Kaiba stood facing Yasumi. He had shuffled his deck, as had she. She drew
eight cards. Being the good-natured person she was, she allowed Seto Kaiba
to go first. She merely played her Rogue and shrugged.
"Go," she smiled sweetly.
Kaiba thought carefully, 'I knew Yasumi was good, the many spectators standing around staring the Rogue (despite it's only a level two card with 40 HP) display that. I can't let my guard down.'
Kaiba played a Legionnaire, then drew to start his turn. He looked down at his hand. He had a Sabre, Nexus, Squire, Amateur Swordsman, Warrior's Mail, Thieves, Ambush, and Enchanted Blade. He played Thieves, letting him draw two cards from the bottom of his deck. He drew Sword of the Forgotten Arts and Dirk. He equipped his Legionnaire with Sabre, attacking the Rogue and destroying it.
Yasumi continued to smile, playing a Pickpocket. She drew, equipping Pickpocket with Throwing Knives, it attacked, dealing 30 damage to the Legionnaire, which now had 40 HP left.
Kaiba drew, not realizing his danger. He attacked, destroying Pickpocket. Yasumi stared at him, a small smile slithering across her face.
"What?" Kaiba asked.
Yasumi grinned, "After I attack using Thieving, the attack I used, and Pickpocket is discarded the following turn, my opponent must discard half his hand."
Kaiba was taken aback. He searched his hand for his weakest cards, eventually throwing his Squire, Enchanted Blade, Warrior's Mail, and Ambush. He sighed, ending his turn.
She played a card face-down. Kaiba looked at her expectantly.
"Yes?" she asked.
"Why is that card face-down?"
"It's the effect of the card. It may be played face-down. All cards attached to this, such as this one," she played another card face-down, slightly overlapping the first card, "are also face-down."
"But I don't know anything about the card!" Kaiba stated.
"Exactly."
Kaiba gritted his teeth. Yasumi explained that her card attacked, doing 10 damage to Legionnaire and having her draw 2 cards, Kaiba discarding 1. Kaiba sifted through his hand, stopping on the one he had just drawn. It was a Magic Dummy. When it is discarded, the owner draws 5 cards. He showed the card to Yasumi, then drew another five cards.
"Fine," Yasumi shrugged, "your turn."
Kaiba drew. He added the card to his hand, then returned to the game.
'I have no idea what that card is,' he thought, 'For all I know, it could be something that has damage received -100 or something like that. I'll have no idea when it's dead.'
"I end my turn."
Yasumi raised an eyebrow. She drew, her eyes not revealing anything. Kaiba hoped that card wouldn't be anything too powerful.
'Let's see how long this takes,' Yasumi thought, "I end my turn."
Kaiba drew, then ended his turn, his imagination conjuring various beasts the card might be.
Yasumi drew, playing Allies, then ending her turn.
This proceeded for a couple more turns. Yasumi played Day of Rising at one point, discarding a Warrior Specter to draw 2 cards, plus 3 more from the effect of Warrior Specter.
"Kaiba!" a voice shouted.
Kaiba turned, seeing Bakura. He was standing in the crowd. He was flushed, as if he had just been running. He waved back to Bakura, then looked at Yasumi once more.
"Kaiba!" Bakura explained, "Yasumi is the best duelist around. She's only lost to three people, ever. Those people have been hailed as some of THE best duelist. She only lost to Keith Dervish, Toshiro Kisuyo, and Edward Cloverly! You can't waste time like this! You must destroy her cards as swiftly as possible!"
Kaiba hadn't really been paying attention. He only heard the last sentence. He looked down at his hand. He hadn't been looking at the cards he was drawing, just the names. He had been too worried about her face-down card.
"I attack with my Legionnaire!" he declared solidly.
"Alright," Yasumi grinned, placing her Unknown Thief in her discard pile. She picked up her deck, looking through it.
"What are you doing now?" Kaiba asked.
"My thief's effect. I can search my deck for a card and add it to my hand. I then shuffle my deck," Yasumi replied happily.
"Bakura, look what just happened!" Kaiba shouted, angry.
"It would have died eventually, just focus on what she plays," Bakura reassured.
Yasumi's eyes glimmered as she added the card to her hand. She then played her Tsetch Dagger-User. She drew to start her turn.
"Are you ready, Kaiba?" Yasumi asked, attempting to provoke him.
"Just play."
She equipped her Tsetch Dagger-User with a Tsetch Dagger, raising its damage by 40. She then attacked, destroying the Legionnaire.
