Righto! Chapter two of Arcane Tempest is here! And only one day after I got the second one up. . And I promise you, another chapter of "Idiots for Heroes" is comming soon, I swear. I just wanted to start this story off smoothly before I restarted up my other one. Anyways, on with Chapter Two of Arcane Tempest: Stay away from pink panties!
Reviews: Thanks to Qu-Ko for pointing out my age error. And thanks to Bad-Player and Aquatic-Idealistic for the reviews! Yes, the Gun Mages are awesome, and you'll see the shadow elemental gun mage soon. ish.
Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh, but I do own the Gun Mages, Grave Digger, and several other cards here. It be kewl like that. Read and Review, go!
"sdfsdjkjf" - Talking
"afasfasf" - Thoughts
"I could get used to this..." Richard smirked as he stared at the huge dueling room on the cruise liner that was to take them to Duel Academy. Several stands were set up, each selling various cards, binders, and other random junk. One was even selling an "authentic" Egyptian God card, but he didn't pay much mind to that like the several other people crowded around the stand did. No, he was simply chilling out on a bench watching the duels happen on the several stages set aside for that kind of thing. All of them were boring to him, however, but he simply didn't want to get up to explore. Sadly, however, fate had something else in mind for him.
"Hey!! Richard!!" Richard looked up to see Sanae, hands on her hip, staring down at him. "Huh? Oh, hey Eisen-san. What's up?"
"Call me by my first name, Rich. We're friends now, right?" She smiled, and he nodded. "Right. Sanae. What's up?" She shrugged. "Nothing much. Karin and Rena are enthralled by that fake god card seller over there, so I just left 'em there."
"Heh. Well, you're not going to get much luck if you're going to watch the duels. They're all boring, one-sided, and all the decks are pretty much the same." Sanae let out a big sigh as she looked over the few duels going on. Crossing her arms, she leaned against the wall next to Richard and grumbled. "Damn. You're right..."
"Usually am. I'm good at spotting out things like that." He nodded sagely at this. Just then, a guy walked up to Sanae, tapping her on the shoulder. "H-hey, some guy asked me to give you this." She raised an eyebrow, taking a letter the boy held in his hand. The small boy back off slightly, plainly in fear of what was about to happen. Sanae opened the note, scanning over it pretty quickly. Her brow furrowed in anger, and she ripped up the paper. Turning to the boy, she yelled, "Who gave you this?!"
"A-ah..those guys over there...they said they'd beat me up if I didn't bring it...don't hurt me...!" He fumbled with his words, pointing over at two snickering guys in blue blazers. Richard immediately identified them as Obelisk Blues, the highest dorm members at the Academy. Sanae just sighed, patting the kid on the shoulder. "It's fine, I'm not mad at you. Them, however...Richard, kid, follow me!" Richard raised an eyebrow, wondering why he had to go, but he just shrugged and followed along obediently, not wanting to piss her off any more. He walked beside the little boy, who was still trembling.
When they reached the guys, Sanae immediately punched the closest one in the face. He flew backwards, clutching his nose. "What the hell was that for!?!" She just scoffed. "What gives you the nerve to ask me that!?! You deserved that!" Richard could practically see steam floating out of her ears. She was very, very mad. About what, he could only guess, however.
"Bitch! I think you broke my nose! Come here!" He picked himself off the floor. Before any more punches could be thrown, a teacher ran between them and separated them. "Hey! Hey! Calm down! Fighting doesn't settle anything." He looked between the two of them, and slightly smirked. "At Duel Academy, we settle things by dueling, not fighting. If you need to settle an argument, do it on one of the dueling stages!"
"Fine! Come on, Dyne! We'll take her on!" Sanae glared at them. "Fine! Come on Richard, let's go!" Richard blinked. "Why do I have t-" "Let's GO!!" She forcefully grabbed his hand and dragged him towards the duel stage. He could only sigh as the the group migrated to the stage. 'Why me...?'
"Alrighty, this'll be a two on two match. Each player will have 4000 life points. When one player is knocked out, all effects the other player had in play will end, yadda yadda, you know the deal. Let's duel!" The two boys introduced themselves simply as 'Red' and Dyne. They all loaded their decks, and the life points were set.
D: 4000
R: 4000
S: 4000
Ri:4000
A large arrow appeared on the field. It spun around quickly, and landed on Red. He started, and the turn order went Red, Sanae, Dyne and Richard. Red drew. "Alright! I'll summon Master Kyonshee,(1750/1000) attack mode!" A zombie monk type of monster appeared on the field, a oversized charm on his face and a sword stuck in the ground behind him. "One card face down and I end."
