III: Rematch-Part 1
"You've grown a bit there Qiu," he cockily said to her.
Liqiu replied, "And your attitude hasn't changed one bit Bohai."
The red haired teen's expression changed from a smirk to a full-on scowl at that moment. Bohai still had some leftover anger towards what she did to him about two years ago. He got arrested because Liqiu allowed the man he scammed go free and nearly killed her in a duel in that abandoned warehouse. Bohai believed that she has gotten weak after she got caught one time three years ago. She stopped getting involved in being his con art accomplice because of that.
Liqiu thought about those days when she used to scam and con people on the streets of the Satellite. That was after she left Martha's house. She met Bohai around that time after she was able to scam him over some duel runner parts that he found. They eventually became a team in which she was the grifter while Bohai was the thief. Because of their newfound success, Liqiu was called the Grifter of Satellite at one point. Her grifting days ended after she tried to scam a man named Robert Pearson and failed.
He helped her move onto a better path by helping the children work on his research, a duel runner engine. Pearson told her that he wanted those kids to fulfill their potential and that this could help her as well. She listened to those words and thought about what she wanted to do. Liqiu ended up severing all ties with Bohai because she wanted to move on. Seeing him sitting on the steps of the apartment complex meant that it wasn't good news.
"If you are here to recruit me to do your dirty work, then I'm not doing it," stated Liqiu.
Bohai retorted, "No, but you still owe me a rematch since our last duel was interrupted."
That explained everything since they didn't finish their duel in the abandoned warehouse. They destroyed the place when Liqiu commanded Sino Deity: Xihe to attack Bohai's Avenging Knight Parshath. She nearly won that duel but got hurt while the building was collapsing. Liqiu had the scar to prove it, but she still wanted to finish that duel they had. Bohai wanted the same, but for revenge. She closed her eyes and began thinking about her options.
Liqiu knew that Bohai wasn't the type of person that would not take no for an answer. They needed to do this duel, but without attracting a lot of attention since Bohai does have a criminal mark on his face. Also, she didn't want to get in trouble with Sector Security as well. The only way that they could duel was to go to a location that Sector Security doesn't patrol often. The lilac haired teen knew a place where they could duel.
She said, "Follow me."
Bohai raised an eyebrow, and he saw Liqiu driving slower. He didn't say a word, and he followed her to wherever they were going. The light red haired duelist didn't know where he was going nor what his former comrade was planning. Bohai looked at the duel runner that she was riding. He remembered a few years back when Liqiu said that she was going to build a duel runner. At that time, he thought his young friend was bluffing, but it happened. The 18 year old could use the opportunity to use steal it once after the duel was over.
It took them about 5 minutes to arrive at their location. Bohai saw that Liqiu took them to an abandoned lot, which was the perfect setting for their duel. Liqiu stopped her duel runner and pressed the silver button below.
"Duel disk disengaged," said a robotic voice.
She removed the duel disk compartment from the runner, and she connected to her right wrist. Liqiu pressed a few other buttons right after. Bohai didn't know what she was doing on her duel runner. He watched her moving back a few feet, and he just walked into position.
"You are making a mistake dueling me, Liqiu," stated Bohai.
Liqiu replied, "Says the guy who requested this duel in the first place."
During his time in the facility, he would try to duel the Facility's inmates. He was able to learn a few tricks from them during his time there. Now he wanted to prove that he was the better duelist once in for all.
"Let's duel!" shouted both duelists.
Liqiu: 4000
Bohai: 4000
Both duelists drew five cards from the top of their respective decks. Liqiu took a peek at the cards that were in her hand. Instead of smiling, the lilac haired girl thought about what she can do with her cards. In her hand, Liqiu had Sino Beasts: Jī, Shé, and Niú, which all of them were effect monsters. She also the trap cards Bestial Compatibility The 2nd Trine and the spell card Sino Transformation Yin in her hand.
"Looks like I have a good set up since I have the three cards to set up Bestial Compatibility The 2nd Trine," she said to herself.
