…Ya know…I've been on this world for about seventeen years…
…Seventeen short years…
Don't get me wrong, I've got nothing to regret, after all…I am a BIG MAN! Making everyone around me green with jealously at my very essence of being BIG!
Even now I'm forced to deal with people like this, the guy I'm facing right now is calling me kid and when you call me a kid, you're calling me small…and that is something that a BIG MAN like me can't stan…
Huh?
…what? Are you serious?
Then who's facing a BIG MAN like me?
…whoa…
…whoa, whoa, whoa! Are you serious?!?!
…dang…I guess I'll be able to prove that I really am a big man!
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Draw 12
Incandescent Ordeal
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Even with the sun set, the big city lights of Tokyo lit up the night's sky, neon lights and skyscrapers both piercing the sky above…
…while in the dark streets hidden from the light of even day itself, sat the Kuroi Tsuki dojo, its dark doors wide open to reveal that many candles were lit around both Futaba and Shii…showing that they both had bruises covering their faces and cuts covering their arms where their shirts had been peeled off.
Meanwhile two tall forms stood at the walls, their bodies cast in the shadows created by the candles' light…both of them shaking their heads at the two brothers.
And standing directly in front of the group…was none other than the shark-toothed man, his teeth being shown thanks to the cigar he held in his teeth. "…So…not only did you two fail, used those rings that my best student gave us as a gift, and lose the rings themselves…you get beaten up by one of their duelists…stop me if I'm wrong."
"No, sensei, you are correct," Shii and Futaba muttered lowering their heads towards their shadow covered sensei.
"Well, at least you're honest when the pressure's put on ya," the Shadow covered sensei sighed before taking a long drag on his cigar before blowing out large ring of smoke into the air. "Now then…you were saying that the guy who beat ya up might've been an underground duelist?"
"Yes sensei," Shii and Futaba answered not raising their heads to face their master.
"Hmm…and from the description you gave me," The Shadow covered Sensei began to snicker rather loudly actually pulling his cigar from his mouth. "…heh…things just keep getting more and more interesting…I wonder if Kenshin knew about this…"
"Sir?" the shadowed covered Mio asked getting the attention of the sensei. "Do you know of this duelist?"
"…perhaps…" the Sensei replied plucking the cigar back in his mouth. "But that shouldn't matter…I want to know, where Konohana and Big Gai are at the moment."
"…sir…I think Konohana is currently with her family," the shadow covered Mikasa yawned stretching his arms into the air. "And as for Big Gai…I really…really doubt he'd be anywhere else than that hotel that those Ichigeki Hissatu students are at…pacing back and forth to wait for his chosen opponent…"
"Hmm…I wonder," the Sensei muttered under his breath. "You all did choose your own opponents correct?"
"Indeed we did sir," Mio replied. "And some of us did our research. My opponent is the young man known as Solo…"
"I got a guy named Ashton," Mikasa yawned, still stretching his arms greatly. "He's got weird hair."
"And these two idiots? Sensei asked pointing towards Shii and Futaba who only lowered their heads further.
"They challenged the only girls in the Dojo," Mikasa explained before he slowly slid down into a sitting position, he was getting tired of standing for so long.
"And that just leaves our possible underground duelist," Sensei chuckled looking up into the air, shown by the fact that his lit cigar was pointed towards the ceiling. "And one loud mouthed no name…I'll assume that Big Gai took the reigns and decided to challenge that underground rat…"
"Uh, actually sir," Mio gulped, not knowing how the sensei would react. "But, Konohana actually called dibs on the underground duelist…"
"…you can't be serious…" the Sensei coughed…all the while a sweat droplet rolled down the side of his head. "…great…just great…well, maybe with we can get in contact with Big Gai, we might just stand a chance…"
"…that's a good plan sir," Mikasa sighed holding up a neon green glowing cell phone. "…but this is Big's cell phone."
"What the?! Why the heck do you have that for?" the Sensei growled with the sweatdrop growing even more on the side of his head.
"…Well…Big stepped on my cell phone," Mikasa answered twirling the phone on his finger before throwing it onto the ground. "And what goes around comes around…besides…I hate green…"
"…great…just great," Sensei growled crushing his cigar in his fingers, breaking the fancy cigar in two, making the sparks fall to the floor. "Everyone…I need to be alone…"
No one seemed willing to leave…
"NOW!"
Mikasa, Mio and the two Jiro Bros ran out of the room, leaving the sensei who only lifted up another cigar to his lips. "Damn it…the first time in four years I make a bet and I'm losing more money with my cigars…"
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"Yeah Stein, from what I've seen, it looks like the reports we've gotten from Surf were correct," Faust answered into the green cell phone while reading through the newspaper, more specific, the funny pages…it was times like this he wished he'd taken a few more Japanese classes in college. "I can't say for sure though…but, I am feeling what you said it would be like."
Faust shook his head while taking a look outside the window to see the bright neon lights all around him, "…no…I'm not acting weird…at least to my standards. Although…this could be the reason for Surf's attitude shown in those recordings…"
"What? Aka? She's in the hot springs…"
A large blush slowly crept on Faust's face as he pulled the phone away from his ear, allowing his two hair antennae to stand up straight into the air, "S-Stein! No! I'm not like that at all! Why would…"
BAM!
"Huh?" Faust questioned turning to the door, and immediately his face became as ripe as a tomato and his hair began to rival the Eifel Tower at the sight that stood in the middle of the doorway. "URK!?!"
"Oh…Thriller …" sighed Aka, tugging on the towel she had wrapped around her body, almost as if it was too tight on her already tight body. Her face was covered with a deep blush and she had a look that could make anyone's face turn red.
"…Faust? What happens to be the matter?" Stein asked from the phone, hearing the noise through the phone.
"…I'll have to call you back," Faust gulped slowly pushing the call off button on his phone as Aka slowly closed the door behind her.
Then, she slowly stepped towards the cockroach-styled haired man, Aka's red hair slowly falling in front of her face.
Crawling out of his seat, Faust immediately stood up straight, trying to regain his composure…failing completely at the same time actually, his hair a dead give away as it slowly stood up straight. "A-Aka…how was the artificial hot spring?"
"I think…I think I spent a little too much time in it," Aka admitted rubbing the side of her head, and with a great sigh, Aka sat down on one of the two queen sized beds. "But…but…I still feel like I'm still in it…I can feel the heat, right…"
"Hmm," Faust muttered to himself, looking at the black coffin statue that was in his hands…taking note that it was glowing slightly brighter than it usually did. However, when Faust looked at the fox statue that Aka had left on the counter when she went to the artificial hot springs.
His eyes widened at the sight of the fox glowing a bright red…almost looking like it was burning hot metal used when forging a sword or another weapon. That was certainly new to Faust…
Then lifting his phone up once more to his ear, Faust merely pressed the redial button…
"…How did I know you'd call back, guv?"
"Get over yourself Stein," Faust growled keeping his eyes at the fox statue, not paying attention that Aka was looking through her suitcase, tossing shorts, shirts and various other clothes that flew near Faust's feet…but still wasn't paying attention. "Only you and Yumi managed to get those statues to their true form…tell me…what happens when they're glowing bright colors."
"…and is Aka acting rather weird?" Stein asked before what sounded like crashing of papers, gears, and other assorted things that fell onto the ground.
