Author's note: Whoop! After not showing up for months, I have return, and better than ever! Sorry to all my faithful viewers, but I had to take some time to write out plot of the story. I knew how I wanted to go, but I just get getting so many ideas. It was hard to keep up with it all. So I decided to just completely rework the whole story, and frankly, I think it came out rather nicely. Thanks you guys for reading my story, and for being so patient with me, you guys rock and I hope you enjoy!
*Ryouu casually enters the room*
Ryouu: Ya know Rizengan, your story has been pretty bland for the past couple chapters. Besides an unimpressive duel and giving me the ability to summon Raiku, you haven't done much.
Me: Ahh, (sobbing) It's not really that bad, is it?
*Ryouu silently nods*
Me: (after crying for several seconds) But all that stuff was necessary! I needed some way to express the tension between Nazonei and Nizone without making her seem like a complete stuck up snob, while also making Nizone the fan favorite!
Ryouu: Well I guess that makes sense… But their duel could've still been better. And then you have Jin's duel; why is he even in the story? His entire role seems pretty… filler-y…
Me: Filler-y? That's not even a real word… And what do you mean?
Ryouu: Hey, it is a real word! And I just mean that Jin seems pointless to the story, at least the way he is. Either he loses his next duel and is then out of the story, or he wins and then changes his attitude -_-
Me: And what's wrong with either of those?
Ryouu: Simple. If he loses, then he's out of the story and his role seems really short and basically pointless (like a filler -_-). Or he changes his attitude, which kinda makes it pointless for him to have been timid in the first place. It seems sorta lazy on your part, and is a little too reminiscent of Syrus.
Me: D,,,= But who said those were the only possibilities? What if he were to lose his duel, then leave the Academy holding a grudge? Who knows what he might do, or how that would affect the story?
Ryouu: That's not very convincing, though… I don't think you would've said that if it really was your plan. And besides, there's still the issue of Hakoda… You haven't really done much with him, except for having him creeping around.
Me: Haha, this is one I can defend against! Hakoda is REALLY important to this story, his vitality just happens a little later on. I'm giving him a small part right now, that much is true. But I do it mainly to keep him fresh in the reader's mind (and for few other reasons, hehehe)
Ryouu: *yawn* Fine, but then again, what's up with me and this whole 'Shadow Summoning Magic' stuff?
Me: Why do you have so many questions (glares at Ryouu with an annoyed expression)?
*Ryouu merely crosses his arms and shrugs*
Me: "Your powers will be better explained in the next few chapters, so be quiet! Now I think we've kept you guys waiting for long enough. So without further ado…"
Ryouu: Enjoy the show!
Me: Hey!
SPIRITS UNBOUND
Ch. 11 Clash of The Titans!
TIME and time again, throughout the history of the entire species, humanity has fought in countless wars. Low and behold, not all of these wars have been fought over what you may think.
As long as humanity has existed, there has also been a fascination with the unknown… With the supernatural.
But through the progression of time, those that associated themselves with the Supernatural became outcast by those who didn't. 'If I can't see it, then it must not exist!'
A hatred for the supernatural-sensitive people grew in the hearts of those that weren't. A savage war resulted; one of the earliest wars in the history of the species.
And when it was all over, the people with no spiritual sensitivity were the victors, decimating nearly all that were sensitive.
Hundreds, thousand, tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of years later, humanity is at the verge of another war; a war that may not only decide the fate of the human race, but of the entire planet.
But this oncoming war isn't known to a lot of humans, in fact, almost none of the population could foresee something so destructive happening in the near future.
But the few people that sense a disturbance in the natural order of the world, the few that will play the largest role in this war, are the same ones that were nearly wiped of long before.
As a grand evil threatens to send the planet into total chaos, the only ones that can stop it are the descendants of a clan long forgotten, the people in touch with the spiritual, those that are sensitive to the supernatural…
At a certain stadium, completely devout to dueling, the crowd erupted into frenzy of cheers as a duel proceeded down below.
Of the two contestants, one of them was a fairly old man, around 50. Judging by the large shine on the top of the man's head, it was safe to say that he was in a losing battle against male pattern baldness. But his mustache and extended beard more than made up for the hair loss. His high class business suit completed the ensemble.
He currently held one monster on his field; the beautiful pink form of Seiyaryu could be seen, enhanced by the power of the Axe of Despair it wielded within its beak (3500/2100).
Both the old man and his pink dragon were staring down his opponent.
