Just a quick note before the story starts, I'm extending the poll on wither Kotori will use Fairy or Winged Beast for her deck by two weeks, it will go down when Chapter 13 goes up.
Chapter 10: Ventus and Shark's Tag Duel
The next day Tetsuo and Yuma were having a duel.
"I special summon UFO Turtle!" Tetsuo announced as my summoned his monster. (UFO Turtle, Level 4, 1400)
"In that case, I'll use Gagaga Magician to attack UFO turtle!" Yuma tells Tetsuo as his magician attacks the turtle.
"Yuma-kun's personality, I just don't get him." Takashi muses to himself.
"What are you talking about?" I question looking at Takashi
"I mean his duel against Shark, If I had lost that badly, there's no way I can get back up so easily" Takashi explains
I chuckle and smirk. "He's stubborn" I say about Yuma.
"True" Takashi says with a nod.
I notice Tetsuo play the Quick Play spell Rush Recklessly raising his turtle to 2100.
"Ah, Attack power's gone up?" Yuma stammers in panic.
"In summary, Yuma-kun is a person without any pride, right?" Takashi questions.
I shrug putting my hands into my pockets. "Yuma defiantly has some pride, question is it too much or not enough."
"UFO Turtle, attack Gagaga Magician" Tetsuo yells out as the turtle destroys Yuma's magician. (Yuma: 0)
"Sheash, 20 losses in a row" I mutter into my hand.
"Damn It" Yuma mutters standing back up. "Heh, so you had a magic card too?"
I fell to the ground in embarrassment. "DID YOU REALLY NOT EXPECT A COUNTER?!" I yell out annoyed.
Yuma just sheepishly rubs the back of his head.
"Baka" I mutter face palming.
"Alright, let's do it again!" Yuma tells Tetsuo.
"You still feel like playing?" Takashi mutters in shock.
"I think he suffered one to many blows to the head from all the falling" I mutter softly enough for only Kotori and Takashi to hear.
Kotori chuckles a bit at that.
"Of course!" Yuma replies to Takashi "I'm aiming to become the Duel Champion, after all"
I look over at Tetsuo and notice a look on his face.
"Now, come at me again!" Yuma challenges Tetsuo.
"I can't do this anymore." Tetsuo says turning his back to Yuma and walking off.
"Is he still on about that?" I mentally question frowning at Tetsuo's retreating form.
"What's with him?" Yuma questions after a while before pointing at Takashi. "Then class rep, your next!"
"Eh?" Takashi stammers in shock. "But what about Ventus Kun?"
Yuma Chuckles, "Please If I dueled Ventus I wouldn't have any chance, he's ruthless." He says bluntly with a shiver in his voice.
I chuckle before noticing Kotori following Tetsuo and decide to go after her.
"Wait!" Kotori calls after Tetsuo. "Wait Up"
"Oi Tetsuo!" I yell after him making him stop.
"Tetsuo-kun!" Kotori says to our friend in worry.
"I didn't thing Yuma was that kind of person." Tetsuo tells us.
I clench my fist a bit. "What does that mean?" I hiss with venom
"That Duel." Tetsuo comments.
"Duel?" Kotori and I question.
"He said he wouldn't use the Numbers" Tetsuo tells us.
I felt pure annoyance boil up inside my blood, and before I knew it.
WHAM! Tetsuo was flying to the ground my fist was extended straight out shaking in rage.
"VENTUS!" Kotori yells in shock.
'You Don't Get IT!" I yell at Tetsuo, "It hurt Yuma to break his promise of not using the Numbers even if Shark had asked for it, but I don't consider Yuma failing as Shark himself asked for that." I look up at the Sky. "Besides Hope is a part of Yuma, Numbers or not and not being able to use him is a sort of strain on Yuma."
Tetsuo stands up. "Even if that's the case that guy…" he mutters.
Kotori and I look at him for a sec.
"But see, that's just because Yuma is an idiot" Kotori says cheerfully
I fall to my knees in fits of laughter at how happily Kotori said that statement.
"I know he's an idiot!" Tetsuo snaps. "Yuma is an idiot, and full of himself but…"
"Oi Tetsuo!" I say with firmness.
"But, he never went around telling lies!" Tetsuo snaps at me and Kotori.
"IT WASN"T A LIE!" I roar in Tetsuo's face causing him to stumble back in fright.
"Tetsuo-kun" Kotori yells out as he runs away.
