Chapter 7- A Duel to Remember/Tears of a Forgotten Soul
It took Runi three hours to learn the rules of Duel Monsters and also one hour after that to learn about the duel disk and study his deck. Even after that he couldn't leave because his soul was still bound, luckily marik was kind enough to let him go, since he was 'wasting valuable time'. Now dressed in the purple cloak, his hood pulled up to protect his identity, Runi heads up the main street, a blind search for Yugi. The city lights were lighting the dark 8 o'clock street, as Runi began to make out a group of friends in the distance. Feeling slightly sick, Runi advances on them, getting first spotted by Joey.
"'ey Yugi, it's one of thoughs rare hunters."
"Huh? Marik's Rare Hunters?" Yugi says as he turns to face Runi, "What do you want Rare Hunter?"
Runi looks up, his voice as he had not realised before, very hoarse. "Yugi I want you to duel me, please..."
"Since when do Rare Hunter's say please?" Duke mumbled to Tristan.
"Dunno.."
"Look," Yugi said, yawning, "It's really late, can't we do this tomorrow?"
"THERE WON'T BE A TOMORROW FOR ME IF YOU DON'T DUEL ME NOW!!"
"I understand that if I don't duel you, Marik might cause you hard, so..."
"So..will you DUEL me, Motou?
"Yes."
Runi gulps, thinking to himself, "I'm sorry Yugi... I really am... but If I don't beat you in a duel, Keon will be in danger."
Yugi closes his eyes as light surrounds his body, transforming him into Yami, "It's time to duel, rare hunter!"
Runi: 4000 Yami: 4000
"First," Runi said, placing a card in attack position, "I play the Dragon Zombie(1600/0) in attack mode. I also place one magic card faced down." A gigantic monsterous dragon, with rotting flesh appears, roaring towards the sky, "Your turn, Yugi."
"I play, The Dark Zebra(1800/400)! Attack Dragon Zombie NOW!"
Runi: 3900 Yami: 4000
Runi smirks slightly, this dueling thing was fun, and addictive. Actually it was so addictive it was scarey, "I play this card in defence position, and end my turn."
"I place down these two magic cards and I play the Feral Imp(1300/1400) attack the face down card!" The card was a simple bite shoe and was destroyed. "If you want to beat me, Rare hunter, you'll have to do better than that. Dark Zebra attack his life points!"
Runi watches as the monster gallops towrads him and rams its horn at him violently. As his life points go down to 2100, Runi falls backwards onto his back, the hood falling off.
"Runi?!"
He looks up at Yami, weakly rising to his feet. A feeling of guilt covers his mind. "Yugi... I..." just as soon as he was going to start on an explaination, he felt a stabbing feeling in the back of his head. The clock struck nine. Then it was gone. "Forget it. You wouldn't understand!!"
"A rare hunter? Runi?" said Joey looking at Tea who blinked confused herself. Bakura, however, narrows his eyes.
"What does Marik think he is doing??" he growls to himself, "i thought I had made it clear that I would defeat Yugi and that I would get that damned book from that sorry excuse for a human! When I get a hold on that little-"
"Who said I wouldn't??" Yami yells, a sence of da zavu in his mind.
"I do! You wouldn't understand what I'm going through!! You wouldn't!"
"Runi!"
He doesn't answer, a cruel laugh coming from him. Realising how he was acting, Runi caught himself immediately. he places a serious look on his face and draws his next card. He places a monster face down on the field and sighs, feeling strangely depressed. Yami draws and places a magic card on the field. once again it was Runi's turn, the clock was ticking, he could hear it.
"I play Swords of Recealing Light! And also Neko Gal #1(1900/1200)in attack mode!! Attack the dark Zebra!!"
Yami: 3900 Runi: 2100
Yami draws a card and looks up, "I place the mystical elf(800/2000) in defence mode and I end my turn."
"Okay, I will have have my face down monster, Mystical sands(2100/1500) rise up and attack the Mystical Elf!!"
"That's exactly what I wanted you to do!" Yami says, "You activated my Wabaku magic card!"
"Wabakaaa-what?"
"Wabaku, it stops your attacks for one turn." He draws a card , "Now... I sacrifice my Mystical Elf and Feral Imp to summon my Dark Magician!" The magician appears, his arms crossed and starring at Runi and his monsters, "I still can't attack for two more turns."
"Dark Magician?" Runi draws and looks at his hand. So far there weren't any cards that could help him. Unless... Unless he got an equip card. At least then he could boost his monsters attack points to be higher or equal to Yami's Dark Magician.
He still had some time before Yami could attack him again.
"Pass."
Yami takes a new card and places it down on the duel disk, "I play Ancient Elf in defence mode!"
