Destroying the Meta
Chapter 10: Who Really Needs a Hero?
I woke up in my own bed. The lights were still off and there was almost no noise. No sound of an alarm clock or anything. I'm a person who wakes up either by myself, or with the alarm clock name 'Mom'. I laid in bed though, thinking about the night before, about the night with Alex. I was also thinking about how my duel with Algo would affect me during the rest of this tournament. Would I be targeted because I beat the head chef? I had no idea. I also thought about today. What were we going to do? Hang out at the hotel again? Or maybe go into the forest and try to win this tourney. I kinda wanted to go into the forest myself. I mean, I'm the kind of person who tries to get done the hard stuff first, and then get the good stuff. I was kinda taught that by my parents, and it stuck onto me. Though, I have to admit, that not everything I do like that.
I finally opened my eyes and looked at my clock. It red in big red numbers: 7:45. I then saw something on my night stand. I looked at it and it read "Free breakfast for duelists. 7:00 to 9:00." Free breakfast! I was taking that, though I needed to get my friends that too. I got up, only covered in my big, blue, fluffy blanket and went into the hall. I knocked on the girl's door, and after a few minutes, Rach answered it.
"Hey Rach, free breakfast right now until 9," I told her, still covered in my blanket.
"Alright, I'll wake Alex up and we'll be ready," she said closing the door, probably not wanting to see what was under my blanket. I now moved to go to Forrest's room. When I knocked, it was immediately answered by Forrest.
"Free breakfast until 9," I recited.
"Ooo, ok," he said, about to close the door.
"Oh, and Forrest," I began, even though I knew he didn't want to see me in my blanket, "How many hours of sleep did you get tonight?"
"About one," he answered and then closed the door. That was him. He was a super human. He had an amazing immune system, and almost never slept.
I went back into my room and got ready. I took a shower and put on my blue, painter's jeans (my favorite) and my Cyberdark Impact T-shirt I got at the sneak preview. I mean, if you're at a Duel Monster's tournament, you better wear a Duel Monster's shirt.
Well, it was time to wake everyone up. After I already was dressed and ready to go, everyone was still sleeping. I stood over Rain's bed as he slept. He would be my first victim. A stepped back a little, and then ran forward, jumped, with my elbow pointing down, and jabbed him right in the stomach.
"Oh God!" he exclaimed in sheering pain as he rolled off the bed. Well he was up. Time to wake up Mitch. Then I heard a thump and a holler. After a few minutes of wondering what it was, Forrest came into my room.
"Squid and Tyler are awake," he said in a voice that told me 'I created that thump.'
"Good that you're here, it's time to wake up Mitch," I told him with my evil like smile. So we did. I picked Mitch up by his arms and Forrest at his feet. We neatly placed him inside the bathtub and turned on the shower water.
"What the hell!" Mitch said with his rude awakening.
Forrest and I dueled while we waited for the others to get ready. He used his Ying Yang deck and I used my Yubels. Man, I love my Yubel deck. Though, I felt that I needed to use my Cloudians for the tourney. But what is cool about my Yubel deck, is that all the cards in there are special. I mean, each Yubel was given to me by a special person, and so was each support card. Each card contains a memory of someone sacrificing something for me to get that deck.
When everyone was finally finished getting ready, we finally went down as a group. We got to the restaurant at 8:30, just in time. I had four pancakes, two eggs, and a bunch of sausage. I was stuffed. Everyone had a pretty big breakfast, but Forrest and Rain were still hungry. Those two are black holes I tell you. But when we walked outside, there was a surprise waiting for us.
"You!" someone said pointing a finger at me.
"Me?" I asked; in pure confusion not know what was going on. You would never guess who was pointing a finger at me. It was Elemental Hero Statos! He was accompanied by Destiny Hero Diamond Dude and Evil Hero Malicious Edge.
"Yes you! Kovel Kuze!" he told me. Now I was starting to get to my senses. These guys were duelist, each, I assumed, with their own deck that was like their costume. "I challenge you to a duel! You're whole team!"
"Hm…" I said, considering what was going on, "Hey Rain, Mitch, what do you think?"
"We accept," Rain said, not even considering what Mitch might say.
"Ok, who will take on whom then?" I asked, not considering Mitch's opinion either.
"I'll take on the Statos," Rain said walking off to meet his partner.
"I'll take on Diamond Dude if it's ok with you," I told Mitch, finally caring about this opinion.
"Fine, whatever," he said in a not so convincing voice.
"Ok, good!" Statos said. He then pointed at the big tower that Richie explained all the rules at. "That is where our duel will be placed! Meet us there in exactly a half an hour from now!"
We all met at the top of the tower at the specified time. Rain and Statos were first. They each got on opposite sides of the dueling ring and prepared their duel disks. "LET'S DUEL!" they exclaimed [Both=8000].
"I'll go first, if you don't mind," Stratos said drawing his card, "I'll start off by summoning me, and I'll get to search out an E-Hero, like E-Hero Ocean and add it to my hand. I'll set a card and end."
"Meh, ok," Rain said pretending to not be delighted, "I'll start off by placing three face downs and activating Six Samurai Untied. Next I'll summon Six Samurai – Yariza." A samurai with a blue blade appeared. "Now with Yariza out, I can summon Grandmaster of the Six Samurai!" An older man appeared, with a silver beard and a glowing eye patch. "Now Grandmaster, attack Stratos."
"Oh no you don't," Stratos said revealing his face down card, "I activate Hero Barrier, so you're attack is negated."
"That's fine, Yariza, attack directly," Rain said as Yariza flew with his blue jet pack over Stratos and hit Rain's opponent [Stratos = 7000].
