Well I didn't mention it before but I'll be posting my own created cards after they have been used in a duel in a chapter. They will be posted in the following chapter before the story continues. Also updates will be a little unpredictable because of my other responsibilities such as school (oh joy....) and upcoming SAT's (even more fun....). Any ways that's enough news for now.
Custom Cards:
Name: Fairy Magician Seiko
Stars: 4
Type: Light
Race: Spellcaster
1300/900
You may pay 500 life points to take control of one of your opponents monsters. If this monster is switched to defense mode the controlled monster returns to its owners hand. If this monster leaves the field the controlled monster is sent to the graveyard.
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Name: Slip Change
Type: Trap
When one of your monsters is attacked by your opponents monster or is the target of the effect of a magic, trap, or effect you may switch the monster with a monster from your hand (level 5 and above don't need tributes). This counts as a special summon. Also the card is returned to your hand and the original card is place back on the field during the End Phase.
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Chapter 2: Defending Honor
A man in his mid twenties walked down a long corridor. HE was a tall, skinny man wearing an all black suit and black shades to match. His hair was cut cleanly short with a light brown hair color. He walked down a narrow corridor where other co-workers, similarly dressed, walked aside. No one dared to get in the path where this man stridden.
He usually liked to see his other co-workers scamper away as he walked but today was different. He had to see Henshin and he was not in a good mood. The smoothly dressed man arrived at two large double doors. He took a deep breath and walked into the room.
The room was large with gray walls and a red carpet across the floor. The room had pictures of some of the great duelist champions of the past hung in the room. New champions, such as Calisto Enola and Tcesni Redips hung closer to the door where the figure with glasses walked in. Older champions such as Mako Tsunami and Yugi Mouto hung close to the end of the room by a large clear window. The last painting hung at the end by itself was of the most renowned champion in duel monsters, Seto Kaiba.
"What do you want Smythe?" a loud dominating voice asked. The voice came from below the picture of Kaiba at a desk. The desk was lined with trophies. A chair was behind the desk, but it was turned to stare at the window. Smythe had tensed from the surprising sound of the voice. With the last ounce of courage he told his boss the news.
"Calisto has refused to show up at the League A Tournament." he managed to say.
"Why does she refuse to enter the tournament?"
"I do not know sir."
"There are twenty three other duelists in that tournament hoping to battle her to become the next champion. Without her there is an odd number of duelists and no prize."
A long silence entered the room but Smythe knew his boss was waiting to hear a solution from him. "Perhaps it is because of her recent loss.". A groan of interest escaped from behind the chair. The brown haired man took this noise as to continue his explanation. "It seems that Calisto was defeated by one of the students at her high school. It was not official duel to determine a champion so Calisto remains the world champion for now.". Smythe listened intently to hear a response from his master.
Without the chair turning, an arm appeared from behind a chair and picked up what seemed to be a phone. Even though he did not show it, Smythe was waiting anxiously as he heard numbers being dialed. The mysterious CEO put the phone back down and pushed a button on his desk.
"Good Afternoon." said the sweet voice of Calisto. Her voice could be heard through the dark lighted room. "Good day Calisto. Now why don't you want to make your appearance at league tournament.?". "Ohh...its you." she said with her voice turning more stern and cold. "Sorry I'm not in the mood for dueling so try back another time."
"Well I highly advice that you are by this weekend."
"Sorry but I won't. I have other responsibilities to do."
"No! You must come. The championship will be at stake. You must come to defend it for Industrial Illusions."
"Screw that. I have proven myself already by defeating all you put against me. I'll go to your next tournament if I feel like it."
It was no use. This hot-blooded teen would not be persuaded into doing the bidding of the demanding businessman. Since Calisto became champion, she followed he r own rules and not following to the satisfaction of Industrial Illusions. Henshin had enough of it. This would be the final act of defiance. "You leave me with no alternative miss Enola." he hissed from in his chair. "As of now you are disqualified and stripped of your title as the World Champion of duelist.".
"What!" Calisto shouted over the phone, piercing the quietness of the large room where the CEO was in. "But, but..." she stammered not knowing what to say, but Henshin continued his proclamation. "Furthermore, I'm cutting off all your money funds from Industrial Illusions and you are not permitted in my next tournament in Duelist City.". Calisto did not know what to say. She was baffled by this recent event. She then started to be consumed by her anger.
"You stupid son of.."
"Thank you for your time. Good day." Henshin said and pushed a button on his desk, cutting the pink haired teen off.
"Well now Smythe," Henshin began, acting as if the previous conversation had not occurred. "when will Mr. Pegasus be back from his trip?". "He should be back in three days this Saturday." said the black suited man.
"How long will it take to get the Rare Hunters to pay a visit to Pegasus's mansion?"
"Well most are across seas but we can get a few to infiltrate the mansion by Friday."
"Very well. Now leave." Henshin told his loyal follower. The CEO wanted to be by himself to think. Somewhere in the mansion of Pegasus laid a treasure that he yearned to get his fingers on and he was willing to get it no matter what he had to do.
*
"And now Flameswordsman destroys your Feral Imp bringing you down to zero." Celene said cheerfully. "Ahh nuts! Not again!" Ryo said in despair. "Man you suck at this game squirt." Jase told Ryo. "What was that!" Ryo said angrily getting in the older teen's face. "Will the two of you chill out." the brown haired girl known as Josey reprimanded both of the boys.
