Everybody doesn't realize it at the low
But in the end you just have to flow
There is no such thing as backing down
Get up and get around town
Everyone waits for what you will do today
Will you just be cool or really gay
Take it to the max, there is no holding back
Don't care what happens, just go for the attack
One guy has to prove he is not a nobody
Just to prove to not just one but to everyone he is a somebody
This world is ours, but this is my view
Combat Monsters, this is the take of the few
Combat Monsters – Trinity Game
Chapter 1 – Combat Time!
Deep up in the air of the fresh blowing air dawned the start of a new rising morning. Air breezed through the town of where Palm Tree's, empty streets, puffy grass, tar roads and street lights flowed through the city. This town is known as Radipolitian, the sunniest city out there.
This early in the morning during a school week, many did not really walk on the streets of the suburbs of this town. Many were inside still waking up, some trying to finish homework, some even just going back to bed after being up until 5 in the morning. Radipolitian had lots of different people who migrated from all around the world. It was one of the most popular port cities in the world.
Many lived in different areas through the large town. Some in the poor dirt areas, some in the nicest richest mansions, some in just normal middle class homes. The town was so diverse it was literally perfect. It was too good to be true. Some say nothing is perfect, that we are all flawed. Well, be ready to embark into the adventure of where the best and the worst of the group of friends who reside in this town and through the best times of their lives.
Within the west side of the town, there had once lived a town where a group of friends had resided. Knowing each other since the days of middle school, it just seemed like the usual morning of staying up from a Sunday filled with fun. Though school was important to them, just being around each other made them not have a care in the world.
In this side of town, there was a paved way that led down the road to old very Spanish looking buildings. This neighborhood was known as Caso Radi where the beginning of this story starts and here now is where it all begins.
The room the five had sat around in was darkened by the shuttering blinds put up. They were happy blue which happened to be similar to the everything else in the room. Which was blue.
The lone table two were at was beaming light up from the reflection of their pieces of cardboard they had lined up on the table. The light was very annoying to some, especially one who lied annoyed on the red checkered bed.
"Gahh! I am soooo bored. Are you guys ever going to stop playing your game?!" Anita Bonitia started to complain from the shining light the cards were giving off.
Lifting one of the cards, his brown jiggered hair that was thankfully bundled up with a ponytail swings back from his movements.
"Ha Satoshi, take my Dark Realm Static Bolt! That should finish off your creature!"
"Heh, good move Takonashi but since you destroyed one of my creatures you cannot make combat to me this turn!" Satoshi lifting his thin finger waves him off in denial.
"Gahhh your right, take your turn." Takonashi groans from his mistake.
Picking a card off his deck, Philip Hagospan makes a comment.
"Man, Satoshi knows his Combat Monsters. He is like the master at this!!"
"Yeah I know right?! I mean every time he plays it's like he stomps over anyone. I don't think Takonashi has won a single game!" Vince Bonitia adds while he laughs at Takonashi's error.
"Meh, I am sorry I don't play the game 24-7 thank you."
"Don't be mad Takonashi because I am better. Take this, I invoke in Resurrection on my Black Mage of True Chaos Arts!" Satoshi moving through his pile of cards pulls forward one that gleams from the shininess of it's foil.
"Hey that card looks really pretty. Shinny!!!" Anita grabbing a hold of Satoshi's gold lettered card as he snatches it back to put down.
"Yeah, and it's about to kick Takonashi's ass! Deal combat for game!"
"Pfff you got me Satoshi. Then again you know it's 6 in the morning. I think we all better get ready for school."
"Uhhh I want to go back to sleep……" Phil moans from being up so late.
"Damn, so do I. Fuck School man!!!" Vince agrees along with Phil.
"I can't miss a day more though. We already skipped enough Monday's. Guys just get into the fucking car. Ahhhhhhhhhhhh…" Satoshi rubbing his irritated eyes grabs his cards off the table along with his car keys next to his cards and they all start to leave his house.
Strolling down the street in his flaming red trans am with black painted sides, Satoshi's spiked up blackened hair flew out through his opened up sun roof. The wind was just pulling back on the blue checkered jacket he whore with his white shirt underneath. Though he was hardly able to keep his eyes opened, he halted at the red street light next to the blue shining Acura. Hardly being able to distinguish one thing from another, Satoshi recognized the familiar person in the car from his voice.
