Chapter 2: Tension you couldn't cut with a chainsaw
As the day flooded into the room, a figure shifted around from under the covers, only to tumble out of the couch he laid asleep on, "Gack! *thud*" Korin just sat there, looking up at the ceiling a moment before he sighs, "Well, uh, I guess now is a good time to get up.", and he nods to himself at the decision as if it was his own. Yugi walks in to see Korin sprawled on the floor, "Oh, your awake. Sleep well?", he notes Korin make a nodding motion and a hand wave, "I guess that's a yes... Well, breakfast is almost ready, so come in when you're ready.", he gives Korin a smile as he leaves.
Korin just keeps looking at the ceiling above him, his mind slowly working again. He sighs and ponders to himself, "Well, it's no dream, I'm actually here. Well, I guess I should get up. I mean, I am hungry and I think I landed on something... *scrunch scrunch* Well, whatever is, it's making noises.", he rolls over and looks at what he landed on, only to see the carpet. He ponders over this and stands up, still wearing the same clothes he was wearing the day before (sorry girls, no peep show today! :). He checks his back for any foreign objects, and doesn't find a thing. He shrugs and walks out of the room, just as the carpet unbunches and makes a scrunch sound.
As he walks along the inside of the house, he thinks to himself again, "I'm sure I landed on something. Oh well. Today I go to Kaiba land and test out my cards, as well duel Yugi. That is, if the cards work. Oi.", he wanders over to the washroom. I think you get the picture. He then leaves the washroom, and continues his previous thought process, "Ok then. Dueling Yugi should be interesting. I mean, he IS the best there is, but I have cards that this place has never seen before. I have the feeling he'll win anyways. No card can stop him. After all, he's the main character!", he smiles to himself, "Yeah, main character. Unless this is counted as an ova... aww man, why did I have to think that. This is even more complicated now.", he shakes his head as he enters range of the dining table.
"Well, nice to see you up and about. Usually we wouldn't let guests sleep in so late, but you're a little different considering we didn't know what a normal amount of sleep is in your dimension.", Yugi smiles as he finishes saying this and then taking another bite of his toast. Grandpa nods, "Besides that, I couldn't manage to get you up. You seem to be able to sleep through anything...", he shakes his head. Korin heh heh's and scratches the back of his head, "Sorry about that. I guess with all this going on around me, I kinda needed some sleep.", he smiles and then looks down at his plate, "Ooo, food.", and he starts to munch down at the nice portion of food given to him.
Yugi smiles and thinks to himself as he watches Korin, "Wow, look at him eat and the way he slept, he reminds me of Joey. Strange that this total stranger is so easily trusted by us. But I just have a feeling that he's trust worthy. [Agreed. He is quite the person.]", Yugi finishes his toast and takes a sip of orange juice, then continues his thoughts, "So, what do you think spirit? Should I be letting my guard down on him? I mean, if he was after you and the puzzle, he could have taken it last night. [Yes. But I wouldn't let your guard down yet. After all, even I can't help but have some trust in him. But I do not think I should. I believe something that is on or around him is causing people to trust and see him in a better light, even against their better judgement. Even I cannot help but fall for it.] You think he's using magic to do this? [Either he's using magic even I cannot sense, or it's not magical at all. What ever it is, I think you should be careful.] Ok. Today he's going to test out his cards and then we'll duel. I think it would be best if you were to 'help me out. Not only does he have some rare cards, he himself is a good duelist. [And while I am assisting you, I can also have a look over him too. Only then will I be able to see if he can be trusted.] Agreed.", Yugi finished off the rest of his food and his inner discussion with the spirit of the puzzle, looked up, and smiles as he watches Korin poke one bit of food he hadn't eaten. "Not hungry?", Yugi asked his confused friend. Korin just looks up and says, "Well, uhh, I don' know what this is.", he chuckles a bit, "I never seen anything like it.", "Oh, well, I can tell you what it is, if you prefer.", Grandpa mentions to Korin. Korin shakes his head, and in one swoop, eats whatever the food item was. He smiles, "Oo, that was good. No thanks on the explanation though. As long as I just like the taste, I don't have to think about what is used to be.", he chuckles. Yugi can't help but smile at Korin, thinking, "I hope he is trust worthy, spirit. He seems to be quite the friend."
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The rest of what was left of the morning was used with Korin looking over all his cards, including all his extras. He was pondering over what to remove and add from his current deck, when he finally decided it would be best not to change anything for the battle against Yugi. After a little review with Yugi over the rules, Korin took out the mysterious coin he had.
"If only we knew what this coin was for. I'm sure it's at least linked with me appearing here and like you said yesterday, it has magical powers that reacts to me. Maybe if we could find someone that could research it.", Yugi nodded to Korin, "Well, my grandfather is looking over the books he has, but he doesn't think he'll find anything. I bet Kaiba would be able to figure something out. But..." Korin just chuckled, "I doubt he would help us. For one thing he doesn't even like you. Heh.", he smiles, "But, we might be able to get him to help if we had the right incentive...", Korin lifts his Blue Eyes up. Yugi nods, "That could work, but do you think it's a good idea to give him your Blue Eyes? I mean, yesterday you were worried about telling Joey who's gonna dress him up like a dog.", he thinks and chuckles a bit. Korin nods and then says, "Oh that's the best part Yugi, I don't plan an giving it to him for his help, I plan on giving it to YOU if HE doesn't help us.", he winks. Yugi just sits there and then breaks out laughing, "Ha ha ha! That'll work for sure!", he chuckles over it a bit more. Korin nods, "It's one thing to give it to him, it's another to give it to his worst enemy.", he says with a shifted smile. Yugi can't help but think of what Kaiba's face would look like and chuckles some more, "Hee... while that would work, I don't think he'll be very happy about it.", Korin shrugs, "Well, he can bill me for it when I get back home.", he chuckles.
Korin and Yugi settle down a bit before Korin finally asks, "So when do we meet up with the rest of your friends?", Yugi looks to Korin, "Well, their your friends too, you know.", Korin nods, "Yeah, I guess. But I have this strange feeling I became friends with you all a little too easily. I want to prove myself before I can call you all my friends, and visa versa." Yugi nods, "Alright. But you do consider ME a friend, right?", Korin looks down at Yugi and his face forms another smile, "Well, yeah. I mean, who can't help but be friends with you.", he chuckles and pats Yugi on the shoulder. Yugi can't help but like Korin, and nods, "Well, the rest of the group should be showing up soon. Then we can all go to Kaiba land and you can test your cards.", "And you can duel me.", he smiles and Yugi nods, "That too. You can see right through me, can't you?", Korin smiles, "You seem to always be looking for more people to duel. I guess someone like me with cards like this make a great challenge for you."
