Shinobu looked up to see Bakura entering Baka Games, White Seraph close
behind him. The store was pretty much empty. Ikki sat at the counter,
arguing with Metabee. An edgy man with glasses and a cheap suit stood
sifting through magazines. Keith and Toshiro sat playing video games,
awaiting customers they hope not to see, as so not to disturb their multi-
player contests. Keiichi was asking Spyke a few questions about repairing
his Motor-Wheel.
"You know," Spyke sighed, "there 24Hop Mart's right across the street."
"Thanks, Spyke," Keiichi replied, "I owe you one."
Keiichi carefully brushed past Bakura and crossed the street. Metabee suddenly went berserk and fired his revolver several times, trying to strike Ikki, who jumped over the counter. The man looked over at the commotion, but soon turned back to the magazine racks, muttering to himself.
"Hi, Shinobu," Bakura greeted softly, turning slightly red in the cheeks.
"Hello," Shinobu replied, looking up at him.
"Hello, Sailor-Twin!" White Seraph waved at his friend.
Sailor-Twin waved back, but remained silent. The two Medabots walked off, talking quietly, to leave their Medafighters in peace.
"Where do you want to go today?" Bakura asked shyly.
"I just want to be with you," Shinobu said quietly, embracing him.
Bakura blushed a little more. Shinobu had also started to turn red, but not nearly as much as Bakura.
"We could just walk," Bakura whispered.
Shinobu smiled back. The two headed for the door. As Bakura reached for the doorknob, a shot was fired from a Medabot behind him, hitting the door. Both Bakura and Shinobu reflexively took a step back.
"HehehehehehehahahAHAHAHAA!" the man laughed, his Quick-draw lowering its right arm, "Don't move, Bakura!
"Who are you?" Bakura asked cautiously.
The man threw his cheap suit away, showing black rubber, "I am Seaslug, of the Rubberrobo Gang! Now you, Bakura, will Robattle me! The winner will take the Medal of the loser!"
"Hey, where's Mr. Referee?" Ikki asked, lifting his head up from behind the counter.
~
Mr. Referee sat in the headquarters of the Rubberrobo Gang, tied up, being held above a pool of molten hot magma.
'My Referee sense is tingling!' he thought desperately, 'I need to get out of here! My fans need me!'
"BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA! For years, you have thwarted our plans! Finally, we will have our revenge!" Shrimplips laughed insanely, throwing the level to lower Mr. Referee slowly into the magma.
"Wait! Wasn't it Ikki who stopped you? Shouldn't I be allowed to leave and referee a match between Bakura and Seaslug? Hello?" Mr. Referee called out.
~
"Well, Bakura?" Seaslug smirked.
"Do I have a choice?" Bakura asked.
"Sadly, no," Seaslug cackled.
"Well," Bakura bit his lip, "alright."
"Bakura!" Shinobu cried.
Quick-draw stood opposite White Seraph. Quick-draw's right and left arms flew upward, left with White Seraph. As it fired, White Seraph pulled its wings before it, blocking the bullets. Quick-draw continued to fire.
"HAHAHAA!" Seaslug shouted, "You can't stand up to my Quick-draw forever!"
"He doesn't need too," a voice called out.
A man stood atop a table at the back of the room. He wore a white mask on his face. He held three grey hexagons in his right hand.
"I am the thief in the night, the future owner of all your rare medals," the man shouted, "I am: The Phantom Renegade!"
He threw the hexagons. Two of them caught Seaslug by the wrists, pulling him back and nailing him to the wall. The last one struck Quick-draw, knocking it down to the ground. The back compartment opened and the medal flew into the air. Phantom Renegade leap forward, grabbing the medal, and throwing a smoke bomb to the ground.
Bakura and Shinobu dropped to the ground, holding one another to be sure Seaslug didn't try to take either one (you can't trust those Rubberrobos). Ikki leaned against the counter, coughing miserably. Keith and Toshiro could be heard clicking buttons, still playing their games, oblivious to the events around them.
Soon the smoke cleared. The Phantom Renegade, Seaslug, and Quick-draw were gone. Keiichi opened the door, and looked around until he spotted Spyke.
"Hey, Spyke," he yelled, "It says it's closed!"
Spyke walked over and looked out the window, "Hmm, Henry's just opening the door now. That's odd."
"Oh, well," Keiichi shrugged, "I'll just go now."
