"Aelita, why do you suppose X.A.N.A. is trying to use this tournament to attack us?" Ulrich asked.
"I don't know, but whatever it is we'll stop him like always." Aelita said.
"Right, but the first thing to do is get to the finals, if X.A.N.A. is going to do anything that's the most likely place." Jeremy said.
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"Seto, no sign of the Egyptian God Cards yet but we're still keeping a look out for them." Mokuba said.
"Good, let me know if anything turns up." Kaiba said. Soon all three cards will be mine, and then I truly will regain my title of number one duelist, he thought.
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"Hello Aelita, hope I'm not interrupting anything." said a young boy wearing a hat.
"X.A.N.A. what are you planning?" Odd said.
"Oh, that's for me to know and you to find out, but I suppose if you manage to defeat me in a game, I'll tell you the significance of this competition." The boy said. "Now just to get the formalities out of the way, meet Rex, now that we have that done, prepare to lose." Rex said robotically.
"Alright, two cards sound fair?" Aelita said standing opposite Rex.
"Alright, I plan on wiping you out now, once you're out of the way my goal will be accomplished." Rex said shuffling his cards.
"Duel." said Aelita and Rex simultaneously.
Aelita 4000 Rex 4000: "My move, I activate the Lyoko field spell, so now you pick Ice, Forest, Mountain, or Desert." Aelita said.
"Well, in that case I choose desert." Rex said.
"Ok, in that case my field spell increases Lyoko monsters attack points by 300, so now I summon my Hornet in attack mode." Aelita said. "Now I set two cards and end my turn."
"My move, I summon out Two- Headed King Rex, now I activate Prehistoric attack, this card boosts my Dinosaur by 500 attack points and allows it to deal double battle damage." Rex said. "Now I attack your Hornet."
"I play a trap, Ambush, now I can tribute my Hornet and summon a monster from my hand, provided you declared an attack, so I summon my William from my hand." Aelita said as her monster appeared.
"Not good, My King Rex is weaker than your Monster, so I stop my attack." Rex said. "I end my turn with a facedown."
"Alright, my move." Aelita said drawing her card. "I activate the magic card, Tower Activation, now I get to guess the type of card on top of your deck, and if I guess right, I'm allowed to return one monster to it's owners hand, and I guess trap."
"The top card of my deck is Dragon's Bead, a trap card, so you get to return my King Rex to my hand." Rex said.
"Not quite, I return William to my hand, and in doing so I can play the trap card Rescue Program, now I deal damage equal to Williams defense points." Aelita said as a silhouette of William slashed through Rex.
"Not nice, and I thought you were the 'Good guy' Aelita." Rex said recoiling from the slash.
"I end my move, go X.A.N.A." Aelita said.
Aelita 4000 Rex 2300: "My move, I draw now I activate the trap card Draconic Strike, now I can summon one dragon from my hand and I choose my Tyrant Dragon, now I attack you directly Aelita." Rex said as his dragon blasted Aelita.
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"Aelita, are you alright." Ulrich asked nervously.
"She'll be alright, trust her, she's not one to quit easily." Yumi said while Jeremy nodded.
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"You seem beaten enough, I end my turn by playing Stamping Destruction, now I destroy your Lyoko card." Rex said when the field suddenly turned into an Icy glacier.
"My field spell can be destroyed up to four times, and every time it changes it's effect, so now I have the Ice effect." Aelita said.
"Fine, I end my turn." Rex said.
Aelita 1100 Rex 2300: "My move, and I set one card facedown, now I discard William from my hand in order to activate my trap, Lyoko Warriors Arrive." Aelita said. "Now I summon Odd, Aelita, Jeremy, Yumi, and Ulrich."Aelita said. "Now I attack Tyrant Dragon with Yumi."
"Have you given up? Yumi has 1000 points less than my dragon" Rex said as Yumi threw her fans at the dragon.
"Maybe, but when Yumi is destroyed in battle, Ulrich doubles in attack points until the end phase, so now he has 3600 attack points." Aelita said. "Now I destroy your Tyrant Dragon with Ulrich, and I attack directly with the rest of my monsters." Aelita said as she won the duel.
"Very well Aelita, I give you two additional Locator cards, and my Tyrant Dragon card, however if you want to know why I'm fighting in this competition, just turn around." Rex said.
"What are you talking about?" Aelita asked before turning to see a gigantic blue creature towering over several buildings. "What is that thing?"
"That, is one of the three creatures who possess the power to destroy this world, and so I'm going to be collecting them. You shouldn't be surprised." Rex said before collapsing.
"Aelita, that monster, it can't be allowed to get into X.A.N.A.'s hands." Odd said.
"I agree, the only question is, if that's only one of them, where are the other two?" Jeremy asked.
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"Look, you challenged me to a duel, and you lost, so hand over the Locator card." Kaiba said.
"You really are as skilled as everyone says, just don't expect to win so easily if we duel again." Panik said.
"Not likely." Kaiba said. "Mokuba, any word on the other cards?"
"Not yet, but that Aelita Girl has a ton of cards I've never seen before, she might be a threat." Mokuba said.
"I thought so, she seemed skilled, now the question is what would happen when she duels Yugi." Kaiba said.
(Aelita has encountered and defeated X.A.N.A.'s second minion, Rex Raptor, and now she knows his plan, but why does X.A.N.A. need the god cards? Next chapter will feature a tag duel. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated.)