Chapter 6
Addy woke the next day feeling fresh and ready to duel. She rose up on one elbow and looked around. Once again, she got to view the sunrise. 'It's so beautiful…'Addy thought to herself as she gazed upon the rich mixture of oranges, pinks and purples that now filled the sky as the sun rose. She couldn't help but smile. Today felt like a good day.
After watching the sun rise for a few minutes, she looked to her left where Yugi lay, and was surprised that he was still asleep. His head was resting on one arm, and he was snoring softly. Addy then looked in Joey's direction. He, too, was asleep, although his snoring was a bit louder. He was mumbling something that sounded like an attack command, as if he was dueling in a dream. This brought Addy's smile back.
After observing her new friends, she got out of her old purple sleeping bag and began to roll it up, and later strapped it on to her backpack. As she was doing so, Yugi woke. "Good morning, Yugi." Addy said, smiling once again. "Good morning to you too." Replied Yugi, being his usual cheery self, followed by a yawn. He ran his fingers through his hair to remove some of the acquired bed head quality, and then he too, rose to his feet. "You ready for some dueling action?" Yugi asked Addy, as she once again was thumbing through her former brother's dueling deck. "Yep, I sure am. I can't wait until I get ten star chips." She replied dreamily as she held up her duelist glove to reveal her three star chips. "How many do you have Yugi?"
Yugi held up his glove and showed her his half filled glove. "You already have four star chips!" Addy asked, stunned. "Yeah," he replied. "I beat Weevil Underwood to gain two, and then Mako Tsunami to earn one star chip." Addy got a confused look on her face. Shouldn't you have five then?"
Yugi now looked at Joey, who was just beginning to wake up. "Well, Joey there originally wasn't invited to the tournament," Yugi began. "But he needed the prized money to help his sister, so I gave him one of my star chips." Yugi said, now smiling himself. "You're very generous Yugi. First you gave him a Time Wizard, then a star chip?" Addy couldn't believe her luck. She had to have met the nicest guy in the world. Yugi didn't answer, knowing that hers was a rhetorical question. Instead he readied himself for the day ahead of him, making sure his deck was prepared, and going through a series of strategies he'd thought about using.
"Hey guys, ready to duel?" Joey asked no one in particular. He still had the look of having just woken up. His long blond hair was jutting out in all directions, and he still looked tired. "Sure, Joey. I was just thinking about looking for an opponent." Addy replied, as she put on her backpack and returned her deck to it's worn out holding box attached to her belt. "Do you want us to come with you?" Yugi asked Addy as she began to walk. "You can if you want to, but I'm ready to go." She said, and winked as she continued to walk away. "We'll catch up with you later Addy!" Yugi said, as he waited for Joey to get ready. She waved her good bye and was on her way.
"What a beautiful island." Addy said to herself as she continued to walk. The sky was a saturated blue by now, and there was not a cloud to be seen. There was a wood to her north, where she could hear countless birds singing happily. And all around her walked aspiring duelists, everywhere a chance to earn new star chips. Now itching for a duel, she walked up to a girl who stood alone in a field. "Would you like to duel? My name is Addy." She said, wanting to be polite. "Sure, I'll duel," she replied, "My name is Jess." Addy followed Jess as she walked over to a dueling platform. "What shall we wager?" Addy asked Jess as the climbed to her dueling position. "How about two star chips?" Jess replied. "Okay, two star chips." Addy replied, as she removed them from her duelist glove and placed them on the field representation just in front of her, and then she placed her deck next to them.
"I'll go first." Addy said as she drew her cards. She looked at them thoughtfully before speaking. "I'll place two cards face down," she said, as to cards materialized face down on the field. "And then I'll set one monster in defense mode and end my turn." She concluded, as now her monster card appeared on the field.
Jess silently drew her card, and quickly started her turn. "I'll place one card face down and end my turn." She said. One card then materialized in her magic/trap zone.
"That was quick." Addy said to herself as she drew a card. "I summon Gemini Elf (atk 1900, def 900) to the field in attack mode." As she did so, a pair of elf like creatures appeared on the field. "I end my turn."
Still being silent, Jess drew her next card, and smiled. "I summon the mighty Tri Horned Dragon (atk 2850, def 2350) in attack mode!" She exclaimed, and a large dark dragon appeared on the field with large claws and three large horns sprouting from its head. Addy gasped in disbelief. She had never before faced a duel monster this powerful. "Now my dragon, attack her Gemini Elf." Jess commanded. Within seconds Addy's Gemini Elf was destroyed, leaving her with 950 life points.
