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Hell's Fury Tournament
Chapter 6: Teamwork Play
After shaking hands, Ishizu and Christine pulled out, exchanged, shuffled, and cut their decks. They quickly gave their decks back to each other and placed them back into their Duel Disks.
"Will Ishizu Ishtar and Christine Simmons please enter the dueling arena?" asked Jasmine.
Ishizu and Christine entered the corridors and arrived on opposite sides of the dueling arena. They plugged their Duel Disks into the arena's controls.
"Duelists, ready?" asked Jasmine.
"Yes, " said Ishizu.
"I'm ready, " said Christine.
"Let's begin, " said Jasmine.
"Let's duel!" they both exclaimed.
The Duel Disks activated and moved into position.
Ishizu: 8,000
Christine: 8,000
Both of them drew five cards.
"I'll go first, " said Christine as she drew a sixth card. "I set one monster in defense mode and place one card facedown, ending my turn."
Christine placed one card facedown and sideways on top of her Duel Disk. A facedown card positioned sideways appeared on her side of the field. Another facedown card then appeared behind the set monster.
"My move, " said Ishizu as she drew a sixth card. "I place two cards facedown, ending my turn."
Two facedown cards appeared on Ishizu's side of the field.
"My move, " said Christine as she drew a card. "I flip summon my set monster, which is Cyber Jar, activating its effect."
Christine flipped her set card upright on top of her Duel Disk. Cyber Jar appeared on her side of the field and instantly self-destructed. (900/900) Christine moved Cyber Jar from the top of her Duel Disk to her Graveyard. They both picked up five cards from their decks and showed them to each other.
"I summon both Ultimate Baseball Kid and Crimson Sentry in attack mode, " said Christine as she placed both cards upright on top of her Duel Disk.
First, a white-haired woman, who was wearing bronze armor and a bronze tiara and was wielding a bow emblazoned with a skull, horns, and a green snake, appeared on Christine's side of the field. (1,500/1,200) Then, a kid, who was wearing a red baseball helmet, a red pinstriped baseball uniform, and red and white baseball shoes and was wielding a spiked purple baseball bat, appeared next to Crimson Sentry. (500/1,000)
"Thanks to one of the special abilities of the Ultimate Baseball Kid, it gains 1,000 attack points for each FIRE monster on the field excluding itself, " said Christine. "Crimson Sentry is a FIRE monster."
Ultimate Baseball Kid's attack strength changed. (1,500/1,000)
"I set two monsters in defense mode, " said Ishizu as she placed two cards facedown and sideways on top of her Duel Disk.
Two facedown cards positioned sideways appeared on Ishizu's side of the field next to each other.
"Crimson Sentry, attack one of her set monsters with Flame Arrow Assault!" exclaimed Christine.
Crimson Sentry pulled and released her bowstring, sending several arrows into the far left set monster. Ishizu quickly flipped the far left facedown card upright on top of her Duel Disk. A yellow robot with a V-shaped head with one eye in the center and a spherical blue and yellow body with yellow spikes coming from the center, with its golden arms and claws crossed, appeared on Ishizu's side of the field and deflected the attack. (1,500/1,800)
Ishizu: 8,000
Christine: 7,700
"Sorry, you attacked Kelbek, whose special ability forces you to send the monster that attacked it back into the owner's hand. Not only does your Crimson Sentry returns to your hand, but also your Ultimate Baseball Kid gets weaker, " said Ishizu.
Christine moved Crimson Sentry from the top of her Duel Disk to her hand. Ultimate Baseball Kid's attack strength returned to normal. (500/1,000)
"I place one card facedown and end my turn, " said Christine as a facedown card appeared behind Ultimate Baseball Kid.
"My move, " said Ishizu as she drew a card. "I play Dragged Down into the Grave, allowing us both to look at each other's hand. Afterwards, we discard one card from that hand and draw one card from our deck."
Ishizu and Christine quickly turned their hands down, revealing their cards.
"I choose that Crimson Sentry I sent to your hand the previous turn, " said Ishizu as Christine sent that card into her Graveyard.