"Uh," Faust looked up to see that Aka was holding up one of her many copies of her red Chinese dresses, throwing it over her shoulder before leaping into the bathroom. "Well…she's not as seductive as she usually is when we got here…"
"I see…" Stein sighed. "Very well…Faust, I'll tell you this, and listen well, because this can't go down just like this…we've got other things to worry about, but still, it wouldn't be bad to get some practice."
Meanwhile, in another room of the hotel…
"Kinjou Chouno…" that very name kept ringing in Odoroki's head whenever he glanced at the two rings he had taken from Futaba and Shii earlier. And at the very moment that name flooded his mind, Odoroki subconsciously touched his scar…
"…heh…so you think you can beat me kid?"
Slowly the cage around the duel platform began to close around the two duelists, trapping them both inside. A younger Odoroki stood in front of his opponent, carefully shuffling his deck with a nervous look on his scar free face…
Before the young Odoroki stood the duelist that was selected to duel against him…and although the duelist himself was confusing to look at, the fact of the matter was…
…Odoroki was standing before the King of the Underworld…Kinjou Chouno, the very man who ruled the league even before Odoroki even heard of the league and the man who had inherited the title when the Hell Kaiser relinquished his title, "…well…we won't know unless we try now won't we?"
"Confidence is one thing but you'll have to have the skills to win…" Kinjou chuckled, lifting his arm up to reveal the blue dragon duel disk strapped to his arm, the machine humming to life. (KLP: 8000)
"Trust me…I'll be able to hold my own," Odoroki retorted snapping his small deck into his duel disk. (OLP: 8000)
The duel was grueling, and from the outside of the cage, it was also very entertaining, watching at Odoroki took attack after attack…
…of course, the shock collars were in place and shocked Odoroki with each passing turn. In the shadowed corner of the arena, Walker couldn't help but smirk at the sight of Odoroki taking a knee due to the immense dark electricity.
"You've put up one hell of a fight kiddo," the King stated with a large smirk on their face. "Too bad we'll have to end this…" (KLP: 5000)
His breathing slowed down, his sight failing, and his body weakened by all the shocks, Odoroki slowly raised his head up and spat to the side…blood splashing onto the dueling platform, staining it normal cold steel color. "I…I…still can fight…" (OLP: 100)
"Not for much longer," Kinjou snickered spinning a card around in his fingers. "I activate…"
All of a sudden, a powerful circle of flames erupted around Odoroki's body, making his eyes widen as the powerful surges of electricity coursed through his veins. "AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"
"…you will never succeed…" Kinjou chuckled crossing his arms over his chest as the shock collars around his body were immediately unlocked and fell to the ground. "The binds that tie us shall never be unlocked…"
That's when Kinjou flicked up a small steel knife that he slowly raised to his lips, licking the blade with a tongue that you would see at a KISS concert, "…and to make sure that you never forget…how about we do a little carving?
…Odoroki still had nightmares involving that match; after all…what had happened afterwards was…
"HYAHOOO! What ya doing there my rival!?!"
Nearly falling from his seat, Odoroki turned around to see Hyatt standing right behind him, a goofy grin that could rival Ashton's plastered all over his face. "…what the hell would persuade you to yell in my ear?"
"Because I'm a Big Man!" Hyatt laughed loudly with a slap to his chest.
Odoroki slapped his forehead; his head starting to pound slightly, ever since he got back to the hotel room Hyatt was laughing and proclaiming that he was a 'Big Man'. "Why the hell are we even sharing the same room?"
"Hmm…well, if a Big Man as myself were to guess, my rival," Hyatt muttered crossing his arms as he slowly nodded to himself a few times. "I'd have to say because one: You and Solo didn't really get off on good terms with each other. Two: Ashton probably would drive ya crazy…and three: I've wanted to duel ya ever since you managed to kick that fancy guy's ass all the way to Timbuktu!"
"This again?" Odoroki groaned sliding his hand over his hair, getting the three bangs to bounce up immediately. "First off, I'm not your rival! I don't want to be anyone's rival, and I don't intend to become anyone's rival. And secondly, I've told you that I don't intend to duel you…"
"…not until I prove myself right?" Hyatt interrupted clapping his hands together. "Then I shall challenge Solo again and…"
"Damn it! Listen! I don't want to face you in a duel!" Odoroki roared turning around in his seat to glare at the grinning idiot behind him. "I don't care if you were to challenge the king of games himself! No matter what you do…no matter what you say…I won't duel you!"
"Heh, I know that you don't mean that," Hyatt laughed loudly with a punch to his chest. "I know that you're just intimidated by me being a BIG MAN! After all…you're not the tallest in the bunch."
"What?" Odoroki muttered standing up showing that he had a few inches on Hyatt's height. "I'm taller than you ya idiot!"
"Physically yes," Hyatt said smugly as he crossed his arms. "But…in manliness…that's another matter. Anyone can plainly see that I'm the bigger of the two of us! I just wish to prove it to everyone that their thoughts are true and pure! And if I beat you…I might finally get some respect from my greatest rival!"
"…yeah right…" Odoroki scoffed before turning to the desk.
"And what's that supposed to mean?!" Hyatt shouted slamming his foot into the ground.
"…you claim to be a big man," Odoroki started turning his eye at Hyatt. "But…"
"That's…a BIG MAN!" Hyatt corrected with a wag of his finger.
"Whatever…you want respect?" Odoroki asked, taking note that Hyatt was nodding furiously. "And you think that beating Solo and myself will grant that respect?"
"Of course!" Hyatt shouted while he continued to nod. "I know that respect must be earned, and to do that I need to defeat the best…"
"WRONG!"
Hyatt couldn't help but fall back on his butt at the loud shout from Odoroki. And when Odoroki stood up, Hyatt paled, it was like Odoroki had grown taller, and was getting taller with each second…
…of course, all Odoroki did was stand up straight, and glare at Hyatt. "You think it's that simple? Just by beating a few strong opponents, you'll get any respect that you think you deserve?"
"You're dead wrong!"
Hyatt's eyes widened, was this the same person that he had met over a week ago…there was almost a demonic sense to Odoroki's words, "Don't get me wrong…you got the right track of mind…but the how to is all wrong. Blood…Sweat…Pain…in order to even get a scrap of respect, you need to experience all three of these things!"
"Even if you did defeat me…you wouldn't get my respect. No…you'd get admiration from others, but that's not as good…"
"Admiration?" Hyatt questioned raising an eyebrow. "What's the difference between the two? They're virtually the same thing!"
Odoroki shook his head at Hyatt's response, touching his scar in the process, "You might get people's admiration…but think of it as a bridge without support. If you didn't have the proper support beams, the bridge will fall apart. And respect is the support that admiration desires. Admiration is nothing short of a fleeting dream, disappearing at the very sight of another dream…but respect?"
"…once you gain that, you'll have that as long as you give people equal respect…"
"You need to ask yourself, what is respect to you? And why you want it."
"Grr…what do you know?!" Hyatt snarled showing his teeth at Odoroki.
Fingering his scar, all Odoroki did was walk past Hyatt, leaving the loud duelist on the ground and confused greatly. '…I know more than you know…Why do you think I have this?'
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As the conversation between Odoroki and Hyatt fired up, a large, daunting form stood on the corner across from the hotel, searching his pockets furiously as his long black hair billowed over his face, 'Damn it! Where's my cell phone?! I just got it the other day!'
Among the streets of Tokyo, there was a single name that swept through the streets when one mentioned gangs…Big Gai…a name that was infamous for striking down street gang after street gang.
