When the match between Team Rodrigo and Team Mystic was set, Yukina and her friends were set to get these jerks. However, Team Rodrigo proposed a relay duel, and they accepted. That means when one loses, the next can just step right in and take over. Marcus lost the first duel because of Selena's damage dealing strategy, but with only 500LP left, Yukina will finish it.
"Sorry, guys. I blew it. I thought I could take her." Marcus said as he joined the others.
"It's not your fault, Marcus." Felix said. "Selena is sneaky and cunning. She had a set of cards set to deal as much damage as possible to her opponent. She might have been aiming to weaken us and have her brothers finish it."
"Yeah, but now she's got a whole bunch more cards like that aimed for Yukina." Cindy said as she was worried. They were already falling behind. Yukina needs to even the score.
"Your tricks won't work on me, Selena." Yukina said as she was fresh and ready to go.
"We'll see about that. You don't look so tough to me." Selena claimed. "You want in on a little secret? No one has ever been able to defeat me. Not even once."
"First time for everything!" Yukina said.
"Well, you're going to have to wait. I might have attacked and knocked out your opponent, but it's still technically my turn. Now if you don't mind, I like to take it." Selena said as she continued where she left off. "I activate Card Destruction! With this, we have to send all the cards in our hands to the graveyard and draw that same number of cards!" Yukina wasn't fond of losing some cards already, but she had no choice.
"It looks like Selena is trying to get a fresh new hand for her new opponent, but she already managed to get Yukina to lose five of her cards." They discarded their cards and drew a new set.
"Great. I drew Hand Destruction, and I'm activating it! Now we have to send two cards in our hands to the graveyard and draw two more cards." Selena said. Yukina had to oblige, but she still hated it. As she did, she came to realize something.
'Wait a minute. Is she doing what I think she's doing?' Yukina thought, and Felix realized the same thing.
"What?! Selena changed her strategy!" Felix said.
"What do you mean?" Kent questioned.
"Rather than aiming for Yukina's life points, I think she's aiming for her deck!" Felix said with the others gasping at that.
"I place one card face-down and end my turn." Selena said.
"A mere face-down?! Selena has only 500LP left, and it looks like she didn't get the card she needed. That card better be a good one."
'Is she aiming for my deck this time? I can't be so sure after she played a couple cards that caused that.' Yukina thought. 'She still seems rather cocky, but she has only 500LP left. Whatever she's planning, I better end this fast.' "My turn! I draw!" She said as she drew her next card. "I'll begin by summoning my Wild Ally Hawk to the field!" She summoned out her hawk with it having 1600atk points. "When my hawk is summoned, I'm also able to summon my Wild Ally Snake!" She summoned out her snake with it having 1500atk points. "Even if your face-down stops one, I doubt it can stop both! Wild Ally Hawk, attack her directly!" She had her hawk flew in and attacked.
"You're wrong about that! I play Negate Attack!" Selena said as she played her trap.
"No!" Yukina said. A repelling force exerted out of her trap and stopped her attack.
"It was a good card! Negate Attack stopped Yukina's attack and immediately ends the battle phase!"
"I'll get you yet, Selena!" Yukina said as she ended her turn.
"Selena must have saved some cards that she could use on Yukina. Rather than dealing damage, she's trying to get Yukina to waste all her cards." Felix explained. "She's aiming for Yukina's life points and her cards. Yukina has to end this before she loses too much of either."
"My turn!" Selena said as she drew her next card. "I activate Dark World Dealings! This spell forces us to send a card in our hands to the graveyard, but we both get to draw a new card to take it's place." That seemed to further prove Yukina and Felix were right.
"I knew it. You're aiming for my deck instead of my life points." Yukina said. "Trying to win through a deckout?! How about you actually try fighting?!"
"No thanks. I surrender." Selena said. That wasn't what they expected.
"You what?!" Yukina said.
"Did I hear that right? Is Selena giving up the duel?!"
