Note: Recap of last chp: Joey, Tristan, and Serenity met Duke Devlin again, he challenged Tristan to a duel and lost. The "Master" has told the cloaked man the plan has begun and will proceed.
In this chapter one of the gangs friend comes into play and someone is very happy to see her again, but before that she has to accept a duel, who is this duelist? Who will she duel? Find out if you keep reading.
"So Duke" Joey said walking along with the others.
"Yea?" Duke said.
"Why ya joined the Tournament?" Joey asked looking over to him.
"Well, I had nothing better to do so why not" Duke said not really caring about the Tournament.
"Joey..." Tristan stopped.
"Whats wrong? You looked like you just seen a ghost?" Joey asked looking at Tristan along with Serenity and Duke.
"Look.." Tristan said pointing in front of him.
"Wha.." Joey's jaw drop when he saw the blond woman standing in front of him, she had on a dark purple mini-skirt and a deck holder strapped to her thigh with a sleeveless light blue vest and a white tank top and wore long white fingerless gloves with high purple boots with heels on them, she had a duel disk on and her blond locks blew in the air.
"Mai..." Joey said.
Serenity covered her mouth and Duke looked at her.
"Is it really you?" Joey asked.
"In the flash" Mai said with a smile on her face.
Joey ran to her and hugged her thighly, she looked down at him
"Mia, I missed ya, where you been?" Joey asked and his eyes began to form tears.
"Nice to see ya too" Mia said and held Joey with her soft hands.
The moment between them lasted another minute or two and Joey asked again
"Where ya been?" he let go of her and stood before her.
"I been away, needed to do some thinking and become a stronger me" Mia said with a serious look on her face.
"Oh, I missed you Mia, why you left us?" Joey asked grabbing her hand.
"I needed to think on my own for once...after what happened a year ago, I really needed that time to renew myself" Mia said looking away.
"That's all gone Mia, don't worry about that no more we have to stick together and nothing will hurt ya, I'm here to protect you" Joey said whipping the tears away.
"Thanks Joey, your a real sweetheart" Mia said blushing a bit along with Joey.
"Hey Mia" Serenity said looking over at Mia with watery eyes.
"Hey you guys" Mia said looking over at Tristan, Serenity and Duke.
"Hows it going?" Tristan asked.
"It's been good" Mia said.
"Good to see you again" Duke said looking at her up and down.
Serenity ran to her and hugged her.
Mia ran her hand down her hair.
"So nice to see ya" Mia said.
Serenity let go and looked at Mia's duel disk.
"Your in the Tournament?" she asked.
"Yea, I wanted to see how I improved" Mia said and looked at Joey.
"Your in it to?" Mia asked.
"Sure am, have two Locator Cards, and you?" Joey asked.
"I have five" Mia said taking them out her little pocket on her thigh.
"Tristan your in this to?" Mia asked noticing Tristan's Duel Disk.
"Yup, I beet Duke here for his two Locator Cards, now I have five" Tristan said.
Duke looked away in shame.
"You?" She asked Joey.
"I have two.." Joey said and was interrupted by his sister.
"Mia.." Serenity said in a low voice.
"Yea Serenity?" Mia asked looking at her.
Serenity took her book bag off and opened it up, placing her hand in it.
"Wha..." the three guys wondered.
"Can we have a duel" Serenity said.
"What!" The three males yelled when they saw her take out a Duel Disk and place it on her hand, along with a deck inside it.
"Oh!" Mia was startled when she saw the Duel Disk.
"You thought me so much from when I met you, how to be strong and never doubt yourself, and I always wanted to duel you, now that I learned I want you to give me a chance" Serenity said.
"Of course Serenity" Mia said.
"Serenity, when did you enter this Tournament?" Joey asked.
"I entered when Tristan was eating at a near by Cafe, I told him I was going to get something and went to the store called Cardz and there I got my Duel Disk and Locator Card" She explained.
"What!" Tristan shouted.
"Hehe" Serenity laughed a bit.
"How bout your dueling skills?" Duke asked.
"When Tristan was learning how to play better, I was learning as well" Serenity explained.
She looked back over to Mai.
"I only got one Locator Card, so I'll bet that" Serenity said.
"I'll bet two" Mia said and activated her disk.
Serenity activated her duel disk and both females drew five cards.
"LETS DUEL!" Both yelled.
Serenity: 8000LP / Mai: 8000LP
"You can start" Mai offered.
"Alright" Serenity drew a sixth card.
"I summon my Lady Panther (1400/1300)" Serenity said and a female panther appeared with a large gold shield in the left hand and a giant shaft on the other, she was wearing gladiator clothes.
"Cool" Serenity said looking at her monster.
Mai drew.
"I should go easy on her" Mai thought.
"I summon Amazoness Fighter (1500/1300), attack her Lady Panther!" Mai ordered and the woman with muscles and ripped green outfit kicked the Panther in the face and was destroyed.
Serenity: 7900LP / Mai: 8000LP
"I end my turn" Mai said.
Serenity drew.
"I summon a monster face down and play a card face down, that ends my turn" Serenity said and a horizontal face down card appeared.
