Breaking Wind Part One

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"Looks like they're about to begin the duel against the next Game Marshal, Mr Tong!"

Kristerr plopped himself into a chair as Kairi pushed her own wheeled chair over to him in front of a large monitor, "Alright, let's see how they do...,"

"Hopefully, they'll win this one, too,"

"I don't know, it depends on how Bastion does. He's a bright kid and a good duelist, but the further they go down the list of Game Marshals, the more difficult the duels will become,"

"Ouch,"

"Mhm...,"

The mysterious Hacker watched the monitor closely, eyes glued to the coming duel, cigarette slowly burning away in an ashtray nearby.

"Alright, Brainiac, let's see how you do against a chick. As for you," the hacker glanced at Noah in the watching group of bystanders, "Get ready to say goodbye, punk!"

"Ready, Lady Midori?"

"Of course,"

"Then let us duel!"

B: 4000
M: 4000

"Ladies first," Bastion gave a short nod to Midori as they both drew their hands, "If you wish,"

"My, such a gentleman!" Midori smiled and drew her sixth card, "Let me see...I place one card facedown on the field and then I summon Soldier of Mist Valley (1700/300) in attack mode before ending my turn," she declared as a well-built, fearsome looking warrior wielding twin blades and a pair of large, blue wings on his back appeared on the field.

"My turn then," Bastion drew his sixth card, Hmm...I've never seen anything ilke that Mist Valley monster, he glanced up at the Soldier, I have no idea if that has a special effect or not. To make things worse, the card she placed down is most likely a Trap card. I must think of my first move carefully, or it could set of a chain reaction that could prove devastating.

Khamille leaned over to Chrissy, "He takes his sweet time, don't he?"

"Shh, he's thinking,"

Alexis turned to Khamille, "What'd you say Midori's deck was?" she asked quietly.

"Wind-Attribute monsters," Khamille replied in the same quiet tone, "With Bastion having Earth-Attribute monsters, this will be interesting,"

"Alright, I've decided!" Bastion declared, slapping a card onto his duel disk, "I place this monster facedown in Defense Mode and I play the Spell card, Pot of Greed, which allows me to draw two more cards!" he drew said cards, "I end my turn,"

Jaden folded his arms, Bastion's usually got more than just one card out on the field, even on his first turn. Either he doesn't have anything good, or he's being really careful about this. Then again, after Chazz lost his duel and got blasted to who knows where, I don't blame him!

Midori drew her card, "Next, I summon Wind User of Mist Valley (400/800) in attack mode," she paused as a small, pea-cock looking bird appeared alongside her Soldier, "Next, I activate it's Special Ability!"

Bastion raised an eyebrow, "Which is...what, may I ask?"

"If both of us have five or more cards in our hands, which we both do, we each have to send cards from our hands to the Graveyard until we both have four cards left in our hands," Midori explained as she plucked a card out of her hand and slipped it into the Graveyard, "I'm done with mine, how about yours?"

Bastion looked down at his hand, I'll have to get rid of two cards because of her monster's effect, so which ones? Hmm... he scanned his hand, I can save those for later...I guess I have no choice, really.

"Having trouble with choosing?" Midori asked, looking concerned, "I'm sorry for putting you through that, I really am,"

That threw him, and everyone else off. What kind of duelist apologizes for a small thing like a monster's ability? They just didn't see that very often.

"Uh...no problem at all, really," Bastion grabbed two cards from his hand and slipped it into the Graveyard of his duel disk, "Is that all you want to do?"

"Actually, there's another special ability I'd like to activate,"

"Oh really?"

"Yep, and it's the ability of my Young Roc of the Mist Valley (400/600), which is that if it's sent to the Graveyard from my hand, I can Special Summon it to my field," Midori waited as a small, bird-like creature with a skull with horns appeared on her side of the field.

Bastion chuckled, "Impressive. I may not know much about this Mist Valley, but you used one creature to summon another creature by use of an ability," he nodded, "Not a bad strategy,"

"Aw, thank you!" Midori laughed and rubbed the back of her head, "I do what I can, you know! Speaking of which, it's still my turn. Soldier of Mist Valley, attack his facedown monster with Double Kukri Slash!" she ordered, pointing to the facedown monster card.

Hmph! Too bad for her my monster's got more defense points than her monster's attack points! Bastion thought as his monster flipped over to reveal Gamma the Magnet Warrior (1500/1800), "I'm afraid you just lost a few Life Points,"

B: 4000
M: 3900

"Maybe, but I'm afraid you just lost your monster," Midori pointed to Gamma as it disappeared from the field and reappeared in Bastion's hand, "I am SO sorry, but my Soldier's special ability allows me to return my opponent's monster back to their hand, as long as it wasn't destroyed in battle,"

Alexis whistled quietly, "Gave up a few points to get Bastion's field empty...,"

"Wind User! Young Roc! Attack him directly!"

Bastion barely had anytime to defend himself as the winged monsters flew right into him, knocking a fair amount of points away.

B: 3200
M: 3900

"...and she just knocked points off Bastion," Jordan finished his cousin's loud thought, "She does know what she's doing!"

Khamille nudged him hard, "Of course she does, I designed her!" she hissed, "Give me some credit here, Rhodes!"

"Alright, fine! Just, don't do that again!" Jordan winced, rubbing his stomach, "Geez...,"

"I end my turn,"

Bastion drew his new card, Interesting tactic...have to admit, even I didn't see that coming, but since I know what she could be capable of, it gives me a new strategy. However, before I do anything, there's still the matter of that facedown card there, he eyed said card on the field, "I play the spell, Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy your facedown card!"