~
"Good afternoon, gentlemen."
"Good afternoon to you, too."
"Is there anything I can do for you?"
Lucan, local Good Samaritan, stood before three rather tall men dressed in suits.
"Hey, Bruno," one whispered to the front suit, "Maybe we should just run at him."
"Yeah, we haven't tried that," the second agreed.
"No," Bruno hissed, "Jerome, Gary, we're in the middle of the street. We can't afford to attract any attention!"
"Gentlemen?"
They looked up. The masked man stared at them, arms crossed. His silver clothing waving in the wind. Bruno looked around. The streets were deserted. They stood on a sidewalk a few blocks from Baka Games and 24 Hop Mart.
"I've got a better idea," Bruno replied to the thugs.
He whipped out a small firearm. Gary and Jerome did the same. Lucan didn't flinch. It was hard to tell his expression behind the mask, but it was clear that he had remained calm.
"Put down your toys," he commanded.
"What?"
"You heard me," Lucan stated confidently.
"A pretty bold thing to say for someone in your position," Jerome spat.
"Fire if you must," Lucan continued, "but I do recall you were supposed to take me alive."
"He's right, Bruno," Gary nodded.
"I don't care!" Bruno shouted, "I've waited for this for too long! Fire!"
All three of them shot. Lucan shot to the side, somersaulted, then leapt onto a bar supporting an awning. Bruno continued to fire, though the other two stared in horror as Lucan dumped an awning full of cold rainwater on them.
"Gaa!" Jerome shouted, Gary opened his mouth, but couldn't scream. Bruno just glared at Lucan.
Lucan removed a small object from a pocket of his vest. He held it in the air for a moment before dropping it onto the ground. The smoke-bomb exploded upon contact with the ground, and the three men shielded their eyes. When the smoke had cleared, he was gone.
~
"I play Elven Guard. I equip it with Calgorine Blade. Elven Guard attacks your Warrior of Light, destroying it!" Kaiba declared.
Yasumi moved her Warrior of Light to her discard pile, then played her next unit, "I play Black Sorceress of Power!"
Bakura stared in awe at Yasumi's personal card. It had 230 HP and 400 MP. Despite what the name implied, it was a Dagger-user. She then equipped it with a Dagger of Darkness, its matching weapon. It then attacked Kaiba's Elven Guard.
Kaiba looked at his hand. He only had one unit left, Hatecraft. The card was a level 0, which was good. He played it, then equipped it with Sun's Darkness, a level 0 weapon. It attacked, doing 130 damage to Black Sorceress of Power. It remained alive, but it didn't have enough power to destroy Hatecraft in one attack anyway.
Yasumi drew a card. She smiled. She then lay it on the table. It was called Commander of the Army. It made her Black Sorceress of Power's damage given +50. It was now able to defeat Hatecraft.
"I attack."
Kaiba sighed. Yasumi then grinned, realizing her opponent could no longer play. He handed her the card, Vengeance, then stood to leave.
"Attention!" a voice called out.
No body turned around to see who it was.
"Hello?"
Nothing.
"Hey!"
Nothing.
"Ryou Bakura! Look over here!"
'What could it be?' Bakura thought to himself, turning around.
There stood Joey Wheeler, in his rubber suit. He was standing atop a large mechanical turtle, labeled Mecha Tama-chan 3. His Black Skull Dragon Medabot stood beside him, as did Shinobu. She was tied at the hands and knees. Her face was stricken with fear. Joey had his classic grin spread over his face.
"Joey! What are you doing?" Bakura yelled.
"Ryou Bakura, we will now Robattle! You win, Shinobu goes free, unharmed. But if you lose, then you will give your Medal to us, the Rubberrobo Gang! In addition to that, there is no telling what will become of your beloved Shinobu!"
Bakura ran forward, stopping before the massive robot turtle. He stared into her eyes. They were sad, almost painful. He pressed the button on his Medawatch, bringing forth his White Seraph. Joey leapt down, landing about a meter away from Bakura.
A single Narpakgür card lay on the ground. It suddenly burst open, Mr. Referee gasping for air.
"I. . .now. . .declare. . .this. . .an. . .official. . .Robattle. . .between. . .Ryou. . .Bakura. . .and. . .Joey. . .Wheeler. . .of. . .the. . .Rubberrobo. . .Gang!" Mr. Referee took a moment to deeply inhale, "Medabots, Robattle!"