~
Mr. Referee ran down the street, hoping he hadn't missed the Robattle. I won't bore you with the details, we'll just say he escaped, okay?
~
Bakura and Shinobu finally managed to go for a walk. They held hands, talking quietly. They decided to stop at a bench in a park. Shinobu noticed a sign saying: 'Ikki Tenryou and Mr. Mountain, we thank you'. Young children swung on monkey bars and ran around playing games.
"Are you having a good time?" Bakura asked.
Shinobu nodded. She turned to look at Bakura. He was smiling. His eyes were soft, but still a little cautious from the events in Baka Games.
"Thank you," she answered.
"What did I do?" Bakura replied.
"You made everything perfect," Shinobu said, leaning up to kiss him.
Bakura blushed even more. Shinobu was also red. Bakura put his arm around her, and Shinobu rested her head on his shoulder.
After a while had passed, Shinobu broke the silence, "Bakura?"
"Yes?"
"Why was Seaslug after your Medal?"
"I. . .I don't know."
~
Spike Spiegel sat in his motel room, staring at the picture. He had figured out the boy's name was Bakura. The Medabot was called White Seraph. Big Shot hadn't provided him with any more information. He knew that the Rubberrobo Gang was protective of Joey Wheeler. He also knew Joey Wheeler was good to his word, and would catch Bakura and take his Medal if it was the last thing he did.
Spike hopped onto his bed and grabbed the remote control. Turning on the TV, he sighed, discovering Mr. Garden was the only thing on.
"I hate Wiggles the Dancing Rutabaga," Spike muttered to the empty room.
~
Author's Note: For those who do not know the Narpakgür Card Game, which I myself created, you can either read Welcome to Baka Games #1, read my profile, or go to my profile and click on my homepage, then go to the section labeled 'Rules'. Unless you're a Kaiba-freak, he comes in here.
"'Ey, Keith," a voice called out, entering the store.
Keith turned from the game just as Toshiro's avatar blasted his to pieces, "Yeah?"
Seto Kaiba strolled up the counter, "Duel Monsters is growing boring. I've beaten all, none can stand before me. I need something new. What can you suggest."
"Well, Seto," Keith started, leaning on the counter, "There's one game called Narpakgür. It's based on a book by this guy called David Renaud. The point of the game is a war, first one to run out of units loses, got that so far?"
Seto nodded.
"Okay. Then I suggest you start off with a Starter Deck. Since you know card-based games, you might want to have a type that uses harder strategies to master. I suggest an Axe and Pike combination deck. It's easiest to use for beginners, but still has good abilities for the more experienced players."
"Anything else you can tell me?"
"Well," Keith continued, "probably the wisest way to make your choice would be to buy a few booster packs, then find out what you have powerful cards of, and buy a starter deck based on that."
"Alright," Seto said, "I'll take six booster packs."
"Alright, that comes to (whatever $18 Canadian is in Yen)," Keith replied.
Seto handed him the money and took the booster packs. Opening the first one, he looked through the cards.
"Hmm, what's this?" he muttered, raising a card that wasn't in English.
"That, Seto," Keith explained, "would be the rarest card in the game. It is written in Thesman, the language used in the world the book is based in. Since you probably can't read Thesman, I'll tell you it's stats.
"It's a level three unit. 700 HP, 200MP. It's location is Dür. It uses swords, and has two attacks. One attack requires at least a level one weapon and does 200 Base Damage, the other requires a level three weapon and does 400 Base Damage. It has a spell that takes 10 MP, if there are multiple copies of this card in play, both can use level 5 or lower weapons. That card alone can make a player use a Sword-type deck."
Seto nodded in acknowledgement. Looking at the rest of his cards, he found King's Ransom, Price of Greed, Sword of the Forgotten Arts, and others. Inspecting all the cards, he made his decision.
"So what's the sword started deck like?" he asked.
"It includes both Sword and Bow cards. Sword-users are quite balanced, Bow- users are normally quite weak, with average effects, but can use two weapons at once, if one is a bow and the other is an arrow. Arrows add lots of damage. A level one arrow adds 80 Damage while a level one bow adds 10. Unfortunately, you may only use arrows a limited amount of times, which is stated on each card."
"How much do they cost?" Seto raised one eyebrow.
"($25 Canadian) for 75 cards," Keith said, taking one from the shelf.
Seto paid him and walked over to a table set up for Narpakgür card dueling. Sifting through his deck, he dropped the box. Picking it up, he found a rulebook.
