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Chapter XIV: A Few Quick Duels
Rose' P.O.V.
" At last, Kaiba is gone and outta our hair," Joey said.
" Don't ya always say that when he's gone?" Triston murmured.
" Ah, shad-up," Joey countered.
' Those two are idiots, as they always were in the series...' I thought as I sat down in a chair near the counter. I was currently trying to figure out how to put the bracelet and the ring on the weapon of mine. There were two strings hanging off of it at the bottom base of the head, so why not put my two jewelery on them? I'll forever be carrying this thing around, right?
" What'cha doing Rose?" Ebony asked as the argument continued between the two idiots.
" What does it look like I'm doing?" I said, though I'm just slightly frustrated by this stupid process. " It would be a whole lot easier if these two things here was on the Holy Life rod, so I wouldn't have to worry about where I put them."
" Oh. Makes sense," Ebony said, sitting down in another chair. " Doesn't look like the strings want to be tied though, huh?"
" No duh..." I said. The strings were like chains! You could only turn it into a loop, where the two ends of one string would meet, yet you can't tie each other together. Dammit! " I highly doubt I want to use super glue on this thing..."
" Yeah, I don't think that such a good idea."
" ...Whoa!" I said as the strings suddenly came to life when I held both jewelery together this time. One of the strings looped through the ring and the end of it went to meet the other end and permently attacked itself there. The onther string did the same to the bracelet. " ... Let's NOT talk about this to the others," I said quietly.
" Alright Rose, if ya think so," Ebony said.
" You're beginning to talk like Joey," I said.
" Opps," she said, beginning to laugh.
" What's so funny about sounding like Joey?" I grumbled, but said it to myself. What can I say? She really likes Joey...
" Hey Ebony, Rose," Joey suddenly said as he comes over to us. " Didn't ya guys say ya'll were the best duelers in America?"
" Yeah, along with Coalar. Everyone at school were dumber than dumbells at the game," Ebony answered.
" Why do you ask?" I asked, pretty much knowing what's coming with this conversation.
" Ebony, I wanna challange you to a duel!" Joey said, confirming my small suspesion. " You accept?"
" Yeah, of course!" Ebony answered. She's ready to do something other than talk, and she always wanted to battle against Joey. " Er... can I borrow somebody's duel disk?" she asked.
" Here Ebony," Yugi said as he slips his off and handed it to Ebony. " You can use mine."
" Thanks Yugi!" Ebony said as she slips it on. " Alright, let's go outside!"
Joey and Ebony faced each other outside in the backyard.
" Just ta let ya know Ebony, I won't take it easy on ya!" Joey said.
" If you did, then it wouldn't be any fun!" Ebony answered. She grabbed her deck and prepared to slid it into the duel disk, with Joey doing the same.
" Now let's DUEL!" they yelled as they slipped their decks into the disks.
Ebony's P.O.V.
" Alright, my move first," I said as I drew my 6 cards, then one more since it was my turn. I had Silver Fang, Bottomless Shifting Sand trap card, Soul Exchange magic card, Remove Trap card, Cure Mermaid, Waboku trap card, Amazon Archer, and Xing Zhen Hu trap card. None of my favorites, but all good cards. " I set 2 cards face-down," I said as I placed Xing Zhen Hu and Bottomless Shifting Sand trap cards on the disk. " And then I summon Silver Fang to the field," I said as I set him on, in attack mode. " Your move."
" Alrigh', here goes," Joey said as he draws his 7th card. " I play Aligator Sword in attack mode, and I'll throw a card face-down on the field," he said as he sets both cards on the field. " Yer turn."
" Alrighty," I said as I pulled a card. It was Neko Mane King. This card should be fine for now. "Okay I play this card face-down in defense mode!" I smiled as I set the card into defense mode. This should put a little twist in things. " And I'll also use my trap card, Xing Zhen Hu! Selecting up to two cards from my opponent's side of the field, your trap and magic cards I selected cannot be used until you somehow destroy my trap." I smiled cockily. " Your turn."