He wore a white bandanna around his head that matched perfectly with his white muscle shirt and baggy black jeans. He also had on white shoes with black shoe laces and outside soles. Small folds of his distinctive purple hair could be seen hanging out of the bandana. He was Masuchi, the current Pro League champion.
"Sorry to say, but with no cards on the field, and only one in your hand, you stand no chance of toppling me and Seiyaryu!" The elder man taunted.
Masuchi merely smiled in response.
"Don't look so assured. With only 700 life points, my next attack will end this duel" the man further bragged, even as his life point counter registered its score (1500).
Masuchi ripped the top card off his deck before giving it a slight glance. "Ya know dude, just because you have a slight advantage, it doesn't mean you have this duel won" and as if to emphasize his point, Masuchi slammed down the card he'd been holding previously onto his duel disk.
The form of a rainbow shot from the sky. It landed onto the Champion's duel disk. The elder man stared on, a slight bead of sweat forming on his brow.
"Thanks to the destruction you've caused, I can use this spell card. It's called Destination Rainbow, and can only be activated if I have at least one of my Elemental Spirits in the grave!"
The beads of sweat on the elder man's brow began to increase in size and in number.
Then on the rainbow, four of the colors faded away, leaving only the green strip, the red strip, and the indigo strip remained.
"What is the meaning of this light show?"
Masuchi smirked as he faced his opponent. "My deck has 7 primary monsters. Each one represents an element. They are WIND, EARTH, FIRE, LIGHTNING, WATER, LIGHT, and DARK."
Then the champion whipped his head back. "This rainbow responds to these monsters. For each one in the grave, it creates a strand of color: WIND is green, ROCK is orange, FIRE is red, LIGHTNING is blue, WATER is indigo, LIGHT is yellow, and DARK is violet."
"So those strands are there because you have SunnyMan(500/500), RainyMan(500/500), and WindyMan(500/500) in your graveyard?"
"Yes. Now back to my card's effect. Because I have three of them in my grave, its third effect is resolved, which means I get to draw until I hold 5 cards" which he promptly did.
The champion took only a second to formulate his move.
"With no cards to defend you beside your dragon, you're in a pretty vulnerable condition dude... Now I activate my Luna-R-Tic spell card! To activate it, I must send LunarMan(500/500) to the grave from either my hand or deck"
Masuchi slid one of the newly drawn cards into his graveyard pile. Then an image of the moon appeared in front of Seiyaryu.
The majestic pink dragon began to flock about in a frenzy. Its eyes showed anger, fear, and shock, all at once.
"What's happening to my monster?" The elder man questioned fearful. Instinctively, he also took a couple steps back, and crossed his arms in a defensive manner.
"Simple. Luna-R-Tic messes with a monster's mind to the point that it wishes to attack its master, even though it loses points equal to its level x200."
And true to his words, Seiyaryu flew to Masuchi's side of the field. Because it was level 7, the dragon's attack points dropped to 2100.
"This duel is over dude. Attack!"
Nizone watched the duel's climactic ended with delight.
"Aha! Masuchi won his duel, just like predicted! Now pay me!"
Misui just stared at the spiky brunette crossly. "Fine" she stated simply as she handed the boy a solid 50 dollar bill.
Ryouu stared at the duo with a coy frown on his face. "Ya know, they say gambling is an evil sport" .
While Nizone was busy holding his money to the light so as to make sure it wasn't counterfeit, Misui turned to face the silverette, a peeved look on her otherwise pleasant face.
"What… Did you say?"
"Nothing" the boy whimpered as he hid behind his chair for safety.
After watching the exchange with amusement, Nizone's expression hardened into a much stonier one.
"So guys, Nazonei's match again Keiko should be starting soon."
This in turn caused both Ra Yellows to face the brunette.
"Do you think we should go check it out now?"
Nizone merely nodded in confirmation.
"Well, let's go!"
Out in the courtyard, two women were facing each other. One was clad in a red blazer, symbolic of her Slifer Red status. She stared at her opponent with fierce crystal blue orbs. A small bang of her raven black hair slightly covered her right eye. She had a very powerful scowl on her face, highlighting the intensity of the upcoming battle.
Her opponent on the other hand was nearly the exact opposite. Though she wore a similar blazer, hers was blue, and more elaborate in nature and also more form-fitting. Her eyes were much paler than the crystal blue of her adversaries, so much so that it was almost completely white. As unatural as it seemed, her eyes seemed to even lack a pupil. And unlike her opponent, her strawberry blond hair kept far from her face. Instead, it fluttered in the breeze. She gave a chipper smile to her opponent, as the both activated their Academy designed duel disks.