Before Yugi can say anything, though, Joey can in the door and waved to Yugi, "Hey bud.", he looks to Korin, "So how your feelin? Think you can take Yugi today?", he says with a smile. Korin ponders over his question and then says, "Can I take him? Yes. Will I win? Heck no.", he answers back. Joey nods, "Sounds like you don't plan on winning this duel.", Korin shakes his head, "Nope. Winning isn't my thing.", he says, smiling a bit. Joey scratches the back of his head and then says, "Heh, well, I guess when you duel the champ, you don't really think of how well you'll win, but how bad you'll loose.", he crosses his arms, raising one finger as he talked, opening one eye and looked toward Korin.
"Well, I guess you could put it that way.", he smiles, "At least against Yugi I have a chance to win. If Deanna were around, I wouldn't last a second.", he nods to himself. Joey ponders and then asks, "So, uhh, this Deanna... what kind of deck does she use? I mean, we know you use a ritual based deck, which seems quite powerful if used right, but you make it seem like she has stuff that tares right through all your monsters." Korin nods, "Well, her deck doesn't really have a theme, but it does have a lot of card that cancel effects, effect cards that destroy anything put out, magic cards that obliterate most anything I can play. Oh, and then she'll go on the offence with one or all three pieces of Gate Guardian, or even the Guardian it's self.", as he says this, Joey just gulps, "Wow, that... sounds nasty. So she weakens you till you can't do anything, and then she pounds you with some nasty creatures." Yugi, who listens to this finally says, "Is Gate Guardian her best monster?", Korin shakes his head, "Nope. Her best is Muka-Muka. She has so many different ways to get cards into her hand that at some point, she could have twelve of them...", Yugi thinks, "And since Muka-Muka increases with power based on how many cards you have in you hand, Muka-Muka would be unstoppable. Wow."
Korin nods, "Actually, there is an easy way to counter such power.", he shifts through his deck and finds what he's looking for, "Reverse Trap. Muka-Muka goes from titan to raisin.", he says with an almost evil smile. Yugi nods, "That would flip the plusses to minuses, dropping it to nothing.", Korin smiles, "Exactly. But even when I do use one, she'll usually protect herself by using something that stops the attack, so she doesn't kill herself on my monsters. I have three of these in my deck, so chances are I'd have one when she got it out, so she doesn't play it against me very much.", he chuckles, "She hates it when I ''Raisin' her monsters." Joey smiles, "Raisin. I like that term. I'll have to use it some time.", Korin nods, "Glad I could help your vocabulary.", he laughs.
The door chimed open again, to reveal Tea and Tristan as they walked in. Korin smiles and gives a little wave to the two, only to notice Tea keeping her eyes away from him. "She's trying not to pay attention to me... trying to keep me from her thoughts... good. While it's flattering, it's also dangerous considering she's one of the main characters and any affect I have on her could change the entire series.", he ponders to himself and then says, "Well, I guess were all here...", he makes a quick glance around, noting everyone looking at him, "...heh. I guess we should get going.", and makes a quick smile. The entire gang nods, and head for the door, except for Tea who looks to Korin for a second and then away, making her way to the door. Korin sighs, "Oh boy...", and exits through the door.
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As Yugi, Joey, Tristan, and Tea made their way to the fabled 'Kaiba Land', Korin straggled behind, looking at all the sights of where ever he passed, deep in thought about just how strange everything was. "...I mean, here I am, about to duel the best person on this plane of existence, and all I can think about is why Tea has a crush on me! ...wait, why exactly AM I opposed against this crush thing. I mean, it's not like it could destroy the entire world... right? ...I hate dimensional travel.", he shakes his head, and then notices he's lagging behind everyone, except for Tea who was still trying to ignore Korin. He speeds up a bit and gets along side Tea saying, "Uhh... hi."
Tea looks over to Korin and smiles, "Hi.", she then realizes what she said was in a VERY friendly manner and quickly looks to the sidewalk. Korin smiles and says, "So, um, Yugi is quite the guy.", he nods to what he just said, "Yep. He's a nice person. Although I have no idea how fast he'll beat me in the duel, I have the feeling it's gonna be quite the show.", Korin looks up to the sky and then back to Tea, who seems to have 'settled down' a bit. She smiles to herself, "Yeah, he is nice.", she looks to Korin and then says, "But I don't think he's going to have an easy time dueling you.", she turns he head to the side a bit, her hair no longer blocking her sight as much, "You should have more confidence in yourself. You can't just go totally on luck and skill to win a match, it takes the strive and confidence in yourself and the moves you make.", she looks back to her other friends who are a little ways ahead. Korin closes his eyes and then says, "Your right. I lack confidence. But I always have, which is why I've had to make up for it with my luck and skill.", he looks back at Tea, "It's how I play."
Tea looks to Korin with a slightly irritated face, "Well, you can learn different. I know you can. You have confidence in everything else you do, why is dueling so different?", "I don't know. I guess all that time playing against Deanna makes it hard to think of myself as a good duelist. If I could win more against her, I could probably have more confidence.", "Well, she isn't the only duelist around, right?", Korin nods, "Well then, why haven't you played them then? She may be the best person you've ever challenged, but it doesn't mean you have to only duel her. You can't get better by just playing against one person. Besides, playing with other duelists is a good way to make friends.", she smiles. Korin just looks at Tea for a bit and then says, "Your right. I don't play against other people very much. But it's because I'm very selective on who are my friends. I believe in quality over quantity.", "Quality? Like what?", "Well, if they can be trusted or not, or if they'll come help me out if I need it, or at least offer the help. It's nothing personal.", "Nothing personal? What if I wanted to get personal...", she stops talking and blushed a bit, rethinking her wording. She notices the rest of the gang stop and look at her, only making her blush some more, "Err... what I meant was, if I wanted to be your friend...", she shakes her head, "Uhh... just... never mind.", she slows down a bit, letting Korin in front a bit. Korin couldn't help but smile a bit too much over her miss wording.
After a small bit of time, they finally reached the front of Kaiba land. Korin couldn't help but whistle at the sight, "Nice.", he looks over to Yugi, "How much is it to get in this place anyways?", "Well, Mokuba usually lets us use the equipment for free considering we helped his brother out.", Korin nods saying, "Ah yes, the whole five headed 'ughlhay'.", "Jeez, nothing gets past this guy.", remarked Joey, with Tristan just nodding. Korin had no idea what he meant by that, but he didn't really care. They all made their way in, and Yugi was the first to run off to a familiar face, "Hey Mokuba!", he smiles. Mokuba smiles back, "Hi Yugi. Here to watch some duels? Or is some actually dumb enough to challenge you today?" Korin smiles as he follows the rest of the gang to Mokuba, thinking to himself, "Yay, I'm dumb! ...wait I already knew that."