Celene gave a smile as she shuffled the cards back into her deck. "Your getting better at the game Ryo but you need to learn how to use your better.""Or maybe he just needs a better deck." Jase replied hitting the back of Ryo's black hair.
Ryo ignored the taunting of his older friend and sat back down in his chair. "I have a question to ask you Celene." he said.
"OK. What is it?"
"I thought the Flameswordsman was a fusion card but your own is a normal monster. Is it fake?"
"Nope. Some cards were remade over to add more playability to the game. Deepsea Shark and Labyrinth Tank are among the few."
"I'd also like to know where'd you get that weird looking pyramid from?"
"My Millennium Puzzle?" Celene questioned for a moment, "This was given to me by my mother." she said. Jase was the first to get up. His dark brown stared at everyone across the table. "Well its time to head home now." he said with a yawn.
"Wait we need to wait for Mia. Someone has to walk home with her. You know how these streets can be." Celene said. Immediately Ryo's hand shot up. "I'll walk her home.". All eyes shifted to the short black haired teen. "I find it odd of you just volunteering so quickly." Josey said peering into his eyes. Ryo started to blush in the face. "Ahh....no reason. I'm just being a good friend. Yea just being a pal.". "Exactly how friendly?" Jase now questioned getting into his flushed face.
"Just friends ya know..."
"You have a crush on her don't ya?"
"Shut up! I don't know what you talking about."
"I sure hope Darius don't know either or he might have to pound your head into the concrete."
The four teens sat in the classroom with Ryo trying to teach Jase and Josey about duel monsters while sat back tinkering with the golden artifact around her neck. A few minutes later the door opened revealing the figures of a tall boy and a short girl.
The tall boy was also slim with milky colored skin. His hair was as white as fresh snow with light pink pupils that made an unorthodox combination. The girl was shorter than Celene. Her ink-black hair was braided back in a pony tail that reached just below her neck. She peered through her jungle green eyes at her friends around the classroom.
As like the other boys at school, Ryo was in some dressy pants and shoes with a white shirt. He was a little bit taller than her. His unctuous black hair stuck out in all directions and it seemed to try and hide his light brown eyes. Jase was the tallest out of the group, only being rivaled in height by the white haired teen. His eyes were a black, similar to her hair and his dark brown hair was short and cut neatly.
Like Ryo, both Celene and Josey were taller than the black haired girl, with Celene being slightly taller than the two. They both were in the blue skirt and white dress shirt. Josey had brown eyes and matching brown hair, woven into two short ponytails at the back of her head.
"Hey Kura, Mia what's up?" Jase said greeting the white and black haired youths. The others came to greet the newcomers also. "Guys. This is Kura Imay. He just moved into Domino about two weeks ago. Kura these are my friends Ryo, Celene, Josey, and Mia."
After all the comformalities were done they left school and each started for their homes. Josey and Celene walked off in one direction chatting about shoes, while Kura and Jase strolled in another direction talking about an action movie leaving Mia and Ryo walking side by side.
"So when's your brother coming back from his trip?" Ryo asked.
"Darius, he should be back by Saturday."
"Where did he go anyways?"
"He went to Europe about a tournament or something along those lines."
"Ohh yea I wanted to know how come you walking home today. I know being the daughter of the man who created Dungeon Dice Monsters that your loaded."
"Well the limo broke down today so I have no choice. Besides why would I miss a chance for a handsome guy to walk me home." she said tickling the bottom of Ryo's chin, which made his face turn a light shade of red. They continued to walk talking of many things when three thugs approached them.
The thug to the left was tall and lanky. Another one to the right was the shortest of the three and was chubby. These two guys had on a school uniform similar to Ryo's. The final thug, who was apparently the leader, was in the middle. He had a strong build and wore a leather jacket.
The thugs stopped in front of them. The lanky thug blew a wolf whistle at Mia. "Hey baby why don't you ditch the kid and come chill with us for a while." The thug in the leather jacket said in his gruff voice. The two teens ignored the thugs and kept walking until the short fat thug forcefully grabbed Mia's arm. "Hey girly! You should answer when we talk to you." he said in a voice that sounded like the croak of a frog.
Immediately Ryo hurled his fist into the short punk's face, sending him crashing into the sidewalk. "I'll give ya another one if you and your two goons try grabbing her again!" Ryo yelled at to the prone thug. "Ohh yea we'll like to see that." the lanky thug replied while he cracked his knuckles. The fat thug had already gotten back up rubbing his cheek.
The three delinquents cornered both Mia and Ryo to the back of a wall. Mia grasped Ryo's hand forcefully as she trembled behind him. Ryo held up both his fist ready to strike out at any sudden movements. The situation was bad though. Ryo was though but even if he was able to take down of these rude punks, the other two would decimate him.
They edged in close enough so that Ryo and Mia could smell pizza from their foul mouths. "Wait." said the thug leader calling off his two goons. "Your a duelist aren't ya?" the leader said pointing at Ryo. Ryo nodded in response. "Well I got an idea. Instead of the three of us beating the hell out of you two kids, stealing your stuff, and then you two kids go crying to the cops, I'll duel you. And if I win we'll take all your money and your cards."
