"This is it, Akia! Your first match in an actual tournament! I've got to make the most out of it! I'll take this guy down, and take his place in the tournament," Akia pumped herself up.
"I think I will be starting off first," Kungo asserted.
"What happened to ladies first? Ever heard of that?" Akia replied sarcastically.
"You're the one who challenged me. I should at least be the one starting," Kungo explained.
"Whatever makes you more comfortable... I'll be winning this anyway."
Kungo chuckled at what Akia said. "Keep dreaming, girlie. By the time I'm done with you, you'll be on your knees, begging for forgiveness."
Anzu looked worriedly at the situation. "Yugi, what if Akia loses?"
Yugi shook his head. "If anyone is guaranteed to win, it's her. You didn't see her deck and strategy skills."
"She's still plain crazy throwing herself like that at an unknown enemy!" Jounouchi exclaimed.
"I draw! Prepare yourself... I summon The All-Seeing White Tiger (1300/500) in attack position. I put a face down and that ends my turn," Kungo stated.
As soon as he summoned his monster, its attack and defence went up to (1690/650).
"What the…?" Akia interjected.
"You didn't know? Look at the field! It's a forest type. This gives my monsters a power-up! Bet you didn't think of that when you challenged me," Kungo mocked her.
"How'd you know that?" The red-eyed girl questioned.
"How? Because I heard some people talking about it. You should've done your research, girlie," the big man ridiculed Akia.
"This makes things a bit more complicated... Manageable, but complicated…" She thought.
"Oh no, she's screwed!" Jounouchi dreaded.
"Don't count her out just yet," Yugi said with confidence.
"I end my turn. Show me what you got," Kungo challenged his opponent.
Akia took a deep breath, before reaching for her deck, "I draw."
"Good! I drew The Banisher of Light (100/2000). This will be a good defense. It will also be perfect for the new card I got," Akia pondered as she looked at the cards in her hand. "I summon The Banisher of Light in defence mode. Now all the cards that would go to the graveyard will be removed from play instead. I will also set a card face down, and that will end my turn," she said as she played her turn.
"Heh, that's a pretty useless effect. It doesn't matter anyway, since I'll be getting rid of that puny monster right now!" The moustachioed man told her as he drew his card, and, without hesitation, summoned another monster, "I summon Battle Ox (1700/1000) in attack position! With the power-up (2210/1300) he'll be more than enough to take down your Banisher. Battle Ox, attack!"
"Oh no! This is Akia's strongest defense!" Jounouchi yelled out.
Akia smiled, and reached for her face down, "right where I wanted you... I activate my trap card! Sakuretsu Armour!"
"What?! A trap?!" Kungo exclaimed in disbelief.
"That's right," Akia retorted, "you underestimated me. Did you really think I'd risk losing my monster? You know what my trap does right? It destroys your monster and sends it to the graveyard, but, thanks to The Banisher of Light, there is no graveyard. Therefore, both your monster and my trap are removed from play! And guess what? You lose half of your monster's attack points, since it was destroyed by a card effect! That means 1105 Life Points are subtracted!"
"Akia just totally owned him! His life points are down to 895!" Honda cheered.
"Y-You... You just got lucky! I won't let it happen again, you can count on it!" Kungo slightly stuttered, feeling the pressure.
"It looks like it's going to be easier than what I expected," the girl mocked him.
"Shut your mouth! I place a face down, and I end my turn. It doesn't matter anyway. You don't have any monsters strong enough to even scratch my monsters," the burly man argued.
"That doesn't matter though, does it?" Akia dismissed him. "I draw! I summon my Horn Imp (1300/1000) in defense position. I'll place a card face down, and I'll end my turn."
"Hah! Wrong move, girlie! Did you think I'd let you pull the same move on me twice? I activate my trap card! Dust Tornado! This will destroy your face down card!" Kungo said triumphantly.
Akia took her face down away and removed it from play.
"That Negate Attack won't save you now. I summon Burglar (850/800)! With the power up, his stats go up (1105/1040)! Now, since the coast is clear, I will attack your Horn Imp with The All-Seeing White Tiger!" The girl's opponent said.
Akia's Horn Imp got destroyed, without even standing a chance against Kungo's monster.
"You're lucky it was in defence position, or I would've completely wiped out a good portion of your Life Points," Kungo chuckled.
"Oh no... She doesn't have any monsters strong enough... She's completely overpowered…" Jounouchi observed.
"When it comes to Akia, attack points are just a bonus. She prefers to use her opponent's strength against them," Yugi informed his friends.
"Are you done?" Akia impatiently asked.
"Not yet. I place a face down, and end my turn," Kungo concluded.
"I draw! I put a card face down, and I use Card Destruction. This makes us both discard all of our hand to the graveyard, and draw the same amount of cards," Akia said as she discarded the two cards she was holding onto, and drew two cards.
Kungo also discarded his hand, and drew the same number of cards he discarded. He smiled widely at what he drew, "using that card just got you in big trouble, girlie."
"If you say so… Come forth, Gren Maju Da Eiza (?/?)!" She replied nonchalantly.
"Wait what? Where are its attack and defense points?" Jounouchi inquired.
