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Chapter 25: Mitaka's Revenge
The break after Yuma's duel with Hikari had passed by very quickly, and the audience was very eager for the next duel to get underway. It seemed that the brutal ending to Michael's duel with Alnia had been all but forgotten. Down in the dugout, Alit did a final check of his deck to make sure that his deck was ready to face Samantha. After all, Astral reviving Chitose depended heavily on defeating the other two Death Queens. Alit had to be sure he could defeat their second member. At last, the referee called Alit and Samantha onto the stage. When Alit made it onstage, Samantha was giving him a calm yet icy glare from the other end.
"I'm going to make you pay for taking Ani away from us." Samantha declared.
"I never wanted my duel with Chitose to turn out that way." Alit told her. "But there's a way to bring her back. And to do it, I have to take you and Alnia down!"
"As if I'll even let you near Alnia!" Samantha told him.
"Let the duel… begin!" the referee announced.
With that, Alit activated his D-Gazer and duel disk. At the same time, Samantha's left eye turned green and her left arm changed to its Barian form, causing her golden blade-like duel disk to appear. Once all the audience members activated their D-Gazers, the color of the surrounding area changed.
"I'll start this off!" Alit declared as he drew his first card. "I summon Battlin' Boxer Veil in Defense Mode!" The masked boxer appeared in a kneeling position with the two halves of his shield joined together. "Then I'll set one card on the field and end my turn."
Samantha drew her first card. "I summon Dark Elf in Attack Mode!"
Appearing on the redhead's side of the field was an elf woman with dark skin and long dark-purple hair. She had on teal-colored robes that showed off her bare shoulders and a sort of gold crown atop her head.
"Dark Elf? I didn't know anyone actually played that card." Shark spoke with a raised eyebrow up in the skybox. "I mean it has good ATK for a level four monster, but it costs a thousand life points each time just to attack with it."
"Not when Mitaka uses her." Kotori told him. "I know exactly what kind of combo she's going for. It's the one she used in our very first duel."
"I activate the Spell card, Forbidden Chalice!" Samantha announced. "This cursed cup raises my Dark Elf's ATK by 400 until the end of the turn at the cost of her losing her effect!"
A shining silver chalice appeared in Dark Elf's right hand. The elf woman took a sip from the liquid inside and suddenly convulsed and clutched her throat, almost as if she were choking from drinking poison. At the same time, the chalice she was holding dropped from her hand to the ground, causing it to shatter into bits of light. After a moment though, Dark Elf seemed to stop chocking and her body began to glow with a purple aura.
"I get it. This way you can attack with Dark Elf without having to pay all those life points." Alit realized. "Not only that, she gains a little extra ATK. Not bad. Of course it's not quite as good as something Chitose would've done."
"Don't you dare speak Ani's name in front of me!" Samantha angrily told him. "Dark Elf! Destory that stupid boxer monster of his! Enchanting Black Magic!"
Dark Elf thrust her right hand forward and fired a barrage of black lightning bolts from her palm. The attack struck Battlin' Boxer Veil and caused the masked fighter to shatter into bits of light.
"I'll set three cards on the field and end my turn!" Samantha announced.
Alit drew his next card. "I summon Battlin' Boxer Headgeared in Attack Mode!" The grey almost stone-like boxer appeared on Alit's side of the field. "Next I activate the Trap card, Copy Knight! When I've summoned a Warrior-type monster, Copy Knight becomes a copy of that monster!"
The large Trap card that Alit had previously set turned into a white knight. The knight walked up next to Headgeared and raised his sword. After momentarily being bathed in a pillar of white light, the knight transformed into an exactly duplicate of Alit's boxer.
"I overlay the level four Headgeared and Copy Knight to Xyz Summon Battlin' Boxer Lunar Tekko!" Alit announced.