Known as the K.O. Fist among those who knew him…
…unfortunately, those days were in the past…
And the legendary K.O. Fist was just now a regular student at the Kuroi Tsuki dojo…trying to desperately find his cell phone. "Crap! That neon green cost me extra too!"
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"Respect…" Hyatt mumbled to himself as he pushed the fruit he had gotten for breakfast to the side, allowing his head to slam onto the table he was sitting at in the hotel's lobby. 'What is respect to me?'
He didn't know if it was Odoroki's words, the fact that he accidentally drank some pancake batter a few minutes ago, or if it was something else…but Hyatt simply felt drained this morning.
It was almost like there was a leech that fed on his overconfidence and energy…but Hyatt just passed it off of not getting enough sleep last night. Throughout the night, Hyatt kept twisting and turning, almost as if Odoroki's words were burning directly into him.
"Heh ha, I've never seen ya in a slump before Hyper Boy," Hyatt turned his head to the side, glancing up at Ashton, who was holding up a rather large black box that was labeled with the Japanese lettering for breakfast. Apparently, the nickname that Ashton had successfully dubbed Hyatt with was Hyper Boy…although, that nickname didn't seem to fit Hyatt at the moment.
"Oh…hey Ashton…" Hyatt sighed before going face down once more.
Raising an eyebrow, Ashton took a seat across from Hyatt, while continuing to eat from his breakfast box, "Heh, now what's wrong? You not feeling good or something?"
"Eh…I don't know," Hyatt moaned turning to look Ashton straightforward. "I think my pride's been stepped on…"
"Ha, good one!" Ashton laughed to take a moment away from his breakfast. "Being stepped on when you're always spouting out being a BIG MAN! That's good ironic humor! Heh!"
Hyatt didn't say anything, he was just silent…
…and when a loudmouth like him didn't say anything, that was never a good sign. Sure, Ashton and Hyatt may have never been the best of friends beforehand, but Ashton could pick up on Hyatt's depressed mood, "Hmmm…"
That's when something hit Ashton, and with a snap of his fingers, the grinning idiot stood up tall, his long hair billowing to the sides, "Hyper Boy! How about we hang today?"
"Huh? Why?" Hyatt asked, a dark aura starting to appear over his body, sending shivers down Ashton's spine.
"Ha, ha! You've got to be kidding me!" Ashton laughed loudly as he grabbed Hyatt by the back of his shirt, pulling the usually loudmouthed duelist up. "Come on! Ya could use the cheering up pal, and I know just the place to go! And all it'll take is fifteen minutes on a bullet train."
"What are you talking about?" Hyatt questioned before Ashton slung him over his shoulder. "WHOA!"
"Ha, ha, ha! Ever since I came to Japan, I've been wanting to go to this place for a while," Ashton laughed jogging out from the hotel's entrance, reaching into his cargo pocket to pull out his favorite leek. And as he popped it into his mouth, Ashton just looked into the streets for a few seconds till he got his bearings. "And I was planning on going alone today…but after seeing the mood you're in, ya'll in dire need of some good old tasty fun!"
"Ashton! Stop!" Hyatt shouted not wanting to be tossed over like a ragdoll…but since Ashton was bigger and seemed to have more strength than what one would believe, Hyatt didn't have much of a choice.
Neither of the two residents of the Ichigeki Hissatu residents seemed to notice that a large figure was following them at a decent distance, trying his hardest to keep the two in sight. 'Damn it! I knew I shouldn't have had those four Big Gulps!'
'…but, that doesn't matter! I've got my target in my sights!'
However, he wasn't alone in tailing the two…
"…Hmm…I would surmise that's the one…"
"And here I thought you had weird hair Thriller…but his is green."
"Weird hair? What are you talking about?"
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Wherever Ashton was taking Hyatt, he certainly knew how to be secretive about it…for the ten minutes that they even boarded the bullet train, the only conversation that the two had was concerning why Hyatt was in a slump…and even that took seven minutes of annoying poking and asking weird questions to get Hyatt to finally answer.
And when Hyatt finally did tell Ashton about his conversation with Roki, Ashton just sat in his seat and nodded. No interruptions, no laughter, nothing of the sort. "…so, I'm thinking to myself…what is respect to me?"
"…Fiery Roki's right, ya know," Ashton stated, chewing on his leek. "Ya really don't know how ta get respect."
"What?!" Hyatt yelped, thinking that Ashton was going to comfort him. "Do you know what I do…"
"Hyatt," Ashton now spoke in a more serious tone, not actually using a nickname for someone. "Kenshin told me so many times about how you two met and what you had to go through…while I do commend you for doing those things, they won't earn you the respect that you desire."
"…well…what will then?" Hyatt muttered lifting his head up slightly.
"…Can't answer that for ya Hyper Boy," Ashton answered shrugging his shoulders before sitting back to relax, enjoying the last few minutes of the fast train ride. "Everyone needs to find his or her own reasons for that. And everyone has their own reasons for why they want respect, and how they get it rivals that number as well."
"…Damn, when did you get so wise?" Hyatt asked with a few question marks appearing over his head.
"Heh, dunno dude," Ashton chuckled chewing on the leek in his mouth. "I just got that from a fortune cookie dood…heh!"
"…are you serious?" Hyatt asked, but it looked like Ashton wasn't willing to continue the conversation…since he was chewing so vigorously on the leek in his mouth. "…well apparently so…"
Unknown to the two, a familiar black haired muscular man watched them from the other end of the bullet train car, 'Hmm…green and blue hair…I wonder if my hair would look good dyed…I always wondered if my hair would look good red, or maybe blonde…'
That train of thought was immediately halted as the bullet train immediately stopped, making a few of the people shift slightly, "Attention all passengers, welcome to Yokohama. Home to the Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum…"
"Did she just say…?" Hyatt started with his eyes immediately brightening up, taking note that Ashton stood up straight.
"Heh, indeed…" Ashton chuckled when Hyatt jumped to his feet.
"RAMEN MUSEUM!" Both goofballs shouted at the same time before running out of the bullet train.
"…I guess idiots are a shoe-in for Ramen lovers…" Big Gai thought before he ran off behind the two…unaware of the fact that two more were following him.
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With Japan being filled with ramen fans, ramen connoisseurs, and (this is true) certifiable ramen maniacs, the Yokohama Ramen Museum was the place to be if you had an afternoon to kill, needed to cheer up a pal, or you just loved a good bowl of ramen. Even more than being a museum, this area was actually an old styled amusement park and part hyper-specialized restaurant mall.
Once you're past the entrance turnstiles, the first floor is devoted to numerous museum exhibits and a well-stocked souvenir shop. Clearly the museum's organizers racked their brains to come up with every imaginable ramen-related display they could think of, and the results are here to see -- ramen-making utensils, ramen bowls (over 300), ramen shop matchbooks, chopstick wrappers, curtains and aprons.
The historical development of instant ramen is painstakingly chronicled…
…and we find the pair of goofballs at the display of the greatest invention since sliced bread apparently…the invention of the cup ramen, "Heh, truly a dramatic technological achievement…must've taken a Big Man to come up with an idea like that!"
"Heh, truly!" Ashton added with a laugh through his leek.
'Ramen, ramen, ramen…' Big Gai thought to himself, looking at the packets of ramen that were used as decoration on the walls next to him. 'I never did get why people did love the crap so much…I guess its common among the trash to eat such trash…'
Big Gai pulled his hand from his pocket, holding up the same pendant that Shii and Futaba both held before hand. All he had to do was take the pendant that the green haired freak had wrapped around his arm…but he was definitely bigger than either of the two he was currently chasing.
