Okay, I just want to say something to my (only) reviewer, Princess Atina:
takes deep breath Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you,
thank you, thank-
"I think that's enough, hikari."
True ; I think that now would be a good time to mention that I changed my
pen name, so FYI (for your information) I am now known as Dream Runner, and
Yami Dream Runner is the one who dumped a bucket of water on my head when I
was on a sugar high.
"What? It worked, didn't it?"
Yes, but you soaked my favourite outfit.
"Oh...oops...anyway, I have officially decided that since there is no money in
our bank account, we don't own any of the following: Yu-Gi-Oh, Zoids,
Digimon (in later chapters mostly), Master Of Orion III, s-CRY-ed, or
Outernet."
You're forgiven, since you did the disclaimer...for now...
"gulps"
Note: This chapter jumps to the episode where Kaiba duels Joey.
Chapter Four: Kaiba vs. Joey and Tiger's Eye vs. Shell Bullet
Midnight En route to Duelist Kingdom
Rika's StormSworder rocketed over the vast stretch of seawater separating the rest of Japan from the Duelist Kingdom island, doing intricate loops every so often as the pilot attempted to take her mind off things. The girl in question was currently playing Evanescence through her headphones, shutting off her yami, who had tried to talk to her, given up and fallen asleep before they even took off. Rika was snapped out of her thoughts by the image of a helicopter up ahead. Sharply turning to the right, she flew around its side and piloted the pterodactyl-like Zoid towards the island. She had a feeling she knew who was in that helicopter, and she didn't particularly want to talk to Seto Kaiba at the moment, or even anyone for that matter.
Kanami...
Switching off the music, Rika blasted the engines up to full power and came in to land.
Meanwhile: Kaiba's helicopter was also travelling to Duelist Kingdom when a silver Zoid flashed past and nearly knocked the CEO off course. "What the..." Kaiba blinked, recognising the Zoid. "What's Rika doing here?"
Duelist Kingdom
The gang was awoken by a loud whooshing noise and the roaring of rocket boosters. Joey bolted outside and gaped. "Uh...guys...what is that?" Raven raised an eyebrow. "Why didn't Rika just come on the ferry?" The StormSworder's cockpit opened, Rika climbing out. "Yugi? You got invited too?"
"Wouldn't it have been easier to take the ferry?" Yugi asked, confused. "By the time I got back to read the letter, it was too late. The ferry would have left before I got there." Fury leaped to his feet with a loud clank, interrupting the conversation that was starting. Helicopter approaching! Everyone shielded their eyes as a copter landed. Yugi looked up in surprise. "Kaiba?!"
(DR: We now skip to the bit after Kaiba and Joey finish their duel, mainly because I'm no good at writing things that actually happened during Duelist Kingdom in the anime, lol. YDR: Only 'cause you can't remember them. DR: True...On with the fic!)
Right after the Blue Eyes White Dragon blew up Joey's Red Eyes Black Dragon, there was a screech of claws upon metal, causing Yugi and friends to jump and look up. Rika had grown a tail, paws and two ears, all covered in grey-black mottled fur. Kazuma's right arm and part of the right side of his face was covered with a metallic alloy, a golden propeller-like structure protruding from his right shoulder. The metal armour was shaped a bit like a star at the end, and a cannon had been formed on the back of the "hand". Kazuma's hair stood on end, and the armour plates were mainly coloured red, yellow and orange.
As the two siblings sparred in the air, Raven, Star, Fury and Shadow stood near the trees watching. Joey ran up to them, the others not far behind. Even Kaiba had stopped to watch. "What's happening? Why are they fighting?" "Training match," Raven replied casually. Joey's jaw dropped. "That's their idea of "training"?" The boy shrugged. "It's no big deal really." "No big deal?" Tristan repeated disbelievingly. "They're literally blowing up half the land around here, and you say it's no big deal?!" "It isn't," Star pointed out, "compared to trying to blast a twelve-metre mechanical dinosaur or running away from an Organoid. So unless you want to see what I mean, shut up and let us watch in peace." Tristan gulped.