"Ah, well if it isn't Satoshi and the gang. Good Morning you guys. It looks like you finally got around to getting your own car huh?"
"Austin? Well we aren't all made of money." Satoshi stares up from his steering wheel weakly.
"True, very true. You look as you didn't get enough sleep last night. I bet you and Takonashi had another Combat Monsters marathon while everyone watched, no?"
Passing out at the top of the staring wheel, Satoshi in his sleep ignores Austin.
A loud screech comes out of Austin's horn that he smashes to awaken Satoshi. His eyes slowing coming up, he turns them back to Austin.
"You look a bit tired there. How about a race to wake you up huh?!"
"Uhhh I don't know…." His eyes drifting back off, his face lands on the steering wheel. Sinking his cheeks into the side of it like a pillow, the horn blasts him back up out of unconscious.
"Satoshi take him on man!" Phil encourages him from the back of the car as Austin gives off a competitive grin.
"You going to race or you just going to sleep?" Austin re-question's Satoshi. Shaking his head out of his sleepy state, Satoshi moves his expression gradually.
"Fine, let's rock!" Satoshi exclaims as gives off an equally large grin.
The streetlight changes from red to green storming off both vehicles straight parallel from each other.
"Woahhhh!!!" Everyone all snagged up in the back of Satoshi's car all fly back from the speeding. The wind blasting behind them all just gets faster and faster as they all reach to the end of the empty four lane street up to another traffic light. Satoshi breathing deeply from the thrilling ride looks back up to Austin who looks shocked by looking through the meters of his car.
"It's a shame we cannot keep racing. My car looks like it's about to run out of gas."
Gripping on to his wheel, Satoshi discovers the same thing about his car.
"Oh crap, same here! Guy's you got money?!" Satoshi turns his body around as everyone looks dumbfounded.
"Uhhh I don't get paid till Tuesday." Phil reply's first.
"Nope I'm broke." Vince adds.
"Awww nooo I left my money at home. Sorry Satoshi." Anita says.
Satoshi turning back stares at Takonashi in the front seat.
"Uhhh I am flat broken man."
"Pfff yeah because all you do is smoke pot with your money and buy Combat Monster cards." Satoshi mumbles under his breath as his face re surfaces back up at Austin.
"I only have 5 dollars in my pocket dude. That's not enough to fill up even a quarter of a tank."
Reaching into his small brown wallet, Austin flips out a 5 dollar bill as well.
"Heh, you don't say. Well it seems neither one of us can get to school it's like. But of course…." Scratching his chin, Austin points his finger out at Satoshi.
"Let's bet our money! The winner gets to school while the loser has to find some way else!"
"Hmmm. Fine, fair enough Austin what game?!" Satoshi asks.
"The name of the game is the one you know best of course. Combat Monsters!"
"Prepare to lose then Austin!"
Both of them strolling out of their cars that park their way into the gas station. They both stroll out by jumping over their doors and standing straight up right across each other in a few feet of distance. Takonashi, Anita, Vince and Philip all get out and look at Satoshi as he turns to them.
"Satoshi, are you sure about this? I seen Austin lately and he's gotten a lot better at Combat Monsters!" Phil warns him.
"I am ok. I think I know what I am doing because other wise I would have never accepted the wager."
"Satoshi be careful!" Anita also warns him.
"Yeah dude, like he's got that blue Acura and stuff!" Vince adds.
"Heh, you guys worry too much. You know any bad jams we get in I come through you know. Just sit back and watch." Grinning back at Austin, Satoshi reaches into his pocket and pulls out his Combat Monsters disk and adds it to the opening of his belt.
"So you have a Combat Belt too now huh Satoshi?!" Austin asks.
"This is a lot safer than the old Combat Disks we had. You ready?!"
Chucking his deck as well into the belt, they bolt strike a red button on their belts where they insert chips that are used to process the field they play on. Lights all around then on the floor start to glow as a 2 by 6 box field shows up and a meter to show their scores slide down to the end of their legs.
"Get ready Satoshi, here I come!" Austin warns him.
"Battle!" They both screech out as they pick off 6 cards from their belts.
Austin : 9000
Satoshi: 9000
"Austin, you want to play first or second?"
"I will take that extra card. You can go first."
When the game starts, if you decide to take the first turn, you do not draw.
Satoshi starting at the 6 cards in his hand he starts to think to himself.
