Legal Disclaimer: This story follows the same rules as "The Preliminaries Begin". Adriana Cosimo and any physical descriptions associated with her are the properties of sm-candy. Courtney Fletcher and any physical descriptions associated with her can't be used without my permission.
Writer's Note: Cyber Jar and Graceful Charity are not actual parts of Adriana's decklist. It was added by me to enhance the story.
Hell's Fury Tournament
Chapter 9: Alpha Female
After shaking hands, Mai and Adriana 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 Mai Valentine and Adriana Cosimo please enter the dueling arena?" asked Lily.
Mai and Adriana 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 Lily.
"I'm ready, " said Mai.
"Same here, " said Adriana.
"You may begin, " said Lily.
"Let's duel!" they both exclaimed.
Their Duel Disks activated and moved into position.
Mai: 8,000
Adriana: 8,000
Both of them drew five cards.
"I'll go first, " said Adriana as she drew a sixth card. "I place four cards facedown and end my turn."
Four facedown cards appeared on Adriana's side of the field.
"My move, " said Mai as she drew a sixth card. "I place three cards facedown and summon The Unfriendly Amazon in attack mode."
Mai placed The Unfriendly Amazon on top of her Duel Disk. A purple-haired woman, who was wearing a black dress with spiked shoulder cuffs and was wielding a long sword with a purple hilt, appeared on Mai's side of the field. (2,000/1,000) Three facedown cards appeared behind The Unfriendly Amazon.
"The Unfriendly Amazon, attack her Life Points directly with Savage Blade Strike!" exclaimed Mai.
"Not so fast. I activate one of my facedown cards, Waboku, saving my Life Points, " said Adriana as a facedown card flipped up.
The Unfriendly Amazon used her sword to swipe Adriana, but it was unable to affect her Life Points.
"I end my turn, " said Mai.
"My move, " said Adriana as she drew a card. "I play Pot of Greed."
Adriana drew two cards from her deck.
"First, I activate another facedown card, Book of Moon, to flip The Unfriendly Amazon upside down, " said Adriana as a facedown card flipped up.
Adriana flipped The Unfriendly Amazon upside-down and sideways The Unfriendly Amazon turned into a facedown card positioned sideways.
"Next, I summon Vampire Lady in attack mode, " said Adriana as she placed Vampire Lady on top of her Duel Disk.
A green-haired woman with purple wings, who was wearing a long purple dress with spikes draped along the bodice and golden bracelets on each arm, appeared on Adriana's side of the field. (1,550/1,550)
"Vampire Lady, attack that set monster with Bat Gliding Strike!" exclaimed Adriana.
Vampire Lady flew toward the set monster and used her hands to slash it. Mai quickly flipped her set card upright on top of her Duel Disk. The Unfriendly Amazon reappeared on her side of the field and instantly shattered into pixels. (2,000/1,000) Mai moved The Unfriendly Amazon from the top of her Duel Disk to her Graveyard.
"I end my turn, " said Adriana.
"My move, " said Mai as she drew a card. "I play Harpie's Feather Duster to remove your facedown cards."
A blast of wind appeared from nowhere and blew away all of Adriana's facedown cards from her side of the field.
"I now summon The Unfriendly Amazon in attack mode, " said Mai as she placed it on top of her Duel Disk.
The Unfriendly Amazon reappeared on Mai's side of the field. (2,000/1,000)
"The Unfriendly Amazon, attack Vampire Lady with Savage Blade Strike!" exclaimed Mai.
The Unfriendly Amazon used her attack to slice through Vampire Lady, shattering her into pixels. Adriana moved Vampire Lady from the top of her Duel Disk to her Graveyard.
Mai: 8,000
Adriana: 7,550
"I place one card facedown, ending my turn, " said Mai as a facedown card appeared behind The Unfriendly Amazon.
"My move, " said Adriana as she drew a card.
"I activate my facedown card, Solomon's Lawbook, which allows me to skip my Standby Phase, " said Mai as a facedown card flipped up.
"I don't get it. Why would you play that card?" asked Adriana.
"It's because of The Unfriendly Amazon's special ability. To keep it on the field, I have to send a monster on my side of the field to the Graveyard during each of my Standby Phases, " said Mai. "Since I have none besides The Unfriendly Amazon, this works for me."
