KD: Welcome to the next chapter. I want to get this out of the way right now. This chapter is more or less a Tri chapter. This is after the trip to Kyoto is set up and Negi gets told about his mission. This is pretty much his side of events during the "Secret Date" chapter. Also thank you for staying with this story despite the long waits for chapters. Plus this will show us Chachamaru's deck. I bet some of you think she uses machines, but that seems more Saotome and Chao in my opinion. What archetype fits Chacha then? Read and find out. Also tag duel rules in this. Each duelist has their own field and cards can't be used from the other duelist's side except for sacrifices. Effects like Mirror Force target the whole of the opponents' field. Life points are shared. Disclaim.
Chapter 20 Tri's Day Off Part 1
"It's done?" Tri asked someone over the phone.
"You bet," the voice said. "You just need to come by and pick it up."
"Alright. I'll be by later."
"Just to remind you, the shop closes at six."
"I know. See you later and thanks for taking this on such short notice."
"For my best customer, no problem." Tri hung up the phone and looked around his room. He had a decent sized room. He had a desk was set up in one corner with a desktop computer. A table stood against one wall, papers scattered across it, rough sketches covering the pages. His king sized bed was against the wall beneath a large window. Tri went over to a dresser opposite the bed and opened a drawer filled with notebooks, deck boxes, duel magazines, and most importantly his wallet and check book. After pocketing his wallet and check book, he left his room.
"Good morning Tri-sensei," Chachamaru said, dressed in her usual uniform, as Tri entered the kitchen. He sighed as he got a bottle of water from the fridge.
"You don't have to call my sensei. We're not in class now Chacha-chan." The robot nodded with a slight blush that shouldn't be possible for a robot. "Anyway, I have a package to pick up. See you later."
"Oh Tri-sensei," Chachamaru said. Tri looked over his shoulder with a raised eyebrow. "I mean…Tri-kun. Do you think you could come with me? I was planning on feeding the cats today." Tri double checked the time on his phone and shrugged.
"Sure. I have time." Chachamaru smiled and went to gather her things. Tri leaned against the wall and thought.
'The park where Chachamaru feeds the cats is nearby the shop. I just need to stop by on the way back.' When Chachamaru came back through the kitchen the duo left the cottage.
On the Way to the Park
"So how have you been feeling Chacha," Tri asked.
"I've been fine," she said. "All my functions seem to be working properly." Tri rolled his eyes.
"I meant as a person, not a robot." Chachamaru looked at him curiously.
"But I am a robot. I…" Tri turned to her and placed his hands on her shoulders.
"Don't you dare finish that Chacha-chan. I know you're more than just a robot. Would a regular robot care enough to feed the cats whenever available? You clearly have feelings unlike any other machine."
Chachamaru looked into her teachers eyes and could feel her face getting warmer.
"Alright Tri-kun," she muttered. Tri nodded and continued on the way to the park. Chachamaru stood looking after him for a moment before following.
The two turned the corner before coming to a stop. Chachamaru gasped and put her hands to her mouth while Tri growled in anger. Before them were two 18 year olds. One was a guy with blood red hair, and black sun glasses. He wore a black muscle shirt with a skull on it and tore up black jeans. The other was a girl with long black hair, a black crop top that showed her stomach and cutoff jeans. Both were laughing as they threw small rocks at a stray cat in a corner. Both had duel disks strapped to their arms.
"Take that you stupid cat," the guy cackled. He was about to toss another at the cats before a hand gripped his wrist and stopped him. "What the!?" He looked to his side and saw Tri had grabbed his wrist, his eyes shut behind his glasses.
"May I ask why you two are throwing rocks at these stray cats," Tri said, forcing himself to remain calm.
"What's it to you brat?" The girl said. She grabbed a rock and threw it at Tri. Before it hit him in the back of the head, Chachamaru appeared in between the two, caught the rock and dropped it on the ground.
"Please stop what you two are doing and leave this place," Chachamaru said. The boy pulled his wrist free from Tri's grasp and turned toward the gynoid.
"Oh yeah. And why should we?" Tri rolled his eyes, about to say something when Chachamaru spoke up.
"We duel. You win, we leave and don't bother you again. If we win, then you leave. Sound fair." Tri looked at Chachamaru, and was shocked to see full blown anger in her eyes. The two rock throwers grinned before nodding.
"You have yourselves a deal. Ami, you ready?" The girl grinned as she readied her duel disk.
"Of course Kuma (see if you get the reference)." Tri and Chachamaru got ready, Chachamaru's disk unfolding from her arm surprising the other two but they shook it off.
"DUEL!"
Tri and Chacha 8000 Hands 5-5
Kuma and Ami 8000 Hands 5-5
"I think I'll start!" Tri said as he drew his sixth card as he took a series of deep breaths to keep his anger in check. "And I will kick off with my Golden Summon spell card (OC). This lets me pay 500 life points per sacrifice that a Spirit monster would need. So I give up 500 in order to summon Divine Spirit-Victor Frankstein (OC) (LV7 2200/2000)."
