Raimundo Vs Kimiko
(Yugi was sitting alone in the café, having his conversations with the Pharaoh.)
Yugi: Well, we have the three Egyptian God Cards back.
Pharaoh: And all thanks to Kimiko. We have a lot to owe her.
Yugi: Well unless you count us teaching her then that squares us up.
(Then the five Warriors, Joey and Mai joined in.)
Raimundo: Hey, Yug. Whacha up to?
Yugi: Just having a break from duelling. You should be getting ready Y'know.
Raimundo: No need to, me and Kim promised to play with honesty.
Joey: I was pretty confused at what they meant by that too.
Clay: Meaning they know each other's strategies, so no point in hiding it in a duel.
Yugi: That is quite a wise idea. After all you two are quite close.
Raimundo and Kimiko: What?
(The others laughed and the intercom sounded for them to duel. The two rose to their duelling platforms and activated their duel disks.)
Omi: Who exactly are we meant to be with?
Clay: Good question, partner. Mah guess we root fer both.
Raimundo and Kimiko: Let's duel!
Kimiko: Mind if I go first, Rai?
Raimundo: Sure, why not?
Kimiko: I summon Shining Angel (1400/800) in defence mode! And I place one card face-down and end my turn!
Raimundo: Alright! I summon Karate Man (1000/1000) in attack mode! And thanks to his special ability, he can double his attack power, but only if it's destroyed next turn!
(The monster increased to 2000.)
Raimundo: Now wipe out the Angel!
(The Karate Man destroyed the Shining Angel.)
Kimiko: Sorry, but you activated Shining Angel's special ability, if it's sent to the graveyard from battle I can summon another monster with 1500 attack points or less, which mines is: Banisher of Light. (100/2000)
Raimundo: I'll place one card face-down and end my turn!
(The Karate Man destroyed itself and didn't go to Raimundo's graveyard.)
Kimiko: Sorry, it's Banisher of Light's special ability. Cards can't go to the graveyard no more unless this is on the field, now there removed from play.
Raimundo: Ouch, you really know how to spice up a strategy.
Kimiko: Now it's my turn! I summon The Forgiving Maiden in defence mode! And I switch Banisher of Light to defence as well! That ends my turn for now.
Raimundo: What's the deal? You coulda attacked my life points directly.
Kimiko: Nah, I'm just making a good defence.
Raimundo: Okay, my turn!
(He drew Monster Reborn.)
Raimundo: That's no good since monsters aren't even allowed in the graveyard, let alone be summoned from them. Okay, I summon Axe Raider (1700/1150.) in attack mode and end my turn.
Kimiko: Hm, I summon Spirit of the Harp (800/2000) in defence mode and end my turn!
Raimundo: Sheesh, an entire army of defence monsters! Hm. Thanks to the special ability of my Fiend Megacyber (2200/1200) I can summon it immediately if you have two more cards on your field.
(The monster was summoned.)
Raimundo: Now attack Banisher of Light!
Kimiko: Activate Negate Attack!
Raimundo: Too close! Alright I'll place one card face-down and end my turn!
Kimiko: Alright! I sacrifice my Spirit of the Harp and Banisher of Light to summon Wingweaver (2750/2400) in attack mode!
(A blinding light flashed the stadium and summoned a six-winged fairy.)
Raimundo: Not good!
Kimiko: Attack the Fiend Megacyber!
(The fairy shot the warrior down with a light arrow and dropped Raimundo to 3450 life points.)
Raimundo: You're tough!
Kimiko: Thanks! I guess that ends my turn!
Raimundo: Alright, I'll place Axe Raider to defence and summon Dark Blade (1800/1500) in defence as well! Now I'll place a card face-down and end my turn!
Omi: Kimiko is defeating Raimundo quite easily.
Clay: Or is he letting her win?
Kimiko: My move! Now I activate Polymerization! Now I fuse my Forgiving Maiden and my Marie the Fallen One, to form: St Joan (2800/2000) in attack mode!
(Another powerful fairy appeared.)
Kimiko: Now attack his two monsters!
(The two very powerful fairies destroyed Raimundo's warriors.)
Raimundo: Crud!
(He drew his Tyrant Dragon.)
Raimundo's thoughts: Excellent! Just the monster to counter-attack. And I've got just the thing to summon it!
Raimundo: I play Chosen One! This allows me to randomly select either between two magic cards, and a very powerful monster. Now spin!
(A pointer span between three face-down cards and pointed to one. Raimundo hoped it would be his Tyrant Dragon, but it was the magic card: Ancient Telescope.)
Raimundo: Aaah!
(The three cards were sent to the graveyard.)
Raimundo's thoughts: Now what? I can't summon Tyrant Dragon from the graveyard without a dragon on the field.