"Alright! My tu-" Red halted her. "Wait. I'll activate my face down card, Robbin' Zombie! When I do battle damage to your life points, you have to discard a card from the top of your deck." Sanae raised an eyebrow and drew. "Oookay. Anyways..." Her eyes scanned her hand quickly, pulling a card from it. "I'll summon up a card in defense mode. Then I'll activate Blaze Accelerator!" A cannon on a tripod appeared in front of her. "Now, I can send a card from my hand to the graveyard in exchange for blowing up one of your monsters! I'll discard this Volcanic Scattershot (500/0) in order to destroy your Master Kyonshee!"
An armored three headed metal lizard appeared on the field. It loaded itself into the cannon, and the cannon took aim at Master Kyonshee. It fired, destroying both monsters. A flaming head flew out of the explosion, slamming into Red head on. "And whenever Volcanic Scattershot is discarded by Blaze Accelerator's effect, it deals 500 damage to your life points!"
D: 4000
R: 3500
S: 4000
Ri: 4000
"One more card face down and I end my turn." Dyne silently drew his card. "I play one card in defense mode. Then I'll place two cards face down and play Pot of Greed, allowing me to draw two cards. Then I end." He drew his cards, passing the turn over to Richard. He wondered why the turn was so short, but he just shrugged it off. "Alright...I draw!" He looked over his hand with a sour face. 'Damn...alright...Sanae's using Volcanic monsters. I should try and conform to helping her burn their life points down...I have just the card to do it, too.' He smirked. "Alright! I'll place two cards face down and summon Gun Mage - Mana,(1700/1400) in attack mode!"
A blue uniformed, long brown haired woman appeared, wielding a rifle instead of the smaller guns several other Gun Mages had. "Now, Mana'll attack your face down monster!" Mana aimed her rifle, simply firing a bullet of blue energy into Dyne's defense monster, shattering it to reveal a Skelengel (900/400). Dyne drew his card, and Richard looked across the field. 'Crap! I made a mistake! I can't activate Mana's effect now...damn...' He sighed. "I end."
Dyne drew two cards and revealed his two face down cards, Jar of Greeds, at the end of Richard's turn. Red drew his card, and smirked. "Alright. I'll slap a card in defense mode and place a card face down. Go ahead, baby." He winked at Sanae, and she shivered, from anger or embarrassment Richard couldn't figure out. Drawing, she immediately discarded another card. "Alright! I'll summon Volcanic Slicer (1800/1200) to the field." A metallic dragon appeared on the field, smoke breathing out of its mouth. "I'll then flip my Hiita the Fire Charmer (500/1500)!" A small girl, resembling Sanae almost perfectly hair wise, appeared on the field, a small fox flying around her. "Then I'll activate Volcanic Slicer's effect! I can deal 500 life point damage to a person! I'll hit Red!" The metallic dragon opened its mouth, a fireball soaring out of it, slamming into Red. He groaned and took a step back, grumbling some curses.
D: 4000
R: 3000
S: 4000
Ri: 4000
"Finally, I'll sacrifice both of them to special summon Familiar-Possessed - Hiita (1850/1500) from my deck!" Volcanic Slicer turned into a ball of red energy, engulfing Hiita in flames. Hiita then emerged from the flames, a staff in her hand. The fox has grown into an adult, its tail practically on fire. "When I special summon her this way, she can break your defense and deal damage to your life points like it was in attack mode! Attack Hiita!" Her staff blazed with fire, and she fired a fireball straight into the face down card. It flipped, revealing huge turtle with a pyramid for a shell. It was instantly destroyed, and the fireball slammed into Red. More curses in sued.
D: 4000
R: 2550
S: 4000
Ri: 4000
"Bah! Well, you've allowed me to activate Pyramid Turtle's effect! I can pick a card with 2000 defense points or lower from my deck and summon it! And I pick Vampire Lord (2000/1500), attack mode!" A vampire in old noble clothes appeared, his cape flowing in the virtual wind. A huge claw protruded from his back. "Damn...it's strong...Alright, I end!"
Dyne drew his card. "I play Grave Digger. This allows us to draw cards by discarding up to three monsters from our graveyards to the removed from game pile. I discard Skelengel and draw one card." Red shrugged. "I won't discard anything. I don't need the cards." Sanae looked troubled at this, and just shrugged. "I'll discard Hiita, Volcanic Slicer and Volcanic Scattershot and draw three cards." Richard sighed. "Nothing to discard..." Dyne drew his card and sighed. "I'll place a card in defense mode. Go."