A white haired man in a lab coat appeared in front of the teacher. He wore a mechanical eye piece and chest plate as well as a mechanical gauntlet with a hand of syringes on the end. A slightly crazed look was on his face as he adjusted his glasses, staring at the two delinquents.
"Next I set two facedowns and end my turn," Tri said.
Tri and Chacha 7500 Hands 3-5
Kuma and Ami 8000 Hands 5-5
"I'll take next turn," Kuma said. He look at his cards and growled slightly. "I set one monster in defense mode and end my turn."
Tri and Chacha 7500 Hands 3-5
Kuma and Ami 8000 Hands 5-5
"My turn," Chachamaru said. "And I activate the spell Double Summon allowing me to summon two Cat Girls to the field (LV4 1200/1600)." Two girls in brown and black furred dresses that ended by their knees appeared with large cat ears and cat claw gauntlets. "But they won't be around for long as I use them to Xyz summon the Cat Girl Magician (R4 2000/1800)." The two girls disappeared and in their place, a woman in black with a cat eye wand and a large red hat with cat eyes on it. "Then I activate the field spell Cat World."
The field turned into a grassy plain while behind Chachamaru and Tri, a giant cat statue appeared. Stray cats from the park started to appear on the field and group around Chachamaru, rubbing against her legs, with a smile she knelt down and petted them, smile on her face as the Magician's wand glowed brighter (2000-4000).
"What the heck!?" Ami yelled.
"Cat World doubles the original attack of all Cat or Neko monsters. I end my turn."
Tri and Chacha 7500 Hands 3-2
Kuma and Ami 8000 Hands 5-5
"My turn," Ami muttered and like Kuma, she cursed when she saw her hand. "I also set one card face down in defense to end it.
Tri and Chacha 7500 Hands 3-2
Kuma and Ami 8000 Hands 5-5
Tri raised an eyebrow at their play style. 'What are they planning?' he wondered as he drew a card, his eyes widening. 'I finally get to use this during a tag duel.'
"I start off by summon my Anima Spirit-Popcorn Machine (OC) (LV4 1900/1100)." The large popcorn bucket appeared and the boy sat on top of it smiling, before looking down and seeing Victor smiling up at him. He scurried to the other side of the bucket in fear. "Now with his effect I pop the facedown that Ami played for 500 points." With a flick of a kernel, the facedown was destroyed revealing to be Gellenduo. "Next I activate my Ghost Agent Initiation, which turns me into a duel monster. And since our life points are higher than 3000, my attack becomes half of the total." The familiar burgundy suit appeared on Tri as he felt the power rise (3500).
"Now, Popcorn, attack that face down!" The boy threw his hat and it floated above the facedown before sending a stream of popcorn that only bounced off the card which flipped to reveal a Spirit Reaper (LV3 300/200).
"Sorry," Kuma said. "But the Reaper can't be destroyed in battle. And since you didn't use Popcorn's effect to destroy him as well, I bet it can only be used once a turn."
"…I end."
Tri and Chacha 7000 Hands 2-2
Kuma and Ami 8000 Hands 5-5
Kuma picked up his card and grinned.
"Finally." Tri raised an eyebrow before it started to click.
'Only defense…waiting for a card….!'
"I activate Final Countdown! Now I pay 2000 points to gain instant victory in 20 turns!" The sky above the duel field turned dark and lightning began to crackle as a vortex appeared in the center of the clouds. "Then I place another monster facedown in defense and end my turn."
Tri and Chacha 7000 Hands 2-2
Kuma and Ami 6000 Hands 4-5
FC: 1
'Just great. I have somewhere to be and I'm stuck facing a stalling deck.' Tri checked his phone for the time and gritted his teeth. '5:00. I hope that I have enough time.' Chachamaru drew her next card and sighed.
"I attack that facedown monster." Cat Girl Magician shot a blast of magic at the facedown, only to reveal a second Reaper. "I set one facedown to end."
Tri and Chacha 7000 Hands 2-1
Kuma and Ami 6000 Hands 4-5
FC: 2
"I place two cards face down and end," Ami said.
Tri and Chacha 7000 Hands 2-1
Kuma and Ami 6000 Hands 4-4
FC: 3
"I draw and then I activate Popcorn's effect to destroy one of the Reapers," he said as the boy shot a kernel at the monster and destroyed it. "That's it for now."
Tri and Chacha 6500 Hands 3-1 (Tri attack 3250)
Kuma and Ami 6000 Hands 4-4
FC: 4
"I activate the spell card known as Tribute to the Doomed," Kuma said smirking. "And I discard one care to destroy Popcorn Machine!" Bandages shot out of the ground and wrapped around the boy and his huge popcorn bucket, dragging them down through the ground. Tri stared in anger at the smirking bullies across the field as Kuma ended his turn.
Tri and Chacha 6500 Hands 3-1
Kuma and Ami 6000 Hands 3-4
FC: 5
Tri check the time and growled. 5:15.
'Time is ticking and our best way of destroying those monsters is gone. If this keeps up, not only will I not make it on time…but Chachamaru's cats…' he looked over at the robot, who was looking uncharacteristically worried as she drew.
KD: Sorry to make this a two parter, but I wanted to get the next chapter up and this is going to be a long duel. See ya next time.