Hello all, and welcome to another chapter of Hero's Call!
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Me: Wah! Mommy, I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh!
Mom: But you own your OCs and the extra plot, right?
Me: It's not enough, mom! It's not enough!
Okay, now it's time once again to Shoot for the Stars!
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Arc 02
Chapter 26
Hanging On By A Thread
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Konami sighed. He had only been a few minutes on the road, and already he was feeling the drastic weight of responsibility shoving his poor shoulders to a flat pancake. His mind represented their strength, and right now it was breaking down, forming an inconveniently expected, pain inducing migration.
But Red Hat wasn't one to complain on such an important deterrent. I mean, if he didn't do it, who would? Maybe there was someone out there besides Jaden, who was still being kept captive, as far as he knew, and his other Duel Academy pals, who was not necessarily influenced by any obviation linked with this madness, and maybe even be glad to be in his somewhat irrational position, if only to satisfy their obscene thirst for a challenge, or whatever the reason, no matter how serious the matter may be.
But even still, he wouldn't want to pass on such a life threatening predicament to anyone at all. It just wasn't right. Besides, he accepted the role, and now he had to deal with it, even if it killed him... apparently.
Konami sighed once more to himself, Carly overhearing it along with the first. He sounded stressed out, and was in desperate need of an outlet. She could only imagine how tensive it might have felt for the poor guy. Being told you had the whole world resting on your shoulders couldn't be promising as movies and other media made it out to be, right? Especially how sudden it turned out. It requires skill, devotion, and down right luck.
Carly didn't doubt that even one of those points was missing from her red companion, he even could be confident in his abilities- which was something she noted afterward was a need as well- but was he the right guy? That was why she suggested Jack, but no, that Widow was too smart for something as 'insignificant' as tactic. Not that luck was part of Jack Atlas though, Carly clarified to herself.
She opened her mouth in an attempt to sooth his worries down a size, but came with the sight of Red Hat quietly shuffling his eyes through a stack of Duel Monsters cards in his gloved hands.
"Hey, what you doing?" She ended up asking, impetuously forgetting about her initial consolation.
"Hmm?" He looked from where he sat, before gazing back to business. "Oh, just trying to unwind a bit... from the Ikian thing at least. I'm actually going through the deck I'm going to be using to duel in the Fortune Cup today." It was certainly working with a good length backing it up, especially against his recent thought on extraterrestrial beings also being duelists in some form or another. Either Duel Monsters had somehow found their way through the boundaries of space, physically and mentally, or the aliens' way of dueling did not necessarily meant a card tradition in the beginning, since Zee and Dave (who should be Ikians as well) were now dueling with Duel Disks, regardless of whether the latter was gone permanently or not.
Or maybe the Black Widow was lying to them about every single detail. But Konami highly doubted that, personally anyway.
"The Fortune Cup?" She fell into an unfinished jig-jaw puzzle. "But weren't you disqualified from the Cup as of yesterday?"
"Yeah, that's technically true, but I gained access once more." He shrugged in a clueless manner, clearly not willing to share the truth. "I guess they made a mistake somehow."
"That's unlikely, but okay then." She looked straight toward the road, but half her focus seemed to drift curiously toward Konami. "So what kind of deck are you going to use?"
Red Hat took a quick glance at Carly, wondering if her question was rhetorical or not. Since Tasha dueled with a supposed Fusion deck and the MC had made it clear as day to all witnesses that completely changing your deck out of the maximum of fifteen cards of a duelist's Side Deck was defined as instant expulsion, Konami expected her obvious assumption would be, well, a Fusion Deck, or at least most of the revealed arsenal due to the Side Deck regulations.
Asking such a question seemed rather irrational, if not, rhetorical. Maybe she forgot? Wouldn't be the first time though. With Carly forgetting to check her Fortune Deck when entering Duel-o-Rev, questioning him on the Arcadia Movement- which he was truly glad had slipped her mind, or so it seemed- and now this being thrown into the mix, the teen in red would even go as far as to say that forgetting was one of her trademark traits. But then again, so could others be as well. She was human after all.