"But… how?" Stratos said confused.
"Heh, when Yariza is with another Six Sam, he can attack directly," Rain explained, "I'll end my turn."
"Then it's time for you to receive justice!" Stratos said drawing his card, "I'll summon E Hero Ocean [1500/1200], and then activate Skyscraper!" Buildings rose from the ground around us as we were encased in a city. "Now your Grandmaster is no match for Stratos! Attack!" Stratos leapt into the air and charged for Grandmaster, but then was flung back and hit a building, then shattered into pieces. "What happened!?"
"Heh, I activated Sakuretsu Armor," Rain said with a smirk, "And while I was at it, I activated my other two face downs, Swiftstrike Armor, and Spirit Barrier."
"But they won't save your Grandmaster from my second attack!" Stratos commanded as his Ocean leapt forward [1500 + 1000= 2500]. Ocean swung his pole down and clashed with Grandmaster's sword. Grandmaster's sword started to crack and it shattered as the point of Ocean's spear sliced open Grandmaster's chest. Ocean did a final swing, smashing Grandmaster back past Rain and he shattered. "You're turn."
"Fine," Rain said drawing his card, "I'll use the effect of Swiftstrike Armor to allow me to summon Zanji, the monster I just drew." An orange samurai appeared carrying a spear. "Now I'll activate Six Sam United so I can draw two cards. Next I'll summon Marauding Captain, and with him I can summon Kamon. Now Kamon will destroy your city." Kamon threw bombs everywhere and the city was blown into rubble. "Now that your hero's buff is gone, Zanji, attack Ocean!" Zanji rushed for Ocean and stabbed him [Stratos = 6300]. "Now Marauding and Yariza, attack directly." Both of Rain's monsters slashed Stratos [Stratos = 4100]. "Your turn."
"Hmf, ok," Stratos said, a little ticked off at this point, "When cities crumble, all you can do is rebuild them, and why not build them better while you're at it. I'll activate Skyscraper 2!" An even bigger city and nicer looking appeared around the rubble of the fallen city. "Now I'll summon E Hero Prisma!" A diamond looking person came out of his card. "Now I'll send E Hero Necroshade from my deck to the grave. Now Prisma, attack Marauding!" Prisma's hand turned into a sharp point and stabbed Marauding. Marauding fell to his knees and shattered into pieces. "I'll end with a face down."
"My turn then," Rain said drawing his card, "I'll equip Ebon Steed to Zanji letting him add an extra 200 attack points, and now I'll attack Prisma with Zanji."
"Oh no you won't! I activate Negate Attack!" Stratos yelled.
"Fine, then Kamon will destroy your new city then," Rain said as Kamon threw bombs throughout the city and the city was turned into rubble yet again. "I end."
"You fiend," Stratos said drawing his card, "You will pay for what you have done to justice! I'll activate Rota, so I can search out E Hero Woodsman, and I summon him! Next I'll activate Fusion Sage to get Polymerization in my hand and use Prisma to change him into Ocean. Now I'll fuse Woodsman and 'Ocean' together to form E Hero Terra Frima!" A white suited hero appeared [2500/2000]. "And now it is time for your Samurai's to accept defeat! Terra Frima, attack Yariza!" Terra Frima thrusted his fist into Yariza, sending him back, but Kamon caught Yariza, and Kamon was the one who blew into pieces. "What happened!?"
"Hehe, Six Samurais rely on teamwork," Rain said with a smirk on his face, "Divided, they fall. But Untied, they will protect each other. Until the very end!"
"Hmp, well I'll just end my turn," Stratos said.
"And time for me to end this!" Rain said drawing his card, "I'll summon Nisashi." A green samurai with two glowing blades appeared [1400/700]. "Now Zanji will attack."
"But he has less attack points."
"Doesn't matter," Rain said trying to act all cool, "Zanji destroys any monster that he battles with."
"What?!"
"Zanji, take care of Terra Frima!" Zanji rode on his steed toward Terra Frima, but Terra hit Zanji off his horse, but as he was hit, Zanji threw his spear into Terra Frima, piercing his heart. Terra Frima shattered and so did Zanji's steed, but Terra Frima shattered shortly afterward. "Heh, now my two monsters will attack! And, Nisahi can attack twice!"
"What!?" Stratos said as he was assulted by the two samurais [Stratos = 300].
"It's over," Rain said with a smirk.
"It's not over until the last card is played!" Stratos said drawing his card, "I'll summon E Hero Neos to the field by using the effect of E Hero Necroshade [2500/2000]! Next I'll equip him with Rainbow Veil, which means that you can't subistute your samurais!"
"What! That's bs. Whatever, I'm still going to win," Rain said in confidence.
"We'll see about that!" Stratos said, "Neos! Attack!" Neos lunged at Yariza and gave a solid punch right in the face making Yariza fly back and finally shattered.
"I don't care if you do that," Rain said with a smirk, "I have two more in the deck, not to mention many things to bring him back, it is only a matter of time." He drew his card. "And what do you know, I summon another Yariza. Now you're finished."
"No!" Stratos yelled.
"Attack Yariza and finish this!" Rain said as Yariza did the final slash around Neos.
"Hmph," Stratos said, "You defeated me, but my teammates have their trys and will defeat you."
"Whatever," Rain said walking off of the duel area.
It was my turn. Alex gave me a good-luck kiss on the cheek and then I walk to face my opponent. Stratos and Diamond Dude high fived as they walked past eachother for their good luck. I was about to face my opponent, and I was a bit worried.