Richard drew his card and blinked, whispering to himself. "What the hell is that guy trying to do...allowing us to draw cards...? What kind of deck strategy is t-" Then it hit Richard like a ten ton truck. "Sanae! I think he's trying to use Exodia on us! Red's just there to pester us while he gets the cards!" Dyne cursed, his expression changing to pure annoyance. Sanae looked at Richard, nodding. "Right. I'll take care of it next turn, just try and take out Red!"
"Right. Alright. I'll summon the Gun Mage - Rock (2000/0), attack mode!" The huge Gun Mage appeared on the field, the small gun he held paling in comparison to him. "Then I'll equip him with his signature weapon, the Rock Cannon! This gives him 200 attack points (2000 2200)! Rock also normally would switch to defense mode if he attacked, but this keeps him in attack mode, even if he does attack! Now, hit it Rock! Attack Vampire Lord!" A giant cannon appeared in Rock's hands. He instantly took aim at Vampire Lord, holding the cannon with ease. He fired a shot, the round exploding in the Lord's face, shrapnel flying back to hit Red."
R: 2350
"Now I'll activate my face down card, Elemental Reload! I can now make another shot with Rock! Fire!" A smoking hot shell flew out of the cannon. Rock reloaded it with another round, and instantly fired it straight into Red. It hit him dead on, nearly making him lose his footing. "Now Mana'll hit you in the face for the win!" Mana instantly appeared in front of Rock as he reloaded his cannon. She fired a shot at Red, the hologram bullet piercing his chest, reducing his life points to 0.
R: 0
Knock Out: Red
"That's my turn!" Sanae smirked with satisfaction as Red growled. "Man, being beat the second turn, talk about a wuss. Alright, I draw!" She instantly smiled. "I'll destroy my Blaze Accelerator to bring out my Tri-Blaze Accelerator!" The cannon on her field was destroyed, replaced instead by a bigger, three headed cannon, all the barrels aimed at Dyne's field. "This cannon has no attack point restriction when I'm discarding monsters, and it also does 500 damage to your life points when I discard my card, in addition to destroying your monster! I'll tribute my Volcanic Scattershot, dealing you 1000 life point damage and destroying your defense mode monster!" The three-headed metallic monster loaded into the middle cannon, instantly firing and destroying the face down Sangan on his field.
D: 3000
"I'll pick up the Head of Exodia from my deck. Heh..." He flipped his hand, showing both legs of Exodia, his Right Arm, and the Head. It also showed a Mystic Tomato and a Last Will. "Once my turn comes around, this game will be over." Sanae just laughed. "Ha! Your turn won't even come around! I'll sacrifice my Tri-Blaze Accelerator in order to summon my trump card, Volcanic Doomfire (3000/1800) to the field, attack mode!!" A huge beast of a monster appeared, flames spewing out of every nook and cranny of the metallic beast. Its flaming hair flew sparks everywhere on the field. Dyne's expression seemed unchanged. "Heh. That can't attack me because you used Tri-Blaze Accelerator's effect." Sanae clicked her tongue and wiggled her finger.
"Hold on! I'm not done! Remember the face down card I set at the beginning of the game? That comes into play, now! Activate, Spiritual Fire Art - Kurenai! I'll tribute my Volcanic Doomfire for this effect, and I can deal life point damage to you equal to my Doomfire's original attack! That's 3000, enough to win this game for us!" A ritual circle appeared around Hiita, and she sat in it, channeling fire into her palm. Doomfire was transformed into a huge fireball, flying back into Hiita's palm. She got up and threw it at Dyne full force, and it slammed into him with such force that he was knocked off his feet and reduced his life to 0.
R: 0
D: 0
S: 4000
Ri: 4000
Game Win: Team of Sanae Eisen and Richard Kurami.
"Yeah!" Richard pumped his fist in the air in cheer. He walked over to Sanae and high-fived her. "Nice job. Now I'm scared to face your deck." They both laughed. Red and Dyne growled from their positions across the field. "This isn't over! We'll get you two back, somehow!"
"Ha, maybe you should work on improving your decks first. How'd you get into Obelisk Blue in the first place with those sorry things?!" They both laughed and just looked away. The two guys just scoffed, picking themselves up off the floor and running away, tails between their legs. Richard and Sanae started congratulating each other again when Rena and Karin came along. Karin waved. "Sanae-chan! Richard-kun! Hey!"