Joey, who didn't seem at all fazed by this, smiled. "My turn," he said drawing another card from his deck, this time it was Baby Dragon. His plan slowly started to fall into place. "I play Baby Dragon in attack mode," he shouted as the orange lizard enter the field. "Now go, Aligator Sword, and attack Ebony's face down card!"
I smirked as Aligator Sword was nearly on my face-down monster. " Nice try, but now I activate a face-down card of mine. Go, Bottomless Shifting Sand!"
" Wha kinda card is dat?" Joey said in awe.
" It's a trap card, which destroys your monster with the highest attack points! Say bye-bye to your Aligator Sword," I said as the trap destroyed Joey's monster, wiping out some LP from him.
" Ack... your turn," Joey said.
" Alright," I said as I pulled a card from my deck. It was a Change of Heart card! Yeah! " Alright, I sacrifice my monster, Neko Mane King, in order to summon my Flame Cerebrus to the field in attack mode, then I send my Amazon Archer to the field too," I said " But I'm not done yet! Now I activate a magic card, Change of Heart, and take control of your monster, Baby Dragon," I said as Baby Dragon came to my side of the field. " I'll have your monster attack your Life Points first!" Baby Dragon roared as he launched a simi-powerful fire attack on Joey, wiping out even more LP. " Then I'll have Silver Fang attack your Life Points, then following that, I'll have my Flame Cerebrus attack your Life Points also! Go Flame Cerebrus!" The enraged flamed three-headed dog roared and ran straight for Joey's monster, balls of fire emerged from their mouth. " And the last thing to do! Have my Amazon Archer attack the rest of your Life Points. Hook, line, sinker," I said as I finished the duel up. All the monsters disappeared as soon as Joey had no LP left.
"Ohhh man..." Joey said as he stands there in shock. " ...that was such a short duel..."
" Good duel Joey!" I said as I smiled.
Rose's P.O.V.
' Just like Ebony to show off. But when she's good, she's good,' I thought as I look at Joey. He was rarely having that short of a duel, from the shock he was showing.
" Y-yeah, good duel Ebony," Joey finally said. " Man, you only beat me in just a few turns, and Yugi's duels are much longer than that!"
" Eh, what can I say?" Ebony said as she shrugged. " But you were still good, even though luck was on my side more than yours."
" Yeah, tell me abou' it... if I wuz able ta summon my Time Wizard on da field, I could've at least lasted longer!"
" I can't believe that Joey was beaten that quickly..." I heard Mai say from behind me. " He beats me, and the duel could last half an hour."
" Ebony, Coalar, and me perfer to win our duels quickly. Just to psyc out the other opponents," I said as I sat down on the wall, looking bored. " Of course, it has been a few months since we all last dueled."
" Sheesh. And Ebony beat Joey with no problem," Mai said as Ebony came over to us. " Well, that just inspires me to want to duel, but I want to challange you Rose."
" ..." I did not really want to duel. Not in the mood...
" Oh, come on Rose! I dueled Joey, you should take the challange," Ebony said.
" ...Fine, fine, let's get this duel underway," I said. " Yugi, once again can your duel disk be borrowed?"
" Yeah, it's fine with me."
" Here Rose," Ebony said as she took her cards from the disk and handed it to me. I put it on my left arm.
" Alright, let's duel," Mai said as she slid her deck into her disk as I slid my newly orginized deck in mine. " I'll start this duel off," Mai said as she drew her first 6 cards, then another. My 6 was Soul Exchange, Lesser Dragon, Wingweaver, Harpie's Brother, Ekibyo Drakmord, & Remove Trap. Not a bad hand at all. My trusty Ekibyo Drakmord appeared in my first hand.
" Go on ahead Mai," I said as I kept myself from smirking a bit.
" Alright, I summon Harpie Lady, in attack mode," Mai said as she sent out Haprie Lady. " Then I set one card face down, and end my turn."