I put my hand on her shoulder. "Let him be, he needs to sort out his own thoughts by himself.
Kotori looks at Tetsuo's retreating form before nodding.
I look back over at Yuma. "Yuma" I mutter under my breath before realizing I had done it at the exact same time as Kotori making me chuckle a bit.
"My Turn Draw!" Yuma says drawing out his card. "Alright, let's go!" he says making his move on Takashi.
I smiled at Yuma's optimism as I watched the very one sided fight.
-Zexal-
"Tetsuo!" Yuma yells out running toward Tetsuo who was on his skateboard.
Tetsuo stops to look at Yuma.
"Tetsuo, let's duel today too!" Yuma challenges.
"I can't tell if Yuma is stubborn, or loves losing." I mutter watching the interaction of Tetsuo and Yuma from a distance.
"I can't duel with you anymore." Tetsuo tells Yuma before skating off again.
"That's weird!" Yuma yells making a funny face. "What's with the stingy talk?" he yells pointing at Tetsuo's retreating form. "There are plenty of opponent's besides you!"
I smile a bit as I see Astral come out of the Key.
"It's useless" Astral tells Yuma. "Right now, you can't win no matter who you duel with."
"Blunt as Usual" I say walking over to the two.
"Normally, you would at least try to use childish strategies" Astral comments.
"He's right, lately you've been recklessly dueling with no strategy or depth to your moves." I add on.
"Ven's right, pointlessly attacking over and over again." Astral tells Yuma.
"What did you say?" Yuma yells at Astral.
"You're irritated because of Shark." He tells Yuma.
I raised my eyebrow, I hadn't realized that.
"Indeed he's an excellent duelist, very talented." Astral tells Yuma, "But that's not the only reason he won."
I frowned a bit wondering what Astral meant by that.
"What do you mean by that?" Yuma says expressing my very thoughts.
"He thoroughly studies your deck, and saw through the Numbers' weakness" Astral tells Yuma.
I make a small O with my mouth in realization as to what Astral meant.
"And Yuma knows nothing about Shark, he expected to automatically win because of one victory against him." I add on.
"Exactly" Astral states.
"What do I know?" Yuma questions somewhat to himself.
I notice his eyes go a little distance as if remembering something.
-Zexal-
Later that evening I walked into the school library to see Yuma and Kotori looking up some information.
"Duel Monsters National Championships?" Kotori comments at what appeared on the screen.
I walk up silently and read over their shoulders.
"Yeah, just a little." Yuma tells Kotori.
I notice him scroll down to look at Shark's info.
Yuma and Kotori Gasp.
"The Tarnished Champion Canadite, Kamishiro Ryouga?" Kotori reads out.
I reach over and hit a button shutting off the compter.
"V-Ven!" Yuma stammers in shock.
I look at Yuma. "Don't butt into other people business I tell him firmly.
"Is this about Shark?" Kotori questions Yuma.
I look at Yuma as well.
"I wanted to find out about Shark's past" Yuma tells us.
"Well don't" I tell him.
"Ehh, do you know what happened?" Kotori questions me.
I look up at the ceiling for a bit. "Yeah" I say after a small pause.
"What happened then?" Yuma ask me.
"Drop it!" I tell them firmly before walking off. "Ryouga!" I mentally state while walking through the halls.
-Zexal—
Yuma, Kotori and I were walking towards our homes leaving the school
"Ahh, I wish I knew what had happened" Yuma mutters.
"I told you to drop it!" I scold Yuma.
"I understand" Yuma comments, making me look at him. "That duel between me and Shark it wasn't the duel from someone who was dishonest."
I smiled a bit at Yuma.
"Oi!" I hear a voice call out. I turn to see Pinky the guy with the blue and Red RK shirt from the Gang run up to us.
"It's you, the guy from Shark's place" Yuma comments.
Pinky is breathing heavily before he begins to tell us what's wrong.
"WHAT?!" I yell out in shock.
"Shark is gonna be a card robber?" Yuma questions.
"Yeah, boss was talking about attacking the gallery" Pinky tells us. "It's all because off that card!"
"Card?" I question.
"Ever since boss got that card, they haven't been acting like themselves" Pinky explains.
I see Astral appear out of the Key. We lock eyes for a bit. "Numbers" We say in agreement as to what's going on.
"And no doubt, they're planning to make Shark take the blame for all of it!" Pinky tells us.
"Not on my Watch" I say before taking off Running.