Heck, he could just probably kick their asses and steal their pendants…maybe piss off Mikasa at the same time by taking out his opponent.
"Excuse me…can you help me?" A rather feminine voice asked as a tap on his shoulder got Big Gai's attention.
"Hum?" Big Gai questioned, before his eyes went as wide as dinner plates…only an inch away was one of the most beautiful, lovely-sounding and her figure…he couldn't help but…but to stare at the red Chinese dress wearing woman who seemed to blush at Big Gai's reaction. 'W-Wow!?! I-I've never…I never thought I'd see a girl so…so, kawaii!'
"C-Could you please not stare at me like that?" Aka asked, turning away slightly with the blush appearing back on her face. "I, uh…I need help…"
Shaking his head, Big Gai couldn't help but grin like an idiot as he slammed his hand into his chest. "Whatever you desire, I shall accomplish!"
"W-Well…you see…" Aka started turning towards one of the short alleyways that was in the theme park. "M-My purse was stolen…and, and this bug haired guy ran into that alleyway s-so…"
"Oh! Do not fear! I shall beat that bug haired freak into smooze!" Big Gai announced before he leapt towards the alleyway, Aka following behind him, a smile creeping on her face as he slowly walked into the alleyway. "Alright bug brain; I'm going to give you till the count of three to…"
POW!
"ACK!"
With Big Gai falling down into the alleyway, his face now bleeding and his eyes seeing stars.
Standing over him wiping his hand clean of Big Gai's blood, Faust cackled rather loudly, "Well…I guess it was a good thing that you saw this idiot…tell me though…who's this bug-haired freak you used?"
'…are you serious?' Aka thought before she crouched down, grabbing the pendant that was in Big Gai's hand.
"Although, I have to comment you for pointing this idiot out," Faust cackled pulling Big Gai deeper into the alleyway. "Seems like he too was hell bent on following the green haired idiot…"
"…and thanks to him, we might be able to use this to our advantage…
A few minutes later, back with the two idiots…
"Ready…" Hyatt narrowed his eyes forward.
"Heh, set…" Ashton chuckled licking his lips…
"GO!"
SLURP!
…apparently they were in a Ramen Noodle speed eating contest, in fact quite a big number of fellow ramen lovers had stopped eating to watch. And with two simultaneously slurps, both goofballs lifted up their now empty bowls towards the surprised chef, "Hit us again!"
The chef blinked for a second before he slapped some more noodles into both Ashton's and Hyatt's bowls…only to have them held up empty once more. "More!"
For healthy part of the half hour, that's all what the two did, again and again until…
"GET OUT OF HERE!"
Both Hyatt and Ashton leapt from the stand running down the street with the angry chef chasing behind them, "HA! CLASSIC!"
"No amount of Ramen can satisfy a Big Man like me!" Hyatt laughed.
"Heh, not that I don't mind seeing ya back to your old self," Ashton chuckled spinning to miss a person he was about to run into. "But did you have to break all those bowls?"
"I wasn't going to lose to you!" Hyatt replied dodging a broken bowl from overhead. "HA! You missed me! A Big Ma…"
BAM!
Should've looked where you running, Big Idiot…
…especially with the Ramen Museum's streets filled carts filled with ramen packs and ramen bowls. And when Hyatt slammed into one of the carts, everyone around couldn't help but notice as the crashes of countless glass and china bowls echoed through the street styled amusement park.
And the deck case that Hyatt had clipped on the back of his belt went sliding off, spinning around until it slid into a familiar red dressed woman's shoes…who gingerly picked up the deck case.
"…ow…" Hyatt moaned slowly getting up from the remnants of the stand and its broken contents all over the concrete. "…damn it…"
"Ha! Ha heh!" Ashton laughed loudly as he took a few steps back into the crowd, not wanting to get caught into the chaos that was sure to follow…
…and just on cue, one of the security guards grabbed Hyatt by his arm pulling him to his feet, "Kid, ya gotta learn how not to run…and now look, ya gotta pay for breaking not only the bowls in the shop, but the ones right here…"
"Your threats don't mean a thing against a Big Man like me!" Hyatt shouted trying to break free… failing miserably.
"You're just making it worse ya runt," the Security Guard growled now pulling Hyatt by his collar. "Now, we're going to be discussing the method as to how you're going to pay for all the damages you caused…"
"Excuse me, but officer," a sweet voice stated, getting both the attention of the security and Hyatt…
…making their faces turn a bright red at the sight of the woman in front of them who held onto the very same deck case that Hyatt just let slip from his belt. "May I make a suggestion?"
Hyatt's eyes couldn't turn away from the woman (or to be more specific, her body's hourglass proportions), and to wear a lovely Chinese dress that matched the fiery color of her hair… 'My dream girl for a BIG MAN! She's Va-Va-Voom!'
Aka couldn't help but blush at the attention she was getting from the guys in the area (although, she was more than enough prepared to receive it…), she even noticed that a few of the guys who had their girlfriends had gotten punched by said girlfriends for looking at her.
"I-I'm listening ma'am," The security guard replied releasing Hyatt (he wasn't going any where; he was too busy starring at Aka to realize that he was freed).
"Well, first I think this is the young man's," Aka stated holding up the deck case to Hyatt.
Took the Big Man to realize that was his deck case she was holding, and with a blush he slowly took the cards back, "Uh…t-thanks…"
"Anyway, he's a duelist," Aka continued placing her arms on her petite stomach. "And what if he were to duel against someone here…might get more people to the area and make them buy more ramen…"
"Uh, well…it's really not up to me," The security guard started before something clamped onto his arm…that something was Aka's arms, pulling her closer to the guard.
"Aw…please?" Aka asked. Before the guard could respond, she began to draw circles on the guard's chest, taking note that the guard's face was turning redder than before. "Can you do this for me…please?"
"S-Sure…" the guard stammered before reaching for his walkie-talkie to get clearance.
While the guard was busy trying to get in touch with his superiors, Aka turned her attention over to Hyatt…who immediately froze up with the beautiful woman who stood in front of him…and his face went flush as the woman delicately placed a finger on his chin. "Now then…are you okay Little Guy?"
"I…I…I'm a B-B-Big M-M-Man…" Hyatt stuttered before he immediately froze over when Aka smiled at him. "URK!?"
"I'll go out on a limb here and say that you're alright," Aka giggled wagging a finger in front of Hyatt. "So cutie…you got a name? Or is Big Man your name?"
"H-H-H-Hyatt!" The big mouthed duelist yelped, he was actually talking to one of the most beautiful girls he'd seen…and her figure was out of this world. And to top it off…he was cute in the eyes of this young woman!
'I love it when they stutter…' Aka thought to herself, giggling all the while.
Meanwhile, in the crowds…Faust couldn't help but narrow his eyes at the scenes in front of him, 'I know that you like to play with your food Aka…but we're on quite a strenuous time schedule and I can't stand this ramen place, ugh, how I hate noodles… '
"So…are we good Mr. Security Guard?" Aka asked bringing her attention back to the blushing guard.
"Um…well, you're all good ma'am…" The security guard chuckled rubbing the back of his head. "But…uh, who's going to duel against him?"