Yugi quickly explained about Korin, only to have Mokuba say, "...right. Well, whatever the reason, you'll have plenty of room to play with. Most of the people are either watching or dueling against someone new. Heard she's quite the player too.", Yugi's eyes widen at the prospect at yet another new duelist to duel. Korin recognizes this look and says, "Well, we can go check it out right after our duel. Shouldn't take too long.", he smiles and then remembers what Tea said about his lack of confidence, but it was too late to correct what he meant. He looked over to Tea who had that same annoyed look on her face. He quickly looked back and said, "Well, uhh, lets go duel.", he chuckles and scratches the back of his head, feeling Tea's annoyed stare on the back of his head.
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Korin looked over the large platform before him, in awe in how cool it looked. After making their way to the dueling field, Yugi shook Korin's hand and went to the other side of the field, leaving Korin to go the other way. He stepped onto the platform, and walked over to his play zone. He gave it a quick look over before he finally placed his deck in the deck zone. Without a jolt or sudden movement, the platform raised up and over the larger field that was now laid before him. He looks over to see the rest of Yugi's friends cheering them both on. He looked over to Yugi and noted he was no longer regular Yugi. He smiles, "Ah, no holding back, eh? Good. Wouldn't be fun if you didn't try your hardest.", the now older, taller looking Yugi nodded and said with a powerful voice, "Agreed. You shouldn't hold back anything either.", Korin nods. Yugi looks to the computer and then says, "I'll let you decide who gets to go first.", Korin nods, "You go first.", Yugi looks up a bit and then says, "Alright.", and then thinks to himself, "Strange. Usually people choose to go first... wonder why he chose to go second..."
They both shuffled each others deck before heading off to the platforms, so they both drew five cards. Yugi then drew an extra card and then announced, "I'll put this card face down...", one of the magic zones on the field started to glow, "...and Celtic Guardian in attack mode. I end my turn.", the holographic machine whirrs to life and shimmer into the form of the Celtic Guardian (1400/1200), who makes a growl sound as he appears. Korin sits there for a second taking in the monster that now stood before him, then nods and then draws a card, "Alright, now to see if this works. I play Senju of the Thousand Hands in attack mode.", he places the monster in the middle slot and hears the familiar computerized sound when a card is placed on the field. Within seconds, the machine whirrs back to life, and in a flash, the Senju (1400/1000) was now on the field, balking over the Celtic Guardian. "Although this monster is not powerful enough to kill your monster without dieing it's self, it does give me something useful for successfully summoning it. One ritual monster card from my deck.", he goes into his deck, grabs a card, and then shuffles it. "Alright, now I'll activate this magic card, Nobleman of Extermination!", Yugi gacks, "Oh no...", Korin smiles and says, "Oh yeah. It lets me destroy one magic or trap that's face down on the field and remove it from the game, and because you only have that one card, I'll use it on that.", Yugi nods, and flips the card to reveal Mirror Force. Even Korin wowed at his luck, "Whoa... wasn't expecting that. But then again, you probably figured that I pick second so I can attack first, so you put that down to gain an early lead.", Yugi nods, "Yes, I did. But it seems you have destroyed one of my best cards.", Korin smiles, "Heh. Well, now for my next move, I activate the Hamburger Recipe, sacrificing my Senju and a Wall of Illusion from my hand to play the Hungry Hamburger!", as he removed the monster from the field and the monster from his hand and placed both into the graveyard. He then took the card from his hand and placed the Hamburger (2000/1850) in attack mode. The whirr of the machine filled the room as the holographic representation displayed a quick ritual using up both cards, and finally popping up with the Burger. Yugi nodded, "I knew it. You like to start first because you can play a ritual right off the bat. Well done.", "Thanks. Well then, my Burger looks hungry, so... Hungry Hamburger, eat the Celtic Guardian!", The large ominous... burger... roared as it bounced at the Celtic Guardian, chomping down on him and eating him in one bite. Everyone eewed at the sight, even Joey, who then yells out to Yugi, "Don't worry buddy! It's just an early lead!"
|Yugi||Korin| |1600||2000|
Yugi nods at Joey, "Alright then. Lets see...", he draws a card, looks it over, and then announces, "I place this monster in face down defense mode and I'll end my turn. Korin smiles, "You know, that's usually how Deanna plays, playing stuff in defense mode. Only I like poking stuff. So... *draws a card* I'll lay this card face down...", he places a card in the magic zone, "...and then I'll have my burger attack your face down card.", the Burger hops over to the card, and then chomps at it, only to be bounced back as the Mystical Elf (800/2000) appeared on the field. Korin smiled, "Knew it. Keeping me from advancing, eh Yugi? Ah well. Since the burgers attack and the elfs defense are equal, I can't kill it, but I don't take any damage either. So I guess I'll end my turn."
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Yugi smiles, "Well, lets see if I can come up with something...", he draws a card and looks it over. He ponders to himself, "Hm... this could be useful later...", he looks up to Korin, "I can't do anything, so I'll end my turn.", Korin smiles, "Alright.", he looks down at his deck, "Luck don't fail me now...", he says as he draws his next card. He smiles and looks to Yugi, "Normally, a few turns of waiting would benefit both players, as hey would both get more cards for use later. But with your heart in your cards, you would pull something too powerful for me to stop. So I cannot let you have time to retrieve any cards.", Yugi ponders, "You have something?", Korin nods, "It's a magic card. But here, best way to show you is to play it!", he places the magic card in the magic zone under his hamburger, "This is the magic card Rush recklessly. It increases my burgers attack power by 700 for one turn.", Yugi's eyes widen, "Oh no! That means...", he looks to his elf. Korin smiles and nods, "Yep. Alright Hamburger, rush the mystic elf!", the burger roars out as the magic card powers it up and it launches it's self at the elf, crashing into her. The elf stumbles back and then shatters, the holographics fading the particles of the mystic elf out of existence. The burger roars again over it's victory. Yugi's friends wince at this, except for Tea who is watching Korin intently, smiling. Tristan looks over to her, "Umm... Tea?", she just stares a bit more and then blinks, "Hm?", Tristan's brows lower, "Yugi isn't faring too well in there... shouldn't you be supporting him, not Korin?", Tea nods, "Uh, yeah...", she says and looks a bit sheepish, "But Korin... he has no one to cheer for him...", she looks down at the floor. Tristan looks to Korin and then to Tea. Joey, totally oblivious to the conversation next to him yells out, "Come on Yugi! Show him what the heart of the cards can do!"
Yugi hears Joey shout and nods, only he isn't really paying attention to Joey as he is looking at Tea, who seems to be preoccupied with Korin, "Strange...", Yugi thinks to himself, "Tea is usually the first to look worried about me. But since the first move against me, she seems to be happy.", he shakes his head a bit and then says to Korin, "Excellent move. By destroying my best defense you've slowed me down. But you haven't stopped me yet.", he draws his next card and then smiles, "Ah. Just the card I was looking for. I play Gaia the fierce knight!", Korin eeks, "Uh oh..."