"I sacrifice my Amazoness Fighter to summon my Dark Witch (1800/1700) in attack mode" Mai said and the Fighter dissolved into little sparks and a Witch appeared above her wearing a yellow dress up to her thighs, her purple hair was up to her shoulder and she was holding a sharp spear.
"Attack her face down card!" Mai shouted and the Witch threw its spear at the card but was blocked when a face down card lifted.
"I activate Gravity Bind, now all level four and up monsters cant attack" Serenity said smiling at Mai.
"Good move Serenity" Mai said and ended her turn.
Serenity drew.
"I switch my monster to attack position" Serenity revealed the monster, it was Spirit of The Gentle Breeze (0/1800) and it was a small girl with green skin and a yellow rag over her body, her long wavy blue hair blew in the breeze, her hands were locked together.
"I gain 1000 points as long as she stays in attack position on the field" Serenity said and began to glow.
Serenity: 8900LP / Mai: 8000LP
"Now I summon Hibikime (1450/1000) in attack mode and end my turn" Serenity said and a light green woman appeared with a long green dress and her blue wavy hair around her, she was wielding a scythe.
Mai drew trying to figure out what Serenity's strategy was.
"I summon Dunames Dark Witch (1800/1050) and end my turn" Mai said and another witch appeared with white armor and behind her were a pair of mechanical wings.
"My Spirit's effect activates" Serenity said and began to glow again.
Serenity: 9900LP / Mai: 8000LP
"Whoa sis, you almost got 10000 life points!" Joey was in shock.
"Wish me luck" Serenity said and giggled at the same time.
"Yes I got the card I wanted" Serenity said as she held the specific card and slapped it on the Disk.
"I summon Goddess with the Third Eye (1200/1000) and then I activate Polymerization and use my Goddess as a replacement to form it with my Hibikime to make, Empress Judge (2100/1700)" Serenity said and a woman with beautiful red hair appeared with a jewel on her for head and a a golden crown on, she looked serious.
"I'll end my turn now" Serenity said impressed on what she summoned alone.
Mai drew.
"I'll switch my Dunames Dark Witch and Dark Witch to defense mode and end my turn, there's nothing much I can do" Mai said.
Serenity: 10900LP / Mai: 8000LP
"I summon The Forgiving Maiden (850/2000) in defense position" Serenity said and a woman with what looked like expensive clothing and headgear over her was kneeling down eyes closed.
"I switch my Spirit of The Gentle Breeze to defense mode and activate Mystical Space Typhoon and destroy my Gravity Bind" Serenity said and a storm blew away her trap card.
"Now my Empress Judge (2100/1700), attack her Dark Witch (1800/1700)!" Serenity said and Mai's Witch blew into pixels.
"I activate De-Fusion and split my Empress Judge to bring back my Goddess with the Third Eye (1200/1000) and Hibikime (1450/1000), now attack Hibikime, attack her Dunamess Dark Witch(1800/1050)!" Serenity yelled and the woman sliced the Witch with one quick swipe of her scythe.
"Now attack her directly my Goddess with the Third Eye (1200/1000)!" Serenity yelled again and the Goddess aimed her third eye to Mai and blasted a dark beam at her chest.
Serenity: 10900LP / Mai: 6800LP
"Last I play another Polymerization to fuse The Forgiving Maiden and as a replacement for Marie The Fallen One, Goddess with the Third Eye to make...St. Joan (2800/2000)" Serenity said and a woman with short light brown hair appeared with shiny armor holding a long sword, her eyes were closed and her cheeks were red.
"Now attack her directly !" Serenity yelled and the woman grasped the sword thightly and ramed it into Mai's chest.
Serenity: 10900LP / Mai: 4000LP
"Whoa dude, your sis just took out half of Mai's life points" Tristan pointed out.
"Your very good Serenity, you might beat me" Mai said.
"My plan actually worked" Serenity smiled "Your go Mai".
Mai drew.
"It's a start" Mai thought.
"I play a card face down and summon Harpie's Brother (1800/600)" Mai said and a spiky headed teen appeared flying in front of Mai with its red and black wings and a scarf around his neck, on his arm was a long red claw.
"Attack her Hibikime (1450/1000)!" Mai shouted and the winged beast flew over to her and stabbed her with is mighty claw, destroying it to pixels.
Serenity: 10500LP / Mai: 4000LP
"I end my turn" Mai said.
Serenity drew.
"I sacrifice Spirit of The Gentle Breeze to summon Marie the Fallen One (1700/1200) in attack mode" Serenity said and a medal girl appeared with a pink and white small dress and two mechanical wings, she shook her blond hair.
"Attack her Harpie Brother, St. Joan!" Serenity yelled and the warrior grasped its sword again and flew over to the winged beast, as the sword was about to slice it, a card flipped up.
"Activate Mirror Wall!" Mai yelled and a mirror appeared in front of him and the sword was touching the glass, this caused 's body to crack reducing her life points in half.
St. Joan (2800/2000-1400/2000)
"Attack her !" Mai shouted and the beast clawed her in the stomach and turned her into shiny pixels.
