Combat Monsters – Nightfall Game

Chapter 9 - Enchanting One Day at a Time

Let's Rock!

It's been about two months now since I have obtained the Nightfall Pendant from the Radipolitian Summit. Life has changed before my eyes in dimensions I have never seen before.

I have strength and confidence jolted into me that I never knew I ever had. After defeating Zach, Gabe, Chloe, and even the followers of Mafia Inc could not slow me down at all. I felt almost invincible with power, not an ordinary one either. The teenager that I was, I think nothing can stop me.

A lot of my friends have been worried about me. Anita freaks every time I tell her about how fascinating and how much I love my pendant. She thinks I am becoming a different person and not staying true to who I am. Pfff I am fine. Takonashi thinks it's great how I am finding my inner being through this artifact but then again his advice is never the best. Phil is scared and freaks out about the thoughts I get but I don't think he understands too much.

Anyway, it was time we went back to Zach's and gave the ungrateful bastard a chance to make something of himself. I have a feeling he will not learn his lesson nor be any much different.

When I got there he looked like a puddle that was trampled over and over again by the masses of an early New York Monday morning. Losing his home, the place he had security, sitting on the steps like a man with out a clue in the world what to do next. It was this moment where at the same time I felt excited but felt like a true asshole. Even though if he was me it wouldn't matter, it just makes you think. In the heat of tragedy, only one flame burns bright while the rest just throw a valor of destruction.

"Get up." Staring down at his moping self I was not tolerate of seeing his sad site.

"...Why! What's the point!"

"Ok, stay there and die. Or if you want to realize how idiotic you are but want to live you will get up."

Slowing moving his destroyed body off the ground, Zach burning his eyes in lakes of tears strikes his face's reflection at mine.

"What...? What the fuck do you want!"

Pulling from the depths of his blue checkered jacket, Satoshi forfits over a shining green Combat Monsters card over to Zach.

His facial expression was about as still as someone witnessing the death of a loved one.

"Zachy! We were able to get your card back!" Anita cried in happiness to him.

"...I don't know what to say..." He stares at it in complete dismay.

"Black Cards...you shouldn't fuck with something far beyond your level Zach." Takonashi snarls at him. "It's best if you just sell it to a collector and be gone with it."

"He is right man, that card is no good." Phil adds.

He can't get over the emotion ringing in him with this utter confusion of an event. It felt so awkward to him. After being so horrible to Satoshi, he returns his very own card to him.

"...thanks..."

"Yeah, it's cool." Satoshi adds.

"Just where did you get this from?" Zach further questions.

"It's not really important. I rather just let this thing go now. You got your card, you can go back to a decent living. I have other things to worry about now."

"Like what?"

Satoshi turning his form away from Zach, he starts to step off away from him in the distance. As he is strutting away, he mumbles under his breathe.

"Like a foreign black market who is trying to fuck with people I really care about..."

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A few days after the event Zach had relocated. It was not clear to anyone what he really did with God's Lightning. There was no evidence of him selling it to any of the card stores or anyone on the internet. It was really strange how he got the card back and there was no word of how it transfered. It doesn't matter since everything is fine now. Of course though there is a matter of this Mafia Inc and Jacques Pierre. Just what do these frenchies want? Why did they take Anita? Can I stop talking to myself about it?

Of course not, I won't sleep until everything is ok. Maybe this is my chance. A chance to prove I am something.

So later on that day Anita had called me to inform me about how we "must" throw another crazy party this weekend. I guess it's cool but the wierd thing she keeps telling me about is how I must meet this "Jordon" character that she met at the beach one night. I don't know him, I don't know why she says he is so amazing, I am so oblivious to what I can't see or know.

I mean I don't like the sound of him...maybe I am just jealous. But why? Does that make sense? Why would I care who Anita likes and doesn't like? Stupid question I say so myself. Not that stupid, there is worst but it just makes me wonder. The Duo Enchanters...heh.

So the plan was that we wanted to have it at Grand Jardins which is where Gabe lived. The thing is that after last time, holy shit that was a mistake.

"What the fack.! NO! Satoshi can't have a party at my place!" Gabe had threw his words at Anita.

"Whyyyy? Pllllease! What's the problem!"