"Oh, I'll be the one dueling little Hyatt here," Aka replied running her fingers through Hyatt's messy green hair, and Hyatt looked like he could die right then and there. "Is that alright?"
"Yes…Yes! Yes!" Both Hyatt and the guard shouted at the same time.
With a smile, Aka slowly held up two red cell phone like devices. Hyatt was about to ask what those were, but that's when Aka placed one on her wrist, making it fan out into a small thin, red duel disk that had everything on it needed for a regulated duel, 'A pocket disk? Damn, those things often cost a person an arm and a leg.'
"And here you are little cutie," Aka giggled tossing the other pocket disk to Hyatt who stumbled to catch the expensive device. "I hope you're ready to duel Little Hyatt…" As she said those words, the life point-counter on Aka's pocket disk lit up with bright red numbers. (ALP: 8000)
It took a few times, but Hyatt managed to flip the pocket disk on his arm and activate it. No matter his opponent, Hyatt wouldn't give anyone a handicap…even if it was a woman…a pretty woman…with an awesome figure… 'This might be a tad bit harder than I first thought…' (HLP: 8000)
"Well…if you don't mind, I'll go first," Aka announced shuffling her deck into her duel disk's deck slot, snapping off the top six cards from her deck. "…hmm is that okay?"
"Uh, y-yeah!" Hyatt laughed rubbing the back of his head before he drew his five cards from the top of his deck.
"Alrighty!" Aka giggled as she looked at her six cards, frowning at the pictures, 'Well…I guess this is a good way to start…after all, unless I threw my kitsune statue into the ring, then this is just a regular duel…hope I'm not rusty…'
A horizontal face down monster appeared in front of Aka, along with a pair of set cards appearing in behind it. "Now I'll just set a few cards face down…and call it a turn."
"DRAW!" Hyatt shouted, trying to get back into his loudmouthed mood…and trying to cover up the fact that he could take his eyes off of Aka. As he added the newest card into his hand, Hyatt slowly brought his eyes up to the field. 'Okay…pretty standard opening move…defense and a pair of face downs, I'd be willing to bet my left shoe that she's wanting to release that face down monster for something tougher and has those face downs as a defense for it…'
'…So! That must be it! And I've got just the guy to handle those face-down cards!' Plucking a single card from his hand, Hyatt spun the card around in his fingers as he slapped the card onto his duel disk. "Now then…time to kick this duel into first gear! I summon the Big Blast King!"
A powerful explosion of flames erupted over the field, twisting and turning until the flames resembled that of a teenaged man. The flames receded to show that there was a young man dressed in a small black vest and baggy red pants standing in front of Hyatt. With his long wild red hair falling in front of his face, the young man pulled the large cannon that was strapped to his back (1500/1000) and smirked wildly at everyone…before he noticed Aka and rubbed the back of his head.
"Oh, looks like your monster has a crush on me," Aka giggled wagging a finger at Hyatt.
"Heh…I-I guess so…" Hyatt chuckled before he shook his head and held up another card from his hand. "B-But this isn't the time for this! I activate my equip spell, Big Bang Shot! And guess who's getting the boost!"
Looking down at his right foot, a large fiery bracer appeared around the Big Blast King's leg (1500/1000 + 400/0), making the fiery warrior grin widely. "This Big spell gives my Big Blast King a Big Boost of four hundred points, and attack and defense don't matter to him any more! He'll inflict damage to your life points either way!"
"Well…that's certainly going to be troublesome," Aka muttered rubbing her chin. "But…do you think it'll be enough to beat me?"
"Sure!" Hyatt chuckled rubbing the bridge of his nose. "Ya see, Big Blast King's got an effect of his own as well! He's unaffected by any and all trap cards!"
"Well…that makes it a deadly monster…" Aka whistled, making the blush reappear on both Hyatt's and the Big Blast King's faces.
"T-Thanks," Hyatt chuckled before he shook his head. "Uh…Big Blast King! Attack her face down monster!"
Looking back at his master, the Big Blast King tilted his head as if to say 'Are you kidding me? I can't attack anything owned by a beauty!'
"Aw come on! You're looking down on me!" Hyatt shouted before slamming his foot into the ground. "Be a BIG MAN and attack with Big Bang Blast!"
Rolling his eyes behind his long hair, the Big Blast King spun his cannon a few times before he fired a powerful red blast of flames that rocketed into the face down card, forming into a small green turtle with a weird steel shell on its body (1200/1400) that resembled that of a…
"…A UFO?" Hyatt questioned as the turtle exploded, sending smoke billowing over Aka's body. (ALP 7300)
"Actually its called the UFO Turtle," Aka explained as she pulled her deck free from the deck slot, fanning it in front of her. "And thanks to its little ability, I can add a new FIRE monster from my deck to my field…as long as it doesn't go past the attack points as the original attack points of your Big Blast King…fifteen hundred points."
'Maybe I should get a couple of those for my deck…' Hyatt thought to himself as a small flame erupted over the field.
"And I'll only go with a fifth of that attack power," Aka announced as the flames flew into the air, forming into a small cute red fox that cooed softly (300/200). "And my cute little Fox Fire is perfect for the job!"
"…um…okay," Hyatt muttered to himself as he looked at the remaining four cards in his hand, he certainly didn't expect a small monster like that to face him…but still, it did seem to fit his opponent. "I'll set one card face down…and end my turn."
"Uh, uh un," Aka scolded running her finger over the two face down cards that were on her field, immediately making them flip up. "I activate my two trap cards during your end phase…Backfire and Spirit Barrier!"
Hyatt raised an eyebrow at the sight of the trap cards, he couldn't help but question why she didn't activate them during his attacks…
"Now, I draw!" Aka giggled drawing her next card, placing the card onto her duel disk without looking. Immediately, a second flame erupted over the field, turning into a second Fox Fire (300/200). "And since one is cute…two is uber kawaii!"
Hyatt couldn't help but sweatdrop at the comments… '…well…at least she admits her love for cute things…'
Back at the hotel…
"ACHOOO!"
"Are you coming down with something, Sai?" Ayame asked holding up some of the newest clothes she got the other day.
"…I must've spent too much time in the water," Sai replied rubbing her nose.
Back to the duel…
"And now…Fox Fires! Attack Big Blast King!" Aka shouted throwing her hand forward, making both of the foxes leap into the air towards the surprised Big Blast King.
"Huh!?" Hyatt shouted as the Big Blast King fired off a burst of flames that ricocheted the two Fox Fires into the air. "Why did you do that?!"
"Cause, first off, my Spirit Barrier negates the battle damage I would've taken," Aka explained crossing her arms over her chest. "And then there's the Backfire trap I have out…which burns off a good eighth of your life points!"
"Oh…right…" Hyatt chuckled before a pair pillars of flames erupted on both sides of him, making him step backwards with his hands over his eyes. "Urk?!" (HLP: 7000)
"And to end my turn, I'll activate the card known as Card of Safe Return," Aka announced as the card appeared between the two trap cards. "And then, I'll set one card and activate the effects of my Fox Fires!"
Two flames erupted back on Aka's field, forming into the two red foxes (300/200) that had just been destroyed by the Big Blast King, this time both of them were crouched down, ready for anything to be thrown at them. "When destroyed as a result of battle, they revive themselves…of course, thanks to my Card of Safe Return, whenever a monster is revived from my graveyard, I get to draw a card…"
Aka immediately pulled the top two cards from her deck, taking note of the small crowd around the two had started to grow, 'Ooh…now this is perfect…simply perfect!'