What choice did Ryo have. If he declined this goon's offer both of them might get killed, but if he dueled them they might win all their stuff. He couldn't let these buffoons take advantage of Mia so though. "OK your on. I'll duel ya and win." Ryo said trying to reassure Mia and himself of victory. The leader snapped his finger at his taller companion. This is the first time that Mia or Ryo noticed the lanky thug had two duel disks attached to the back of his belt. The leader tossed one duel disk to Ryo while putting on his duel disk. Ryo put the duel disk on his left arm and set his cards in the contraption. "Lets get it on!"
Thug: 3000 Ryo: 3000
"All right," the thug in the leather jacket said grinning. "I'll put Drooling Lizard in attack mode (900/800). A small, dirt brown man-like lizard appeared on the field. It suck out a long blue tongue which was satiated in saliva from the lizard.
Ryo drew his card. "Aw man! A stinking Polymerization card ain't go help me out now." he studied his hand for a moment. "Ok I play Trap Hole!" Ryo said with a grin. Immediately following was a burst of laughter that popped out of all the thugs mouths. "You idiot! You have to set traps before you can use them!" one of the thugs on the sideline cried out. Ryo held his head down in shame and embarrassment. How could he have forgotten that traps have to be set first. "Were doomed...." Mia told herself putting a hand on her forehead in annoyance.
Ryo faked a big smile on his face. "Ahh I knew that. I was just joking." he tried to reinsure the thugs, Mia, and himself. "Ok I play Three Headed Geedo in attack mode (1200/1400). A green, three headed creature, with red claws appeared on the field. Its three heads had the same blank, red eyed, mouthless expression. "Now give that lizard a bashing." The creature unwieldy walked over and gave the lizard three voracious head butts from each of its heads. The lizard slumped back and evaporated into the air.
Thug: 2700 Ryo: 3000
The thug grinded his teeth "Ohh yea! Lets see you fight this!" I summon Hibikime in attack mode (1450/1000)." A woman who looked like the color was drained out of her skin appeared on the field. She was in a faded color of blue that matched her faded blue hair and faded blue weapon that resembled a musical note. "Now attack with Siren's Screech!" The thugs monster let out a high pitched screech that made Ryo cover his ears and shatter his geedo.
Thug: 2700 Ryo: 2750
Ryo drew his card "I'll put this card in defense mode and end.". "Thats right. You better start running." the thug teased his opponent drawing his card. "Now I play Hibikime's sister, Sonic Maid (1200/800)." This card looked exactly like Hibikime except it had on a pink dress and a brown note like weapon with the same hue in her skin. "Now Sonic Maid attack his face down monster!". This new monster also let out a high pitched noise, but it was deflected back at her. Ryo's now flipped card looked like a wall made of pulsing flesh with a woman's head in the middle. "Ha! You just attacked my Wall of Illusion (1000/1850). Now your Sonic Maid is returned to your hand.". The thug cursed under his breath as he returned his card to his hand.
Thug: 2050 Ryo: 2750
The thug snatched the next card out of his deck. "Well lets see how you take care of this when I use Polymerization to fuse my Ocubeam and Mega Thunderball to make Kaminari Attack (1900/1400)!" The clouds above the duelist began to swirl together forming a giant head with a gray beard ,gray hair and two arms at each side of the head. "It's some type of thunder god?" Ryo said in wonder and awe as he gazed at the giant head above him. "It ain't no god, but your going to feel the pain from this monster once I play Stop Defense." The punk played a magic card that showed a man in armor with a shield and a big "X" mark crossing him out. Immediately Ryo's monster switched into attack mode. "Now Kaminari attack with Thunder Bolt!". The god-like head brought both of its arms close together and shot a yellow bolt which shattered the Wall of Illusion.
Thug: 2050 Ryo: 1850
"Damn", Ryo thought to himself. Even though Kaminari was sent back to the fusion deck because of Wall of Illusions effect, the damage had been dealt and the thug still had Hibikime on the field. He slowly drew his next card and was surprised to see the Spellbinding Circle. "I lay one card face down and end my turn." he told his foe. "It may come in handy later." he thought.
The leader thug picked up his next card. "I'll play one card face down and put King Fog in attack mode (1000/900)." A sudden, swirling black cloud appeared. Within the cloud was peered two yellow eyes and golden crown laid on top of the mass of wind. At the sides of this demonic smoke were to two rapiers. "I'm finished for now kid.".
"All right deck. Daddy Ryo needs a winner now." he said to himself. Ryo pulled his next card. "Yes!" he thought to himself with glee. "I play Ushi Oni (2150/1950)!". "How'd a punk like you find a strong monster card like that!" the thug cried out. This creature had the head of a sinister bull with a very muscular body that would make the strongest of warriors look weak. It had on blue armor and blue armored wrist bands on its forearms. The lower part of this creature's body was a brown mist which rose from a bronze jar below the bull. "Now attack with Fiend Charge!" Ryo yelled. The bull monster lowered its head and made two snorts before plunging its two horns through the black fog. A loud cry was heard and then the black mist blew away into the air. The two thugs coached their leader on that he could win. "Hey maybe Ryo can actually win." Mia thought.
Thug: 900 Ryo: 1850
"Ok thats it! Your going down!" screamed the thug. Ryo gave his opponent a cocky grin. "I'm not going nowhere as long as my Ushi Oni is kicking butt."
"The next time you see your Ushi Oni will be in my deck once I win and take all of your cards."