Seeming to recover from her loss, Addy quickly drew her next card and began her turn. "I'll flip summon my Cyber Jar (atk 900, def 900) in order to activate its special ability." All of a sudden, all monsters on both sides of the field were destroyed. "When Cyber Jar is flipped," Addy explained, "all monsters on the field are sent to the graveyard, after which both players pick up five cards and show them to each other. Any level four or lower monsters are automatically either set in defense mode or summoned in attack mode." She said, as she drew her five cards.
Addy showed her hand to Jess, who then showed her hand to Addy. 'Not a bad draw' Addy said to herself as she picked up her cards. Among them was a Magician of Faith (atk 300, def 400), and a Mask of Darkness (atk 900, def 400); both of which she set face down on the field. She now had two cards in play that she needed to summon one of her most powerful monsters; but how long would it take for her to draw it? Jess set the Big Shield Gardna (atk 100, def 2600) that she drew in defense position. Knowing that there was no way she could break through Gardna's defense at the time, Addy ended her turn.
"I place one more card face down and end my turn." Jess said after drawing a card, and one more card appeared in her magic and trap card zone.
Addy drew her next card and added it to her had. "I'll activate one of my face down cards; Pot of Greed, allowing me to draw a card from my deck." She did so, and placed the new card in her hand. "I'll place one card face down and end my turn."
Beginning her turn, Jess added another card to her hand. "I summon Red Eyes Black Dragon (atk 2400, def 2000) in attack mod-" She started, but was quickly interrupted. "I activate Torrential Tribute!" Addy exclaimed, once again destroying every monster on the field. Jess snorted in disgust as another one of her dragons was destroyed. "I activate Card Destruction." Jess grumbled, and then discarded her hand to draw four new cards. Addy drew three after discarding her hand. "I activate Monster Reborn to bring back my Tri Horned Dragon, and attack the monster on your left." Jess said, destroying Addy's Mask of Darkness.
Addy wasted no time drawing her card and getting her turn started. "First, I'll activate my Mask's special ability, and bring back my Jar of Greed card, and place it face down on the field, along with one other card, and end my turn." She did so, and two cards materialized in her magic and trap card zone.
Jess drew her card and summoned yet another dragon. "I summon Serpent Knight Dragon (atk 2350, def 2400) to the field in attack mode. Serpent Dragon, attack her face down Magician of Faith." Her dragon did so and Addy's magician was destroyed. "Next, I activate my Destiny Board trap card." A large purple 'F' appeared on the field, Addy once again gasped in surprise. She now had much heavier pressure on her shoulders. She now had to win the duel within five turns, lest find a way to destroy Jess's trap.
"I'll set one monster in defense mode and end my turn." Addy said, disappointed as she wasted one move.
Jess drew her next card, smiling now. "I use my Destiny Board's effect to activate Spirit Message 'I'." Addy watched now, as a large letter 'I' appeared next to the previously activated 'F'. "Just three more turns now, Addy." Jess reminded her. "Just three more turns and I win the duel. I now summon Koumori Dragon (atk 1500, def 1200) in attack mode. Koumori Dragon, attack her face down monster." Jess did so, and destroyed Addy's Big Eye (atk 1200, def 1000).
"Thank you for that," Addy said as she started to pick up cards from her deck. "Now that my Big Eye was flipped, I can look at the top five cards of my deck and rearrange them how I choose." Addy couldn't believe her luck; the monster she had been waiting for was now within range, but she had to take care of something else first. "Now I draw a card," She said, beginning her turn. "And I activate my Harpies Feather Duster to destroy your Destiny Board!" Jess once again snorted in disgust as now her guaranteed way out was foiled. "Next, I activate Pot of Greed," she said, drawing two more cards from her deck. "Now you'll see one of my strongest monsters, as I remove from play my Magician of Faith and my Mask of Darkness in order to special summon my Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning (atk 3000, def 2500) in attack mode, and equip it with my Horn of the Unicorn magic card, raising it's attack power to an awesome 3700 points! Now, my soldier, attack her Koumori Dragon and obliterate the rest of her life points!" With one simple sword swipe, Jess's dragon was gone along with her life points.
"Well done Addy. I thought I had that one up until the end," Jess said, as the two step down from their dueling positions. "Here are your two star chips." She handed them over to Addy who was smiling with happiness as she usually was. "Thank you very much. I wish you luck in the future Jess." Addy replied, as she parted from another new friend.