But digress aside, according to Divine (that sniveling piece of crap), due to his performance the previous day, Konami was allowed to use his initial deck so long as he didn't let anyone else duel for him again. No need to tell him twice. But if the time would come, then his hands were tied to put it gently. He just hoped that nobody else had a problem with him using different assortments of decks, though with Goodwin's influence, as mischievious as he could be, that was a secondary itch not needing, but wanting to be scratched.
He still wondered how Divine got to convince Goodwin, or anyone who had authority over this tournament, to give him one more shot at glory. But that was the least of his worries though.
"It's nothing special, really." He waved her off, gazing upon one card in particular. Blizzard Princess stared back like a life-filled statue. "Just a simple Spellcaster Deck I used a while ago."
A while ago, he says. What Carly didn't know though was that that same deck was, in simple terms, a never ending bundle of regrets. It had a happy smile in front, which represented some deep bonding moments between some of his Duel Academy friends, but behind that curved expression was a frown of depression. A frown of nightmares. It was the same frown that led him to find refuge in New Domino, the same frown he stared at so emotionlessly when he finally moved in. The deck that he eyed for hundreds of hours in the living room's silent sounds of time, wondering aimlessly why such one deep, dreaded moment had to befall on him, on his deck, on his friend that died because of it all.
How despicable of a human being Red Hat was.
You may asked yourself: Then why? Why duel with such a deck again? And if so, why now in this particular tournament? Well, he couldn't answer why he would use it again, but he guessed it all started with the bombshell that was his supernatural ability to see Duel Spirits. And it was then, when he realized how he needed to let bygones be bygones once the sight of the wakeup call that death was always waiting on the porch of each house. How he needed to move on or he'll just be going nowhere fast. And Bianca made him realize that. How he overlooked the failure he turned out to be in the duel against Rosy, and how close Luna was to answering the front door.
Noone was waiting for him, so why should he wait on himself?
That was just the gist of it though, but the depth was more distorted than uncluttered. He expected it was just that driving desire to hold and use his favorite type of Duel Monsters. Spellcasters were just so illusive and special among all other monsters, using specific tactics based on their origins to gain advantage in a duel. And truthfully, he missed it all. Right down to his duel bone, as Hikari would usually say.
A small smile crept onto his face, and unbeknownst to both of them, Bianca momentarily appeared next to him, transparent and amiable as ever.
"Really? My Fortune Deck is also based around Spellcasters." She decided to announce. "Maybe our decks could be a good match in a Tag Duel."
"Probably." He smiled, looking down at Blizzard Princess' sweet portrait smile.
His smile baked warmer.
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"Here it is Yusei, the King of the Gagagigo race. He's back, and is practically itching for payback for the time you sneak attacked it off the battlefield. So forgive me if it's not in my power to stop your inevitable consequence." Simon chuckled arrogantly, his monsters sounding off respectively.
Gogi's ATK: 2950
Vorse Raider's ATK: 1900
Red Lotus' ATK: 2100
Yusei stayed silent, his eyes almost never left Gogi's without a sense of a ungratification. "You certainly have a knack for bringing out a decent number of monsters, I can say that much."
"True." Simon stated. "Though I doubt you wouldn't agree it's a rather simple yet powerful strategy, am I right Yusei?"
The crab-haired teen nodded. The crowd was torn into two halves of a pizza, one was filled with peppers of self-righteousness for the Satellite duelist, and the other decored with melted cheese of sympathy. But even with the negative delay, each and everyone of them could not deny the fighting spirit of Yusei Fudo. Sure, he was a criminal, his facial mark had established that a while ago, but they couldn't help but the persist energy he gave off.