A bright light flashed as the monster appeared on the field (2300/2100). Yugi smiled as he commanded his monster, "Gaia, destroy the Hungry Hamburger!", Gaia let out a battle cry as he commands the horse he's riding to run at the burger, which lets out a roar as it gets ready to defend it's self. Only the knight never had to get close to the burger, as he raises his lance and impales the burger. With one last roar, the burger explodes, and for the first time since the match, Korin lost some life points.
|Yugi||Korin| |1600||1700|
Joey and Tristan cheer Yugi on, while Tea looks sadly at Korin, who is now showing a bit of doubt. He is looking over the few cards he had in his hand and isn't too pleased with what's in it. Tea ponders and then realizes why he is so saddened over the loss of the burger, "...he doesn't have a monster he can play... oh no...", she notes Korin look over Yugi's happy friends and then to Tea, who looks right at Korin and gives a smile. Korin sits there a bit and then nods, smiling back now. He looks to Yugi, "Excellent move. You destroyed my second best monster. Not only that, but you have me against the ropes.", Yugi turns his head to the side, "Oh?", Korin nods, and closes his eyes as he says, "By using up my Senju and Wall, I was hoping that I could hold you off long enough to get more playable monsters, but you've dispatched my monster too quickly, and now I'm left with nothing to play in my hand... so my next card will have to be a good one, or I'll have nothing to play, and you'll have free reign on my life points.", Yugi nods, "Well then, I guess you'll have to draw and find out if it can help you out.", Korin nods and looks to his deck. Tea puts her hand together and starts to give her hope to Korin, while Joey and Tristan watch him intently. He reached down slowly and with one quick movement, drew his card and put it in front of his closed eyes. He opens them up slowly and then lets out a sigh, "Well, this might be good. I activate the magic card I just drew, Pot of Greed!", he places down the magic card, and on the field a sinister looking pot appears, "This card lets me draw two more cards. So here we go.", the Jar cackles and glows, dissipating as Korin draws two more cards. Korin looks down at the cards he has and adds the two new ones to his hand. The Jar, finished it's task, disappears from the field and is placed in the grave. Yugi looks at Korin and then says, "Well?", Korin looks over his cards and then smiles, "My luck hasn't left me yet. Observe.", he places a magic card on the field, the Turtle Oath. Yugi is taken aback, "Oh no...", Korin smiles, "Oh yeah. I sacrifice the eight star monster card, The Crab Turtle, for the exact same card, The Crab Turtle!", The holographics whirrs to life as a strange green object appears. Foe a short moment it sits there. The, suddenly, it starts to float up from the magic zone and starts to stretch outward, increasing in size constantly. The green object, now larger then any monster so far, starts to shake, as light starts to pour out of cracks around it. In a bright flash of light, the object explodes, and a large form drop to the monster zone. The area around the monster is covered in mist that is slowly clearing, revealing a large pain of legs, then claws and finally the rest of the powerful beast, the Crab Turtle (2550/2500)! Tristan, Joey and Tea all backed off a bit from the stadium in awe. Joey suddenly blurts out, "Look at the size of that beast! It's even more powerful then the Dark Magician!", Tristan nods, "Korin pulled himself out of the hole he was in, and now it seems he's back on top...", Tea just nods, looking at Korin. She can't help but smile at him, so happy for him. Tristan just shakes his head, giving up on Tea and whatever she happens to be thinking of.
Yugi's face drop to his poker face and he states, "It seems your power of luck has once again dissipated my plans.", Korin nods, "It has. And now... Crab Turtle, crush Gaia. Crusher claw strike!", the mighty monster looms over the knight as it rears up with both of it's claws, spreading a large shadow over Yugi's side of the field. In one quick movement the Crab Turtle drops both it's large claws, crushing Gaia under the Crab Turtles might. The Turtle brings back it's claws and retreats back to it's spot while what's left of Gaia fizzles away into nothingness. Joey and Tristan just sit there, flabbergasted at the power of Korin's most powerful monster. Tea, on the other hand, can't hold back her glee and yells out, "Alright Korin!" Everyone suddenly looks at her, even Yugi, with a puzzled face. Well, except for Korin who smiles, "Thank you." Tea looks at her puzzled friends and then just brushed them off and starts to clap for Korin.
|Yugi||Korin| |1350||1700|
Yugi just smiles and shakes his head, "I guess she really does 'like' Korin. Good. He does seem to be a noble soul after all. Looks like he's already made friends with Tea and hopefully after this day, he just might call everyone else a friend too.", he looks to Korin, "An amazing creature you have there. I only have one monster that could have destroyed that beast, and you just crushed half of it.", Korin smiles and nods, "Yep. Without Gaia, you have no fusion for The Dragon Champion. Of course you could draw a monsters reborn, but even then, you'd have a bit to wait for all the pieces to come together. But while your waiting, my Crab Turtle will crush any monster you put down. That is, if you keep getting them. If you run out of monsters before you get what you needed, I'll be able to attack your life points directly.", Yugi nods, and draws a card. He then places a monster in face down defense mode. Korin smiles, draws a card, and then has his Crab crush the face down card (Silver Fang). Tea smiles as she watches the battle, all the time looking at Korin. She sighs happily, thinking to herself, "Even though I've only met him, it feels like I've known him forever. With the Crab Turtle on the field, he has the confidence he was missing before.", she keeps looking at Korin, and then looks at his eyes, "Wow... his eyes are so powerful, but so peaceful all at the same time... the only other person I've ever seen with eyes like that is Yugi. ... Yugi...", he looks to Yugi for the first time during the match and starts to look a little worried, "What am I doing? I'm cheering on someone I've only just met while Yugi is getting bashed. I shouldn't be so happy about this! But...", she looks back at Korin, "...I can't help but feel for him. He's been brought here against his will and might never even get home. It's so sad... but why do I wish deep down that he never leaves? Why?", she shakes her head, confused about all the feelings she's having.
Meanwhile, the battle raged on, with Yugi constantly putting out monsters, only to have them crushed by the Crab Turtle, all the while Korin keeps getting more and more card back into his hand. Yugi, on the other hand, is having a hard time figuring out how to destroy the Crab with the few card he has left. He sighs as Korin once again crushed his monster, "This is looking bad. If I can't stop him soon, I'll run out of monsters to play, and without them I won't be able to protect my life points.", he looks up at Korin, who is smiling, his eyes shining with determination. Yugi thinks to himself again, "There must be something I can do to stop him...", he places his hands on his deck, "Heart of the cards, help me..." He slowly draws the card, still looking right at Korin. He then looks to the card and smiles, "Well Korin, you said I needed time and this card is just what's going to give it to me!"
