Chapter 9

"Ladies first." Kyle said as he placed his deck on his field. "Thanks." Addy replied, as she drew her hand. "I'll set two cards face down," Addy continued, taking two cards from you hand and placing them on the field. "And then I summon Goblin Attack Force (atk 2300, def 0) in attack mode, and end my turn." Addy concluded, and a group of goblin soldiers appeared on her side of the field.

"I'll place one card face down, and set one monster in defense mode." Kyle said, after he drew his cards.

Addy drew her card and added it to her hand. "Goblin Attack Force, attack the face down monster card." Addy commanded. One of her goblins proceeded, and destroyed the monster. Before she knew what happened, the field was cleared of all cards. "What just happened?" Addy asked herself in confusion.

"You attacked my Fiber Jar (atk 500, def 500). When this monster is flipped, everything from each player's hand, field, and graveyard is returned to their deck, after which the deck is shuffled," he said, as he began combining his cards with his deck. Addy also did so as Kyle continued to explain his monster's effect. "Once the deck is shuffled, each player draws five cards." He continued, now drawing his new hand. Addy also drew her cards. "Alright…I set one card face down and end my turn." She said.

"I, too, place one card face down," Kyle began, as one card appeared on the field. "I also play Leghul (atk 300, def 350) in attack mode." Addy laughed at the puny little worm. "Why in the world would you put something that weak in your deck?" Addy asked, still laughing to herself.

"My Leghul has the ability to bypass your monster and attack your life points directly." Kyle explained. "I activate the field card Umi." He said, and the field was immediately drenched in water. "Why would you activate that card? It doesn't help your Leghul any." Addy said. "But what it does do," He replied, "is it protects my life points when I activate my Tornado Wall." Addy looked on as nothing appeared to happen. "Leghul, attack her life points again." Kyle commanded, and Addy's life points fell to 1700.

"First I draw a card, of course…" Addy said, as she did so, and added a card to her hand. "I summon my Summoned Skull (atk 2500, def 1200) in attack mode. Summoned Skull, attack Kyle's Leghul!" Addy commanded. "I activate Mirror Force." Kyle said calmly, and Addy's Skull was destroyed. "No, my Summoned Skull!" Addy exclaimed as she watched her fiend disappear. "….I end my turn."

"I summon Ooguchi (atk 300, def 250) in attack mode." Kyle said, summoning a small purple beast to the field. "Now Ooguchi and Leghul, attack her life points directly!" Kyle commanded, and Addy's life points fell to 1100.

"No; this isn't happening…" Addy said to herself as she drew a card from her deck. "I summon my Dark Magician Girl (atk 2000, def 1700) in attack mode." Addy said, as her skirted spell caster appeared on the field. "Now, Dark Magician Girl" "Don't even think about it." Kyle said. "Why not?" Addy asked, frustrated. "Because I activate my Gravity Bind. This card stops all monsters above level four from attacking." Addy looked on, still frustrated, as her monster was bound to the field, unable to attack. "I end my turn."

"I set one card face down and end my turn." Kyle said, and another card appeared face down on the field.

"Okay," Addy said, as she drew a card and added it to her hand. "I activate Harpies Feather Duster to destroy your Gravity Bind." Addy said. To her amazement, his card was still intact. "What did you do?" Addy asked Kyle as he activated his face down card. "I won the duel." Addy's jaw dropped. "What are you talking about?" Kyle laughed quietly to himself. "I activate my Judgment of Anubis trap card. This card stops you from trying to destroy one of my magic or trap cards on the field, and it also let's me destroy one of your monsters and subtract its attack points from your life points. And I choose your Dark Magician Girl." Kyle said matter-of-factly as Addy's magician was destroyed, and her life points dropped to zero. Addy almost immediately felt tears filling her eyes as she swept her cards together and placed them in the deck box at her hip. As she walked off of the platform and onto the ground, she removed her star chips from her glove. "Here; take them." Addy said, as she handed Kyle her chips. Kyle looked at her with a concerned look on his face, and Addy quickly turned and walked away.