The will to keep going. He'd lost one of his best chances of victory- Junk Destroyer- and was now being glared down by his opposed ace for the second time. But Yusei wouldn't waver, not when everything he'd put it to get this far was on the line. Whether he knew of a pre-determined combo that lurked inside the stack of cards he held close to his heart to win against Simon was irrelevant right now. All he needed was hope and confidence to back him up, and once that was placed in the confines of his deck, Yusei knew he had in the bag no matter the cost.
"Dang, it seems Yusei's back to square one with that monster back in action." Tanner frowned subjectively.
"But that won't won't matter though," Leo raised a fist, "Yusei's got this in the bag!"
The others could only hope that were the case. But even so, they did not stop supporting Simon as well, more or less.
"Don't think your nightmare ends here, Yusei, cause I'm about to activate Red Lotus' special effect! Once per turn, I am allowed to special summon one Level Four or lower Normal monster from my grave, giving me even more fire power. The choice is obvious, yes?"
The light spiraled to life, it's ignition triggering the arrival of the once recently forgotten Sabersaurus, who roared forth viciously toward Yusei and his face-down back up.
Sabersaurus' ATK: 1900
If the crab-haired duelist's frown had no meaning to it, now it definitely had. Four monsters as swift as it could get. What a bother. This certainly wasn't how Yusei saw his second duel to go. But then again, he had to expect the unexpected. This wasn't any Kiddie's Meal, it was a Big Mac.
"Right, now let's get my battle phase underway." Simon shot a hand forward, "Go, Vorse Raider, strike with your 'Axe of Despair'!"
It grumbled at the reference, but nevertheless, the beast warrior lunged forward and swung downward, attempting to decapacitate the harmless hologram as if it needed to be hung.
But once the monster was revealed, a ball of pure wings stared it's attacker down, the inevitable collision recoiling the beast back to it's origins.
"What?" Simon seemed confused. "Don't tell me that's another one of your 'indestructible' creatures?"
"Okay, I won't." Yusei smiled, despite the disadvantage being his current 'right hand position'. "But I suppose I should give you a heads up that my Shield Wing can survive two of it's battle destructions' during each turn."
Shield Wing's DEF: 900
Simon just sighed, realizing what that meant. Two more attacks and that bird's deadline would be met. 'Which means...' He thought, watching both Sabersaurus and Red Lotus take Shield Wing on in a handicap match, '...with Scrap-Iron Scarecrow still on the field, I'll still be one button behind from actual damage.'
-Life Points-
Yusei- 4000
Simon- 3000
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Even with his monster count being significantly higher than Yusei's, Simon still not been able to touch him in the slightest. It honestly made him question who had the real advantage over whom. But at least he had enough field advantage to be safe from total annihilation, right? Simon sighed once more, taking in the presence of his opponent stoically, rather than to show his annoyance.
Well, this might be Horakhty's way of giving him the taste of his own medicine. The blunette just hoped it would end as soon as possible, so that he may end this parade before Yusei did.
"You're defending non-stop. Are you that lost in your own desperation?"
"A good offense is a great defense, Simon." Yusei simply replied, making Simon sigh in annoyance.
"Yes, that's how the old saying goes, isn't it?" He took a final moment glance at his hand before admitting the absolute for his turn.
"Then it's time for me to shift this duel into the next gear. Draw!"
Turn Twelve- Yusei
"Well, he's surviving, so at least it's not over yet. Still, I gotta give him the credit he deserves. Not many could say they took on this many strong monsters at once and receive the right to brag with their Life Points in tact." Tanner explained idly, his eyes still gradually unmasking his concern for his fellow Criminal Marked companion.
"I know what you mean. It's just so difficult to really cheer for him without considering Simon as well." Yanagi pointed out. "We might not know him that well, but his obviously one of the gang, right?"
"What gang?" Dexter asked suddenly.
"The Ultimate Duel Gang, that's who!" Leo chirped proudly. "I'm their leader, of course! Wanna join?"
"The Ultimate Duel Gang? Why haven't I heard of such a name before?" Misty tilted her head to Leo.