End 2.
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As the day flooded into the room, a figure shifted around from under the covers, only to tumble out of the couch he laid asleep on, "Gack! *thud*" Korin just sat there, looking up at the ceiling a moment before he sighs, "Well, uh, I guess now is a good time to get up.", and he nods to himself at the decision as if it was his own. Yugi walks in to see Korin sprawled on the floor, "Oh, your awake. Sleep well?", he notes Korin make a nodding motion and a hand wave, "I guess that's a yes... Well, breakfast is almost ready, so come in when you're ready.", he gives Korin a smile as he leaves.
Korin just keeps looking at the ceiling above him, his mind slowly working again. He sighs and ponders to himself, "Well, it's no dream, I'm actually here. Well, I guess I should get up. I mean, I am hungry and I think I landed on something... *scrunch scrunch* Well, whatever is, it's making noises.", he rolls over and looks at what he landed on, only to see the carpet. He ponders over this and stands up, still wearing the same clothes he was wearing the day before (sorry girls, no peep show today! :). He checks his back for any foreign objects, and doesn't find a thing. He shrugs and walks out of the room, just as the carpet unbunches and makes a scrunch sound.
As he walks along the inside of the house, he thinks to himself again, "I'm sure I landed on something. Oh well. Today I go to Kaiba land and test out my cards, as well duel Yugi. That is, if the cards work. Oi.", he wanders over to the washroom. I think you get the picture. He then leaves the washroom, and continues his previous thought process, "Ok then. Dueling Yugi should be interesting. I mean, he IS the best there is, but I have cards that this place has never seen before. I have the feeling he'll win anyways. No card can stop him. After all, he's the main character!", he smiles to himself, "Yeah, main character. Unless this is counted as an ova... aww man, why did I have to think that. This is even more complicated now.", he shakes his head as he enters range of the dining table.
"Well, nice to see you up and about. Usually we wouldn't let guests sleep in so late, but you're a little different considering we didn't know what a normal amount of sleep is in your dimension.", Yugi smiles as he finishes saying this and then taking another bite of his toast. Grandpa nods, "Besides that, I couldn't manage to get you up. You seem to be able to sleep through anything...", he shakes his head. Korin heh heh's and scratches the back of his head, "Sorry about that. I guess with all this going on around me, I kinda needed some sleep.", he smiles and then looks down at his plate, "Ooo, food.", and he starts to munch down at the nice portion of food given to him.
Yugi smiles and thinks to himself as he watches Korin, "Wow, look at him eat and the way he slept, he reminds me of Joey. Strange that this total stranger is so easily trusted by us. But I just have a feeling that he's trust worthy. [Agreed. He is quite the person.]", Yugi finishes his toast and takes a sip of orange juice, then continues his thoughts, "So, what do you think spirit? Should I be letting my guard down on him? I mean, if he was after you and the puzzle, he could have taken it last night. [Yes. But I wouldn't let your guard down yet. After all, even I can't help but have some trust in him. But I do not think I should. I believe something that is on or around him is causing people to trust and see him in a better light, even against their better judgement. Even I cannot help but fall for it.] You think he's using magic to do this? [Either he's using magic even I cannot sense, or it's not magical at all. What ever it is, I think you should be careful.] Ok. Today he's going to test out his cards and then we'll duel. I think it would be best if you were to 'help me out. Not only does he have some rare cards, he himself is a good duelist. [And while I am assisting you, I can also have a look over him too. Only then will I be able to see if he can be trusted.] Agreed.", Yugi finished off the rest of his food and his inner discussion with the spirit of the puzzle, looked up, and smiles as he watches Korin poke one bit of food he hadn't eaten. "Not hungry?", Yugi asked his confused friend. Korin just looks up and says, "Well, uhh, I don' know what this is.", he chuckles a bit, "I never seen anything like it.", "Oh, well, I can tell you what it is, if you prefer.", Grandpa mentions to Korin. Korin shakes his head, and in one swoop, eats whatever the food item was. He smiles, "Oo, that was good. No thanks on the explanation though. As long as I just like the taste, I don't have to think about what is used to be.", he chuckles. Yugi can't help but smile at Korin, thinking, "I hope he is trust worthy, spirit. He seems to be quite the friend."
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The rest of what was left of the morning was used with Korin looking over all his cards, including all his extras. He was pondering over what to remove and add from his current deck, when he finally decided it would be best not to change anything for the battle against Yugi. After a little review with Yugi over the rules, Korin took out the mysterious coin he had.
"If only we knew what this coin was for. I'm sure it's at least linked with me appearing here and like you said yesterday, it has magical powers that reacts to me. Maybe if we could find someone that could research it.", Yugi nodded to Korin, "Well, my grandfather is looking over the books he has, but he doesn't think he'll find anything. I bet Kaiba would be able to figure something out. But..." Korin just chuckled, "I doubt he would help us. For one thing he doesn't even like you. Heh.", he smiles, "But, we might be able to get him to help if we had the right incentive...", Korin lifts his Blue Eyes up. Yugi nods, "That could work, but do you think it's a good idea to give him your Blue Eyes? I mean, yesterday you were worried about telling Joey who's gonna dress him up like a dog.", he thinks and chuckles a bit. Korin nods and then says, "Oh that's the best part Yugi, I don't plan an giving it to him for his help, I plan on giving it to YOU if HE doesn't help us.", he winks. Yugi just sits there and then breaks out laughing, "Ha ha ha! That'll work for sure!", he chuckles over it a bit more. Korin nods, "It's one thing to give it to him, it's another to give it to his worst enemy.", he says with a shifted smile. Yugi can't help but think of what Kaiba's face would look like and chuckles some more, "Hee... while that would work, I don't think he'll be very happy about it.", Korin shrugs, "Well, he can bill me for it when I get back home.", he chuckles.
Korin and Yugi settle down a bit before Korin finally asks, "So when do we meet up with the rest of your friends?", Yugi looks to Korin, "Well, their your friends too, you know.", Korin nods, "Yeah, I guess. But I have this strange feeling I became friends with you all a little too easily. I want to prove myself before I can call you all my friends, and visa versa." Yugi nods, "Alright. But you do consider ME a friend, right?", Korin looks down at Yugi and his face forms another smile, "Well, yeah. I mean, who can't help but be friends with you.", he chuckles and pats Yugi on the shoulder. Yugi can't help but like Korin, and nods, "Well, the rest of the group should be showing up soon. Then we can all go to Kaiba land and you can test your cards.", "And you can duel me.", he smiles and Yugi nods, "That too. You can see right through me, can't you?", Korin smiles, "You seem to always be looking for more people to duel. I guess someone like me with cards like this make a great challenge for you."
