Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Unbelievable Connections ❯ First Duel of Battle City ( Chapter 8 )

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! However, I DO own Marissa, Keline, Symari, and Joseph.

 

Chapter 8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

“Ah, the first day of the tournament,” Joey sighed the next day. “You can just smell the duels in the air!”

 

“Uh, Joey...duels don't smell,” said Mai, while giving him a strange look.

 

“I was making a joke, Mai.” Yugi laughed. The three friends were standing next to the fountain at the center of town, preparing their minds for a duel. Yugi looked around and saw Marissa and Keline coming their way. She was talking on a cell phone, while he appeared to be somewhat bored. She waved to Yugi, who returned the greeting.

 

“...got to go. Talk to you later, Duke,” Marissa said into the phone. She hung up and handed it to Keline, who stuffed it inside his jacket. She then turned to Yugi, Joey, and Mai. “Hi, guys.”

 

“Hey, Marissa,” Yugi replied joyfully. “Are you ready for your first duel in America?”

 

“As ready as I'll ever be, I suppose.” She shrugged and smiled.

 

“For your future edification,” Mai told her, “the boys here will always want to go easy on you unless you force them not to.”

 

She wrinkled her brow in question. “And why is that?”

 

“You and Mai are practically the only girl duelists out there,” Yugi answered, shrugging. “Lots of people will believe you can't handle it.”

 

“That's a bunch of nonsense!” Keline exclaimed suddenly. Joey, Yugi, and Mai looked at him with raised eyebrows. “There's plenty of excellent female duelists out there. Practically all the girls in Egypt duel.” The three others responded with words of awe.

 

“My friend Katelyn didn't, though,” Marissa stated. The conversation ceased for a few minutes until Joey spoke up.

 

“Hey, Keline, how about you and me duel?” he asked excitedly.

 

“Right now?” Keline returned with a raised eyebrow.

 

“Yeah! I can show you my expert dueling skills!”

 

“Or, not-so-expert skills,” Mai muttered so that he wouldn't hear her.

 

Keline shrugged. “Okay.” The two agreed to have a just-for-fun duel by not risking any locator cards. As they approached opposite ends of the set dueling area, other kids started to come closer so they could watch. When Joey placed his deck in the correct slot, Keline asked him, “You're sure you want to do this, right? This is your last chance to back down.”

 

“Don't worry, I'm not going anywhere,” Joey replied, grinning. So Keline stuck his deck in the slot as well. They each drew five cards to start.

 

“Remember to have fun out there!” Marissa cheered from the sidelines.

 

“LET'S DUEL!” the two boys said in unison.

 

“I'll go first,” Keline announced. For his move, he simply placed a monster facedown in defensive mode. On his turn, Joey instantly summoned the Flame Swordsman and ambitiously attacked. “Reveal Bagpiper!” The monster appeared on the field. It looked like a classic Scotsman holding a bagpipe.

 

“Too bad your monster only has 1,000 defense points,” Joey commented, but Keline only grinned.

 

“Yes, but his special ability makes up for that.” Joey and the others watched in awe as the Bagpiper proceeded to suck up the Flame Swordsman through the bagpipe, destroying Joey's monster. Then, each of the duelists' life points went down to 3,535 and the Bagpiper's attack points went from 1,200 to 1,665.

 

“Uh...would you care to tell me what just happened?”

 

“Of course. The Bagpiper destroys the attacking monster, and divides its attack points by three. One third of it is subtracted from each of our life points, while the remaining third is added to the Bagpiper's attack points. It's actually quite simple once you think about it.” Joey nodded.

 

“That's one cool monster,” Mai complimented, talking to nobody in particular.

 

“Yeah, but now Joey's left wide open for a direct attack!” Yugi exclaimed worriedly.

 

“It's my move,” Keline stated, drawing a card. “I switch Bagpiper to attack mode, and...attack Joey's life points directly!” Joey was hit by a blast of Scottish music notes coming from the bagpipe.

 

“I don't think I'm going to like bagpipe music ever again,” Joey commented jokingly, causing Keline to laugh. The blond drew his card. `How am I supposed to destroy his monster without attacking it?' he thought nervously. `If only I had some magic card that could...' “I play one monster in defense mode and one card face down.”

 

“Very well.” Keline drew from his deck. “I shall summon the Malevolent Bovine.” This monster was an upright cow holding a deathly-looking scythe. Keline also added the magic card, Rolling Hills of Ireland, to boast up its power by 200.