"This will probably help," Seto told himself under his breath.
Using the rulebook as a guide, he studied the rules. He quickly discovered the abilities of his cards, and which cards weren't worth the room they took in his deck.
"Hey, Seto," a kid greeted, taking a seat across from Kaiba.
"Who are you?" Seto asked coldly.
"I'm Todd Jacobs, I'm in your class at school," the kid replied.
Seto thought back to school. He remembered both Todd and Mort, his twin. Todd was the one without glasses, he wore contacts, "Ah, yes, Todd. Can I help you?"
"Well, I noticed you have some cards, do you play?" Todd explained.
"I'm starting."
"You want me to show you the ropes?" Todd offered.
"I think I'll do just fine," Kaiba answered as he stood, his face etched with his classic smirk.
As Seto Kaiba swiftly walked down the street, he contemplated accepting Todd's offer. The cold autumn wind bit into his chest and he realized his jacket wasn't done up. After tightly pressing the last button, he regained his regal posture.
'No, it will be better to master the game by myself. That way I can prove my knowledge to these new students at my school,' he thought, 'But then again, if I don't, I won't learn the lesser known strategies, the advantages of some cards, disadvantages of others, or how my common opponents will use their cards. . .'
He stopped. He looked around. His current location displayed his situation perfectly. Before him was a fork in the road. To his left was a district made mostly of businesses. It was empty, secluded, but those who lived there were rich and powerful. To his right was a residential area. Within it were common people. They were friendly. They greeted strangers, even if was but a smile as the walked by them on the street. They were not weak, but they weren't powerful either.
'Power,' he thought, 'or Friendship.'
He looked behind him. The noises of the busy city replied to him. He couldn't turn back, just as he couldn't change his past. He sighed, and crossed the street.
~
Author's Note: Well, that's it for now. If anyone who cares and understands the Narpakgür game and wants to have their own OC to play against Kaiba, just review and tell me or e-mail me. Please say what type of deck you would like. I know nobody's going to pay attention to this part, but if anyone wants more information, I can provide anything you need! After all, I made the game!
Information needed for OCs: Name (preferably not something like, say, Flaming_Dude676, a possible real name), deck type (one or two types), physical description, and personality description. Favorite card is optional, if you don't know any cards, don't bother. If you want to choose a deck type and you have no idea of which one to take, go to Welcome to Baka Games: Fun! Personality Quiz!!! and go to Section C.
"You know," Spyke sighed, "there 24Hop Mart's right across the street."
"Thanks, Spyke," Keiichi replied, "I owe you one."
Keiichi carefully brushed past Bakura and crossed the street. Metabee suddenly went berserk and fired his revolver several times, trying to strike Ikki, who jumped over the counter. The man looked over at the commotion, but soon turned back to the magazine racks, muttering to himself.
"Hi, Shinobu," Bakura greeted softly, turning slightly red in the cheeks.
"Hello," Shinobu replied, looking up at him.
"Hello, Sailor-Twin!" White Seraph waved at his friend.
Sailor-Twin waved back, but remained silent. The two Medabots walked off, talking quietly, to leave their Medafighters in peace.
"Where do you want to go today?" Bakura asked shyly.
"I just want to be with you," Shinobu said quietly, embracing him.
Bakura blushed a little more. Shinobu had also started to turn red, but not nearly as much as Bakura.
"We could just walk," Bakura whispered.
Shinobu smiled back. The two headed for the door. As Bakura reached for the doorknob, a shot was fired from a Medabot behind him, hitting the door. Both Bakura and Shinobu reflexively took a step back.
"HehehehehehehahahAHAHAHAA!" the man laughed, his Quick-draw lowering its right arm, "Don't move, Bakura!
"Who are you?" Bakura asked cautiously.
The man threw his cheap suit away, showing black rubber, "I am Seaslug, of the Rubberrobo Gang! Now you, Bakura, will Robattle me! The winner will take the Medal of the loser!"
"Hey, where's Mr. Referee?" Ikki asked, lifting his head up from behind the counter.
~
Mr. Referee sat in the headquarters of the Rubberrobo Gang, tied up, being held above a pool of molten hot magma.
'My Referee sense is tingling!' he thought desperately, 'I need to get out of here! My fans need me!'
"BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA! For years, you have thwarted our plans! Finally, we will have our revenge!" Shrimplips laughed insanely, throwing the level to lower Mr. Referee slowly into the magma.