"Okay cutie! It's your turn!" Aka giggled, earning herself few howls from the crowd.
'Dang it! This is one of those times I wish I had Solo's Restriction Tape trap card!' Hyatt screamed in his mind as he drew his next card.
Not only were his monster's effect and equip spell now rendered useless, but if he actually tried to ram over these foxes, they'd only just inflict at least a good chunk of life points, revive themselves, and then allow the beautiful woman to draw two new cards.
…but none of that was going through Hyatt's head as he lifted up his newest card up. "I summon Darkfire Soldier 2 into attack mode!"
That thought didn't seem to even pass through Hyatt's head as the flame covered samurai appeared on the field, spinning around (1700/1100) as he drew his two flaming katana. "And next, I'll activate the spell card Double Summon! Now, I can normal summon once more this turn! And I summon Darkfire Soldier 1!"
Leaping from above, the fire covered gladiator landed on the ground, his fiery armor whipping over his body (1700/1050), nodding to both the Big Blast King and the other Darkfire Soldier. "Sure this might cost me some life points…but this move will cost you a lot more! Darkfire Soldiers! Attack the Fox Fires!"
Aka couldn't help but smile as both of the soldiers sliced the foxes into many flames…that immediately swept around Hyatt's body, making him growl loudly thanks to the Backfire trap. (HLP: 6000)
"But…but now…" Hyatt panted shaking his head about. "Since you're wide open…Big Blast King! Big Bang Blast!"
Instead of taking aim with his cannon, the Big Blast King ran forward, spinning the cannon over head and was about to slam it into Aka's body…
"Anti-Pervert Strike!"
With a powerful slap, Aka sent the rather surprised Big Blast King flying into the air, making him shatter into millions of sparks. And from the look on his face, Hyatt was definitely surprised. "…A-Anti-Pervert Strike?"
"Yep!" Aka giggled, waving her hand to the side. The revealed card showed a beautiful Japanese Schoolgirl slapping a surprised young man (the same young man on the Heart of the Underdog card). "You see, this quick play spell card can be activated when you declare a direct attack against me. I destroy the attacker and you take damage equal to the attack of the destroyed monster."
"Wait…what?" Hyatt questioned before more flames erupted over his body, making him dance around in an attempt to dodge them. "GAK!" (HLP: 4100)
"Hee, hee, ha, you okay little cutie?" Aka asked, looking generally concerned before Hyatt shook the holographic flames off his body. "Cause don't forget, since your monster was equipped with Big Bang Shot, you lose him, cause he gets removed from play."
"Heh, don't worry about me," Hyatt chuckled fitting one of his remaining cards back into his duel disk, leaving him with only one card left in his hand. "I set one card face down and call it a turn…"
"Ah, ah, ah," Aka scolded wagging her finger at Hyatt as two small bursts of fire appeared in front of her, transforming into the two red furred foxes once again (300/200 x2). "Don't forget, my Fox Fires return to my field, and thanks to the Card of Safe Return, I get to draw two more times! Yay!"
As Aka drew her next two cards, Faust couldn't help but raise an eyebrow at Hyatt, was this kid really one of the targets that the Boss said to seek? 'But according to Stein, these duelists are supposed to be good…all he's done is just throw fuel onto the fire…and those two face down cards are just kindling…'
'If he can't even get past the basic combo of Aka's deck…I'm just probably over thinking this. I would've at least suspected a decent draw power…not a loud mouth and a pain in the ass personality…'
"Hmm…is it…could it…it's my turn!" Aka cheered to herself. Then she plucked her sixth card from her hand and slapped it onto her duel disk, creating a rather similar flame…that became a third Fox Fire (300/200). "And now, say hello my third Fox Fire! Now I have my ultimate combo out on the field!"
"…hmm…you ever think that you're going to make them go stale by doing the same move again and again?" Hyatt asked tilting his head to the side, making the first actual smart question in his life so far.
"Hey, if it isn't broken," Aka retorted with a sweet smile on her face. Then taking a pair of her cards in her hand, Aka placed them into her duel disk, making them appear around her other cards. "Anyway, I'll set two cards face down…and now Fox Fires!"
Aka stopped right there for a second, "Ya know, Fox Fires are my favorite monsters…mainly because they are really cute. And it really pains me to have them suicide with your monsters…"
'Hmm…maybe she actually shows some concern for her monsters…' Hyatt thought to himself with a smile on his face. 'Now I can't really attack her…a Big Man couldn't do something like that…'
"Fox Fires! Attack Darkfire Soldier 1!" Aka announced, as all three of the foxes leapt towards the surprised monster. In rash attempt, the fiery gladiator threw a well aimed slash, took out all three of the Fox Fires…
…which erupted three powerful burst of fire into Hyatt's body, "ACK!" After he shouted, Hyatt fell backwards, in a sad attempt to stop, drop and roll…minus the rolling. (HLP: 2600)
'I will say this about the idiot,' Faust thought with an insidious smirk appearing on his face taking note of the crowds' laughter. 'He sure can bring the laughter on…'
As the three Fox Fires (300/200 x3) reappeared onto the field, this time crouching down in defense mode with their tails wrapped around their bodies, Aka smiled as she snapped off the top three cards from her deck giving her a full hand of six. "And just like that, I get three new cards off the top of my deck, and my turn's over."
Hyatt didn't seem to bother getting up, in fact, it looked like he was knocked out with the lack of movement.
"Aw…is it over already?" Aka moaned as she and her Fox Fires pouted. "That's no fun…"
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"…but respect?"
In Hyatt's head, Odoroki appeared, his arms crossed over his chest at a smaller version of Hyatt, who was curled in a small ball. "…once you gain that, you'll have that as long as you give people equal respect…"
"You need to ask yourself, what is respect to you? And why you want it."
"…why I want respect?" Hyatt questioned himself looking at the Odoroki in his mind. "Respect to me…I just want a taste of it…but…someone, tell me what it is I need to do…"
"…Can't answer that for ya Hyper Boy."
That's when the smaller Hyatt noticed that Ashton was now standing behind him looking down on him as well, "Everyone needs to find his or her own reasons for that. And everyone has their own reasons for why they want respect, and how they get it rivals that number as well."
"…but…but I don't know why…" Hyatt scolded himself before Odoroki and Ashton disappeared. "I…I just don't…"
"ACK!"
Looking up from his crouched position, Hyatt looked up, seeing not only just a person, but a familiar Japanese mansion where a small thirteen year old green haired kid was glaring up at a familiar robe and hakama wearing older man with dark, dark hair. The odd thing that Hyatt noticed were the fact that the older man had his eyes closed and had a large stain on his hakama. "Great, now not only are my noodles ruined, but so is my hakama! Thanks a lot ya little squirt!"
The green haired kid just glared at the older adult, "Don't call me little! I'm a Big Man!"
That's when it hit Hyatt…the little kid was him! This was four years ago, on the day that he met Kenshin…the day that Hyatt wanted to the best!
"Oh…a big man, eh?" Kenshin muttered to himself crossing his arms. "And what makes you think that you're a big enough man to call yourself that?"
"Urk…w-well, just look at me!" the younger Hyatt shouted waving his arms in the air.
"…" Kenshin remained silent at that comment, then shook his head. "…tell me…why do you want to be a big man?"
"Because! Someone has to!" the younger Hyatt shouted back throwing his arms to his sides. "My little brothers and sisters all look up to me cause I'm the oldest! And a Big Man has to exist to protect them!"