~
Author's Note: I am SO sorry for taking this long to write this chapter! Next time: Will Bakura save Shinobu, or will Joey take his Medal and his love away forever?
"Go," she smiled sweetly.
Kaiba thought carefully, 'I knew Yasumi was good, the many spectators standing around staring the Rogue (despite it's only a level two card with 40 HP) display that. I can't let my guard down.'
Kaiba played a Legionnaire, then drew to start his turn. He looked down at his hand. He had a Sabre, Nexus, Squire, Amateur Swordsman, Warrior's Mail, Thieves, Ambush, and Enchanted Blade. He played Thieves, letting him draw two cards from the bottom of his deck. He drew Sword of the Forgotten Arts and Dirk. He equipped his Legionnaire with Sabre, attacking the Rogue and destroying it.
Yasumi continued to smile, playing a Pickpocket. She drew, equipping Pickpocket with Throwing Knives, it attacked, dealing 30 damage to the Legionnaire, which now had 40 HP left.
Kaiba drew, not realizing his danger. He attacked, destroying Pickpocket. Yasumi stared at him, a small smile slithering across her face.
"What?" Kaiba asked.
Yasumi grinned, "After I attack using Thieving, the attack I used, and Pickpocket is discarded the following turn, my opponent must discard half his hand."
Kaiba was taken aback. He searched his hand for his weakest cards, eventually throwing his Squire, Enchanted Blade, Warrior's Mail, and Ambush. He sighed, ending his turn.
She played a card face-down. Kaiba looked at her expectantly.
"Yes?" she asked.
"Why is that card face-down?"
"It's the effect of the card. It may be played face-down. All cards attached to this, such as this one," she played another card face-down, slightly overlapping the first card, "are also face-down."
"But I don't know anything about the card!" Kaiba stated.
"Exactly."
Kaiba gritted his teeth. Yasumi explained that her card attacked, doing 10 damage to Legionnaire and having her draw 2 cards, Kaiba discarding 1. Kaiba sifted through his hand, stopping on the one he had just drawn. It was a Magic Dummy. When it is discarded, the owner draws 5 cards. He showed the card to Yasumi, then drew another five cards.
"Fine," Yasumi shrugged, "your turn."
Kaiba drew. He added the card to his hand, then returned to the game.
'I have no idea what that card is,' he thought, 'For all I know, it could be something that has damage received -100 or something like that. I'll have no idea when it's dead.'
"I end my turn."
Yasumi raised an eyebrow. She drew, her eyes not revealing anything. Kaiba hoped that card wouldn't be anything too powerful.
'Let's see how long this takes,' Yasumi thought, "I end my turn."
Kaiba drew, then ended his turn, his imagination conjuring various beasts the card might be.
Yasumi drew, playing Allies, then ending her turn.
This proceeded for a couple more turns. Yasumi played Day of Rising at one point, discarding a Warrior Specter to draw 2 cards, plus 3 more from the effect of Warrior Specter.
"Kaiba!" a voice shouted.
Kaiba turned, seeing Bakura. He was standing in the crowd. He was flushed, as if he had just been running. He waved back to Bakura, then looked at Yasumi once more.
"Kaiba!" Bakura explained, "Yasumi is the best duelist around. She's only lost to three people, ever. Those people have been hailed as some of THE best duelist. She only lost to Keith Dervish, Toshiro Kisuyo, and Edward Cloverly! You can't waste time like this! You must destroy her cards as swiftly as possible!"
Kaiba hadn't really been paying attention. He only heard the last sentence. He looked down at his hand. He hadn't been looking at the cards he was drawing, just the names. He had been too worried about her face-down card.
"I attack with my Legionnaire!" he declared solidly.
"Alright," Yasumi grinned, placing her Unknown Thief in her discard pile. She picked up her deck, looking through it.
"What are you doing now?" Kaiba asked.
"My thief's effect. I can search my deck for a card and add it to my hand. I then shuffle my deck," Yasumi replied happily.
"Bakura, look what just happened!" Kaiba shouted, angry.
"It would have died eventually, just focus on what she plays," Bakura reassured.
Yasumi's eyes glimmered as she added the card to her hand. She then played her Tsetch Dagger-User. She drew to start her turn.
"Are you ready, Kaiba?" Yasumi asked, attempting to provoke him.
"Just play."
She equipped her Tsetch Dagger-User with a Tsetch Dagger, raising its damage by 40. She then attacked, destroying the Legionnaire.
~
"Good afternoon, gentlemen."
"Good afternoon to you, too."