Raimundo: I'll place one card face-down and end my turn!
Kimiko: I activate my trap card: Eye of Truth! You know this card's effects, don't you?
Raimundo: Yeah, yeah, you get to see my hand and if I got magic cards, I gain 1000 life points.
(He showed her his hand, which was: Monster Reborn, Mystical Space Typhoon and the Stern Mystic (1500/1200).)
(Raimundo's life points increased to 4450.)
Kimiko: What? You could have summoned that to defend your life points!
Raimundo: It doesn't matter, I'm beaten anyway.
Kimiko: I'll end my turn!
Raimundo: Hey! Why'd you do that?
Kimiko: Mostly cus you could have defended yourself from my attacks, so I'm just giving you another chance to do so.
Raimundo: Alright, my turn! And I activate Ants in the Pants! To give me two Ant Tokens (500/500) in defence mode and end my turn!
Kimiko: Okay! Attack the two Tokens!
(The fairies blasted down the two tokens easily.)
Kimiko: I'll end my turn from here.
(Two more Ant Tokens appeared on the field. Raimundo drew.)
Raimundo: I sacrifice one Ant Token and place one monster face-down!
Kimiko: Hm, that's strange.
Raimundo: I think that ends my turn.
Kimiko: St Joan attack the face-down card!
(The card revealed itself to be Millennium Shield (0/3000) which meant that Kimiko's life points fell to 3800.)
Kimiko: You're a sneaky guy. But that still doesn't mean my Wingweaver can't destroy your Ant Token!
(The fairy shot a light arrow and destroyed the Ant Token.)
Kimiko: That ends my turn.
Raimundo: Man, she's all over me.
(Two more Ant Tokens were summoned.)
Raimundo: I'm gonna need a miracle if I'm gonna last against her.
(He drew.)
Raimundo: Hm. I'll place one monster face-down defence mode, and end my turn!
(Kimiko drew.)
Kimiko: I'll activate Emergency Rescue Party!
Raimundo: Not good.
Kimiko: Now I'll summon from my hand: Legendary Knight of Courage (3000/3000) in attack mode!
(Kimiko's rarest monster was summoned.)
Raimundo: This ain't cool!
Kimiko: Three of my strongest monsters, Rai. You're lucky you got that Shield!
Omi: I can now see why Kimiko won against Marik!
Stephanie: But she only won because Raimundo sacrificed himself.
Kimiko: Fairies and Knight! Attack the three weaker monsters!
(The two Ant Tokens were destroyed and the face-down card revealed itself to be Cyber Jar (900/900).)
Kimiko: (Gasp.)
Raimundo: Now destroy all monsters!
(The Shield was sucked into the Jar, along with Kimiko's three mighty monsters.)
Raimundo: Now we draw five cards and summon all level four or less!
(Raimundo drew and summoned Warrior Dai Grepher (1700/1600) and Celtic Guardian (1400/1200). Kimiko drew and summoned Dunames Dark Witch (1800/1050) and Hysteric Fairy (1800/500) in attack mode.)
Kimiko: Luckily, my monsters are still stronger than yours! So attack them now!
(The two monsters fell under the fairies attack and dropped Raimundo to 3950.)
Raimundo: I thought I had her!
Kimiko: I'll place two cards face-down and end my turn!
Yugi: Kimiko's more relentless than we thought.
Joey: Yeah, she's making mincemeat of Rai.
Raimundo: I liked it better when she was fighting on my side. (He drew.) This oughta buy me some time. I activate Swords of Revealing Light!
Kimiko: Not before I activate Magic Jammer!
Raimundo: Aaah!
Kimiko: I'll discard one card from my hand and negate your swords!
Raimundo: I am so doomed. I'll summon Baron of the Fiend Sword (1550/800) in defence mode and end my turn!
Kimiko: I'll remove two cards from my graveyard from play, to summon Soul of Purity and Light. (2000/1800.)
(The light monster was summoned.)
Kimiko: And since that was a special summon, I sacrifice my Hysteric Fairy, to summon Dark Magician Girl (2000/1700) in attack mode!
(The magician was summoned.)
Kimiko: Now my three monsters attack his monsters!
(The monsters did so.)
Kimiko: I'll place two cards face-down and end my turn!
Raimundo: Good thing I got those Ants, or I'd be doomed!
(He drew with surprise.)
Raimundo's thoughts: I remember that card. Serpent Night Dragon, I won that from that scrawny kid back at the qualifiers. And looks like lady luck is finally looking down on me.
Raimundo: I sacrifice my two Ant Tokens to summon Serpent Night Dragon (2350/2400) in attack mode!
(The large dragon was summoned.)