Hyatt's eyes widened, "…that's it…"
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"Aw man…how long till this thing declares me the winner?" Aka asked tapping her duel disk.
"That's it!"
Everyone stepped back from the sudden shout. That's when Hyatt leapt to his feet, his eyes set a blaze as he placed his fingers onto his deck, "That's it!"
As Hyatt drew from the top of his deck, both Aka and Faust couldn't help but flinch, and as Faust readjusted his glasses, a bead of sweat rolled down the side of his head, '…T-This…this draw! Could it be possible that he has…that he has that kind of power?!?'
'Perfect!' Hyatt thought to himself holding up the last two cards in his hand, before he fitted them both into the pocket disk. "I set my last two cards on the field…"
That's when Hyatt's face down card flipped up, showing many cards lit ablaze as a Hyatt lifted up his hands, "And activate the trap card, Multiple Destruction! This trap card forces us to discard our entire hands, and then draw five new cards from our decks! Thing is, if I discard, I have to take one hundred points of damage for each card…"
Holding up his empty hands, Hyatt snickered loudly, "But, as you can see, I don't have anything to discard! So that's just five free cards for me!"
Aka grimaced as she fitted all six of her cards into her duel disk's graveyard slot, immediately pulling five new cards.
"I know you're mad…" Hyatt chuckled clapping his hands together making sure that his five card hand didn't get crushed in the process. "But, be glad! I activate the trap card, Disgraceful Charity! Now, for the rest of the turn any cards that are discarded, can come back to our hands!"
"Uh…thanks," Aka replied replacing all five cards back into her hand, giving her five cards back.
"Don't thank me just yet!" Hyatt laughed loudly, throwing his hand over one of the remaining three cards over his field, flipping it over to show a familiar spell card. "Because I activate, Card Destruction! So we discard our hands…and draw again! And thanks to my Disgraceful Charity, those cards just come back to our hands!"
Aka's eyes widened as the two duelists popped their hands into their graveyard, only to draw the same number. And a few seconds later, the cards from the graveyard slots just popped back into their hands, giving Hyatt ten cards even and Aka twenty-two. '…is…is he trying to deck me out?! I'm holding over half of my deck right now!'
"I bet I know what you're thinking," Hyatt chuckled wagging his finger at Aka. "Don't worry…I don't plan on deck you out. In fact, those were just the last cards you're going to get to draw this duel!"
"Huh?" Aka questioned raising an eyebrow at Hyatt.
'And how do you intend to do that?' Faust thought to himself before a small vibrating sensation rocked the left side of his waist. It was his cell phone, and as he clipped it off, Faust brought it to his ear. "Yeah Stein?"
"You see…back in Domino, I've got a nickname back home…" Hyatt stopped himself there for a second. "Actually, I've got two. One being the Ramen Delivery Boy Number 7…"
There were actually a few cheers for that nickname, making Hyatt blush slightly, "But, that's not the name I'm talking about. I'm talking about the Big Bang Boom Duelist! And I got that name for making power one turn knock outs! In fights and in duels! And with these ten cards, I can pull that off right here! Right now!"
"Oh, then prove it," Aka replied raising an eyebrow at Hyatt's announcement.
"You got it!" Hyatt shouted thrusting his hand over his last face down card, making the spell card appear to show several fireworks going off in a night's sky. "And to start off, I'll activate the spell card I set earlier, Late Night Blast!"
Giving each other a nod, both of the Darkfire Soldiers leapt into the air, exploding into millions of sparks that resembled that of fireworks. "This spell can only be activated when I have exactly two fire attribute monsters on my field with the same level four. And now…I can special summon as many Fireworks monsters from my hand! And guess what…"
Hyatt held up half of the ten cards in his hand up, sliding them over his duel disk, "…I've got five the cards right here! So, let's light up the skies, Pyrotechnics – Red, Blue, Green, Yellow and Purple!"
Many explosions erupted around Hyatt's body, surging into millions upon millions of red, blue, green, purple and yellow sparks that erupted around his body. The crowds were in awe at not only at the fact that the sight was beautiful, but how Hyatt just stood there, not even blinking in the bright flashes…
…and slowly, the flashes died down to form into five Japanese styled fireworks with a dragon style covering on them, each with their own specified color (0/0 x5).
"But, I thought…" Aka started to point out the little problem.
"…Well, ya see, my Pyrotechnics are considered to be Fireworks…since that's just a fancier term for it…" Hyatt explained before he pumped his fist into the air a few times. "But that's not the time for it! Now here come my monsters' effects! When special summoned my monsters have special effects…"
"First! Red inflicts one thousand points!"
Aka's widened when a powerful red burst of colored flames erupted around her body, making her bite her lower lip. (ALP: 6200)
"Second, Green destroys one face up monsters automatically…including one of those Fox Fires you've got!"
"What?!?" Aka shouted before the Fox Fire exploded in a powerful yellow flame…that wrapped around Hyatt's body. (HLP: 1600)
"Sure…I do take five hundred points," Hyatt chuckled crossing his arms over his chest. "But that's when Blue comes into play! Allowing me to destroy a spell or trap card on the field, and I choose your face down card on the left!"
"These monster's have weird effects!" Aka announced with tears appearing in her eyes as her face down card went up in several blue flames. "You're such a meanie!"
"Well, I'm sorry," Hyatt muttered rubbing the back of his head. "But I'm not going to stop! I activate Yellow's effect! Allowing me to have it copy any Fireworks monster effect that's on the field! And I choose blue to destroy your other face down card on the field!"
"You're a big meanie!" Aka shouted out, anime tears streaming down the sides of her face as the other face down erupted into several yellow flames.
"I'll agree on the BIG part!" Hyatt laughed as the Pyrotechnics – Purple began to shake wildly. "And now…for the big finale of my Pyrotechnics! When Purple is special summoned, I can inflict two hundred points of damage to your life points for each Fireworks monster on the field…and since all five of my monsters are Fireworks monsters…"
"That means…" Aka's eyes widened before many purple sparks lit up around her, drying her fake tears as her life points dropped wildly. (ALP: 5200)
"And since they're fireworks," Hyatt chuckled lifting up one of the five remaining cards up into the air, slipping it into his duel disk, allowing a large silver cannon to appear behind him. "They deserve to be fired off like such…So, I activate Mass Driver!"
"Uh oh…" Aka muttered as the crowd began to boo loudly at Hyatt's move…
…But he didn't care, "Now…Time to light up your world! I fire all five of my Pyrotechnics!"
All five of the firework monsters were sucked into the cannon, only to be fired directly into air above Aka's head, exploding into a mass of fiery mass of colors over her head. (ALP: 3200)
'This…this guy, where did this power come from?!' Aka thought as the sparks began to fall around her body. '…I…I can't win this…'
"And now…its time to…" Hyatt shouted holding up his fourth card. 'I'm going to do it! I'm going to pull off that killer combo! The one I was going to use against Solo! This is a perfect chance to…'
"Aka!"
Hyatt stopped dead in his tracks, taking note that there was a bug haired man wearing a large green overcoat stepping from the crowd, "…its time to go…"
"Aw…but Thriller…" Aka pouted with anime tears appearing on the side of her face. "I was about to…"
"Aka…Stein called," Faust stated making Aka turn immediately serious. "…the D-D Projects are gone…and he needs us to find them…"
"Aw, are you serious?" Aka moaned flicking off her duel disk, making all the holograms disappear. "And I was having fun…"
"Wait a minute…" Hyatt started with his right eye twitching. "…now I was going to…"
"We'll buy a couple souvenirs," Faust listed off on his fingers before he adjusted his glasses. "Pick up some ramen, and then stop by that manga store…"
"Why there?" Aka asked raising an eyebrow.