"Ok. I set a monster in defense mode and place one card facedown, ending my turn, " said Adriana as she placed one card facedown and sideways on top of her Duel Disk.
A facedown card positioned sideways appeared on Adriana's side of the field. Another facedown card appeared behind the set monster.
"My move, " said Mai as she drew a card. "I summon Birdface in attack mode."
Mai placed Birdface on top of her Duel Disk. A bird creature with a blue beak and chest, a yellow head, green and brown wings, green thighs, and armored claws and talons, appeared on Mai's side of the field. (1,600/1,600)
"Birdface, attack her set monster with Dive Bomb Beak!" exclaimed Mai.
Birdface flew toward the set monster and used its beak to peck it. Adriana quickly flipped her set card upright on top of her Duel Disk. Cyber Jar appeared on Adriana's side of the field, immediately sucked up The Unfriendly Amazon and Birdface into itself, and self-destructed. (900/900) Adriana moved Cyber Jar from the top of her Duel Disk to her Graveyard. Mai also moved both Birdface and The Unfriendly Amazon 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 Dunames Dark Witch and set one monster in defense mode, " said Mai as she placed Dunames Dark Witch and another card facedown and sideways on top of her Duel Disk.
First, a raspberry-haired woman with silver wings, who was wearing a red helmet with a green jewel in the center and white wings on the sides, white gloves and boots, and a white dress with orange and red down the center, and white and orange-jeweled shoulder cuffs, appeared on Mai's side of the field. (1,800/1,050) Then, a facedown card positioned sideways appeared next to Dunames Dark Witch.
"Thanks to the special ability of Birdface, I can move a Harpie Lady from my deck to my hand, " said Mai as she pulled her deck out.
Mai searched through her deck, found and showed Cyber Harpie Lady to Adriana, shuffled her deck, and returned it to her Duel Disk.
"I set two monsters in defense mode, " said Adriana as she placed two card facedown and sideways on top of her Duel Disk.
Two facedown cards positioned sideways appeared next to each other.
"Dunames Dark Witch, attack the far left set monster with Spellbinding Flux!" exclaimed Mai.
Dunames Dark Witch fired a beam of black energy at the set monster. Adriana quickly flipped her set card upright on top of her Duel Disk. A blond woman, who was wearing gray boots extending to her knees, gray long-sleeved shirt, gray skirt, and gray gloves with her right fingers exposed and was wielding a glowing sword, appeared on Adriana's side of the field. (1,500/1,600) Suddenly, both monsters shattered into pixels.
"What just happened?" asked Mai.
"You destroyed D. D. Warrior Lady, whose special ability allows me to remove her and the monster that attacked her from play, " said Adriana. "So your Dunames Dark Witch has been destroyed."
Adriana moved D. D. Warrior Lady from the top of her Duel Disk and kept it separate from her Duel Disk. Mai moved Dunames Dark Witch from the top of her Duel Disk and kept it separate from her Duel Disk.
"I place one card facedown, ending my turn, " said Mai as a facedown card appeared behind the set monster.
"My move, " said Adriana as she drew a card
"I activate my facedown card, Shadow of Eyes, allowing me to flip summon your set card without activating any flip effects, " said Mai as a facedown card flipped up.
Adriana flipped her set card upright on top of her Duel Disk. A gray-haired woman with red, purple, and teal feathers in his hair, who was wearing a teal bandana around his head, a gold necklace, gold bracelets, teal armbands, and a teal, purple, and blue gown and was wielding a short dagger appeared on Adriana's side of the field. (1,500/1,000)
"You may have revealed my Lady Assailant of Flames, but that's only the beginning, " said Adriana. "I equip Lady Assailant of Flames with Big Bang Shot, increasing its power and giving it trample ability."
Lady Assailant of Flames' attack strength increased, and her dagger glowed. (1,900/1,000)
"I summon Etoile Cyber in attack mode, " said Adriana as she placed it on top of her Duel Disk.
A woman with blue skin and brown hair, who was wearing a red jumpsuit and a small white skirt, appeared on Adriana's side of the field. (1,200/1,600)
"Lady Assailant of Flames, attack her set monster with Blazing Dagger Attack!" exclaimed Adriana.
Lady Assailant of Flames used her dagger to burn through Mai's set monster. Mai quickly flipped her set card upright on top of her Duel Disk. Magician of Faith appeared on Mai's side of the field and shattered into pixels. (300/400) Mai moved Magician of Faith from the top of her Duel Disk to her Graveyard.