Instead of looking at his opponent, Bohai took a look at his cards. He also needed to think about how to set up his cards. The light red haired duelist used a Parshath Agent deck, which was a deck that consists of mostly Light and Dark Attribute fairy monsters. He saw that he had Shining Angel, Airknight Parshath, and Hecatrice for his effect monsters. Bohai also had the trap cards Solemn Wishes and the spell card Mystik Wok in his hand. He can do something with cards that he has in his hands.
"Ladies first. I summon to field Sino Beast: Niú into the field in defense mode," said Liqiu.
Sino Beast: Niú
Level: 2
Element: Earth
Attack: 200
Defense: 1100
Type: Beast/Effect
Card Description: When this monster is normal summoned or special summoned in defense mode, you can summon another Sino Beast in defense that is the same level as Sino Beast: Niú.
She placed her chosen monster on her first monster card slot face up and in a horizontal position. A bright red color ox with gold horns appeared on the field. It turned blue right after that and Ox guarded itself.
"Because Niú is on the field in defense mode, I can summon another Sino Beast in defense mode that is the same level from my hand due to its effect. So here is Sino Beast: Jī," she stated.
Sino Beast: Jī
Level: 2
Element: Earth
Attack: 1000
Defense: 300
Type: Winged Beast/Effect
Card Description: If this monster along with another monster with the name Sino Beast is on the field is a target of a monster attack or a monster effect, it can negate that attack or effect.
Just like with Niú, the lilac haired duelist summoned another monster face up in a horizontal position. This time a bright red and gold rooster appeared on the field for a moment, and it turned blue.
"I place one card face down, and I end my turn," she said once more.
Liqiu ended up placing the trap card she needed in the spell and trap card zone. She needed to wait on her next turn to summon Sino Beast: She so she can activate her trap card. All she could do was watch Bohai make his move. Despite having three monsters cards and two trap cards, he knew what he could do.
"From my hand, I can discard Hecatrice, and send it to Graveyard so I can add the continuous spell Valhalla, Hall of the Fallen from my deck to my hand," stated Bohai.
Bohai revealed his Hecatrice monster card and discarded it. He picked up Valhalla, Hall of the Fallen from his deck. Bohai added that card to his hand.
He said, "I play the spell card Valhalla, Hall of the Fallen. You should know what happens next Qiu."
"Once per turn, you can special summon one fairy type monster from your hand if you have no monsters on your side of the field," replied Liqiu.
Bohai responded, "That's right, and I special summon Shining Angel to the field in attack mode."
Shining Angel
Level: 4
Attribute: Light
Attack: 1400
Defense: 800
Type: Fairy/Effect
Card Description: When this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard: You can Special Summon 1 LIGHT monster with 1500 or less ATK from your Deck, in face up Attack Position.
For the special summon, a blonde haired man with large white angel wings appeared on the field. She thought about the monsters he had in his deck. His Parshath fairies were known to do piercing damage towards their opponents. Luckily she had Sino Beast: Jī in defense mode.
"I sacrifice my Shining Angel and send Airknight Parshath to the field in attack mode," he stated.
Airknight Parshath
Level: 5
Element: Light
Attack: 1900
Defense: 1500
Type: Fairy/Effect
Card Description: If this card attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing battle damage to your opponent. When this card inflicts battle damage to your opponent: Draw 1 card.
His Shining Angel monster disappears from the field, and it moves to his Graveyard. Bohai placed the monster he summoned in the same spot where Shining Angel used to be. An angel-like knight wearing a blue-green armor appeared on the field with a sword at hand.
"Airknight Parshath! Attack Sino Beast: Jī directly!" exclaimed Bohai.
Liqiu responded, "Not so fast. As long as Sino Beast: Jī is on the field along with another Sino Beast, it can negate Airknight Parshath's attack."
As Airknight Parshath was about to attack Jī, a light blue barrier appears in front of the Fairy type monster. It blocks the angel knight attack, and Airknight Parshath returns to his side of the field. Bohai growled lightly and thought about how she set up her monsters.
"She knew that was I was going to find a way to summon Airknight Parshath. It's impressive, but not enough to stop me," he said to himself.
