Chapter 16: First Duel

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"This is it, Akia! Your first match in an actual tournament! I've got to make the most out of it! I'll take this guy down, and take his place in the tournament," Akia pumped herself up.

"I think I will be starting off first," Kungo asserted.

"What happened to ladies first? Ever heard of that?" Akia replied sarcastically.

"You're the one who challenged me. I should at least be the one starting," Kungo explained.

"Whatever makes you more comfortable... I'll be winning this anyway."

Kungo chuckled at what Akia said. "Keep dreaming, girlie. By the time I'm done with you, you'll be on your knees, begging for forgiveness."

Anzu looked worriedly at the situation. "Yugi, what if Akia loses?"

Yugi shook his head. "If anyone is guaranteed to win, it's her. You didn't see her deck and strategy skills."

"She's still plain crazy throwing herself like that at an unknown enemy!" Jounouchi exclaimed.

"I draw! Prepare yourself... I summon The All-Seeing White Tiger (1300/500) in attack position. I put a face down and that ends my turn," Kungo stated.

As soon as he summoned his monster, its attack and defence went up to (1690/650).

"What the...?" Akia interjected.

"You didn't know? Look at the field! It's a forest type. This gives my monsters a power-up! Bet you didn't think of that when you challenged me," Kungo mocked her.

"How'd you know that?" The red-eyed girl questioned.

"How? Because I heard some people talking about it. You should've done your research, girlie," the big man ridiculed Akia.

"This makes things a bit more complicated... Manageable, but complicated..." She thought.

"Oh no, she's screwed!" Jounouchi dreaded.

"Don't count her out just yet," Yugi said with confidence.

"I end my turn. Show me what you got," Kungo challenged his opponent.

Akia took a deep breath, before reaching for her deck, "I draw."

"Good! I drew The Banisher of Light (100/2000). This will be a good defense. It will also be perfect for the new card I got," Akia pondered as she looked at the cards in her hand. "I summon The Banisher of Light in defence mode. Now all the cards that would go to the graveyard will be removed from play instead. I will also set a card face down, and that will end my turn," she said as she played her turn.

"Heh, that's a pretty useless effect. It doesn't matter anyway, since I'll be getting rid of that puny monster right now!" The moustachioed man told her as he drew his card, and, without hesitation, summoned another monster, "I summon Battle Ox (1700/1000) in attack position! With the power-up (2210/1300) he'll be more than enough to take down your Banisher. Battle Ox, attack!"

"Oh no! This is Akia's strongest defense!" Jounouchi yelled out.

Akia smiled, and reached for her face down, "right where I wanted you... I activate my trap card! Sakuretsu Armour!"

"What?! A trap?!" Kungo exclaimed in disbelief.

"That's right," Akia retorted, "you underestimated me. Did you really think I'd risk losing my monster? You know what my trap does right? It destroys your monster and sends it to the graveyard, but, thanks to The Banisher of Light, there is no graveyard. Therefore, both your monster and my trap are removed from play! And guess what? You lose half of your monster's attack points, since it was destroyed by a card effect! That means 1105 Life Points are subtracted!"

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