. Mirror Wall disappeared from the field. Switching my monsters would be a waste of time, and do me more damage do to that dino's effect. "I'll end my turn."
"Why did she do that?" Tea asked.
"Because, no matter what, she is going to take damage this turn." Shadow said.
"What do you mean?" Tristan asked.
"That Black Tyranno is one of the best monsters to have in your deck. Thanks to its effect, Mai is basically stuck. The Black Tyranno is a card that can attack its owner's opponent's life points directly if the only cards the opponent has are defense mode monsters. Mai had three choices, since she obviously had no spells, traps, or monsters to help her. She could switch both of her monsters to defense mode, which would have resulted in 2600 points of direct damage. She also could have switched one monster to defense mode. But, she would have run the risk of her attack mode monster being destroyed, which would have resulted in 2600 points of damage, if Rex can summon another strong monster. So, her best option was to keep both monsters in attack mode." Shadow explained.
"Well, that was a nice explanation, but I think I will make my move now." Rex said as he drew his card. "Now I will activate Double Attack. By discarding a monster from my hand, my monster can attack twice. Black Tyranno, attack that dragon first." Rex said as his dinosaur bit through the pet dragon, dropping Mai's life points to 3700. "Now my Black Tyranno, attack the Harpie Lady Sisters." This attack dropped Mai's life points to 3050. "That will end my turn."
"Okay, I'll draw." Mai said. She looked at her hand and smiled. "Well, looks like the tables have turned. I summon Harpie Chick." Mai said. A young girl with pink-feathered wings appeared on the field. "She may only have 500 attack points now, but when I play this card, your decrepit dino will be falling apart. I activate Legendary Heritage. This can only be used on a Harpie Chick. I can sacrifice it to summon the Phoenix Lady from my deck." As Mai said this, the Harpie Chick transformed into a grown harpie with golden feathers, and a total of 2000 attack points. "Now for her special ability. She gains 400 attack points for each monster with harpie in its name that exists in my graveyard, but only for one turn, luckily for you." The Phoenix Lady's attack points rose to 3200. "Now, attack that Tyranno with golden pyre." The Phoenix Lady rose into the air and erupted into flames. It then came crashing down into Rex's monster, dropping his life points to 1750.
"Not bad, but I have this trap, Fossil discovery. Now I get a fossil token with half the attack of the dinosaur monster that was jus destroyed." A pile of bones appeared on the field, with 1300 attack points.
"Whatever, its your turn Rex."
"About time." He drew his card and smiled. "I activate the spell card Monster Reincarnation. Now, by discarding a card, I can bring a monster back into my hand. And now, I'll sacrifice my fossil token to summon my Dark Driceratops." The fossil disappeared and the same dinosaur from Rex's first turn appeared in its place. "Now Dark Driceratops, attack that Phoenix." The massive beast easily destroyed the Phoenix Lady, leaving Mai with 2650.
"Not bad Raptor, can I go now?" Mai asked.
"Yeah, enjoy your last move." Rex said, obviously sure in his victory.
"Fine." Mai said as she drew her card. "Well Rex, first my Phoenix Lady's second ability kicks in, allowing me to bring back the Harpie Chick." Mai said this as her monster came back to the field in attack mode. "See, your not the only one who can resurrect monsters. Now I summon Harpie Lady, and she has an attack of 1300."
"So what? My Driceratops can rip through both of those monsters easily." Rex said.
"That's true, but I still have this card. Monster Reborn." Mai said.
"What are you going to bring back?" Rex asked.
"Isn't it obvious, I am bringing back my Harpies Pet Dragon, who will have 2600 attack points thanks to both of my harpie cards on the field." Mai said this as the dragon burst forth onto the field.
"No! This can't be happening." Rex yelled.
"Oh, but it is. First my Pet Dragon will take your Driceratops down for the second time." The dragon responded to this by launching a stream of fire at the dinosaur, dropping Rex's life points to 1550. "Now my Harpie Lady will attack you directly." This was followed by the harpies talons digging into Rex, dropping his life points to 250. "Now my Harpie Chick will end this duel." As the harpie dug into Rex, his life points dropped to 0. Mai's duel disk now indicated that she had 2 points.
"Well, that was a fun duel to watch, but I have to go look for some more duelists to beat. I'll see you guys later." Shadow said as he walked away.
"Well, we should probably find some people to duel so we can make it to the next round." Yuki said.
"Yeah, and with so many duelists around here, this is not going to be easy." Atem said.
To be continued.