"Hmmm ok. Since I play first he has the edge of getting another card since I was not allowed to draw on the first turn but if I can play where I can gain more cards than him I don't think that will be a problem."
Scrolling through his hand, Satoshi throws out one card from his hand in horizontal position.
"I guard with a covered creature. Take your turn Austin."
Covered means face down as in it's concealed. Guard is a position where you do not attack but you defend and you would do it by placing your card horizontally.
Pulling a card out of his belt, Austin add's his seventh card to his hand.
"I think the first card I will play is Law Representative (1300/1000/4) in Combat Position!"
Combat Position means you are putting it into an attacking position. (100/100/1) stands for the Combat points, followed by Guard Points, then the creature's level.
Bursting out of the piece of card board Austin releases his first of his series of business men dressed up with a red tie, blue jacket and brown beige pants and a business sized suit case.
"Now, go Law Representative, Combat! Deal Combat to his covered card!"
To Deal Combat means you attack.
Swinging his brief case at Satoshi's face down card which he reveals this middle eastern hoodlum in black clothing guarding himself with his arms crossed.
"Nice try Austin, you just struck into my Tomb Keeper's Infiltrator (1200/2000/4)! When this card is flipped from being in face down Guard I can bring forth any Tomb Keeper from my deck so I bring forth another copy of my Infiltrator since your combat reveals him!
A clone of the stricken creature joins the army of the other one.
"Plus you lose life points since you hit my creature in guard position and it's guard is higher than your combat points you take the different in damage!"
Since Infiltrator's Guard was 2000 and Law Representative's Combat was 1300, 2000-1300 700, so he takes 700.
Austin stares down at his leg which carried his life meter that started falling. He acts nonchalant about it.
Austin: 8300
Satoshi: 9000
"So you found a way to gain a card so you won't be behind in draws? Well I cover a card to my backfield ending my turn."
Backfield is the row behind their creatures where you can invoke in Magic and Trumps. The zone they put their creatures in is known as the Front Line.
Taking his turn in confidence, Satoshi pulls another card up from his belt and adds it to the rest of his cards he was holding.
"Alright, time to rush you out here. I invoke my Magic Card Cyclone! I can destroy one of your backfield cards so I destroy the one your Law guy is hiding behind!"
Bolting out from the calmness of the skies came a swirling typhoon that broken Austin's concealed card into pieces. The Tornado then subsided.
"I play my Breakaway Mage in combat position (1400/1400/4)!"
Satoshi tosses the card like a Frisbee out to the rest of his line of cards which jumping out of it came forth a black hooded sorcerer holding down a black staff to match his robbed clothing.
"I now take my Tomb Keeper's Infiltrator both of them and throw them into combat position. Go Breakaway Mage, combat his creature!"
Twirling his staff into the man's body, the Lawful man explodes from the hit. Austin loses more points from his score as he directs his attention to his card.
"You destroyed my creature through combat Satoshi, his effect gives me 2 clones of himself in (1000/1000/4) status form to my side of the field!"
Clones are copies to represent something given to you through a card's ability. This card gives Austin 2 (1000/1000/4) creatures.
"Wrong. My Breakaway Mage sends any creatures he destroys in Combat out of the game into the out of game area! Your creature must hit the cemetery which it did not because it went out of the game instead."
Out of the game is next to the Front Line. It is an area where creatures cannot return to the game unless a card specifies you can get cards from this area.
"Damn. This sucks." Austin complains as he stares down the rest of Satoshi's creatures.
"Now, attack both of my Tomb Keepers, combat him directly for 2400!"
When a player has no more creatures on their Front Line, a player can deal combat directly to their life points.
With their strong durable arms, the two middle eastern duo bash Austin into his body knocking him back a little. He groans a bit from the strike but remains normal and his life meter drops yet again.
Satoshi : 9000
Austin : 5200
"I cover with a card to the backfield. This ends my turn." Tossing a concealed card, Austin takes his que and draws.
Holding a card out of his hand, he speaks with it.
"A very front line you have. Too bad it is all about to be gone. I invoke in my Magic Card, Life Sentence! By discarding one creature from my hand that either has Law or Judgment from my hand I am allowed to destroy all creatures you have."
A brown laced robe comes out of Austin's card striking all of Satoshi's creatures into explosion.
Any time you use a card that removes creatures from your opponent's Front Line and it successfully removes that creature from the Front Line, you are unable to make combat for the turn with any creatures that have the ability to make combat.