"HE MADE ME LOOK LIKE SHIT! GOD DAMN IT! Get the hell away from me! I don't want to talk to you anymore." Gabe seemed enraged by Anita's presence.

"Ooo come on Gabbby you still love me!"

Gabe froze as he shook his head side to side in disagreement. He knew he had went through this 100's of times.

"NO! I am not in love with you anymore Anita! Stay out of my life ok! I have a new girlfriend, I don't want you or your party here! Got that!"

Slashing his front door infront of her persisting self, she felt sad in strange way.

"Hmmm ok. So he won't let me have it. Me and Satoshi aren't the only people who want to have this. It will take a lot more convincing than this apparently to get it to happen."

As Gabe strolls back into his luxurious mansion filled with many glass statues of artists and paintings, he glares forward at the small long brown haired pale girl who was about his height.

"Gabe what happened!" She had cried out to him in worry.

"No babe it's fine she's gone. I hope."

"You know I really don't like her Gabe. She keeps on bothering you so much and you guys are through."

"I know Rach but I guess she thinks there is something still there."

"There isn't...right Gabe?"

"Right." They both hold each other close as they end their argument.

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Lunch at Radipolitian high usually sucks the food. I don't eat, I am not anorexic or anything I just don't care about food. It sort of annoys me how much people overstress it. It's just FOOD you need it to survive. What's the big deal!

I have alot of problems in my past about food. I wish it didn't exist. That's just my beef.

I was sitting at the benches right by the vending machines outside the grey tidious class rooms that we were all bored to hell by. Everything at Radipolitian High was Blue or Grey. The trash cans were blue, the walls were all grey, all the banners and signs were blue, I felt like I was walking all over my blue collar shirt almost.

So everyday it would be me and the gang at lunch. A gang in Radipolitian, that's unbelievable considering this is one of the wealthiest places in the United States. Half my friends had houses that costed them over half a million. I could barely afford gas everyday.

There it was though, it was usually me, Phil, Takonashi, Victor, Erica and Austin and Zach would come in time to time. Anita and her little free spirit would be roaming around with all the other girls we knew.

"So wait, there is supposed to be a party this weekend!" Austin was started by this.

"Yeah. But Gabe doesn't want to it." I responded.

"Why?"

I was somewhat embarrassed to tell him "Because of the Umbra's Shadows kicked his ass."

"I dunno." I responded.

"There has to be some reason though. You think it's because him and Anita broke up?"

"Possibly. Heck if I know."

"Satoshi, don't play dumb. You know something here. You talk to Anita all the time, your just holding back on me." Austin went on.

"Doesn't matter. Enough ok?"

"Fine, but I'll find out some how."

I let out a big sigh after that inside. I mean what do I tell my friends "Oh guys there is a big scary guy inside of me that transform me into this kick ass person who doesn't fuck around and plays games involving the sun setting and rising but I have absolutely no control over it!"

"Hey Satoshi, that's a pretty groovy neckless you got there!" Erica curious of the pendant pointed her finger straight at it gleeting about it.

"Thanks! I got it from Egypt!" I lied.

His eyes torn into the shining black stone that was around my neck. It started to make him feel hesitant of me.

"Satoshi...what the hell does that thing do!" Zach startles out.

"It's just a neckless man."

"Heh...neckless..." Zach probably was the only one here who had a real clue what it did.

"Guys guys! I have something I need to ask all of you!" Anita dashing from the blue comes rushing up to everyone on the scene.

Everyone turned their attention to her as she halted from her dash.

"As you guys know I wanted to have a party this weekend but the thing is that we need to convince Gabe to use his clubhouse!"

"Why do we need to convince him? Why can't we just use it?" Victor asks.

"Well due to certain circumstances last time. It's a long story."

My heart sank from the familiarness of the direction of this "long story."

"Wait what happened? Tell us!" Victor asks as he is abruptly interrupted by the passage of another person's words.

"Satoshi happened! That's what happened!"

As everyone torn their eyes toward the sight of Gabe with his arms crossed in his body with Rach to his side, everyone had looked surprised by his sight.

"Satoshi, you what you did. Why don't you mind explaining to everyone what happened!"