 

“First Scotland and now Ireland?” Mai asked.

 

“Keline's deck is multicultural,” Marissa joked in reply. He then launched an attack. His Bagpiper destroyed Joey's defense monster, but when his Malevolent Bovine was about to attack his life points directly, Joey revealed his facedown card.

 

“Scapegoat!!!” he announced triumphantly. The card became vertical and four fluffy, goat-like creatures appeared. The cow had to attack one of them instead of Joey.

 

“Nice move, Joey,” Keline complimented.

 

“Thanks.” It was his turn again, but he didn't have any cards that he could play. So it went back to Keline, who annihilated two more Scapegoats. This time, the card Joey drew caused a mischievous look to appear on his face. `This is perfect!' he thought excitedly. He instantly summoned it to the field: the Time Wizard.

 

“This could really help Joey win!” Yugi exclaimed happily. “It's one of the few ways he can get rid of Keline's Bagpiper.”

 

“Yeah, but only if he's feeling lucky,” Marissa replied semi-doubtfully. Yugi glanced up at her, but her eyes were fixated on the duel. She seemed to know how the card worked.

 

“Don't worry, Joey always feels lucky. He has a knack for these things.” In fact, at that moment, Joey received the heads he was looking for, sending both of Keline's monsters to the graveyard.

 

“No matter,” Keline said lightly. He brushed it off as if it was nothing. `Never mind, yes matter!' he thought urgently. `I can't/shouldn't use any of my cards at this time...except this one.' “I'll just place Shadow of Light in defense mode.” What appeared to be a simple, shining Will o' Wisp-like creature solidified on the field.

 

“So...I summon Baby Dragon in attack mode,” Joey announced. “Then, I use Polymerization to fuse him with Time Wizard and create Thousand Dragon!” And he did just that. (A/N: I know this isn't how the Thousand Dragon is formed in the show, but it's how you make it in the card game in real life.) Unfortunately, he couldn't attack because it was a fusion monster. However, he also added a facedown card before he ended his turn.

 

“Joey - you played exactly according to my plan.” Keline grinned slyly, causing Joey, along with Mai and Yugi, to become quite confused. “I play Nefarious Glory!!!” He stuck in a magic card, which had a picture of a mushroom cloud shrouding the sky. “This one-of-a-kind card destroys all of the opponent's monsters and subtracts their attack points directly from his or her life points!”

 

“Wow...that's one powerful card!” Mai stated in utter amazement. Her eyes were wide in astonishment.

 

“But that means...” Yugi started worriedly, “Joey's going to lose!” He looked over at Joey and became more amazed than he was before (if that was possible). Joey, to put it lightly, was as cool as a cucumber.

 

“Sorry to spoil your plans, Keline, but I'm not gonna lose!” he declared as his revealed his facedown card: Magic Jammer. (A/N: Does Joey even have this card? I don't know, but I had to make him use it!) After he discarded a card from his hand, Nefarious Glory was wiped away. What Keline shouted next was in Arabic, but everyone could tell it was a swear.

 

“Joey must be a really good duelist,” Marissa complimented.

 

“Why do you say that?” asked Yugi.

 

“That move almost always wins it for Kay.” Yugi nodded, comprehending, then turned his gaze back to the duel. Joey attacked and incinerated the Shadow of Light. It turned out to have no special effects, much to his gratitude. On Keline's turn, he who was now quite perturbed drew a card and frowned.

 

“I guess I'll pass,” he said, disappointed.

 

“C'mon, Keline,” Joey prompted. “I know you can do better than that.”

 

He laughed. “Yeah, I know. But apparently my deck doesn't.” This joke made Joey laugh as well. However, he became a little solemn when he attacked Keline's life points directly. But Joey's triumphant attitude didn't last long. This time when Keline drew, his eyes went wide.

 

“Something wrong, Keline?” He was slightly worried, for Keline was simply standing there and staring at the card in his hand.

 

“Why is he just standing there?” Mai inquired Yugi, but he just shrugged. Then Keline spoke.

 

“Joey,” he said simply. “You should be proud of yourself.” Joey looked at him, confused. “You're one of the few people I've had to use this card for.” He indicated the one he had been staring at.

 

“What!?” Marissa exclaimed suddenly. The others looked at her and noticed her eyes were also wide, and she looked worried. “Kay, are you crazy!?”

 

“Yes.”