Destined to be Yours

Chapter 25: Fierce Battle

"I draw!" Akia started the duel.

Everyone held their breath in, waiting for the first move. The tension could be felt in the air. Both Yugi and Akia were amazing duelists and their aura was almost palpable. Akia was about to play the first turn. She looked at her hand, carefully planning what was the best way she could play her first move. She had to be careful. She wasn't facing her brother this time, but the spirit of the puzzle. This was going to be the most difficult duel yet.

"I'll put a card facedown and a monster card in facedown defence position. I'll end my turn at that," Akia concluded before pondering on how she would proceed. "It wouldn't be smart to start off with an offensive. I should protect my life points for the time being."

The other Yugi then reached for his deck and drew his card.

"Man, we're not even past the second turn and I'm getting all worked up watching this," Jounouchi expressed.

"They both aren't just any ordinary duelists. Even I can't predict the outcome," Mai said.

The other Yugi quickly scanned through the cards in his hand and decided on his first move, "I'll also lay a facedown. I'll then summon the Feral Imp in attack mode. With it, I will attack your facedown defence monster."

The other Yugi knew that it was risky to attack, but he wanted to test the grounds. His Feral Imp attacked Akia's monster, which was revealed to be Ancient Jar (400/200). Due to its weak defence, it was instantly destroyed by Yugi's monster and sent to the graveyard. Akia was actually a bit surprised by Yugi's boldness. The Yugi she was used to duelling was always very passive and defensive until the right moment. This one's play style was way more aggressive.

"I'll end my turn," Yami Yugi concluded.

"I draw!" Akia looked at her hand and contemplated her next move. She had to be careful, but she also had to match her opponent's aggressiveness, "I summon Armoured Lizard (1500/1200) in attack position. I'll attack your Feral Imp with my monster!"

"Not so fast! I activate Horn of the Unicorn, which boosts my monster's attack by 700 points, making it strong enough to counterattack," the one possessing her brother's body countered.

Akia frowned. It was too late for her to take back her attack. She reached for her facedown, even though she wasn't planning on using it this early, "I won't let that happen. I activate Reinforcements! This trap card gives my monster 500 attack points."

"Now the two monsters have equal attacks of 2000!" Anzu exclaimed.

As a result, when the two monsters clashed, they destroyed each other, resulting in both of them being sent to the graveyard and no Life Points were lost.

"The two of them are equally matched," Mai commented.

Both Yugi and Akia's fields were completely empty. The girl proceeded with her turn, "I'll put two cards facedown. I will then play hand destruction! We both discard all of the cards in our hand to the graveyard and draw the same number of discarded cards from our graveyard."

Akia discarded the two cards in her hand and drew two cards from her deck. Yugi did the same with his four cards, then drew four more from his deck.

"I need to get one of my key monsters to hurry up and start removing cards from play. Even with hand destruction, I still didn't get what I need. I'll have to wait for the next turn," the red-eyed girl thought to herself before concluding, "I'll end my turn with that."

"I draw!" The other Yugi, without much hesitation, reached for one of the cards in his hand after drawing. "First, I'll activate the spell card: Heavy Storm."