Mai: 6,500
Adriana: 7,550
"Thanks to you, I can get a Magic card from my Graveyard, " said Mai as she immediately grabbed Harpie's Feather Duster, showed it to Adriana, and placed it into her hand.
"Oh, by the way, Etoile Cyber has a special ability. When it attacks an opponent directly, its attack strength increases by 500 points, " said Adriana.
"Etoile Cyber, attack her Life Points directly with Rhythmic Tornado Kick!" exclaimed Adriana.
Etoile Cyber's attack strength changed. (1,700/1,600) She spun toward Mai and used her legs to strike her with a roundhouse kick, causing her to twitch.
Mai: 4,800
Adriana: 7,550
Etoile Cyber's attack strength returned to normal. (1,200/1,600)
"I end my turn, " said Adriana.
"My move, " said Mai as she drew a card. "I play Graceful Charity."
Mai drew three cards from her deck into her hand and discarded two cards from her hand into the Graveyard.
"I summon Cyber Harpie Lady in attack mode, " said Mai as she placed it on top of her Duel Disk.
A red-haired woman with green wings and claws and long talons, who was wearing a blue chest plate and purple pants and was wielding a yellow energy whip, appeared on Mai's side of the field. (1,800/1,300)
"Just in case, I play Harpie's Feather Duster, removing any chance of mounting a defense, " said Mai.
Harpie's Feather Duster blew away the two cards behind Adriana's monsters. Suddenly, Lady Assailant of Flames shattered into pixels.
Mai: 3,800
Adriana: 7,550
"What just happened?" asked Mai.
"It's simple. First, by destroying Big Bang Shot, you removed Lady Assailant of Flames from play, " said Adriana. "Second, the facedown card you destroyed was Kozaky's Self-Destruct Button. If it's destroyed by a card effect, the person who destroyed it loses 1000 Life Points."
Adriana moved Lady Assailant of Flames from the top of her Duel Disk and kept it separate from her Duel Disk.
"No big deal. I play Elegant Egotist, allowing me to summon Harpie Lady Sisters from my deck, " said Mai as she pulled her deck.
Mai searched through her deck, found Harpie Lady Sisters, and placed it on top of her Duel Disk. A Harpie Lady with orange bobbed hair, a Harpie Lady with blue spiked hair, and a Harpie Lady with red, long, and layered hair appeared together on Mai's side of the field. (1,950/2,100)
"Cyber Harpie Lady, attack Etoile Cyber with Virtual Slash!" exclaimed Mai.
Cyber Harpie Lady flew toward Etoile Cyber and used her talons to slice through Etoile Cyber, shattering her into pixels. Adriana moved Etoile Cyber from the top of her Duel Disk and placed it into her Graveyard.
Mai: 3,800
Adriana: 6,950
"Harpie Lady Sisters, attack her Life Points directly with Triangle Ecstasy Spark!" exclaimed Mai.
Harpie Lady Sisters positioned themselves into a triangle, created energy balls, and fired a laser blast at Adriana, causing her to twitch.
Mai: 3,800
Adriana: 5,000
"I end my turn, " said Mai.
"My move, " said Adriana as she drew a card. "I set one monster in defense mode and play my own Elegant Egotist, allowing me to summon my own Harpie Lady Sisters."
Adriana searched through her deck, found Harpie Lady Sisters, and placed it on top of her Duel Disk. She also placed one card facedown and sideways on top of her Duel Disk. A second Harpie Lady Sisters appeared on Adriana's side of the field. (1,950/2,100) Then, a facedown card positioned sideways appeared next to Harpie Lady Sisters.
"Check this out. I play the magic card, Triangle Ecstasy Spark, which temporarily increases all Harpie Lady Sisters to 2,700 points, " said Adriana.
Both Harpie Lady Sisters' attack strengths changed. (2,700/2,100)
"Harpie Lady Sisters, show Cyber Harpie Lady a real Triangle Ecstasy Spark!" exclaimed Adriana.
Adriana's Harpie Lady Sisters used its attack to blast Cyber Harpie Lady, shattering her into pixels. Mai moved Cyber Harpie Lady from the top of her Duel Disk to her Graveyard.