Before Yugi can say anything, though, Joey can in the door and waved to Yugi, "Hey bud.", he looks to Korin, "So how your feelin? Think you can take Yugi today?", he says with a smile. Korin ponders over his question and then says, "Can I take him? Yes. Will I win? Heck no.", he answers back. Joey nods, "Sounds like you don't plan on winning this duel.", Korin shakes his head, "Nope. Winning isn't my thing.", he says, smiling a bit. Joey scratches the back of his head and then says, "Heh, well, I guess when you duel the champ, you don't really think of how well you'll win, but how bad you'll loose.", he crosses his arms, raising one finger as he talked, opening one eye and looked toward Korin.
"Well, I guess you could put it that way.", he smiles, "At least against Yugi I have a chance to win. If Deanna were around, I wouldn't last a second.", he nods to himself. Joey ponders and then asks, "So, uhh, this Deanna... what kind of deck does she use? I mean, we know you use a ritual based deck, which seems quite powerful if used right, but you make it seem like she has stuff that tares right through all your monsters." Korin nods, "Well, her deck doesn't really have a theme, but it does have a lot of card that cancel effects, effect cards that destroy anything put out, magic cards that obliterate most anything I can play. Oh, and then she'll go on the offence with one or all three pieces of Gate Guardian, or even the Guardian it's self.", as he says this, Joey just gulps, "Wow, that... sounds nasty. So she weakens you till you can't do anything, and then she pounds you with some nasty creatures." Yugi, who listens to this finally says, "Is Gate Guardian her best monster?", Korin shakes his head, "Nope. Her best is Muka-Muka. She has so many different ways to get cards into her hand that at some point, she could have twelve of them...", Yugi thinks, "And since Muka-Muka increases with power based on how many cards you have in you hand, Muka-Muka would be unstoppable. Wow."
Korin nods, "Actually, there is an easy way to counter such power.", he shifts through his deck and finds what he's looking for, "Reverse Trap. Muka-Muka goes from titan to raisin.", he says with an almost evil smile. Yugi nods, "That would flip the plusses to minuses, dropping it to nothing.", Korin smiles, "Exactly. But even when I do use one, she'll usually protect herself by using something that stops the attack, so she doesn't kill herself on my monsters. I have three of these in my deck, so chances are I'd have one when she got it out, so she doesn't play it against me very much.", he chuckles, "She hates it when I ''Raisin' her monsters." Joey smiles, "Raisin. I like that term. I'll have to use it some time.", Korin nods, "Glad I could help your vocabulary.", he laughs.
The door chimed open again, to reveal Tea and Tristan as they walked in. Korin smiles and gives a little wave to the two, only to notice Tea keeping her eyes away from him. "She's trying not to pay attention to me... trying to keep me from her thoughts... good. While it's flattering, it's also dangerous considering she's one of the main characters and any affect I have on her could change the entire series.", he ponders to himself and then says, "Well, I guess were all here...", he makes a quick glance around, noting everyone looking at him, "...heh. I guess we should get going.", and makes a quick smile. The entire gang nods, and head for the door, except for Tea who looks to Korin for a second and then away, making her way to the door. Korin sighs, "Oh boy...", and exits through the door.
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As Yugi, Joey, Tristan, and Tea made their way to the fabled 'Kaiba Land', Korin straggled behind, looking at all the sights of where ever he passed, deep in thought about just how strange everything was. "...I mean, here I am, about to duel the best person on this plane of existence, and all I can think about is why Tea has a crush on me! ...wait, why exactly AM I opposed against this crush thing. I mean, it's not like it could destroy the entire world... right? ...I hate dimensional travel.", he shakes his head, and then notices he's lagging behind everyone, except for Tea who was still trying to ignore Korin. He speeds up a bit and gets along side Tea saying, "Uhh... hi."
Tea looks over to Korin and smiles, "Hi.", she then realizes what she said was in a VERY friendly manner and quickly looks to the sidewalk. Korin smiles and says, "So, um, Yugi is quite the guy.", he nods to what he just said, "Yep. He's a nice person. Although I have no idea how fast he'll beat me in the duel, I have the feeling it's gonna be quite the show.", Korin looks up to the sky and then back to Tea, who seems to have 'settled down' a bit. She smiles to herself, "Yeah, he is nice.", she looks to Korin and then says, "But I don't think he's going to have an easy time dueling you.", she turns he head to the side a bit, her hair no longer blocking her sight as much, "You should have more confidence in yourself. You can't just go totally on luck and skill to win a match, it takes the strive and confidence in yourself and the moves you make.", she looks back to her other friends who are a little ways ahead. Korin closes his eyes and then says, "Your right. I lack confidence. But I always have, which is why I've had to make up for it with my luck and skill.", he looks back at Tea, "It's how I play."
Tea looks to Korin with a slightly irritated face, "Well, you can learn different. I know you can. You have confidence in everything else you do, why is dueling so different?", "I don't know. I guess all that time playing against Deanna makes it hard to think of myself as a good duelist. If I could win more against her, I could probably have more confidence.", "Well, she isn't the only duelist around, right?", Korin nods, "Well then, why haven't you played them then? She may be the best person you've ever challenged, but it doesn't mean you have to only duel her. You can't get better by just playing against one person. Besides, playing with other duelists is a good way to make friends.", she smiles. Korin just looks at Tea for a bit and then says, "Your right. I don't play against other people very much. But it's because I'm very selective on who are my friends. I believe in quality over quantity.", "Quality? Like what?", "Well, if they can be trusted or not, or if they'll come help me out if I need it, or at least offer the help. It's nothing personal.", "Nothing personal? What if I wanted to get personal...", she stops talking and blushed a bit, rethinking her wording. She notices the rest of the gang stop and look at her, only making her blush some more, "Err... what I meant was, if I wanted to be your friend...", she shakes her head, "Uhh... just... never mind.", she slows down a bit, letting Korin in front a bit. Korin couldn't help but smile a bit too much over her miss wording.
After a small bit of time, they finally reached the front of Kaiba land. Korin couldn't help but whistle at the sight, "Nice.", he looks over to Yugi, "How much is it to get in this place anyways?", "Well, Mokuba usually lets us use the equipment for free considering we helped his brother out.", Korin nods saying, "Ah yes, the whole five headed 'ughlhay'.", "Jeez, nothing gets past this guy.", remarked Joey, with Tristan just nodding. Korin had no idea what he meant by that, but he didn't really care. They all made their way in, and Yugi was the first to run off to a familiar face, "Hey Mokuba!", he smiles. Mokuba smiles back, "Hi Yugi. Here to watch some duels? Or is some actually dumb enough to challenge you today?" Korin smiles as he follows the rest of the gang to Mokuba, thinking to himself, "Yay, I'm dumb! ...wait I already knew that."
