Man, not my longest chapter that I've created. But, still fun to make, all the same. I encourage all of my readers to give me ideas on what to do. I love you all for reading, now continue on with the story.
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"Great play, Yuge!" Joey called out, fist pumping the air.
"He wiped out Weevil's entire army in one move" Tristan said.
"Oh yeah! Good job on zapping those bugs!" I grinned. 'Heh! Man, why can't I duel like him?'
"Alright! You got him on the ropes!" Tea laughed.
"Ah-Ha! Yeah right!"
"Mai" Both Joey and Tristan said at once.
I scowled, 'Great, her again.'
"You losers don't seem to realize who your pal is up against, Weevil's regional champion; he's got moves your shrimp couldn't even dream of" Mai smirked and stood by me.
I looked at Tea, who looked extremely pissed. My eyes widened, 'Oh no, Tea looks like she wants to slap the crap outta Mai. That's my job.'
"Nobody asked you! So why don't you just take a hike?" Tea yelled at the blonde.
"And miss the chance to watch a champion like Weevil, as he turns this around, no way" Mai replied, looking down at Tea.
"Yeah, I mean Weevil really came from behind to win the regional's" Joey said, really paying attention to the duel.
"He's tough and sneaky" Tristan added.
"I wouldn't know anything, I fell asleep during the regional tournament." I shrugged.
"Whose sides are you two goofballs on anyway?" Tea rounded on the two boys.
"All I'm saying is for Yugi, this is his first official duel" Joey replied.
"And he's fighting a champ" Tristan said.
"Alright, stop being uncertain and root for Yugi." I slapped both of them.
"You may have flattened my army of bugs, Yugi, but you haven't won, I have plenty of tricks up my sleeve" Weevil laughed.
"You've done a whole lot of buzzing throughout this duel Weevil, but I'm still here waiting for the sting" Yugi smirked, challenging him.
"Since you're new to this whole dueling tournament thing, I'll try to make this simple for you, I'm gonna wipe that goofy grin from your face, now lets see which lucky bug gets to take the first bite, oh but this little bug won't stand a chance against all your ferocious monsters, oh well, I'll play in defense mode" Weevil bluffed, placing a card facedown.
"For a pro duelist, that was one sloppy mistake." I said. I knew Yugi had a strategy to counter Weevil's last move, but exactly how would he do that?
"I'll spring your trap Weevil! But first the monster recovery card, it allows me to call back all the creatures I have on the field." He activated the card, "Monsters, return to your cards! Now your trap has nothing to snare, and once my monsters are safely back in my deck the recovery card also lets me draw a new hand, now all I have to do is sacrifice one of my weaker monsters and you trap is sprung" Yugi shuffled his deck and pulled five new cards. He then summoned Kuriboh, "Kuriboh! Attack!" (300/200) Weevil activated his trap card, destroying Kuriboh and lowering Yugi's life points by 300.
Weevil- 555
Yugi- 1050
"Trap cards only work if they catch you by surprise, next time don't give your plan away" Yugi grinned.
Weevil started laughing maniacally "I didn't! I don't give a bees behind about that stupid trap"
"Huh!"
"I tricked you into recalling your monsters, so you couldn't attack this!" Weevil then summoned a simple Larvae Moth with a measly 624 attack points.
'It's only a Larvae Moth, what kind of damage could that cause?' I blinked.
"Sure he's just a little slug now, but the cocoon of evolution will change all that" Weevil chuckled.
'Huh?' I gaped, 'What did Weevil mean?' I watched as the card activated and the Larvae Moth started to coat itself with cocoon.
"Isn't it beautiful?"
"I was actually thinking just the opposite." I groaned in disgust.
"Ew, that's just gross" Tea cringed.
"Weevi'ls bug is just sealing itself in a cocoon" Joey blinked.
"Behold my Cocoon of Evolution, within that cocoon sit's my tiny little larvae moth and over the next five turns he will undergo a startling transformation, from harmless caterpillar to a great moth!" Weevil announced proudly, and a little smug too.
"Then I'll crack you cocoon before that happens" Yugi replied.
"Easier said than done Yugi, for my cocoon of evolution also gets a field power bonus from the wilderness around us, increasing its defense points, it'll be so strong, you won't be able to scratch its surface! Just five more turns Yugi, in five turns my great moth will fully evolve and finish you off"(0/2600)
"Oh man, that's one strong defense monster." I said.
"You're telling me, 'Lisa. The field power bonus makes that monster too strong!" Joey exclaimed.
