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"I PLAY HARPY LADY!"
Now the Duel had really begun.
"Come on Mai! Someone's gonna get hurt!"
"Yeah that's the point." She told him. "Whoever loses the duel…loses their soul."
"No I can't I won't…Look Mai….I'M NOT GOING TO LOSE YOU AGAIN! You gotta stop this duel…NOW!"
Mixie blinked 'You have to admire his passion if nothing else….'
Then she caught something. "Hey Pharaoh!" She shouted and he looked up. It was the first time he'd actually taken a look at the youngest member of this biker gang… "Quit mumbling to yourself down there. In case you didn't realise this last time; nothing can break the Seal of Orichalcos once it appears it doesn't disappear until a soul is captured."
He blinked twice. Her skin was more tan then the rest of the bikers' and her hair hung in dark brown waves streaks of golden brown running through it from root to tip that almost looked….natural.
"Don't think you're off the hook Pharaoh. Once Mai captures your friend's soul I'm taking yours."
"Get back in your cage gorilla boy!" Mai snapped up at them. "When I'm done with Wheeler; Yugi belongs to me!"
"I never liked her. No respect." Rafael stated. "Anymore lip from Mai and she's next."
"Oh give the girl a break will ya? She's still new at all this mate. Plus she's kind of cute when she gets mad don't you think?"
"Uh no."
"Cute? What am I chopped liver?" The baby of the group asked. "This is what I get living with boys…you don't think about girls' feelings!" She was only half-joking.
"Aw c'mon you're adorable too Mixie!" The Australian grinned messing up the girl's hair.
"I don't need your charity." She replied fake huffing hopping up to sit on the railing dangling her legs over it' fixing the hair he'd mussed up before folding her arms in a pout.
"Will you two stop messing around up there?" Mai snapped.
"Oh bite me." Mixie mumbled.
Joey and Mai returned to their banter and Mai tried to push him to make his move but he plain refused worried that if he one…she'd have to give up her soul.
"I have no soul." She coldly replied.
Valon whistled lowly.
"Drama, drama, drama!" Mixie sighed shaking her head lightly.
"I told you the Mai you knew if gone. I traded in her soul for power. The old Mai was too lonely and pathetic. The girl was just holding me back. So I did what I had too! I sent her packing! Now my weak side's gone for good!"
"Well I happened to like the old Mai and I'm gonna get her back!"
"I'd like to see you try!"
Joey activated his duel disk.
Game on.
"Let's do this."
So they watched.
And Valon started laughing.
"Hey!" Joey shouted obviously insulted. "I guess I missed the joke…wise guy!"
"Just make your move!" Mai urged him.
"Fine! I summon Rocket Warrior in defence mode and I'll lay down one face down before I end my turn."
"Looks like your boyfriend's afraid to attack Mai! Oh well time to finish him off!" Valon grinned.
"Don't be a backseat duellist! I can handle this myself!"
"Fine have it your way!"
To be fair. Joey Wheeler was an excellent duellist activating 'Scape-Goat at the last second giving him four tokens to protect his life-points.
But then again…Mai did have that new trap card. Nightmare Tri-Mirror. It allowed her to mirror how many Scape Goats Joey had and make four Harpy Ladies for herself.
She now had six monsters in play.
And Wheeler had three tokens due to one being destroyed.
It was his turn….
He had to make it count.
And he did by summoning Panther Warrior, sacrificing one token so he could attack.
But that didn't work either thanks to a new card called 'Harpy Lady Sparrow Formation' it seemed no matter what Joey did he couldn't land a hit on Mai.
But then again…he didn't want too.
"Look Mai I don't know what kind of spell they've got you under but you gotta wake up! Otherwise…we're both going to be in pretty big trouble!"
"What spell? No one's controlling me. Those three lackeys up there couldn't control my left pinkie. I was sick of my life so I chose to change it!"
"Uh! No way!" Joey gasped.
"How could you?" Tea asked.
"You guys wouldn't understand…you've never been an outsider like me…all alone…Duel Monsters is all I have and after the Battle City tournament I set out to become the best! I duelled chump after chump to improve my duelling skills. I needed to make a name for myself….even though I won match after match. I didn't feel any stronger as a duellist. In fact I felt worse. And a certainly wasn't making a name for myself." She told them.
"Not to long after that…the nightmares started….every night it was the same dream I was weak and no one was there to help me!" She snapped then her eyes went down-cast. "I was at the end of my rope, scared…lonely…pathetic and my so called friends were no where to be found!"
Mixie remembered what happened next. Valon showed up wanting to duel her. And he won destroying all of her Harpy Ladies.
He offered her a hand…told her he knew how to get true power and made her promise to stop expecting her friends to rescue her.
She took it.
Valon had quite the reputation for 'picking up strays' as Alister put it when he brought home Mai.
"That was the smartest decision of my life!"
"I had no idea you felt that way! I didn't you tell us you were so unhappy! We could have helped you Mai."