Yugi quickly explained about Korin, only to have Mokuba say, "...right. Well, whatever the reason, you'll have plenty of room to play with. Most of the people are either watching or dueling against someone new. Heard she's quite the player too.", Yugi's eyes widen at the prospect at yet another new duelist to duel. Korin recognizes this look and says, "Well, we can go check it out right after our duel. Shouldn't take too long.", he smiles and then remembers what Tea said about his lack of confidence, but it was too late to correct what he meant. He looked over to Tea who had that same annoyed look on her face. He quickly looked back and said, "Well, uhh, lets go duel.", he chuckles and scratches the back of his head, feeling Tea's annoyed stare on the back of his head.
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Korin looked over the large platform before him, in awe in how cool it looked. After making their way to the dueling field, Yugi shook Korin's hand and went to the other side of the field, leaving Korin to go the other way. He stepped onto the platform, and walked over to his play zone. He gave it a quick look over before he finally placed his deck in the deck zone. Without a jolt or sudden movement, the platform raised up and over the larger field that was now laid before him. He looks over to see the rest of Yugi's friends cheering them both on. He looked over to Yugi and noted he was no longer regular Yugi. He smiles, "Ah, no holding back, eh? Good. Wouldn't be fun if you didn't try your hardest.", the now older, taller looking Yugi nodded and said with a powerful voice, "Agreed. You shouldn't hold back anything either.", Korin nods. Yugi looks to the computer and then says, "I'll let you decide who gets to go first.", Korin nods, "You go first.", Yugi looks up a bit and then says, "Alright.", and then thinks to himself, "Strange. Usually people choose to go first... wonder why he chose to go second..."
They both shuffled each others deck before heading off to the platforms, so they both drew five cards. Yugi then drew an extra card and then announced, "I'll put this card face down...", one of the magic zones on the field started to glow, "...and Celtic Guardian in attack mode. I end my turn.", the holographic machine whirrs to life and shimmer into the form of the Celtic Guardian (1400/1200), who makes a growl sound as he appears. Korin sits there for a second taking in the monster that now stood before him, then nods and then draws a card, "Alright, now to see if this works. I play Senju of the Thousand Hands in attack mode.", he places the monster in the middle slot and hears the familiar computerized sound when a card is placed on the field. Within seconds, the machine whirrs back to life, and in a flash, the Senju (1400/1000) was now on the field, balking over the Celtic Guardian. "Although this monster is not powerful enough to kill your monster without dieing it's self, it does give me something useful for successfully summoning it. One ritual monster card from my deck.", he goes into his deck, grabs a card, and then shuffles it. "Alright, now I'll activate this magic card, Nobleman of Extermination!", Yugi gacks, "Oh no...", Korin smiles and says, "Oh yeah. It lets me destroy one magic or trap that's face down on the field and remove it from the game, and because you only have that one card, I'll use it on that.", Yugi nods, and flips the card to reveal Mirror Force. Even Korin wowed at his luck, "Whoa... wasn't expecting that. But then again, you probably figured that I pick second so I can attack first, so you put that down to gain an early lead.", Yugi nods, "Yes, I did. But it seems you have destroyed one of my best cards.", Korin smiles, "Heh. Well, now for my next move, I activate the Hamburger Recipe, sacrificing my Senju and a Wall of Illusion from my hand to play the Hungry Hamburger!", as he removed the monster from the field and the monster from his hand and placed both into the graveyard. He then took the card from his hand and placed the Hamburger (2000/1850) in attack mode. The whirr of the machine filled the room as the holographic representation displayed a quick ritual using up both cards, and finally popping up with the Burger. Yugi nodded, "I knew it. You like to start first because you can play a ritual right off the bat. Well done.", "Thanks. Well then, my Burger looks hungry, so... Hungry Hamburger, eat the Celtic Guardian!", The large ominous... burger... roared as it bounced at the Celtic Guardian, chomping down on him and eating him in one bite. Everyone eewed at the sight, even Joey, who then yells out to Yugi, "Don't worry buddy! It's just an early lead!"
|Yugi||Korin| |1600||2000|
Yugi nods at Joey, "Alright then. Lets see...", he draws a card, looks it over, and then announces, "I place this monster in face down defense mode and I'll end my turn. Korin smiles, "You know, that's usually how Deanna plays, playing stuff in defense mode. Only I like poking stuff. So... *draws a card* I'll lay this card face down...", he places a card in the magic zone, "...and then I'll have my burger attack your face down card.", the Burger hops over to the card, and then chomps at it, only to be bounced back as the Mystical Elf (800/2000) appeared on the field. Korin smiled, "Knew it. Keeping me from advancing, eh Yugi? Ah well. Since the burgers attack and the elfs defense are equal, I can't kill it, but I don't take any damage either. So I guess I'll end my turn."
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Yugi smiles, "Well, lets see if I can come up with something...", he draws a card and looks it over. He ponders to himself, "Hm... this could be useful later...", he looks up to Korin, "I can't do anything, so I'll end my turn.", Korin smiles, "Alright.", he looks down at his deck, "Luck don't fail me now...", he says as he draws his next card. He smiles and looks to Yugi, "Normally, a few turns of waiting would benefit both players, as hey would both get more cards for use later. But with your heart in your cards, you would pull something too powerful for me to stop. So I cannot let you have time to retrieve any cards.", Yugi ponders, "You have something?", Korin nods, "It's a magic card. But here, best way to show you is to play it!", he places the magic card in the magic zone under his hamburger, "This is the magic card Rush recklessly. It increases my burgers attack power by 700 for one turn.", Yugi's eyes widen, "Oh no! That means...", he looks to his elf. Korin smiles and nods, "Yep. Alright Hamburger, rush the mystic elf!", the burger roars out as the magic card powers it up and it launches it's self at the elf, crashing into her. The elf stumbles back and then shatters, the holographics fading the particles of the mystic elf out of existence. The burger roars again over it's victory. Yugi's friends wince at this, except for Tea who is watching Korin intently, smiling. Tristan looks over to her, "Umm... Tea?", she just stares a bit more and then blinks, "Hm?", Tristan's brows lower, "Yugi isn't faring too well in there... shouldn't you be supporting him, not Korin?", Tea nods, "Uh, yeah...", she says and looks a bit sheepish, "But Korin... he has no one to cheer for him...", she looks down at the floor. Tristan looks to Korin and then to Tea. Joey, totally oblivious to the conversation next to him yells out, "Come on Yugi! Show him what the heart of the cards can do!"
Yugi hears Joey shout and nods, only he isn't really paying attention to Joey as he is looking at Tea, who seems to be preoccupied with Korin, "Strange...", Yugi thinks to himself, "Tea is usually the first to look worried about me. But since the first move against me, she seems to be happy.", he shakes his head a bit and then says to Korin, "Excellent move. By destroying my best defense you've slowed me down. But you haven't stopped me yet.", he draws his next card and then smiles, "Ah. Just the card I was looking for. I play Gaia the fierce knight!", Korin eeks, "Uh oh..."