The punk drew his next card. "I'll play Sonic Maid and let my trap card Two Pronged Attack take care of the rest." As soon as the Sonic Maid appeared on the field, the thug's only trap card flipped up revealing a card with the hands of a man in armor and a monster almost grasping each other. Two hands came out of this trap card and grasped both Sonic Maid and Hibikime. Another hand, a more monstrous hand, palmed the body of Ryo's monster. Simultaneously the hands crushed their victims. "Two Pronged Attack destroys two of my monsters to destroy one of yours." the jerk explained.
"I put one card face down and summon Crass Clown (1350/1400)." A fat clown in green with a scythe appeared on the field rocking back and forth on a circus ball. "That ends my turn." Ryo said.
"Ok now I'll play another Polymerization card to fuse my Battle Ox and Mystic Horseman to make Rabid Horseman (2000/1700). A giant monster with its upper body similar to Ushi Oni's and its lower body resembling a sturdy horse stamped on the field. "Not so fast!" Ryo said with a grin, "I activate my other Trap Hole!". A giant hole opened beneath the horseman, but it easily jumped over the hole. "What!?" Ryo exclaimed in surprise. "You newbie. Trap Hole only works on monsters that are normal summoned. Fusion monsters are counted as special summons. Now I'll equip my horseman with Invigoration increasing his attack by 400 points and making him an even bigger beast than your Ushi Oni." The minator like creature began to glow with energy. "Now butcher that clown my horseman. The rabid beast rushed up to the clown and slashed it in half with one swing of its mighty ax.
Thug: 900 Ryo: 800
Ryo sadly drew his next card. "Dammit." he thought. "I play a monster in defense mode and end my turn."
The now happy thug drew his next card. "Well boys this duel is over." he yelled to his two companions that were holding Mia. Ryo quietly and anxiously awaited his enemy's move. "I'll play another Stop Defense card!" A monster that resembled bloody brain was revealed on Ryo's field (1250/800). "Now Rabid Horseman finish him off!".
Ryo closed his eyes. He had failed Mia and himself. It would all be over in a few seconds. "Flip your face down card quickly!". Ryo heard the voice of Mia yell out to him and out of panic he pushed a button on his duel disk. A giant glowing hexagram tightened around the body of the Rabid Horseman just in time to stop it from destroying Ryo's monster.
"Ohh yea! I forgot I had the Spellbinding Circle on my field. Ryo said remembering that he played it before. "My trap card will stop his horseman from attacking and prevent it from changing its mode. "All right you runt. Its your turn." the thug said crossing his arms.
"Come on Ryo! Defeat this bully so we can go home." Mia told her friend. Ryo replied by giving her a thumbs up. "Don't worry I will.". He drew his next card. It was an old man in a green robe with a long beard. The old man also had two black wings and an overly massive brain with a horn sticking out of it.
"Darn, Ancient Brain ain't gonna help me right now." Ryo thought as he scanned the rest of the cards in his hand. "Lets see I got Giant Trunade, Dark Energy, Spear Cretin, Ancient Brain, and Polymerization in my hand and Tainted Wisdom on the field.". Then it occurred to him what he could do. Celene had told him once that Ancient Brain and Tainted Wisdom could combine into a stronger monster. Ryo now had a plan of attack."
"Will you hurry up so I can win!" the dueling thug screamed in one breath. "First I play Giant Trunade which will send all magic and trap cards on the field back to our hands." A sudden twister came on the field hurtling the thug's Invigoration and Ryo's Spellbinding Circle to their hands. "Next I'll play my Polymerization card and fuse Tainted Wisdom with Ancient Brain to form Skull Knight (2650/2250).". A knight with a long blade, armor and shield resembling large skulls appeared on the field. "Finally I'll use my equip card, Dark Energy, to increase my Knight's attack to 2950 and because your monster is not equipped with Invigoration anymore its back to 2000!" Ryo said triumphantly, knowing he would win.
The thug was speechless as he knew his defeat was near. "Skull Knight attack Rabid Horseman with Shadow Swipe Attack.!". The black knight's sword shimmered a black color as it made a clean cut through the horseman, severing horse like body from the upper torso.
Thug: 0 Ryo: 800
"Yea you won!" Mia said dropping her arms around the neck of Ryo. "Not so fast you little rugrats!" the leader said in a rage. "Your gonna give us all your stuff now!" All three goons approached the young teens, with their faces contorted with anger. "Damn this won't end well." Ryo thought as he was preparing to fight.
As the thugs made their advance towards the young teens a small stone knocked the leader in the middle of his forehead. They all turned to see the white haired student known as Kura. "Why don't you rude buffoons leave these kids alone and pick on someone your own size!" he said boldly. "Ohh yea. We'll do more than pick on you".
All three thugs turned away from their original prey and rushed at their new victim. Kura turned the other way and ran from the thugs. He made a turn and ran down an alley followed by the approaching thugs. Ryo and Mia soon followed to help their savior, but before they could get to the alley all three thugs rushed out fearfully. As if seen a ghost they rushed past, knocking down Ryo, babbling something about death.
Ryo watched as they scattered among the streets to then turn back to see the kind face of Kura lending out a hand to help him up. "What did you do to them?" he questioned. "Ohh nothing. We just had a few words." Kura replied with his smile unchanging.
