Legal Disclaimer: This story follows the same rules as "The Preliminaries Begin". Betty Parker and any physical descriptions associated with her can't be used without my permission.
Writer's Note: I would like to thank sm-candy for helping me expand Vivian Wong's deck list and giving me the character of Adriana Cosimo.
Hell's Fury Tournament
Chapter 8: Artistic Clash
"Will Vivian Wong and Betty Parker please enter the dueling arena?" asked Rose.
Before entering the corridors, Vivian and Betty 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. Afterwards, they 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 Rose.
"Yes, " said Vivian.
"Time to serve it up, " said Betty.
"Begin, " said Rose.
"Let's duel!" they both exclaimed.
Their Duel Disks activated and moved into position.
Vivian: 8,000
Betty: 8,000
Both of them drew five cards.
"I'll go first, " said Betty as she drew a sixth card. "I play Pot of Greed."
Betty drew two cards from her deck.
"Next, I place one card facedown and summon Mad Lobster in attack mode, " said Betty as she placed it on top of her Duel Disk.
A red lobster with a skull head and a set of horns on it appeared on Betty's side of the field. (1,700/1,000) A facedown card appeared behind Mad Lobster.
"I end my turn, " said Betty.
"My move, " said Vivian as she drew a sixth card. "I place three cards facedown and set one monster in defense mode, ending my turn."
Vivian placed one card facedown and sideways on top of her Duel Disk. A facedown card positioned sideways appeared on Vivian's side of the field. Three other facedown cards appeared behind the set monster.
"My move, " said Betty as she drew a card. "Since you can't have a main course without a side dish, I summon Jerry Bean Man in attack mode."
Betty placed Jerry Bean Man on top of her Duel Disk. An anthropomorphic olive green bean with red and yellow beans for hands and pink and yellow beans for feet, which was wielding a sword with a red hilt and a red shield, appeared on Betty's side of the field. (1,750/0)
"Mad Lobster, attack her set monster with Claw Crusher!" exclaimed Betty.
Mad Lobster used its claws to smash the set monster. Vivian quickly flipped her set card upright on top of her Duel Disk. A green snake with a ball of electrical energy near its tail appeared on Vivian's side of the field and instantly shattered into pixels. (800/900) Vivian moved Electric Snake from the top of her Duel Disk to her Graveyard.
"Jerry Bean Man, attack her Life Points directly with Bean Blade Strike!" exclaimed Betty.
"I don't think so. I activate my first facedown card, Waboku, to stop you for a turn, " said Vivian as a facedown card flipped up.
Jerry Bean Man used his sword to swipe Vivian but was unable to affect her Life Points.
"I end my turn, " said Betty.
"My move, " said Vivian as she drew a card. "I now summon Gyaku-Gire Panda in attack mode."
Vivian placed Gyaku-Gire Panda on top of her Duel Disk. A giant panda bear with sharp teeth and short claws appeared on Vivian's side of the field. (800/1,600)
"Gyaku-Gire Panda's special ability allows it to increase its attack strength by 500 points for every monster on your side of the field, " said Vivian. "Currently, I count two."
Gyaku-Gire Panda's attack strength changed. (1,800/1,600)
"Gyaku-Gire Panda, attack Mad Lobster with Kung Pao Claw!" exclaimed Vivian.
Gyaku-Gire Panda used its claws to slice through Mad Lobster, shattering it into pixels. Betty moved Mad Lobster from the top of her Duel Disk to her Graveyard.
Vivian: 8,000
Betty: 7,900
Gyaku-Gire Panda's attack strength reduced. (1,300/1,600)
"I end my turn, " said Vivian.
"That's barely fazed me. My move, " said Betty as she drew a card. "I play 7 Colored Fish in attack mode."
7 Colored Fish appeared next to Jerry Bean Man. (1,800/800) Gyaku-Gire Panda's attack strength increased. (1,800/1,600)
"7 Colored Fish, attack Gyaku-Gire Panda with Spectrum Splash!" exclaimed Betty.
"Not so fast. I activate my second facedown card, Book of Moon, to flip that fish facedown, " said Vivian as a facedown card flipped up on her side of the field.