"Yeah I was caught with Pot, you got me. I had the cops break up everything and that was it." I felt so confused that I just said anything that came to mind.

"There wasn't any cops there that night Satoshi." Gabe had added.

"I know, I was being sarcastic since I don't think I am your problem!" I hollered back at him.

"I don't really remember what happened that night but Satoshi you had to do something there!" Rach cried with her tiny voice at him.

"Pfff. Gabe, cut it out. Leave Satoshi out of this." Anita demanded out of him.

"Hmmm..." Gabe starts to circle Satoshi with a walk of him scratching his chin in wonder.

"Well, there is no actual way to prove what you did. But just to stop your bitching let's make a deal. Let's have a Combat Monsters battle. Since you are skilled as you claim and so honest, if you win I will let you use my club house for THIS TIME ONLY! But if you lose..."

"If I lose what?" I asked.

"That thing around your neck. That neckless, it's mine."

"What would you do with that?" I asked again.

"Well, from what I heard there is some connection between you and that stone around your neck since nothing else is convincing me why what happened last night that night other wise. Plus Rach here could use a nice new neckless. So how about it? You on?"

"What are your terms about it? When and where would we play?"

"Right here, right now. You verse me in the middle of the courtyard here. No bullshit, head on combat."

"Fine, I agree."

"Wait! That's not fair!" Anita jumps into their argument. "Why are you just dragging Satoshi into this? I think your messing with me too."

"What the hell are you talking about! I sware this is why I broke up with you, you make no sense!" Gabe yells in complaint.

"No, you denied not just Satoshi but me as well. It's time to get back for what you did!"

"So your saying me and Rach verses you and Satoshi?"

"Right. Right here, right now."

"Rach what do you say?" Gabe offers.

"I am ready when you are Gabe, let's take them on!"

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As everyone lines up in the middle of the bright burning daylight sun, they all glance into the center where the conflict had started to unfold.

"Satoshi, I am aware of how good of an Combat Monsters artist you are but that won't stop me from trying to defeat you!"

"Fair enough Gabe, let's do this!" Slaming his belt into place, Satoshi's card loader turns on.

"I really think you need to let Gabe go Anita!" Rach calls across.

"Hmm you THINK? Ha let's do this!" As everyone's belts flip on, the battle begans.

All 4 players draw up 6 cards as they prepare themselves in battle stances.

"BATTLE!" All 4 of them announce.

"So I think it's time to decide who plays first and in which order. Got any ideas?" Gabe questioned the duo.

Playing first puts you at a disadvantage hand and battle wise. Depending on your cards though you may want to play first setting up your field. Considering my deck is combat based, it's best that I play first."

"I think it's safe to say we play in alphabetic order. Me, you, then Satoshi, then Rach."

"Anita that's not alphabetical order are you high or something?"

"Alphabetical as possible she means." Satoshi corrects Gabe.

"That sounds fine to me. I don't really need to play first."

"And what are your agreement to health points?" Satoshi continues.

"We are a team so it's only fair to share our Health points. We get into this together so we fall the same."

"Ok, to make it short and direct we play with 9000 as usual but we share these points."

"Agreed, let's begin."

Anita is the first to take a look at her cards. One half of the hand looked similar to the rest.

"I start. I cover 3 cards to the backfield and one covered monster in guard."

Two Third's of Anita's hand had hit the field as she was left with a mier two cards on the first turn. A very shocking play to me but I had a feeling that it was not a regular play.

"That's it, go Gabe."

Drawing his card slowly from his belt, Gabe started to shuffle his hand of cards in his hand with a few thoughts to himself.

"So many covered cards on the first turn. Hmmm..."

Decisively Gabe tosses back 3 more cards covered to his very own field.

"Two covered cards to the backfield. One covered monster. That it's." He stood with 4 cards to his hand.

"My turn, draw." Satoshi tore away a card from his deck with patience.

"Brutal Tempest. This card is only good when our backfield is empty since it can destroy all cards in the backrow of both players. Since Anita commited so much to the field it's useless. Though, the thing is that no player will think of trying to go after so many cards without making a sacrifice of some sort".

Taking the card from his hand, Satoshi casts it on to the field.

"One covered card face down. I then put into play Stealth Wizard (1500/1500/4) to my side of the frontline!"