"Looks like you two are getting along well. We miss anything?" Rena munched on a Popsicle while she commented on the two. Richard and Sanae just smirked and laughed as they retold their story to the two girls who missed it.
"Now that the orientation is over, please refer to the several teachers at the tables behind me for dorm assignments! Have a great year!" The rest of the cruise went off without a hitch, and they had just finished their academy orientation. Richard had been assigned to Ra Yellow, to his delight. He spotted the trio chattering on over near the exit of the auditorium, so he ran over to tell them the news. "Hey guys! I got into Ra Yellow, how about yall?"
"Hey, I got in Ra too!" Sanae smirked and high-fived Richard. She pointed to Rena and Karin, who were practically in tears. "These two got into Slifer Red, so we're on our own with the yellow." Richard laughed, patting them on the shoulders. "Sorry, girls. Hey, Sanae, let's go check out the dorm, supposedly there's a dinner or something going on pretty soon." Sanae nodded eagerly. "Mmm, dinner sounds great! I couldn't eat on the liner, or else I'd probably throw it up! Let's go!" Sanae grabbed his hand and dragged him again, her being able to run plenty faster then Richard could. Karin looked outside a window, where she could already see the two running out of the entrance towards the Yellow dorm.
"I've never seen Sanae-chan act that way towards anyone but us! She must really like Richard-kun." Rena nodded. "Mmhmm. She warmed up to him pretty fast. I guess he's just a likable person. I just hope that he doesn't do anything to piss her off anytime soon..." Karin agreed, looking at the island map for their dorm. "Yeah, Sanae-chan is really scary when she's mad..."
At this very moment in time Richard wished he had taken that guy up on his offer for quality life insurance. The way Sanae was looking at him, he was sure to die just from the glare. It all went awry after the dinner, when they got their dorm assignments. He picked up his room number, and walked into a nice, big room. Three beds were spread along the left wall, there was an outer balcony, a personal bathroom, a huge closet, a nice LCD TV, and a few boxes on each of the beds. These boxes contained his and his roommates personal items and their yellow blazers. He had packed up all his stuff when curiosity got the better of him.
He ruffled through the person on the bed next to his' stuff. He found boxing gloves, an ipod, headphones, and a laptop on top of one of the boxes. He should've stopped there, bu he went deeper into the box and pulled out the thing that would spell his death. He looked at them with weird curiosity until he heard the door to the room open. He slowly looked over the the door, only to see a shocked looking Sanae glaring straight at him. Well, namely the item he was holding. Steam flew from her ears and her eyes glowed red as she stared at him for the longest time. And finally, she screamed, "WHY ARE YOU HOLDING MY PANTIES!?!?!"
Several punches, kicks, a few thrown items and what Richard thought was an attempted metal bat to the head, she had calmed down outwardly. She was still glaring daggers at him, however. It had turned out that the Ra dorms weren't big enough to give all the girls and boys different rooms, and the girls Ra Yellow dorms weren't quite complete yet, the program for girls being in anything but Obelisk Blue being recently added. They had to combine the girls and boys to rooms together, leaving Sanae and Richard stuck in a room together. After a little while of them just sitting there in silence, the door opened once again, revealing the boy that delivered the letter to Sanae from Red and Dyne earlier. She sighed. "Damn, two boys and one girl in this room..."
"Uh..I could g-go get another room i-if you want." She shook her head. "Naw, it's fine...What's your name?" He stuck the bag he was carrying with him on the last remaining bed and bowed to the two. "I'm Sachiko Ide. N-nice to meet you two." Sanae nodded. "Atleast someone has some manners around here. Hmph! I'm going to go change." She picked up her blazer and walked into the bathroom, shutting the door. Richard looked at the door to make sure it was shut, and beckoned Sachiko over to him. He walked over and Richard slung his arm around him and started whispering. "Hey, Sachiko. What exactly did that letter earlier say?"
Sachiko started blushing head to toe. He stuttered as he said it. "U-uh...i-it they asked her w-what color her...p-panties are." Richard burst out in laughter. "I can't believe we went through all that because she couldn't admit that her panties were pink! HAHAHAH-" As he was laughing he fell back on the bed, only to come face to face with a red faced Sanae, once again he couldn't tell if she was blushing or really, really angry. Either way, the last thing he saw that night was the five knuckles of Sanae's fist, and what he thought were chocobos...