"You wish. I activate my facedown card, Imperial Order, negating Book of Moon, " said Betty as a facedown card flipped up on her side of the field.
7 Colored Fish used its attack to slam into Gyaku-Gire Panda, shattering both of them into pixels. Betty moved 7 Colored Fish from the top of her Duel Disk, and Vivian moved Gyaku-Gire Panda from the top of her Duel Disk. They both placed their cards into their respective Graveyards.
"Jerry Bean Man, attack her Life Points directly with Bean Blade Strike!" exclaimed Betty.
"You are so predictable. I activate my final facedown card, Ring of Destruction, " said Vivian as a facedown card flipped up.
Just as Jerry Bean Man began its attack, a fire ring suddenly appeared around its neck, causing it to self-destruct. Betty moved Jerry Bean Man from the top of her Duel Disk to her Graveyard.
Vivian: 6,250
Betty: 6,150
"I end my turn, " said Betty.
"My move, " said Vivian as she drew a card. "I set one monster in defense mode and place one card facedown, ending my turn."
Vivian 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 appeared behind the set monster.
"My move, " said Betty as she drew a card. "Since I no longer need Imperial Order, I won't pay the 700 Life Points."
Imperial Order was instantly destroyed.
"I now summon Mystic Tomato in attack mode, " said Betty as she placed it on top of her Duel Disk.
A giant tomato with yellow eyes, sharp teeth, and a short tongue appeared on Betty's side of the field. (1,400/1,100)
"Mystic Tomato, attack her set monster with Nightshade Crunch!" exclaimed Betty.
Mystic Tomato jumped up and bit the set card. Vivian quickly flipped her set card upright on top of her Duel Disk. Cyber Jar appeared on Vivian's side of the field, immediately sucked up Mystic Tomato into itself, and self-destructed. (900/900) Vivian moved Cyber Jar from the top of her Duel Disk to her Graveyard. Betty also moved Mystic Tomato 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 set one monster in defense mode and summon The Bistro Butcher in attack mode, " said Betty as she placed one card upright and another card facedown and sideways on top of her Duel Disk.
A violet-skinned demonic creature with a hook for a hand, which was wearing an orange chef's outfit and was wielding a meat cleaver, appeared on Betty's side of the field. (1,800/1,000) Next, a facedown card positioned sideways appeared next to The Bistro Butcher.
"Thanks to the special ability of Mystic Tomato, I can special summon a DARK monster from my deck with an attack strength of at most 1,500 points, " said Betty as she pulled her deck out of her Duel Disk. "So, I choose Witch of the Black Forest."
Betty searched through her deck, found and showed Witch of the Black Forest to Vivian, shuffled and returned her deck to her Duel Disk, and placed Witch of the Black Forest on top of her Duel Disk. Witch of the Black Forest appeared next to the set monster. (1,100/1,200)
"I summon Master Kyonshee and set one monster in defense mode, " said Vivian as she placed Master Kyonshee and another card facedown and sideways on top of her Duel Disk.
A blue-skinned zombie with a white cape covering his face, who was a wearing a dark blue hat and kimono and yellow pants, appeared on Vivian's side of the field. (1,750/1,000) Next, a facedown card positioned sideways appeared next to Master Kyonshee.
"The Bistro Butcher, attack Master Kyonshee with Doom Cleaver!" exclaimed Betty.
"Think again. I activate my facedown card, Negate Attack, " said Vivian as a facedown card flipped up.
The Bistro Butcher used its cleaver to slice Master Kyonshee; however, Negate Attack created a force field that stopped the attack.
"I place two cards facedown, ending my turn, " said Betty as two cards appeared behind Master Kyonshee.
"My move, " said Vivian as she drew a card. "I flip summon my set monster, The All-Seeing White Tiger."
Vivian flipped her set card upright on top of her Duel Disk . A white Siberian tiger appeared next to Master Kyonshee. (1,300/500)
"The All-Seeing White Tiger, attack her set monster with Royal Pounce!" exclaimed Vivian.