Rika backflipped to avoid an energy blast from Kazuma's cannon, charging her own purple energy sword and leaping into the air at top speed, her sword impacting heavily with her brother's metal arm. Kazuma grinned, firing another blast that caught his sister off guard and sent her flying back towards the coastline. Claws dug desperately into the earth as she tried to slow herself down, skidding to a halt on the edge only to be met by another blast that knocked her into the water. Not good for three reasons. One, fur takes an awfully long time to dry, and the downside to her Alter ability meant that until she couldn't revert to human till it dried. Two, she was, technically, part cat. And she did not like getting wet...it's a cat thing. Three, her current form was not exactly built for swimming. In other words, the only options were to transform into the third stage of her Alter, or drag herself up out of the water looking like a bedraggled street rat who had been caught in a heavy rainstorm and be humiliated. Rika chose the former, her body becoming that of a cat-like Mrrshan. Golden armour materialised over her torso, with a sheath coming down to her thighs and two ornate golden bracelets on her wrists. Blue slit-pupilled eyes scanned the water for anything that might inhibit her progress to the surface. So far, so good. Shooting out of the water, she pulled out her flame sword and activated it, dimly aware of the gasps of the spectators below her. Kazuma gulped. "Okay...not good..." Rika raised an eyebrow, noticing that her brother's attention was focused on the trees. "What do you mean?" Ten guards broke cover, aiming their guns at everyone there. "That."
"Surrender now and you will not be harmed." Star rolled her eyes. "That is so cliché." Kimo glared. "Shut your trap or everyone's going to get it!" "Sure, and I'm the Easter Bunny," Raven sneered. Before anyone could pull the trigger, beams of red light vaporised the rifles, and Tiger's Eye landed on the ground. Star winked. "Can we take them out?" Rika's ears flattened out, the Mrrshan equivalent of a shrug or sigh. "Sure. Just don't kill them." "Can we do everything else that would be physically painful?" "Okay, how about temporarily incapacitate them?" "Sure!" Star let go of Fury, who up till that point had been growling and clawing the ground impatiently. Eager for action, Fury charged into them, knocking most of them aside like bowling pins. Kimo turned and was hit by Star's spinning kick, while Raven ducked a wild swing from another and elbowed him in the stomach.
Five minutes later, all the goons were unconscious, and Star walked back to the others while Raven collected the spare pistols and whacked a guard, who was just stirring, over the head with the butt of his gun before towing Fury back by his collar armour. "That wasn't so bad for some light entertainment."
Rika shrugged, shifting back to the second stage of her Alter. "I'd better get on the move. Don't think I'll be defeated easily, Yugi, because when we duel, I swear I won't give in!" She turned away and walked into the forest. Kaiba did the same after a few more dog insults to Joey.
Meanwhile, a battleship streaked down towards the small planet known as Earth, on a collision course with Duelist Kingdom Island...
So, hope you like this chapter! "Yeah, we could use some feedback..."
Quote for the month: "You have three options at this point." "Option number one: Go to the Bugs. "I don't think so. Next." "Option number two: Go to the Bugs." "Aren't there any other options?" "Why yes, of course." Help voice was positively overladen with helpfulness. "Option number three: Go to the Tyrant, rescue your parents, save the galaxy and all that other stuff..." Jack breathed a sigh of relief. "After you've gone to the Bugs." Help cocked its head. "And that is the complete list of available options."
Note: This chapter jumps to the episode where Kaiba duels Joey.
Chapter Four: Kaiba vs. Joey and Tiger's Eye vs. Shell Bullet
Midnight En route to Duelist Kingdom
Rika's StormSworder rocketed over the vast stretch of seawater separating the rest of Japan from the Duelist Kingdom island, doing intricate loops every so often as the pilot attempted to take her mind off things. The girl in question was currently playing Evanescence through her headphones, shutting off her yami, who had tried to talk to her, given up and fallen asleep before they even took off. Rika was snapped out of her thoughts by the image of a helicopter up ahead. Sharply turning to the right, she flew around its side and piloted the pterodactyl-like Zoid towards the island. She had a feeling she knew who was in that helicopter, and she didn't particularly want to talk to Seto Kaiba at the moment, or even anyone for that matter.
Kanami...
Switching off the music, Rika blasted the engines up to full power and came in to land.
Meanwhile: Kaiba's helicopter was also travelling to Duelist Kingdom when a silver Zoid flashed past and nearly knocked the CEO off course. "What the..." Kaiba blinked, recognising the Zoid. "What's Rika doing here?"
Duelist Kingdom
The gang was awoken by a loud whooshing noise and the roaring of rocket boosters. Joey bolted outside and gaped. "Uh...guys...what is that?" Raven raised an eyebrow. "Why didn't Rika just come on the ferry?" The StormSworder's cockpit opened, Rika climbing out. "Yugi? You got invited too?"
"Wouldn't it have been easier to take the ferry?" Yugi asked, confused. "By the time I got back to read the letter, it was too late. The ferry would have left before I got there." Fury leaped to his feet with a loud clank, interrupting the conversation that was starting. Helicopter approaching! Everyone shielded their eyes as a copter landed. Yugi looked up in surprise. "Kaiba?!"
(DR: We now skip to the bit after Kaiba and Joey finish their duel, mainly because I'm no good at writing things that actually happened during Duelist Kingdom in the anime, lol. YDR: Only 'cause you can't remember them. DR: True...On with the fic!)
