Deciding Duel: Who Faces Who?
(Raimundo felt the rumble of the audience's cheers as they all drew their cards, he had got off to an excellent start.)
Kaiba: I'll start first, then Raimundo. I summon Kaiser Sea Horse (1700/1650) in attack position! And I'll place two cards face-down and end my turn!
Raimundo: Alright, my move!
Kimiko: Do you have a plan?
Raimundo: Sure, take out Marik, and leave you wide open.
Kimiko: A plan to make sure of that.
Raimundo: Trust me, I'll improvise. I summon Warrior Dai Grepher (1700/1600) in attack mode! And I'll place a magic card face-down and end my turn!
Omi: I shall go next. I summon Ancient Elf (1450/1200) in attack position! And I shall place a card face-down and end my turn!
Pharaoh: My move. I summon Gamma the Magnet Warrior (1500/1800) in defence mode! And I place a card face-down and end my turn!
Roland: Now the monsters can attack the monsters that are present on the field!
Marik: And that is my move! I summon Makyura the Destructor (1600/1200) in attack position! And I attack little Omi's Ancient Elf!
Omi: Not so swiftly! I activate Reinforcements, to increase my Ancient Elf's attack power by 500 points!
Kaiba: Don't dwell on that thought baldy! I activate Ring of Destruction! To destroy your Ancient Elf and cause damage to all our like points by 1950!
Joey: Jokes on you! Your getting that life point decrease too!
Kaiba: Not if I activate Ring of Defence! This protects both me and Marik's life points from damage!
Marik: Thank you, Kaiba! Now attack Omi's life points directly Makyura!
(The monster struck Omi, bringing his life points to 450. The crowd booed at Marik.)
Marik: I'll place a card face-down and end my turn!
Kimiko: My move! I summon Hysteric Fairy (1800/500) in attack mode! Now I attack Marik's Makyura!
Marik: Not so fast! I activate Nightmare Wheel!
(The Hysteric Fairy got trapped in the wheel.)
Kimiko: What've you done!
Marik: Hahahaha! Now you're fairies trapped in my Nightmare Wheel, she's useless in battle and you lose 500 points every turn!
Kimiko: (Gasp) I place a card face-down and end my turn!
Chase: My turn next!
Omi: Please do not attack Kimiko! If she is paired with Marik I fear for her safety!
Chase: Very well, little one. Kimiko will not be attacked. But Raimundo will! I summon Heylin Sword (1800/1700) in attack mode! Now I attack Raimundo's Warrior!
(The blast was successful. And dropped Raimundo to 1950. Kimiko smacked her head.)
Chase: I'll place two cards face-down and end my turn.
Kaiba: Chase, why didn't you attack Kimiko's life points?
Chase: I only attack life points if I was the one who destroyed the monster, Kaiba.
(He winked at Omi secretly, meaning he still held to his word.)
Joey: Whatever, I summon Gearfried the Iron Knight (1800/1600) in attack mode! Now finish Kimiko's job and destroy the Makyura!
(The blast was successful and dropped Marik to 1850.)
Marik: Kaiba, care to take care of the little monk?
Kaiba: With pleasure, I sacrifice my Kaiser Sea Horse to summon Vampire Lord (2000/1500) in attack mode! Now attack Omi's life points directly!
Kimiko: Activate Negate Attack!
Kaiba: Grrr, you're mine next time!
Raimundo: I activate Monster Reborn! To summon my Warrior Dai Grepher! And I activate the magic card: Axe of Despair to raise my monsters attack power to 2700! Now I attack Marik's life points directly!
(Kimiko's eyes glowed as Marik's life points fell to 0.)
Marik: No!
Roland: The first match will be Marik Vs the next one to be eliminated!
Raimundo: Omi! Go for Kimiko!
Omi: No! I must not!
Raimundo: Come on, dude!
Omi: No! I summon Neo the Magic Swordsman! (1700/1000) Now I activate the magic card: Fist of Tebigong! To raise my monsters power to 2700! Now attack Kaiba's Vampire Lord!
(The monster struck the Vampire, but it wasn't destroyed, but Kaiba's life points still fell to 3300.)
Omi: Your monster should be destroyed!
Kaiba: Don't you know about vampires? They are never destroyed!
Omi: I shall place a card face-down and end my turn!