Mai: 2,900
Adriana: 5,000
"I place one card facedown, ending my turn, " said Adriana as a facedown card appeared behind the set monster.
Both Harpie Lady Sisters' attack strengths returned to normal. (1,950/2,100)
"My move, " said Mai as she drew a card. "Time to introduce a new member of the family. I summon Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon in attack mode."
Mai placed Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon on his Duel Disk. Instantly, a little red dragon with green eyes, wings on his arms, and short arms, who was wearing a light blue and sapphire emblazed crest on its head and a yellow and sapphire encrusted collar with a gold chain hanging from it, appeared on Mai's side of the field. (1,200/600)
"Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon has three special abilities that are dependent on the number of monsters on my side of the field that have the word Harpie in their name except for Harpie's Brother and itself, " said Mai. "Since there is at least one on my side of the field, you can only attack Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon. Finally, I place two cards facedown and end my turn. "
Two facedown cards appeared behind Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon and Harpie Lady Sisters.
"My move, " said Adriana as she drew a card. "I summon Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands in attack mode."
Adriana placed Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands on top of her Duel Disk. Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands appeared on Adriana's side of the field. (1,400/1,000)
"Since Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands is on the field, I activate its special ability by taking a Ritual Monster card or Ritual Magic card from my deck, " said Adriana as she took her deck out of her Duel Disk.
Adriana searched through her deck, found and showed End of the World to Mai, and shuffled and returned her deck to her Duel Disk.
"Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands, attack Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon with Ten Thousand Hand Slap!" exclaimed Adriana.
"Not so fast. I activate my facedown card, Mirror Wall, to cut your attack strength in half, " said Mai as a facedown card flipped up.
Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands's attack strength changed. (700/1,000) Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands used his attack to slap Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon; however, Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon countered it, shattering Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands into pixels. Adriana moved Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands from the top of her Duel Disk to her Graveyard.
Mai: 2,900
Adriana: 4,500
"Before I forget, I also activate another facedown card, Life Absorbing Machine, " said Mai as another facedown card flipped up.
"Mirror Wall must have a Life Point constraint, " said Adriana.
"Yes. Normally, I must pay 2,000 Life Points during my Standby Phases to keep it on the field, or it must send to the Graveyard, " said Mai. "For now, I only need to pay 1000 Life Points."
"I switch Harpie Lady Sisters to defense mode, place three cards facedown, and end my turn, " said Adriana.
Adriana turned Harpie Lady Sisters sideways on top of her Duel Disk. Harpie Lady Sisters immediately went on their knees and rested with their arms crossed, and three facedown cards appeared behind Harpie Lady Sisters.
"My move, " said Mai as she drew a card.
Mai: 1,900
Adriana: 4,500
"I play Monster Reborn to bring a monster I sent to the Graveyard via Graceful Charity, Harpie's Pet Dragon, " said Mai as she moved Harpie's Pet Dragon from her Graveyard to the top of her Duel Disk.
A much larger and more fearsome version of Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon appeared on Mai's side of the field. (2,000/2,500)
"Since now they are at least two Harpie monsters on my side of the field, the second ability of Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon activates, which doubles its attack and defensive strengths, " said Mai. "Harpie's Pet Dragon has a special ability as well. Its stats increase by 300 points for every face-up Harpie Lady or Harpie Lady Sisters on the field. Currently, there are two."
The stats of Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon changed. (2,400/1,200) The stats of Harpie's Pet Dragon changed. (2,600/3,100)
"My Harpie Lady Sisters, attack that set monster with Triangle Ecstasy Spark!" exclaimed Mai.
Harpie Lady Sisters used its attack to destroy the set monster. Adriana quickly flipped her set card upright on top of her Duel Disk. A Harpie Lady with blue spiked hair, who was wearing a purple jumpsuit, appeared on Adriana's side of the field and instantly shattered into pixels. (1,300/1,400) Adriana moved Harpie Lady 3 from the top of her Duel Disk to her Graveyard.
"Too bad. You just attacked Harpie Lady 3, whose special ability keeps your Harpie Lady Sisters from attacking for two of your turns, " said Adriana.
"Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon, attack Adriana's Harpie Lady Sisters with Juvenile Fire Blast!" exclaimed Mai.
Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon blew several fireballs at Adriana's Harpie Lady Sisters, incinerating them. Adriana moved Harpie Lady Sisters from the top of her Duel Disk to her Graveyard. The stats of Harpie's Pet Dragon changed. (2,300/2,800)
"Harpie's Pet Dragon, attack her Life Points directly with Fearsome Fire Blast!" exclaimed Mai.
"Before you do that, I activate my facedown card, Nutrient Z, " said Adriana as a facedown card flipped up.
"What does it do?" asked Mai
"Whenever I take damage of at least 2,000 points during my opponent's turn, I can increase my Life Points by 4,000 points before that damage is subtracted from your Life Points, " said Adriana.
Mai: 1,900
Adriana: 8,500
Harpie's Pet Dragon blew a huge fireball at Adriana, causing her to twitch.
Mai: 1,900
Adriana: 6,200
"I end my turn, " said Mai.
"My move, " said Adriana as she drew a card. "I activate one of my facedown cards, Dust Tornado, to destroy Mirror Wall and place one card facedown."
A facedown card flipped up, causing a tornado to appear and shatter Mirror Wall. Another facedown card appeared where Dust Tornado was originally.
"Next, I play Brain Control to take control of your Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon, " said Adriana.
Mai: 1,900
Adriana: 5,400
Mai moved Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon off her Duel Disk and gave it to Adriana, whom placed it on top of her Duel Disk. Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon immediately moved to Adriana's side of the field with its stats restored to normal. (1,200/600)
"Finally, I play the Ritual Magic card called End of the World, which allows me to summon a monster as long as I sacrifice enough monsters whose total levels are at least eight. Therefore, I sacrifice your Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon and the Etoile Cyber from my hand to summon Ruin, Queen of Oblivion, " said Adriana.
Once Adriana moved Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon from the top of her Duel Disk and gave it back to Mai, whom placed into her Graveyard, it vanished from her side of the field. Next, she discarded End of the World and Etoile Cyber into the Graveyard and placed Ruin, Queen of Oblivion, on top of her Duel Disk. A white-haired woman, who was wearing a red and black crown, gold bracelets, black gloves extending to her elbows, and a red, cream, black, and sleeveless gown and was wielding a red scepter with a brown shaft, appeared on Adriana's side of the field. (2,300/2,000)
"Ruin, Queen of Oblivion, attack Harpie Lady Sisters with Apocalyptic Scepter Blast!" exclaimed Adriana.
Ruin, Queen of Oblivion, used her scepter to create and fire a red electrical ball at Harpie Lady Sisters, shattering them into pixels. Mai moved Harpie Lady Sisters from the top of her Duel Disk to her Graveyard. The stats of Harpie's Pet Dragon returned to normal. (2,000/2,500)
Mai: 1,550
Adriana: 5,400
"Thanks to her special ability, if Ruin, Queen of Oblivion, destroys an opponent's monster, she can attack again once in a row, " said Adriana.
"What? No way, " said Mai.
"Ruin, Queen of Oblivion, attack Harpie's Pet Dragon with Apocalyptic Scepter Blast!" exclaimed Adriana.
Ruin, Queen of Oblivion, used her attack to electrocute Harpie's Pet Dragon, shattering it into pixels. Mai moved Harpie's Pet Dragon from the top of her Duel Disk to her Graveyard.
Mai: 1,250
Adriana: 5,400
"I place one card facedown, ending my turn, " said Adriana as a facedown card appeared behind Ruin, Queen of Oblivion.
"My move, " said Mai as she drew a card. "I play Pot of Greed."
Mai drew two cards from her deck.
"I summon Amazoness Swords Woman in attack mode, " said Mai as she placed it on top of her Duel Disk.
A messy-haired woman, who was wearing a brown and spiked bikini, a bone headdress, golden armbands, and brown and spiked boots, and was wielding a curved sword, appeared on Mai's side of the field. (1,500/1,600)
"Next, I play Amazoness Spellcaster, allowing me to switch the attack strengths of an monster on my side of the field that either have the word Amazoness in their name or Amazon Archer with a monster on my opponent's side of the field until the End Phase of my turn, " said Mai. "Therefore, I choose my Amazoness Swords Woman and Ruin, Queen of Oblivion."
Amazoness Swords Woman's attack strength changed. (2,300/1,600) Ruin, Queen of Oblivion's attack strength changed. (1,500/1,600)
"Amazoness Swords Woman, attack Ruin, Queen of Oblivion with Amazon Slash Attack!" exclaimed Mai.