*
"It is confirmed. We will have a few Rare Hunters at the mansion." the brown haired man known as Smythe told his boss. "Superb Smythe." he replied.
Custom Cards:
Name: Fairy Magician Seiko
Stars: 4
Type: Light
Race: Spellcaster
1300/900
You may pay 500 life points to take control of one of your opponents monsters. If this monster is switched to defense mode the controlled monster returns to its owners hand. If this monster leaves the field the controlled monster is sent to the graveyard.
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Name: Slip Change
Type: Trap
When one of your monsters is attacked by your opponents monster or is the target of the effect of a magic, trap, or effect you may switch the monster with a monster from your hand (level 5 and above don't need tributes). This counts as a special summon. Also the card is returned to your hand and the original card is place back on the field during the End Phase.
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Chapter 2: Defending Honor
A man in his mid twenties walked down a long corridor. HE was a tall, skinny man wearing an all black suit and black shades to match. His hair was cut cleanly short with a light brown hair color. He walked down a narrow corridor where other co-workers, similarly dressed, walked aside. No one dared to get in the path where this man stridden.
He usually liked to see his other co-workers scamper away as he walked but today was different. He had to see Henshin and he was not in a good mood. The smoothly dressed man arrived at two large double doors. He took a deep breath and walked into the room.
The room was large with gray walls and a red carpet across the floor. The room had pictures of some of the great duelist champions of the past hung in the room. New champions, such as Calisto Enola and Tcesni Redips hung closer to the door where the figure with glasses walked in. Older champions such as Mako Tsunami and Yugi Mouto hung close to the end of the room by a large clear window. The last painting hung at the end by itself was of the most renowned champion in duel monsters, Seto Kaiba.
"What do you want Smythe?" a loud dominating voice asked. The voice came from below the picture of Kaiba at a desk. The desk was lined with trophies. A chair was behind the desk, but it was turned to stare at the window. Smythe had tensed from the surprising sound of the voice. With the last ounce of courage he told his boss the news.
"Calisto has refused to show up at the League A Tournament." he managed to say.
"Why does she refuse to enter the tournament?"
"I do not know sir."
"There are twenty three other duelists in that tournament hoping to battle her to become the next champion. Without her there is an odd number of duelists and no prize."
A long silence entered the room but Smythe knew his boss was waiting to hear a solution from him. "Perhaps it is because of her recent loss.". A groan of interest escaped from behind the chair. The brown haired man took this noise as to continue his explanation. "It seems that Calisto was defeated by one of the students at her high school. It was not official duel to determine a champion so Calisto remains the world champion for now.". Smythe listened intently to hear a response from his master.
Without the chair turning, an arm appeared from behind a chair and picked up what seemed to be a phone. Even though he did not show it, Smythe was waiting anxiously as he heard numbers being dialed. The mysterious CEO put the phone back down and pushed a button on his desk.
"Good Afternoon." said the sweet voice of Calisto. Her voice could be heard through the dark lighted room. "Good day Calisto. Now why don't you want to make your appearance at league tournament.?". "Ohh...its you." she said with her voice turning more stern and cold. "Sorry I'm not in the mood for dueling so try back another time."
"Well I highly advice that you are by this weekend."
"Sorry but I won't. I have other responsibilities to do."
"No! You must come. The championship will be at stake. You must come to defend it for Industrial Illusions."
"Screw that. I have proven myself already by defeating all you put against me. I'll go to your next tournament if I feel like it."
It was no use. This hot-blooded teen would not be persuaded into doing the bidding of the demanding businessman. Since Calisto became champion, she followed he r own rules and not following to the satisfaction of Industrial Illusions. Henshin had enough of it. This would be the final act of defiance. "You leave me with no alternative miss Enola." he hissed from in his chair. "As of now you are disqualified and stripped of your title as the World Champion of duelist.".
"What!" Calisto shouted over the phone, piercing the quietness of the large room where the CEO was in. "But, but..." she stammered not knowing what to say, but Henshin continued his proclamation. "Furthermore, I'm cutting off all your money funds from Industrial Illusions and you are not permitted in my next tournament in Duelist City.". Calisto did not know what to say. She was baffled by this recent event. She then started to be consumed by her anger.
"You stupid son of.."
"Thank you for your time. Good day." Henshin said and pushed a button on his desk, cutting the pink haired teen off.
"Well now Smythe," Henshin began, acting as if the previous conversation had not occurred. "when will Mr. Pegasus be back from his trip?". "He should be back in three days this Saturday." said the black suited man.
"How long will it take to get the Rare Hunters to pay a visit to Pegasus's mansion?"
"Well most are across seas but we can get a few to infiltrate the mansion by Friday."
"Very well. Now leave." Henshin told his loyal follower. The CEO wanted to be by himself to think. Somewhere in the mansion of Pegasus laid a treasure that he yearned to get his fingers on and he was willing to get it no matter what he had to do.
*
"And now Flameswordsman destroys your Feral Imp bringing you down to zero." Celene said cheerfully. "Ahh nuts! Not again!" Ryo said in despair. "Man you suck at this game squirt." Jase told Ryo. "What was that!" Ryo said angrily getting in the older teen's face. "Will the two of you chill out." the brown haired girl known as Josey reprimanded both of the boys.