"Gaia the Fierce Knight! Shatter that cocoon!" Yugi commanded the knight monster, but when it attacked; the move failed. making Yugi's life points take the hit.
"That's one turn down, care to try again?" Weevil cackled.
Weevil- 555
Yugi- 750
"Oh no!" Tea said.
"Hang tough Yugi, you'll pop that puff bag" Joey said. But he was interuppted by Mai laughing.
"Just what do you think you're laughing at?" Tea growled.
"All that stupid cheerleading you're doing, you make it sound like Yugi still has a chance" Mai said.
"Of course he does!" Tea yelled, and she started to go after Mai, but Joey held her back.
"Don't listen to her, Tea."
"Any duelist that has gone up against Weevil's cocoon of evolution has been totally trashed" Mai batted her eyes innocently.
"All of them?" Joey and Tristan exclaimed at the same time.
"But, Yugi's got us to help him beat it" Tea retorted.
"That's right. Have faith in your friends and yourself, and you can't lose." My eyes narrowed.
"Hear it growing? The more time you waste the more powerful it becomes" Weevil said. "Tick Tock, Tick Tock, just four more turns until my ultimate insect emerges, then you can stop worrying about how you're going to destroy it, and start worrying about how it's going to destroy you!"
Yugi seemed deep in thought, but then he decided to finally set one card face down on the field.
"Huh, you're wasting your turn; no defense will save your life points once my moth is out" Weevil smirked. All right; that nasely voice it gettin' on my nerves.
"Hang in there, Yugi" Tea yelled
"You gotta win this for your grandpa; he's counting on you" Joey shouted.
"Remember that!" I called.
"I know he is" Yugi said.
"Then you can't keep letting this little creep push you around, Yugi you gotta get fired up!"
"So do you guys sit around and work out these lame cheers or do they just come to you? I mean, don't you realize that your pep talk nonsense only distracts Yugi from the game?" Mai sighed.
"How would you know, I bet no one's even wanted to be your friend let alone care enough to cheer you on" Tea scowled.
"Okay, it's official, you are now my bestest friend!" I laughed.
"Friends haven't help Yugi any, he's losing" Mai pointed out, but then she looked back up and her expression changed immediately. "Huh?"
I saw Yugi give us a thumbs up and smiled at us. 'Okay, something we did helped him figure something out. But what?'
"Yeah!" We cheered.
"Well Mai, by the look on Yugi's face I'd say that having friends did help him out, so there" Tea scoffed and stuck out her tongue.
"Tea, may I ask why you don't like Miss Mai Valentine?" I grinned, but I was silenced by a death glare from her, so, I, shut up.
"Go Curse of Dragon! Take Flight!" Yugi shouted to his dragon. (2000/1500) "And I'll combine it with this Magic Card, Attack with dragon flame!"
"What do you think you're doing? You know your little fire fly can't hurt my cocoon" Weevil said, but then he frowned when he saw Yugi laughing. "Why are you laughing?" Weevil demanded.
"Whoever said I was aiming for your cocoon? I combined my burning land magic card with my Curse of Dragon to destroy the forest all around your cocoon" Yugi smirked.
"No forest! That means I lose my field power bonus!" Weevil shrieked.
"Exactly, your cocoon was too tough to attack directly, but without its field power bonus it's just a big target"
Cocoon of Evolution- Attack: 0; Defense: 2000
"Now, let's try this again, Gaia the fierce knight, attack!" Yugi commanded, the Warrior attacked, leaving a gaping hole in the cocoon.
"He did it!" Tea exclaimed.
"Popped it open like a zit!" Joey shouted.
I shook my head and slapped Joey lightly, "Wrong analogy there, Joey. Please, that was disgusting."
Only a small hole appeared, "huh?" Yugi said
"Is it still alive?" Tea blinked in surprise.
"I got a bad feeling we're about to find out" Joey said in response.
"See anything?" Tea asked.
Joey strained his eyes, "It's still…It's still moving"
"You're surprised?" Mai sighed.
"Actually, knowing how Weevil is, I'm kinda not." I said dryly.
"Huh!" Yugi exclaimed
"It must've evolved enough to survive" Joey said.
"No kidding." I said.
"I told you Weevil was good" Mai interrupted
"I'm impressed that you pierced my cocoon Yugi but still you were unable to stop the evolution of my ultimate insect! The Great Moth!"