"Wait! Wasn't it Ikki who stopped you? Shouldn't I be allowed to leave and referee a match between Bakura and Seaslug? Hello?" Mr. Referee called out.
~
"Well, Bakura?" Seaslug smirked.
"Do I have a choice?" Bakura asked.
"Sadly, no," Seaslug cackled.
"Well," Bakura bit his lip, "alright."
"Bakura!" Shinobu cried.
Quick-draw stood opposite White Seraph. Quick-draw's right and left arms flew upward, left with White Seraph. As it fired, White Seraph pulled its wings before it, blocking the bullets. Quick-draw continued to fire.
"HAHAHAA!" Seaslug shouted, "You can't stand up to my Quick-draw forever!"
"He doesn't need too," a voice called out.
A man stood atop a table at the back of the room. He wore a white mask on his face. He held three grey hexagons in his right hand.
"I am the thief in the night, the future owner of all your rare medals," the man shouted, "I am: The Phantom Renegade!"
He threw the hexagons. Two of them caught Seaslug by the wrists, pulling him back and nailing him to the wall. The last one struck Quick-draw, knocking it down to the ground. The back compartment opened and the medal flew into the air. Phantom Renegade leap forward, grabbing the medal, and throwing a smoke bomb to the ground.
Bakura and Shinobu dropped to the ground, holding one another to be sure Seaslug didn't try to take either one (you can't trust those Rubberrobos). Ikki leaned against the counter, coughing miserably. Keith and Toshiro could be heard clicking buttons, still playing their games, oblivious to the events around them.
Soon the smoke cleared. The Phantom Renegade, Seaslug, and Quick-draw were gone. Keiichi opened the door, and looked around until he spotted Spyke.
"Hey, Spyke," he yelled, "It says it's closed!"
Spyke walked over and looked out the window, "Hmm, Henry's just opening the door now. That's odd."
"Oh, well," Keiichi shrugged, "I'll just go now."
~
Mr. Referee ran down the street, hoping he hadn't missed the Robattle. I won't bore you with the details, we'll just say he escaped, okay?
~
Bakura and Shinobu finally managed to go for a walk. They held hands, talking quietly. They decided to stop at a bench in a park. Shinobu noticed a sign saying: 'Ikki Tenryou and Mr. Mountain, we thank you'. Young children swung on monkey bars and ran around playing games.
"Are you having a good time?" Bakura asked.
Shinobu nodded. She turned to look at Bakura. He was smiling. His eyes were soft, but still a little cautious from the events in Baka Games.
"Thank you," she answered.
"What did I do?" Bakura replied.
"You made everything perfect," Shinobu said, leaning up to kiss him.
Bakura blushed even more. Shinobu was also red. Bakura put his arm around her, and Shinobu rested her head on his shoulder.
After a while had passed, Shinobu broke the silence, "Bakura?"
"Yes?"
"Why was Seaslug after your Medal?"
"I. . .I don't know."
~
Spike Spiegel sat in his motel room, staring at the picture. He had figured out the boy's name was Bakura. The Medabot was called White Seraph. Big Shot hadn't provided him with any more information. He knew that the Rubberrobo Gang was protective of Joey Wheeler. He also knew Joey Wheeler was good to his word, and would catch Bakura and take his Medal if it was the last thing he did.
Spike hopped onto his bed and grabbed the remote control. Turning on the TV, he sighed, discovering Mr. Garden was the only thing on.
"I hate Wiggles the Dancing Rutabaga," Spike muttered to the empty room.
~
Author's Note: For those who do not know the Narpakgür Card Game, which I myself created, you can either read Welcome to Baka Games #1, read my profile, or go to my profile and click on my homepage, then go to the section labeled 'Rules'. Unless you're a Kaiba-freak, he comes in here.
"'Ey, Keith," a voice called out, entering the store.
Keith turned from the game just as Toshiro's avatar blasted his to pieces, "Yeah?"
Seto Kaiba strolled up the counter, "Duel Monsters is growing boring. I've beaten all, none can stand before me. I need something new. What can you suggest."
"Well, Seto," Keith started, leaning on the counter, "There's one game called Narpakgür. It's based on a book by this guy called David Renaud. The point of the game is a war, first one to run out of units loses, got that so far?"
Seto nodded.
"Okay. Then I suggest you start off with a Starter Deck. Since you know card-based games, you might want to have a type that uses harder strategies to master. I suggest an Axe and Pike combination deck. It's easiest to use for beginners, but still has good abilities for the more experienced players."