"I choose that Jinzo in your hand, " said Christine as Ishizu sent that card into her Graveyard.
"I flip summon my other set monster, which is Zolga, " said Ishizu.
Ishizu flipped her set card upright on top of her Duel Disk. A creature with a silver head with one red eye, which was wearing a silver vest and a purple cape, appeared next to Kelbek. (1,700/1,200)
"Zolga, attack her Ultimate Baseball Kid with Cape of Destruction!" exclaimed Ishizu.
"I don't think so. I activate my first facedown card, DNA Transplant, allowing me to change the attributes of all monsters on the field, " said Christine as a facedown card flipped up. "I choose the attribute of FIRE."
Kelbek and Zolga immediately gave off a fire reddish glow.
"Don't forget Ultimate Baseball Kid's special effect. Your two monsters, now creatures of FIRE, increase his attack strength, " said Christine.
Ultimate Baseball Kid's attack strength changed. (2,500/1,000) Zolga threw his cape at Ultimate Baseball Kid, but Ultimate Baseball Kid used his bat to counter it, wrapping Zolga in his cape and squeezing him until he shattered into pixels. Ishizu moved Zolga from the top of her Duel Disk to her Graveyard.
Ishizu: 7,200
Christine: 7,700
Ultimate Baseball Kid's attack strength changed. (1,500/1,000)
"I end my turn, " said Ishizu.
"My move, " said Christine as she drew a card. "I play Pot of Greed."
Christine pulled two cards from her deck.
"Since attacking Kelbek is pointless, I play Raigeki to instantly destroy it instead, " said Christine as she placed it on top of her Duel Disk.
Lightning bolts appeared in the sky and struck Kelbek, shattering it into pixels. Ishizu moved Kelbek from the top of her Duel Disk to her Graveyard. Ultimate Baseball Kid's attack strength returned to normal. (500/1,000)
"Finally, I play the Magic card Scapegoat, filling up my Monster Card Zones and increasing my Ultimate Baseball Kid's attack strength, " said Christine. "Due to DNA Transplant, those goat tokens are now creatures of FIRE."
The four Scapegoat tokens that appeared on Christine's side of the field instantly gave off a fire reddish glow. (0/0) Ultimate Baseball Kid's attack strength changed again. (4,500/1,000)
"Ultimate Baseball Kid, attack her Life Points directly with Grand Slam Fireball!" exclaimed Christine.
"Not so fast. I activate my facedown card, Waboku, saving my Life Points for one turn, " said Ishizu as a facedown card flipped up.
Ultimate Baseball Kid created a fireball and used his bat to fire at Ishizu, but it was unable to affect her Life Points.
"I end my turn, " said Christine.
"My move, " said Ishizu as she drew a card. "I play Change of Heart to take control of your Ultimate Baseball Kid."
Christine moved Ultimate Baseball Kid from the top of her Duel Disk and gave it to Ishizu, whom placed it on top of her Duel Disk. Ultimate Baseball Kid immediately moved to Ishizu's side of the field. (4,500/1,000)
"I now sacrifice your Ultimate Baseball Kid to set one monster in defense mode, " said Ishizu.
Once Ishizu moved Ultimate Baseball Kid from the top of her Duel Disk and returned it to Christine, whom placed it into her Graveyard, it vanished from her side of the field. Next, she placed a card facedown and sideways on top of her Duel Disk. A facedown card positioned sideways appeared on Ishizu's side of the field.
"I place one card facedown and end my turn, " said Ishizu as a facedown card appeared behind the set monster.
"My move, " said Christine as she drew a card. "I summon Amazon Archer in attack mode."
Christine placed Amazon Archer on top of her Duel Disk. A woman with brown hair, who was wearing a red and brown vest, a brown halter-top, and a brown and plum skirt and was wielding a wooden bow and a quiver of wooden arrows, appeared on Christine's side of the field and instantly gave off a fire reddish glow. (1,400/1,000)
"Are you sure you want to summon this monster?" asked Ishizu.
