The following takes place during Playing with a Parasite.
"So, how's Joey doing?" I ask from the phone.
"He's doing fine. He already collected one Locator Card" Tea answers from the other side.
"Well, best of luck then. How about Yugi?"
"I don't know. We didn't manage to find him yet"
"I think he's doing great"
"Yeah... I hope..."
"Something's wrong, Tea?"
There's a little bit of silence, then: "No... nothing"
She then hangs up.
"What was that?" Rebecca asks.
"I don't know. She seemed a little bit... off"
"Maybe she's worried about Yugi"
"Yeah, probably"
I then get up from the table where we were sitting while having a (very good) cup of ramen. "I think we can continue searching Duelists now: I need to Duel four more"
"You're right, I totally didn't realize how late it is!"
"It's okay, don't worry"
I once again use my Searching System and discover that the nearest Duelist is in a zone near us. "Looks like this is our lucky day: only two minutes away from here"
"Perfect! Then let's go!"
We reach the place and find that there's a Duel in progress: one of the Duelists controls no cards, while the other one, female, controls Lycanthrope (ATK: 2400). Wait a minute! Lycanthrope?!
LP Luna 1200
LP Opponent 600
"Lycanthrope, attack directly!"
The giant beast obeys at its master's command and the unknown Duelist falls to the ground.
"Yes! I won!"
"Good job, Luna"
She turns and sees us. "Richie! It's been a while!"
"It's been only a week actually..."
My thoughts are interrupted as she reaches towards me and hugs me tightly making me slightly blush. "Ooooh I missed you so much!"
I can feel Rebecca from behind me getting all red with rage so I escape from Luna's grip. "It's time to see if you improved since last time I saw you Dueling!"
"Oh yeah!" she says activating her Duel Disk "My Wolf Deck has improved a lot since our last meeting!"
"Let's see if it can keep up with my WATER Deck!" I answer activating my own.
"LET'S DUEL!"
LP Richard 4000
LP Luna 4000
"Ladies first!" she declares as she draws her card and places it on the Duel Disk "I Summon Silver Fang in Defense Mode!"
The beautiful white furred wolf appears on the field howling (DEF: 800).
"I end my turn!"
"My turn! I draw!" I declare "I Summon Sea Serpent Warrior of Darkness!"
A blue armored warrior from the sea holding a spear appears on the field (ATK: 1800).
"Attack Silver Fang!"
My monster launches its spear towards Silver Fang and destroys it. Too bad, I really liked that card.
"It's my turn now!" Luna says drawing a card and placing it on the Duel Disk "I Summon Giga-Tech Wolf in Defense Mode!"
A mechanical wolf appears on the field (DEF: 1400).
"I guess it's my turn again!" I comment drawing my card "I Summon Great White!"
The humanoid shark that Yugi gave me appears on the field (ATK: 1600).
"Great White, attack Giga-Tech Wolf!"
My monster rushes towards Giga-Tech Wolf and crushes it with its sharp teeth.
"Now I attack you directly with Sea Serpent Warrior of Darkness!"
This time the spear hits Luna, who falls to the ground.
LP Richard 4000
LP Luna 2200
She gets up smirking. Why is she smirking? "As expected from you" she says drawing a card "Summoning two monsters like that and damage my Life Points. And I bet you've got more to show... but I do as well!"
"What do you mean? What did you draw?"
She shows it to me before placing it on her Duel Disk. "I call out Gene-Warped Warwolf!"
A four-armed white furred werewolf with a black and pink mane appears on the field (ATK: 2000). It quickly jumps into action and destroys my Great White.
LP Richard 3400
LP Luna 2200
"It's your turn now" Luna says calmly.
I draw my card silently and show it to my opponent. "I Tribute Sea Serpent Warrior of Darkness to Summon Orca Mega-Fortress of Darkness!"
A giant orca holding a carrier and a few Cannonball Spear Shellfishes on its back along with a Torpedo Fish on its belly appears on the field (ATK: 2100).
"Now I attack your Warwolf! Go with Deepsea Crash!"
The orca rushes towards Warwolf pretty fast and hits it with its tail, destroying it.
LP Richard 3400
LP Luna 2100
"I can feel your strength" Luna comments placing her hand on top of her Deck "But I also feel that in this turn I will draw my key card and turn the tables"
She then draws her card and smirks. "Let me show you my most powerful beast" she says holding up the drawn card "I activate the Magic Card Synthesis Spell! With this card I Tribute monsters from my hand or field whose total Level sum is 6 or more and I Summon a Ritual Monster from my hand"
A giant dome-like machine with a man inside appears on the field.
"I Tribute Wolf Axwielder and Pitch-Black Warwolf from my hand!"
The two monsters appear for a brief second before turning into energy and entering inside the weird machine.
"With this, I Summon Lycanthrope!"
The human inside the dome starts changing shape, becoming the giant werewolf that is Luna's ace monster (ATK: 2400).
"Shadow Slash!"
Lycanthrope howls and slashes Orca Mega-Fortress of Darkness with its claws, causing my monster's destruction.
LP Richard 3100
LP Luna 2100
"And don't forget about my monster's special ability! With it, I can deal 200 points of damage to you for each Normal Monster in my Graveyard. And currently I have four"
Lycanthrope runs towards me and hits me with its claws as it did before with my monster.