"Man, she really wants to end it in one blow…" Yugi said.
"What do you mean…?" The blond asked his friend.
"Look, its stats are going up," the short boy informed him as he pointed at the monster.
"Wait, what is this? What is that monster?" Kungo sounded alarmed.
"This is my new baby! Remember all these cards that were removed from play?" Akia asked.
"Y-Yeah? What about them?" Her opponent replied.
"Well, my Gren Maju Da Eiza gains 400 attack and defence points for each of my cards that were removed from play. Do you remember how much that makes?" The girl asked again, fully enjoying this.
"...No way!" Kungo exclaimed.
"What?! That's crazy! There are like 10 of them!" Jounouchi yelled out in surprise.
"Six to be more exact," Yugi specified.
"It's six cards! That gives my Gren Maju Da Eiza 2400 attack and defense points! Now, let's get rid of that face down. I use the spell card from my hand, Mystical Space Typhoon," Akia continued on.
"Well, I'll just have to activate it, then! I activate my trap, Waboku! With this, I won't be taking any battle damage this turn," Kungo countered.
After Akia sent her spell card to the graveyard, her monster gained an extra 400 points for its attack and defence.
"Woah! Now it's 2800/2800!" Jounouchi observed in excitement.
"Heh, still not good enough, girlie. Prepare to lose your strongest monster! I summon Firewing Pegasus (2250/1800)," Kungo declared.
"But... That's not nearly strong enough…" Jounouchi noted.
"You forget there's the field bonus…" Yugi replied.
"Now it is strong enough (2925/2340) to get rid of your Gren Maju Da Eiza!" Kungo confidently stated.
"I use my trap card! Interdimensional Matter Transporter! This card allows me to choose one of my monsters and remove it from play until the end of this turn," Akia countered.
"So what? You're going to save your Gren Maju Da Eiza for this turn?" Her opponent mocked.
"Who said I'm using it on my Gren Maju Da Eiza? I'm using it on my Banisher of Light!" The red-eyed girl told him.
"W-What?" Kungo asked in confusion.
"You know what that means, right? My Gren Maju Da Eiza gains an extra 400 attack and defense points, bringing them up to 3200! It's too late for your Firewing Pegasus!" Akia said.
"No way!" The built man cried out.
Kungo's Firewing Pegasus went straight to the graveyard after losing against Akia's monster.
"Alright! His Life Points are now down to 620!" Anzu cheered.
"Ugh... I switch both my monsters to defense position... I end my turn," Kungo replied.
"Trying to drag it on? It won't save you. Since your turn ended, my Banisher of Light returns back to its original position," Akia informed.
"Sh-Shut up!" Her opponent retorted.
"I draw. Well, this is nice. I place a monster in face down defence position. Also, I think I will attack your Burglar with my Gren Maju Da Eiza," the black-haired girl said.
Akia's monster completely incinerated Kungo's Burglar.
"And that ends my turn," she concluded with a smile.
Kungo growled, and set another monster in defense position, "I end my turn..."
"That's it? Alright then, I draw. I don't even need to do much, since I'll win with just one move. Remember my face down monster? Well, I'll flip summon it! Say hello to my Man-Eater Bug!" Akia yelled out in excitement.
"Well, this duel is as good as over now," Yugi said.
"You know what its effect is?" She asked her opponent.
Kungo stayed silent.
"Well, it destroys one monster on the field, and you know what that means right? Your tiger is a goner, and so are your remaining Life Points," just as Akia said, as soon as Kungo's tiger got destroyed, his Life Points hit zero.
"I win!" She cheered, "now give me your Duel Glove, and your Star Chips."
"No way... How could I lose?" Kungo sounded defeated
"Well you did, so own up to it," Akia replied.
"I didn't agree to anything," he argued, "I don't owe you anything! I'm outta here!"
Kungo got off the platform and started getting away.
"I knew that would happen…" Akia mumbled.
Akia's Millennium Scale started glowing, and Kungo stopped in his tracks. Right after, he fell down on the floor, completely still. Akia made her way to where he was, and took both his Duel Glove and his two Star Chips. She then went back to her friends.
"What the... That's weird. Why did he collapse?" Honda observed.
"Probably a sunstroke or something…" Akia gave any excuse she could think of.
"Who cares? He had it coming! You were genius out there, Akia!" Jounouchi complimented her.
"You think so…?" She asked with a smile and blushed at Jounouchi's comment. She was thrilled to be acknowledged by him.
"That was incredible!" Anzu praised her.
"Yeah, I knew you could do it," Yugi commended his sister.
"Thanks everyone. Now I have two Star Chips! Eight to go!" Akia informed.
Someone behind Yugi caught Akia's attention.
"Hey, isn't that Insector Haga?" The red-eyed girl inquired.
Everyone in the group turned around.
"That bastard! I'll show him!" Jounouchi yelled out.
Insector Haga then started running away.
"After him!" Jounouchi shouted as he started following the small boy.
"Jounouchi-kun! Wait up!" Yugi called out to his friend.
They all started running after Insector Haga, who soon stopped trying to get away.
"Yugi, I challenge you to a duel!" Insector Haga challenged Yugi.