Serenity: 10100LP / Mai: 4000LP
"Didn't see that" Serenity said quietly.
"I end my turn" Serenity said.
Mai drew.
"I activate Graceful Charity, I draw three cards then trow away two" Mai explained.
Mai drew three cards and looked at them.
"Oh yea" Mai said pleased with the cards she drew.
Mai discarded two cards of witch she already had.
Mirror Wall was shattered to pixels as Mai did not want to pay the 2000 points.
"Say hello to my Cyber Harpie Lady (1800/1300)!" Mai shouted and Serenity's mouth went to awe as a woman with long purple hair appeared with mighty claws and a pair of wings.
"Next I activate Cyber Shield which gives my Harpie a 500 point boost" Mai replied and Cyber Harpie Lady gained a shield around her chest.
Cyber Harpie Lady (1800/1300-2300/1300)
"Attack her Marrie The Fallen One, Harpie's Brother!" Mai ordered and the winged beast nailed her with its claw.
Serenity: 10000LP / Mai: 4000LP
"Attack her directly my Cyber Harpie!" Mai replied and the winged woman stuck Serenity in the chest.
Serenity: 7700LP / Mai: 4000LP
"Your go" Mai said.
"Please let this be good.." Serenity thought.
"Yes! I activate Re-Fusion, this card lets me bring back a Fusion monster from my graveyard for 800 life points" Serenity said and a hole opened up in front of her.
Serenity: 6900LP / Mai: 4000LP
" (2800/2000)!" Serenity yelled as she saw her monster back.
"Now attack her Cyber Harpie Lady!" Serenity yelled and grasped the sword and struck it in the Harpie's chest.
Serenity: 6900LP / Mai: 3500LP
"I end my turn" Serenity said.
Mai drew.
"Well thanks to Graceful Charity earlier, I play Monster Reborn to bring back Harpie's Pet Dragon (2000/2500)" Mai replied and a red dragon appeared with a chain around its neck.
Serenity got frighten by the dragon.
"Then I summon a Harpie Lady (1300/1400)" Mai said and a copy of Cyber Harpie Lady appeared with less attack points.
"I activate Pot of Greed, I can draw two cards" Mai looked at the card and had everything planed.
"I activate Elegant Egotist to bring out my Harpie Lady Sisters (1950/2100), and my Dragon gets a 300 point boost for every Harpie on my field" Mai said with a smile on her face when a blue headed Harpie and a orange headed Harpie appeared.
Harpie's Pet Dragon (2000/2500-2900/2500)
"Oh no" Serenity whispered.
"I'm not done, I activate another Cyber Shield, giving my harpies a 500 point boost" Mai continued.
Harpie Lady Sisters (1950/2100-2450/2100)
"Now! Attack her my Dragon!" Mai shouted and the Dragon blasted fire from its mouth and set on fire, turning her into pixels.
Serenity: 6800LP / Mai: 3500LP
"It's your turn my Harpies, attack her directly!" And the Harpies clawed Serenity in her chest.
Serenity: 2550LP / Mai: 3500LP
"I almost forgot, attack her directly Harpie's Brother" Mai said.
The winged beast clawed Serenity in the chest as well.
"It's been a good duel" Serenity thought.
Serenity drew.
"I summon Shadow Tamer (800/700) in defense mode" Serenity said and a girl kneeling down appeared holding a whip and letting her blue hair go loosely.
"Finish it up Mai" Serenity said.
"You dueled very well" Mai said "Attack her Shadow Tamer, my dragon!" Mai yelled and the Dragon blasted her away into pixels.
"Your turn Harpie's Brother" Mai said and the winged beast clawed Serenity in the chest.
Serenity: 750LP / Mai: 3500LP
"Attack her directly!" Mai said and the three female warriors clawed Serenity in the chest, reducing her life points to 0.
Serenity: 0LP / Mai: 3500LP
The Holograms disappeared.
Joey and the guys ran to Serenity.
"That was the best match I ever saw" Joey admitted.
"You think so?" Serenity asked.
"I know so" Joey said.
Mai walked over to the group.
"Your dueling skills are excellent, keep it up and you might beet me" Mai said and hugged her.
"Thanks Mai, you though me a lot, I'll never forget this duel" Serenity whispered in her ear.
"Neither will I" Mai said.
"Here's my Locator Card Mai" Serenity handed her the see trough card.
"Thank you, I whant you to have something of mine" Mai said and searched her deck.
"Here you go" Mai handed her the card.
"No way! Your Harpie Lady?" Serenity was in shock when she saw the card.
"Yea, I have more in my deck, that card will represent the great duel we had" Mai said.
"Thank you so much, I'll use it in my duels" Serenity placed the card in her deck.
"It's good to have you here Mai" Joey said and kissed Mai on the for head.
Well there goes another duelist out the Tournament, IMO this was a great chp, Serenity Dueled great, and Mai won in the end but still good. In later chapters, I will uncover the mysterious "Master" and what his plan is? any guesses? Have to wait and see. now R+R please.