The Great Moth- Attack: 2600; Defense: 2500
"But I thought, it took five turns" Yugi said
"So you stopped him one turn early, he still strong enough to beat you" Weevil replied
"Oh no" Tea sounded really worried now.
I glanced over to Mai, and scowled, 'Grrr..she looks so smug right now. Now, how can we wipe that smirk off her face?'
"So Yugi, feeling out-classed yet or perhaps you're enjoying your first major-league dueling loss" Weevil sniggered.
"You may have gotten your prize monster on the field, Weevil, but I'll find a way to squash that oversized bug" Yugi replied, more of a promise than a threat.
"You'll pay for that stinging jab with your life points!"
"Duel!"
"Great Moth take flight!"
"So be it! We'll settle this in the skies!"
'Oh man, the only monsters that Yugi have are that Knight and Dragon. And since the Knight can't fly, he's at a huge disadvantage. But if Yugi has a Polymerization card in his hand, well, that'd be a different story...' I frowned and glared up at the moth.
"I think it's high time that I pay back your Knight for demolishing my cocoon" Weevil said. And The Moth loomed over them, "This is it Yugi, my Great Moth will crush your defenses, slay your knight, and blast your dragon from the sky!"
"Not if I can help it, Weevil" Yugi retorted and threw down a card.
"But that's just it; you can't help it, Moth Hurricane Attack!" The Moth attacked with a cloud of dust within the hurricane force winds. The Beaver Warrior that Yugi had was destroyed, and his other cards were next!
"No! My beaver warrior, my defense"
"It's hopeless; nothing can stand against the ale force winds of my Moth Hurricane; your Knight will be totally blown away! That'll teach him to mess with my cocoon" Weevil laughed.
"Don't count on it. Weevil, you were so busy fawning over you moth, you didn't notice I played a Polymerization card" Yugi smirked.
"But…I thought"
"If I have two compatible monsters on the field, I can fuse them into one ultimate creature"
"I'm not some beginner! I know what fusion does!" Weevil snapped.
"Then you must know it increases my attack points, my fused Dragon-Knight combo is now strong enough to go head to head with your Great Moth"
(Great Moth-2600/ 2300)
(Dragon-Knight-2600/ 2100)
"I wouldn't be so sure about that! Look again!" Weevil chortled.
"What...No." Yugi breathed in surprise. "My Knight! He's losing points, and fast. But how, and why?" The Knight's points dropped by 100's, like flies dropping from the skies.
"It's poison, Yugi, poison particles from my Great Moth, every time it uses its Hurricane attack it releases tons of these particles, and your precious Dragon-Knight combo is poisoned by the deadly toxins"
"How's Yugi gonna get outta this one?" I murmured.
"Looks to me like my poison particles are taking their toll, Yugi" Weevil laughed.
Yugi concentrated and drew his card, from here I even could see the relief in his eyes and he grinned,"Yes! Ready to be rained down Weevil? Makiou the Magical Mist" Yugi activated the magic card.
"No, my poison! You're washing it all away!" Weevil yelled.
"That's right; Magical Mist washes the field clean"
"No fair, I was about to win and you save your self with a little drizzle?"
"What's going on in that head of yours, Yugi?" My eyes narrowed.
"Alright then, you may have stopped my poison attack, but I promise you've only won a brief reprieve; because my next move is one you won't be able to figure your way out of. Brace yourself for my ultimate insect's ultimate attack! Great Moth, Tornado of Doom!" Weevil shouted to the monster, and it did attack, getting the Dragon-Knight directly, destroying it. "A direct hit!" Weevil exclaimed and started cackling "Your little rainstorm didn't save you from that on,e now did it? Your Knight is toast, and you're almost out of life points."
Weevil- 555
Yugi- 50
"Yugi, keep fighting, you can come back from this!" Joey yelled to his friend.
"You're all delusional" Mai snorted.
"No, Joey's right Yugi never gives up, and we never give up on him" Tea said.
"That's right, so shut. The. Hell. Up." I glared daggers at the Blonde duelist.
"You're nuts, Weevil's totally annihilated Yugi's strongest monster combo. He's down to 50 measly life points, he can't win, so do me a favor and stop yapping" Mai shook her head.
"I won't stop yapping you self-fish pompous, bleach blonde, know-it-all windbag! Do us a favor and get lost, right Joey?" Tea sounded extremely pissed.
"Like you said; just ignore her, Tea, Yugi's in trouble!" Joey replied, his gaze connecting with Tea's for a brief moment.