"That's because it's existence was probably created just now. The member count is equivalent to the amount of smart heads around here." The group heard a familiar voice, and to the dismay of many of them, saw the presence of Simon's cousin sitting quietly a row above them, her eyes meeting theirs.
"Kami-chan!" Daisy smiled.
"Don't you dare start with me..." She muttered darkly.
"Why are you hear?" Tasha asked boredly.
"Is this not a free country?"
"Hearing that from someone who look down upon others, you sure have a weird sense of humor."
Kami furrowed. "I only look down upon objects that are meant to be. So hearing something that attempts to dub them as legitimate human beings, you should reconsider who really has the weird sense of humor."
Tasha glared. "You got a lot of nerve calling yourself one. What, are you that desperate, especially if you back again to terrify us with your pathetic presence?"
"Yes, yes I am." She smiled. "You should be grateful, I considered your inferiority for once."
Tasha gritted her teeth.
"Please, stop." Daisy watered.
"Both of you, please. You're inducing Daisy to be in a lamentable state." Misty invoked nervously.
"Fine." Tasha broke her fixated grimace on the blue demon. "But only because it'll be for the best interest of others."
Kami huffed audaciously. "Better." Honestly, she didn't know why she ended by here herself. Despite what happened earlier today, watching the passionate trading card tradition unveil before her without her influence wasn't the best thing in the world. It certainly didn't help clear of her personal problems at home as well. But regardless, Kami was secretively enthralled by each hologram, each card, each move, each turn, each duel.
It made her green in the face, but it was that green that hurt her the most. She needed to forget irrationality and focus on her future. But her body didn't wanted to listen, and thus Kami ended up in the devil's playground each time.
Though to her heart, it was far from being a playground of the horned beast, but she couldn't vocalize none of it.
Kami shook her head. 'Stop it, Kami. Stay strong and continue to stare with a blind eye.'
"Alright." Yusei grabbed his drawn card and inserted it in his disk. "I activate Pot of Greed. This allows me to draw two more cards. It may not have the ability to increase my draw count on a much higher scale, but it's worth the trouble."
Simon glanced at Yusei's hand, seeing the two cards being add to his current arsenal. Three cards rested solely at his disposal.
"Now I activate my face-down card to resurrect my fallen Shield Wing from the grave in attack position. Limit Reverse!"
The purple face-down shot open, exposing the contents clearly.
'Limit Reverse destroys the resurrected creature once it changes battle positions.' Simon cerebrated as he witnessed the arrival of the recently destroyed bird of green, it taking a fighting stance rather than it's former defensiveness.
Shield Wing's ATK: 0
'So even if it would survive two attacks next turn, based on the amount of ATK points it has, I would be basically attacking directly. It's presence should be used for something else, probably a Synchro Summon, if any of this had to make the inkliest of sense.'
"Crab-boy has to be Sync-o'ing with that bird of his, right?" Hikari almost inquired more doubtfully than rhetorically. But what monster will he bring out then? Both Junk Warrior and Junk Destroyer had been buried alive, and they were the only two monsters that seemed like Extra Deck creatures in Yusei's build-up. Either he would be tributing it or surprising their socks off.
"Yusei's Junk Warrior and Destroyer might be the only monsters that had been revealed so far," Greiger explained, almost reading the blonde's mind, "but we shouldn't just dismiss it as his only options. Sure, both Junk Synchron and Synchron Explorer are gone, but Yusei is obviously not one that doesn't think outside of the box."
"Right." She nodded, taking Jaden and Konami as trustworthy examples.
"Now it's time to activate a special effect from my hand." Yusei discarded a card as a result. "By discarding a monster, I am allowed to special summon my Quickdraw Synchron to the field!"
Pixels sparkled and a pillar of light compensate the teleportation of one more creature, it's hollow yet exhuberant single ocean orb enlighten the Western Style of it's design. It's cape heroically measuring the holographic wind pressuring against it's weapon of art.