"Oh, rats!" Midori pouted a little as her card, the Trap known as Compulsory Evacuation Device, was revealed and blasted into smithereens.

"I'm not done yet," Bastion held up three cards, "I offer these three monsters from my hand! Alpha, Gamma and Beta, the Magnet Warriors to the Graveyard in order to summon a monster that far surpasses your Mist Valley creatures!" he slipped the three cards into his slot and soon after, a very familiar monster appeared before him, "Behold! Valkyrion the Magna Warrior (3500/3850)!"

"YES!" Chrissy pumped her arm and slugged Siho hard in the shoulder, "Never count Misawa out! Boy can find anything out of any situation!"

Siho rubbed his arm, "Calm down, you act like you've never seen a monster that strong before...geez!"

Midori stared at the new monster, "Ooooh...pretty armor,"

"Er...thank you, I think. Now, Valkyrion, attack Wind User!"

Kairi shut her eyes as Valkyrion demolished Wind User, "Ow...that's gotta hurt!"

Kristerr shook his head, "Maybe, but it's not over with yet. I think Midori's about to come out and show her claws,"

"Huh?"

"Just watch...,"

B: 3200
M: 800

"YES! YES! YES, YES, YES, YES!" Chrissy bounced, hyped up on her friend's progress, "GO BASTION!"

Noah raised an eyebrow, "Sure is a hyper little thing, isn't she?"

"You should see her when she duels...,"

"I end my turn,"

"Alrighty," Midori drew her card, "Hmm...oh, I know! I'll play Spring of Rebirth, which allows me to get 500 Life Points if a monster returns to one's hand,"

"I think she's copying you, Noah,"

"Shaddup,"

"Next, I'll play this Spell card, Back to Square One!"

Jaden's eyes widened, "Not good,"

"What's wrong with that card?" Jordan asked his cousin, "Lexi?"

Alexis folded her arms, "Back to Square One is a decent card if you learn when to use it correctly. The controller of the card has to get rid of one card from their hand and that allows them to send an opponent's monster to go back to the top of their deck,"

"So, that means if she does that...,"

"...Bastion's powerhouse offense and defense goes buh-bye," Alexis nodded, "Since his Magnet Warriors are in the Graveyard, he won't be able to bring them back out into the game, which means he can't bring back Valkyrion!"

Sure enough, Midori slipped a card from her hand into her disk and seconds later, Valkyrion went from the field and back to his deck.

"Sorry! I had to do that, Bastion, but I hope you don't hate me for that! I also hope you don't hate me because I got more Life Points,"

B: 3200
M: 1300

Bastion shook his head slowly, This girl is oddly polite for a duelist...smart though, I'll grant her that. I must think of something or else I just may lose this duel and disappear like Chazz!

"Next, I summon Shaman of Mist Valley (1200/1200) to the field in attack mode," Midori paused as a young woman in black leggings and a white loincloth, head covered by a black hood appeared on the field, unseen eyes staring ahead, "But before I attack, I activate her special ability!"

"And those who didn't see that coming, raise your hand!"

"Shut up, Siho,"

"Once per turn, I return one monster I control, except Shaman, back to my hand. Normally, this only increases her attack power by 500, but with Spring of Rebirth on the field, I also gain that many Life Points again. Goodbye, Young Roc, you helped me out enough already,"

B: 3200
M: 1800

Shaman of Mist Valley (1700/1200)

She has two monsters with 1700 attack points each and I'm left with no defense what so ever! Bastion looked at his deck, I can't use Valkyrion...damn!

"Shaman, attack Bastion Directly!"

B: 1500
M: 1800

"Oh man, this isn't good," Noah stuffed his hands into his pockets, "One more attack like that and Bastion's done for,"

Khamille looked hard at Midori, "That's true, but I don't think you have to worry about that just yet, guys,"

"Why's that, Kham?"

"Because I know how Midori duels and everything...owning someone in a duel isn't exactly her style,"

"What do you mean by-?"

"I end my turn!"

Everyone stared at the duel as Khamille's prediction came true.

"Don't ever doubt the Creation Goddess, boys and girls," Khamille smirked, "Let that be a lesson to ya,"

Shaman of Mist Valley (1200/1200)

"I gotta say, Bastion, given the reputation you and your friends have, I'm a little disappointed," Midori put her hands on her hips, "I just about beat you there,"

"But you didn't," Bastion shot back, "How come?"

"Well, for one thing, I'm not an asshole. Secondly, I want to see why you got your reputation, Bastion, I want to see your strength and if I beat you now, I can't see that, so I'm going to cut you some slack,"

"Some slack?" Bastion repeated, sounding a little offended, "I don't need charity, Midori, I'm a duelist, I need a challenge!"

"Well, there's one right in front of you, but you don't seem to be doing so hot, now are you?"

"If it was so easy, it wouldn't be called a challenge!"

On the sidelines, Chrissy nudged Siho lightly, "It's kinda like verbal tennis or something, don't ya think?"

"I don't care, they're both nerds,"

WHAP!

"Ow!"

Kilnorc: Okay, guess I'm making it a multi-part chapter again folks, lol...seems to fit with most Game Marshal duels, eh? Well, since I won't be on later after this, I just wanna say that this is the LAST update for the year 2008 and that I want to wish each and every one of you a VERY Happy New Year! Another year gone, but here comes another year of fanfic'ing, folks, so stay tuned! BTW, I hope I got the duel right so far, I'm doing my best to keep track, even on paper -looks at notes-

HAPPY NEW YEAR FOLKS! CYA IN 2009!