Kimiko's thoughts: Yes, that's the spirit, Rai!
Kimiko: Don't get too comfortable, since my Soul of Purity and Light decreases your attack points by 300 when you attack!
Raimundo: That's why I'm gonna activate Monster Reborn! Since an old friend can only be revived when I sacrifice a dragon-type monster, I sacrifice my Serpent Night Dragon, to summon Tyrant Dragon! (2900/2500)
(The over-grown monster was summoned.)
Raimundo: And thanks to his special ability, he can attack as long as you got monsters on your side of the field! Now attack all three of her monsters!
(The dragon destroyed all three of Kimiko's monsters, even though it was at 2600 attack points, and set her down to 1800 life points.)
Kimiko: Smart move, Rai. But I activate Rope of Life!
Raimundo: Nuts!
Kimiko: Now I discard my entire hand, to revive Soul of Purity and Light! And also raise its attack power by 800 points!
(The fairy was stronger than the Tyrant Dragon.)
Raimundo: I'll place one card face-down and end my turn!
Kimiko: Time to meet your maker! I activate United We Stand!
Raimundo: Aaaah! Not that card!
Kimiko: Luckily, my fairy will only increase to 3600, since there's only one monster.
Raimundo: If my Tyrant Dragon's destroyed, I have a fat chance of getting back in the game!
Kimiko: And now I attack your Tyrant Dragon!
Raimundo: Activate Equal Strength!
Kimiko: (Gasp.)
Raimundo: At the cost of 1000 life points, I can increase my Tyrant Dragon to the same as your Soul of Purity and Light!
(Tyrant Dragon increased to 3600, and dropped Raimundo's life points to 2950. Then both of the monsters destroyed each other.)
Kimiko: It's not over yet! I activate Monster Reborn!
Raimundo: Yikes!
Kimiko: Now rise again Legendary Knight of Courage!
(The knight rose again.)
Kimiko: and now I activate Harpie's Feather Duster! To destroy all the cards in your magic slots! Which you got three!
Raimundo: Ouch, there goes Ants in the Pants!
Kimiko: I'll end my turn from there.
Raimundo's thoughts: I almost had her!
(He drew.)
Raimundo's thoughts: Excellent! Legendary Knight Leader!
Raimundo: I activate Card of Sanctity! Now we draw until we have six cards in our hands!
Kimiko: Okay!
(They both drew.)
Raimundo: Yes! Since I drew out of my draw phase, I can automatically summon Watapon (200/300) in defence mode!
(The little cream-puff appeared.)
Raimundo: Next I activate Ring of the Nine Dragons!
Kimiko: Since it's less than 500, it can copy itself!
Raimundo: Yup, thanks a bunch, Omi! Now split into two and make 100 attack points! Next I sacrifice both creatures to summon Legendary Knight Leader (4000/3000) in attack mode!
(The knight summoned itself up.)
Kimiko: You forgot about my other Knight's special ability! If it's weaker by a certain monster that's less than 1500 more attack points, I can instantly destroy it!
Raimundo: I don't think this is falls into that category, Kim! Because my Knight can power up by 100 points for every card in my graveyard. And remember your frenzy of destroying all my good cards?
Kimiko: Which means your Knight will be powered up … immensely!
Raimundo: And I got a grand total of twenty-one cards in my graveyard! Which means my Knight powers up to 6100!
Kimiko: Then finish me.
(Raimundo looked at her in confusion.)
Kimiko: My knight is too weak to defend itself, and my life points are too low to survive the attack, so finish me.
Raimundo: Well since you gave up your turn a while back, I'll pay back the favour and end my turn!
Kimiko: Alright, I activate Trap and Bait! Which means your Legendary Knight automatically attacks!
Raimundo: Kimiko!
(The knight slashed Kimiko's knight down and sent her life points to 0. Kimiko then fell to her knees.)
Kimiko: It's done.
Roland: Raimundo advances to face Yugi Muto!
(The crowd cheered.)
Raimundo: Kimiko!
(He blew over to meet her.)
Raimundo: Kimiko, why'd you do that?
Kimiko: Remember Stephanie's duel with Omi? I learned that sometimes yah gotta give up the stuff yah love the most, like what Stephanie done with Omi. And I gave up my place in the finals for you.
Raimundo: Thanks, Kim.
(The two walked down to the café, there to meet the others.)
Omi: A most wonderful duel you two. Yet one thing insects me.
Yugi: Bugs you?
Clay: Why'd yah let that knight attack yer? You coulda easily switched your knight to defence.
Kimiko: Well, I didn't have any cards to make a comeback, so I just activated that card and cut out the middle man.
Clay: Oh right, ah get yer.
(Kimiko winked at Raimundo. He understood.)