"I know; what can we do?" Tea furrowed her brow in concentration.
"I don't know, but It'd be great if we could turn Mai in for life points" Joey smirked.
Tea started to laugh and she fell onto the ground, "Ha Ha! I wish!"
"Uh...Tea. Don't start embarrassing me, please?" I blinked and sweat-dropped.
"I told you all along Yugi never had a chance in winning this thing; He's wasted too much of his time listening to you losers, and Weevil keeps his mind on the game" Mai crossed her arms and met Tea's gaze without flinching.
"Then why didn't he see this coming?" Tristan remarked suddenly.
"See what coming?" We all asked, quizzical.
"Whatever it is Yugi's grinning about" Tristan replied.
"You're right, he's got a big smile" Joey said.
"He's not smiling, I think he's laughing" I said.
"No way!" Mai exclaimed.
I smiled sweetly, "Yes, way." I looked up at Yugi, 'But, what's so funny, Yugi?'
"Hey, Hey, What are you so happy about? Stop that sniggering!" Weevil shouted to the tri-colored duelist.
"Weevil, I know it will be very difficult for you to accept losing a duel, especially after spending so much time finding inventive ways to cheat, but if you thought bending the rules would help you win this match… you're wong" Yugi replied, smirking.
"No! This is a trick" Weevil shouted.
"You played dishonestly, so you expect the same of your opponents. But I duel with honor ,Weevil, and that makes all the difference"
"You've got nothing!"
"Here's what I've got, the mighty, Summoned Skull!"
"Whoa, what's that?" Mai asked in awe.
"Something that could win this match." I murmured.
"That's it Weevil, your insect won't withstand my next attack" Yugi said, matter-of-factly.
(Summoned Skull-2500/1200)
'Weevil still thinks that he has this duel won, but what he doesn't realize is why he won't lose.' I thought.
"There's something you overlooked, Weevil, my Magical Mist is still dampening this entire field"
"He's right! Everything's wet, My great Moth is totally soaked!"Weevil shouted.
"And my Summoned Skull attacks with electricity, making your water logged bug a giant lightning rod. I hope you're in for some fire-works, Weevil, because all this water boosts my monsters electrical attack by 1000 points!" Yugi shouted.
(Summoned Skull- Attack: 3500)
"Summon Skull! Lighting Strike!" Lightning formed from the clouds above, and fryed the bug, making it catch on fire. "It's over, I've won" Yugi sounded calm, cool, and collected.
"No, impossible, my moth's unbeatable" Weevil exclaimed and, fortunatly for him, passed out.
"Alright, Yugi!" Joey cheered.
"Way to go!" Tristan added
"Awesome! Great Job, Yugi!" I danced around with Joey, but I let go, my cheeks burning. 'Argh! Dammit, stop now, Elisa!'
"You won, I knew you would" Tea grinned.
"Impressive; I didn't think Yugi could ever beat Weevil" Mai kind of looked a bit pissed.
"Well, he did. So go bother someone else, please?" I grinned impishly and Mai huffed and left.
"But I'm the regional champion! The Regional champion!" Weevil was saying to himself, trying to convince himself that it wasn't true.
"You call yourself a champion, but you only won your duels through lying and cheating. True champions; they play with honor, they play fair" Yugi said.
"Don't waste your breath on this sneaky slug; he's a dueling disgrace, and I here by relieve him of his dueling gauntlet" Joey towered above Weevil and took the glove.
"There three star chips, that's an improvement, but I still need to win seven more" Yugi placed the two won chips in his gauntlet.
"Now you just need to catch up to me, Yugi." I smirked.
"That makes it a challenge, huh?" Yugi grinned at me.
"Hell, yeah!"
"Hey, 'Lisa! Don't count me out just yet!" Joey came up behind me and I jumped.
"Jeeze, Wheeler! Make some noise next time, will ya?" I frowned and met his gaze.
Joey pouted, "Aw, don't be mean."
I sighed and rolled my eyes before smiling. "I'm not, that's just the second time in a week that you've done that. Next time, if you don't make any noise, I'm drop kicking you to the ground." I saw Tea smile at me and I blushed.
She mouthed, 'Talk to him.'
I shook my head furiously, 'Hell no. I'm not saying anything until I feel like I'm ready to.' I watched Tristan and Joey go to talk to Yugi, "And that may not be for a while." I murmured.
Oooh, 'Lisa's got boy problems. Next time: Joey's first duel. And maybe it'll be in Joey's POV, who knows? *shruggs*