XXVIII. Motivation
As the others went to the shown path, Kristine was thinking for the whole time as the gang walked by. Kaiba notices the deep thought on her face. He remembers that time when they were at Yugi's house,she told him that she runs the same deck as she is and saying that they're the same. The question is: What motivates her to make a dragon deck instead of other monsters? He decided to ask her
"Hey, Kristine?" Kaiba asked
"Hmm..yes?" Kristine questioned
"What motivates you to make a dragon deck?" Kaiba asked her with seriousness on his face
"Hmmm...I don't know but when you see me duel you'll understand" Kristine answered and Kaiba has taken it as a personal answer.
"Hey guys we're here!" Yugi said to the others as they arrived at the temple door. Jounouchi opened it and this time unlike the other mages temples, it was filled with mountains
"Talk about weird taste of interior decorating" Jounouchi grunted
"Welcome to my Santuary" a voice boomed out
"Who's there? Show yourself!" Kaiba shouted andthe mage appears wearing a mask. He wore a long red cape and he hid his face with a mask.
"Who are you?" Kaiba asked
"My name is Atenza and it looks like you defeated my comrades well it'll be no different. Seto Kaiba I heard that you use a dragon deck so I challenge you to a duel" Atenza declared pointing at Kaiba
"You? Challenge me?You don't stand a .." Kaiba said when Kristine steps in
"Interesting, I accept your challenge!" she declared
"Kristine, Why?' Kaiba asked in shocked
"You want my answer in motivation then I'll show it to you now" Kristine said sternly
"Hmph, oh well he's probably weak any way. I won't stop you then" Kaiba grinned as he joined the others
"I wanted to take on Seto but this lady will do" Atenza sneered as Kristine went to the battlefield and sets up her deck and Duel Disk
"Okay then, Ladies first" Atenza said in a manner way as the holographic coin appeared
"I call heads!" she declared and the coin was flipped. It was heads and both players draw their first five cards and Kristine draws her sixth card.
"Does she really know how to duel?" Jounouchi asked
"We'll see" Kaiba said but at the same time, he was a bit worried. "Kristine, show me the answer of your motivation, show me how you use the power of dragons" he added sternly
"First, I activate the Magic Card: Pot of Greed to draw 2 cards from my deck" Kristine declared and she draws 2 cards making her hand a total of 7 cards in hand
"I summon Masked Dragon (1400 ATK 1100 DEF)in attack position" she added as acombination of grayish and red dragon appeared on the field. "And I set 2 cards facedown End turn"
""My turn draw!"Atenza declared and draws. " I summon Skull Red Bird (1500ATK 1200 DEF) in attack mode"he added as a red bird appearedon the field and its wings are nearlymade of steel.
"Skull Red Bird attack Masked Dragon with Steel Claw Wing!" Atenza declared and it slaskes Masked Dragon to pieces reducing Kristine's life points to7850
"I activate Masked Dragon's effect: When this card issent to the graveyard as a result of battle, I can Special Summon 1 Dragon type monster with an attack of 1500 or lessto my side of the field from my deck so I summon Element Dragon (1500 ATK 1200 DEF) in attack mode!" Kristine declared as she searches her deck then she puts the specific card in the Duel Disk and a dragom with yellow mane appearedon the field
"I set 1 card facedown and end my turn" Atenza said
Kristine draws and looks at her hand. Her hand contains Dancing Fairy (1700 ATK1000 DEF), Red-Eyes Blk. Dragon (2400 ATK 2000 DEF), Flute of Summoning Dragon, Lord Of Dragons (1100 ATK 1200 DEF), and the card she drew was Gravekeeper's Servant.
"First, I activate Magic Card: Gravekeeper's Servant. As long as this card is on the field, everytime you attack you must discard the top card from your deck and send it to your graveyard" Kristine said , grinning at her opponent
"What?" Atenza gasped
"Now I activate one of my set cards: Stampling Destruction, I can only activate this card when I have a face-up Dragon type monster on my side of the field. It allows me to destroy 1 Magic or Trap Card on the field. In additon, the destroyed card controller will get 500 direct damage to their life points" she added. Atenza winced as his set card was destroyed plus he lost 500 lifepoints bringing him down to 7500
"Next, I shift Element Dragon in defense then I activate my face down card: Change of Heart to take control of your monster for 1 turn only" she also added as one ofher set cards revealedahuman with half angel wings and half bat wings thenSkull Red Bird flew to Kristine's side
"Why you little fish" Atenza growled
"Oh you have no idea how much I really care" Kristine said in sarcasm. Yugi and the others sweatdropped at her
"What kind of a duelist is she?" Jounouchi asked
"I gotta admit she's not the type of person who gets twitched easily" Mai said
"Next Skull Red Bird, direct attack to the player" Kristine decalred and Skull Red Bird slices Atenza as his life points reduced further to 5950
"That's just the beginning. Don't expect this battle to be easy as pie" Kristine stated as a jolt of fear hit Atenza's face
"I'll end my turn by summoning Dancing Fairy in defense" Kristine added as a cute little fairies weredefending each other and Skull Red Bird goes back to its owner
"Hmmm... I see, that's what motivates her the most..." Kaiba thought
"What's wrong Kaiba?' Yugi asked
"Yugi, did you notice something from her?" Kaiba asked and Yugi's answer was a mere no
"I think I understand her what motivates her to build a dragon deck which is particularly hard to use" Kaiba stated
"What motivates her?' Yugi questioned
"Her motivation is just like the heart of the cards, right? I see it now" Kaiba mused
"Kaiba, you never cease to amaze me" Yugi smirked at him
Now Kristine has 7850 life points, Dancing Fairy and Element Dragonin defense mode, no set cards, an active continiousMagic Card: Gravekeeper's Servant and 3 cards in hand. Atenza has Skull Red Bird, no set cards and 4 cards in hand. Now it'shis turn to draw
"My turn draw!" Atenza declared amd sees his card and smiles
"Activate Magic Card: Lightning Vortex!"Atenza smirked
"Lightning Vortex! Oh no!" Yugi shouted
"Yugi, what's that?" Malik asked
"This magic card allows me to destroy all faceup monsters on my opponent's side of the field by discarding 1 card from my hand" Atenza smirked again as he discarded a card from his hand. Suddenly,lightning bolts appeared and destroyed Kristine's monsters
"Not good" Malik said
"I sacrifice Skull Red Bird to summon Blk. Dragon Jungle King ( 2100 ATK) in attack mode" Atenza added and a drangon with black and purple scales appeared
"No monsters and no set cards so Blk. Dragon Jungle King attack with Jungle Breath!" Atenza declaredas he dicard 1 card fromthe top of his deck and his monsterburned Kristine as her life points reduced to 5150
"Take those words back at you...Ahahahahahaha" Atenza laughed
spiritfire: Sorry for the lateness even though I had summer vacation and no school yet my sister kept using that damn computer of ours and kept downloading Manga grrr... read and weep pls.