Pharaoh: My move! I sacrifice my Gamma the Magnet Warrior to summon Curse of Dragon (2000/1500)
(He saw Raimundo who indicated to attack Kimiko. The Pharaoh nodded.)
Pharaoh: Now attack Kimiko's life points directly!
Chase: I activate Heylin Blast Controller!
(A mirror came to the field and absorbed the monsters attack.)
Raimundo: What now?
Chase: This card can redirect any attack to any player I desire.
Omi: Make it attack me, Chase!
Chase: Are you sure, little one?
Omi: More than anything.
Chase: I attack Omi!
Raimundo, Kimiko, Joey and Pharaoh: What!
(The mirror reflected the blast towards Chase's partner, Omi, sending his life points to 0.)
Roland: The next match is Marik Ishtar Vs Omi Pedrosa!
(The crowd cheered. Kimiko dropped to her knees.)
Kimiko: (Crying.) No! It was supposed to be me.
Raimundo: I'm sorry, Kimiko. I tried.
Kimiko: It's not your fault, Rai.
Marik: The little monk will fall into shadows, just like your friend.
Kaiba: Since my partner is not in the duel, I shall resume my turn! I activate Monster Reborn, to bring back Marik's fallen Makyura! And I also activate Premature Burial, to revive my lost Kaiser Sea Horse at the cost of 800 life points!
(The two monsters summoned and Kaiba's life points fell to 2500.)
Kaiba: Now I sacrifice my three worthless monsters to summon the ultimate beast!
Pharaoh: Oh no! No!
Kaiba: I summon Obelisk the Tormentor! (4000/4000)
(The entire stadium was flooded in dark clouds, then a giant entity rose from the ground, it was just as big as the Winged Dragon of Ra.)
Kaiba: Now I'm left with the awkward choice of who to attack? Yugi's Curse of Dragon? Wheeler's Gearfried? Chase's Heylin Sword? Kimiko? Or Raimundo's Warrior Dai Grepher? Decisions, decisions.
Pharaoh: Then go on, destroy my Curse of Dragon, and have me regret destroying Kimiko.
Kaiba: I know you have something tucked in your belt, Yugi! Therefore I'll attack Kimiko!
Kimiko: (Gasp)
Kaiba: Obelisk the Tormentor! Attack Kimiko's life points directly!
(The giant prepared a punch and blasted Kimiko off her feet as she gave a scream of pain.)
Raimundo: Kimiko!
(She fell and wasn't moving.)
Roland: Kimiko will be next to duel!
Raimundo: Kaiba! This time you've gone too far!
Kaiba: Then what're you waiting for? Attack my Obelisk and join her!
Raimundo: I activate the magic card: Chosen One!
Kaiba: Now a card will be chosen randomly between two magic cards and a monster. Go on then. Choose the random card.
(An arrow span around and landed on one card, it revealed itself to be his Tyrant Dragon (2900/2500) and was summoned to the field.)
Raimundo: Yes! And since that was a special summon, I get to summon one more monster, which is my Axe Raider (1700/1150) in attack mode!
Kaiba: Your pathetic monsters can't get past my legendary Egyptian God Card!
Raimundo: Not individually! I activate Sun Chi Lantern!
(Axe Raider and Warrior Dai Grepher all vanished and merged with Tyrant Dragon.)
Raimundo: Their powers combine to make a grand total of 7300 attack points, and enough to wipe you out!
(Kimiko's eyes started to open. She stared at Raimundo and smiled.)
Raimundo: Tyrant Dragon, attack his Obelisk!
(The dragon let out a blast and crumbled the God and sent Kaiba's life points to 0. And the crowd went hysterical.)
Roland: Kimiko will be facing Seto Kaiba in the next round!
Kimiko: I may not have got Marik, but I got the next big thing.
Chase: Four down, and four to go. I plan to destroy Yugi, and take his Egyptian God Card!
Pharaoh: We'll see about that!
Chase: I activate Heylin Obliterate!
Raimundo: Doesn't sound good.
Chase: It will destroy all of your monsters, at the cost of all but one of my life points.
(A huge inferno engulfed the duelist, the heat was intense. Then all the monsters except Chase's Heylin Sword was gone, even his Tyrant Dragon.)