"I cannot make combat this turn but I will do this, I invoke into Resurrection! My Magic allows me to call a creature from either one of our cemetery's. I call forth Judgment Man (2200/1700/5)!"
A call means you are playing another creature for the turn in a special way. You can still play a creature for the turn regardless of how many calls you make.
Crawling out of the Egyptian ahnk that Resurrection created, a cape of purple and yellow flies from the man carrying his golden club with his masked cage over his head.
"I now cover one creature in guard position to my Front Line along with another card I cover to my backfield."
Throwing two darkened cards down, Satoshi takes his turn by drawing a card as his usual ritual for the turn.
"I guard with Apprentice Mage (400/800/2) ending my turn!"
A purple little witch kneels down with it's small staff that it covers itself with it's face. Austin pulls a card off his deck with two fingers and flings it from his hand toward the 2 by 6 field.
"Satoshi, it is my turn to rush. I play The Doctor of Law (1500/0/3)! His ability lets me call from my hand another law creature so I also play Hysterical Law Angel (1800/500/4) as well from my hand!"
Dashing two cards from his hand tossing them on to the field, another business man dressed in red business outfit carrying a document and a blue haired man with an entire blue business outfit holding a book with an ahnk in it join Judgment Man.
An Ahnk for those who do not know is the Egyptian symbol of Rebirth
"Last, I switch my covered guard creature to combat position. Go my Torte Attorney (1200/700/3)! When Torte Attorney is flipped face up he gains 300 combat for each Law and Judgment creature on my field and I am allowed to draw a card. So he now has 2100 combat and I shall take a card!"
Ripping a card from his deck, yet another business look alike with a black outfit and sunglasses joins his Front Line.
"Satoshi, I like to see how your going to handle this. My Judgment Man makes any Trump Cards when I enter the Combat Phase unusable. You cannot defend yourself what so ever to my army of creatures. Now Judgment Man, combat into his Apprentice Mage!"
Swinging his club into the tiny little mage, Satoshi reveals what he had hidden.
"Nice try Austin, but I had a feeling you were going to take advantage of my low field presence. I invoke in my face down Instant Magic, Magic Silk Hats! I can flip my Apprentice Mage into covered guard position and then take 2 other cards from my deck that are not creatures and use them as 0/0 creatures to defend me by covering two more cards!"
A large black hat with a question mark topples Satoshi's creature as two more of them cover the field as well.
"That won't stop my Law creatures. Your Apprentice Mage's ability will not work either since Judgment Man gives all of my Law creatures the ability to nullify any ability they destroy in combat. Go my other three law creatures, blow his defense away!"
Working their ways, all three of the business law creatures blow away the silk hats with their paper work and briefcases.
I would not be surprised if you lol'ed at that last line XD but remember, anything can happen here.
Standing with nothing guarding him, Satoshi looks a tad nervous.
"Your wide open, Judgment Man combat into Satoshi directly!"
Beating his face in with one of his clubs, Satoshi gets knocked to the ground and falls straight on his ass (literally). Rubbing his hump, Satoshi quickly jumps off the ground with slight discomfort.
"Uhhh…" Satoshi moans with fatigue from his life point drop.
Satoshi: 7800
Austin: 5200
"I cover one card to the backfield. Your up Satoshi."
Behind Satoshi's battle, his friends discuss the situation.
"Oh no, Satoshi looks like he is in trouble. This isn't too good." Anita sounds worried while looking down sadly.
"Satoshi is fine, there is no need to worry. He is a Combat Monsters god, I am surprised he is letting Austin get so much on him." Takonashi crossing his arms in comments.
"Are you sure though? I mean Austin has a lot of creatures though." Phil wonders.
"Yes, but that means nothing in Combat Monsters. You can lose your creatures very easily if you are not careful. Though Satoshi will probably relinquish another turn of attacking Austin committed himself way too much to the Front Line. Satoshi's counterattack will either be devastating toward him, or there isn't a chance for him. Though it's Satoshi, he rarely loses in this game."
"Is it because you guys play this game non-stop?" Vince tries to add.
"Partially. Satoshi eats, drinks, sleeps Combat Monsters and I have to say that sometimes I worry that he over does it. Still, you can count on him getting us to school." Takonashi with a confident grin smiles.
"Ok good, I was just making sure. I don't want to be late for first hour. It's foreign food day!!!" Vince exclaims out of excitement.