LP Richard 2300
LP Luna 2100
"This is the monster that will defeat you" Luna says smirking.
"Nonsense!" I answer drawing my card and activating it instantly "I use Silent Doom to bring back Sea Serpent Warrior of Darkness to the field in Defense Mode!"
The sea warrior appears again, this time on its knees (DEF: 1500).
"Let's end this!" my opponent says drawing a card "I use Stop Defense! This card switches your monster to Attack Mode!"
In horror I see my monster getting up.
"Lycanthrope, attack Sea Serpent Warrior of Darkness!"
The mighty creature rushes towards my monster and destroys it.
LP Richard 1700
LP Luna 2100
"Now before I end my turn, you'll take 800 points of damage thanks to the four Normal Monsters in my Graveyard!"
Once again, Lycanthrope hits me.
LP Richard 900
LP Luna 2100
I get up and silently draw my card. "I activate the Magic Card Underworld Sacrifice! By removing Sea Serpent Warrior of Darkness and Great White from my Graveyard I can Summon a Level 7 monster"
Luna gasps. "Do you mean-"
"Come out, Levia-Dragon – Daedalus!"
My ace monster appears and growls at Lycanthrope, which growls back (ATK: 2600).
"Daedalus, attack Lycanthrope! Water Blast Cannon!"
Daedalus fires its attack and destroys Luna's ace monster with ease.
LP Richard 900
LP Luna 1900
"I place one card face-down and end my turn" I finish.
"It's my turn then!" she says drawing a card "With this I will put an end to this duel!"
She then takes the card following up the one she drew "I activate Fulfillment of the Contract! By paying 800 Life Points I can bring back a Ritual Monster from the Graveyard!"
Lycanthrope appears again with a powerful howl.
LP Richard 900
LP Luna 1100
"Then I use the Magic Card Mystical Moon!" Luna declares holding up the card she drew at the start of the turn "It increases Lycanthrope's attack by 300!"
Lycanthrope howls again as the golden moon appears, its attack power increasing to 2700.
"It's time I end this duel for good! Lycanthrope, attack!"
The menacing werewolf dashes towards Daedalus and destroys it with a quick slash of its claws.
LP Richard 800
LP Luna 1100
I see Lycanthrope rushing towards me. If Luna manages to activate its effect, I will lose the Duel! "This is not over!" I exclaim "I activate the Trap Card Damage Lamp!"
"What?!"
A giant golden lamp appears in front of me as Lycanthrope hits it instead of me.
"This card allows me to negate any kind of damage I would take. And after that my Lamp stays on the field" I explain with a smirk.
"Then why didn't you used it before when I attacked?" she asks.
"Because if I would have done that, I wouldn't have my victory assured"
"Huh?"
"Let me show you! It's my turn!" I declare drawing a card and placing it on my Duel Disk "I activate Water of Life to Summon back Daedalus!"
My ace monster appears to the field again.
"Then I use the second effect of my Damage Lamp!" I declare "By sending it to the Graveyard I increase my monster's attack power by the damage I negated with this card's effect until the end of the turn!"
"You what?!"
Too late: from the lamp a purple fog is already coming out sorrounding my Daedalus, its attack power increasing to 3400.
"Attack with Water Blast Cannon!"
My ace monster fires its attack and destroys Lycanthrope.
LP Richard 800
LP Luna 400
"And lastly I use Power Collapse! By decreasing my monster's attack power by the attack points of your monster, it may attack again! Go with Water Blast Cannon!"
Daedalus's attack power decreases to 700 and attacks Luna directly.
LP Richard 800
LP Luna 0
"That was a good duel" I comment as I approach her "You almost got me there"
"Almost, but not quite" she answers "And now you'll take my Lycanthrope"
"Who said anything about your Lycanthrope?" I ask "I don't want any of your cards"
She looks at me with a confused look.
"I know you put lot of effort building that Deck of yours and I won't be the one demolishing it. You can keep your cards, though I can't say the same for your Locator Card"
In response Luna gets up and handles me the Locator Card.
"I still have one" she comments "I will do my best!"
"I'm sure you will"
She then smiles and gives me a little kiss on the lips before turning away and leaving.
I stand still for a second, a little bit astonished and with my cheeks burning red. I see Rebecca looking at me with fire in her eyes. "Don't look at me like that, please" I say.
Altered cards:
Power Collapse
Quick-Play Spell Card
Effect: Activate only when your opponent destroys an opponent's monster by battle. Decrease the ATK of your monster by the ATK of the destroyed monster until the end of the Battle Phase. After this effect resolves, that monster may attack again this turn.
Fan-made cards:
Underworld Sacrifice
Normal Spell Card
Effect: Activate when you would Tribute Summon a monster. Banish monsters from your Graveyard instead of Tributing monsters. You can only activate 1 "Underworld Sacrifice" per turn.
Damage Lamp
Continuous Trap Card
Effect: Activate only when you would take damage. Negate the damage. During either player's turn, you can send this face-up card you control to the Graveyard, and if you do, 1 monster you control gains ATK equal to the damage negated by this card's effect until the of the turn.
Ah, teenagers. Anyway, this is where this chapter ends. Didn't think that Luna would have appeared once again this fast, did ya? Next chapter will advance the plot a little bit. Until then, hasta la vista!