Chase: Now I sacrifice my Heylin Sword to summon Heylin Magician! (2500/2000) Now attack Yugi!
(The Pharaoh's life points fell as he was blasted away.)
Roland: Yugi Muto will be next to duel!
Joey: Grrr, that's it curly fries, no one makes a fool outta my best pal! I activate Release Restraint! This allows me to turn my Gearfried into the ultimate Warrior: Gearfried the Swordmaster! (2600/2200) And that's not all! I activate Legendary Sword, to increase my Gearfried to 2900. And if you thought you seen it all folks, you thought wrong! Once Gearfried is equipped with a magic card, he can destroy any monster on the field!
Chase: Excellent!
Joey: Gearfried destroy Heylin Magician and wipe out Chase Young!
(The warrior struck the magician and struck Chase, sending his life points to 0.)
Roland: That's it! Chase will now face Yugi Muto in the next round. And Joseph will face Raimundo in the last round!
(The crowd cheered.)
Roland: The following are the line-ups: Omi Pedrosa will face Marik Ishtar in the first round! Kimiko Tohomiko will face Seto Kaiba in the second round! Yugi Muto will face Chase Young in the third round, and Raimundo Pedrosa will face Joseph Wheeler in the last round! We will take a half an hour intermission before we begin!
(The Duelists were led into a large room where they prepared. Stephanie had met with Omi and was giving him good inspiration.)
Stephanie: Listen, Omi. You are a very powerful duelist; I can feel it in you.
Omi: Oh, thank you, Stephanie.
Stephanie: Give it your all, okay? You'll show Marik what for!
Omi: Right!
Kimiko: Omi.
Omi: Yes, Kimiko?
Kimiko: Why did you take that blast?
Omi: I feared for your safety, I did not want you losing to Marik and being sealed inside the Shadow Realm.
Kimiko: Thanks.
(Kimiko indicated to Raimundo to keep quiet about her promise. And then she gave him a hug.)
Kimiko: You beat that Marik. And please be careful.
(An intercom sounded that Omi and Marik's game was close. So the six went to the Stadium, until Joey stopped and turned around in shock as he seen a familiar face.)
Yugi: Joey, what's wrong?
(He too saw the familiar face.)
Joey: Serenity!
(A young girl, who Joey called Serenity, turned around in surprise as well.)
Serenity: Joey!
(He ran and gave her a hug.)
Joey: What're you doin' here?
Serenity: I came to watch the duels. I wouldn't let my brother duel on his own.
Raimundo: Brother?
Joey: Oh yeah. Guys, this is Serenity, my little sister. Serenity, meet Omi, Raimundo and Kimiko.
Serenity: A pleasure, you put on a good duel.
Omi: Why thank you, Ms. Serenity.
Kimiko: Pleased to meet you.
Raimundo: Yeah, any friend of Joey or Yugi's a friend of us.
Joey: Wait; don't tell me you came alone?
Serenity: Of course not, Tea, Tristan, Duke and Yugi's grandfather are all here too.
Joey: You're joking!
(The four that Serenity mentioned all came out of a nearby bathroom. Tea had neck length brown hair, tall, and had a pink coat on. Tristan had short brown hair, very muscular and had a black jacket on. Duke had long black hair with dice earrings and red vest. And Yugi's grandpa was the same old.)
Yugi: What're you all doing here?
Tea: We came to watch you duel. We wouldn't give up on our number one best pals in the world.
Tristan: Yikes, we better hurry; the first match's starting soon.
Yugi: Then we'll catch you outside the café, alright?
Tea: Alright.
(They all ran to Omi's platform, which he needed to go on to duel Marik.)
Raimundo: Alright, Omi. Don't let that Marik get the better of yah, okay? Just duel to your best, and win.
Omi: I shall gladly remember your piece of advice.
(Stephanie crouched down and hugged Omi.)
Stephanie: You come back safely, okay?
Omi: I shall try my best.
(The platform rose slightly.)
Omi: Goodbye, my friends.
(They all waved as they could hear Roland's commentary.)
Roland: Introducing: the little wonder that defeated Stephanie Jones in the first round, student of Yugi Muto and accomplished Duelist. Give it up for, Omi Pedrosa!
(The crowd erupted in cheers. Omi could even see Yugi's friends also cheering him on. But secretly, Omi knew he wouldn't last against Marik.)