By this time, a crowd of students gathered around the duelists in a circular mob-like fashion.
Chants for either duelist's name could be vaguely heard over tumult of the crowd.
Keiko's frowned deepened as she glared at Nazonei. "That stupid smile you have on your face, it's annoying."
This statement caused the strawberry blond to point in mock anger. "Well, maybe someone as angry as you doesn't understand, but to the rest of the world, smiles are friendly gesture!"
Having heard enough, Keiko quickly activated her duel disk.
Before Nazonei even had time to catch up, Keiko had already drawn her starting 5 card hand. The life point counters appeared over-head, set to the familiar tune of 4000 apiece.
The crowd began to murmur at the Slifer's attempt to speed up the match. Her anger was evident, but it only served to increase the excitement of the upcoming match. It was at that moment that the trio showed up. Nizone stared intently at his twin as she drew her beginning five cards.
"This is so exciting! I Bet you Nazonei wipes the floor with that girl!" Misui chanted aloud, passing a cocky grin to her best friend.
Keiko merely scuffed at the comment as she brushed a rogue bang from her face. "As if this Blue lollipop could ever beat me. She might be able to beat her brother with that overly friendly smile of hers, but I'm an entirely different league of duelist!"
"Stop trying to act like you're so superior! Yeah, my sister might have beaten me, but it was a close match. And you give Slifers a bad name. While you try to act like you're all high-and-mighty, you should remember that you lost your entrance exam, so you shouldn't even be here!"
Keiko showed no outward response. Instead she merely drew her 6th card, signifying the beginning of the duel.
Her crystal blue eyes surveyed her opening hand for a moment, trying to decide on a proper move. "Well" she began, holding up a single card, "I'll just start slow. I'll set one monster in defense mode and end my turn."
And as she set the facedown card on her duel disk, a holographic image appeared in front of her to display the card.
Nazonei just smiled aggresively as she drew her sixth card. Having already checked out her hand the previous turn, the strawberry blond was quick to make her move.
"Alright Keiko, you better get ready 'cuz I'm not holding back! I'm summoning one of my favorite monsters: Lil' Windblade Glider!"
And as Nazonei placed the card on her monster zone, a small boy dressed in elaborate green armor appeared, detached wings floating behind his person, and a clever smile ever present on his face (400/1500).
Keiko merely scuffed at the sight of the level 3 monster. "That weak creature holds no place in this duel!"
This statement caused a sly grin to cross Nazonei's face, a grin that Nizone was all too familiar with.
'She's got it already...'
"I'll supplement my monster with my favorite equip spell, Rasengan!"
And much to the dark haired duelists chagrin, the small monster held out an open palm which was quickly covered by a small ball of swirling energy.
"As you probably already know, my Rasengan can only be equipped to a Warrior type monster. When that monster attacks, the opposing monster is automatically destroyed without applying damage calculation. This works perfectly with my Windblade Glider because when he destroys a monster in battle, you have to discard a card from your hand for every level of the destroyed monster!"
Keiko was so mad, she almost spat. Almost.
Then Nazonei cocked her fist forward in a dynamic manner. "Now my Lil' Windblade Glider, show Keiko your true strength and take out her face down monster!"
The young warrior flew to Keiko's unrevealed monster in a fraction of a second. Before the Slifer girl even realized, her monster had been completely destroyed by that same ball of energy; the Rasengan!"
Nazonei's triumphant smirk was quickly erased as a small smile crept its way onto Keiko's visage, even as she discarded all the cards in her hand, save for one.
"I know how destructive your cards can be, thanks to those troublesome Rasengan cards of yours, so I decided to customize my deck just for this duel. Unfortunately for you, the new set of cards I added specialize in being sent to the graveyard!" the Keiko flicked her duel disk, so she could reveal the card that had just been sent to her graveyard pile.
It was a level 4 spellcaster monster that looked much like a peasant. He wes on his knees and praying, even as a bandit held a knife to his throat.
"That was my Brood of Phoebe (1200/1500), and when he is sent from the field to the graveyard, I can take on card with either 'Pheobe' or 'Artemis' in its name and place it on top of my deck!"
So-saying, the dark haired girl quickly ripped out a card from her deck before placing it in the aforementioned spot.
Nazonei looked on with a slightly miffed expression. "You changed up your deck just for this duel?"
Keiko stared at the for a moment, confusion evident on her face. "Yeah, duh. I saw that I could gain an advantage over you, so I took it. I did what any great duelist would do."