"Wait Ven" Kotori yells after me making me stop and look back at her.
"That's enough, getting involved with Shark like that." She tells me.
I look at Kotori for a bit. "I have to go, I have no choice to go"
"But why, why go that far for Shark's sake?" She asks me.
" I made an important promise to a close friend that I would protect Shark, I failed in keeping that promise so now It's time for me to make up for my mistake." I tell her before taking off again.
"Rio, help me save Shark" I say as the Rengant's symbol sways back and forth as I run toward to Gallery.
-Zexal-
I notice Shark, Dreadlocks and Suit jump over the Fence with their bikes.
"You're late" I tell them standing up with the Gallery behind me.
"Who are you?" Dreadlocks questions me.
"The Names Ventus, and I won't let you get pass this point" I tell them.
"What did you say?" Dreadlocks says as a Dark Aura surrounds him.
"I knew it" I mentally state.
"You're that brat that hurt our friend from before" Suit says also gaining a Dark Aura.
"Well what do you know, they have brain cells to remember" I taunt them.
The 16 and 61 marks apper on the two gang members.
I throw out my hand Activating my Duel Disk, "If you want to continue, then you'll have to defeat me in a duel."
"Duel, you say?" Dreadlocks comments.
"What are you planning?" Suit questions.
I look over at Shark for a bit. "A promise" I comment before grabbing a Card I had grabbed from the House and Holding it Up. "If you guys win, My Numbers card is yours to take" I say holding up Number 47 Nightmare Shark. "However, if I win, you'll leave the gallery alone!"
"That's the same as our cards." I hear Suit comment.
"Oh really, so this thing is called Numbers?" Dreadlocks questions holding up his Numbers. "We've already gained this much power with just yours and mine, if we can get that we'll we invincible." He tells Suit.
"Now, come at me!" I tell them, not calling them the names I gave them, and I didn't get their real names yet.
"You, are you thinking of fighting two on one?" I hear Shark question.
"Of course!" I tell Shark. "There's no way I'll fail my promise to Rio to protect you again!"
I see Shark's eyes widen in surprise as he gasps in shock. "I already told Yuma, don't get involved with me again"
"Tough Luck" I tell Shark, "I failed my promise once, never again"
"I don't have anywhere else to belong" Shark tells me about the gang.
"You're wrong!" I snap at him. "Your place of belonging isn't something like this, it's with friends who accept you for who you are."
Shark gasps in shock.
"I will never fail again this time I will fulfil my promise" I comment to myself. "Now, Come!"
"You're pushing it too much, why go this far?" Shark yells at me.
"Because we are friends, nothing more nothing less" I tell him locking eyes with him to show me resolve.
-Zexal-
"Now talking time is over" Dreadlocks states.
"If it's about the Numbers, then that's a different story" Suits comments.
"This isn't two on one!" Dreadlocks states.
"Oh?" I say with an eyebrow raised in interest.
"It'll be a three on one fight he comments.
"Right Ryouga?" Suit questions Shark.
"Sounds fun" I say with a smirk.
Shark slowly walks over to my side. "Ryouga?" I question in shock.
"Sorry, but I'll be siding with this guy" Shark tells the two gang members.
"What did you say?" Dreadlocks hisses out.
"You, so you're betraying us?" Suit hisses out angrily.
"Ryouga" I mumble in shock that he would help me.
"Don't get me wrong, I'm just sick of these guy's babysitting, that's all" Shark tells me.
I chuckle. "Wouldn't have it any other way."
"Interesting!" Suit says "So you're challenging us to a tag duel?"
"What a bunch of idiots!" Dreadlocks comments. "You clearly know what's going to happen right, Ryouga?" he questions.
"Enough Talk!" I yell out grabbing my D-Gazer and putting it on since my Duel Disk was already activated.
"AR Vision Link Established"
"DUEL" All four of Us Yell out. (Shark: 4000) (Ventus: 4000) (Rikuo: 4000) (Kaio: 4000)
"So their names are Rikuo and Kaio" I mentally comment looking at the Dueling Info.
"I'll take the first turn!" Rikuo states, "My Turn, Draw!" he yells out drawing his card. "I set a monster in defense position." His monster appears face down. I notice the two gang members look at each other before Rikuo makes his next move. "Then I set two cards face down, turn end."
