"So it looks like everyone's gone their separate ways. Any ideas where you should start looking for duels Ace?", Sonata asked.
"To be honest Sonata, I've not got the faintest clue where to start.", Ace said with a sigh. Sonata was about to say something when she noticed something that caught her eye.
"Hey Ace! Look! A magic performance! Let's see!" Sonata dragged Ace along.
"Welcome all! I am Arcana! Master of the Dark Magician deck!", the performer boasted proudly. "Is there one among you brave enough to face my magician's might?!"
"As if!", Ace shouted. "We all know the TRUE master of the Dark Magician is Yugi Moto!"
"Heh. Then prove your word true by besting me! Unless of course you're scared.", Arcana said with a sneer. "However...let's make our game more interesting!" Arcana snapped his fingers, and Sonata was in chains!
"SONATA!"
"If you want to free her...beat me!" Arcana then activated his duel disk! Ace activated his own in kind!
Arcana: 8000
Ace: 8000
"I'll take the first move!", Arcana said. "I summon Skilled Dark Magician! Then I'll play the spell card Book of Secret Arts! This lets me place a Spell Counter on him since I activated a spell card! Then I'll set a card face-down and end my turn."
"I draw! I summon Chocolate Magician Girl! Then I'll activate her effect! I'll send a spellcaster-type monster from my hand to the graveyard so I can draw another card! Then I'll end my turn." 'Time to show this creep some real spellcaster power! He's going to pay for chaining up Sonata!'
"Hah! That pathetic excuse for a magician is no match! Attack his magician girl! Skilled Dark Magic Attack!"
'That's what he thinks! Time for my lovely assistant to work her magic!' "I don't think so! I activate Chocolate Magician Girl's effect! When she's targeted for an attack, I can special summon a spellcaster-type monster from my graveyard! I'll bring back Berry Magician Girl! Now your attack is focused on her! Also, your monster's attack is halved!" Skilled Dark Magician changed the direction of his blast to Berry Magician Girl! "Now her effect activates! Berry Magician Girl switches into defense mode! Then I can special summon a 'Magician Girl' monster from my deck! Come on out Dark Magician Girl!" As Berry Magician Girl left the field, Dark Magician Girl took her place! 'Looks like it's showtime!'
"I end my turn.", Arcana said with a scowl.
"My turn!" Ace drew his next card. 'Nice! This card ought to help me later!' "Your monster's halved attack makes it less of a problem. But the same can't be said with your face-down! I play Twin Twisters! I'll discard a card to destroy two spell or trap cards on the field! I'll get rid of your Book of Secret Arts and your face-down!" Arcana's spell and trap cards were blown away! "Now your monster's down to 800 attack points! I'll take him down with Chocolate Magician Girl! Then I'll attack you directly with Dark Magician Girl! Dark Burning Attack!" Arcana winced as his life points took a hit! "I'll set a card and end my turn." 'Now the stage is set.'
Arcana: 5200
Ace: 8000
"I draw! I play Ancient Rules! This lets me bring out Dark Magician from my hand!" A sinister looking red dark magician was brought onto the field!
"Perfect! Now I can use my trap!", Ace said with a smile. "I activate Dark Renewal! This lets me target a level five or higher special summoned monster on my opponent's field and one spellcaster-type monster on my field! I'll target your Dark Magician and my Chocolate Magician Girl! I'll send both to the graveyard to special summon a dark spellcaster-type monster from my deck! I special summon Dark Magician of Chaos!"
"I...I end my turn with a face-down card!", Arcana said in a panic.
'Time to give one heck of a performance!' "Good. Now that your turn ended and DM of Chaos was special summoned, I can add a spell card from my graveyard to my hand! Now I'll make my move! I draw! I summon out another lovely Magician Girl! Please welcome Apple Magician Girl to the show!" The whole crowd cheered as Ace's new monster showed up! "Get ready for an onslaught of spells! Take it away Magicians!" All of Ace's magicians fired a united blast of magic at Arcana directly!
"I activate Nutrient Z! This lets me gain 4000 life points since I'm about to take over 2000 points of damage!" Arcana cringed as the combined magic hit him! Crippling his life points, but not eliminating them completely.
"Nice trick up your sleeve. I end my turn with two face-downs." 'These should make for quite the twist later on.'
Arcana: 3200
Ace: 8000
"I draw! Perfect! I play Soul Charge! I'll pay 1000 life points per monster I want to revive from my graveyard! Now my Dark Magician comes back to the field! Then I'll play Ectoplasmer and end my turn! Now Ectoplasmer's effect activates! Since I ended my turn, I must tribute a monster from my field! Sorry Dark Magician! But this is your last trick!" Arcana's Dark Magician panicked as he faded from the field! "Now you take half of his attack points as damage!" Ace winced as his life points took a hit! "I'll end my turn."
Arcana: 2200
Ace: 6750
'This jerk doesn't even value his own monsters! Time to teach him a lesson!' Ace was angry! "You just discarded your monster like he was trash! As far as I'm concerned, you don't deserve to even pick up any card! Maybe you forgot, but your field is empty!" Arcana's jaw dropped. "You've believed your own hype so much that you fell for your own illusion! Now to end this! I'll attack you directly with all of my magicians! Combined Magic Blast!" Arcana's life points dropped to zero! "Your locator card please." Arcana held onto his card, but Dark Magician snatched it away and handed it to Ace! "Thanks." Ace also noticed that Sonata's chains were being undone by the Magician Girls. "Sorry you got caught up in this Sonata." Ace helped Sonata off the platform she was standing on.
"Hey. You came to my rescue. That's one of the sweetest things anyone's ever done for me. Besides giving me my voice back.", Sonata said with a big smile. "And now. I believe you've earned this..." Sonata kissed Ace! "Thanks for the rescue." Ace smiled. "Now let's hunt us down some more locator cards!"