"I surrender. I'm afraid I just don't have the cards to win." Selena said. "I told you no one has ever defeated me." She claimed as she walked off like she had the victory.
"That's what you meant?! You would rather run than fight?! Coward!" Yukina called, but Selena felt like she really did win.
"What's she so smug about?! She gave up the match!" Marcus argued.
"She knew she couldn't beat Yukina. This was her real plan." Felix said. "With so little life points, she knew she didn't have a chance, but she was aiming to get rid of Yukina's cards. That's why she didn't use any cards to deal effect damage. It won't matter if Yukina runs out of cards to draw."
"So how many does Yukina have left?" Kent questioned.
"She had at least forty in her deck." Felix said as he did the math. "She drew five cards for her starting hand. Then, she had to drew five more because of Card Destruction. Then, she drew two more because of Hand Destruction. After that, she drew one more card, and had to draw one more because of Dark World Dealing. That means she has a total of twenty-six cards left in her deck. That's not bad, but she lost too many cards too early. I'm worried the next one is going to try the same strategy." The score might be even now, but it's not looking good for Team Mystic.
"You did great, Selena." Alonzo claimed.
"I do wish I could have shrunk her deck down more, but I didn't have the cards to do that." Selena said.
"No worries. I can take it from here." Alonzo claimed.
"Good. Finish it Alonzo." Aaron said. That's just what Alonzo plans to do. "All according to plan. Yukina might be a skilled duelist, but a duelist of all kinds needs cards. She's going to have a hard time to make a comeback as she loses more cards."
"Both sides have lost a duelist, but Alonzo is coming out and Yukina has lost some cards. The power seems to be in Alonzo's favor."
"And that's where it's going to stay." Alonzo said as he took his turn. "Keep in mind that since it was still Selena's turn, I can just pick-up where she left off, which means I can attack you if I want." Yukina had to brace herself for anything now. "I'll activate my Polymerization! With it, I'm fusing together the Warm Worm and the Shield Worm in my hand!" He took his two monsters and they turned into energy with them mixing together. "I fusion summon Fire Worm!" He summon a worm-like creature with six arms and had a mane on it with blazing like fire. It also had 1800def points."
"It's in defense mode? I was sure he would attack." Cindy said.
"A monster that's slippery. That's fitting for someone like you." Yukina said.
"My Fire Worm might not seem like much, but he's got a great defense. If you want to attack him, you'll have to get rid of three cards from your deck." Alonzo said.
"So he is going with the same strategy." Yukina said. That means she has to watch how many cards she has left.
"Next, I'm activating my Fusion Recovery. This spell allows me to take the Polymerization and the Shield Worm that are in my graveyard and add them to my hand." Alonzo said as he took both his cards. "What's more is that I can summon Shield Worm!" He summoned out his worm with it emerging on the field. "Thanks to his ability, he instantly switches to defense mode." His worm switched modes and had 2000def points. "That's not all. You also have to send one card in your deck to the graveyard."
"Keep this up and Yukina isn't going to have any cards left!" Marcus said.
"That's the idea." Felix said. Yukina discarded another one of her cards, but she's hoping she can get the one that can help her out.
"Alonzo has fortified his defenses with two powerful defensive monsters. What's more is that he is still cutting down Yukina's deck. If she doesn't do something soon, Yukina isn't going to have a deck left to duel with."
"I think I'll end my turn right there." Alonzo said. "Go ahead and take your turn. It's not like you have anything that can get around my monsters. As long as I got a good defense, you can't get my life points and I can keep cutting your deck down little by little."
"We'll see about that!" Yukina said as she drew her next card. 'Of course, it's easier said than done. I don't have anything in my hand at the moment that can get around those worms. If I don't think of something soon, he's going to cut down my deck more and more.'
"Well? Are you going to make a move?" Alonzo taunted.
"I'm just going to place one face-down and end my turn." Yukina said.
