The First Duel of Battle City part 2

Domino Plaza 10:30 am

Sailor V LP: 4000/Rare Hunter (Seeker) LP: 4000

Sailor V took a deep breath a drew from her deck and examined her hand. "I'll place this facedown." she said, setting one card. "And now, Chimera, demolish that Stone Statue of his!" V ordered. Her mighty beast roared and attacked the Rare Hunter's defense monster before returning to her side of the field. "That leaves you with one monster." V noted with a grin.

Seeker laughed. "It doesn't really matter." he replied. "I knew that even the famous Sailor V couldn't beat me in one turn."

Venus cracked a smile just as the Rare Hunter went to draw from his deck. "Not so fast!" she interjected. "You triggered the facedown I set last turn." V clicked the button on her Duel Disk, revealing a trap card known as Time Seal. "Now, due to my trap you can't draw this turn, therefore the final Exodia card stays right where it is."

Joey breathed a sigh of relief, wiping his forehead. "My trap will only last one turn, so I need to figure out how to stop him with my next move." Venus thought, glancing at her deck. "I can't keep skipping his turn and if he draws the next Exodia card, I'm done." V closed her eyes and drew, grinning once she saw the card she picked up.

"I play Lightforce Sword!" V announced, placing the card in the magic zone on her duel disk. "With it, I can destroy one card in your hand, and I'll aim for an Exoida piece." she closed her eyes as the magic card did it's thing, and hit the Right Arm of Exoidia. "And now, moving on, I sacrifice my Chimera to summon out an even badder creature, my 'Ancient Skull Warrior' in attack mode!" ("Ancient Skull Warrior" 2500/1200)

"Now, Skull Warrior attack 'Gear Golem the Moving Fortress'!" V commanded. "Black Lightning!"

Sailor V LP: 4000/Rare Hunter LP: 4000

The Rare Hunter drew from his deck, and Sailor V cracked a grinned at his expense. "You see, Exodia may be unstoppable as a whole, but the parts are easy prey." V noted, chuckling. "It's a whole new game now."

Seeker just busted out laughing. "A whole new game." he repeated. "Indeed it is, once I play this, 'Swords of Revealing Light'!"

Sailor V gasped as swords made entirely of light formed a barrier around her side of the field. "Great now I can't attack for three turns." she grumbled, biting her lip. "Which means I can't attack his life points before he summons Exoida." Sailor V drew from her deck, but since she couldn't do anything she ended her turn.

Seeker did the same, still wearing that grin that sent a chill down everyone's spine. "I'll let you in on a secret, little girl." he chuckled "Exodia cards are so rare that most duelists don't even own a single piece. But, being an experienced card hunter, I have three copies of each piece of Exodia."

Sailor V cracked a smirk. "You're deck is loaded with so many Exodia parts, the odds of drawing the one you need is slim to none." she noted, chuckling. "And, with my Lightforce Sword in play, I have three turns to defeat you and win back the Red-Eyes you took from Joey."

She drew from her deck, closing her eyes and focused on her strategy. "I'll place this card facedown, and summon my 'Alpha Lycanthrope' in attack mode!" A large, pitch black werewolf with glowing red eyes and wearing a white and red mask appeared with a chilling howl, standing tall next to Skull Warrior. ("Alpha Lycanthrope" 1500/1700)

"Now I have two monsters to your none." V noted. "And remember your deck has one tragic flaw; it's loaded with so many Exodia parts that there's no room for other cards, that would be able to stop my monsters." Sailor V kept her eyes locked with his, her stance not wavering. "And, I've destroyed your only two monsters for defense, and these swords won't hold me for long. Face it, once the right cards are played, you will loose this duel and I'll take pride in being the one to personally kick you out of Battle City."

Seeker drew from his deck, keeping his composure. "I bet that's another duplicate Exodia card." Sailor V predicted. "Which probably won't help you, because you won't be able to summon him in time to win. Face it, you've already lost." V's taunting finally got to the Rare Hunter, and he summoned Exodia's head to defend his life points. ("Head of Exodia" 1000/1000)

Sailor V just smiled, "And with that, you triggered my trap, a costly mistake for you." she giggled, revealing the trap card 'Chain Destruction'. "Now, the two remaining Exodia heads in your hand and deck are removed from the game."