Breaking from the piece of card board came the dark purple robed mage with a jagged stealth and green hair.

"When Stealth Wizard is put into play I am allowed to call forth a Magic User type creature under the level of four or lower. My choice is going to be Rip Ride Mage (1700/100/4)!"

With his clear blue suit and a wet staff filled with blue crystals, the sorcerer joined the ranks of the other malicious looking one.

"Rip Ride Mage's ability allows me to put him on guard only once as long as he remains on the front line to destroy one creature you got. I take out your covered one!"

Shards start to rain from the light blue make as they complode blowing away Gabe's covered monster.

"Stealth Wizard has another ability. In Combat Monsters when a creature is removed from the opposing player's field the player who removed that creature is prohibited from conducting combat with any of their creatures in their turn. Since Stealth Wizard has an ability know as Haste, he himself by passes this mechanic. Go my Wizard, direct combat!"

Dashing wide towards Gabe's open field, the Wizard swings straight on until a card is revealed from his field.

"I am good. I use Blasphemy Ruin! This trump let's me invoke in it when a Dinosaur exists in my cemetery. Since Rip Ride Mage destroyed my covered creature, I am allowed to destroy any creature that you have providing that you declared combat which you did! Bye bye Stealth Wizard!"

"You know, there wasn't no reason why I covered so many cards. Go, Mercenary's Swiss Army Knife! This counter trump let's me pay 1000 health points to nullify and destroy the effect of any trump that has been just invoked in.

Satoshi/Anita : 8000

Their shared life meter comes down to 8000 from the cost they paid for the trump. A huge red shining bladed knife cuts Gabe's card in as the Wizard continues on to his assault.

"Ahhh shit!" Smacking him directly started to make him and Rach feel a slight stun as their health points go down.

Gabe/Rach : 7500

"That ends my turn." Satoshi proclaims.

"Time to get right back at you, my turn!" Rach putting her hands into her belt, she digs out a card in relief.

"It's time you see my newest cards. I use Manga Index my enchantment! It allows me to add any Manga Hero type creature from my deck to my hand. I will chose Kraze Ninja (1650/0/4) and put him on guard into play!"

With the boy's yellow spiky hair and strange ninja yellow outfit came a swift looking warrior that was very youthful for the fight.

"Kraze Ninja, take down his Stealth Wizard now, combat!"

Swinging his Japanese stars straight at his monsters, Satoshi's Wizard blows away with the blink of an eye.

Satoshi / Anita : 7850

"When Kraze Ninja destroys a creature through combat I can call forth another Kraze Ninja from my deck to the front line! Go make your clone Kraze Ninja!"

Performing a Shadow clone, a second exact copy of Kraze Ninja appears on the field.

"Kraze Ninja, take out Satoshi's second creature!"

Kicking this time instead of using a ninja star, the creature causes Satoshi's Rip Ride Mage to comblode this time.

"Kraze Ninja, bring out your third clone!"

As the second starts to clone yet again, a third copy is burned off from the effect.

"Now I have three Ninja's out and two have attacked. Go my Third ninja, take out Anita's covered creature!"

As the third ninja attacks it uses it's hands instead of kicking or a Ninja star. The final ninja crashes into a bubbling piece of red blob that repells the attack.

"You just hit my face down Jello Marsh (1600/0/4)! Marsh Jello has the ability to not die in combat. So for the most part your Ninja's are halted."

"It's ok. I am still way ahead of you! I will cover two cards to my backfield ending my turn."

Two darkened cards come down as it looks like it's Anita's turn again.

"Those ninja's are really pissing me off. Hmm what's this?"

Staring at the card she obtained, Anita looked impressed.

"Alright, here I go. In order to put into play a level 5-6 creature I have to get rid of one of my creatures. I sacrifice my Marsh Jello in order to put Holy Pegasus Knight (1950/1500/5) into play!"

As the piece of blobbing jello starts to fade away, a Knight morphed into a gleaming white shining horse with a blade of white and blue to his side.

"Now then, Holy Pegasus Knight strike Rach's Ninja #1 down!"

"No way, I reveal my covered instant enchantment card, Faded Animation! As long as I have face up Manga Hero creature on my side of the front line I can cut the attack of one of your creatures in half!"