Quickdraw Synchron (L5- WIND- Machine- A700- D1400)
"Synchron..." Simon trailed stoically, "Correct if I'm wrong, but that's yet another Tuner monster, am I right?"
"You're." He simply replied. "Now it's time to bring out another one of my Synchro beasts."
Both monsters got the picture, reading their master's mind as they irraditate a mixture of green and white, rings and stars.
"The alignment of hope sparks thoroughly outside the boundaries of moderate exposure. It's decisive brightness burns through the dark sky of immorality. Aim forth with your arrow of power. Junk Archer!"
A vortex of improbability shone in the distant realm of synchronization, the world stopped to stare and the masses looked upon anxiously. In a twirl of swiftness stood the representative of Yusei's two monsters, the orange vividly appealing to one side, it's arrow in hand piercing the other. The Level Seven Warrior took his place, ready for command and ready for fire.
Junk Archer (L7- EARTH- Warrior- A2300- D2000)
"Junk Archer. Looks okay, I guess..." Simon shrugged, despite the eyesights being dragged by the creature in question. "But he's not strong enough to defeat my Gogiga."
"That's true, but I don't believe you can speak the same for your other monsters, including your Knight of the Red Lotus. So attack Junk Archer, with your Spear of Junk Destruction!"
The humanoid monster nodded, pulling back professionally and letting go of the stretched string, the spear shooting like a lightning bolt, striking the feathered beast in the heart, or where the heart supposedly should be, shattering the remains like pixelated reminiscence, the rest of it making it's way through the skin of Simon, earning a groan of disapproval.
-Life Points-
Yusei- 4000
Simon- 2800(-200)
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"Next I'll activate Level Eater from my graveyard. By reducing Junk Archer's Level by one, he returns to the land of the living as quickly as he lost that privilege. Then I'll end my turn with one face-down."
Hikari smiled, watching the vapor leaving the body of Junk Archer and morphing into the little die hard critter of Yusei.
Junk Archer's LV: 6(-1)
Level Eater's DEF: 0
"He destroyed Red Lotus so that Simon cannot freely Special Summon any Normal Monsters from the dead. And bringing out Level Eater like that helps his Life Points from being touched directly. Yusei certainly knows his stuff."
"Indeed." Greiger observed the duelist in question idly. "But that doesn't mean he's completely off the hook. Simon's ace is still on both two feet, and seems hungry for a fight too. Yusei better hope Simon does not obtain any backrow destruction cards, or things might get ugly real fast, if it hadn't already."
"Draw!" Simon rushed.
Turn Thirteen- Simon
He smiled once his eyes noticed the image of the card. "Finally! Mystical Space Typhoon!"
"You just had to jinx it." Hikari laughed hilariously.
Yusei grimaced a bit, watching the sight of his Scrap-Iron Scarecrow exploded in a shattering form.
"That certainly means good for Sime." Hikari stared after her laughter died down to a few giggles. "Too bad for Yusei though."
"Uh oh." Yanagi muttered for the entire group, regardless they felt the same or not.
"Sorry Yusei, but this is where the tides turn." Simon stated. "Attack his Archer, Gogi, with your Salacious Swipe!"
The 'evildoer' smirked with relief, it's time to strike after so long finally coming to be. It halted with a pull of his palm, then, with one slow but powerful embrace through the air, Gogiga's anticipated claws hit home, ripping the opposition into shreds, almost horribly to say the least. The aftermath blasted it's way toward Yusei's Life Point counter, who held firm against the damage.
-Life Points-
Yusei- 3350(-650)
Simon- 2800
-Life Points-
"Now for your bug over there. Take it down, Vorse Raider, with your Axe of Despair!"
Yusei covered his face to avoid the sudden dust that erupted after the grusome slaughter of his Level One creature.
"Now attack directly, Sabersaurus with your Fiery Pounce!"
The beast glowered and leaped for mobility, it's giant paw cutting through Yusei like it were a ghost, but the Satellite duelist still felt the pressure regardless.