"Anything else you can tell me?"
"Well," Keith continued, "probably the wisest way to make your choice would be to buy a few booster packs, then find out what you have powerful cards of, and buy a starter deck based on that."
"Alright," Seto said, "I'll take six booster packs."
"Alright, that comes to (whatever $18 Canadian is in Yen)," Keith replied.
Seto handed him the money and took the booster packs. Opening the first one, he looked through the cards.
"Hmm, what's this?" he muttered, raising a card that wasn't in English.
"That, Seto," Keith explained, "would be the rarest card in the game. It is written in Thesman, the language used in the world the book is based in. Since you probably can't read Thesman, I'll tell you it's stats.
"It's a level three unit. 700 HP, 200MP. It's location is Dür. It uses swords, and has two attacks. One attack requires at least a level one weapon and does 200 Base Damage, the other requires a level three weapon and does 400 Base Damage. It has a spell that takes 10 MP, if there are multiple copies of this card in play, both can use level 5 or lower weapons. That card alone can make a player use a Sword-type deck."
Seto nodded in acknowledgement. Looking at the rest of his cards, he found King's Ransom, Price of Greed, Sword of the Forgotten Arts, and others. Inspecting all the cards, he made his decision.
"So what's the sword started deck like?" he asked.
"It includes both Sword and Bow cards. Sword-users are quite balanced, Bow- users are normally quite weak, with average effects, but can use two weapons at once, if one is a bow and the other is an arrow. Arrows add lots of damage. A level one arrow adds 80 Damage while a level one bow adds 10. Unfortunately, you may only use arrows a limited amount of times, which is stated on each card."
"How much do they cost?" Seto raised one eyebrow.
"($25 Canadian) for 75 cards," Keith said, taking one from the shelf.
Seto paid him and walked over to a table set up for Narpakgür card dueling. Sifting through his deck, he dropped the box. Picking it up, he found a rulebook.
"This will probably help," Seto told himself under his breath.
Using the rulebook as a guide, he studied the rules. He quickly discovered the abilities of his cards, and which cards weren't worth the room they took in his deck.
"Hey, Seto," a kid greeted, taking a seat across from Kaiba.
"Who are you?" Seto asked coldly.
"I'm Todd Jacobs, I'm in your class at school," the kid replied.
Seto thought back to school. He remembered both Todd and Mort, his twin. Todd was the one without glasses, he wore contacts, "Ah, yes, Todd. Can I help you?"
"Well, I noticed you have some cards, do you play?" Todd explained.
"I'm starting."
"You want me to show you the ropes?" Todd offered.
"I think I'll do just fine," Kaiba answered as he stood, his face etched with his classic smirk.
As Seto Kaiba swiftly walked down the street, he contemplated accepting Todd's offer. The cold autumn wind bit into his chest and he realized his jacket wasn't done up. After tightly pressing the last button, he regained his regal posture.
'No, it will be better to master the game by myself. That way I can prove my knowledge to these new students at my school,' he thought, 'But then again, if I don't, I won't learn the lesser known strategies, the advantages of some cards, disadvantages of others, or how my common opponents will use their cards. . .'
He stopped. He looked around. His current location displayed his situation perfectly. Before him was a fork in the road. To his left was a district made mostly of businesses. It was empty, secluded, but those who lived there were rich and powerful. To his right was a residential area. Within it were common people. They were friendly. They greeted strangers, even if was but a smile as the walked by them on the street. They were not weak, but they weren't powerful either.
'Power,' he thought, 'or Friendship.'
He looked behind him. The noises of the busy city replied to him. He couldn't turn back, just as he couldn't change his past. He sighed, and crossed the street.
~
Author's Note: Well, that's it for now. If anyone who cares and understands the Narpakgür game and wants to have their own OC to play against Kaiba, just review and tell me or e-mail me. Please say what type of deck you would like. I know nobody's going to pay attention to this part, but if anyone wants more information, I can provide anything you need! After all, I made the game!
Information needed for OCs: Name (preferably not something like, say, Flaming_Dude676, a possible real name), deck type (one or two types), physical description, and personality description. Favorite card is optional, if you don't know any cards, don't bother. If you want to choose a deck type and you have no idea of which one to take, go to Welcome to Baka Games: Fun! Personality Quiz!!! and go to Section C.