"Cause that otaku Stein sent me a list," Faust growled holding up a small list of paper. "And I'd rather not have the bastard give me a speech about how I forgot about his Code Ge*ss or his stupid Hy*tt the C*mbat B*tler! So we're leaving!"
"Humph, fine," Aka sighed before turning towards Hyatt. "Sorry little cutie…but we'll have to cut this short. But I'll expect a reign check from you later…"
"Now wait just a second!" Hyatt shouted throwing his arms into the air. "Why is it that my duels are always getting interrupted!? Seriously! Why do I always get interrupt…"
Hyatt couldn't help but stop…mainly because Aka had place her hand at Hyatt's chin, and then…
Capu…
"Consider that your prize for entertaining me," Aka stated waving the pendant that she had gotten from Big Gai and placing it into Hyatt's hand. "And consider this an added bonus…"
Hyatt was frozen solid, despite the fact that his face was burning red. And as the crowds, along with Aka and Faust, dispersed, Hyatt just with his face turning even redder as he rubbed his cheek. 'W-Whoa…m-my first kiss outside my family…'
"Heh, you look like ya just won the lottery, Hyper Boy!"
Not even Ashton's laughter or slurp of ramen noodles could break Hyatt out of his concentration, "Hello? Ya in there? Hyper Boy, are you even still alive in there?"
"Great…he's actually disappeared into his subconscious," Ashton chuckled before lifting Hyatt over his shoulder for the second time that day. "Oh well…I guess its time to go back to the hotel then…"
'Wonder what was up with those two though?'
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A good hour later…
"…What happened to him?" Odoroki asked before Ashton threw the still dazed out Hyatt onto one of the beds in the room.
"Heh, well, Hyper Boy went through a rather strange day at Yokohama Ramen Museum," Ashton chuckled spinning his leek into his mouth, chewing it vigorously as a sweatdrop rolled down the side of Odoroki's head.
'…Hyper Boy?' Odoroki thought loudly as he starred at Ashton. "…and what do you mean strange day? Other than going to a Ramen Museum."
"Well…I think, the big man grew a little more," Ashton stated with a grin on his face.
"What makes you say that?" Odoroki asked poking Hyatt's shoulder, trying to see if the loud mouthed duelist was even awake.
"Looks like he knows how to fight with respect now," Ashton stated while still chewing his leek.
Raising an eyebrow, Odoroki couldn't help but cross his arms over his chest, "…really?"
"Well, that's what I got," Ashton stated before taking his leek out and pointing it towards Hyatt's right cheek, showing that it was a little red in a peculiar shape. "Well…I doubt he could actually gain a hickie without getting someone's respect…"
"…not the kind of respect I was referring to," Odoroki replied with the sweatdrop growing on the side of his head.
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Card Stats
Big Blast King / Fire / LV. 4 / ATK: 1500 / DEF: 1000 / Warrior/Effect: This card cannot be destroyed by the effects of trap cards.
Description: a young man dressed in a small black vest and baggy red pants with his long wild red hair falling in front of his face, with the large cannon that was strapped to his back
Late Night Blast / Spell / Effect: This card can only be activated when you have two FIRE attribute Level four Pyro-type monsters on the field. Destroy both monsters. Then, you may special summon as many 'Fireworks' monsters from your hand with 0 attack points.
Image: Many Fireworks exploding in the night's sky.
Pyrotechnics – Red / Fire / LV. 2 / ATK: 0 / DEF: 0 / Pyro/Effect: Treat this card's name like 'Fireworks'. When this card is successfully special summoned, you may inflict 1000 points of damage to your opponent's life points.
Description: Red Japanese styled fireworks with dragon styled covering on them
Pyrotechnics – Green / Fire / LV. 2 / ATK: 0 / DEF: 0 / Pyro/Effect: Treat this card's name like 'Fireworks'. When this card is successfully special summoned, you may destroy one face up monster card on the field.
Description: Green Japanese styled fireworks with dragon styled covering on them
Pyrotechnics – Blue / Fire / LV. 2 / ATK: 0 / DEF: 0 / Pyro/Effect: Treat this card's name like 'Fireworks'. When this card is successfully special summoned, you may destroy one spell or trap card on the field.
Description: Blue Japanese styled fireworks with dragon styled covering on them
Pyrotechnics – Yellow / Fire / LV. 2 / ATK: 0 / DEF: 0 / Pyro/Effect: Treat this card's name like 'Fireworks'. When this card is successfully special summoned, select one face up level two or lower 'Fireworks' monster on the field. This card gains the selected monster's effect.
Description: Yellow Japanese styled fireworks with dragon styled covering on them
Pyrotechnics – Purple / Fire / LV. 2 / ATK: 0 / DEF: 0 / Pyro/Effect: Treat this card's name like 'Fireworks'. For each 'Fireworks' monster on the field when this card is special summon, inflict 200 points to your opponent's life points.
Description: Purple Japanese styled fireworks with dragon styled covering on them
Anti-Pervert Strike
/ Instant Spell / Effect: This card can only be activated when
your opponent declares a direct attack against you. Destroy the
attacking monster and inflict damage to your opponent's life points
equal to the attack of the destroyed monster.
Image: a
beautiful Japanese Schoolgirl slapping a surprised young man (the
same young man on the Heart of the Underdog card)
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Back in Domino Pier on the S.S. Brigadier…
Despite the fact that this ship was known for being a cruise ship, there were a few places that were known to break the mold…
…one definite instance was the large lab where the man of science himself, Stein, did his work. The several machines, papers, manga, anime DVDs, and other pieces of equipment that was necessary for any scientist (otaku).
And where was the man of science himself?
Well, with his long white labcoat (which had many signs of being repaired) flowing off his relatively skinny body, the scientist cracked his neck a few times, making a loud rusty gear like sound echoing through the labs. He couldn't help but stare at the three extra large broken tubes he stared at. "…hmm…perhaps I shouldn't have based them of such frivolous characters…"
Taking a drag on his cigarette, the older gray haired teen pushed up his glasses at the table that was next to the large tubes. There was broken glass on the table as well, mostly likely due to the glass cases that were smashed. "…and maybe I should've kept those decks hidden that I designed for them…"
Stein cracked his neck a few times, his neck always got stiff when he got stress, made him want to tighten the bolts in his neck…quite literally. "…oh well, at least things will get interesting around here…"
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Solo: …what?
Hyatt: Solo! This is your chance to do a preview! Ya gotta talk and make it BIG!
Solo: …No…I'm not doing that?
Hyatt: What!?! Why not!? Aren't you going to shout out the powerful battle next chapter? Where you clash against the emissaries of death!
Solo: …
Hyatt: When the lone wolf duelist charges in against the gods of death! Never surrendering! Never looking back! And pulling out all the stops!
Solo: …
The best of the best clash! The Solo against the Society!
Next time on Drawn Back to the Basics! – Draw 13: Reaper of the Cards
Hyatt: Well? Aren't you going to say all that?
Solo: You already did that for me.
Hyatt: What? You no good, son of a…
Solo: 'Punches Hyatt in the face'