Amazoness Swords Woman used his sword to slash through Ruin, Queen of Oblivion, shattering her into pixels. Adriana moved Ruin, Queen of Oblivion from the top of her Duel Disk to her Graveyard.
Mai: 1,250
Adriana: 4,600
"I place two cards facedown, ending my turn, " said Mai as two facedown cards appeared Amazoness Swords Woman.
Amazoness Swords Woman's attack strength returned to normal. (1,500/1,600)
" My move, " said Adriana as she drew a card. "I play Book of Life, allowing me to summon a Zombie-type monster and remove one monster in your Graveyard from play. I summon Vampire Lady in attack mode and remove Cyber Harpie Lady from play."
Adriana moved Vampire Lady from her Graveyard to the top of her Duel Disk. Mai moved Cyber Harpie Lady from her Graveyard and kept it separated from her Duel Disk. Vampire Lady reappeared on Adriana's side of the field. (1,550/1,550)
"I set one monster in defense mode, place one card facedown, and end my turn, " said Adriana as she placed one card facedown and sideways on top of her Duel Disk.
A facedown card positioned sideways appeared next to Vampire Lady. Another facedown card appeared behind Vampire Lady.
My move, " said Mai as she drew a card. "I play Swords of Revealing Light, keeping you from attacking for three turns."
Yellow light swords appeared in the sky and rained down onto Tea, surrounding her monster. Suddenly, Lady Assailant of Flames appeared on Adriana's side of the field, resting on her knees and crossing her arms. (1,500/1,000)
"You activated the special ability of Lady Assailant of Flames. When it is flipped up, I can inflict 800 points of damage to your Life Points by removing three cards from the top of my deck from play, " said Adriana.
Adriana drew three cards from her deck and kept them separate from the top of her Duel Disk.
"Lady Assailant of Flames, attack her Life Points directly with Volcanic Blaze Attack!" exclaimed Adriana.
Lady Assailant of Flames used her dagger to release a column of lava through the ground toward Mai, causing her to twitch.
Mai: 0450
Adriana: 4,600
"I now summon Dunames Dark Witch, " said Mai as she placed Dunames Dark Witch on top of her Duel Disk.
Dunames Dark Witch reappeared on Mai's side of the field. (1,800/1,050)
"Dunames Dark Witch, attack Vampire Lady with Spellbinding Flux!" exclaimed Mai.
"Not so fast. I activate one of my facedown cards, Spirit Barrier, which reduces all Battle Damage to zero as long as at least one monster remains on my side of the field, " said Adriana as a facedown card flipped up.
Dunames Dark Witch used her attack to blast Vampire Lady, shattering her into pixels. Adriana moved Vampire Lady from the top of her Duel Disk to her Graveyard.
"Amazoness Swords Woman, attack Lady Assailant of Flames with Amazon Slash Attack!" exclaimed Mai.
Amazoness Swords Woman used her attack to slice through Lady Assailant of Flames, shattering him into pixels. Adriana moved Lady Assailant of Flames from the top of her Duel Disk to her Graveyard.
"I end my turn, " said Mai.
"My move, " said Adriana as she drew a card. "I play A Feather of the Phoenix. By discarding one card from my hand, I can take one card from my Graveyard and place it on top of my deck."
Adriana discarded Assault on GHQ, retrieved Mystical Space Typhoon, and placed it on top of her deck.
"Next, I play Graceful Charity, " said Adriana as she drew three cards from her deck and discarded two cards from her hand. "Then, I play the Field Magic card, Array of Revealing Light, allowing me to keep all monsters of a named type from attacking anytime that it is summoned. I choose Fairy-type monsters, which means your Dunames Dark Witch can't attack. "
Adriana placed a button on her Duel Disk, causing a slot on the right edge of her Duel Disk to open up. Adriana placed the card onto it, which immediately closed up. Suddenly, a yellow force field appeared over the entire length of the field.
"Finally, I set one monster in defense mode and place one card facedown, ending my turn, " said Adriana as she placed one card facedown and sideways on top of her Duel Disk.
A facedown card positioned sideways appeared on Adriana's side of the field. Another facedown card appeared behind the set monster.
"My move, " said Mai as she drew a card. "I place one card facedown."
A facedown card appeared behind Amazoness Swords Woman.