Celene gave a smile as she shuffled the cards back into her deck. "Your getting better at the game Ryo but you need to learn how to use your better.""Or maybe he just needs a better deck." Jase replied hitting the back of Ryo's black hair.
Ryo ignored the taunting of his older friend and sat back down in his chair. "I have a question to ask you Celene." he said.
"OK. What is it?"
"I thought the Flameswordsman was a fusion card but your own is a normal monster. Is it fake?"
"Nope. Some cards were remade over to add more playability to the game. Deepsea Shark and Labyrinth Tank are among the few."
"I'd also like to know where'd you get that weird looking pyramid from?"
"My Millennium Puzzle?" Celene questioned for a moment, "This was given to me by my mother." she said. Jase was the first to get up. His dark brown stared at everyone across the table. "Well its time to head home now." he said with a yawn.
"Wait we need to wait for Mia. Someone has to walk home with her. You know how these streets can be." Celene said. Immediately Ryo's hand shot up. "I'll walk her home.". All eyes shifted to the short black haired teen. "I find it odd of you just volunteering so quickly." Josey said peering into his eyes. Ryo started to blush in the face. "Ahh....no reason. I'm just being a good friend. Yea just being a pal.". "Exactly how friendly?" Jase now questioned getting into his flushed face.
"Just friends ya know..."
"You have a crush on her don't ya?"
"Shut up! I don't know what you talking about."
"I sure hope Darius don't know either or he might have to pound your head into the concrete."
The four teens sat in the classroom with Ryo trying to teach Jase and Josey about duel monsters while sat back tinkering with the golden artifact around her neck. A few minutes later the door opened revealing the figures of a tall boy and a short girl.
The tall boy was also slim with milky colored skin. His hair was as white as fresh snow with light pink pupils that made an unorthodox combination. The girl was shorter than Celene. Her ink-black hair was braided back in a pony tail that reached just below her neck. She peered through her jungle green eyes at her friends around the classroom.
As like the other boys at school, Ryo was in some dressy pants and shoes with a white shirt. He was a little bit taller than her. His unctuous black hair stuck out in all directions and it seemed to try and hide his light brown eyes. Jase was the tallest out of the group, only being rivaled in height by the white haired teen. His eyes were a black, similar to her hair and his dark brown hair was short and cut neatly.
Like Ryo, both Celene and Josey were taller than the black haired girl, with Celene being slightly taller than the two. They both were in the blue skirt and white dress shirt. Josey had brown eyes and matching brown hair, woven into two short ponytails at the back of her head.
"Hey Kura, Mia what's up?" Jase said greeting the white and black haired youths. The others came to greet the newcomers also. "Guys. This is Kura Imay. He just moved into Domino about two weeks ago. Kura these are my friends Ryo, Celene, Josey, and Mia."
After all the comformalities were done they left school and each started for their homes. Josey and Celene walked off in one direction chatting about shoes, while Kura and Jase strolled in another direction talking about an action movie leaving Mia and Ryo walking side by side.
"So when's your brother coming back from his trip?" Ryo asked.
"Darius, he should be back by Saturday."
"Where did he go anyways?"
"He went to Europe about a tournament or something along those lines."
"Ohh yea I wanted to know how come you walking home today. I know being the daughter of the man who created Dungeon Dice Monsters that your loaded."
"Well the limo broke down today so I have no choice. Besides why would I miss a chance for a handsome guy to walk me home." she said tickling the bottom of Ryo's chin, which made his face turn a light shade of red. They continued to walk talking of many things when three thugs approached them.
The thug to the left was tall and lanky. Another one to the right was the shortest of the three and was chubby. These two guys had on a school uniform similar to Ryo's. The final thug, who was apparently the leader, was in the middle. He had a strong build and wore a leather jacket.
The thugs stopped in front of them. The lanky thug blew a wolf whistle at Mia. "Hey baby why don't you ditch the kid and come chill with us for a while." The thug in the leather jacket said in his gruff voice. The two teens ignored the thugs and kept walking until the short fat thug forcefully grabbed Mia's arm. "Hey girly! You should answer when we talk to you." he said in a voice that sounded like the croak of a frog.
Immediately Ryo hurled his fist into the short punk's face, sending him crashing into the sidewalk. "I'll give ya another one if you and your two goons try grabbing her again!" Ryo yelled at to the prone thug. "Ohh yea we'll like to see that." the lanky thug replied while he cracked his knuckles. The fat thug had already gotten back up rubbing his cheek.
The three delinquents cornered both Mia and Ryo to the back of a wall. Mia grasped Ryo's hand forcefully as she trembled behind him. Ryo held up both his fist ready to strike out at any sudden movements. The situation was bad though. Ryo was though but even if he was able to take down of these rude punks, the other two would decimate him.
They edged in close enough so that Ryo and Mia could smell pizza from their foul mouths. "Wait." said the thug leader calling off his two goons. "Your a duelist aren't ya?" the leader said pointing at Ryo. Ryo nodded in response. "Well I got an idea. Instead of the three of us beating the hell out of you two kids, stealing your stuff, and then you two kids go crying to the cops, I'll duel you. And if I win we'll take all your money and your cards."