Runi draws another card and blinks, then places a new card in the magic slot, and plays a monster, "I summon the Lord of Dragons in defence mode, then, I sacrifice him and my face down card to play my ritual card, turtle oath! That summons my Crab Turtle(2550/2200) in attack mode! Since your Wabaku's effects ended last turn I use Crab Turtle to attack Dark magician!"
"You seem to keep forgetting about my magic cards Runi. Activate Block Attack!"
"What does that card do?"
"Watch."
The Crab Turtle raises it's pinches to the Dark Magician but stops when "Block Attack" is played. It recoils and goes into defence mode, leaving the notorious magician unharmed.
"What?! That's not fair!!"
"Everything is fair, Runi if you play the right cards. It isn't against the rules in Duel Monsters to play this card." Yami said, telling him exactly what he already should know.
"I'll just have my Mystical Sands attack-" Runi feels another sharp pain as the clock strikes 10, worse that before. It was so painful that he had to shake his head several times before it stopped, or so he thought. Once again his eyes became unfocused and the area around him started to grow dark and cold. "No, not again! please!" he yelled forcing the darkness back with what he could find from his heart. he knew, if he let this darkness consume him, someone will be hurt and get hurt. Outside this dark place, Tea looked extremely worried, along with the others.
"Runi! What's wrong??" Yami shouted, obviously Runi didn't answer in complete sence.
"It's so cold, my friends, looking for, can't hold back, not strong enough, someone, HELP ME!!" he fell to his knees, babbling over and over again and shaking horribly. Yami and the others try to walk and help him, but they couldn't move, not even an inch. it was like something didn't want them to help."Help me, please, don't, no, darkening, I, can't, no... heh, heh, heh, hahahahahahahaaaaa! IT'S OVER!! HAHAHAHAHAHAAA! I'VE WON THIS LITTLE GAME, PHARAOH!!!" Runi stands, a deranged smile smile swiping over his face and dark crimson eye focused on his prey, Yami.
"You again! What are you doing to my friend??"
Joey blinks at Yami. Did he just say again? bakura narrows his eyes at the new appearance and thinks once again. This occurance was something he did not suspect in this pathetic fool.
"What do you mean by that? Aw, I'm hurt Paraoh! I'm not doing ANYTHINg wrong. I am the TRUE Runihura! This pathetic fool is just my reencarnation! Ha! He isn't close to anything I was!! HAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!"
"Why can't you rest in peace and leave Runi be?"
"Unfinished business, Pharaoh. My spirit cannot rest until I get my revenge, until I get my wish!!"
"And what, may I ask, is that??"
"You DEAD!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!"
It took Runi three hours to learn the rules of Duel Monsters and also one hour after that to learn about the duel disk and study his deck. Even after that he couldn't leave because his soul was still bound, luckily marik was kind enough to let him go, since he was 'wasting valuable time'. Now dressed in the purple cloak, his hood pulled up to protect his identity, Runi heads up the main street, a blind search for Yugi. The city lights were lighting the dark 8 o'clock street, as Runi began to make out a group of friends in the distance. Feeling slightly sick, Runi advances on them, getting first spotted by Joey.
"'ey Yugi, it's one of thoughs rare hunters."
"Huh? Marik's Rare Hunters?" Yugi says as he turns to face Runi, "What do you want Rare Hunter?"
Runi looks up, his voice as he had not realised before, very hoarse. "Yugi I want you to duel me, please..."
"Since when do Rare Hunter's say please?" Duke mumbled to Tristan.
"Dunno.."
"Look," Yugi said, yawning, "It's really late, can't we do this tomorrow?"
"THERE WON'T BE A TOMORROW FOR ME IF YOU DON'T DUEL ME NOW!!"
"I understand that if I don't duel you, Marik might cause you hard, so..."
"So..will you DUEL me, Motou?
"Yes."
Runi gulps, thinking to himself, "I'm sorry Yugi... I really am... but If I don't beat you in a duel, Keon will be in danger."
Yugi closes his eyes as light surrounds his body, transforming him into Yami, "It's time to duel, rare hunter!"
Runi: 4000 Yami: 4000
"First," Runi said, placing a card in attack position, "I play the Dragon Zombie(1600/0) in attack mode. I also place one magic card faced down." A gigantic monsterous dragon, with rotting flesh appears, roaring towards the sky, "Your turn, Yugi."
"I play, The Dark Zebra(1800/400)! Attack Dragon Zombie NOW!"
Runi: 3900 Yami: 4000
Runi smirks slightly, this dueling thing was fun, and addictive. Actually it was so addictive it was scarey, "I play this card in defence position, and end my turn."
"I place down these two magic cards and I play the Feral Imp(1300/1400) attack the face down card!" The card was a simple bite shoe and was destroyed. "If you want to beat me, Rare hunter, you'll have to do better than that. Dark Zebra attack his life points!"
Runi watches as the monster gallops towrads him and rams its horn at him violently. As his life points go down to 2100, Runi falls backwards onto his back, the hood falling off.