"Amazoness Swords Woman, attack that set monster with Amazon Slash Attack!" exclaimed Mai.
Amazoness Swords Woman used her attack to slice through the set monster. Adriana quickly flipped her set card upright on top of her Duel Disk. Warrior Lady of the Wasteland appeared on Adriana's side of the field and shattered into pixels. (1,100/1,200) Adriana moved Warrior Lady of the Wasteland from the top of her Duel Disk to her Graveyard.
"Thanks, now I can special summon an EARTH Warrior-type monster like Etoile Cyber to the field, " said Adriana.
Adriana searched for, found, and placed Etoile Cyber on top of her Duel Disk. Etoile Cyber reappeared on Adriana's side of the field. (1,200/1,600)
"I end my turn, " said Mai.
"My move, " said Adriana. "I activate Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy Swords of Revealing Light."
A black tornado appeared and destroyed the light swords.
"Next, I play a second Brain Control to take control of Amazoness Swords Woman, " said Adriana.
"I don't think so. I activate my facedown card, Imperial Order, negating your Brain Control, " said Mai as a facedown card flipped up on her side of the field.
"You wish. I activate my last facedown card, another Dust Tornado, to destroy Imperial Order before you can negate Brain Control, " said Adriana as a facedown card flipped up on her side of the field.
A tornado appeared and destroyed Imperial Order. Mai moved Amazoness Swords Woman from the top of her Duel Disk and gave it to Adriana, whom placed it on top of her Duel Disk. Amazoness Swords Woman reappeared on Adriana's side of the field. (1,500/1,600)
Mai: 0450
Adriana: 3,800
"Finally, I equip Amazoness Swords Woman with Divine Sword - Phoenix Blade, which increases the attack strengths of Warrior-type monsters only by 300 points, " said Adriana.
Amazoness Swords Woman's traditional curved sword was replaced with a long sword with a golden bird for a hilt, changing her attack strength. (1,800/1,600)
"Amazoness Swords Woman, attack Dunames Dark Witch with Amazon Phoenix Slash!" exclaimed Adriana.
Suddenly, the sword ignited with a brilliant red glow. Amazoness Swords Woman used the sword to burn through Dunames Dark Witch, however, Dunames Dark Witch used her attack to counter it. The combination of the two attacks caused both monsters to shatter into pixels.
"Etoile Cyber, attack her Life Points directly with Rhythmic Tornado Kick!" exclaimed Adriana.
Etoile Cyber's attack strength changed. (1,700/1,600) She used her attack to strike Mai, causing her to fall to her knees.
Mai: 0000
Adriana: 3,800
The monsters and the field instantly vanished. Every card remaining on the Duel Disks and out of play were placed back into both Mai's and Adriana's decks. They unplugged their Duel Disks from the arena's controls.
"Our sixth quarterfinalist is Adriana Cosimo from Europe, " said Lily.
The crowd applauded and cheered.
"You definitively have skills. I was wrong to underestimate you, " said Mai.
"I learned much by watching you duel during Battle City. It's an honor to get a chance to face you, " said Adriana.
Both women left the arena and headed up to the balcony to watch the other two matches.
Next, Jasmine Kennedy appeared next to the bingo machine.
"Hello, everybody, " said Jasmine.
Everyone immediately turned toward Jasmine.
"It's time to announce our next pairing. Everyone in the anteroom listen up, " said Jasmine. "Let's begin."
Jasmine 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. Jasmine immediately picked up the ball.
"Our next competitor is number fifteen, Tea Gardner from Asia, " said Jasmine.
"Let's start the machine again, " said Jasmine.
The bingo machine immediately began to spin the balls around. Soon, another ball was released from the machine. Jasmine immediately picked up the second ball.
"Her opponent is number five, Courtney Fletcher from Europe, " said Jasmine as a 26-year-old, fair-skinned, intelligent, and French woman with green eyes and light ginger red, long, and wavy hair with Swedish blonde highlights stepped forward.
Courtney was wearing bright vermilion lipstick, a pair of silver hoop earrings, an orange peasant blouse, tan capris pants, and white high heels. Inside the anteroom, Tea and Courtney shook hands.
"Good luck, " said Tea as she shook Courtney's hand.
"Thanks, but I don't need luck. This duel should be very interesting, " said Courtney as she shook Tea's hand.