A blue vortex appeared in the center of the battlefield and pulled in Alit's two monsters as balls of purple energy. Rising out of the vortex a moment later was a lean but muscular warrior with bronze skin. A silver helmet like that worn by a medieval knight covered his head and obscured his face. His upper torso was covered in a piece of silver armor with the symbol of the moon on the chest, and on his back were four silver blades shaped like a crescent moon. Pieces of silver armor covered his waist, and on each hand was a blade-like weapon similar to brass knuckles. Orbiting around the new boxer were two balls of blue light.
"Unlike Solar Tekko, Lunar Tekko gains 200 ATK for each Spell and Trap card my opponent has on the field." Alit continued. "And since you have three out right now, his ATK goes up from 2500 to 3100!"
"Am I supposed to be impressed?" Samantha asked indifferently.
"You should be. But then I don't really care what you think." Alit responded. "Lunar Tekko, attack Dark Elf! Diana Knuckle!"
Lunar Tekko charged across the field and delivered a punch to Dark Elf's chest. Upon being hit, the elf woman shattered into bits of gold light. Samantha's life points dropped from 4000 to 2500.
"I activate Lunar Tekko's effect!" Alit announced. "When he destroys a monster that was normal summoned like Dark Elf, I can detach one of his overlay units so he can attack again! Lunar Tekko, attack Mitaka directly!"
One of the balls of light orbiting Lunar Tekko entered the moon symbol adorning his chest. The armored boxer began to charge at Samantha with his fist raised, but before be could strike three pillars of red flame appeared in front of the redhead. The flames eventually died down to reveal three large effigies made out of burning straw. The effigies all had a human shape and faces like those of a jack-o-lantern, and each one was twice the size of Lunar Tekko.
"What just happened?" a surprised Ali asked.
"What happened is that I summoned my Trap monsters, Wicker Idol." Samantha explained. "When they're activated, they each become a level five monster with 2500 DEF."
"Yeah? Well your three Idols are still Traps, which means Lunar Tekko's ATK is still stronger than their DEF." Alit pointed out.
"True, but while each Wicker Idol is on the field, special summoned monsters except for Spellcasters can't attack." Samantha revealed. "Which means your muscle-headed boxer's attack stops here."
"In that case, I guess I'll set one card on the field and end my turn." Alit announced.
"This is a trouble development." Astral remarked down in the dugout. "Now Mitaka has everything she needs to summon her Number."
"Yeah, but look at Alit." Yuma pointed out, referring to the confident smirk on the dark-haired duelist's face. "It looks like he has some kind of plan."
"That dolt is being overconfident." Mizael spoke up in the skybox. "He thinks that just because he can call forth a Shining Number, he can easily defeat Mitaka just as he defeated Anitak. Sure that witch must see his plan coming."
Samantha drew her next card. As she pulled it, the card seemed to give off a flash of red light. "Using my three level five Wicker Idols, I build the overlay network and Xyz Summon my ultimate monster! Arise, Number 665: Witch Queen Agatha!"
A red galaxy-like vortex appeared in the center of the battlefield and pulled in Samantha's three monsters as balls of orange energy. Rising out of the field moments later was a round object with three fireballs orbiting around it that quickly transformed into Samantha's masked witch.
'Go ahead. Summon that Number of yours,' Alit thought to himself. 'Once you destroy Lunar Tekko, I can use his effect to summon three new Battlin' Boxers from my deck. And in the worst-case scenario, I can use the Wonder Xyz Trap that I just set to summon Star Cestus during your turn. Then on my turn I can bring out my Shining Number and end this duel.'
"I activate the Spell card, Rank-Up-Magic – The Devil's Triad!" Samantha announced. "With Devil's Triad, I use Witch Queen Agatha to open the gates of the underworld and rebuild the overlay network to summon a monster one rank higher! Arise! Number C665: Witch Goddess Agatha!"
A pillar of crimson light shot up from the ground around Agatha and a terrifying shriek could be heard from within. After a moment the light faded to reveal Agatha in a new form. Her dress and hat had become a fiery shade of red and her once green skin had become a very pale white. The mask that had been covering her face had vanished, showing that while the right side of her face was that of a beautiful woman, the left side had scars left from when she had been badly burned. Her eyes were yellow and their pupils were silted like the eyes of a cat. Her hair had become red curls that cascaded half way down her back, and on her back had appeared a large pair of black-feathered wings. Orbiting around the witch were four balls of blazing red fire.