The All-Seeing White Tiger came charging at the set monster. Betty quickly flipped her set card upright on top of her Duel Disk. An anthropomorphic green bean, which was wearing white gloves and brown boots and was wielding a long sword with a red and yellow hilt, appeared on Betty's side of the field and blocked the attack. (1,400/1,300)
"You just attacked my Bean Soldier, whose defensive strength is equal to your tiger's attack strength, making your attack ineffective, " said Betty.
"Master Kyonshee, attack Witch of the Black Forest with Decaying Kick," exclaimed Vivian.
Master Kyonshee came charging at Witch of the Black Forest and dropkicked her, sending her to the ground and shattering her into pixels. Betty moved Witch of the Black Forest from the top of her Duel Disk to her Graveyard.
Vivian: 6,250
Betty: 5,500
"Thanks to you, I can search my deck for a monster, " said Betty as she pulled her deck of her Duel Disk.
Betty searched through her deck, found and showed Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands to Vivian, placed it in her hand, shuffled her Deck, and returned it to her Duel Disk.
"I place two cards facedown, ending my turn, " said Vivian as two facedown cards appeared behind Master Kyonshee and The All-Seeing White Tiger.
"My move, " said Betty as she drew a card. "I sacrifice my Bean Soldier to summon Terrorking Salmon."
"Think again. I activate my facedown card, Forced Back, " said Vivian as a facedown card flipped up.
"What's Forced Back's function?" asked Betty.
"It negates the Tribute Summon of your Terrorking Salmon and sends it back to your hand, " said Vivian.
Once Betty moved Bean Soldier from the top of her Duel Disk to her Graveyard, it vanished from her side of the field. Next, she placed Terrorking Salmon on top of her Duel Disk; however, she was forced to move from the top of her Duel Disk to her hand
"The Bistro Butcher, attack The All-Seeing White Tiger with Doom Cleaver!" exclaimed Betty.
The Bistro Butcher used its cleaver to slice The All-Seeing White Tiger, shattering it into pixels. Vivian moved The All-Seeing White Tiger from the top of her Duel Disk to her Graveyard.
Vivian: 5,750
Betty: 5,500
"Thanks to The Bistro Butcher's special ability, you get to draw two cards, " said Betty as Vivian drew two cards from her deck.
"I end my turn, " said Betty.
"My move, " said Vivian as she drew a card. "I summon Sealmaster Meisei and equip it with Axe of Despair."
Vivian placed Sealmaster Meisei on top of her Duel Disk. A young man with black hair, who was wearing a conical black hat, a red and black robe, and a charm bracelet on his left arm and was wielding the Axe of Despair instead of his usual talisman scrolls, appeared Master Kyonshee. (2,100/900)
"I also activate one of my facedown cards, Xing Zhen Hu, allowing me to choose the only two set cards on your side of the field and prevent them from being activated, " said Vivian as a facedown card flipped up.
Suddenly, a force field appeared on top of those two cards.
"Sealmaster Meisei, attack The Bistro Butcher with Ancient Energy Axe!" exclaimed Vivian.
Sealmaster Meisei used his axe to slice The Bistro Butcher, shattering it into pixels. Betty moved The Bistro Butcher from the top of her Duel Disk to her Graveyard.
Vivian: 5,750
Betty: 5,200
"Master Kyonshee, attack her Life Points directly with Decaying Kick!" exclaimed Vivian.
Master Kyonshee used his attack to dropkick Betty, causing her to twitch.
Vivian: 5,750
Betty: 3,450
"I place one card facedown, ending my turn, " said Vivian as a facedown card appeared behind Master Kyonshee.
"My move, " said Betty as she drew a card. "I play Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy Xing Zhen Hu."
A black tornado appeared and destroyed the force field.
"Next, I activate one of my facedown cards, Dust Tornado, to destroy that Axe of Despair, " said Betty as a facedown card flipped up.
A tornado suddenly appeared and destroyed the axe in Sealmaster Meisei's hand, causing Sealmaster Meisei's attack strength to return to normal. (1,100/900) Another facedown card appeared where Dust Tornado was originally.