Without saying another word, he placed his trap card face down, and that was the end of his first turn. Liqiu drew the top card from her deck. Her dark brown eyes scanned the card she picked up. The card in her hand was Elemental Protector, a trap card. Most of the times, she would discard the card so she could activate either Shé's special ability or Lóng's special ability. But she didn't have any tuner monsters in her hand to use this card.
"I summon Sino Beast: Shé in attack mode. I also switch Jī and Niú to attack mode," said Liqiu.
Sino Beast: Shé
Level: 2
Attribute: Fire
Attack: 600
Defense: 700
Type: Serpent/Effect
Card Description: By discarding a card from your hand, Shé can decrease an opponent's monster by 200 Attack Points.
Out to the field, a red and gold colored snake appears on Liqiu's side right next to Jī. She also changed her two other monsters positions from defense mode to attack mode. Liqiu was happy to see the required monsters on her side. She needed to wait for Bohai's next turn active her trap card, Beastial Compatability The 2nd Trine.
She stated, "From my hand, I play the continuous spell card Sino Transformation Yin. What this spell does is double the attack points of all Sino Beasts with an even-numbered level. Jī, Shé, and Niú are all level two monsters, so their attack points double. This spell has a secondary effect, and Shé gets a 200 attack point bonus since the snake always is Yin in the Chinese Zodiac."
Sino Transformation Yin
Type: Continuous Spell
Card Description: The attack points of level 2 and level 4 Sino Beasts double. If Sino Beast: Shé is on the field, this card gains an additional 200 attack points.
Yin mark appears on all four beasts, and all of them glowed a red while their attack points increased. Liqiu hoped that Bohai had a way to make his counterattack since he wasn't doing so hot right now.
Sino Beast: Niú
Attack: 200 - 400 (+200)
Sino Beast: Jī
Attack: 1000 - 2000 (+1000)
Sino Beast: Shé
Attack: 600 - 1400 (+800)
"Now Jī, attack Airknight Parshath with Feather Storm!" exclaimed Liqiu.
The gold and red colored rooster swiftly charges itself at the angel knight monster and attacks it with its feathers. Airknight Parshath was gone, and it cost Bohai 100 of his life points.
Liqiu: 4000
Bohai: 3900
She stated, "Now I can attack you directly. Shé takes away some of Bohai's life points."
Liqiu: 4000
Bohai: 2500
It wasn't over for Bohai. There was one more Sino Beast that needed to attack him. He watched as Liqiu commanded the red and gold bull to attack him. From that attack, he lost 400 more life points.
Liqiu: 4000
Bohai: 2100
"I need to find a way to make a comeback and soon," he said to himself.
From afar, a short clown like man watched the two duelists dueling at night. Standing right next to him was a Sector Security officer. The short man had spiky purple hair, and he was wearing a red and gold coat with a black collar, which had a gold trim to it. He also had on a white shirt underneath that had a gold lining. The purple haired person was wearing a pair of white colored pants and a pair of black and gold boots on his feet.
His eyes shifted towards the girl that was dueling the criminal in front of her. He saw what kind of cards Liqiu used and remembered something about them from an old case that was solved 11 years ago. A family was looking for a daughter that ran away 19 years ago, but she died eight years ago. They searched for the deck the woman used when she used to be a professional duelist back in her day. Now they see this lilac haired teen using it.
The Sector Security officer asked, "Should we stop and arrest them, boss?"
"No, but we should formally investigate the girl using the deck to see if she can tell us how she got the deck in the first place," said the short man.
This ends the third chapter and the first part of this two-part chapter. The next chapter will conclude the duel for good. As for how I wrote the duel, its the first time trying to do something like this in a long time. But I hope to improve on that as this story goes on. For now, read and review.
Chinese names Translations and meanings
Jī: Comes from the han character 雞, which translates to Chicken/Fowl.
Shé: Comes from han character 蛇, which translates to Snake/Serpent.
Lóng: Comes from the han character 龍, which translates to dragon.
Niú: Comes from the han character 牛, which translates to Cow/Bull/Ox/Buffalo [basically a general name for bovine animals].