"I activate Witch Goddess Agatha's effect!" Samantha announced. "By detaching one of her overlay units, I can destroy an effect monster my opponent controls and deal 400 points of damage times that monster's level or rank!"
One of the fireballs orbiting Agatha entered her left eye. A fireball appeared in the witch's right hand and she threw it across the field at Lunar Tekko. The armored boxer was completely set ablaze.
Samantha began to cackle madly. "That's right! Burn! Burn for your crimes of magic as I once did!"
In a few more moments, Lunar Tekko exploded and Alit was nearly knocked to the ground. His life points had dropped to 2400.
"When Agatha destroys a monster using her effect, she gains half the ATK of the destroyed monster until the end of the turn." Samantha continued. "Which means her ATK goes up from 4000 to 5250."
"Maybe, but now I activate Lunar Tekko's effect!" Alit announced. "When Lunar Tekko is destroyed, I can summon three level four Battlin' Boxer monsters from my deck!"
"Actually, you can't." Samantha told him. "As long as Witch Goddess Agatha is on the field, the only monsters that can be special summoned are Spellcaster-type monsters. And since all those muscle-headed monsters of yours are Warriors, those monsters you were planning to bring out are stuck in your deck."
"Oh crap!" Alit cursed.
"This ends now!" Samantha declared. "Agatha, attack him directly! Vengeful Firestorm!"
Agatha raised her hands forward and let loose a wave of crimson flames across the field at Alit. Alit was knocked off the stage by the flaming tidal wave and onto his back. His life points dropped to zero after being hit. With the duel over, Agatha vanished from the stage and the color of the surrounding area returned to normal. There was a hush over the stadium like the one that occurred when Alnia defeated Michael. Down on the stadium floor, Yuma and the others ran over to Alit's side as the dark-haired duelist got back to his feet.
"Alit! You okay?" a concerned Yuma asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Alit answered with a scowl. "Dammit! Just when I thought we were going to get one step closer to bringing back Chitose!"
"Don't worry, Alit. Astral and I will get her back." Yuma assured him. "You'll see."
"Um… and the winner of the duel is, Samantha Warren!" the referee announced. Upon this proclamation there was a reluctant cheer from the audience. "This concludes the second day of the Millennium Tournament! Tomorrow we will conduct the semifinal and final rounds! The first duel of the semifinals will be between Alnia and Cleo Atlas!"
"Oh Yuma darling!" Samantha called up from the stage. "Looks like you and I will be facing each other in the next round. I'm gonna make sure to show you a good time."
Yuma took a big gulp. "Why do I suddenly have a very bad feeling about the next duel?"
"I suggest you go with the feeling, Yuma." Astral told him.
After giving Yuma a seductive wink and blowing him a kiss, Samantha walked off the stage. With the quarterfinals over the stadium began to empty. Samantha joined Alnia down in the other dugout.
"You did pretty well out there." Alnia praised.
"Thanks." Samantha replied. "It would've been better if I had killed that son of a bitch, Alit, but I'll take what I can get. I better make a few little changes to my deck before my duel with Yuma tomorrow. Before I'm done with him, he'll regret choosing birdie-girl over me."
"Now that'll be a show." Alnia declared.
"What about you? Are you going to be making any changes to your deck for your duel with the other Signer?" Samantha asked.
"Nah. Taking Atlas on will be a challenge, but I can cream her all the same." Alnia answered. "If that Signer bitch thinks she can beat me, she's got another thing coming."
Author's Note: Apologies for yet another fairly short chapter. Half the time the duels don't take as long as I think they'll be in the beginning. Anyway, we're getting a little closer to the end of this tournament. There are only three duels left, so stay tuned. Rest assured that these duels will take longer than just three chapters to tell.
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