Takonashi rolls his eyes as he leaves out a breath of air in sigh.
"Ahhh, Satoshi what we would do without you is beyond me."
Satoshi turns his eyes to the army of business executives and the gigantic clubbed Warrior. He holds his cards and aims his arm at his deck in thought.
"I have currently no way to hold off his army it looks like and he even has a covered card as well. If I don't draw anything for a counterattack I am screwed. Damn it! Why does it have to be so hard?! They are all depending on me though…."
Turning his head toward them, Satoshi sees all his friends in their practical moods and starts to have thoughts of them.
"Satoshiiiiii!"
"Come on man, Let's play some Combat Monsters till 5 am!!!"
"Dude, you rock!!! This Shirt rocks!"
"Hey uhhh let's get some sushi…"
Satoshi shakes his head away from thought and reconcentrates.
"Phil never says let's get some sushi. Grrr whatever, it's do or die. Here I come!"
Breaking into his next card, Satoshi holds it with a grief of joy.
"Austin, time to end this battle. I invoke into this Magic Card, Black Arts Curtain! It allows me to pay half of my life points to call one of my favorite cards. I call Black Arts Magician (2500/2100/7)!"
Austin: 5200
Satoshi: 3900
The black veil comes down blinding the area with the flashing coming from the dark pitch black curtain. Revealed from it came a master of mages who held a dark black staff that he held from it's tall long robe that was as long as Satoshi.
"Now I shall invoke in his ability. I can send one Magic User type monster from my hand to the cemetery to destroy a card in your backfield. I send my Black Mage of True Chaos Arts to remove your threat!"
Magic User is a type of creature.
Firing out of the grand mage's staff came a dimension of colors that fired away blowing away the covered card.
"Now, I shall call forth the card I just sent to my cemetery with Resurrection! I invoke in it calling forth the Black Mage of True Chaos Arts (2800/2600/8)!"
Smoke burning from the field, a blackened sorcerer with a staff that reached to it's discolored face awoken from Satoshi's cemetery.
"His ability let's me either take one Magic card I had used from my cemetery and add it to my hand. Of course I don't think I will use that ability since all I did was need him for this my last card called Diffusion Blast! My Magic can only be used with a Magic User with a level of 7 or higher. This allows me to pay 1000 of my life points to give my Mage the ability to have combat with all of your monsters!"
Bolts of infusing light charge the end of the staff that the Mage was holding. He swung it around out of power before he rose into the air ready to attack.
"My Mage has now 3100 combat also thanks to my Black Arts Magician! Black Arts Magician gives all my other Magic Users other than himself 300 Combat."
Blue Flames continue to keep covering the Blackened Mage who looked intensified.
" Now when he goes to combat, he can destroy all of your creatures through combat and end the game since the combat damage you receive will be enough to take you out."
"Ah Shit! I have no defense either now!"
"Go Black Mage of True Chaos Arts, Chaos Wave!"
Dashing straight into Austin's creatures one by one, the Mage complodes them individually leaving Austin with no field and bringing his life meter down to 0. Throwing his fist down out of anger, he looks down at his empty field as Satoshi's vanishes.
"Damn I lost the bet. Heh, oh well." Austin shrugging off the defeat heads over to Satoshi and smacks the five dollar bill into his hand.
Moments later, Satoshi and his gang where all in the car ready to leave the gas station.
"Well, it was a fun battle Austin but we gotta go."
"Uhh Satoshi, could I get a ride with you?!"
"Hmm, well how many rides have you ever given me?!"
Speechless in his thoughts, Austin just gives out a monotone.
"Uhhh…."
"Yeah, well hope you can find a way to school or some money. Bye!"
Storming off in his car ahead, smog blows in Austin's face as Satoshi grins while he goes off.
Standing alone at the gas station, Austin turns to being annoyed and mocks Satoshi.
"Oh yeah Satoshi, good battle let me just take your money and leave you here. Asshole."
Reaching into his pocket, Austin catches his phone as it starts to ring.
"Hey, where are you?!"
"Fucking Satoshi just beat me in Combat Monsters Zach, I am stuck here without any money since I wagered it and I just ran out of money as well!!"
"Satoshi huh? Looks like I got a reason to test my project out now. Haha, well I'll come pick you up. If all goes well then tonight is going to be a pretty fun night….hehehe….Satoshi is going to regret he ever left you there, don't you worry."
End of Chapter 1