"Finally, I summon Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands in attack mode, " said Betty as she placed it on the Duel Disk.
A silver creature with red eyes and multiple arms and hands coming from all over his body appeared on Betty's side of the field. (1,400/1,000)
"Thanks to the special ability of Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands, I can select either a Ritual monster card or a Ritual Magic card from my deck and add it to my hand. In this case, I choose a Ritual Magic Card, " said Betty as she pulled her deck out of her Duel Disk.
Betty searched through her deck, found and showed Hamburger Recipe to Vivian, shuffled and returned her deck to her Duel Disk.
"Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands, attack Sealmaster Meisei with Ten Thousand Hand Slap!" exclaimed Betty.
Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands used its hands to slap Sealmaster Meisei continuously, eventually shattering him into pixels. Vivian moved Sealmaster Meisei from the top of her Duel Disk to her Graveyard.
Vivian: 5,450
Betty: 3,450
"I end my turn, " said Betty.
"My move, " said Vivian as she drew a card. "I play Pot of Greed."
Vivian drew two cards from her deck.
"I now play the Field Magic card, Gaia Power, which increases the attack strengths of all EARTH monsters by 500 points while decreasing their defensive strengths by 400 points, " said Vivian as she pressed a button on her Duel Disk.
A slot opened up on the right edge of the Duel Disk. Vivian placed the card onto it, which immediately closed up. Suddenly, a large forest appeared over the entire length of the field. Master Kyonshee's stats changed. (2,250/600)
"I summon Frenzied Panda in attack mode, " said Vivian as she placed it on the Duel Disk.
A giant purple panda, which was wielding a big green stick made of bamboo, appeared next to Master Kyonshee with its stats changed. (1,700/600)
"Frenzied Panda, attack Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands with Bamboo Smash Attack!" exclaimed Vivian.
Frenzied Panda used her bamboo stick to hit Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands on its head, shattering it into pixels. Betty moved Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands from the top of her Duel Disk to her Graveyard.
Vivian: 5,450
Betty: 3,150
"Master Kyonshee, attack her Life Points directly with Decaying Kick!" exclaimed Vivian.
Master Kyonshee used his attack to dropkick Betty again, causing her to twitch.
Vivian: 5,450
Betty: 0900
"I place one card facedown, ending my turn, " said Vivian as a facedown card appeared behind Frenzied Panda.
"My draw, " said Betty as she drew a card. "I play Raigeki, destroying all of your monsters."
Lightning bolts appeared in the sky and struck Master Kyonshee and Frenzied Panda. Vivian moved both Master Kyonshee and Frenzied Panda from the top of her Duel Disk to her Graveyard.
"Next, I play the Ritual Magic card called Hamburger Recipe, which allows me to summon a monster as long as I sacrifice enough monsters whose total levels are at least six. Therefore, I sacrifice the Terrorking Salmon and the 7 Colored Fish from my hand to summon Hungry Burger, " said Betty as she discarded all three cards into the Graveyard and placed Hungry Burger on top of her Duel Disk.
A hamburger with teeth and a flag on its head, which contains a tomato slice, a hamburger patty, and two lettuce slices, appeared on Betty's side of the field. (2,000/1,850)
"Next, I equip Hungry Burger with Ritual Weapon, " said Betty.
Ritual Weapon appeared on top of Hungry Burger's head instead of its usual flag, changing its attack strength. (3,500/1,850)
"Hungry Burger, attack her Life Points directly with Sandwich Blaster!" exclaimed Betty.
Hungry Burger used the crossbow to fire brown energy arrows at Vivian, causing her to twitch.
Vivian: 1,950
Betty: 0900
"I place one card facedown, ending my turn, " said Betty as a facedown card appeared behind Hungry Burger.
"My move, " said Vivian as she drew a card. "I activate my facedown card, Time Seal, preventing you from drawing next turn."
A facedown card immediately flipped up.
"Second, I activate Giant Trunade, which sends all Magic and Trap cards back to the owner's hand, " said Vivian.