"Ha. I knew you didn't have anything that could help." Alonzo claimed. "Maybe you're not as good as everyone thinks, but it is difficult to make a comeback when you don't have the cards to help. My turn!" He drew his next card, and luck seems to be really against Yukina. It was a card he needed. "Perfect! I activate Fusion Conscription! This allows me to add one of the monsters needed for a fusion summon to my hand."
"You're going to fusion summon again? What monster is it going to be this time?" Yukina said.
"Be patient. You're about to find out." Alonzo said as he liked how this was going. "The monster I'm adding to my hand is the Giant Soldier of Stone!"
"That monster has good defense, what what fusion monster needs that?" Cindy said.
"We'll see soon enough, but Yukina is about to get it." Kent said.
"I now activate Polymerization! This allows me to fuse together my Giant Soldier of Stone with my Celctic Guard of Noble Arms!" Alonzo said as he took two other monsters and fused them together into a mighty force. "These two warriors of strength and endurance combine their powers to crush all! I fusion summon Herculean Warrior!" He summoned out a great big warrior that wore golden armor with long black hair and wielded a massive club. That monster also had 2400atk points.
"Great. Another one that thinks he's all tough. I thought you three were enough." Yukina said.
"You haven't seen what power is really like! Herculean Warrior, attack her hawk! Crushing Swing!" Alonzo ordered. His great and mighty warrior went on the attack as it swung its club and smashed it against Yukina's hawk. Not only was it destroyed, but her life points dropped as well to just 3200. "I'm afraid it's about to get worse. Not only does Herculean Warrior allow me to draw two cards, but you have to send two to the graveyard."
"Not only has Alonzo gained new cards with this powerful monster, but he continues to weaken Yukina's deck!" Yukina discarded her two cards with Alonzo taking his.
"I place two cards facedown and that ends my turn." Alonzo claimed.
"Yukina is literally dueling with half of a deck now. It's not going to be easy for her to make a comeback, but it is still anyone's guess."
"Anyone's guess? He can't be serious." Selena said. "It's obvious who is going to win this."
"It's just as I said. They're too weak." Aaron said as they're acting like they already won this.
"My turn!" Yukina said as she drew her next card.
"And since it is, I'm able to activate my Cemetery Bomb!" Alonzo said as he played a trap. "Now you lose 100LP for every card in your graveyard! Thanks to the combined efforts of me and Selena, you have a total of eleven cards in your graveyard. That means you lose 1100LP!" A surge of energy blasted against Yukina with her life points dropping to 2100. "That was so much fun. I think I'll do it again!" He said as he played a second one.
"Not another Cemetery Bomb!" Yukina said.
"That's right! That means you lose even more life points!" Alonzo claimed. Yukina got blasted again with her life points dropping to just 1000.
"At least you went for my life points instead of my deck that time." Yukina said.
"No reason I can't do both." Alonzo said.
"What about respect and pride?" Yukina questioned. "After coming this far in the tournament, don't you have any pride as a duelist? Wouldn't you prefer to win with skill rather than a technicality?"
"No. I prefer to just win. That's what all three of us want, and we don't care what we have to do." Alonzo claimed.
"You've made that pretty clear." Yukina complained, but hates the way they do it. It isn't exactly honorable since they attacked Kent and claim they steal cards.
"Don't stand there and judge us. You have no idea how we had to struggle to survive, and we're sick of living like that." Alonzo said. "We're willing to do whatever we have to get out of the slums!"
"That's your reason for doing this?!" Yukina questioned.
"Alonzo! Stop talking and get to dueling!" Aaron called as he has had enough with all the talk. "Finish her off and let's get on to finishing off their last duelist!"
"You're right. It's really none of their business. She's just looking for excuses for when she loses." Alonzo said. "I wonder which will runout first. Will it be your life points or your cards?" Yukina is finding herself hating these guys more and more. No matter how bad their life is, it's still no excuse for how they acted or dueled.
'I can't lose. There has to be a way to win this, and I better figure out before I run out of steam.' Yukina thought. She's running low on life points and on cards. She has to figure out how to win before she runs out of either.