"Not a problem. I activate my Amazon Archer's special ability. I can simply sacrificing two of my Scapegoat tokens to inflict 1,200 points of damage to your Life Points, " said Christine.
The orange and blue goat tokens shattered into pixels and reformed into an arrow of white light.
"Amazon Archer, attack her Life Points directly with Shining Arrow Attack!" exclaimed Christine.
Amazon Archer used her bow to fire the light arrow at Ishizu, causing her to twitch.
Ishizu: 6,000
Christine: 7,700
"I place one card facedown, ending my turn, " said Christine as a facedown card appeared behind Amazon Archer
"My move, " said Ishizu as she drew a card. "I flip summon my set monster, which is Gyakutenno Megami."
Ishizu flipped her set card upright on top of her Duel Disk. A green-haired elfish woman with a red jewel in the middle of her forehead, who was wearing a long green dress and was wielding a golden staff, appeared on Ishizu's side of the field and instantly gave off a fire reddish glow. (1,800/2,000)
"Next, I summon Mudora in attack mode, " said Ishizu as she placed it on top of her Duel Disk.
A muscular man with a golden face, who was wearing gold and blue traditional Egyptian clothing and was wielding a long kopech sword, appeared next to Gyakutenno Megami and instantly gave off a fire reddish glow. (1,500/1,800)
"Thanks to his special ability, his attack strength increases by 200 points for every Fairy-type monster in my Graveyard. Currently, there are two, " said Ishizu.
Mudora's attack strength changed. (1,900/1,800)
"Mudora, attack Amazon Archer with Ancient Slash Attack!" exclaimed Ishizu.
"Not so fast. I activate my facedown card, Waboku, " said Christine as a facedown card flipped up.
Mudora used his sword to slice Amazon Archer in half but was unable to destroy Amazon Archer.
"I end my turn, " said Ishizu.
"My move, " said Christine as she drew a card. "I set one monster in defense mode and switch Amazon Archer to defense mode."
Christine placed one card facedown and sideways next to Amazon Archer and turned Amazon Archer sideways on top of her Duel Disk. Amazon Archer immediately went on her knees and rested with her arms crossed, and a facedown card positioned sideways appeared next to Amazon Archer.
"Now, I activate my Amazon Archer's special ability one last time. I sacrifice my last two Scapegoat tokens to hit you again with 1,200 points of damage to your Life Points, " said Christine.
The final two goat tokens shattered into pixels and formed another light arrow.
"Amazon Archer, attack her Life Points directly with Shining Arrow Attack!" exclaimed Christine.
Amazon Archer used her effect attack to blast Ishizu, causing her to twitch.
Ishizu: 4,800
Christine: 7,700
Christine moved Scapegoat from the top of her Duel Disk to her Graveyard.
"I end my turn, " said Christine.
"My move, " said Ishizu as she drew a card. "I summon Agido in attack mode."
Ishizu placed Agido on top of her Duel Disk. A red egg-shaped monster with a giant eye, mechanical arms and claws, and a spike at its bottom appeared on Ishizu's side of the field and instantly gave off a fire reddish glow. (1,500/1,300)
"Agido, attack Amazon Archer with Desert Claw!" exclaimed Ishizu.
Agido used its claws to slice through Amazon Archer, instantly shattering her into pixels. Christine moved Amazon Archer from the top of her Duel Disk to her Graveyard.
"Gyakutenno Megami, attack her set card with Mystic Energy Blast!" exclaimed Ishizu.
Gyakutenno Megami used her staff to fire a column of green energy at the set monster. Christine quickly flipped her set card upright on top of her Duel Disk. Magician of Faith appeared on Christine's side of the field and quickly shattered into pixels. (300/400) Christine moved Magician of Faith from the top of her Duel Disk to her Graveyard.
"Thanks to you, I can retrieve Pot of Greed from the Graveyard, " said Christine as she showed it to Ishizu and placed it into her hand.
"Mudora, attack Christine's Life Points directly with Ancient Slash Attack!" exclaimed Ishizu.