With his turn ended, Sailor V drew. "First, I'll shatter the Swords of Revealing Light with my Dust Tornado trap card." the swords shattered, releasing the scout's monsters. "Now, I'll play my 'Monster Rebron' to resurrect Chimera!" ("Chimera the Flying Mythical Beast" 2100/1800)

"Alright, give him the boot Sailor V!" Joey cheered, pumping his fist into the air.

"Took the words right out of my mouth." Venus giggled. "Now Chimera, destroy the Head of Exodia!" she ordered. The twin-headed monster pounced and destroyed the hovering head. "Since your life points are now defenseless, my monsters have direct access to take you out. Ancient Skull Warrior, attack with Black Lightning!"

Rare Hunter LP: 4000-1500

"And don't think I forgot about my furry friend, Alpha Lycanthrope." V reminded. "Attack boy, Blood Claw!"

Rare Hunter LP: 1500-0

The holographic generators returned to the duel disks as the crowd of people erupted into applause over Sailor V's victory. The blonde scout flashed the piece sign and smiled, giving a curtsy. She walked over to the Rare Hunter, searching for the Red-Eyes Black Dragon card. "I'll be taking your Locater Card and the Red-Eyes Black Dragon." she told the hunter.

Sailor V skimmed through Seeker's deck, noticing something odd about the card images, feeling something rubbing off on her gloves. "Wait a minute, all these cards are marked." she gasped. "And the Exodia pieces are counterfeit."

"What a no good lying cheat!" Joey interjected. Sailor V ripped up the counterfeit Exodia cards and huffed, walking away with Joey at her side.

"Well, guess this bad boy belongs to you." she said, handing over the Red-Eyes Black Dragon. "Here, Joey."

He reached to take it, but hesitated. "Nah, you keep it V." he rebuked. "You won it fair and square."

"But, he belongs to you." the scout reminded. "I won it back for you."

"And that was real sweet of ya, but you keep him for now." Joey assured. "You said you entered this tournament to take out Rare Hunters right?" Sailor V nodded. "Then Red-Eyes will be perfect to stand against their suped up decks." Joey went on. "Besides, you can think of this face whenever you play it." he pointed to himself, flashing a smile that made Mina's heart skip a beat.

Joey touched Mina's hand and a jolt traveled through her body, and a memory of her past flooded her mind.

(Flashback)

Princess Venus of the Moon Kingdom, first born daughter of Queen Serenity, was standing on a balcony of an Egyptian palace which looked out over the desert. Someone, who greatly resembled Joey, except his skin was tan and he wore clothes similar to Egyptian court members, like the right hand of a Pharaoh, stood beside her.

"You're very beautiful, Princess." Kasmut said, smiling.

Venus turned and smiled back. "Thank you, and please call me Venus." she replied.

"A name of beauty, befitting of a being a beautiful as you." the High Priest complimented.

The stars of the night sky twinkled as they looked deep into eachother's eyes. Their faces inched closer and their lips met in a kiss.

(End Flashback)

Mina gasped and looked down at Red-Eyes Black Dragon, then met Joey's brown eyes. The vision left questions in her mind, but she felt a connection with the Brooklyn-accented male. "Thank you, Joey." she said in a low voice.

"Of course." he replied. "See ya around, V."

Sailor V nodded as she watched him walk downtown, searching for his first Battle City challenge. "Mina." Artemis said, sitting by his owner's leg.

The solider of Love and Beauty sighed, "Guess being the Scout of Love, means I'm destined to fall every time I see a cute boy. And Joey is defiantly, my type."

The white cat jumped onto her shoulder. "Mission first." Artemis reminded.

"I know." Mina replied, looking into his big, blue eyes. "I wonder how Harmony and Astrate are fairing." she thought aloud as she walked the Domino streets.

Downtown Domino 10:55 am

"That's one down." Sailor Rose sighed, taking two locater cards from the Rare Hunter she just defeated, along with the rare magic card he anted up.

"Nice one Rose." Astrate complimented. "Where to next?"

"Anywhere where freaks in dark cloaks are hiding." She answered, adjusting her pink mask.