Chapter 31 : Another Successful Loss
"Alright Jack! This time, your going down!" yelled Yuko.
500 Lp : Yuko Tatsumi
1200 Lp : Jack Atlas
Field Yuko: Masked Dragon in Atk mode + Detonator Dragon in face-up Def mode + 1 face-down Trap card.
Field Jack: Red Dragon Archfiend in Atk mode + 2 face-down Trap cards.
"I summon Magna Drago so that I may tune him with Detonator Dragon in order to summon out, Sea Dragon Lord Gishilnodon!" Yuko declared excitedly.
"Now I'll..."
"Not so fast, chum! I activate a Trap, Bottomless Trap hole!" said Jack, revealing one of the face-down Trap cards.
Yuko smirked. "Your so predictable, Jack!" Yuko commented teasingly, and flipped up his face-down Trap card. "I counter with Tran Stun which not only negates that Trap card, but all other traps until the end of your turn!"
Jacks eyes tightened as he watched his Trap card get sent to the graveyard.
"Now I use the effects of A&D changer in the graveyard! I can remove him from the game to change your battle position!"
Jack huffed and turned his dragon into Def position 2000.
Field of Yuko : Sea Dragon Gishilnodon in Atk + Masked Dragon in Atk mode.
Field of Jack : Red Dragon Archfiend in Def + 1 face-down Trap card.
"Now since you've already used Mirror Force, I can finally destroy your most powerful beast! Now go Sea Dragon Lord Gishilnodon! Attack with Frozen Blitz Burst Stream!" commanded Yuko proudly.
Jack chuffed. "Is that really the best you can do? Don't make me laugh!"
Yuko expression became confused. "What do you mean? I've stopped you from using your other Trap card, there nothing else that you can possibly do!" exclaimed Yuko.
Jack laughed. 'It's not just about what's on the field, Yuko!" he said, revealing a card in his hand. "I activate the effect of Stronghold Guardian! By discarding him from my hand, I can raise my monsters Def points by 1500! Which means that you've lost, Yuko! Red Dragon Archfiend! Counter with Solar Fire Blast!" Jack ordered.
"Kaboom!" "Clash!" "Sizzle!" "Roar!" "Boom chakalaka!"
"Guys! Can you please keep it down", interrupted Yusei who was sitting on the couch watching Tv. Jack and Yuko had just finished a duel (without holograms) and were using their own sound effects to childishly make the duel sound life-like.
"It's not fair! Why do you always win", complained Yuko, who was now collecting all his cards from the table.
Jack huffed. "It's simple! Your missing out on power! I mean, Scapegoat for example! Why would you put that in your deck?" boomed Jack, and slipped his deck back into his deck box.
"For your information, Scapegoat helps me to Synchro Summon my Scarred Warriors easily!" replied Yuko, a little annoyed about having lost another match duel against Jack.
Jack sighed. "Whatever. Scarred Warrior is a bad card too. You need powerful Synchro monsters with at least 3000 Atk points!"
Yuko scratched his head in annoyance. "Well, it would help if you told me where to find one!"
Yusei turned off the Tv and got up, stretching his muscular body. "Alright guys, I'm going to bed. Jack, if your gonna be working on that engine tonight, try and keep the noise to a minimum".
Jack nodded, threw his white coat over on to the couch, revealing a grey short sleeved T-shirt, and grabbed a screw driver from the kitchen table. "Can I at least put on the radio, but not too loud?"
Yusei sighed, but agreed. He then turned to Yuko. "Tomorrow is Saturday. You could go visit the twins to see if they can help you out on your deck", said Yusei kindly, rubbing his eyes to try and keep himself awake.
"Okey dokey", approved Yuko. "However, I don't know where they live, and I also need to go see Sayer in the morning!" he replied.
Yusei shrugged. "Oh yeah...then do you want me to come with you?" he asked.
Jack scold. "Well, I don't trust him, and after what he tried to do, I don't think that I ever will! Plus, I thought he was dead?"
"I thought that too, but he's not as Akiza, Yuko and me have seen, when we went to visit the Arcadia. Though apparently, he's no longer against us", assured Yusei unsurely.
Jack huffed, not at all convinced. "Perhaps it's best if I come too", he said to Yuko, in a suspicious manner.
With the assistance of Jack, Yuko was sure to be protected from any trickery or danger, and so he nodded in acceptance. "Ok. I guess you could come".
Jack smirked. "Ha ha, now Sayer is gonna really need to watch out if ever he try's to pull anything sneaky around me", he boasted, a sudden tone of happiness in his voice.
However, Yuko and Yusei both exchanged glances, and knew perfectly well that the real reason why Jack wanted to come, was for the cheque.
A few minutes later, Yusei handed Yuko a small map with the location of the twins place encircled (since Yuko had never been to visit them before), then went upstairs to bed, after sleepily saying goodnight to his friends, while scratching his crazy yellow and black hair.
Yuko took a seat on the sofa where Yusei had been sitting and switched on the Tv, so to take his mind off the fact that he had a busy day tomorrow.
Yuko's list of things to do on Saturday :
1stly- Visit Stephanie
2ndly- Get a cheque from Sayer
3rdly- Talk to Zane
4thly- Visit Leo and Luna
Finally- Talk to Sakura so to discover her past
Yuko sighed. "Yep, it's gonna be one busy day tomorrow", were Yuko's last thoughts before eventually falling asleep on the couch, leaving the Tv on.
Jack smiled (a rare smile) as he watched his friend slowly fall asleep and went over to turn off the Tv before getting back to work on the duel runner engine.
Yuko: (yawns) ok, I'm done!
Carly: Good! To all you awesome readers, please don't to forget to Review!
Crow: Hey, love birds!
Carly and Yuko: (Now wide awake) WHAT! _
Crow: (laughing cheekily) What? You two are always together these days! :3
Carly: So what! I'm trying to stop Yuko from publishing anything that's too private! T_T
Yuko: Yeah dude! That was so uncalled for! What if Jack heard you?
Crow Pfff! Who cares! What's Jack gonna do? Eat me? ;P
Jack: (emerges from the bathroom, and evil aura around him and cracks his knuckles) I could do much worse... :)
Crow: ...help -.-