Mudora used his attack to swipe Christine, causing her to twitch slightly.
Ishizu: 4,800
Christine: 5,800
"I end my turn, " said Ishizu.
"My move, " said Christine as she drew a card. " I play Graceful Charity."
Christine drew three cards from her deck and discard two cards from her hand.
"Turnabout is fair play. I play Snatch Steal to take your Gyakutenno Megami, " said Christine.
Ishizu moved Gyakutenno Megami from the top of her Duel Disk and gave it to Christine, whom placed it on top of her Duel Disk. Gyakutenno Megami immediately moved to Christine's side of the field. (1,800/2,000)
"I now summon Cyber Gymnast in attack mode, " said Christine as she placed it on top of her Duel Disk.
A blond, muscular, and white-masked woman, who was wearing a purple jumpsuit, purple armbands, and a small white skirt, appeared on Christine's side of the field and gave off a fire reddish glow. (800/1,800)
"Next, I activate the magic card, Weapon Change, allowing me to switch the attack and defensive strengths of one Warrior-type or Machine-type monster on my side of the field until the End Phase of your turn at a price of 700 points paid during my Standby Phases, " said Christine. "Currently, Cyber Gymnast is the only monster on my side of the field affected by this card."
Cyber Gymnast's stats were switched. (1,800/800)
"Now, I also activate the special ability of Cyber Gymnast. I can destroy one Attack Position monster on your side of the field by discarding one card from my hand, " said Christine. "I discard Dark Hole to destroy your Mudora."
Christine discarded Dark Hole to her Graveyard, causing Mudora to shatter into pixels. Ishizu moved Mudora from the top of her Duel Disk to her Graveyard.
"Cyber Gymnast, attack Agido with Somersault Kick!" exclaimed Christine.
Cyber Gymnast somersaulted and stomped Agido into the ground, shattering it into pixels. Ishizu moved Agido from the top of her Duel Disk to her Graveyard.
Ishizu: 4,600
Christine: 5,800
Suddenly, a glowing die appeared on Ishizu's side of the field.
"What's up with the giant die?" asked Christine.
"It's a part of Agido's special ability. I roll a die. If it landed on one, two, three, four, or five, I can special summon a Fairy-type monster from my Graveyard, whose level matches the number on the die. If it landed on six, I can special summon a monster whose level is at level six, " said Ishizu. "Go, dice roll!"
The die moved up in the sky, dropped back down, skipped around, bounced, and landed on a four.
"Now, I can summon a level four Fairy-type monster from my Graveyard, and I choose Mudora, " said Ishizu. "Since they are now three Fairy-type monsters in my Graveyard, Mudora's attack strength will be different once on the field."
Ishizu moved Mudora from her Graveyard to the top of her Duel Disk. Mudora reappeared on Ishizu's side of the field with its attack strength changed and its skin color gave off a fire reddish glow. (2,100/1,800)
"I end my turn, " said Christine.
"My move, " said Ishizu as she drew a card.
Ishizu: 5,600
Christine: 5,800
"Mudora, attack Gyakutenno Megami with Ancient Slash Attack!" exclaimed Ishizu.
Mudora used her sword to slice Gyakutenno Megami in half, shattering her into pixels. Christine moved Gyakutenno Megami and gave it back to Ishizu, whom placed her into her Graveyard.
Ishizu: 5,600
Christine: 5,500
"Now, that Gyakutenno Megami is in my Graveyard now, Mudora's attack strength increases yet again, " said Ishizu.
Mudora's attack strength changed. (2,300/1,800)
"I end my turn, " said Ishizu.
Cyber Gymnast's stats returned to normal. (800/1,800)
"My move, " said Christine as she drew a card. "I'll pay the 700 Life Points to keep Weapon Change in play."
Ishizu: 5,600
Christine: 4,800
Cyber Gymnast's stats were switched. (1,800/800)
"I play Pot of Greed, allowing me to draw two cards, " said Christine.