Right after the Blue Eyes White Dragon blew up Joey's Red Eyes Black Dragon, there was a screech of claws upon metal, causing Yugi and friends to jump and look up. Rika had grown a tail, paws and two ears, all covered in grey-black mottled fur. Kazuma's right arm and part of the right side of his face was covered with a metallic alloy, a golden propeller-like structure protruding from his right shoulder. The metal armour was shaped a bit like a star at the end, and a cannon had been formed on the back of the "hand". Kazuma's hair stood on end, and the armour plates were mainly coloured red, yellow and orange.
As the two siblings sparred in the air, Raven, Star, Fury and Shadow stood near the trees watching. Joey ran up to them, the others not far behind. Even Kaiba had stopped to watch. "What's happening? Why are they fighting?" "Training match," Raven replied casually. Joey's jaw dropped. "That's their idea of "training"?" The boy shrugged. "It's no big deal really." "No big deal?" Tristan repeated disbelievingly. "They're literally blowing up half the land around here, and you say it's no big deal?!" "It isn't," Star pointed out, "compared to trying to blast a twelve-metre mechanical dinosaur or running away from an Organoid. So unless you want to see what I mean, shut up and let us watch in peace." Tristan gulped.
Rika backflipped to avoid an energy blast from Kazuma's cannon, charging her own purple energy sword and leaping into the air at top speed, her sword impacting heavily with her brother's metal arm. Kazuma grinned, firing another blast that caught his sister off guard and sent her flying back towards the coastline. Claws dug desperately into the earth as she tried to slow herself down, skidding to a halt on the edge only to be met by another blast that knocked her into the water. Not good for three reasons. One, fur takes an awfully long time to dry, and the downside to her Alter ability meant that until she couldn't revert to human till it dried. Two, she was, technically, part cat. And she did not like getting wet...it's a cat thing. Three, her current form was not exactly built for swimming. In other words, the only options were to transform into the third stage of her Alter, or drag herself up out of the water looking like a bedraggled street rat who had been caught in a heavy rainstorm and be humiliated. Rika chose the former, her body becoming that of a cat-like Mrrshan. Golden armour materialised over her torso, with a sheath coming down to her thighs and two ornate golden bracelets on her wrists. Blue slit-pupilled eyes scanned the water for anything that might inhibit her progress to the surface. So far, so good. Shooting out of the water, she pulled out her flame sword and activated it, dimly aware of the gasps of the spectators below her. Kazuma gulped. "Okay...not good..." Rika raised an eyebrow, noticing that her brother's attention was focused on the trees. "What do you mean?" Ten guards broke cover, aiming their guns at everyone there. "That."
"Surrender now and you will not be harmed." Star rolled her eyes. "That is so cliché." Kimo glared. "Shut your trap or everyone's going to get it!" "Sure, and I'm the Easter Bunny," Raven sneered. Before anyone could pull the trigger, beams of red light vaporised the rifles, and Tiger's Eye landed on the ground. Star winked. "Can we take them out?" Rika's ears flattened out, the Mrrshan equivalent of a shrug or sigh. "Sure. Just don't kill them." "Can we do everything else that would be physically painful?" "Okay, how about temporarily incapacitate them?" "Sure!" Star let go of Fury, who up till that point had been growling and clawing the ground impatiently. Eager for action, Fury charged into them, knocking most of them aside like bowling pins. Kimo turned and was hit by Star's spinning kick, while Raven ducked a wild swing from another and elbowed him in the stomach.
Five minutes later, all the goons were unconscious, and Star walked back to the others while Raven collected the spare pistols and whacked a guard, who was just stirring, over the head with the butt of his gun before towing Fury back by his collar armour. "That wasn't so bad for some light entertainment."
Rika shrugged, shifting back to the second stage of her Alter. "I'd better get on the move. Don't think I'll be defeated easily, Yugi, because when we duel, I swear I won't give in!" She turned away and walked into the forest. Kaiba did the same after a few more dog insults to Joey.
Meanwhile, a battleship streaked down towards the small planet known as Earth, on a collision course with Duelist Kingdom Island...
So, hope you like this chapter! "Yeah, we could use some feedback..."
Quote for the month: "You have three options at this point." "Option number one: Go to the Bugs. "I don't think so. Next." "Option number two: Go to the Bugs." "Aren't there any other options?" "Why yes, of course." Help voice was positively overladen with helpfulness. "Option number three: Go to the Tyrant, rescue your parents, save the galaxy and all that other stuff..." Jack breathed a sigh of relief. "After you've gone to the Bugs." Help cocked its head. "And that is the complete list of available options."