The right edge slot suddenly opened up. Vivian moved Gaia Power from the slot to her hand, dissipating the forest on the field. Betty's Ritual Weapon and her facedown card immediately vanished, returning Hungry Burger's attack strength to normal. (2,000/1,850)
"Third, I play Monster Reborn to bring back Master Kyonshee, " said Vivian as she moved Master Kyonshee from her Graveyard to the top of her Duel Disk.
Master Kyonshee reappeared on Vivian's side of the field. (1,750/1,000)
"Finally, I replay Gaia Power, " said Vivian as she placed it back on the slot.
The forest re-emerged onto the length of the field. Master Kyonshee's stats changed. (2,250/600)
"Master Kyonshee, attack Hungry Burger with Decaying Kick!" exclaimed Vivian.
Master Kyonshee used his attack to dropkick Hungry Burger, shattering it into pixels. Betty moved Hungry Burger from the top of her Duel Disk to her Graveyard.
Vivian: 1,950
Betty: 0650
"I place two cards facedown, ending my turn, " said Vivian as two facedown cards appeared behind Master Kyonshee.
"My move, " said Betty. "Since I can't draw this turn, I play Monster Reborn to bring back Jerry Bean Man."
Betty moved Jerry Bean Man from her Graveyard to the top of her Duel Disk. Jerry Bean Man reappeared on Betty's side of the field. (1,750/0)
"Since Jerry Bean Man is an EARTH monster, it gets a boost from Gaia Power, " said Betty.
Jerry Bean Man's attack strength changed. (2,250/0)
"Next, I summon Sonic Duck in attack mode, " said Betty as she placed it on top of her Duel Disk.
A green duck, which was wearing a bucket hat and a red scarf, appeared next to Jerry Bean Man. (1,700/700)
"Jerry Bean Man, attack Master Kyonshee with Bean Blade Strike!" exclaimed Betty.
"You wish. I activate one of my facedown cards, Weed Out, " said Vivian as a facedown card flipped up.
"Weed Out? I have never heard of it, " said Betty.
"It destroys all level three monsters in attack mode on the field at a cost of 500 Life Points, " said Vivian. "Therefore, Jerry Bean Man and Sonic Duck are both history."
The card released energy blasts at both Jerry Bean Man and Sonic Duck, shattering them into pixels. Betty moved both monsters from the top of her Duel Disk to her Graveyard.
Vivian: 1,450
Betty: 0900
"No, I can't believe it. I have no choice, but to place one card facedown and end my turn, " said Betty as a facedown card appeared on Betty's side of the field.
"My move, " said Vivian as she drew a card. "I activate my last facedown card, Mystic Space Typhoon, to remove your last line of defense."
A facedown card flipped up, causing a black tornado to appear and destroy Betty's facedown card, which turned out to be Waboku.
"Master Kyonshee, end this duel with Decaying Kick!" exclaimed Vivian.
Master Kyonshee used his attack to dropkick Betty, causing her to fall to her knees.
Vivian: 1,450
Betty: 0000
The monsters and the field instantly vanished. Every card remaining on the Duel Disks were removed and placed back into both Betty's and Vivian's decks. They unplugged their Duel Disks from the arena's controls.
"Our fifth quarterfinalist is Vivian Wong from Asia, " said Rose.
The crowd applauded and shouted.
"You're quite good. I'm impressed, " said Vivian.
"You definitely pushed me to the edge. No wonder they called you the Asian Duel Queen, " said Betty.
Both women left the arena and headed up to the balcony to watch the remaining three 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 eight, Mai Valentine from Europe, " said Rose.
"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 thirteen, Adriana Cosimo also from Europe, " said Lily as a 20-year-old, fair-skinned, attractive, and Italian woman with blue eyes and black, straight, and medium length hair with green, white, and red streaks that reached her shoulders stepped forward.
Adriana was wearing a black, blue, and one-piece spaghetti-strapped dress that reached just above the knees with matching flip-flops. Inside the anteroom, Mai and Adriana shook hands.
"You don't look like much of a challenge, " said Mai as she shook Adriana's hand.
"Don't underestimate me. My looks can be deceiving, " said Adriana as she shook Mai's hand.