"Not so fast. I activate my facedown trap, Null and Void, " said Ishizu as a facedown flipped up.
"What's its function?" asked Christine.
"I can only activate it when an effect of drawing cards occurs. We are allowed to see the drawn cards, but they immediately sent to the Graveyard, " said Ishizu.
Christine drew two cards, showed them to Ishizu, and sent them to the Graveyard.
"Not a problem at all. I now play The Warrior Returning Alive, which allows me to move a Warrior-type monster from my Graveyard to my hand, " said Christine.
She quickly took her cards out of her Graveyard, selected a Warrior-type monster, and returned her cards back to her Graveyard.
"I now summon a card that you should be familiar with, Ultimate Baseball Kid, " said Christine as she placed it on top of her Duel Disk.
Ultimate Baseball Kid reappeared next to Cyber Gymnast with its attack strength changed. (2,500/1,000)
"I once again activate the special ability of Cyber Gymnast and discard Flame Champion from my hand to destroy Mudora, " said Christine.
Christine discarded Flame Champion to her Graveyard, causing Mudora to shatter into pixels again. Ishizu moved Mudora again from the top of her Duel Disk to her Graveyard. Ultimate Baseball Kid's attack strength changed. (1,500/1,000)
"Ultimate Baseball Kid, attack her Life Points directly with Grand Slam Fireball!" exclaimed Christine.
Ultimate Baseball Kid used his attack to send a fireball into Ishizu, causing her to twitch.
Ishizu: 4,100
Christine: 4,800
"Cyber Gymnast, attack her Life Points directly with Somersault Kick!" exclaimed Christine.
"I don't think so. I activate my facedown card, Call of the Haunted, to bring an old friend back, Mudora, " said Ishizu as a facedown card flipped up on her side of the field.
"It's about to be a round trip for Mudora because I counter it with Mystical Space Typhoon, destroying Call of the Haunted and Mudora simultaneously, " said Christine as another facedown card flipped up on her side of the field.
A black tornado appeared and destroyed Call of the Haunted. Cyber Gymnast somersaulted and kicked Ishizu, causing her to twitch again.
Ishizu: 2,300
Christine: 4,800
"I end my turn, " said Christine.
"My move, " said Ishizu as she drew a card. "I summon Zolga in attack mode and equip it with Cestus of Dagla, raising its attack strength by 500 points."
Ishizu placed Zolga on top of her Duel Disk. Zolga reappeared on Ishizu's side of the field with the Cestus of Dagla attached to its cape and gave off a fire reddish glow. (2,200/1,200)
"Next, I play my own Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy DNA Transplant, restoring the attributes of all monsters and decreasing the attack strength of Ultimate Baseball Kid, " said Ishizu as a black tornado appeared and destroyed DNA Transplant.
The fire reddish glow coming from every monster immediately faded. Ultimate Baseball Kid's attack strength returned to normal. (500/1,000)
"Zolga, attack Ultimate Baseball Kid with Bladed Cape Slash!" exclaimed Ishizu.
Zolga used its cape to slash Ultimate Baseball Kid, shattering him into pixels. Christine moved Ultimate Baseball Kid from the top of her Duel Disk to her Graveyard.
Ishizu: 4,000
Christine: 3,100
"By the way, Cestus of Dagla has a second ability, allowing me to increase my Life Points by the same amount of battle damage inflicted by the equipped monster during my Battle Phase, " said Ishizu. "I place one card facedown, ending my turn."
A facedown card appeared behind Zolga.
"My draw, " said Christine as she drew a card. "I'll pay the 700 Life Points again."
Ishizu: 4,000
Christine: 2,400
Cyber Gymnast's stats were switched again. (1,800/800)
"I play Monster Reborn to bring back the Flame Champion I sent to the Graveyard via Cyber Gymnast's effect, " said Christine.
A young man, who was wearing a silver suit of armor and was wielding a red fire-generating shield, appeared on Christine's side of the field. (1,900/1,300)
"I once again activate the special ability of Cyber Gymnast and discard Kangaroo Champ from my hand to destroy Zolga, " said Christine.