"Alright, My time" I yell out grasping the top card. "My Turn, Draw!" I yell out as I swipe the card of the top of the pile and add it to my hand. "I Summon Wind-Up Rabbit in Attack Mode" I say placing my monster onto the duel disk. (Wind-Up Rabbit, Level 3, 1400 ATK) "Next, since I summoned a Wind-Up Monster, I can Special Summon Wind-Up Shark form my hand" I state as the toy shark appears from a pool of water. (Wind-Up Shark, Level 4, 1500 ATK)
"I Activate Wind-Up Shark's Effect" I declare, "Each Turn I can either raise or lower his Level by 1, I lower Shark to Level 3."
"Two Level 3 Monsters" I hear Shark Comment.
"Next I activate the Continuous Spell Galaxy Wave" I say as an overlay network portal appears in the center of the field "Whenever I Xyz Summon the opposing player takes 500 points of Damage, Now I Overlay my Level 3 Wind-Up Rabbit and Shark." The two monsters enter into the Overlay Network. "With these two monsters I construct the Overlay Network" I chant out. "Xyz Summon, Advance Rank 3, Wind-Up Zenmaines!" I yell out as my ace defender shows up. (Wind-Up Zenmaines, Rank 3, 2100 Def)
"Now you take 500 Points of Damage!" I tell the two Gang Members as a pulse comes out of the overlay network."
(Shark: 3500) (Rikuo: 3500) (Kaio: 3500)
"Heh Heh you hurt your ally as well" Rikuo states.
"Sorry Shark" I tell him
"It's fine, it wouldn't be of a duel if I didn't have some sort of handicap" Shark states with a grin.
I smirk at Him before grabbing two cards from my hand. "I set Two Cards, Turn End"
"My Turn, Draw!" Kaio states as he draws. "I summon Resent Blizzardon" he announces as his Dinosaur monster appears. (Resent Blizzardon, Level 4, 1400) "Then I set two cards face down, Turn End" He announces as the two sets materialize face down.
"Against our invincible tag duel" Kaio begins
"We'll make you regret you ever challenged us." Rikuo finishes.
"My Turn, Draw!" Shark says taking his turn. "I summon Big Jaws" he announces placing the card on the Duel Disk as the Shark monster appears in a torrent of Water (Big Jaws, Level 3, 1800) "Next, I special summon Shark Sucker!" another monster appears in a torrent of water. "When there is another fish type monster on the field, I can special summon this card from my hand" Shark explains. (Shark Sucker, Level 3, 200 Atk)
I smiled "He managed to get two level 3 monsters out like nothing, you're as good as ever Shark" I mentally comment.
"I overlay my level 3 Big Jaws and Shark Sucker!" Shark declares as his monsters turn into blue lights and spiral up and enter into the overlay network. "With these two monsters, I construct the overlay network!" he chants, "Xyz Summon, Appear, Submersible Carrier Aero Shark!" (Submersible Carrier Aero Shark, Rank 3, 1900 Atk)
"Shark's Ace on the first go, Awesome" I comment.
"I activate Aero Shark's monster effect!" Shark announces. "Once pet turn, by detaching one overlay unit, I can inflict 400 damage to my opponent for every card in my hand!" he explains as he pulls a unit from under Aero Shark and places it into the graveyard as Aero Shark launches torpedoes at the opponents.
"There's four cards in my hand, because of that, I inflict 1600 damage to Rikuo!" Shark states.
Rikuo growls as his life drops. (Rikuo: 1900)
"Nice one Ryouga" I tell him.
"Is that what you think?" Rikuo says chuckling before looking at Kaio.
"Trap activate!" Kaio yells out as his set card flips up. "Blizzard Egg, Level 5, with this card when a player takes effect damage, they can special summon one level 5 monster from the hand." He says explaining his card's effect. "However, if they can't special summon, that player takes 500 damage"
I frowned, "These guys don't seem honest enough to leave something like this up to chance." I mentally comment.
I see Rikuo look at his hand for a bit before smirking, "I'll special summon the level 5 monster, Bontan Lavasaurus!" A giant dinosaur with glowing red rocks sticking out of its back appears giving off an aura of heat. (Bontan Lavasaurus, Level 5, 2100 ATK)
"Next is my turn!" Rikuo states "Trap activate, Flame Egg, Level 5!" his set card flips open. "When a player takes effect damage, an ally can special summon one level 5 monster from the hand." He explains, "However if they can't special summon, that player takes 500 damage"
"I knew it" I comment under my breath.