A bright light flashed as the monster appeared on the field (2300/2100). Yugi smiled as he commanded his monster, "Gaia, destroy the Hungry Hamburger!", Gaia let out a battle cry as he commands the horse he's riding to run at the burger, which lets out a roar as it gets ready to defend it's self. Only the knight never had to get close to the burger, as he raises his lance and impales the burger. With one last roar, the burger explodes, and for the first time since the match, Korin lost some life points.
|Yugi||Korin| |1600||1700|
Joey and Tristan cheer Yugi on, while Tea looks sadly at Korin, who is now showing a bit of doubt. He is looking over the few cards he had in his hand and isn't too pleased with what's in it. Tea ponders and then realizes why he is so saddened over the loss of the burger, "...he doesn't have a monster he can play... oh no...", she notes Korin look over Yugi's happy friends and then to Tea, who looks right at Korin and gives a smile. Korin sits there a bit and then nods, smiling back now. He looks to Yugi, "Excellent move. You destroyed my second best monster. Not only that, but you have me against the ropes.", Yugi turns his head to the side, "Oh?", Korin nods, and closes his eyes as he says, "By using up my Senju and Wall, I was hoping that I could hold you off long enough to get more playable monsters, but you've dispatched my monster too quickly, and now I'm left with nothing to play in my hand... so my next card will have to be a good one, or I'll have nothing to play, and you'll have free reign on my life points.", Yugi nods, "Well then, I guess you'll have to draw and find out if it can help you out.", Korin nods and looks to his deck. Tea puts her hand together and starts to give her hope to Korin, while Joey and Tristan watch him intently. He reached down slowly and with one quick movement, drew his card and put it in front of his closed eyes. He opens them up slowly and then lets out a sigh, "Well, this might be good. I activate the magic card I just drew, Pot of Greed!", he places down the magic card, and on the field a sinister looking pot appears, "This card lets me draw two more cards. So here we go.", the Jar cackles and glows, dissipating as Korin draws two more cards. Korin looks down at the cards he has and adds the two new ones to his hand. The Jar, finished it's task, disappears from the field and is placed in the grave. Yugi looks at Korin and then says, "Well?", Korin looks over his cards and then smiles, "My luck hasn't left me yet. Observe.", he places a magic card on the field, the Turtle Oath. Yugi is taken aback, "Oh no...", Korin smiles, "Oh yeah. I sacrifice the eight star monster card, The Crab Turtle, for the exact same card, The Crab Turtle!", The holographics whirrs to life as a strange green object appears. Foe a short moment it sits there. The, suddenly, it starts to float up from the magic zone and starts to stretch outward, increasing in size constantly. The green object, now larger then any monster so far, starts to shake, as light starts to pour out of cracks around it. In a bright flash of light, the object explodes, and a large form drop to the monster zone. The area around the monster is covered in mist that is slowly clearing, revealing a large pain of legs, then claws and finally the rest of the powerful beast, the Crab Turtle (2550/2500)! Tristan, Joey and Tea all backed off a bit from the stadium in awe. Joey suddenly blurts out, "Look at the size of that beast! It's even more powerful then the Dark Magician!", Tristan nods, "Korin pulled himself out of the hole he was in, and now it seems he's back on top...", Tea just nods, looking at Korin. She can't help but smile at him, so happy for him. Tristan just shakes his head, giving up on Tea and whatever she happens to be thinking of.
Yugi's face drop to his poker face and he states, "It seems your power of luck has once again dissipated my plans.", Korin nods, "It has. And now... Crab Turtle, crush Gaia. Crusher claw strike!", the mighty monster looms over the knight as it rears up with both of it's claws, spreading a large shadow over Yugi's side of the field. In one quick movement the Crab Turtle drops both it's large claws, crushing Gaia under the Crab Turtles might. The Turtle brings back it's claws and retreats back to it's spot while what's left of Gaia fizzles away into nothingness. Joey and Tristan just sit there, flabbergasted at the power of Korin's most powerful monster. Tea, on the other hand, can't hold back her glee and yells out, "Alright Korin!" Everyone suddenly looks at her, even Yugi, with a puzzled face. Well, except for Korin who smiles, "Thank you." Tea looks at her puzzled friends and then just brushed them off and starts to clap for Korin.
|Yugi||Korin| |1350||1700|
Yugi just smiles and shakes his head, "I guess she really does 'like' Korin. Good. He does seem to be a noble soul after all. Looks like he's already made friends with Tea and hopefully after this day, he just might call everyone else a friend too.", he looks to Korin, "An amazing creature you have there. I only have one monster that could have destroyed that beast, and you just crushed half of it.", Korin smiles and nods, "Yep. Without Gaia, you have no fusion for The Dragon Champion. Of course you could draw a monsters reborn, but even then, you'd have a bit to wait for all the pieces to come together. But while your waiting, my Crab Turtle will crush any monster you put down. That is, if you keep getting them. If you run out of monsters before you get what you needed, I'll be able to attack your life points directly.", Yugi nods, and draws a card. He then places a monster in face down defense mode. Korin smiles, draws a card, and then has his Crab crush the face down card (Silver Fang). Tea smiles as she watches the battle, all the time looking at Korin. She sighs happily, thinking to herself, "Even though I've only met him, it feels like I've known him forever. With the Crab Turtle on the field, he has the confidence he was missing before.", she keeps looking at Korin, and then looks at his eyes, "Wow... his eyes are so powerful, but so peaceful all at the same time... the only other person I've ever seen with eyes like that is Yugi. ... Yugi...", he looks to Yugi for the first time during the match and starts to look a little worried, "What am I doing? I'm cheering on someone I've only just met while Yugi is getting bashed. I shouldn't be so happy about this! But...", she looks back at Korin, "...I can't help but feel for him. He's been brought here against his will and might never even get home. It's so sad... but why do I wish deep down that he never leaves? Why?", she shakes her head, confused about all the feelings she's having.
Meanwhile, the battle raged on, with Yugi constantly putting out monsters, only to have them crushed by the Crab Turtle, all the while Korin keeps getting more and more card back into his hand. Yugi, on the other hand, is having a hard time figuring out how to destroy the Crab with the few card he has left. He sighs as Korin once again crushed his monster, "This is looking bad. If I can't stop him soon, I'll run out of monsters to play, and without them I won't be able to protect my life points.", he looks up at Korin, who is smiling, his eyes shining with determination. Yugi thinks to himself again, "There must be something I can do to stop him...", he places his hands on his deck, "Heart of the cards, help me..." He slowly draws the card, still looking right at Korin. He then looks to the card and smiles, "Well Korin, you said I needed time and this card is just what's going to give it to me!"
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Total Time: 812 min Total Revisions: 115