What choice did Ryo have. If he declined this goon's offer both of them might get killed, but if he dueled them they might win all their stuff. He couldn't let these buffoons take advantage of Mia so though. "OK your on. I'll duel ya and win." Ryo said trying to reassure Mia and himself of victory. The leader snapped his finger at his taller companion. This is the first time that Mia or Ryo noticed the lanky thug had two duel disks attached to the back of his belt. The leader tossed one duel disk to Ryo while putting on his duel disk. Ryo put the duel disk on his left arm and set his cards in the contraption. "Lets get it on!"
Thug: 3000 Ryo: 3000
"All right," the thug in the leather jacket said grinning. "I'll put Drooling Lizard in attack mode (900/800). A small, dirt brown man-like lizard appeared on the field. It suck out a long blue tongue which was satiated in saliva from the lizard.
Ryo drew his card. "Aw man! A stinking Polymerization card ain't go help me out now." he studied his hand for a moment. "Ok I play Trap Hole!" Ryo said with a grin. Immediately following was a burst of laughter that popped out of all the thugs mouths. "You idiot! You have to set traps before you can use them!" one of the thugs on the sideline cried out. Ryo held his head down in shame and embarrassment. How could he have forgotten that traps have to be set first. "Were doomed...." Mia told herself putting a hand on her forehead in annoyance.
Ryo faked a big smile on his face. "Ahh I knew that. I was just joking." he tried to reinsure the thugs, Mia, and himself. "Ok I play Three Headed Geedo in attack mode (1200/1400). A green, three headed creature, with red claws appeared on the field. Its three heads had the same blank, red eyed, mouthless expression. "Now give that lizard a bashing." The creature unwieldy walked over and gave the lizard three voracious head butts from each of its heads. The lizard slumped back and evaporated into the air.
Thug: 2700 Ryo: 3000
The thug grinded his teeth "Ohh yea! Lets see you fight this!" I summon Hibikime in attack mode (1450/1000)." A woman who looked like the color was drained out of her skin appeared on the field. She was in a faded color of blue that matched her faded blue hair and faded blue weapon that resembled a musical note. "Now attack with Siren's Screech!" The thugs monster let out a high pitched screech that made Ryo cover his ears and shatter his geedo.
Thug: 2700 Ryo: 2750
Ryo drew his card "I'll put this card in defense mode and end.". "Thats right. You better start running." the thug teased his opponent drawing his card. "Now I play Hibikime's sister, Sonic Maid (1200/800)." This card looked exactly like Hibikime except it had on a pink dress and a brown note like weapon with the same hue in her skin. "Now Sonic Maid attack his face down monster!". This new monster also let out a high pitched noise, but it was deflected back at her. Ryo's now flipped card looked like a wall made of pulsing flesh with a woman's head in the middle. "Ha! You just attacked my Wall of Illusion (1000/1850). Now your Sonic Maid is returned to your hand.". The thug cursed under his breath as he returned his card to his hand.
Thug: 2050 Ryo: 2750
The thug snatched the next card out of his deck. "Well lets see how you take care of this when I use Polymerization to fuse my Ocubeam and Mega Thunderball to make Kaminari Attack (1900/1400)!" The clouds above the duelist began to swirl together forming a giant head with a gray beard ,gray hair and two arms at each side of the head. "It's some type of thunder god?" Ryo said in wonder and awe as he gazed at the giant head above him. "It ain't no god, but your going to feel the pain from this monster once I play Stop Defense." The punk played a magic card that showed a man in armor with a shield and a big "X" mark crossing him out. Immediately Ryo's monster switched into attack mode. "Now Kaminari attack with Thunder Bolt!". The god-like head brought both of its arms close together and shot a yellow bolt which shattered the Wall of Illusion.
Thug: 2050 Ryo: 1850
"Damn", Ryo thought to himself. Even though Kaminari was sent back to the fusion deck because of Wall of Illusions effect, the damage had been dealt and the thug still had Hibikime on the field. He slowly drew his next card and was surprised to see the Spellbinding Circle. "I lay one card face down and end my turn." he told his foe. "It may come in handy later." he thought.
The leader thug picked up his next card. "I'll play one card face down and put King Fog in attack mode (1000/900)." A sudden, swirling black cloud appeared. Within the cloud was peered two yellow eyes and golden crown laid on top of the mass of wind. At the sides of this demonic smoke were to two rapiers. "I'm finished for now kid.".
"All right deck. Daddy Ryo needs a winner now." he said to himself. Ryo pulled his next card. "Yes!" he thought to himself with glee. "I play Ushi Oni (2150/1950)!". "How'd a punk like you find a strong monster card like that!" the thug cried out. This creature had the head of a sinister bull with a very muscular body that would make the strongest of warriors look weak. It had on blue armor and blue armored wrist bands on its forearms. The lower part of this creature's body was a brown mist which rose from a bronze jar below the bull. "Now attack with Fiend Charge!" Ryo yelled. The bull monster lowered its head and made two snorts before plunging its two horns through the black fog. A loud cry was heard and then the black mist blew away into the air. The two thugs coached their leader on that he could win. "Hey maybe Ryo can actually win." Mia thought.
Thug: 900 Ryo: 1850
"Ok thats it! Your going down!" screamed the thug. Ryo gave his opponent a cocky grin. "I'm not going nowhere as long as my Ushi Oni is kicking butt."
"The next time you see your Ushi Oni will be in my deck once I win and take all of your cards."