-Life Points-
Yusei- 1450(-1900)
Simon- 2800
-Life Points-
"And just like that folks, Simon takes the lead!" The MC proclaimed dramatically.
"Guess now Simon has legit vindication to his advantage on the duel." Hikari mentioned with a wry smile, enjoying the competitive nature of the match before her. Too bad one of her little buddies are gonna go home without tasting the gold. But hey, not everyone can be winners, right?
"Hey guys, who's dueling this time?" The room's eyes found the door, and approaching the duo close to the front view mirror was none other than Red Hat Konami himself.
"Reddo?" Hikari inquired quizzitively, the teen standing before her. "What are you doing here? Are you not out of the competition?"
"Apparently not, if I'm allowed to be here." He shrugged, pocketing his hands after fist pumping his BFF. "Hey Greiger, long time no see. It felt like only yesterday we met."
"It was." He said blankly.
"My point exactly." He chuckled, Hikari following his footsteps as he took an observing glance around the warm, cool room. His sweet chocolate eyes met a pair of sentient ones. Or so, he expected, despite the short time he saw it.
A blank mask of deception stared back at him, and Konami wouldn't be that far from the truth if he presumed that she was glaring right through his body right this instant. Rather than an intense despicable gaze, Akiza stared with a slightly narrowed expression. She wanted so badly to shoot one ugly hateful look, especially if it was for Divine himself, but she just couldn't do it. It was beyond her understanding.
This whole red existence she glanced upon was beyond her understanding.
Konami smiled genuinely, a bit sheepishly, but genuine nonetheless. 'That smile.' She thought. 'That inconceivable smile! It confuses me so much! Stop it! Stop playing mind games already!' Akiza squinted her eyes, his face carved within her enclosed vision. Even with her eyesight shut, he still seem to find a way to get to her.
Damn Red Hat!
Konami glanced around again, then he roughly, but fixatingly stopped at the sight of his initial target.
Zee.
He grimaced. He was one of them. An Ikian. They had tortured the Black Widow, but more importantly, they took his friend away from him. Noone was able to do that and avoid his hatred toward them, NOONE!
He was going to pay and give back the stolen souls, and he was going to do it right now!
"Hey!" Red Hat called, marching toward his destination. Zee kept his eyes glued to the approaching teen, his senses picking up a strange wave of sine faintly collapsing with his Duel Aura.
'What's this aura I'm picking up from this kid? It's oddly familiar in a way. Why didn't I sense it before? Was I not focused enough to know the difference? It's faint, so maybe that could be the case.'. "What do you want? If you're going to sell scout cookies little boy, I'm not interested. Unless it's raspberry flavored, then I might reconsider."
"I challenge you to a duel!" Konami boldly activated his duel disk, confusing the crowd around him.
"Reddo, what's with the assertiveness? Gosh, if only you were like this when that Alexis chick was still into you, then you might have-"
"Not now, Rie." He said sternly, surprising the blonde behind him.
"Urm, okay...?"
"A duel?" Zee raised a brow. "Well, I appreciate how desperate you're in wanting to touch the Great Zee, but I'm afraid I'm going to have to tell you to get back in line and wait patiently for your chance to receive my autograph like everbody else."
"Hey!" Hikari glared menacingly. "I'm dubbed the Great One. Get your own catchphrase!"
"Not a chance, Zee." Konami glared with her. "You've hurt enough people as it is, so I'm going to duel you whether you like it or not!"
"Oh, and what makes you think I'll take the time out of my life to quench your thirst of a duel, hmm?"
"Cause I know I've got what you guys are searching for."
If Zee wasn't interested in Konami buffled speech of his needs and wants, then he certainly was right now. 'You guys, huh?' It was clear this kid knew more to than meets the eye. Question was, how much though?
"And what might that be?"
"The location of your assailant."
Zee's eyes bulged in surprise, his expectations were clearly over-spent.
It was obvious to Konami that lying was the only way to get his attention, his little spark of Yusei's friend might not cut it. He had to follow the plan, he had to take Zee and the others down as soon as possible, and the target was inching away from him as we speak.