"Wrong." The strawberry blond quickly interjected. "That's not the way of a true duelist at all. A true duelist would face anyone at any time with the deck they always use! Not trying to loot info on their opponent to gain an unfair advantage. You basically just said that you didn't have enough confidence in your deck, and in yourself, to believe that you would be able to defeat me."
Keiko's scowl had once again returned, this time even more defined than when the duel started. "Don't give me that crap. Next you'll start about the Heart of The Cards and other sentimental dribble. Well listen here lollipop, the only thing that matters in Duel Monsters are powerful cards, and great advantages!"
Nazonei shook her head determindly. "You are wrong Keiko. My dad is the strongest duelist I've ever faced. In fact, to this day, he is the only person I have never beaten."
"So what? All that proves is that you need stronger cards dummy!"
"No, you don't get it. My dad isn't strong because of his deck, he is strong because he believes in himself! I know this because of the many times I have faced him. Sometimes we even swap decks, but he still wins decisively. I've even teamed up with my brother, but to no avail. Think about it. We didn't come to this school so we could get better cards; we all came here so we could find our duelists spirit" she all but yelled this final statement.
"Pfft. Your entire philosophy is wrong. If you couldn't beat your dad, its only because of your own stupidity, not because of some 'duelist spirit.' In this duel, your cards' destruction abilities will only help me out. And I will use this advantage to destroy you and prove that power alone is the greatest weapon in ANY duel!"
Both girls stared hard at each other. The crowd stood in complete silence. No one dared to speak. Heck, it sounded as if no one even dared to breathe.
After a full minute of deadly silence, Keiko was first to break away, though now she was once again smirking.
"At any rate, one of the cards that I was forced to discard was my Summoner of the Gods (0/0). Because he was sent to the graveyard, I am now allowed to chose one 'Greek God' or 'Greek Goddess' from my deck and remove it from play!"
The crowd began to murmur in confusion as the girl took a chosen card from her deck and placed it in her back pocket.
"Why would you willingly remove Apollo from play? His effect doesn't benefit at all if he's not in the game..."
"That's true. But who ever said it was Apollo that was removed? Thanks to the new half of my deck, you have more than one God to contend with! And to finish the explanation of my monster's effect: the monster that I chose to be removed from play shall be added to my hand in three turns."
Nazonei gave off a competitive grin to her opponent. "Well, if that monster is going to make an appearance in a few turns, then I guess I should prepare my self then, right?"
And to this, the strawberry blond placed one card facedown behind her lone monster, signaling the end of her turn.
Jin stared at Kesado and Baken with a slightly peeved expression on his face. "Come on guys, we've been training relentlessly for days now! Can we please take a break? I just want to see the duel right now!"
baken grinned mischievously. "Sorry bro, but you still have a long way to go before you're ready for any breaks!"
"What! But I've already improved tremendously!"
"True," Kesado started with his ever-calm voice. "Your dueling has gotten better, but you still have confidence issues. Even if you appear to be ok when you duel me, I can still see how your confidence wavers whenever I counter one of your moves, or even make one of my own that you didn't expect. Then your performance suffers because of it" he stared deep into the Slifers eyes to get his point. Jin could only put his head down in shame and defeat.
"If your confidence is so malleable with me, I can only imagine how unstable it would be against an unfriendly opponent. No, you still have much to improve upon.
Jin stared at the floor for nearly an entire minute, ingesting the honest words of his eldest friend.
"Fine," he muttered softly, moreso to himself than anybody else.
Then he shot his head up, revealing burning eyes of emerald. Eyes that portrayed complete determination. "Then lets do this!"
Author's Note: Well, it looks like Keiko and Nazonei's rivalry is really heating up, no? This has now become a duel about ideology, the very belief of the game. And Jin's training is about to get much more hectic!
On a seperate note, I would like to apologize to all my readers for my absence, and nothing I can say would be good enough to excuse it. But I am glad to say that I AM BACK and BETTER THAN EVER!
I took this time out to revamp the story (as mentioned above), so I will probably be able to finish this duel within the next 3 chapters (yep, it's going to bo a looonnnggg duel folks). But that being said, I'll probably have the next chapter out some time fairly soon.
And one final tangent before I finish: I don't know how many people are still with the story, so I would just like to thank everyone that is still with me! I hope you guys would take the time out to leave me a review, it would mean so much to me to hear from everyone that's still with the story. I just want to hear from you guys, let an author know what you think.
Anyway, you guys rock! xD
This is Rizengan01 signing out