"I special summon the level 5 monster, Mince Icebergdon in defense position!" Kaio states placing his monster on the duel disk. (Mince Icebergdon, Level 5, 2100 Def)
"You see, this is our perfect combination!" Kaio states cockily.
"No one has ever beaten my brother and I in a tag duel" Rikuo adds on.
"Cocky bastards" I mentally comment.
"Lets go Ryouga" Rikuo yells out, "Trap activate, Staredown Level 5!" he declares as his second set card flips open. "For every level 5 monster on our side of the field, you take 500 damage!" "There's two level 5 monsters on our field, because of that, damage is 1000, take that traitor!" he yells out.
"Ryouga!" I yell out in worry as his life drops by 1000 (Shark: 2500)
"Hmph, not such a big deal now, aren't you?" Rikuo taunts.
"I set two cards face down, Turn End!" Shark says placing his two sets.
I kept looking at our opponents my mind trying to figure out how they played that move so flawlessly.
I felt someone approach but kept my focus on the duel.
"My Turn, Draw!" Rikuo declares. "I change the face down defense position monster to attack position!" he announces as his set monster card flips open revealing another Dinosaur monster, "Show yourself, Punch Flamesaursus!" (Punch Flamesaursus, Level 4, 1800 Atk)
"Oi Ven!" I turn to see Yuma, Astral, Tetsuo and more importantly Kotori, "Hey Guys" I say with a smile before I realize what I had thought about Kotori being more important, "She's just a friend" I mentally tell myself.
"Tag duel?" Tetsuo comments. "Why is Ven together with Shark?"
"I activate Punch Flamesaursus's flip effect" Rikuo announces turning my attention back to the duel. "This card's level is increased by one, to Level 5"
"Two Level 5 Monsters" I hear Astral comment.
"I overlay my level 5 monsters, Punch Flamesaursus and Bontan Lavasaurus!" Rikuo declares as his monsters turn into red colored lights and fly up into the air, "With these two monsters, I construct the Overlay network!" he chants as his two monsters enter the Galaxy colored portal. "Xyz Summon, Appear Numbers 61, Volcasaurus!" (Numbers 61: Volcasaurus, Rank 5. 2500 Atk)
"It's here the Numbers" I comment feeling a feral grin on my face.
"Numbers." I hear Yuma comment in shock.
"We did it, big bro." Kaio tells Rikuo making me raise a curious eyebrow.
"This game is ours now." Rikuo states. "Now let's show them our true terror."
"I activate Volcasaurus's effect!" he yells out as Volcasaurus swallows an overlay unit, "By detaching an overlay unit, I Can destroy one of the opponent's monsters and inflict damage equal to its attack to the player, I'll destroy Aero Shark Mag-max!"
"Trap Activate!" I yell out flipping over my set card.
"A Trap?!" Rikuo hisses out.
"Skill Twist!" I announce the card's name, "When a monster is targeted by an Effect of a monster I can change the target to a monster I control, I make Zenmaines the Target of Volcasaurus Effect!" I announce as Zenmains is hit by the lava, Further more by Detaching 1 Overlay Unit I save Zenmaines from destruction preventing the damage!"
"Annoying Pest!" Kaio bites out.
"You can't stop this!" Rikuo taunts, "Once Again, Mag max!" Rikuo yells out as Volcasaurus swallows the final overlay Unit and fires the lava at Aero Shark again!"
"Once More!" I yell out as Zenmaines intercepts the Lava.
"What?!" Rikuo yells out in anger.
"Trap Card, Skill Twist!" I say as my second set card is revealed to be face up. "I detach an overlay unit to save Zenmaines" I say as I place the final overlay unit into the grave.
"Annoying Pest, in that Case Volcasaurus Attack Aero Shark!" Rikuo orders his Number destroying Aero Shark and sending Shark Flying.
"RYOUGA!" I yell out at the same time Yuma yells Shark. (Shark: 1900)
I notice Shark looking at me with shock and awe in his eyes, I figured it was from my protecting him. I smile at him before turning back to the opponents.
"Do you see it now, our power?!" Rikuo says laughing.
"Your Numbers with be ours!" Kaio states.
"NUMBERS?!" I hear Astral yell in shock.
"But Shark doesn't have any Numbers." Yuma Comments, "Then does that mean that Ventus?"
I notice Yuma and Astral looking in my direction as Rikuo and Kaio begin to laugh manically.
"Annoying" I hiss out as their laughter continues.
-Zexal-