"Reddo, what are you talking?" Hikari felt a chill run down her spine. They were obviously in a heated clash of something. What was it exactly? Whatever it was, it wasn't sitting well with the blonde, she felt like Konami may had opened up a can of worms he needed to stay away from. He had a knack for doing that though, but still, she couldn't let anything dangerous happen to her bestie, especially after Duel Academy. Another reason why she was foolish in leaving in the first place. Hikari failed at helping him save Luna from the clutches of the Arcadia Movement, which she heard was swarming with a Shadow Duelist-like atmosphere. That Black Rose was ample proof. So she was needed to get back on track and keep herself beside her rival at all cost, even if it killed her.
Akiza and Greiger eyed the situation with idle curiosity. The Black Rose knew Zee was special enough to attract the attention of her godly Divine, being his target should be a privilege. But with how Konami was suddenly acting out, the situation felt more skin deep than ever.
"I share her aura, Zee." He ignored his friend's question, he couldn't break his focus right now, his body language should've given her the cue to not distract him right now. "I can feel her location. She's enjoying herself." He took a gamble, smirking wryly. "She's enjoying your pathetic attempts at exacting your revenge. How humorous it is."
"Watch it." He warned, his anger deepening his frown.
"Watch what? How you'll fail in the end? How are you're failing to defeat your provocateur? Don't worry, my eyes are keen at seeing you lose your touch."
Zee growled, which surprised Hikari more than anyone else, Konami feeling satisfied with his methods to push the shady man's buttons. She battled the guy in an unspoken verbal abuse challenge almost each time they made eye contact. Now Konami was on the stage, and Zee was even having trouble giving him a difficult time. She gaping mouth almost twitched upwards, dazzled by how Reddo almost always swept her off from her feet with his surprises that got to her when she least expected. But it wasn't time for that right now, she knew that at least. No, the issue was much bigger than her mere bewilderment of her BFF.
"We'll get our chance to duel." Zee found himself smirking once more. "But right now is not the time."
"No, right now is the perfect time." Konami shot back equally, if not, more demanding than soul sucking bastard before him.
"No, it's not." He said plainly. "Either you back off peacefully like a good little pet, or I'm going to be forced to take drastic measures on the ones you love."
"You..." Konami took a step back, but recovered with clenched fists. "Why you little-!"
"Ha ah ah!" He wagged a finger. "If you know that much, then you should be able to realize how inconclusive we are when we want things done our way. So scurry along and don't bother me again until we finally meet head-to-head officially, k?"
Konami's eyes burnt with spite, the grinding of his teeth becoming more audible and fierce with each passing second. His palms were practically red with blood by how much pressure he was putting into it. He was going to blow, the flicker of green in his flaming chocolate orbs were the sign of uncontrolled rage none of them were aware of.
"Reddo, calm down." A gentle hand rested on his shoulder, and for a second there, Konami was willing to shove it off, if only to release some steam. But fortunately, his best judgment got ahold just in time. He swallowed breathlessly, his anger slowly flowing away with the summer breeze outside.
He turned around. Hikari looked back, deeply concerned. He appeared to be holding back unhealthily. Red Hat slowly allowed a small smile to creep upon his face. "I'm fine, Rie. Thanks."
She formed a small smile as well. "Sure. Now try to clear your mind of this loser and come chill with us. Yusei and Simon's battlin', and so far it's a pretty damn good match. You can talk about it when you're ready, k?"
"Yeah..." His smile became warmer, heating her smile as well. He almost forgot why he was so upset in the first place. ALMOST.
He's mind couldn't let it fly passed him, and honestly, he wouldn't let it either way. Konami was going to get him and everyone of them for what they've done. Maybe it was him finally coming to terms of his responsibility, but nevertheless, he knew what he had to do.
'A bunch of aliens picked the wrong planet to mess with!'
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End of Chapter
To Be Continued...