"I'll start!" Mikhaela drew a card. She smiled.
"I'll summon Yomi Ship in defense mode!" she placed the card sideways on the monitor, and the holographic projectors read the data and projected a Yomi Ship onto the field. It looked like Viking longboat, with cargo boxes stacked precariously on deck.
"Try and get past it," she taunted. "I'll place one card face down and end my turn"
"Very well, I shall!" replied Sakura.
Sakura drew her card and said, "I summon Dark Valkyria in attack mode!" Mikhaela heard a flutter of wings, and saw a bright pinpoint of light shoot onto the field. The light slowly faded to reveal a winged woman clutching the staff. Her ebony wings fluttered and wicked looking armor adorned her body. A display on the board showed the Valkyria with a devastating 1800 attack points; that was more than enough to defeat Mikhaela's Yomi Ship!
"Now go my Valkyria! Attack the Yomi Ship." The demonic warrior shot forward and raked her nails through the ship, cutting it in half. The hologram shattered and Mikhaela reluctantly placed her card in the graveyard. But as she did so, a smile grew across her face.
"What are you smiling at?" asked Sakura.
"Ha! When your monster destroyed my Yomi Ship, you activated its special ability." A spectral copy of the once magnificent ship floated from the graveyard. Without warning, two sets of rusty chains shot from the bow and wrapped around the demonic Gemini monster, constricting it. The monster let out a hideous scream as she was dragged to the boat. The boat and its victim slowly drifted off into the graveyard.
"What did you do?" cried Sakura.
"When Yomi Ship is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, it drags the attacking monster down with it. You made the mistake of attacking without reading the fine print." Mikhaela smirked.
Sakura grimaced and placed Dark Valkyria in the graveyard. "I'm sorry, my friend. I promise to look beyond the move next time." She placed two cards face down. "I admit, that was a good move. I let my over eagerness lead my decisions, not my logic. But I promise that won't happen again." She gestured to her opponent. "I'll place two cards facedown and end my turn"
Now maybe you won't underestimate the power of my cards. Mikhaela drew a card and felt a tingle of power course through her. This card will lead me to victory, I'm sure of it.
"First I'll activate my facedown card, Heavy Storm." A vicious wind swept through the arena, rattling the screens and causing the players to shield their eyes. Sakura's facedown cards shattered, and she sent them to the graveyard.
"So it wasn't a trap card you placed face down, was it?"
"Nope. But it served its purpose anyway." She selected one of the remaining cards in her hand. "I'll play the spell card Terreforming!" Suddenly the field was engulfed in a holographic version of a planet, dirty brown and dusty.
"This allows me to search my deck for any field spell card and add it to my hand" Rummaging around in her deck for a minute, she concentrated and finally picked one. "And the one I choose to add and play is A Legendary Ocean." The dusty planet disappeared and the whole arena seemed to sink underwater. The crumbled remains of an underwater city lay sprawled all over the arena, and Sakura could just see the sun shining through the waves. Now this is more like it, thought Mikhaela. Water is my element. Let's see her try to get past it. "I presume you know what this card does, am I correct?" called Mikhaela. Sakura merely nodded.
"Of course I know what it does," she replied sarcastically. And I don't want to know what happens next, she thought in fear.
"Then you'll know that I can summon my Orca Mega-Fortress of Darkness without having to Tribute a monster." Mikhaela triumphantly threw down a card in attack mode.
A cloudy shape began to float forward. An earsplitting roar shook the stadium and the blurry creature sharpened into focus. A large killer whale, it's mouth full of vicious teeth barreled toward the field, stopping just short of Mikhaela, who stood without flinching. It turned around and settled in front of its owner, bellowing at its opponent. Sakura's face blanched in fear. She knew what was coming next. She composed herself and readied her body for an attack. Without any monsters or spells do defend her precious life points, she'd be helpless against the whale's power.
"Attack!" Mikhaela cried, and the whale swam forward, its mouth open and ready to deliver a fatal bite. Sakura screamed and closed her eyes. The last thing Sakura remembered before sinking into milky darkness was the whale's teeth closing around her body.