The punk drew his next card. "I'll play Sonic Maid and let my trap card Two Pronged Attack take care of the rest." As soon as the Sonic Maid appeared on the field, the thug's only trap card flipped up revealing a card with the hands of a man in armor and a monster almost grasping each other. Two hands came out of this trap card and grasped both Sonic Maid and Hibikime. Another hand, a more monstrous hand, palmed the body of Ryo's monster. Simultaneously the hands crushed their victims. "Two Pronged Attack destroys two of my monsters to destroy one of yours." the jerk explained.
"I put one card face down and summon Crass Clown (1350/1400)." A fat clown in green with a scythe appeared on the field rocking back and forth on a circus ball. "That ends my turn." Ryo said.
"Ok now I'll play another Polymerization card to fuse my Battle Ox and Mystic Horseman to make Rabid Horseman (2000/1700). A giant monster with its upper body similar to Ushi Oni's and its lower body resembling a sturdy horse stamped on the field. "Not so fast!" Ryo said with a grin, "I activate my other Trap Hole!". A giant hole opened beneath the horseman, but it easily jumped over the hole. "What!?" Ryo exclaimed in surprise. "You newbie. Trap Hole only works on monsters that are normal summoned. Fusion monsters are counted as special summons. Now I'll equip my horseman with Invigoration increasing his attack by 400 points and making him an even bigger beast than your Ushi Oni." The minator like creature began to glow with energy. "Now butcher that clown my horseman. The rabid beast rushed up to the clown and slashed it in half with one swing of its mighty ax.
Thug: 900 Ryo: 800
Ryo sadly drew his next card. "Dammit." he thought. "I play a monster in defense mode and end my turn."
The now happy thug drew his next card. "Well boys this duel is over." he yelled to his two companions that were holding Mia. Ryo quietly and anxiously awaited his enemy's move. "I'll play another Stop Defense card!" A monster that resembled bloody brain was revealed on Ryo's field (1250/800). "Now Rabid Horseman finish him off!".
Ryo closed his eyes. He had failed Mia and himself. It would all be over in a few seconds. "Flip your face down card quickly!". Ryo heard the voice of Mia yell out to him and out of panic he pushed a button on his duel disk. A giant glowing hexagram tightened around the body of the Rabid Horseman just in time to stop it from destroying Ryo's monster.
"Ohh yea! I forgot I had the Spellbinding Circle on my field. Ryo said remembering that he played it before. "My trap card will stop his horseman from attacking and prevent it from changing its mode. "All right you runt. Its your turn." the thug said crossing his arms.
"Come on Ryo! Defeat this bully so we can go home." Mia told her friend. Ryo replied by giving her a thumbs up. "Don't worry I will.". He drew his next card. It was an old man in a green robe with a long beard. The old man also had two black wings and an overly massive brain with a horn sticking out of it.
"Darn, Ancient Brain ain't gonna help me right now." Ryo thought as he scanned the rest of the cards in his hand. "Lets see I got Giant Trunade, Dark Energy, Spear Cretin, Ancient Brain, and Polymerization in my hand and Tainted Wisdom on the field.". Then it occurred to him what he could do. Celene had told him once that Ancient Brain and Tainted Wisdom could combine into a stronger monster. Ryo now had a plan of attack."
"Will you hurry up so I can win!" the dueling thug screamed in one breath. "First I play Giant Trunade which will send all magic and trap cards on the field back to our hands." A sudden twister came on the field hurtling the thug's Invigoration and Ryo's Spellbinding Circle to their hands. "Next I'll play my Polymerization card and fuse Tainted Wisdom with Ancient Brain to form Skull Knight (2650/2250).". A knight with a long blade, armor and shield resembling large skulls appeared on the field. "Finally I'll use my equip card, Dark Energy, to increase my Knight's attack to 2950 and because your monster is not equipped with Invigoration anymore its back to 2000!" Ryo said triumphantly, knowing he would win.
The thug was speechless as he knew his defeat was near. "Skull Knight attack Rabid Horseman with Shadow Swipe Attack.!". The black knight's sword shimmered a black color as it made a clean cut through the horseman, severing horse like body from the upper torso.
Thug: 0 Ryo: 800
"Yea you won!" Mia said dropping her arms around the neck of Ryo. "Not so fast you little rugrats!" the leader said in a rage. "Your gonna give us all your stuff now!" All three goons approached the young teens, with their faces contorted with anger. "Damn this won't end well." Ryo thought as he was preparing to fight.
As the thugs made their advance towards the young teens a small stone knocked the leader in the middle of his forehead. They all turned to see the white haired student known as Kura. "Why don't you rude buffoons leave these kids alone and pick on someone your own size!" he said boldly. "Ohh yea. We'll do more than pick on you".
All three thugs turned away from their original prey and rushed at their new victim. Kura turned the other way and ran from the thugs. He made a turn and ran down an alley followed by the approaching thugs. Ryo and Mia soon followed to help their savior, but before they could get to the alley all three thugs rushed out fearfully. As if seen a ghost they rushed past, knocking down Ryo, babbling something about death.
Ryo watched as they scattered among the streets to then turn back to see the kind face of Kura lending out a hand to help him up. "What did you do to them?" he questioned. "Ohh nothing. We just had a few words." Kura replied with his smile unchanging.
*
"It is confirmed. We will have a few Rare Hunters at the mansion." the brown haired man known as Smythe told his boss. "Superb Smythe." he replied.