"Is there anything I can do for you?"
Lucan, local Good Samaritan, stood before three rather tall men dressed in suits.
"Hey, Bruno," one whispered to the front suit, "Maybe we should just run at him."
"Yeah, we haven't tried that," the second agreed.
"No," Bruno hissed, "Jerome, Gary, we're in the middle of the street. We can't afford to attract any attention!"
"Gentlemen?"
They looked up. The masked man stared at them, arms crossed. His silver clothing waving in the wind. Bruno looked around. The streets were deserted. They stood on a sidewalk a few blocks from Baka Games and 24 Hop Mart.
"I've got a better idea," Bruno replied to the thugs.
He whipped out a small firearm. Gary and Jerome did the same. Lucan didn't flinch. It was hard to tell his expression behind the mask, but it was clear that he had remained calm.
"Put down your toys," he commanded.
"What?"
"You heard me," Lucan stated confidently.
"A pretty bold thing to say for someone in your position," Jerome spat.
"Fire if you must," Lucan continued, "but I do recall you were supposed to take me alive."
"He's right, Bruno," Gary nodded.
"I don't care!" Bruno shouted, "I've waited for this for too long! Fire!"
All three of them shot. Lucan shot to the side, somersaulted, then leapt onto a bar supporting an awning. Bruno continued to fire, though the other two stared in horror as Lucan dumped an awning full of cold rainwater on them.
"Gaa!" Jerome shouted, Gary opened his mouth, but couldn't scream. Bruno just glared at Lucan.
Lucan removed a small object from a pocket of his vest. He held it in the air for a moment before dropping it onto the ground. The smoke-bomb exploded upon contact with the ground, and the three men shielded their eyes. When the smoke had cleared, he was gone.
~
"I play Elven Guard. I equip it with Calgorine Blade. Elven Guard attacks your Warrior of Light, destroying it!" Kaiba declared.
Yasumi moved her Warrior of Light to her discard pile, then played her next unit, "I play Black Sorceress of Power!"
Bakura stared in awe at Yasumi's personal card. It had 230 HP and 400 MP. Despite what the name implied, it was a Dagger-user. She then equipped it with a Dagger of Darkness, its matching weapon. It then attacked Kaiba's Elven Guard.
Kaiba looked at his hand. He only had one unit left, Hatecraft. The card was a level 0, which was good. He played it, then equipped it with Sun's Darkness, a level 0 weapon. It attacked, doing 130 damage to Black Sorceress of Power. It remained alive, but it didn't have enough power to destroy Hatecraft in one attack anyway.
Yasumi drew a card. She smiled. She then lay it on the table. It was called Commander of the Army. It made her Black Sorceress of Power's damage given +50. It was now able to defeat Hatecraft.
"I attack."
Kaiba sighed. Yasumi then grinned, realizing her opponent could no longer play. He handed her the card, Vengeance, then stood to leave.
"Attention!" a voice called out.
No body turned around to see who it was.
"Hello?"
Nothing.
"Hey!"
Nothing.
"Ryou Bakura! Look over here!"
'What could it be?' Bakura thought to himself, turning around.
There stood Joey Wheeler, in his rubber suit. He was standing atop a large mechanical turtle, labeled Mecha Tama-chan 3. His Black Skull Dragon Medabot stood beside him, as did Shinobu. She was tied at the hands and knees. Her face was stricken with fear. Joey had his classic grin spread over his face.
"Joey! What are you doing?" Bakura yelled.
"Ryou Bakura, we will now Robattle! You win, Shinobu goes free, unharmed. But if you lose, then you will give your Medal to us, the Rubberrobo Gang! In addition to that, there is no telling what will become of your beloved Shinobu!"
Bakura ran forward, stopping before the massive robot turtle. He stared into her eyes. They were sad, almost painful. He pressed the button on his Medawatch, bringing forth his White Seraph. Joey leapt down, landing about a meter away from Bakura.
A single Narpakgür card lay on the ground. It suddenly burst open, Mr. Referee gasping for air.
"I. . .now. . .declare. . .this. . .an. . .official. . .Robattle. . .between. . .Ryou. . .Bakura. . .and. . .Joey. . .Wheeler. . .of. . .the. . .Rubberrobo. . .Gang!" Mr. Referee took a moment to deeply inhale, "Medabots, Robattle!"
~
Author's Note: I am SO sorry for taking this long to write this chapter! Next time: Will Bakura save Shinobu, or will Joey take his Medal and his love away forever?