Christine discarded Kangaroo Champ to her Graveyard, causing Zolga to shatter into pixels. Ishizu moved Zolga from the top of her Duel Disk to her Graveyard.
"Flame Champion, attack her Life Points directly with Burning Shield Charge!" exclaimed Christine.
Flame Champion used his shield to ram headfirst into Ishizu, causing her to twitch.
Ishizu: 2,100
Christine: 2,400
"Cyber Gymnast, attack her Life Points directly with Somersault Kick!" exclaimed Christine.
Cyber Gymnast somersaulted and kicked Ishizu, causing her to twitch.
Ishizu: 0300
Christine: 2,400
"I place one card facedown, ending my turn, " said Christine as a facedown card appeared behind Cyber Gymnast.
"My move, " said Ishizu as she drew a card. "I activate my facedown card, Dust Tornado, to destroy your Weapon Change and place a card facedown. "
A facedown card flipped up, causing a tornado to appear and destroy Weapon Change. Cyber Gymnast's stats returned to normal. (800/1,800) Another facedown card appeared where Dust Tornado was originally.
"I play Monster Reincarnation, " said Ishizu as she discarded Spell Reproduction and retrieved a monster from her Graveyard. "I summon the monster that I got back from the Graveyard."
"Oh no. Not him, " said Christine.
"I'm afraid so. It's Mudora, " said Ishizu. "With five Fairy-type monsters in the Graveyard, Mudora is now a powerhouse."
Ishizu moved Mudora again from her Graveyard to the top of her Duel Disk. Mudora reappeared on Ishizu's side of the field. (2,500/1,800)
"Mudora, attack Cyber Gymnast with Ancient Slash Attack!" exclaimed Ishizu.
"This duel is over. I activate my facedown card, Ring of Destruction, to destroy a monster on the field, " said Christine as a facedown card flipped up. "I choose my Cyber Gymnast."
Mudora attempted to use his sword to cut through Cyber Gymnast, however, a fire ring appeared Cyber Gymnast's neck, causing it to self-destruct, Christine to twitch, and Ishizu to fall to her knees.
Ishizu: 0000
Christine: 1,600
The monsters and the field instantly vanished. Every card remaining on the Duel Disks were removed and placed back into both Ishizu's and Christine's decks. They unplugged their Duel Disks from the arena's controls.
"Our third quarterfinalist is Christine Simmons from North America, " said Jasmine.
The crowd applauded and cheered.
"Wow. Now, I know why you made to the Battle City finals, " said Christine.
"You played your cards well, " said Ishizu.
Both women left the arena and headed up to the balcony to watch the other five matches.
Next, Lily Kennedy appeared next to the bingo machine.
"Hello, everybody, " said Lily
Everyone immediately turned toward Lily.
"It's time to announce our next pairing for the quarterfinal matches. Everyone in the anteroom listen up, " said Lily. "Let's begin."
Lily pressed a button on her remote, causing the sixteen numbered balls to rotate. One of them moved through a tube and exited the machine through the third eye on the Witch of the Black Forest's forehead. Lily immediately picked up the ball.
"Our next competitor is number sixteen, Serenity Wheeler from Asia, " said Lily.
"Yea, it's my sister's turn. She is going to rock this tournament, " said Joey.
"Let's start the machine again, " said Lily.
The bingo machine immediately began to spin the balls around. Soon, another ball was released from the machine. Lily immediately picked up the second ball.
"Her opponent is number one, Rachel Sawyer from South America, " said Lily as a 32-year-old, tan-skinned, adventurous, and Brazilian woman with green eyes and short, mop-top, and black hair stepped forward.
Rachel was wearing an olive green vest and shorts, a tan top, and olive green and brown sneakers. Inside the anteroom, Serenity and Rachel shook hands.
"I am a little nervous, but I am ready for everything, " said Serenity as she shook Rachel's hand.
"Same here. I am just going to relax and have some fun out there, " said Rachel as she shook Serenity's hand.