"Save it. I don't need your kind of help! All I need now is power! And I'm about to release all of it on you!" She drew a card. "I play Harpy Lady Phoenix Formation!"
"Now Harpy Ladies unite and destroy every one of his monsters!" She ordered.
Joey's life points now?
200.
"Someone's one attack from losing their soul and I don't think it's me sweetheart!" Mai said smugly. "Any last requests?"
"That kid stinks." Rafael stated.
"Yeah!" Valon nodded. "He didn't even put up a fight. And according to the hype he's supposed to be good at this game!"
"What a waste. Master Dartz wants the souls of strong duellists."
The Joey did something that shocked all of them.
"I qui…"
"JOEY NO!" The Pharaoh shouted. "Forfeiting is not the answer! If you give up the duel you're giving up on yourself and your friends! If you want to save Mai then keep fighting!"
"You sure?" The blond asked.
"Yes because right now Mai is driven by anger, jealousy and hatred! So you need to remind her what duelling is truly about! Trust, conviction and heart!"
Joey moved his hand away from the top of the duel disk. "He's right. I forgot what really matters…I forgot the heart of the cards. This duel's still on Mai! And from now on! I'm giving it everything I got. It's my move! Time to show you what true duelling is all about!"
And he did come back summoning a six star monster 'The Fiend Megacyber' thanks to its special ability straight to the field and knocking out one of Mai's Harpy Ladies knocking her life points down a notch.
Four hundred points to be exact.
"Looks like Wheeler's decided to go down fighting after all." Valon said.
"Who cares?" Rafael asked. "There's no way that scrawny punk's gonna win."
"At least they'll be a little excitement for a change." Valon replied.
"Please tell me this means you've expected the fact that we're not friends! Because for the last time the part of me that was dumb enough to like you is long gone!" Mai announced.
"I should have gone with Alister…that'd be more fun." Mixie stated as Joey activated a trap card trying to block Harpy's Pet Dragon's attack.
Mai took two cards out of her grave and Joey drew one. If Joey picked his card he was safe….for now.
"It won't be long now Mixie….just sit tight."
"He won't win this by a game of chance…he'll never pick the right card." Rafael agreed. "It's over."
"I'm gonna chose the right card!" Joey promised.
"Wheeler's finished." Valon shook his head.
"Show me the trap card!" Wheeler ordered and the card upturned….
"That's it!"
"Oh my…fucking…God…" Mixie said mouth dropping.
"There goes your theory." Valon told Rafael.
"But at least she got Phoenix Formation and Sparrow Formation back." Mixie pointed out.
The duel continued with Wheeler barely hanging on and Mai drew a card that she said would be "A fun way to end things." But "Not quite yet."
It had to be either Sparrow or Phoenix.
"It's time for Mai to deliver the finishing touch!" Valon said. "I'm gonna miss seeing Wheeler squirm but I'll move on!"
"Pity…he was kind of cute…" Mixie sighed slightly shaking her head.
Both of the boys looked at her.
"Really?"
"I stand by my statement." The girl stated.
"It's all over for you Wheeler! I activate my Harpy Lady Phoenix Formation! And encase your too stunned to figure this out it means I win the duel!"
"Here we go…." Mixie sighed.
"Goodbye!"
Wait a second….
"It didn't work!"
"Is that a giant cat?" Mixie asked as Joey's face down monster was revealed and destroyed by the Phoenix Formation.
"What was that?" Mai asked.
"That…was my buddy Neko-Mane King! He has zero attack points which means I didn't lose any life points which means you just wasted your best card! Oh well…pretty cool huh?" Joey grinned. "And there's more. Neko-Mane King has a special ability! Since you destroyed it using a magic card your turn automatically comes to an end which puts me in the driver's seat!"
"He just keeps stalling for more time." Valon said.
"Question is…how much longer can he keep this up?" The girl sitting on the railing asked him.
Then…
"Oh shit…" Mixie said suddenly swinging her legs around and jumping off the railing just to grab onto it and lean over eyes narrowing.
"What?"
"He's got that look in this eye…." She said mainly to herself.
"What look?" Valon frowned.
"Oh no…no way in holy hell could this be…." She looked at Rafael. "Rafael….please tell your doing that yourself." She pointed at the now glowing Orichalcos stone that hung around his neck.
"No…it's…reacting to something."
"No…fucking…way…"
"The Pharaoh must be behind this!" Valon stated angrily.
"Valon….I have a theory…and your not gonna like it…." She said slowly; 'please let me be wrong...'
"Make your move!" Mai shouted at Joey.
He drew….
"Alright…Hermos you're on! You're about to meet my new friend! Hermos!" The blond male shouted.
"I told you, you weren't gonna like it…." Mixie said slowly. "Because now…Mai's in big trouble."
Hey people! I'm back with another chapter!
Omg u have no idea how great it was to write this chapter because it was like my reward after a day of studying!