" Alrighty, my turn," I said as I drew my 7th card. It was the Ookazi Magic card. " Well, this is looking good for me," I mumbled as I picked my Lesser Dragon, Soul Exchange, Remove Trap, and Wingweaver. " I summon Lesser Dragon to the field," I said as I slid that one on. " Then I put one card face-down, then I play Soul Exchange, so I can summon a much stronger monster by sacrificing one of my monsters and one of yours."
" Not if I stop that with Harpie Lady's Feather Duster!" Mai said as she releashed the card.
" And that won't happen, because I use my Remove Trap card," I said as I flipped that upward, destroying her card. " Now continuing, I'll sacrifice both my Lesser Dragon and your Harpie Lady in order to summon one of my favorite cards, Wingweaver!"
Both monsters disappeared as they were sent to the graveyard, then my Wingweaver appeared on the field. Man, I can't help but be in awe, since you know that there was no such thing as playing like this in my world. " Alright, I'll have her attack your Life Points directly," I said as I sent Wingweaver to attack Mai, with a light attack. Mai sorta yelled out as her Life Points dropped to 1250. " I'll end my turn on that."
" Alright, my move," Mai said as she drew a card. " I summon another Harpie Lady to the field, in defense mode, then I'll place two cards face-down. That's all for now folks."
" Yay, my move." I drew a card, and it was the Pot of Greed card. " Alright, I'll use Pot of Greed and draw two more cards," I said as I used the card and drew my two cards. It was another Haprie's Brother and Birdface. This was becoming too much like a Harpie Lady vs. Harpie's Brother here. " I'll summon Harpie's Brother to the field, just to make things interesting," I said as I smirked a little and played the monster.
" What? Harpie's Brother?" Mai said as she stared at the monster. I'm betting she hasn't ever seen a card like this before.
" Yeah, Harpie's dear little brother is coming to play, but not very nicely," I said. " Harpie's Brother, go and take down Harpie Lady!"
" Not a chance!" Mai said as she flipped one of her face-downs. " I activate my trap card, Waboku! What it does-"
" Is that any damage inflicted by an opponent's monster is decreased to 0 during the trap is activated. Yeah, I already know," I finished. I have about 5 of those cards, and know what they do by heart. " Harpie Lady is saved from her brother, but that doesn't mean she'll stay for long. I'll activate my trusty magic card, Ekibyo Drakmord, and equip it to your Harpie Lady."
" What does it do?" Mai said as she watched the weird-looking beings from my magic card attach themselves to Harpie Lady.
" What it does is that it prevents your monster from doing anything. And in the end of your next turn, Harpie Lady is taking a trip to the Graveyard, and Ekibyo Drakmord card will return to my hand, ready for use again," I said.
" Whoa, that's unbelievable..." I heard Triston say. " She's definitly good at dueling, and knows what she's doing."
" Of course!" Ebony said.
" With that, I'll end my turn," I said.
" Er..." Mai mumbled. I'll bet she was going to do something, but with Harpie Lady unable to do anything, she can't do a thing. " Fine, since I can't do anything this turn, I'll pass..." she said after studying her hand with the new card.
" Which equals Harpie Lady going to the Graveyard, and Ekibyo Drakmord coming back to my hand," I said as Harpie Lady was destroyed by the green... things from the magic card. " Alright, next card," I said as I drew a card. It was just Dust Tornado. It'll be in handy in case of the last face-down card she has on her field. " I'll set one card face-down, then I'll have Wingweaver attack your Life Points directly!"
" Nice try, but I activate Mirror Force!" Mai said, revealing the magic card.
" Too bad I'll deflect that card with my set Trap card, Dust Tornado!" I said as the tornado appeared and took out the Mirror Force. " Since Wingweaver was unable to take out the rest of your Life Points, Harpie's Brother will do the honor of doing so," I said as Harpie's Brother attacked her Life Points, wiping the rest of them. " That's the end of this duel."