"Nice, but not nice enough. I reveal Enchantment Nullify my counter trump! When a card is activated that is an Enchantment and it affects one of my creatures I can nullify and destroy it providing I have an angel creature on my field which my Pegasus is. Now continue to conduct battle!"

Slashing his sword through the first Ninja, not even it's best escape trick was able to save it.

Gabe / Rach : 7200

"Once per turn when my Holy Pegasus Knight destroys a creature through combat I can draw a card. But that's not all." Adding another card to her hand, Anita prepares herself.

"My Holy Pegasus Knight can attack all of your creatures at least once. Go, blow away the two remaining Ninja's!"

Dueling it's blade back to back, both Ninja's vanish faster than they appeared.

Gabe / Rach : 6600

"Alright Anita, that's a freaking comeback!" Satoshi gleets out as they both look pleased at their field presence.

"Heh, not for long will you be cheering." Gabe smurks back.

"With my Knight I feel alright. That end's my turn."

"You feel alright. That's great because it's about to die then. My turn draw!" Picking a card from his belt, Gabe crashes it from his hand into his backrow.

"I activate Prehistoric Analysis my enchantment card. From last turn any Dinosaur Creature of mine that was destroyed I can choose one of them and call it forth to my side of the field. Come forth my Guardian Pterodactyl (400/2000/4)!"

The broken up fossil bird covered in brown eroded rock lies on Gabe's front line.

"I now offer it for one of my own creatures. I put into play Fighter Rex (2400/1400/6)!"

Breaking out from the eroding ground came the rising of the purple winged terrifying ancient beast that cried out in anger.

"When Fighter Rex is put into play he destroys any creature that is not a Dinosaur on the field! Fighter Rex, remove the threat of that Holy Pegasus Knight!"

"Yeah right Gabe. I reveal my final covered card, God's Declaration Force! My counter trump allows us to pay half our life points to negate the play or calling or invoking of any card and destroy it. Get the hell out Fighter Rex!"

"For it was only that easy Anita. I reveal my Counter Trump, Natural Resource Enhancement! Any card that would normally destroy one of my Dinosaurs is nullfied and destroyed. It looks like you just wasted half your life for nothing!

Satoshi / Anita : 3925

"Shit!" Anita looked shocked from Gabe's very own trump.

"It's not over yet though Gabe. Your creature doesn't have haste so even by destroying Anita's Pegasus we still have a turn."

"True, Rex remove her stupid horse!"

The poisonous breathe from the raptor caused the Pegasus to suffocate and die from the impact it caused.

"I am going to use one more card before I finish my turn. It's called Fossil's Awakening an Enchantment. If I called forth a Dinosaur and chose to not conduct combat with any of my creatures this turn I can remove from my cemetery one Dinosaur creature in order to call forth any other Dinosaur type creature from my deck on guard. I call forth at the end of my turn Sluggish Ankylosaurus (2000/3000/8)!"

Covering the face of the huge raptor came to join him was a big large sluggish green dinosaur. In the face of this threat, it was Satoshi's turn to draw.

"Draw big, or don't draw it all. Heh it's my turn to draw! DRAW!"

Slashing his next card, Satoshi felt trapped before the army of the creatures among him.

"Gahh I am going to learn to stall pretty quickly since these dinosaurs are going to crush us quickly."

"Satoshi, are you telling me you can't take out Gabe's creatures!"

"I think that's what he is saying Anita. So much for your newest hero."

"Man what am I going to do?"

Glaring back his hand of cards, Satoshi felt trapped.

"First I will waste this to get your cards out of the way. Go my face down Enchantment Brutal Tempest, blow away Rach's lone backfield card!"

A gailing inferno of wind crushes her lone covered Trump card in the storm.

"I invoke in Shards of Sealing Light. For three cards we cannot be declared combat on!"

Three shining gleaming blades clash down from the sky incasing Gabe's army of Dinosaurs.

"Gabe, you might have the lead but there is one thing I still have that can take you out!"

"Try me then Satoshi!"

Staring at his newly drawn card, Satoshi tightens it with his fists with all his strength.

"Duo Enchanters, please don't fail me!"

End of Chapter 9