"Runi?!"
He looks up at Yami, weakly rising to his feet. A feeling of guilt covers his mind. "Yugi... I..." just as soon as he was going to start on an explaination, he felt a stabbing feeling in the back of his head. The clock struck nine. Then it was gone. "Forget it. You wouldn't understand!!"
"A rare hunter? Runi?" said Joey looking at Tea who blinked confused herself. Bakura, however, narrows his eyes.
"What does Marik think he is doing??" he growls to himself, "i thought I had made it clear that I would defeat Yugi and that I would get that damned book from that sorry excuse for a human! When I get a hold on that little-"
"Who said I wouldn't??" Yami yells, a sence of da zavu in his mind.
"I do! You wouldn't understand what I'm going through!! You wouldn't!"
"Runi!"
He doesn't answer, a cruel laugh coming from him. Realising how he was acting, Runi caught himself immediately. he places a serious look on his face and draws his next card. He places a monster face down on the field and sighs, feeling strangely depressed. Yami draws and places a magic card on the field. once again it was Runi's turn, the clock was ticking, he could hear it.
"I play Swords of Recealing Light! And also Neko Gal #1(1900/1200)in attack mode!! Attack the dark Zebra!!"
Yami: 3900 Runi: 2100
Yami draws a card and looks up, "I place the mystical elf(800/2000) in defence mode and I end my turn."
"Okay, I will have have my face down monster, Mystical sands(2100/1500) rise up and attack the Mystical Elf!!"
"That's exactly what I wanted you to do!" Yami says, "You activated my Wabaku magic card!"
"Wabakaaa-what?"
"Wabaku, it stops your attacks for one turn." He draws a card , "Now... I sacrifice my Mystical Elf and Feral Imp to summon my Dark Magician!" The magician appears, his arms crossed and starring at Runi and his monsters, "I still can't attack for two more turns."
"Dark Magician?" Runi draws and looks at his hand. So far there weren't any cards that could help him. Unless... Unless he got an equip card. At least then he could boost his monsters attack points to be higher or equal to Yami's Dark Magician.
He still had some time before Yami could attack him again.
"Pass."
Yami takes a new card and places it down on the duel disk, "I play Ancient Elf in defence mode!"
Runi draws another card and blinks, then places a new card in the magic slot, and plays a monster, "I summon the Lord of Dragons in defence mode, then, I sacrifice him and my face down card to play my ritual card, turtle oath! That summons my Crab Turtle(2550/2200) in attack mode! Since your Wabaku's effects ended last turn I use Crab Turtle to attack Dark magician!"
"You seem to keep forgetting about my magic cards Runi. Activate Block Attack!"
"What does that card do?"
"Watch."
The Crab Turtle raises it's pinches to the Dark Magician but stops when "Block Attack" is played. It recoils and goes into defence mode, leaving the notorious magician unharmed.
"What?! That's not fair!!"
"Everything is fair, Runi if you play the right cards. It isn't against the rules in Duel Monsters to play this card." Yami said, telling him exactly what he already should know.
"I'll just have my Mystical Sands attack-" Runi feels another sharp pain as the clock strikes 10, worse that before. It was so painful that he had to shake his head several times before it stopped, or so he thought. Once again his eyes became unfocused and the area around him started to grow dark and cold. "No, not again! please!" he yelled forcing the darkness back with what he could find from his heart. he knew, if he let this darkness consume him, someone will be hurt and get hurt. Outside this dark place, Tea looked extremely worried, along with the others.
"Runi! What's wrong??" Yami shouted, obviously Runi didn't answer in complete sence.
"It's so cold, my friends, looking for, can't hold back, not strong enough, someone, HELP ME!!" he fell to his knees, babbling over and over again and shaking horribly. Yami and the others try to walk and help him, but they couldn't move, not even an inch. it was like something didn't want them to help."Help me, please, don't, no, darkening, I, can't, no... heh, heh, heh, hahahahahahahaaaaa! IT'S OVER!! HAHAHAHAHAHAAA! I'VE WON THIS LITTLE GAME, PHARAOH!!!" Runi stands, a deranged smile smile swiping over his face and dark crimson eye focused on his prey, Yami.
"You again! What are you doing to my friend??"
Joey blinks at Yami. Did he just say again? bakura narrows his eyes at the new appearance and thinks once again. This occurance was something he did not suspect in this pathetic fool.
"What do you mean by that? Aw, I'm hurt Paraoh! I'm not doing ANYTHINg wrong. I am the TRUE Runihura! This pathetic fool is just my reencarnation! Ha! He isn't close to anything I was!! HAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!"
"Why can't you rest in peace and leave Runi be?"
"Unfinished business, Pharaoh. My spirit cannot rest until I get my revenge, until I get my wish!!"
"And what, may I ask, is that??"
"You DEAD!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!"